62: Chapter 62 Huang Zu asks for a title

Huang Zu put the tortoise shell into his arms, his figure swept out from the window, turning into a foul wind that soared straight into the sky.

Arriving in the air, Huang Zu swept straight toward Qin Family Village.

Since there were no living beings in Qin Family Village with a cultivation higher than his own, he wanted to see what on earth was playing the ghost!

The bailiffs in the back hall of the county office only felt a gust of wind sweep over their heads, carrying a lingering fishy stench within it.

Qin Family Village, inside the temple.

Qin Ling inside the shrine opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, the candlelight on the offering table suddenly flickered, and the incense ash was blown away by an invisible wave of air, fluttering finely all over the floor.

Ever since he learned that the enemy was Huang Zu, he had fully activated his true body's perception, covering the entire Qin Family Village and its surroundings.

Therefore, as soon as Huang Zu approached Qin Family Village, he immediately sensed it.

That intense demonic aura was rushing straight toward Qin Family Village.

Huang Zu, he was coming!

Qin Ling frowned.

He did not know why Huang Zu, who had previously remained inactive, rushed directly toward Qin Family Village today.

But he knew that the current situation was indeed a bit tricky.

At the Underwater Temple, monsters had been coming to offer incense one after another over the past few days, and another wave of monsters had just arrived, preparing to offer incense.

Yet Huang Zu had come at this critical moment!

Meanwhile.

Under the large locust tree in Qin Family Village.

Pei Se leaned against the tree trunk, holding a wine gourd in her hand, drinking intermittently while watching a group of children play around under the large locust tree.

A little girl with braided pigtails ran over, clutching a beautifully patterned conch in her hand, and held it up in front of her.

"Look! Isn't this pretty?"

Pei Se took it, looked at it back and forth, nodded, and handed it back to her.

The little girl did not take it, tilting her head to look at her.

"It's for you."

Pei Se was slightly stunned, and tucked the conch into her pocket.

The little girl did not leave, squatting right beside her, resting her chin in her hands and watching her drink.

"What on earth are you here for? Wandering around the village every day."

Pei Se took the wine gourd away from her lips, thought for a moment, and said.

"I am a martial artist lord, here to slay demons."

The little girl's eyes lit up, and she pressed further,

"Slay what demon?"

"A weasel demon."

Pei Se replied.

Hearing Pei Se say this, several surrounding children gathered around, squeezed close to her, and asked all at once.

"A weasel demon, is it powerful?"

"How big must it be?"

"Can you beat it?"

Pei Se took a swig of wine, wiped her mouth, and said confidently.

"It is quite powerful, but I am even more powerful."

The children all let out an exclamation of "Woah".

Pei Se smiled, and just as she was about to brag a bit more, her smile suddenly froze on her face.

Because she sensed a monstrous demonic aura rushing toward her side.

Pei Se stood up abruptly.

The wine gourd slipped from her hand, crashed to the ground, and wine spilled all over the floor.

This was the aura of the weasel demon; she had been chasing it for a long time and could not be mistaken.

But this aura should not be this strong.

She had checked the records of the Demon Slayer Association, and that thing was at the peak of the Third-Turn, still one step away from the Fourth-Turn.

But at this moment, this demonic aura was clearly that of a major demon at the Fourth-Turn realm!

Pei Se's expression changed.

She was only at the peak of the Third-Turn, still a good distance away from the Fourth-Turn.

The Third-Turn and the Fourth-Turn were not just a single step apart, but two different heavens.

For her now, the most sensible course of action was to flee immediately.

With the strength of the peak Third-Turn, even if that Huang Zu was already at the Fourth-Turn, it would be difficult for him to keep her behind.

But...

Pei Se looked down and saw that those children were still gathered around her, unaware of what had happened.

That aura grew closer and closer, and finally crashed straight into Qin Family Village.

Pei Se knew that Huang Zu had arrived.

And in this entire Qin Family Village, only she had the qualification to escape.

Aside from her, even the sibling pair Qin Yin and Qin Mo were not qualified.

No one could survive under Huang Zu's mouth.

The little girl with braided pigtails tugged at the corner of her clothes.

"Didn't you say that you are even more powerful?"

Pei Se looked down at that upturned little face and those sparkling eyes, and after a moment of silence, she replied.

"Yes, I am even more powerful."

Pei Se took a deep breath, stepped forward, and walked toward that aura.

At this moment, she gave up running away and resolved to protect the villagers of the village.

The Demon Slayer Association took slaying all monsters under heaven as its duty, how could she just abandon the common people and flee like this?

She had bragged to the children after all!

Pei Se walked in an alley; this alley was very deep, and the walls on both sides were very high, cutting the sunlight into a narrow golden thread that fell on the ground.

She walked along that golden thread, her shadow stretched very long.

Suddenly she heard a voice.

"Do you think I look like a human or a god?"

The voice came from the end of the alley, chilling and lazy.

Pei Se's steps suddenly stopped.

She raised her head and saw a person standing at the end of the alley.

He was wearing a magistrate's official robe, wearing a black gauze hat, with a chubby white face, squinting his eyes, and the corners of his mouth upturned.

But that head—

It was not a human's head!

But a weasel's head.

Golden-brown fur, a slender snout, and vertical pupils emitted a gloomy, cold light under the sunlight.

He stood there, his body was that of a human, and his head was that of a weasel, dressed in an official robe and wearing an official hat.

Pei Se's pupils shrank sharply.

It was an apotheosis request!

She had seen this kind of thing in the records of the Demon Slayer Association.

When a weasel demon cultivated to a certain degree, it would use demonic arts to seek apotheosis, asking "Do you think I look like a human or a god".

If you said it looked like a human, it would obtain the human Dao, its transformation would be more stable, and its cultivation would surge.

If you said it looked like a god, it would obtain the divine Dao, be able to receive incense, and be even harder to deal with.

No matter how one answered, the weasel demon could gain benefits from it.

Therefore, Pei Se's first reaction was to bite her teeth and remain completely silent.

Huang Zu tilted his head, and that weasel head turned in the sunlight, its golden vertical pupils staring at her.

"Do you think I look like a human or a god?"

He asked again.

Pei Se still did not speak.

Her lips were pressed tightly together, her teeth gnashing audibly, not saying a single word.

She knew this was an apotheosis request, knew she could not answer, and knew that any answer would mean defeat.

Huang Zu waited for a moment, and not receiving an answer, the corners of his mouth curled up even higher.

"Still not speaking?"

He took a step forward.

Pei Se's hand pressed against a brown gourd.

The other gourds had all been drunk dry by her, and only this one gourd she had never opened before.

Huang Zu was still approaching her.

Pei Se's throat tightened, but she did not retreat, nor did she speak.

Huang Zu gradually approached, lowering his head, those golden vertical pupils staring at Pei Se.

After waiting for a moment, seeing that Pei Se still had no intention of speaking, the corners of his mouth slowly split open, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth.

"Not speaking? That's fine too."

He raised his hand, five fingers extending pitch-black sharp claws, emitting a gloomy and cold light in the alley.

Huang Zu had realized the existence of Pei Se, a peak Third-Turn martial artist, after arriving at Qin Family Village.

It was precisely because of this that he conceived the idea of using the demonic art to seek apotheosis.

However, now that Pei Se stubbornly refused to speak, it prevented him from gaining boosts through the apotheosis request.

But it didn't matter; a peak Third-Turn martial artist was not too big of a problem in his eyes now.

Seeking apotheosis was just a matter of convenience; even without that bit of boost, killing her sooner or later was inevitable!

Huang Zu grinned hideously and took another step forward.