So it turns out I'm the demon!

Chapter 292 Robinson Crusoe on a Desert Island with a Beautiful Girl?

After a brief silence, Ishigami erupted with a reaction from a different frequency.

"Master Jiang! It's Master Jiang!"

Upon recognizing the newcomers, Old Zhang and several other demon slayers were so moved that tears welled up in their eyes, and they collapsed to the ground.

Now they understood who had just made the move.

"Brother Jiang..."

Lan Rou'er clutched her chest tightly with both hands, and a trace of color finally returned to her pale face.

The man's figure was reflected in her watery almond-shaped eyes, shining brightly.

It was filled with the attachment and adoration of those who had survived the ordeal.

"Jiang... Jiang Mu..."

Feng Zhishan, who had fallen to the ground, was completely blank-minded, his face filled with confusion and fear.

Earlier in the cave, although Chu Lingzhu confidently assured him that Jiang Mu would come to rescue them, he hadn't taken her words to heart. This secret realm was vast and boundless, and extremely dangerous.

How could Jiang Mu possibly be found?

But to his surprise, this guy actually descended like a god!

"roar!"

After a brief moment of shock, the low-level demons below, now without their demon king's leadership, finally came to their senses.

The instinct for bloodlust overcame fear.

They roared and frantically climbed and charged up the edge of the stone.

Jiang Mu's body erupted with sword energy.

Streaks of sword light flew out from his body like a peacock spreading its tail.

The hundreds of demons at the forefront were cut into pieces as if they had run into a meat grinder.

The dull thuds of flesh being torn apart echoed throughout the room.

The monsters in the back row were so frightened by what they saw that they turned around and ran away.

But before they could run more than a few steps, they were killed by the shadow demons that appeared behind them.

In less than half an incense stick's time, the originally dark and swarming army of demonic beasts was completely slaughtered.

Apart from the stench of blood, there was no other sound of monsters in the valley.

Feng Zhishan stared, mouth agape, at the corpses scattered on the ground.

He was once transferred to Huzhou City as the chief disciple of Jiufeng Temple, and he was somewhat resentful of Ran Qingshan's disdain.

He felt that even though Jiang Mu was a renowned prodigy of Daqing, how much stronger could he be than him?

But only now did he truly and tragically understand...

There is a chasm between geniuses that is even greater than the chasm between a human and a dog.

"Are you alright?"

Jiang Mu lightly leaped down from the treetop.

He walked up to Chu Lingzhu, looked at the girl's face, which was covered in dust but still bright, and couldn't help but reach out and gently flick her forehead.

"Why is it that every time you, my little doctor, go out to see patients, you always run into this kind of deadly trouble?"

Chu Lingzhu covered her forehead, wrinkled her delicate nose, and said coquettishly:

"I don't know either. I just wanted to become a healer to help people, but who knew these demons would be so ignorant, always choosing the days when I, this fairy, go out to make trouble."

Jiang Mu smiled and looked around: "Where's A-Li?"

Chu Lingzhu shook her head, her little face falling:

"I don't know. She got separated from us when the black fog first appeared after we entered the village. Ah Li probably didn't enter the secret realm; maybe she's still in Shuer Village." As she spoke, she suddenly pointed to Feng Zhishan, who was lying on the ground, his face deathly pale. Her innocent expression instantly switched to a tattling mode:

"Master, after this guy surnamed Feng was captured by the demons, he turned around and brought the demons to capture us. If I hadn't been quick-witted, what you'd see now are just bones left to gnaw on us."

Chu Lingzhu was never a magnanimous person.

Her life motto is very simple.

She repays those who are good to her tenfold, and remembers those who have wronged her one by one.

Upon hearing Chu Lingzhu's words, the four surviving demon slayers glared angrily, wishing they could tear her apart alive.

"Master Feng."

Jiang Mu's gaze fell on Feng Zhishan, who was slumped on the ground, and her tone was calm.

"So you're the genius transferred from Tanzhou City. To be honest, you've disappointed me."

Feng Zhishan's lips trembled, and he said in a tearful voice:

"Jiang... Jiang Mu, I... I had no choice!"

Those demons held knives to my neck. Even if I hadn't brought them with me, with the Dog Demon King's keen sense of smell, they would have found me sooner or later. I just wanted to buy myself some time!

"Give me a chance, and I promise I'll atone for my sins once I get out..."

Jiang Mu said calmly, "There are extenuating circumstances. But, it's unforgivable."

He waved his hand lightly.

"laugh"

A thin, dark red blade of energy grazed across Feng Zhishan's neck.

Feng Zhishan's voice abruptly stopped.

Then his head slid off his neck, rolled to the edge of the stone, and stopped next to a pile of monster corpses.

The blood gushed out from the cut a beat too late.

Upon seeing this, the four old demon slayers around him all twitched their eyelids and looked away.

"Let's go, I'll take you away from here."

Jiang Mu didn't even glance at the corpse on the ground, and turned to Chu Lingzhu and the others.

He had already sensed the location of the entrance to this secret realm when he spread his divine sense earlier. Before anything changed, he decided to get out first.

However, just after Jiang Mu led everyone away...

Feng Zhishan, whose head had already been separated from his body, suddenly moved.

The head that had rolled to the ground seemed to be supported by an invisible hand, slowly floating up and landing back on the severed neck. The flesh at the cut writhed, the veins still connected.

The gushing blood flowed back into his veins like an inverted stream, even the blood droplets splattered on the gravel ground flew back one by one. After a moment, Feng Zhishan slowly opened his eyes.

He sat up blankly, touching his perfectly intact neck, looking completely bewildered.

"If you die in the secret realm, I naturally have the ability to revive you. But remember, from this day forward, your life belongs to me."

A ripple suddenly spread through the air.

The aged voice that had once appeared at the altar echoed softly.

Feng Zhishan looked around in fright: "Who? Who are you?!"

Who I am is not important.

The illusory figure slowly said, "I have a task for you. After you leave, go and find a village called 'Apricot Village'."

This village is located at the tail end of the dragon vein of Yancheng. The village may no longer exist, and its inhabitants are probably all dead. However, the remnants of the ghost realm still remain there, and you need to find a way to enter that ghost realm.

After entering, they found the ghost of an old woman named "Wang Tanghua".

Tell her that it's time to pay back the debts she owed.

If you complete this task, I will help you take revenge and grant you an unparalleled opportunity to personally kill Jiang Mu!

Remember, you have no room for bargaining, nor the right to refuse. Your life was given to you by me, and I can take it back at any time." Feng Zhishan sat amidst the corpses, his fingers slowly clenching, spitting out two words through gritted teeth:

"Jiang Mu!"

Jiang Mu led the group over two mountain ridges, and the cave where the secret realm gate was located came into view.

It looked like just an ordinary cave.

The cave entrance was no more than a meter high, the cave walls were rough, and it was pitch black inside.

Jiang Mu waved his hand, breaking the barrier at the cave entrance.

"Stay close to me."

Jiang Mu stepped inside first.

The crowd followed closely behind.

Upon entering the cave, the scenery inside changed abruptly.

The once pitch-black cave walls suddenly lit up, with countless colorful streaks of light emerging from the depths of the rock face.

The interplay of light and shadow creates a dazzling, swirling effect, as if one were inside a giant, magnificent kaleidoscope, leaving one mesmerized.

"Wow...it's so beautiful!"

Chu Lingzhu tilted her fair neck back, her bright eyes reflecting a kaleidoscope of colors.

Lan Rou'er also tilted her head up slightly, her small mouth slightly open.

Just as everyone was stunned into silence by this dreamlike spectacle,

Jiang Mu frowned.

In the deepest part of the interplay of light, he saw a splash of red that shouldn't be there.

A red umbrella.

It is quietly suspended at the end of the passage, slowly rotating.

"Oh no! It's a trap!"

Almost instinctively, he reached out with lightning speed and grabbed the slender arms of Lan Rou'er and Chu Lingzhu beside him.

"Splash!"

The next moment, the red umbrella that had been hovering at the end of the passage suddenly opened.

The runes flowing across the umbrella surface burst forth with a red glow.

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying suction force, comparable to that of a black hole, erupted from the umbrella, engulfing everyone in the passage.

The colorful light was torn into countless long strips.

Like fallen leaves caught in a whirlpool, everyone was pulled deeper by that force.

Then it was completely swallowed up.

When Jiang Mu regained her footing, she was no longer standing on the rocks of the secret cave, but on a sparse forest covered with fallen leaves. The sky above was hazy and gray.

The air carried a salty, damp scent, quite different from the somber spiritual atmosphere within the secret realm.

The surrounding forests are much sparser than those in the secret realm.

The trees are spaced far apart, and you can see a long way into the distance.

"Hmm...where am I?"

A soft, delicate moan came from the side.

Chu Lingzhu clutched her head with both hands and shook it vigorously, feeling as if her head had been shoved into a wooden tub and rolled around dozens of times, leaving her dizzy. On the other side, Lan Rou'er also slowly woke up, still shaken, clutching Jiang Mu's clothes.

Jiang Mu looked around and spread her divine sense.

The four demon slayers had vanished without a trace, leaving only him and two girls nearby.

He sighed and rubbed his temples in exasperation.

"Despite all the planning and precautions, I still fell for the Red Umbrella Sect's trick. They actually embedded a teleportation array in the exit of the secret realm. How disgusting! Just how much do they want me to stay away from Huzhou City?"

"what?"

Chu Lingzhu blinked her big, bright eyes, her mind racing. "So we were teleported?"

Jiang Mu nodded.

"Where have we been teleported to now? Are we still in Huzhou territory?"

Chu Lingzhu asked curiously.

Jiang Mu shook his head: "I don't know. But given the Red Umbrella Sect's usual behavior, it'll definitely spread far and wide. At least far enough that they think I definitely won't be able to get back in a short time."

Chu Lingzhu was silent for a moment, then clapped her hands and said:

"In that case, let's find a place to eat first. The world is vast, but our stomachs are the biggest concern."

Jiang Mu tapped her smooth forehead again, annoyed. "You silly girl, all you ever think about is food!" Chu Lingzhu rubbed her forehead and muttered matter-of-factly.

"Since things are already like this, there's no going back with a long face. We might as well fill our stomachs first. We'll have the energy to think of a solution when we're full." Jiang Mu was too lazy to argue with her. She lightly touched the fallen leaves with her toes, leaped up, and jumped onto the top of the tallest tree next to her, gazing into the distance. She tried to determine a general direction based on the terrain and sunlight.

However, upon gazing into the distance, Jiang Mu was stunned.

As far as the eye can see, there is nothing but this small patch of forest, which is only a dozen or so square miles in circumference.

All around, the horizon was a vast expanse of blue.

The boundless ocean.

The waves rolled, the sea and sky merged into one, and there wasn't even a decent point of reference.

In other words, the Red Umbrella Cult's terrible teleportation array teleported them directly to a remote island overseas?!

"What the hell..."

Jiang Mu stood on the treetop.

The sea breeze tousled his hair, leaving him disheveled in the wind.

After a long silence, he couldn't help but give the Red Umbrella Sect a thumbs up from the bottom of his heart, and sincerely praised them.

"Damn. This is a really good place."

After going through all that trouble to set up a series of deadly traps and sacrifice so many pawns, all he got in the end was to be exiled to a deserted island to become Robinson Crusoe.

With this much free time and resources, why don't your Red Umbrella Cult's higher-ups just come out in full force and fight me to the death? Wouldn't it be better if we all had a good, decisive battle? Why do you have to resort to these disgusting, underhanded tactics?

Jiang Mu sighed and leaped back to the ground from the treetop.

"Boss, have you seen it clearly up there? How is it?"

Chu Lingzhu stepped forward and asked.

Jiang Mu looked at her expressionlessly: "You're right, let's eat first."

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Chu Lingzhu, being a clever and perceptive girl, blinked her big eyes upon seeing Jiang Mu's expression and immediately understood. "It seems we can't go back for the time being, right?"

Jiang Mu said, "Let's eat first."

If it were just ordinary mountains and wilderness, he could easily walk out on foot.

But now that he's surrounded by the sea, he can't carry his two burdens across the endless ocean.

We can only use the materials to make a raft.

Although he was somewhat worried about Duanmu Li, whom he had not yet found, there was no use in being anxious now that they were trapped on this deserted island.

We can only accept it as it is.

Having decided to fill her stomach first, Jiang Mu has always been very proactive.

Not long after, he caught two plump wild rabbits in the woods and lit a campfire next to a sheltered cave by the sea, setting up a simple grill.

"Sizzle sizzle..."

The rabbit meat gradually turned golden brown under the heat of the flames, and the dripping fat sizzled on the embers.

Although Chu Lingzhu had eaten cold sesame cakes in the cave not long ago, after running all the way and going through all that trouble, her stomach immediately started rumbling as soon as she smelled the aroma of meat.

Even more outrageous, Chu Lingzhu actually pulled out two small paper packets.

Inside was clearly cumin and chili powder.

"You're carrying barbecue seasoning with you in that bag full of poison?"

Jiang Mu's eye twitched.

Chu Lingzhu sprinkled the seasoning on the rabbit meat and said with a soft hum:

"Medicine and food go hand in hand, right? Some medicinal herbs can both treat illnesses and enhance flavor, so of course you should have them on hand when you're traveling!"

The rabbit was roasted in no time.

Chu Lingzhu tore off a large piece of rabbit leg, blew on it to cool it down, and then took a big bite. Her cheeks bulged out like a hamster's, and she mumbled "Delicious, delicious" in a muffled voice.

Compared to Chu Lingzhu's hearty meal, Lan Rou'er's appetite was much smaller.

The girl only tore off a small piece of rabbit leg meat.

After eating in small bites, he shook his head to indicate that he was full.

After hesitating for a while, he finally leaned close to Chu Lingzhu's ear and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"Lingzhu...I want to take a bath."

Just now, when they were picking wild fruits nearby, they saw a clear mountain spring pool in the woods.

Chu Lingzhu was gnawing on a rabbit head when she heard this, and then she raised her voice loudly and said:

"You still want to take a shower at a time like this? So what if you smell a little? We're fleeing a disaster, not shopping. Besides, you don't smell bad even though you're all sweaty. You actually smell nice."

If you don't believe me, let the owner come over and smell it to see if it smells good.

Lan Rou'er's cute little face flushed bright red in an instant, like a boiled shrimp. She frantically tried to cover Chu Lingzhu's mouth with her two little hands. But her movements were no match for Chu Lingzhu's speed; the words had already escaped.

She glanced at Jiang Mu out of the corner of her eye and saw the man frown. She felt even more ashamed and anxious, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She bit her lower lip and whispered shyly in Chu Lingzhu's ear:

"Lingzhu, you forgot... my... it's still inside, it's been like this for so long..."

"what?"

Chu Lingzhu blinked, then suddenly slapped her forehead in realization: "Oh, right, right, I almost forgot about that, oh my god!"

She casually placed the half-eaten rabbit leg on a clean leaf, clapped her hands, stood up, and said to Jiang Mu:

"Boss, um, I also need to wash up. You eat first, we'll be right back."

As she spoke, she took Lan Rou'er's small hand and hurriedly headed towards the mountain spring pool.

Jiang Mu was speechless for a moment.

This girl always values ​​cleanliness more than her own life.

He casually asked, "How about I give you a back rub?"

"No need, thank you for your kindness, boss." Chu Lingzhu pulled Lan Rou'er and ran even faster.

As Lan Rou'er was being pulled into the woods, she couldn't help but turn her blushing head back as they turned a corner.

Her shimmering eyes glanced at the man sitting by the campfire, giving Jiang Mu a gentle, apologetic look.

After a while, by the pool, Chu Lingzhu muttered:

"Oh no, we can't get it out. Let's ask the employer to help us get it."