Chapter 665: Great Demon 28

Perhaps because Tan You was female, the fox-tailed girl let down her guard considerably in her presence. Tan You waved her hand, releasing the restriction on the cage. The fox-tailed girl was the first to scramble out, stumbling to a stop beside Tan You.

Tan You looked again at the group of half-demons before her, who were like startled birds, and felt no rush to tell them how wonderful the Demon Market was. These displaced half-demons were extremely wary. If you told them to have faith, their first instinct would be to call you a liar.

"Your body is simply too weak. You wouldn’t be able to handle having your bloodline purged right now. For the time being, you can stay with the little mouse. As for you," she said, turning to the boy, "the full moon is in two days. If your bloodline rampages one more time, you will certainly die."

Bai Ze also examined the boy’s condition. "His body is already a complete wreck. Risking the removal of his Human Clan bloodline now is his only sliver of hope for survival."

"If he goes through another bloodline rampage, that’ll be the end of it."

The half-demons weren’t completely ignorant about the Demon Clan. They knew one thing, at least: Bai Ze was the Demon Clan’s symbol of good fortune. Seeing Bai Ze here now, they figured these Great Demons probably weren’t going to do anything truly heinous to them.

Thus, the half-snake half-demon was very pragmatic. "Please, Senior, help me. I can’t die. At least... I can’t die now."

Tan You raised an eyebrow slightly. "Oh? A story to tell?"

Peacock fanned himself. "Who among us who’s come to the Demon Market doesn’t have a story? Alright now. Pain is something to be digested on one’s own, not something you can rely on others for to get revenge."

"What our Jin Huan can offer you is a sliver of hope for survival. Whether or not you can make it through depends on the strength of your willpower."

The boy gritted his teeth. "I can make it through. No matter how hard it is, I will make it through."

Tan You nodded slightly. "Good. Hold on to that determination. No matter what difficulties you face, you’ll get through them."

"No time like the present. Let’s do it. Your situation is the most critical, anyway."

The words had barely left her mouth when Tan You shoved a pill into the boy’s mouth. He swallowed it instinctively, and the next second, his eyes widened in amazement. All the injuries on his body healed in an instant, leaving no trace of his former wounds.

Bai Ze tutted regretfully. "If Snow Ginseng knew you just fed that to him so casually, he’d be absolutely heartbroken. Think of all the wasted medicinal efficacy!"

Tan You raised an eyebrow. "I don’t know Alchemy. The fact that I’ve managed to study Arrays to this level is already incredible. If you ask me to delve into the Alchemy Dao, I’m not cut out for it."

Bai Ze raised his own eyebrow. "I don’t think it’s that you’re not cut out for it. Rather, you’ve already set a limit for yourself. You’ve decided from the start that you can’t do it well. That’s not like you, Jin Huan. You’ve always been very confident."

Tan You froze for a moment, then the smile on her face grew wider and wider. "You’ve enlightened me. Yes, I was the one who set my own limits."

’I can’t just assume I’ll fail at the Alchemy Dao because I was bad at traditional Chinese medicine. Just like Bai Ze said, I’ve set my own limits. But the Alchemy Dao can wait. For now, I have to solve the problems of these half-demons first.’

Before Qing Ming could even get used to his healthy body, several bolts of Heavenly Thunder came crashing down on his head. Although he was a half-demon, Qing Ming had still managed to cultivate to the late stage of Qi Cultivation.

But he had never once experienced a Heavenly Tribulation before, and it was striking him right from the start? Qing Ming wanted to dodge, but his hands and tail were bound by chains. Where could he possibly run?

Just as his eyes widened in horror, Tan You shouted, "It’s only Heavenly Thunder! When you face tribulation lightning to advance your cultivation in the future, are you going to run around trying to escape then, too? Endure it!"

Some of Qing Ming’s rationality returned. He looked at the Heavenly Thunder in the sky, and a vicious streak deep in his bones surfaced. ’Either it kills me today, or I make it through.’

’And once I get through this, I swear I’ll settle every single one of these debts!’

The fox-tailed girl stood beside Tan You, staring unblinkingly at Qing Ming inside the Array. Everything Qing Ming was experiencing now was what she would have to face in the future. ’I have to take this chance to learn as much as I can.’

"You won’t be able to learn much," a sweet, cooing female voice said. The fox-tailed girl turned her head. A two-tailed cat had appeared beside her at some point, and lying on its back was a golden mouse with dull-looking fur.

The little golden mouse had a very friendly attitude when he saw the fox-tailed girl. "Hi there! You can call me Mousey, Little Xun, or even Baby. What’s your name?"

The fox-tailed girl was very polite. "My name is Little Xuan. In that case, I’ll call you Little Xun."

The little golden mouse wasn’t too happy. "Why not call me Baby?"

The two-tailed cat rolled her eyes. "Could you be any more cringey? You just want to announce it to the whole world, don’t you?"

The little mouse rolled over, revealing the flattened fur on his belly. "I went through so much trouble to achieve atavism, and you won’t even let me be a little proud?"

As he spoke, a large hand reached out from the side and picked the little mouse up by his tail. Unflustered, the little mouse did a quick sit-up and wrapped his paws around the person’s wrist. "Lord Bai Ze, Mousey is awake! Mousey has finally reverted into a Treasure-Seeking Mouse!"

Bai Ze pressed the pad of his thumb against the little mouse’s head. "Well done. Congratulations."

Watching Bai Ze and the little mouse play around, the fox-tailed girl couldn’t help but feel a little envious. The two-tailed cat’s tail flicked against her skirt. "Now that you’ve come to the Demon Market, we’re all on the same side. You’ll make new friends, too."

The fox-tailed girl nodded with an "Mm." "Thank you for your concern, Ma’am. I’ll keep watching Qing Ming and try to learn more."

The two-tailed cat’s voice was laced with amusement. "There’s not much to see, and not much experience to gain. Even a Great Demon from the Ten-Direction Great Mountain would end up howling after entering this Array. The only secret is to hold on until the very end and never give up."

The fox-tailed girl’s eyes curved into a smile as she looked at the two-tailed cat. "Thank you for your guidance, Senior."

The two-tailed cat chuckled. "You’re welcome. I’m only telling you this because you’re a fluffy one. Our Huanhuan’s favorite thing is fluffy creatures."

The fox-tailed girl looked at Tan You, then thought about the nickname "Huanhuan," and suddenly felt a strange sense of disconnect.

Tan You had no time to pay attention to the spectating two-tailed cat and little mouse. She had to meticulously guide the Heavenly Thunder while also assessing Qing Ming’s physical condition. She couldn’t actually let him get struck dead, could she?

She wanted to give half-demons a path to survival, not take someone’s life. Therefore, Tan You was completely focused, not daring to relax her concentration for even a moment.

Tan You was tense, and inside the Array, Qing Ming was tense as well. He felt the bolts of Heavenly Thunder falling from the sky one after another, with no sign of stopping. Soon, the body that had just been healed was once again covered in wounds.

But Qing Ming could also feel it. Underneath bolt after bolt of Heavenly Thunder, he felt his once inseparable Human Clan and Demon Clan bloodlines begin to slowly separate. Even the part of his bloodline that originated from the Cultivator’s essence blood was gradually being extracted by the Heavenly Thunder.