Chapter 13: Good Incense, Sincere Heart, and a Strong Body

The two Mountain-Crashing Bear demon leaders were killed on the spot, and the hidden Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey also left this place. This was like truly poking a hornet’s nest. After a brief moment of stillness, the ordinary bear demons and the small bear demons suddenly went crazy and rushed out of the cave…

Ning Xuan saw it clearly. With a flash of his figure, he arrived at the entrance of the cave. He swung his broken saber, and with a Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak, he beheaded the first bear demon that rushed out. Then, he bounced off the bear demon’s belly, turned back again, accelerated, and with another Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak, he killed the next bear demon that followed.

“Bear Crushing the Mountain Peak” was the innate demonic art of the Mountain-Crashing Bear demon, and its activation condition was “acceleration.”

And whether Ning Xuan could use “Crushing the Mountain Peak” was crucial.

Being able to use it was one level.

Not being able to use it was another level.

The two were simply incomparable.

The constitution was there, but the constitution was like an unsharpened saber.

And the innate demonic art “Crushing the Mountain Peak” was the blade of this saber.

If he didn’t use “Crushing the Mountain Peak,” let alone the previous bear demon leaders, he couldn’t even kill these small bear demons in one move, and could only use a more brute force method to beat them to a pulp one by one.

What a waste of time, how inefficient.

Therefore, he had to keep himself in a state of “acceleration” at all times.

And because his “acceleration” distance was very short, he had to use all his skills and burst out with all his strength every time.

He used the saber staff to accelerate, and at this time, rushing towards the entrance of the cave was also accelerating. Using the bear demon’s belly to rebound, and then using the momentum to kick off was also accelerating.

He was in a state of rapid, explosive movement.

Hand up, saber down, hand up, saber down, hand up, saber down…

Soon, more than ten bear demon corpses were piled up at the entrance of the bear demon cave, stacked into a small mountain, and the fishy smell spread everywhere, but no wild beast dared to approach.

Ning Xuan began to breathe heavily, and the spot on his back and waist that had just been whipped by the Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey also began to ache, burning hot…

But he did not intend to let these bear demon minions escape.

After more than a dozen bear demons died, there was no movement in the cave.

The bear demons no longer ran out, but shrank back into the cave.

Ning Xuan did not enter the cave.

His expression moved slightly, and he turned his head to look at the tinderbox he had just thrown away. He took two steps, and suddenly, he saw the bloody corpse of the half-beautiful woman on the side. Next to the corpse, a small metal bottle had fallen, and on it was engraved “Butterfly Fragrance Rose Dew” in an elegant font.

As the young master of the Ning family who had played around in the Chenxiang Pavilion, he naturally knew about “Butterfly Fragrance Rose Dew.”

This was a high-end perfume, sold by the drop, and it was quite volatile. Only courtesans of high status could afford it. Of course, this rose dew, which was more expensive than gold, also became the dream of ordinary courtesans, and they always wanted to try it when they had some savings.

A thought moved in his mind, and he turned and walked over, grabbing the metal bottle in his hand.

He shook it, it was empty.

He pulled out the stopper and looked again, it was completely empty.

This dead woman was obviously not a top courtesan or a flower queen in the Chenxiang Pavilion. The perfume bottle she carried with her was not even half full.

That’s right, even if those top courtesans and flower queens went out to gather inspiration, the brothel owner would specially arrange for guards to follow them. No matter where they went, the guards would scout the way first, so it was not easy for such a bad thing to happen to them.

Ning Xuan took the empty bottle and came to the small pool of blood from the Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey.

He carefully lowered the bottle and slowly sucked the blood and sand into the bottle, then placed it in front of him.

A familiar line of information appeared:

[Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey]

[Refine the record?]

Seeing that it was useful, Ning Xuan stuffed the bottle into his pocket.

Then he took out the tinderbox again.

With more time, he picked up some dry branches and piled them at the entrance of the cave. He slowly fiddled with them, and gradually, a fire started.

He took enough branches and piled them into a small mountain. The fire finally grew bigger and bigger. In addition, the heavens were on his side, and it was a south wind. The wind came from the south and blew the thick smoke into the south-facing cave.

Ning Xuan grabbed his broken saber, and with a few flips, he reached a high point outside the cave and began to observe if there was smoke leaking from other places.

If there was, it meant that this cave had a back door, and the small demons would most likely escape from the back door.

After observing for half an hour, he did not find any smoke leaking from other places.

And the small demons who could not stand the thick smoke finally began to rush out from the main entrance.

Ning Xuan swooped down from the high place.

Slash!

Slash!

Slash!

Slash!

Slash!

With each slash, a bear demon fell into a pool of blood.

When another bear demon ran out, it had even completely given up resisting and knelt down in front of Ning Xuan with a “thud,” kowtowing and begging for mercy, shouting, “Spare me… spare me.”

Seeing that it could speak, Ning Xuan tricked it and said, “There’s a chance.”

The bear demon kowtowed again and again.

Ning Xuan said, “I ask, you answer.”

He thought for a moment and said, “Are there still bears in the cave?”

The bear demon said, “I… I am the third king. The great king and the second king are dead. I… I just drove the small demons to rush out first, and then I deliberately held my breath for a while. I didn’t expect you to still be outside. There are no more bears in the cave.”

Ning Xuan said, “Are there any treasures?”

The bear demon said repeatedly, “Yes, it’s that brocade kasaya. That kasaya was originally used by the great king. After the great king died, the second king used it. After the second king died, I wanted to use it, but… it didn’t work.”

Ning Xuan said curiously, “How did it not work?”

The bear demon said, “Treasures have to be invited. You have to burn good incense to invite them. If your heart is sincere and your body is strong, it will work. When it works, the treasure will come. Maybe, I’m not strong enough, and my heart is not sincere enough.”

After speaking, it kowtowed again and said, “Spare me.”

Ning Xuan kicked it and said, “Take it out.”

The bear demon hurriedly took out a palm-sized Buddha statue from its thick fur and respectfully handed it over with both hands.

Ning Xuan took it and glanced at it. The Buddha statue was as clear as pure water, the Buddha’s head had snail-like hair like a green lotus, its face was like a full moon, with a white tuft of hair between its eyebrows, its eyes were looking down, and its lips had a slight smile. It was both majestic and compassionate.

Ning Xuan asked, “Is burning incense enough?”

The bear demon nodded repeatedly and added, “Good incense, a sincere heart, and a strong body…”

Ning Xuan put the Buddha statue in his pocket and continued to ask, “Where did you come from?”

The bear demon was stunned for a moment and said, “Of course it’s Black Wind Mountain.”

“Black Wind Mountain?”

“Black Wind Mountain is Black Wind Mountain.”

“Then where is this?”

“This is also Black Wind Mountain. It’s a secret place discovered by Black Wave, one of the second king’s subordinates.”

“Who is Black Wave?”

“He was killed by you.”

Ning Xuan asked a few more questions and found that this question was a pure waste of time. So, he changed the question and asked, “How can you discover me from a very far distance?”

The bear demon said anxiously, “Aura, it’s the aura. After we occupied this land, we left our aura everywhere. If… if other demons intrude, the aura will be chaotic.

We can easily feel the place where the aura is chaotic, and thus perceive where the demons are coming from. The stronger the demon, the clearer the perception.

However, if it’s not in our territory, then… it won’t work.

You… you spare me, we are all demons.”

Ning Xuan said, “What about people? Can you perceive people?”

The bear demon said, “The distance is not that far, but when they get close, we can clearly smell the human smell. We have a natural sensitivity to the human smell, but for other demons, we can only perceive them if we set up an aura area in advance.”

Ning Xuan nodded.

He understood.

Aura was a unique identification method for demons.

For humans, they were more direct, but the distance was short;

For demons, they needed to prepare, but the distance was long.

The reason why the little bear demon could always perceive him before was because he had always been in the opponent’s aura area. After all, this was the lair of the Mountain-Crashing Bear demon.

And just then, the kneeling bear demon suddenly sniffed, because it suddenly smelled a human smell.

It looked at the distance in surprise and said, “Someone is coming.”

Ning Xuan turned his head slightly.

He also smelled it.

Not only did he smell it, but he also matched it.

The human smell this time was the same as the one he had smelled before, which meant that the people who came were Han Ba and the others.

This time he completely understood…

Before, when he could smell a human smell in the waterfall area, he thought it was because his perception was sharp. Now it seemed that it was because he had the aura and characteristics of a demon after using the Heavenly Demon Record, and then he had a special perception of the human smell.

A thought moved in Ning Xuan’s mind, and he suddenly said, “Go and kill them.”

He estimated that Han Ba and the others were most likely following the smoke.

However, he still had to explore the cave and could not be discovered by Han Ba and the others.

In addition, since Han Ba and the others dared to walk here, he naturally wanted to see their “extraordinary abilities.”

The bear demon was stunned when it heard this, and a hint of joy appeared in its eyes.

Ning Xuan gave it a guarantee and continued, “I don’t accept trash.”

The “logical loop” in the bear demon’s mind was closed. It seemed to have found a chance to live. It hurriedly got up and went in the direction where there were more human smells. It wanted to prove itself.

Ning Xuan looked at its retreating back and suddenly turned sideways and drilled into the cave.

As soon as he entered the cave, he saw scattered broken bones, rotten flesh, and half-eaten heads on the ground.

Walking further in, he saw seven or eight skinned and disemboweled corpses hanging on the natural rock spikes of the cave. Their muscles were exposed, and they were long dead, swaying slightly in the air…

It was obvious that the number of people who had actually died was far more than the number of people who had gone missing.

In the depths of the cave, a human skin mattress was covering a stone platform.

On the side, there was a conspicuous shrine. The shrine was empty, and Ning Xuan guessed that the Buddha statue in his pocket was originally placed on it.

He scanned the ground again and saw that they were all the belongings of the deceased. He didn’t pick them up. After walking around, he quickly left the bear cave.

In the distance, the sound of fighting could be heard faintly…