The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Chapter 12 Twilight Town 5

The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw the person coming down from the deep mountain, his figure gradually approaching.

The newcomer looked to be in his early forties, but had a full head of silver hair, regular features, and an upright posture, resembling a hermit from the mountains.

"And you are?" Wen Li was unusually polite for once.

"I am a half-immortal from Green Mountain, but I am just an unknown cultivator."

This person's words were somewhat contradictory; he was a demigod yet remained nameless. But to have protected Mushan Town from invasion for ten years was no simple feat.

"Host, this person appeared in the book, but not here. It was during the ten years when His Highness fell into Ghost Valley. Qingshan did indeed cultivate a semi-immortal physique and founded the first immortal cultivation sect at that time. However, the words 'mountain god' and 'bride' did not appear in the book."

Si Xiaxia is now working diligently, afraid that she might accidentally ruin the protagonist's path to godhood.

He possessed great martial prowess yet willingly remained hidden within a powerful family; he truly seemed like a carefree, immortal being.

Crows were cawing in the woods, their calls sounding even more desolate in the pitch-black night.

On a dark and windy night, in this desolate wilderness, the green hills didn't look like a benevolent place at all.

Wen Li suddenly drew her sword and thrust it at Qingshan's face, but Qingshan easily dodged it.

The red ribbon absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy, and Wen Li turned around and swung her sword, but a blue barrier appeared around the green mountain.

The spiritual energy continued to increase, yet the barrier remained sturdy.

Unable to match her opponent's cultivation level, Wen Li had no choice but to use the Ghost Talisman.

"Borrowing divine power to relieve my worries."

With the barrier broken, the opponent had no choice but to draw his sword to defend himself. However, Wen Li knew in her heart that she was no match for him, so she decided to stop while she was ahead.

"Senior is indeed amazing, I have learned a lot from you." After saying that, Wen Li bowed.

“Jiang Family Ghost Talisman, you are Wen Li.”

After saying that, Qingshan turned his head and saw Shen Yingsi wearing a ghost mask, and guessed, "Could this be His Highness the Crown Prince?"

The news that the Crown Prince and three demon hunters had gone south to capture demons had already spread throughout the capital. Mushan Town was located between Jiangcheng and the capital, and most of the merchants traveling there came from the capital.

After watching the show for a while, the man finally reacted.

"Senior Qingshan, could you please tell me about the situation in Mushan Town?"

Qingshan told Shen Yingsi and the other man everything he knew.

Ten years ago, Mushan Town was occupied by wolf demons, and the people struggled to survive under their rule. The leader of the wolf demons was Huo Zhao. It was around that time that Qingshan arrived in Mushan Town.

Huo Zhao, the Wolf King of the Wolf Clan, was a powerful demon who had lived for over a thousand years, and was the strongest demon in the demon realm five hundred years ago. Records indicate that Huo Zhao was cruel, bloodthirsty, and a cannibal, incurring the wrath of the gods. After hundreds of battles, Huo Zhao was defeated, losing most of his cultivation and being sealed away in Ghost Valley.

After escaping Ghost Valley, Huo Zhao arrived at Mushan Town, where countless wolf demons followed, turning the town into their lair. Huo Zhao had lost most of his cultivation five hundred years ago, so he had to start his cultivation journey anew. Perhaps because Huo Zhao hadn't diligently cultivated in Ghost Valley, he was forced back to his original form by Qingshan, and the wolf demons all fled.

There is no mountain god in Mushan Town, but signs of wolf demons have been frequently spotted near the mountain, and a young girl has gone missing. Qingshan suspects that the wolf demon Huo Zhao may still be hiding in Mushan Town, so he has been patrolling for several days.

After listening to Qingshan's introduction, they led Wen Mingzhu and the others to Qingshan's residence.

This is a three-courtyard house. According to Wen Li's observation, this should be the largest house in town, and the words "Jiang Residence" are hung on this luxurious house.

The man surnamed Qingshan is Jiang. The buildings and decorations in the courtyard are mostly valuable, and there are dozens of servants. They walked through the artificial hill and long corridor and came to a small courtyard.

Behind the courtyard where they lived were five rooms side by side, while the front of the houses was surrounded by vegetation, and under a large tree was a set of stone table and chairs.

Judging from his ostentatious residence, he doesn't seem like an ordinary demon hunter content with mediocrity. He clearly has the ability to go to the capital and establish his own school of thought.

"The courtyard is simple, Your Highness is wronged," Qingshan said humbly.

"It's alright. Immortal Qingshan, please just call me Fourth Master."

"Yes, as for the other fellow Daoists, I have arranged for people to bandage their wounds. Fourth Master, please rest here with me for the next few days."

Shen Yingsi nodded in thanks. At that moment, a servant came and whispered in Qingshan's ear.

"I have some matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now. You two should also get some rest." He then bowed and departed.

While they were exchanging pleasantries, Wen Li had already sat down on the stone chair, poured herself a cup of tea, and was savoring it slowly.

"Shen Yingsi, do you believe what he said?"

"I believe, but not entirely."

"Where do you not believe it?" Wen Lilian asked.

"Even if Huo Zhao were to dissipate his thousand years of cultivation, he would still be far superior to a piece of trash like him."

Waste? Not to mention Wen Li, no one in the entire world has ever heard Shen Yingsi curse.

"What about us now?"

"Rest now, Miss Wen is not one to meddle in other people's business."

“Isn’t His Highness always one to meddle in other people’s business?” Wen Li felt that this person was stirring up trouble.

Their eyes met in mid-air, neither looking away. After a long while, Shen Yingsi lowered his head and smiled faintly: "It seems that I have a lot to learn from Miss Wen."

What does that mean? Wen Li was a little confused about his thought process.

"You're crazy." After saying that, Wen Li turned around and went back to her room.

Shen Yingsi remained standing there, staring at the seat she had just been sitting in. His body ached, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and silvery-white scales peeked from his neck. Then, in the blink of an eye, he vanished from the courtyard.

Si Xiaxia was hesitant to talk to Wen Li when Shen Yingsi appeared, fearing that he would discover her otherworldly soul, even though it was highly unlikely.

"Host, the corruption value has dropped to 89%."

It's dropped again! As the guardian of the novel's world, Si Xiaxia has a bold guess, but after thinking about it for a long time, she feels it's impossible. But since starting this mission, too many impossible things have happened.

Wen Li also found it unbelievable. How could it have dropped so suddenly? Was it just her imagination? She actually felt that Shen Yingsi's "darkening" was related to her.

"Host, besides the three scenes between you described in the book, have you had any other interactions?"

"I think there shouldn't be any more. Let me think about it some more."

In the book, their first encounter is when Wen Li sneaks into the East Palace and poisons him with demonic poison. When she was seventeen, she would use a ghost talisman to become invisible and sneak into the East Palace kitchen on the first day of each month, only leaving after he drank the poison.

The demonic poison lasted for a year, and Wen Li only left completely after seeing him experience his first flare-up of the poison.

The second time was when Shen Yannan selected demon hunters to kill Shen Yingsi, and she volunteered to take on the task. At that time, the demonic poison had already invaded his internal organs, and the spiritual energy and demonic energy collided within his body; only he knew how much pain he was in.

When Wen Li stepped into the cell, he was being tortured. He kept moaning in pain, and neither the burning nor the stabbing could elicit any change in him. It seemed that the demonic poison in his body was so painful that he ignored the physical pain.

His body was covered in rotten flesh, blood, and pus, and his appearance had completely turned into a demon, making it hard to believe that this was the noble Crown Prince.

Wen Li dismissed the others and had just squatted down when she unexpectedly met Shen Yingsi's gaze. But the next second, he quickly lowered his head. He said, "Miss Wen, don't look, it will scare you."

The third time, she also disrupted his ritual.

Each of those three times was enough for him to tear her to pieces, skin her alive, and pull out her tendons.

Besides what's written in this book, where else have they been seen?

"I remembered!"