Chapter 2451

Demon crystals were graded, with the highest being Level Nine, appearing only with Demon Venerables. A Level Three crystal equaled the power of a Heavenly Immortal-level demon cultivator.

"Fine," Yan Aohan seemed to ponder for a moment. "Let's trade for this one crystal." He stood up. "I’ll go get the ginseng." He went inside to retrieve it.

Soon, Yan Aohan emerged holding a box, placing it before Lu Shen.

Lu Shen opened it and found a ginseng root inside.

"I don’t have five-hundred-year-old ones, but I have seven-hundred-year-old ones. You should be able to use them," Yan Aohan said calmly. In her heart, she thought, Fortunately, I had Zhu Yanyi plant some ginseng a few days ago and accelerated its growth with fire. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have had seven-hundred-year-old roots; the ones I usually keep are at least ten thousand years old.

"No problem, no problem. This is even better," Lu Shen rejoiced. He then handed a box to Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan opened it and found a wood-attribute demon crystal inside. He nodded. "Thus, our transaction is successful."

"Of course." Lu Shen felt relieved, then took his leave to deliver the medicine.

After Lu Shen left, Zhu Yanyi asked Yan Aohan, "You gave her seven-hundred-year-old ginseng. Aren’t you afraid she’ll have designs on us?"

"Deer demons like him don’t have many schemes. Unlike monkeys, they aren’t cunning. I chose Wild Village because the village chief is a deer demon, lacking excessive greed. Moreover," Yan Aohan smiled, "if any demon has designs on us, that’s even better. I can deal with them directly."

They hadn’t acted against the Demon Realm yet because, although the demons there were arrogant, they hadn’t provoked them. Without provocation, they wouldn’t intervene to purify. Only after subduing the demons could they control the realm and purify it, thereby gaining their faith. Otherwise, saving them would be futile.

Neither Yan Aohan nor Zhu Yanyi were naive saints. They wouldn’t do things without reward.

Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow and gave Yan Aohan a thumbs-up. Her mindset was indeed different. Fortunately, she had her own interests, so she didn’t need to worry too much. After all, others would suffer the losses, which she could ignore.

Although Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi had self-defense capabilities and didn’t fear others, not everyone had good judgment. After learning from Lu Shen that the ginseng came from the Yan family, Lu Shen’s wife sighed and told her brother.

The speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart.

Her brother was also a deer demon, but he had many more schemes. Knowing the Yan family had good medicine, he thought, If I can get that medicine, I’ll be rich. So, he sought out a monkey demon from Fragrance Village to plan a theft.

Monkeys were very agile, and stealing was easy for them, leaving no traces. The two demons agreed immediately. The monkey demon, Hou Aya, finalized the theft plan.

At night, all demons returned to their homes. The deer demon, Lu Bian, secretly met Hou Aya at the village entrance, guiding him into the village and pointing out the Yan family’s exact location.

The house Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi bought was quiet. Although in Wild Village, it was close to the entrance, with a long stretch where no other demons lived. For Hou Aya, this was good news; she wouldn’t be discovered.

She approached the door, looking through the fence. The yard was clean, with vegetables and herbs planted. Hearing from Lu Bian that the couple were demon plant cultivators, she believed it more.

As a monkey demon, his attack power wasn’t high, but his agility was. He felt confident dealing with two plant cultivators.

Without overthinking, he easily jumped into the yard.

She moved slowly toward the house. But as she walked, she realized something was wrong. Her distance from the house seemed unchanged. Turning around, she couldn’t see the entrance anymore. Her heart skipped a beat. She knew some plant cultivators had innate talents. Surely this couple has that ability too, she thought.

She didn’t know Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi were watching from the window.

Zhu Yanyi looked at Hou Aya, who was trying to sneak up on the house. "Just a monkey spirit. Not a big deal. Just send her away."

Yan Aohan said, "No need. Let him stay trapped for now. We’ll release him at dawn. We need to kill the chicken to scare the monkey."

Hearing the idiom, Zhu Yanyi laughed. "It’s not killing a chicken now; it’s scaring a monkey."

"Same principle," Yan Aohan laughed. "Let’s go rest. We don’t need to worry about this monkey spirit. We’ll deal with him at dawn."

Weather in the Demon Realm changed drastically. Days were mild, but nights were very cold. Hou Aya never expected to enter this formation. Although it disoriented him, the temperature remained unchanged. As the night deepened, the temperature dropped.

Especially in the latter half of the night, Hou Aya felt like he was freezing into an ice block. The temperature dropped to over one hundred degrees below zero.

But Hou Aya was a demon cultivator. For him, this cold was just uncomfortable. The chance of freezing to death was small unless it reached a thousand degrees below zero, which was unlikely. So, he spent the night rubbing his hands and stomping his feet.

When dawn broke and the temperature rose, Yan Aohan came out. Seeing Hou Aya, dazed in the yard, he waved his hand and threw the demon out.

Thus, all of Wild Village learned that although the Yan family were plant cultivators, they mastered formations. Unless necessary, it was best not to seek trouble there.

When Lu Shen learned that the culprit was his brother-in-law, Lu Bian, he wanted to beat him to death. However, his wife protected him. Lu Shen glared at her. "Tell him to go back where he came from, or I’ll beat him myself."

His brother-in-law was already idle, and now seemed even more so. Lu Shen would never tolerate such a person again.

Lu Shen’s wife knew her brother had caused trouble, so she urged her to leave. After all, if this spread, it would be bad for everyone.