After March, the Star Picking Courtyard and the Hunting Pavilion

There is an attic on the left side of the deacon's hall in the Star Picking Courtyard, called the Hunting Pavilion, which is responsible for collecting information on the attacks of big demons across the country, determining the level of the big demons, and then assigning the demon hunting task to the Deacon Palace, and the demon hunters of the Star Picking Academy go out to carry out it.

Mu Xiaoyun has been joining them for three months, and they have also gone out to perform a lot of tasks together, and they have never missed, they can be regarded as a rare undefeated combination in the Star Picking Academy, and today the Deacon Hall gave them another task.

At this time, Shen Yu, Liu Ziqi, Mu Xiaoyun and Lin Xue all waited outside the hunting pavilion for a long time before they saw Xiang Chenchao rushing here.

"What are you doing? You've been waiting for a long time, have you been trained again?" Shen Yu said with a smile.

Xiang Chen sighed helplessly: "Alas, I don't know what sin I have created, I met such a master, and I was trained every day, by the way, what happened this time?"

"Chiba City, the Ma family of Deyi Mansion reported that there was a soul rank demon near Deyi Mansion. Shen Yu replied.

"Chiba City? Isn't it always Yan Feng who has always taken over the task? That guy has always been high-flying, and there is no one in his eyes, so he doesn't even dare to take on a task. Xiang Chen sneered coldly after hearing this, he has a violent personality, and Yan Feng is very arrogant, so neither of them can get used to seeing each other.

"Since Lu Xuanji went to the edge of the northern frontier to go to the trial, he has been staying in the northernmost city to carry out tasks, if Lu Xuanji does not come out of the northern frontier, it is estimated that he will not return to the Star Picking Academy. Lin Xuedao.

"Hehe, that guy really regards Lu Xuanji as a believe, you must know that all the big demons on this continent are from the northern frontier, and it is not certain whether Lu Xuanji can come out or not. Xiang Chen said casually.

"What nonsense are you talking about, you're just going to the edge, no matter how powerful you can come from there, it's just a terra-level demon after all, what can happen?" Shen Yu said to Xiang Chen dissatisfied.

Xiang Chen knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he smiled and said, "What are you nervous about, I know that your Senior Brother Mo Yu also went to Northern Xinjiang, and I didn't say anything about him, I believe that Senior Brother Mo Yu will not have an accident." ”

Shen Yu didn't bother to pay attention to him, and said to Lin Xue: "Lin Xue, I and Senior Sister Xiaoyun saw him and a little junior sister go to the April Spring of the Invitation Moon Hall yesterday, and I don't know what to do, is it Xiaoyun?"

"Mmmm, I saw it with Brother Shen Yu", Mu Xiaoyun squinted and smiled, nodding again and again.

After Lin Xue listened, she walked up to Xiang Chen and stared at Xiang Chen's eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth and said to Xiang Chen: "Is there such a thing? Brother Chen?

Xiang Chen knew that it was miserable after seeing Lin Xue's smile, and said embarrassedly: "Xue'er, you listen to my explanation, it's not what they said, I went to the Moon Palace to find medicinal materials." ”

"Oh, so, that's it?" Lin Xue nodded, still staring at Xiang Chen and smiling and asked.

Xiang Chen knew that he had been pitted by Shen Yu this time, so he hurriedly turned around and slipped away, shouting as he ran: "Xue'er, my feelings for you can be learned, don't be provoked by Shen Yu's guy, the surname is Shen! Do you have to force me to tell the name of Ziqi you called Ziqi in your dream that day?"

Shen Yuzheng looked at the picture of Xiang Chen being chased and beaten by Lin Xue with satisfaction, and after hearing Xiang Chen shout like this, his feet slipped, and he greeted Xiang Chen's uncle in his heart, and then looked at Liu Ziqi, who was staring at him at this time, with a smile.

"Eh, have I called your name? I dreamed of more people, this guy is really!" Shen Yu didn't know how to explain for a while, and he hesitated for a long time.

Liu Ziqi glared at Shen Yu and said, "Slut!" and then walked to rescue Xiang Chen, who was being pulled by his ear.

Shen Yu, who was scolded, wanted to refute, but he knew that he was wrong, so he had to be so angry that his teeth itched, and he greeted Uncle Xiang Chen again in a low voice.

"Oh, Brother Shen Yu, what are you doing in your dream with Senior Sister Ziqi? Mu Xiaoyun next to him blinked his big eyes and looked at Shen Yu and asked with a smile.

"How do I know, if I dream of her, I must be fighting with her, who knows if Xiang Chen's guy is talking nonsense. ”

"You're quibbling! You obviously like Senior Sister, I found out a long time ago. Mu Xiaoyun raised her head and looked serious.

Shen Yu was suddenly stunned when he said this, and then touched his chin and said casually: "Is there any? How is it possible, you haven't seen her broken attitude towards me, I don't necessarily think about it at all." It's still Xiaoyun's sister, haha. ”

"Change the subject with me!" Mu Xiaoyun lowered her head and pouted, but it could be seen that she was indeed very happy in her heart.

"Okay, guess what's going on, today is the White Fish Festival, and Chiba Castle at night is very lively. Shen Yu put his hand on Mu Xiaoyun's shoulder.

Mu Xiaoyun was lively by nature, and as soon as she heard the word lively, she immediately became smiling and said, "Hehe, is there anything fun about that?"

"Of course there is, this festival is full of love. Shen Yu crossed his arms and glanced at Xiang Chenlin Xue, who was still entangled not far away, and said slowly, and then glanced at Liu Ziqi, who was a little distracted for a moment, but he immediately lowered his head and chuckled, as if he was laughing at Xiang Chen's liveliness, and as if he was laughing at himself,

"Alright, let's go. He greeted Mu Xiaoyun beside him.

"Well, then Brother Shen Yu must take me to play. Mu Xiaoyun was looking forward to tonight's festival, and seemed to have forgotten that she was on a mission.

"Don't worry, the little junior sister is like she didn't have enough fun in her last life. ”

"Hehe, I just want to play, I will definitely be able to complete the task with Brother Shen Yu. Mu Xiaoyun said with a smile.

"If you think so highly of me, I'll swell, haha. Shen Yu was still as immodest as ever, what he didn't know was that from the moment he first appeared in front of Mu Xiaoyun to block the danger for her, he already had an extremely important position in Mu Xiaoyun's heart.

Mu Xiaoyun's trust in him is the purest and unscrupulous trust.

Chiba Castle is dozens of miles away from the Star Picking Temple located in the royal capital, and in order to hurry up and fly quickly, it was already dusk when I arrived at Deyi Mansion.

The ancestor of the Ma family was once named Deyi Hou, which is a hereditary title, although the fief is in Chiba City, which is far away from the imperial capital, but because of this, the Ma family's status in this place is extremely prominent, and Deyi Mansion is also known to everyone in Chiba City, Shen Yu and they quickly found there.

There were several family members standing in front of the mansion, and one of them saw Shen Yu and his party of five people walking towards this side, all but one of them were all dressed in battle clothes, and they already knew in their hearts that they were demon hunters from the Star Picking Academy, so they stepped forward and saluted and asked, "How many of them are demon hunters from the imperial capital?"

"Exactly, the academy heard that there are big demons nearby, and we are here for this. Shen Yu returned the salute and said.

"Oh, please wait a minute, I'll let you know. The family bowed and said, looking very polite.

Shen Yu nodded slightly, and saw the family Ding quickly walk through the weeping flower gate towards the inner courtyard. Or maybe it was because of the grandeur of Deyi Mansion, they waited for a long time before they saw the middle-aged man who had just gone out of the courtyard with a housekeeper behind him. The middle-aged man immediately greeted Shen Yu and his party when he saw them, and said with a smile on his face: "A few people have been waiting for a long time, I am the housekeeper Ma Zhong here, my master is waiting in the main hall, please come with me." ”

Several people returned the salute one after another, and then followed Ma Zhong to the courtyard. Shen Yu and his entourage entered through the outer door, and only after entering the inner courtyard did they realize how luxurious the Deyi Mansion was, whether it was the layout of the house or the scenery in the courtyard, everything in front of them revealed its * atmosphere, Xiang Chen whispered to Lin Xue on the road: "Xue'er, don't say that although this Deyi Hou is a hegemon, he is still very polite to others, and I am a little embarrassed." ”

"Hehe, Brother Chen is also embarrassed at times. Lin Xue blinked and chuckled in a low voice.

"It's noisy again!" Xiang Chen gently tapped Lin Xue's forehead, and there was a little spoiling in helplessness.

Several of them followed the housekeeper Ma Zhong all the way, but the atmosphere was a little depressing, even Shen Yu and Liu Ziqi, who usually had to quarrel every few minutes, were much more regular than usual, but Mu Xiaoyun, the youngest of them, followed Shen Yu all the way, and jumped twice from time to time like entering his own door.

After walking for a long time, Shen Yu and the others saw Deyi Hou Ma Tianen sitting in the hall, although he was already in his seventies, he was not a little old, his body looked very tough, and the whole person sat there without anger and self-authority. Behind him stood two gorgeously dressed young sons, Shen Yu saw that these two people were standing behind one left and one right, and their faces were somewhat similar to Deyihou, so he guessed that the two should be the two sons of Deyihou, the older one had a calm face, and there were no waves on his face, while the younger one on the other side looked like an unruly feeling, and even a little gloomy, he raised the corners of his mouth and kept looking at a few people, and the kind of floating eyes made Liu Ziqi very uncomfortable.

A trace of doubt flashed in Ma Tianen's eyes after seeing Shen Yu and the others, and then he got up and asked, "How many demon hunters are from the Star Picking Academy?"

The previous hunting mission in Chiba City had always been carried out by Yan Feng, and this new face inevitably made Ma Tianen a little puzzled, and when Shen Yu saw this, he took out the edict of the Star Picking Academy and replied: "Exactly, Yan Feng has another mission, so the academy sent us here this time, this is the academy's edict." ”

After seeing the edict of the Star Picking Academy, Ma Tianen nodded hurriedly and said, "I see, a few of you have worked hard all the way, please take a seat." Then he motioned to the attendants on both sides to serve tea.

"Thank you, Master Hou. Shen Yu and the others took their seats after saluting.

"The academy has received information that it has been confirmed that there is a big demon here, can Master Hou be clear about the specific incident?" asked Shen Yu.

Ma Tianen heard a long sigh and said: "Alas, a few people should know that Chiba City is located on the edge of the empire, and the big demon from the northern frontier often comes to this city to make trouble, it is strange to say, more than a month ago, the big demon was found here and was killed by the Star Picking Academy, who knows that this time it didn't take long for the big demon to hurt people, if you couldn't come in time, I don't know how many people were killed by that beast, a few people can really be described as timely rain." ”

"Master Hou is serious, this is what we should do, the original intention of the establishment of the Star Picking Academy was to kill monsters and protect the safety of the people of the empire. Shen Yu has always been very uninterested in this kind of promise, so he asked directly: "I don't know when the big demon appeared this time and where did it appear?"

"This matter was also told to Ben Hou by my son Ma Ping, he is the right commander of the city guard of Chiba City, and he also witnessed the incident of the big demon hurting people, so the specific matters are up to him. Then he looked at the older boy behind him.

Ma Ping nodded: "Yes, father." ”

Then he said to Shen Yu and the others: "Here's the thing, five days ago, the city guards reported an unusual murder, which happened in the street not far from Deyi Mansion, according to the guards there, the deceased was originally a strong man, but his body was like a dry wood, only skin remained, and his face was distorted excessively, as if he had seen something very terrifying. This is somewhat similar to the big demon hurting incidents that happened in Chiba City in the past, but like this kind of big demon that only sucks people's spiritual power and essence blood, it rarely appears, and the general big demon will not leave a whole corpse for the dead, and the big demon has been hunted by Yan Feng not long ago, so I think this matter is a little strange, so I arranged a large number of city guards to patrol all over the city, and as soon as there is an abnormality, a signal will be released, and the nearby city guards can arrive immediately. The next night, I personally led people to patrol the city, but I saw a distress signal from the street guards in the distance shortly after I patrolled. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Ping's face looked a little solemn, but after all, he was also the right commander of the city guard, and he had seen the big demon hurting people more than once, so there was not much turmoil in his heart. Mu Xiaoyun, who was sitting next to Shen Yu, had her eyes wide open, as if she was experiencing it herself.

Ma Ping paused and continued: "At that time, I quickly rushed there with people, and when I arrived, I found that the three guards who asked for help before were dead, and the killer was indeed a big demon, and the beast was chasing the other guards who rushed to the rescue. I had to sacrifice the Demon Banner that the Star Picking Courtyard had left in Deyi Mansion to scare the beast away. ”

"Can the eldest son see the appearance of the big demon clearly?" asked Shen Yu.

"Naturally, it was clear that the beast had wings on its back, and its whole body was red, and it seemed that I had heard of the great demon of the fire vulture. At that time, a large number of city guards had already arrived, plus there was a town demon flag, so the beast quickly fled there, judging from the reaction of the town demon flag, it was still a soul level demon. Ma Ping said affirmatively.

Shen Yu nodded slightly after stopping Ma Ping's explanation, but there were a little more doubts in his heart, Fire Vulture? Although this kind of big demon is a soul-level big demon, its strength is almost close to the ground level, and he heard that the strength of the big demon that was hunted before is also close to the ground level, and Yan Feng, who has always been alone, also joined forces with other demon hunters to get rid of that big demon, and now there is another big demon like this, has there been more big demons infiltrated from the northern frontier? However, although he also had some doubts in his heart, it was not impossible for this kind of thing to happen, and at present, he was not sure if it was a fire vulture, so Shen Yu didn't think much about it.

Then Shen Yu replied: "In this case, please also ask the eldest prince to continue to arrange for the city guards to assist us in patrolling together, and wait for the big demon to appear before capturing it." ”

"Well, if there is anything else that needs to be asked, I will fully cooperate. Ma Ping replied.

"Thank you, Eldest Son. Shen Yu thanked.

"Haha, since the matter has been agreed, let's let Ping'er arrange it first, a few people came from afar, today is the most lively white fish festival in the city, it is better to rest for half a day first, and after Ping'er arranges it, let him and Peng'er take a few to walk around the street, and then go to the intoxicating building to see tonight's fireworks, presumably that beast will not dare to show up and harm people today." Ma Tianen, who had been listening for a long time, said at this time.

As soon as he heard that he was going to go shopping at night, Mu Xiaoyun was about to jump up happily, Shen Yu saw Mu Xiaoyun's appearance, and looked at the other people a little helplessly, Xiang Chen and they thought that what Deyi Hou said was reasonable, so they all nodded. Seeing this, Shen Yu saluted Deyi Hou and said, "Then there is Lao Houye." ”

"Why be so polite, a few people from the Star Picking Courtyard came to eliminate harm for the people, and they should be a good reception. Ma Tianen got up and said, then turned back to Ma Ping and said, "Ping'er, you take a few people to the arranged guest room to rest, and then go to prepare to write snacks and fruits, so that a few people can have a good rest." ”

"Yes, father. Ma Ping nodded in response.