That idiot from the Sword Sect turned out to be a lucky charm.

Chapter 156 The female slave

The two inside were passionately kissing. Based on Lin Zhifeng's experience with adult films, he deduced that what followed should be an adult film.

Lin Zhifeng had no interest in watching the real-life pornographic film; he believed that Ding Mo, being a gentleman, would disdain peeping into other people's privacy in this regard.

So Lin Zhifeng tugged at the ribbon, meaning: Senior brother, shall we go?

Ding Mo on the other end also moved twice in response, indicating "I'll listen to you."

The two quietly withdrew, found a secluded spot, and jumped over the wall to leave the city lord's mansion.

The reason they didn't return the way they came was because they had already discovered that the City Lord's Mansion wasn't protected by any barriers when they entered. Therefore, there was no need for them to go through the main gate now.

The two returned to Dan Ge's shop and climbed through the window into their temporary room.

The effects of the invisibility pill hadn't worn off yet, so to avoid the embarrassment of bumping into each other, the two untied their ribbons and went back to their own beds.

Lin Zhifeng had endured this whole journey, and now he could finally speak.

"Senior Brother Ding, did you notice? That city lord's wife isn't an ordinary human!" Lin Zhifeng said, pointing towards Ding Mo's bed.

"Mm," Ding Mo replied briefly.

Lin Zhifeng didn't mind and continued, "From their conversation just now, we can deduce that the murderer in the Fuyun Inn case is most likely this woman named Qingqing. Furthermore, the information gleaned from their conversation—that she's afraid of heat, feeds on blood, is unkillable, and has lived for thousands of years…"

"I have a bold guess!" Lin Zhifeng paused deliberately after saying that, wanting to keep everyone in suspense.

Ding Mo asked cooperatively, "What's your guess? Do you have any clues about the identity and background of this woman in green?"

Lin Zhifeng said, "Yes!"

"This woman is dressed in green, beautiful, unkillable, and a vampire... Senior Brother Ding, have you thought of that?"

Ding Mo pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Could it be... but shouldn't she be in the mortal realm?"

When Lin Zhifeng heard Ding Mo say this, he knew that he had guessed who the woman was.

"Perhaps it's a coincidence, or maybe there's been a temporal distortion. Look at my two mice, don't they also not belong to this world?"

Ding Mo thought about it and agreed. He said with some worry, "If it really is her, then this matter will be difficult to handle."

Dear readers, do you know who the "she" they are talking about is?

Some of you may have already guessed: it is a creature that exists in the mortal world according to legend - the drought demon or the female demon.

This Nüba is said to have liked to wear green clothes and was an extremely beautiful woman.

Legend has it that she was originally the daughter of the Yellow Emperor, a celestial maiden who lived in the heavens.

In ancient times, when the Yellow Emperor and Chi You were at war, the Yellow Emperor first summoned Yinglong to help him. Yinglong was skilled at controlling water, so Chi You then summoned the Wind God and Rain God from the heavens to fight against him.

The Wind God and the Rain God not only defeated Yinglong, but also created towering waves and endless torrential rain.

As a result, not only did the Yellow Emperor's side suffer a defeat, but ordinary people also could not survive.

So the Yellow Emperor summoned a celestial maiden for help.

After the celestial maiden arrived, the rain immediately stopped and the sky cleared. The Yellow Emperor then led his people to victory and killed Chi You.

Although the historical records do not describe what happened next, the celestial maiden unfortunately died in a battle in the following period and was therefore unable to return to heaven.

Because her body was not properly preserved, it was unfortunately struck by lightning and turned into a zombie, also known as a demon.

Because wherever she went, the land became arid and never rained again, she was banished to the north, a place sparsely populated by mortals at that time.

Drought Demon is also a tragic figure.

She was perfectly fine in heaven when she was called down to help fight the war. The war was won, but she couldn't return. After becoming a zombie, neither human nor ghost, no one remembered her kindness; instead, they resented the drought she brought.

When she was exiled to the north, the south would occasionally experience floods. At these times, the people would remember her again and come to her begging for help to stop the rains and control the floods.

Even after she did what humans asked, they still used her and then discarded her.

"I wonder how she came to the cultivation world? But it should be closely related to this city lord," Lin Zhifeng said.

Ding Mo nodded in agreement, but then, remembering their current state of invisibility, he said, "That should be true."

Lin Zhifeng said, "If we were to face Nüba, what are our chances of winning?"

Ding Mo mentally calculated: the Sword Sect should send at least one elder at the Void Refinement Realm; the Happy Valley's Valley Master should be present, as she is also at the Void Refinement Realm; and then there's Elder Gu from the Pill Pavilion, who is also at the Void Refinement Realm. If they could contact the other two major pill cultivation sects through Elder Gu, and the bigwigs from all three sects could mobilize together, there might be several Body Integration Realm experts and dozens of Void Refinement Realm experts.

In short, it depends on the situation; there will be at least three cultivators at the Refinement of Void Realm.

However, even with the strongest lineup, it's not guaranteed that they can defeat Nüba.

Despite coming from the mortal realm, she is just an ordinary mortal.

Moreover, although Nüba was mostly disliked by humans, they still treated her as a deity and sought her help when floods occurred.

Therefore, Nüba is now a demigod.

Therefore, relying on these three alchemy sects to defeat her is not a very good chance of success.

But according to what they overheard tonight, this female demon seems to be living in great pain and wants to end her life.

If she doesn't fight back, I don't know if I can kill her.

Furthermore, if she did not commit murder intentionally, but only accidentally killed someone in a state of irrationality and madness, could she be sentenced to death directly?

Lin Zhifeng was racking his brains. Adding to his confusion was the fact that he'd overheard the two people crying loudly through the window; his head was still buzzing. So he decided to stop thinking about it altogether.

Lin Zhifeng said, "Senior Brother Ding, I think we should rest now. If the big shots come tomorrow, we'll explain the situation to them. As for what to do, let the elders worry about it!"

Ding Mo smiled and said, "Okay!"

Lin Zhifeng said he would rest, and he really did fall asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Ding Mo, however, was lost in thought.

If a conflict were to occur, he, a sword cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, would not be entirely useless.

He wasn't sure he could defeat Nüba, but stopping the city lord shouldn't be a problem.