After hearing from Village Head Fu Du, the Mystic Cavalry decided that their next stop would be the river where all the incidents had occurred.


    Initially, Fu Du wanted to personally lead them there, but that proved too much for his ailing body. So, just like before, he was forced to ask his attendant Xian He to do so instead.


    The river in question was not far from East Stream Village.


    In fact, if one knew their way around the woods, traversing through that path would only take one less than ten minutes to get there from the village entrance.


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    Xian He nodded in response.


    Zhao Yunxiao glanced at Xian He curiously.


    Ever since they met, Zhao Yunxiao had yet to hear Xian He say a single word.


    Fu Du might have said that Xian He was not fond of speaking, but perhaps he was actually mute?


    “What do you think?” Mo Mian posed his question to Chu Han this time.


    As the array master of the party, Chu Han was naturally in the best position to comment about the talismans.


    “Something is strange about those talismans,” Chu Han furrowed his brows. “Let me take a closer look.”


    “I will go take one down for you,” Pu Feixiang stepped forward.


    “No, don’t do that,” Chu Han stopped him immediately. “Touching anything might result in corresponding changes. I will go and take a look myself instead.”


    “If you say so,” Pu Feixiang shrugged.


    Chu Han went closer to one of the overhanging vines and squinted his eyes at the talismans. At the same time, he extended his spiritual sense to probe them as well.


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    “Fine,” Gui Longcan readjusted the vegetation to hide the existence of the ropes once more. If one did not pay enough attention, it would indeed be difficult to spot the trap.


    “Over there! The monkey!” Pu Feixiang suddenly shouted.


    Everyone immediately went on alert and turned their attention towards where Pu Feixiang was looking.


    Indeed, there was a monkey over at the other bank of the river, perched comfortably on a tree as it looked straight at them.


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    “Can you not freak out over every random thing? Did you not hear from the village head that the hair on the monkey demon’s arms is supposed to be black?” Gui Longcan chided in irritation. “Does that look black to you?”


    “Right, the hair on the arms is supposed to be black...” Pu Feixiang scratched his cheek in embarrassment. “Heh, I forgot about that for a moment. It just gave me a shock, sitting there and looking at us like that!”


    “It is strange that I don’t feel any traces of demonic energy in the surroundings, though,” Mo Mian mused. “If it is indeed as the village head has said, and such incidents have been happening a few times a month, there should have been some lingering traces of energy here.”


    “It is because of the terrain,” Zhao Yunxiao answered while still observing the monkey on the opposite bank.


    “Junior Martial Brother Zhao is right,” Chu Han added with an approving smile. “The elements in the surroundings just happen to resonate with one another, forming what we call a natural cleansing mechanism that constantly renews the world origin energy in the area. Even if the monkey demon has indeed taken action here previously, any lingering traces of demonic energy would be quickly washed away along with the river flow.”


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    </a> And just like that, the party spent their entire afternoon by the river, waiting in vain for a demon that never showed up in the end.