So it turns out I'm the demon!

Chapter 6 Pisces Jade Pendant

The figure standing before the bed was quite imposing, motionless, like a black wall standing rigidly.

Upon closer inspection.

It turned out to be Zhang the Butcher, the demon who was killed by Xu Fu!

"Grass!"

Jiang Mu practically scrambled to the corner of the bed, her face filled with horror.

At the same time, the familiar giant "demon" character groove reappeared in the void, with a small portion of its strokes now filled with dark red blood light.

"This is……"

Jiang Mu was taken aback, recalling the scene she had witnessed in the attic earlier.

At that time, black smoke emanated from Zhang the Butcher's corpse and entered the birthmark on his arm, after which the character "demon" appeared.

At this moment, this eerie scene reappeared.

"What the hell is that?"

Jiang Mu swallowed hard, her scalp tingling.

The moonlight seeped in.

Zhang the butcher stood motionless by the bed.

It stood there stiffly, its body shrouded in a chilling black aura, its eyes gleaming with a red light.

There was no intention to attack.

Jiang Mu stared for a long time, then mustered up her courage and reached out tentatively to touch it.

The fingertips pierced through the other person's body without any resistance.

"ghost?"

Jiang Mu was puzzled, but it didn't quite seem like it.

Just as she was pondering, Butcher Zhang's illusory body suddenly trembled, then turned into a cloud of black mist, which entered through the birthmark on Jiang Mu's arm.

The birthmarks on her arms lit up, vaguely resembling a pair of jade pendants.

Two fish swam entangled together.

Then, the birthmark disappeared.

Jiang Mu was startled.

The next moment, I felt as if a violent, brute force had been injected into my body.

Physical fitness is also undergoing a qualitative change.

He still had that same thin frame, and his outline hadn't changed, but deep inside his muscles it seemed as if hundreds of wild bulls were lurking.

"It's so swollen..."

Jiang Mu looked pained, her ten fingers curled up.

A surge of powerful energy erupted uncontrollably.

At this moment, he desperately wanted to vent, to unleash the power that was about to explode!

The joints began to crack.

Veins bulged on his forehead, looking as menacing as earthworms.

Jiang Mu's eyes were red.

In my mind, the ten movements of the Body Casting Technique flashed by like a revolving lantern.

He roared, unable to contain himself any longer, and rushed barefoot out of the bedroom, heading straight for the sandy area in the yard.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The silent night was torn apart by the sound of the impact.

The sound of their shoulders and backs hitting the wooden stakes was as dense as rain, several times more intense than during the day.

Tireless.

Feeling no pain.

Like a puppet, even when his skin was rubbed raw and blood seeped out, Jiang Mu was completely unaware.

Sweat splattered like silver flakes under the moonlight.

Occasionally, it would let out a few wild roars.

Bai Xiang, who lived in the side room, was awakened by the noise.

She put on her coat and walked out of the house, standing in the shadows under the eaves, looking at the man in the sandpit who was pounding his chest and howling with a strange expression.

His eyes looked like he was looking at an idiot.

After looking at it for a moment, she shook her head helplessly, turned around, and prepared to go back to her room to continue sleeping.

Suddenly, she paused, her phoenix eyes narrowing.

The air rippled slightly.

In the shadows not far away, a woman's figure could be vaguely seen kneeling on the ground.

"Greetings, Your Majesty..."

"Um?"

"Greetings, Master."

The man quickly changed his tune.

Bai Xiang spoke softly, her voice melodious and pleasant: "Didn't you come out of seclusion? Why are you back again?"

The man said:

"Your subordinate has received word that the Emperor seems to have seen through our scheme and is now secretly sending the Imperial Observatory and the Imperial Guard to find you, Your Majesty. Your subordinate is worried..."

"Don't worry, he won't be able to find me," Bai Xiang said softly.

The man hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask:

"Master, weren't you planning to go to Yancheng? Why are you suddenly staying at this纨绔's house?"

"I'm tired, let's rest here for a bit."

"..."

Bai Xiang smiled and looked at her: "What? Afraid that if I stay here too long, I'll develop feelings for this boy?"

"That's not it."

The man glanced at the idiot who was howling in the sand, and his lips twitched.

Only a blind master would have taken a liking to someone like that.

She immediately became serious and said:

"My main concern is that General Shangguan, the garrison commander here, will find out..."

"Alright, you don't need to worry about me. I'm just waiting for someone to show up. You go ahead and do your thing."

Bai Xiang said calmly, "Now that we have a clue, we must find the legendary Pisces Jade Pendant as soon as possible."

"yes!"

The man bowed and then disappeared.

Bai Xiang glanced at Jiang Mu, who was still practicing frantically under the moonlight, then turned and went inside.

……

Jiang Mu was completely unaware of all of this.

He was completely immersed in the pleasure of this "power outpouring".

He practiced the moves of the Body Forging Technique over and over again, recklessly squandering the borrowed physical strength.

Until the east turned white and the sky began to lighten with a pale, fish-belly white hue.

The powerful brute force within him then receded like a tide.

The moment the power was withdrawn, what followed was unprecedented pain and exhaustion.

It felt as if all the bones in my body had been broken and reassembled.

"You son of a bitch..."

Jiang Mu glanced at her bloodied and mangled arms, then everything went black, and she fell into a deep sleep.

……

When I woke up again, it was already broad daylight.

Jiang Mu found herself soaking in a specially made cypress wood bathtub.

The air was filled with a strong herbal scent.

The medicinal soup in the bucket was a dark brown color, with streaks of blood floating in it.

Fortunately, he was still wearing his pants.

Jiang Mu turned her stiff neck and looked to the side.

On a low stool by the window, Bai Xiang, dressed in a simple dress, sat quietly, flipping through a book in the morning light streaming in from outside.

The morning light bathed her in a soft, contoured glow.

Even her ordinary face now exudes a unique and serene beauty.

On the small red clay stove next to it, the medicine pot was bubbling and making a soft sound.

"Did you carry me here?"

Jiang Mu asked, her throat dry and sore, as if she had swallowed a handful of sand.

Bai Xiang raised her head and smiled faintly at him.

She got up, put down her book, picked up a bowl of lukewarm medicinal soup from the table, and brought it to Jiang Mu's lips.

Jiang Mu took a few sips from her hand to moisten his throat, and said with a wry smile:

"You look so delicate, but you're surprisingly strong. You must have been exhausted. Thanks. Now it seems like letting you stay here was definitely worth it."

Bai Xiang simply smiled and turned back to her seat.

She picked up the book again, but didn't look at it. Her gaze fell on the sky outside the window, lost in thought.

She was as serene as a lady in a painting.

Jiang Mu stopped talking, glanced at his arm where the birthmark had disappeared, rested his head on the edge of the bucket, looked up at the roof beam, and fell into deep thought.

Why does Butcher Zhang's "Shadow of Deception" appear?

What exactly is that groove in the character "魔" (demon)?

My cheat code?

But this is too rudimentary; there isn't even an instruction manual.

However, judging from last night's events, it seems that I can "borrow" the physical power of the absorbed demon to aid my cultivation.

Is this considered semi-automatic training with a support tube?

He recalled the records about demons in the Demon Slayer's manual.

The demons in this world are ranked similarly to human cultivators, generally divided into thirteen levels.

Demons are born with strong physiques. Even the lowest-level first or second-tier demons require a martial artist with well-developed body tempering to deal with them. Ordinary people who encounter them basically have no choice but to run for their lives or wait to die.

Once a demon reaches the third rank or higher, a demon core will condense within its body, resulting in a qualitative change in its strength.

At that time, it will be necessary for a more powerful cultivator to kill him.

Besides pure demons, there is another special kind of being called "demon people".

Humans who have been infected by demonic poison and have undergone mutation.

Demons are divided into two categories:

One type, like Butcher Zhang, has completely lost their human sanity and become a walking corpse who only knows how to kill; this is relatively low-end.

Another type can retain some human consciousness, but at the same time possess the ferocity and power of demons. They can even cultivate and grow like cultivators, becoming stronger and more dangerous.

For example, his sister Jiang Yuexin, who has been transformed into a demon, is very likely to be one of them.

"After Zhang the butcher died, he turned into black mist and entered my birthmark, which then triggered strange phenomena."

Jiang Mu rubbed the birthmark on her arm and thought to herself,

"This wisp of black energy contains the physical strength of Butcher Zhang in his lifetime, which is why I was able to temper my body with it."

Slay demons, absorb their demonic energy, and use it to cultivate...

Jiang Mu roughly figured out how to use this cheat.

"How about we go find a few more demons and absorb some of their essence?"

However, he nipped the idea in the bud as soon as it came to mind.

He's a complete weakling right now; going to find demons would be suicide. Besides, the Demon Slayer Division wouldn't allow someone like him, a "mascot," to take such a risk.

One can glean some insight from Xu Fu's attitude.

However, we could try looking inside the company to see if there are any demon corpses.

He's quite skilled at looting corpses.