Demon King's Repayment - chapter 187

Yuan Xiang moved forward as fast as possible. Now she only hoped that the stand-in puppet left in the house could last longer, so that those people would find her much later, giving her more time to escape.

She could already see the road out of the valley from a distance.

Noisy shouts came from the street behind, and the guards armed with weapons hulled apart the crowd and searched around.

Yuan Xiang looked at the narrow exit not far away, gritted her teeth bitterly, and had to turn around and hide in the nearby alley.

Soon, not only the guards, but the townspeople on the entire street began to join the search for her. That slow town seemed to be thrown into a pan of cold water, instantly boiling. Both the guards and the people were busy looking for her, who could provide “pureblood” human beings.

Countless people were rummaging through the streets and alleys.

“Quickly, you must find the little lady from the floating world.”

“For hundreds of years, there has been only one person here, I can’t let her run away.”

Urgent voices and messy footsteps kept coming nearby.

Yuan Xiang avoided everywhere, and accidentally retreated into a dead end with no exit. There was a dense sound of footsteps behind her. She had to squat down in the shadow of the corner against the wet stone wall. Unfortunately, the low plants on the ground were not enough to cover her figure.

If she failed that time, she would be arrested and sent back. They would have a sense of alert, and it would be more difficult to get out in the future.

Could she just force through?

Yuan Xiang clamped the talisman in her hand, concentrating on guard. The figure of a man suddenly came out from the alley, his eyes were directly on Yuan Xiang. The two were surprised to see each other.

There was a visible scar on the man’s eyelid. He was the man she saw in the colosseum.

Yuan Xiang recognized him and was sure that he saw herself.

“How is it, have you seen her?” Shi Fu heard an inquiry from behind him.

Just when Yuan Xiang was about to sacrifice a talisman, the young man with a fierce face turned his head and said behind him, “No, it’s just a dead end.”

Shi Fu turned around and left, and the fingers behind him moved before leaving.

The low vegetation in the alley grew madly, the soft branches and vines were stripped, and the broad green leaves spread out, effectively covering Yuan Xiang’s figure.

The search team at the entrance of the alley turned and left, gradually moving away.

Yuan Xiang squatted down among the dense branches and leaves, hiding herself more secretly.

The sky gradually changed, and search teams appeared nearby more frequently. There were even guards riding birds flying back and forth in the sky.

Yuan Xiang felt that it was only a matter of time before she was discovered, but she had no better place to hide.

There was a faint sound of footsteps ahead. A small hand parted the grass, and the little boy with a demon skull stuck out half of his face. It was Shi Fu’s younger brother, Shi Jun, the little boy who stole her purse. 

“Ah, brother was right, you really are here,” Shi Jun smiled and said. He took off the skull with thick demon fur, handed it to Yuan Xiang, and continued to say, “Sister, come with me. This place isn’t good to hide.”

Yuan Xiang thought for a moment, then took the mask in his hand. With a mask of skull and crossbones, she was stained with a demonic air, and followed Shi Jun along the street.

A team of people searching along the way approached, and the leader of the team had narrowed his eyes in Yuan Xiang’s direction.

Shi Jun took Yuan Xiang’s hand calmly, and walked easily while jumping two steps.

When the team of men with sharp weapons passed by them, he was even more calm and stable than Yuan Xiang, like a real brother, shaking his sister’s arm to act like a baby, “Sister, I want to eat fried pork for lunch. I haven’t eaten it for a long time.”

Yuan Xiang reached out and touched his head.

The task of the search team was to find a human girl who walked alone and had a pure aura, so the team leader stopped paying attention to the pair of inhabitants with obvious demonic aura, and hurriedly looked forward.

Shi Jun’s home was very close, and the tiled house in the courtyard had grown old, looking dilapidated and vicissitudes of life.

After looking around outside the door to make sure there was no one nearby, Shi Jun opened the door and quickly hid in the yard with Yuan Xiang

“Thank you, why are you helping me with such a dangerous thing?” Yuan Xiang took off the mask and thanked Shi Jun.

“Hey, it’s okay.” Shi Jun touched the back of his head embarrassedly, “Every time I steal something, as long as I’m found, the other party will beat me half to death. They never let me go easily. Only you forgave me.”

“Sister, you are a good person.” The little boy finally showed a smile that was a little close to his age, “My brother also said that you are a good person. He said that you helped him at the colosseum. He called me to help you.”

“Really? Thank you so much.” Yuan Xiang knelt down in front of him, “Do you live here?”