Chapter 26: The Golden Core Demon Approaches, The Zhou Family Swindlers!

"Are they coming for us?"

Nalan Yanran frowned upon hearing this. "How can you prove that what you say is true?"

Shen Lang naturally wouldn't tell Nalan Yanran. From the moment he arrived in Qingfeng Town, the system notification in his mind had been popping up sporadically, signaling "Resentment points from Zhou Yu +20."

He simply replied with an indifferent expression, "Proving it is simple enough. Let's go for a stroll outside, and we'll see!"

As he spoke, Shen Lang tossed a spirit stone onto the tea table and walked calmly out of the teahouse. Seeing this, Nalan Yanran remained puzzled. However, recalling the instructions from the Great Emperor Shenxiao, she had no choice but to follow him with a serious expression.

Meanwhile, the communication token of Zhou Yu, the second young master of the Zhou family, chimed right on cue.

"Second Young Master, Shen Lang and his companion have left the teahouse and are heading in your direction!"

"Damn it, are they finally willing to come out?" A savage look flashed across Zhou Yu's face.

He had received orders from his father to go to the Demon Clan and request that a Golden Core stage great demon kill Shen Lang. To ensure a successful kill and keep the Zhou family clean, he, a young master of the Zhou family, had suffered greatly over the past two days. Not only did he have to endure the various foul odors of the demons, but he even had to grovel before them.

Now that he heard Shen Lang was finally coming, he immediately signaled the two Golden Core great demons beside him: "Two lords, the target is appearing. We shall proceed according to the plan!"

"You can rest assured when we demons handle things!"

...

Three incense sticks later.

Nalan Yanran, who had been on guard the entire way, looked at Shen Lang, who was riding on his horse, looking leisurely and unbothered. She gritted her back teeth and questioned, "We've been walking for such a long time now; where exactly is this gang you mentioned?"

"What's the rush?"

"They will appear when it is time for them to appear!"

"You..." Nalan Yanran was furious. "Are you just stringing me along?"

"Heh." Shen Lang chuckled, slowly lifting his head to look at the dense forest in the distance. He said faintly, "They will appear within three minutes!"

"Appear, my foot! Let me tell you, if you keep stalling like this, I will report you to my master for dereliction of duty, and you..."

Nalan Yanran hadn't even finished the words "believe it or not" when suddenly, a sky-shaking roar of a beast echoed through the clouds.

The next second, a figure burst out of the woods with a look of terror, shouting at them: "Run! There are demon beasts!"

Hearing this, Nalan Yanran's pupils shrank violently.

She saw two demon beasts with terrifying auras chasing after Zhou Yu. Just as Nalan Yanran was shocked by the presence of two Golden Core demons here, Shen Lang murmured, "Look, didn't they come out?"

Boom!

With that one sentence, Nalan Yanran's expression changed drastically. "You mean that gang consists of those two demon beasts?"

"Wrong. It's one human and two beasts!"

After saying this, Shen Lang jumped off his horse and shouted to Zhou Yu, "Brother, come over here quickly! We have back-up!"

Seeing Shen Lang take the initiative to invite him over, Zhou Yu was inwardly ecstatic, but on the surface, he feigned anxiety and yelled: "Run! You are no match for them!"

Although Zhou Yu's shout was full of feigned righteousness, the direction in which he was "fleeing" was exactly where Shen Lang stood.

Nalan Yanran looked grim. "What are you shouting about? Those two demon beasts have formidable strength; I cannot take them down in a short time!"

"Who asked you to take them down?"

"Don't be so self-important!"

Having said that, Shen Lang ignored Nalan Yanran's bewildered expression and walked straight toward Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was so excited he almost howled. He had long heard that Shen Lang was as cunning as a fox, but seeing him today, he felt Shen Lang was nothing special. A master strategist with a conscience? How ridiculous.

As he passed by Shen Lang, he feigned panic: "Brother, the beasts are fierce. Do not be careless, run!"

"No need to panic. I heard rumors of demon beasts here and specifically came under the Emperor's decree to resolve it!"

After speaking, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Shen Lang's eyes. He had been walking slowly all this way not just to understand the local customs, but more importantly, to use himself as bait to see if he could lure out some assassins and gather some resentment points to upgrade from the ninth level of Qi Refining to the tenth.

As it turned out, after waiting for several days, only two Golden Core demon beasts showed up. This left Shen Lang very disappointed. He didn't even intend to kill these two beasts to earn their resentment points; after all, keeping them alive was far more valuable than them being dead.

However, Nalan Yanran did not know his thoughts. Seeing Shen Lang about to face two Golden Core great demons alone, her eyes turned red with anxiety. She rushed toward him, and the shadows hidden in the dark instinctively raised their hands, ready to destroy the two demons to save Shen Lang's life.

However, what happened next left both of them stunned.

As the terrifying great demons reached Shen Lang and prepared to strike him down, their bodies were sent flying dozens of meters away by two fierce kicks from Shen Lang.

This scene occurred, and the whole world seemed to stand still.

Nalan Yanran stared at Shen Lang as if he were a monster. The shadows in the dark swallowed hard, whispering, "In just a few days, he has reached the third level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art? How on earth does this guy cultivate?"

Roar!

The two Golden Core great demons were equally confused. They looked at Shen Lang, who stood with his hands behind his back, exuding the loneliness of the invincible, and instinctively cast their gaze toward Zhou Yu.

After all, before they arrived, Zhou Yu had told them that the target to be killed was nothing but a piece of trash who hadn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage. But what was this situation now? Wasn't this a living King of Hell?

Realizing they had likely been deceived by the Zhou family, the two Golden Core great demons exchanged a glance, then scrambled to their feet and fled toward the forest behind them.

Seeing this, Nalan Yanran reacted immediately and shouted, "You go after the leopard demon on the left!"

"I'll go after the tiger demon!"

However, just as Nalan Yanran drew her weapon, Shen Lang reached her side and pressed her hand down.

"Do not chase a desperate foe!"

"You..."

Nalan Yanran wanted to say something, but seeing Shen Lang's serious expression, she suddenly remembered his earlier remark that the gang consisted of one human and two beasts. And without a human cultivator acting as an inside agent, the demons could never have breached the Great Qin's defensive line.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Shen Lang never intended to start with the demon beasts.

Having realized this, Nalan Yanran nodded and complied. Seeing this, Shen Lang breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that Nalan Yanran's straightforward nature would ruin his plan. Now that she was being sensible, he smiled at Zhou Yu's bloodied arm: "Brother, you're injured. Does this official need to treat you?"