Demon

Fang An and Xiao Chen entered the village, both of them found that it was bustling with residents, most of them were merchants carrying freight carts.

"Master, it looks like something really happened." whispered Xiao Chen.

Fang An nodded slowly, he could see these merchants. Usually merchants like them wouldn't stay in one place long, other than that the two of them could listen to the merchants complain because they had been stuck in this village for a long time.

"We'll find out what happened by coming to the port." Fang An took Xiao Chen straight to the port.

Fang An could see many boats and boats that were usually rented out were now neatly parked at the harbor. Sad expressions adorned the faces of the ship owners, they looked lethargic and lost enthusiasm.

"Who is Master looking for?" asked Xiao Chen when he noticed Fang An was constantly turning his head as if looking for someone.

"An old friend…" Fang An replied curtly.

This wasn't the first time Fang An had visited this village, every time he went to the Capital, people would definitely stop by this village, including even the Crown Prince. That's why Fang An knows a boat owner who is a regular customer.

Fang An planned to get the information the two needed especially about the reasons for the boat and ship owners refusing to set sail.

"Oh! Swordsman! Long time no see you." An old man greeted Fang An from a distance.

"Uncle seems still healthy." Fang An smiled at the Grandpa.

Every time he wanted to cross this river, Fang An always used this grandpa's services. Even though the grandfather wore simple clothes, he was one of the biggest ship owners in this village. Besides owning several ships and boats, he was also a respected man in the harbour.

"Swordsman, you came at the wrong time to cross the river..." Grandpa said when he saw Fang An's intention of going to the Capital, "You saw the merchants coming here, right? Everyone wants to cross but can't."

"What really happened? Maybe I can help." Fang An asked.

"Aih, actually this is because a week ago a demon suddenly appeared in these waters..." Grandpa replied languidly.

Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows, he was naturally a little surprised to hear the word demon. Fang An noticed his disciple's reaction, "Chen'er, don't worry, the demon in question isn't like in the fairy tales." Fang An said as he patted Xiao Chen's shoulder.

Xiao Chen smiled faintly, in his previous life he had traveled to many places naturally he understood Fang An's meaning.

If demons in fairy tales are animals or plants that can transform into humans and have high supernatural powers, demons in the real world are slightly different.

Stealth is a term for creatures that have lived long enough and have absorbed natural energy. Their bodies will undergo changes, usually becoming bigger or having a higher intelligence and often have magical abilities such as spitting fire or hardening their bodies like steel.

From his past life experience, Xiao Chen knew that demons were divided into at least two types. The first was beasts, namely creatures that had not yet fully become demons but had powers far above ordinary wild creatures.

When beings become demons, they will have something within their body which is called the Demon Gems. The stronger and older the demon, the bigger the Demon Gems inside his body.

Even the weakest demon as long as he had the Demon Jewel in his body would have strength that rivaled that of a Master Warrior.

Usually Demons are hunted because their body parts are good materials for making tools and heirlooms, and Demon Gems besides being used to make heirlooms can also help increase one's inner strength like magic medicine.

The problem was that not everyone was able to use Demonic Gems to increase internal strength without side effects. If not careful, a human who absorbs the Demon Gems power for internal energy, his body parts can change shape and make him look less human.

In his previous life thanks to hunting many demons and absorbing their Demon Gems with the Heavenly Dragon God's Scripture, Xiao Chen was able to possess powerful internal energy in a short period of time.

"This demon is in the form of a giant white catfish and has sunk several ships. We have asked the local government to take care of it but there has been no response." Grandfather told everything.

Fang An pondered after hearing the story. Xiao Chen understood Fang An's reason for reacting this way.

Basically the Han Empire was a region with the least demon population compared to other Empires and Countries in the Central Continent. Besides that demons usually live in certain places, in the Han Empire usually demons can be found in the Forest of Death and Mountain of Beasts.

If this was the Tang Empire then this incident wouldn't be too surprising because there were so many demons there that the martial world sects there were able to nurture stealth and have stealth as their fighting force.

The only reason the Tang Empire, which was so powerful, couldn't rule over the entire Central Mainland Continent was because they were preoccupied with stealth problems endlessly.

"There's no way a demon would suddenly appear for no reason…" Fang An muttered under his breath.

Xiao Chen agreed with Fang An, but on the other hand there shouldn't be any group in the Han Empire capable of controlling demons and them releasing them in this river also had no advantage unless there was someone they wanted to hinder.

"Hm… If there was a group with this kind of ability it would be more effective to send out a few people to stop the person they were targeting than to attract attention like this." Xiao Chen joined in contemplating the possibility of that happening.

Fang An finally decided to check this catfish demon in person, "Uncle, I want to buy a small boat to inspect these waters."

When Fang An took out the gold coins, Grandpa refused the money. "Swordsman, you want to help us and just inspecting that creature is taking a big risk. I dare not accept your money."

Xiao Chen nodded slowly, he was glad that at least this grandpa had a good understanding so it wouldn't be a waste for Fang An to help them.

"Master, let me help you." Xiao Chen was excited but of course Fang An rejected the idea.

"Chen'er, Master will go alone…" Fang An gently stroked Xiao Chen's head.

If this creature in the form of a giant catfish was really stealth, it's not certain that Fang An would be able to face it in the middle of the river but Fang An was sure that he would still want to run away if the situation got dangerous, it's just that it would be difficult for him if Xiao Chen went with him.

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