"Trying to escape little snake" said the dragon king. "Did you really think I would let you go that easily"
Tightening his hand on the robe beside heart little snake narrowed his eyes at the dragon.
"You..." He spoke through pain. "What have you d...
In the morning, the little snake came out of his room and saw Wen Xiao and Pei Sijing sitting at a table full of books about demons.
"Where are the others?" he asked as he walked to the table.
"Zhu Yan is still sleeping" Wen Xiao replied. "Xiao Jiu wanted to examine the bodies of the murder victims, so Ying Lei took him to the mortuary."
"I see" the little snake said, sitting down and pouring himself a cup of tea. Just then, they heard footsteps on the stairs. They turned to see Ying Lei carrying Bai Jiu in his arms.
"Oh, he passed out" Ying Lei said like he's already used to it. "But he did manage to touch the corpse." With that, he carried Bai Jiu to his room.
At the same time, the Dragon King came out of his room, his hands behind his back. When he reached the table, the little snake thrust his hand in front of him.
"You did this, didn't you?" he said, referring to the waistband around his wrist. "Take it off"
The Dragon King untied it easily. "You already know it was me. Why are you even asking?" he said with a wink.
"You..." The little snake was speechless. 'Did he know I wasn't actually asleep?' he wondered, pouting.
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"Found it" Wen xiao shouted excitedly. They turned their attention to her. "Look, description of this demon called Shīzhī matches with the situation"
Ying lei also came after setting bai jiu. "What did you find goddess" he asked.
"Listen to this, Shīzhī feeds on the life force and energy of living beings. The process is excruciating for his victims, who are left weakened or entirely lifeless, their bodies stiff and gray as though drained of all vitality." She read the description in the book. "It also say he can manipulate other creatures by fulfilling their deepest desires making them his puppet using dark demonic cultivation."
With that, she turned the book over to see its cover. "This book explains everything so well, even about his dark demonic cultivation. How come I never found it before?"
"Just look at all the books you have" said the little snake. "How can you remember them all?"
"That's true" Ying Lei agreed. "Our goddess is like a walking library. It's all thanks to my grandpa's special bag that I can carry all these easily" he added proudly.
"But how can we find him?" Pei Sijing brought them back to the topic. "Even the Bai Zhi token couldn't sense any demonic energy here."
"It's because he's using puppets to kill" said the little snake, getting everyone's attention. "I mean, it should be. Otherwise, we'd be able to find him with the Bai Zhi token" he added quickly.
Wen Xiao turned her focus back to the book, reading carefully. "It says Shīzhī likes to stay in the shadows and avoids sunlight. He always hides in deep caves."
