Chapter Seventeen: The Black-clad Visitor at Midnight

  Yao Jiao's current cultivation is different from that of the various Wulin masters. The cultivation of the various Wulin masters involves unblocking certain meridians and promoting a certain type of true energy to flow freely along fixed paths, whereas Yao Jiao's first step is to unblock all the meridians in his body.

  The whole body has many meridians, like cow hair. The demon horn has the experience of previous life's cultivation. In this life, although re-cultivation is underway, the speed is not faster than in the previous life. Now at the age of 11, due to the need to open up more meridians than others, many times more, the true energy is not abundant.

  Now, the strength of the demon horn is at the level of a third-rate martial artist by today's Jianghu standards. However, the demon horn has a lifetime of experience and many hidden tricks up its sleeve, which can cause even a top-notch martial artist to suffer a great loss if they let their guard down.

  Yao Jiao is now constantly decocting various medicinal materials to protect the meridians, in coordination with his own impact on the meridians. This cultivation is really expensive! Just this one pot in front of him has already exceeded 50,000 taels of silver, making Yao Jiao feel a pang of heartache.

  "Old man, what are you brewing?" Jian Wu finally couldn't help but ask.

  "This is what I use for training, my training isn't ordinary, these medicines are necessary," said Yaoguo.

  "But I rarely see Master practicing, only at midnight, Master cultivates for an hour, and at other times, it seems that he doesn't cultivate, is this okay?" Xiang Wu asked.

  "Hmm, one time period a day is enough, I'm practicing internal power, not external power, no need to self-mutilate to increase strength" said the demon horn nonchalantly.

  "How can that be called self-inflicted?" Xian Wu argued, after all, he practiced swordsmanship for several hours every day, just as Yao Jiao had said.

  "Hmm, forget it, you won't understand anyway." The demon king shook his head and said.

  At this time, the shopkeeper of Xiake Wine House also slowly walked into the courtyard where the demon horn was located.

  "Master, are you brewing something to increase one's power?" Old Joe asked.

  "Yes, that's right. I haven't been to the tavern for two days. How's business at the tavern?" asked Yao Jiao, after all, his source of income was the Xiake Tavern.

  "It's not as good as it was at first, but I still make nearly 10,000 yuan a day," said Old Cao.

  "Huh? So little?" The demon's horned brow furrowed in concern.

  "This is normal and quite stable, but if the old man spends money on medicine like water, it might be a bit difficult." Old Joe frowned and said with concern.

  "Alright, don't worry, the Hero's Tavern will be booming again soon. When that happens, we'll open up the second floor, find some good chefs to come back, cook some expensive dishes and then raise the prices tenfold." said Yao Jiao casually.

  However, Old Joe was on one side, but he heard a cold sweat, but did not refute, the success of the Knight's Meal was there.

  "Alright, sir," Old Joe could only say.

  "Hmm, you go ahead and busy yourself," said the demon king.

  "Yes," Old Joe nodded and then went out again.

  In the evening, after dinner, Youjiao stayed in the study for a while before returning to his bedroom, where he rested with Sword Dance in his arms.

  At midnight, the demon horn climbed up again, sat in the house and started meditating with his eyes closed.

  At this time, Jian Wu also woke up and leaned against the headboard, carefully looking at Yao Jiao. Two months of getting along had made Jian Wu realize that Yao Jiao was a truly good person to her, unlike those who tried to curry favor with her because of her looks, even though he was only eleven years old.

  Just after the demon horn's cultivation wasn't long.

  "The" demon horn heard a rustling sound coming from the left wall head.

  On the left? The demon's eyes snapped open instantly.

  Something happened.

  The demon king quickly stood up and walked in front of Jian Wu, saying: "Lie down".

  The sword dance was unclear, but still very obediently lay down.

  Then, the demon covered her with a quilt and whispered, "No matter what happens outside, don't come out."

  Then the demon horn slowly walked out of the door, and the sword dance figure was very small and delicate. A quilt covered it, and it really couldn't be seen anymore.

  The demon's horn peeked through the gap in the door and saw five black-clad figures outside, each holding a long sword, jumping over the courtyard one by one, their footsteps light and continuous as they approached the house where the demon was.

  Although Yao Jiao's cultivation had decreased a lot due to her rebirth, her eyesight was still there. Five second-rate warriors.

  Climbing over walls at midnight is bound to be no good deed. Now that I'm alone, it's obviously hard to deal with these second-rate martial artists.

  The demon king slowly took a deep breath, his energy sinking into his dantian. A wisp of true energy resonated in his vocal cords, and with a burst of energy, he let out a long, mighty roar towards the sky.

  "Murder! Help!~~~~~~~"

  The sound of the demon's voice was so mournful that it filled the air, and this one cry, on this quiet night, could be said to be a thunderclap out of a clear sky. Within a radius of one mile, whether human or animal, all were startled by this sound from their nightmares, cold sweat dripping down as they sat up.

  Those five men in black were also stunned by the demon's roar as they approached, standing stupidly for a moment before reacting.

  "One of them in black suddenly shouted."

  However, at this moment, the demon horn also knew that the situation was critical, and the gate was tightly closed. Not allowing the five black-clothed men to rush in. Because the demon horn itself also knew that in the first year of a second-generation family member starting a business outside, there would be family guards secretly protecting them, and its own shout would definitely attract the attention of those guards.

  "Bang bang bang", five people ran to the front of the witch's house and started knocking on the door.

  "Shameless rodents, looking for death!" Suddenly a loud shout came from the city wall.

  A tall man in red suddenly jumped in.

  "Not good, you two go block him, quick, burst open the door!" One of the five men in black immediately shouted.

  Then, two men in black rushed up and confronted the red-clothed giant.

  "when" "when" "when"

  Suddenly, the sound of swords clashing came, and the red-clothed big man held a large knife to fight with two black-clothed men. Apparently, the red-clothed big man's martial arts were slightly higher, but unfortunately, his opponents were indeed two people.

  "Who is it?"

  Suddenly, Old Joe's shout came from next door.

  Then Old Joe and Old Wang rushed in. They came in and saw someone breaking into the house of the demon corner. One person carried a large abacus and rushed up.

  One of the men in black broke away from the group and rushed towards Old Wang and Old Joe.

  It's clear that this time the black-clad men had the upper hand. One of them was able to hold his own against both Old Wang and Old Qiao at the same time, without falling behind.

  Boom

  A loud crash, and the door of the demon's house was blown open.

  Taking advantage of this gap, the demon's foot stepped on the mysterious step, and in an instant, his body changed and jumped into the courtyard.

  "Seize the kid and let's go!" The man in black ordered again.

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  The first watch.