Chapter 128: Eating Melon Seeds

Chapter 128: Eating Melon Seeds

With everything going too smoothly, Wen Ying felt that there must be a catch. He sized up this excessively sycophantic devil and couldn't see any signs of it being a succubus. Yes, this ugly creature was actually a succubus.

Images of Essence constantly treading the path of seduction flashed through Wen Ying's mind. Looking at this devil now, he was utterly disgusted. Yet, this devil was attempting to use its succubus charm to evoke pity from Wen Ying, hoping to dissuade him from killing it.

An eyesore.

"How do you contact the Saint?"

Exorcists in the Human Realm mainly belonged to two large official organizations, the Exorcist Association and the Church of the Archangel. From what this succubus said, the Church of the Archangel had actually colluded with the extremist faction of the Devil Realm?

This was shocking news, both to humans and devils.

But if it were true, Wen Ying flexed his wooden puppet-like fingers and clenched them tightly—he would definitely be the top scorer in the final exams!

The thought of Poros and the others' furious faces made Wen Ying happily beckon at the succubus with his finger. The succubus eagerly approached. "My Lord, demons like us who are on the periphery of these organizations have to submit the negative emotions we've collected from humans once a month. Very coincidentally, tonight is the time for me to contact my superior."

"Didn't you say you could help me contact the Saint?"

"I can't contact them directly, but my superior should be able to. If they can't, cough cough," the succubus rubbed its hands together, a sly glint flickering in its eyes, "their superior should be able to."

Wen Ying looked at it expressionlessly, "Are you trying to get something for nothing?" This creature was even more cunning than he was.

The succubus smoothly knelt on one knee, "My lord, I've provided a very reliable starting point for a chain reaction!"

It meant toppling one would cause a cascade of others to fall, Wen Ying rested his chin in his hand, "Alright, arrange a meeting."

"Got it."

The succubus flipped its hand and conjured a miniature magic circle, addressing it, "Old Hong, let's meet at that abandoned building in the south tonight. I'll head there now."

With that, the black magic circle dispersed as the succubus switched back to its fawning tone, "My lord, Old Hong doesn't know as much as I do. You know how humans are, they're full of lies and can't be trusted."

Wen Ying looked at it with a faint expression, and the succubus blinked rapidly.

The door suddenly opened, and Yang Rixi walked in. Although the succubus in the room was close to being an intermediate demon, its essence was still that of a low-level demon, invisible to ordinary humans. Thus, Yang Rixi was completely unaware that there was another demon in the room.

He asked Wen Ying, "I forgot to ask before, do demons need to eat?"

Wen Ying stroked his stomach. "Ordinary food can't satisfy me."

"The Lord, I have excellent human essence here!" The incubus fawned, extracting a vibrant ball of energy from its small body. "If you need more, I still have plenty of treasures!"

On the white energy ball, Wen Ying sensed an aroma. His eyes were instantly captivated, unable to look away. His silver-white eyes turned cold and focused like a predator on the hunt.

"What's that?" Yang Rixi noticed Wen Ying staring intently at something and followed his gaze, but saw nothing.

Wen Ying forced himself to look away. He couldn't start down this path or he might not be able to stop.

"It's nothing. I'll be out tonight, so no need to leave a pillow for me."

He rose from the bed and flew out through the balcony. The incubus put away the essence and followed.

"Lord, is that human your chosen reserve?" the incubus asked. "The quality of his essence is quite good. No wonder you're a Lord, different from lowly devils like us who just take what we want."

Listening to the incessant babbling behind him, Wen Ying turned with an unbearable glare. The incubus, attempting to flatter him, promptly shut up.

The incubus cautiously observed the demon before it. Though this was a strange white demon, it was indeed powerful, and it felt there was great potential in following such a being.

"Wen Ying instructed, "Remove all the magic that Yang Shize has granted you."

The succubus promptly replied, "No problem, done already." It didn't hesitate at all since it was about to abandon its host anyway, sooner or later.

Wen Ying knew the abandoned building in the south, so he flew straight towards it.

After bonding with Yang Rixi, this avatar puppet had become much stronger than when it was in cotton doll form. Wen Ying flew openly through the night sky, and ordinary people could only see a black smoke trail passing by.

"Do the peripheral demons like you in your organization know about the connection between the Church's Saint and the extremist faction from the Realm of Devils?"

"Of course not. Those simple-minded guys only know that their superiors' superiors might be exorcists from the Church. Unlike me, who knows that many high-ranking members of the Church have ties with the extremist faction. Whatever the Saint knows, I know too."

Wen Ying looked at it sidelong, examining it curiously. Despite its claims, it seemed to be just an ordinary low-level demon.

The succubus read the meaning behind Wen Ying's gaze and puffed out its chest proudly. "I was born from the Saint's lust."

Wen Ying: "..." He almost blurted out a curse as he stared in shock at this succubus that didn't look the part at all.

"I didn't have a physical form when I was born. I lurked in his shadow, confused and unseen. I followed him and watched many events unfold right before my eyes!"

"Does he know about your existence?" Wen Ying asked earnestly, genuinely curious.

The incubus pouted. "He found out, but fortunately, I ran fast. He thought he got rid of me, but I managed to escape with half my body."

Wen Ying, entertained, continued, "From which Saint's... you know what... were you born?"

There were more than one Saint in the Church of the Archangel, some still young and vibrant, others already middle-aged.

The incubus spilled the tea. "The human-like Xiao Long. Don't be fooled by his holy facade; he's quite lustful. Otherwise, I wouldn't exist."

Xiao Long... Wen Ying dug through the information he had learned from his demonic teacher. This Saint seemed to be one of the older ones.

As he feasted on the gossip within the exorcist community, listening to the incubus divulge Xiao Long's affairs and hypocrisy, they soon arrived at the abandoned building in the south.

This unfinished building was left behind by a developer due to financial issues, and no group had taken over the clean-up yet. In the dead of night, the wind blew through the steel and concrete, producing eerie whispers.

Inside the derelict structure, a figure of an old man could be seen. Wen Ying almost immediately threw a ball of flame to "banish the ghost."