Chapter 111
Chapter 111: Wolves Are Also Dogs
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“It’s right inside that cave.”
The girl pointed toward the peculiarly shaped cave entrance in front of them, her voice carrying a hint of barely perceptible tension.
Lin Muyu followed the direction of the girl’s fingertip, her pupils contracting slightly, her face filled with undisguisable shock.
“This is… a monster’s cave entrance?”
She could see that the cave entrance was adorned with glittering gold and various brilliant jewels, refracting dazzling light under the noon sun that was almost blinding.
This wolf demon is way too wealthy, isn’t it?
Lin Muyu inwardly clicked her tongue in amazement. This was the first time she had seen any monster decorate its lair so luxuriously.
It lives more richly than most humans.
“This seems to be the monster’s innate ability. The village chief secretly colluded with the monster precisely for these gold, silver, and jewels.”
The girl lowered her voice to explain, her tone filled with disappointment toward the village chief.
Hearing this, Lin Muyu suddenly had some understanding.
No wonder the village chief’s house was so much more luxurious than the other villagers’ homes. It turned out to be obtained through such dirty dealings.
For heavy bags of money, the village chief had cruelly betrayed his fellow villagers, treating living people as bargaining chips to exchange for wealth.
And when the village chief had previously wanted to capture her, he was probably planning to offer the cultivator to the wolf demon in exchange for more money.
Looking at it this way, this wolf demon’s strength might not be as strong as imagined. Otherwise, it wouldn’t need to make deals with humans.
If this monster’s demand wasn’t sacrificing villagers, perhaps all the people in the village would be happy to trade with it.
It’s just that the village chief was blinded by money and dared to target a Qinglan Sect disciple, which was simply seeking death.
Lin Muyu helplessly shook her head. Even if it wasn’t her who came this time, as long as any Qinglan Sect disciple disappeared in this village, it would definitely trigger a thorough investigation by the sect.
When that time came, neither the village chief nor this wolf demon could escape.
Really too short-sighted.
“You should go back to the village first. I’ll sneak into the cave alone to check the situation.”
Lin Muyu turned around and said to the girl beside her.
“I want to help too!”
The girl suddenly raised her head, her bright eyes filled with stubbornness, clearly unwilling to leave just like that.
“Listen to me. If you go in now, not only will you not be able to help, but you’ll also distract me.”
Lin Muyu spoke bluntly. She really didn’t have extra time to explain more to the girl.
After all, every minute she delayed at the cave entrance meant one more minute of danger for the girl’s sister trapped inside the cave.
“Alright.”
The girl’s voice immediately lowered, carrying a hint of undisguisable dejection.
She also knew her strength was meager and indeed couldn’t help much, but she still asked hopefully in a small voice:
“Then can I wait outside the cave entrance? What if you need help when you come out?”
Seeing the girl’s dejected yet persistent appearance, Lin Muyu finally relented and instructed:
“You can keep watch outside, but you must stay far from the cave entrance. Be sure to stay safe and don’t let the monster inside the cave discover you.”
“Mm-hmm!”
The girl immediately nodded vigorously, a smile returning to her face. She gratefully bowed to Lin Muyu and quickly ran toward the distant safe forest.
Seeing the girl completely away from the dangerous area around the cave entrance, Lin Muyu finally felt relieved.
She took a deep breath, suppressed the nervousness in her heart, and with light steps, quietly crept into the depths of the cave.
The light inside the cave was very dim, with only the weak sunlight from the entrance barely illuminating the path ahead.
Even so, Lin Muyu could clearly see that the cave floor was covered with a thick golden carpet.
All made of accumulated gold, silver, and jewels, stretching as far as the eye could see.
This couldn’t help but make Lin Muyu even more puzzled.
Where exactly did this wolf demon get so much gold, silver, and jewels?
It’s way too wealthy, isn’t it?
Just as she was pondering this, heavy footsteps suddenly came from the front of the cave, getting closer and clearer.
Lin Muyu’s heart tightened. Without time to think, she quickly hid inside Xiaotao’s bead space, holding her breath and quietly observing the movement outside.
“I heard that the spirit fruit the boss had his eye on was stolen by some little demon from who knows where?”
A rough, hoarse voice rang out, breaking the cave’s silence.
Through the weak light coming from the cave entrance, Lin Muyu hiding inside the bead could clearly see.
Two tall, gray wolf-fur-covered werewolf-like creatures were slowly walking out from the depths of the cave.
Their necks and wrists were hung with heavy jeweled accessories that clinked as they walked, looking exactly like greedy landlords.
“Yeah, I heard it was done by some audacious cat demon! Those hunters are too negligent in their duties. They couldn’t even watch one fruit properly, making the boss personally go out to search.”
Another werewolf guard continued, his tone carrying some complaint.
“I said long ago that those human hunters are completely unreliable. Why does the boss still want to trade with them?”
The werewolf who spoke first frowned, his tone full of dissatisfaction.
“If we don’t trade, how can we stably eat tender human flesh?”
His companion rolled his eyes, speaking as if it were obvious.
“Do you think humans will come knocking on our door every day?”
“Then we should just go rob the village directly! With those unarmed, weak humans, they can’t resist our plundering at all!”
“You’re stupid! What if robbing people attracts those cultivators?”
His companion immediately retorted, his tone full of disdain.
“Can you beat cultivators if we really encounter them?”
“What else can we do? Capture them and eat them together! I also heard that cultivator flesh is more tender than ordinary people, and eating it can supplement the body.”
Saying this, that werewolf couldn’t help but stick out his tongue to lick his lips, even drooling crystal saliva from the corner of his mouth, looking both ferocious and disgusting.
Lin Muyu, hiding in the bead disguised as an ordinary gem, heard this conversation clearly, and waves of emotion surged in her heart.
At this moment, Xiaotao’s bead mixed among the cave full of jeweled decorations, with various colored lusters reflecting each other, had no sense of incongruity and perfectly concealed her tracks.
“Cat demon? Spirit fruit? And human flesh…”
Lin Muyu furrowed her brow, her heart full of worry.
“The cat demon who stole the spirit fruit, could it be Xiaoyun? No way it’s such a coincidence, right?”
But thinking about it again, Xiaoyun’s experiences also seemed like those of a female lead.
Plus all the strange troubles she encountered on this trip down the mountain.
Lin Muyu’s premonition grew stronger. This matter was probably really connected to Xiaoyun.
Sure enough, as long as she had any involvement with any female lead, she would inevitably encounter trouble.
Lin Muyu rubbed her temples, feeling very helpless.
“No, I must get to the bottom of this completely. Otherwise, not only might Xiaoyun be in danger, but the villagers will also find it hard to escape disaster.”
Since that powerful big wolf demon wasn’t in the cave, why not interrogate these two small wolf demons first? Maybe she could get more clues from them.
Lin Muyu quietly sensed the aura of the two werewolves, estimating their cultivation to be only at the middle stage of Qi Refining, completely no match for her, a peak Qi Refining cultivator.
So she asked Xiaotao beside her:
“Xiaotao, can you bring these two werewolves into the bead space?”
“I can!”
Xiaotao beside her immediately agreed.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiaotao manipulated the space bead disguised as a gem and quickly flew toward the two werewolves.
“Watch out!”
One of the werewolves reacted extremely quickly, immediately sensing something wrong with this suddenly flying bead, instinctively raising his arm covered with sharp claws, wanting to swat the bead away.
But just as his claws were about to touch the bead, a strong spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared!
Two dazzling white lights flashed, and the two werewolves only felt their vision blur.
The next second, the originally dim cave disappeared, replaced by a bright and spacious space.
And in front of them stood an extremely beautiful girl who was smiling at them.
But what felt out of place was that this seemingly delicate and cute girl was holding a completely black, unremarkable-looking fire poker, walking toward them step by step.
Lin Muyu’s lips curved into a meaningful smile, carrying a heavy sense of oppression:
“Good doggies, confess honestly~ After all, you wouldn’t want to taste my dog-beating staff, would you?”