Celestial Demon Starting from Attribute Points-Chapter 50: Reappearance

Night falls.

Dark clouds obscure the moon, shadows of lush trees sway, casting ghostly and chaotic shadows along the edge of the courtyard.

At this moment, a shadow quietly slipped into the county office.

Tian Yun seemed prepared, waiting in the yard of the county office. Upon seeing the shadow, he stood up solemnly.

The shadow removed the bamboo hat, revealing a pale face.

"Teacher, are you hurt?" Tian Yun asked in surprise.

Li Xuan waved his hand, speaking in a hoarse voice, "It’s nothing."

The less said, the less mistakes.

After speaking, Li Xuan sat directly on a stone chair to the side.

Tian Yun didn’t dare to sit down; seeing Li Xuan silent, he began to report the recent progress in Xiongshan County and the details of tomorrow morning’s operation outside the city to eliminate bandits.

At first, Li Xuan listened calmly, but as he understood, he grew increasingly enraged.

The first source of his anger was Tian Yun.

Aren’t you the County Captain of Xiongshan County?

If you use tactics, it’s one thing, but using the previous "flower thief" incident for reckless behavior, within less than half a month, you have violated numerous innocent women and killed many innocents.

It’s utterly beastly, worse than a pig or dog.

The second source of his anger was about tomorrow’s operation.

Eliminating bandits is a pretense; the real aim is to destroy the Li family.

The Patriarch of the Tian family and several senior members are all involved.

Li Xuan could fully imagine, if he couldn’t ambush Su Cangyuan, or made just a slight mistake, the outcome awaiting him would be the destruction of his family.

After listening, Li Xuan waved his hand, hoarsely saying, "Follow your plan; I’ll be there at the hour of Yin tomorrow."

Tian Yun said, "By then, I’ll prepare a set of county soldier armor for you, teacher; I apologize for the trouble."

Li Xuan left with his hands behind his back.

Tian Yun also quickly began to prepare, for tomorrow’s battle, though it had the teacher’s support, he still needed to rest and gather his spirit.

During these days, he lived wildly and crazily.

When he meets his fellow disciples again and observes the fundamental map, new progress should be made.

"The flower thief is truly great."

Tian Yun licked his lips.

After eliminating the Li family’s experts tomorrow and then devouring the Li family, he planned to continue operating at night as the flower thief, thoroughly enjoying the Li family’s women.

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As the night deepened.

Though it was early summer in Xiongshan County, for some reason, a thin fog arose.

In the County Captain’s Mansion, Tian Yun was sleeping fitfully, unable to sleep deeply, in a state of excited insomnia.

Just then, "knock knock" sounded from outside his door.

The sound was quite grating in the silent night.

Without waiting for the door to open, it was suddenly pushed open.

Tian Yun sat up abruptly from the bed, grabbed his sword, and looked towards the door.

Upon looking, he paused slightly; it was a familiar silhouette.

Su Cangyuan, wearing a gray cloak, entered with blood-red eyes, breathing heavily, and the scabbard of his longsword at his waist was gone.

Tian Yun instinctively felt something was wrong, angrily asking, "Teacher, what happened?"

Su Cangyuan quickly and hoarsely said, "Xiongshan County has a demon, that demon is the flower thief; I confronted him, but wasn’t his match... he’s coming."

Tian Yun was stunned.

Is there really a flower thief? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

He immediately recalled those dossiers.

Indeed, there was!

But the flower thief had suddenly disappeared; now that he appeared and was confirmed by the teacher as a demon, it wasn’t surprising.

He hurriedly jumped up from the bed.

Though he was a Secret Martial Artist, compared to those bizarre demons, he was still uneasy, especially since the Luoshi Sect had hunted them for so long, yet no one had succeeded.

Throwing on an outer garment, he quickly walked to his master’s side with his sword, just about to ask a question, when heard his master beside him say "Focus."

Tian Yun looked outside and suddenly felt a strange sensation, murmuring, "Why is it foggy in this weather?"

He concentrated his attention and stared into the distance.

Suddenly, a silhouette appeared in the distant fog.

The silhouette looked like a drunkard, exuding an unspeakable lewdness, with the kind of presence that makes you believe he’s the flower thief.

The drunkard staggered forward, his presence in the fog both mysterious and terrifying, making one instinctively feel a chilling sensation.

"His speed is very fast," Su Cangyuan said hoarsely. "We must strike together to entangle him, otherwise we’ll die today."

Tian Yun was inexplicably aware that his teacher’s speaking manner was slightly strange today, but only a bit. He quickly thought of his master’s injury halfway, now encountering a demon upon entering the county, such slight oddity and tension were normal.

Tap...

Tapping sounds...

The drunkard approached slowly, getting closer, his footsteps like drumsticks pounding on one’s heart.

Su Cangyuan hoarsely said, "Attack!"

Tian Yun shot out like an arrow from a bow, his eyes reddened, blood churning, sword light flashing.

But as he was still a few feet away from the drunkard, he suddenly felt an indescribable pain at his neck, followed by... seeing himself seemingly rise higher, blankly looking down, he saw a familiar headless body.

That... that body seemed to be his own.

Thud...

In the fog, the head fell to the ground. Li Xuan casually tossed the headless corpse into a nearby pond, then walked into Tian Yun’s bedroom, searching lightly, he found a list; it was the Tian family members’ list involved in tomorrow’s operation against the Li family.

Tian Yun wasn’t reassured, so he listed names individually and investigated each one.

As for the list, it had long been finalized.

The moonlight dimmed, mingling with the fog into a sea of pale golden color.

Li Xuan’s eyes gleamed darkly as he scanned the list, folded it neatly, and tucked it into his chest.

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An incense stick’s time later...

The Tian family.

The patriarch was perhaps too excited, unable to sleep today, so he rose and walked directly into the courtyard, then headed out towards a large pond for some fresh air.

In the pond, there were many precious plants and trees, with wild geese resting on the warm sand, along with an artificial hill made from the renowned Lingbi stone, appearing both elegant and luxurious.

The patriarch of the Tian family was strolling leisurely when suddenly he saw a familiar figure approaching from the other side of the large pond.

"Madam, why are you awake too?"

The patriarch of the Tian family walked over with a smile.

Madam Tian approached, with concern in her eyes, saying, "I am uneasy about tomorrow’s matter."

The patriarch of the Tian family was stunned but then laughed, "Madam, you worry too much. It is merely a bandit suppression. With sincere cooperation between the Tian and Li families, plus county soldiers, what could go wrong?"

Madam Tian said softly, "I am not talking about suppressing bandits, I am talking about our Tian family taking action against the Li family."

The patriarch of the Tian family looked bewildered, then angrily said, "Who told you? How did you know..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a gust of wind hit his back.

He turned his head to look, but could detect nothing, only a chill at his neck.

A tall, thin shadow stood slightly above him, grabbing his hair, and lifted the bloody head, then threw it along with the headless body into the wooden plants by the large pond.

The next moment...

Madam Tian suddenly disappeared mysteriously.

That tall, thin demon-like figure disappeared abruptly too.

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The next day.

At dawn...

The Li family had gathered their men, donned the armor forged by their own blacksmith shop, and prepared to leave the city to suppress bandits.

Master Li, though not having fought for a long time, was also dressed appropriately today.

However, when the Li family arrived at the appointed location, they waited for a long time but never saw the promised Tian family and county soldiers.

"Master... Did we get the time wrong?" a Li family martial artist could not help but ask.

Because it was truly too strange.

Master Li also began to doubt but said, "Let’s wait a bit longer."

As they waited, the sky gradually brightened.

From afar, an alarming noise suddenly arose.

The Li family members were startled, then realized what had happened, and quickly rode off, arriving in the city to see corpses hanging on the gates...

These corpses were all Tian family members, including the woman who went to probe Tian Yuan yesterday.

Everyone felt a chilling cold, their hearts and minds seemed to fall into an icy abyss, and they all froze.

Immediately, the entire Xiongshan County exploded with panic.

More and more bodies were discovered.

County Captain was dead, the patriarch of the Tian family was dead, numerous high-ranking members of the Tian family were dead, all were exposed.

The Li family finally understood why only their family came to the appointed location.

They didn’t get it wrong, but...

Dead people cannot keep appointments.

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Xiongshan County grew increasingly panic-stricken and restless.

The Tian family was in chaos too, fortunately, the head wife was still present.

But the head wife was also terrified, now even afraid to hold a funeral, simply keeping the doors shut tightly.

Knowing that almost all the Tian family’s skilled individuals were dead, the head wife was frightened enough to start gathering people, simultaneously collecting gold and silver jewelry, wishing to leave Xiongshan County quickly, even without wanting the family estate.

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Two days later.

At dusk.

When "Su Cangyuan" arrived in Xiongshan County with two hundred government soldiers, he could hardly believe his eyes.

Dead...

All dead...

However, he truly did not believe that his master would die.

The three words "Mr. Su" were almost a symbol of invincibility in his heart.

How could it be...

No, there wasn’t his master among the corpses, so his master must be hidden somewhere.

"Su Cangyuan" quickly made a judgment.

On the other hand, for the people of Xiongshan County, the arrival of the magistrate at least provided a reassurance.

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Next morning, early.

At Xiongshan County’s gate, another human head was hung up.

This head was shockingly... Magistrate Su.

"The Flower Picking Thief, the Flower Picking Thief again, ah ah ah!!"

The terrifying voices rose continuously, turning into a sky-covering dark cloud, shrouding over the entire Xiongshan County.

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