Shen Cuiyu looked around at the others present. They all seemed normal, as if they hadn't noticed the fishy and sweet smell at all. They just shivered slightly when the cold wind blew.
Seeing this, Shen Cuiyu didn't say anything to avoid alerting the enemy. While Wang Jingxuan led the way into the house, she gave Lu Chun a talisman and told her to wear it close to her body and never take it off even when sleeping.
After getting away from Wang Jingxuan's wing - room, Shen Cuiyu reminded her classmates, "It's better not to sleep too soundly tonight."
A disciple of the Earth Rank yawned and didn't take it seriously.
"What's there to be afraid of, Junior Sister Shen? With so many Celestial Masters here, which monster would be so stupid as to cause trouble here?"
"Yeah, in my opinion, this has nothing to do with that snake demon. We should observe for one more day. If nothing happens, we can go back to the academy."
Only a few of Shen Cuiyu's teammates took her words to heart. Dongfang Xiao even took off his mask and handed it to Shen Cuiyu.
"This is a sacred object of our Wu Nuo sect. It can resist evil spirits. Take it, Cui. If anything happens, I'll come to protect you!"
Shen Cuiyu smiled and took the mask without hesitation. She was surprised by its heavy weight.
Previously, she had only observed the mask from afar. Now, looking at it closely, she found that it was neither made of gold nor jade, but of extremely precious fragrant rosewood. Its texture was like flowing clouds and running water. It was painted with cinnabar, azurite and gold lacquer, looking mysterious and solemn. There were ancient thunder - pattern talismans carved on both sides. It could indeed be used as a magic weapon to drive away evil spirits.
After a whole day of traveling, everyone went back to their respective wing - rooms and went to bed early.
Sure enough, as Shen Cuiyu had expected, strange things happened that night.
It was the middle of the night, and all was quiet.
Suddenly, there came a rustling sound outside Shen Cuiyu's window. It was as if something was tightly clinging to the window, or someone was constantly tapping on the window lattice with their slender fingernails.
"Hiss - hiss -"
Shen Cuiyu on the couch slowly got up, her eyes clear.
Under the moonlight, a black shadow was hovering outside the window at an extremely fast speed. Suddenly, there came a low laugh, which was especially clear in the dark night, as if deliberately tempting the people inside the room to go and find out...
Shen Cuiyu put on her coat and quietly got out of bed. Holding the Wu Nuo mask in her hand, her face was as calm as water.
If the monster launched a surprise attack, she needed to ensure her own safety first.
The next moment, the window lattice was suddenly pushed open, and a human face suddenly loomed large in front of Shen Cuiyu. The fishy and sweet smell she had smelled during the day was a hundred times stronger at this moment and hit her face!
The appearance of the monster was clearly reflected in Shen Cuiyu's eyes.
At first glance, it had the outline of a beauty, but looking closely, it was a bone - deep fear!
It wasn't a human face at all!
A pair of golden vertical pupils emitted a strange light under the moonlight. Starting from the cheekbones, fine scales covered its skin and spread all the way along the bone structure, looking primitive and hideous, fully showing its demonic appearance!
Shen Cuiyu carefully observed it. This thing that was neither fully human nor fully monster should be that snake demon with a hundred years of cultivation!
An ordinary person would probably faint on the spot if they saw this face! But except for slightly frowning when she first saw the demon, Shen Cuiyu showed no other reaction.
She stared at the snake demon, eyeing it in the darkness.
The air suddenly froze for a moment. The snake demon seemed surprised at Shen Cuiyu's calmness and took a half - step back first. It tilted its head playfully.
"Huh? Why don't you scream? Are you mute?"
Shen Cuiyu: ...
She opened her mouth, and her crisp voice was like the clinking of pearls and jade.
"Don't you know it's really creepy to act cute with this face?"
The snake demon seemed to have found something very interesting. It took a deep look at Shen Cuiyu, then twisted its body like a gentle stream and disappeared into the boundless night.
Shen Cuiyu slightly relaxed her hand that was tightly gripping the mask and frowned imperceptibly.
The snake demon didn't attack her. What was its intention? Just to scare her?
However, the next moment, there were continuous screams from the other wing - rooms!
"Monster! It's a monster!"
Lamps were lit one by one, and the courtyard was instantly brightly lit!
Shen Cuiyu quickly walked out of the room and saw a group of disciples with pale faces rushing out of their rooms!
"You saw it too? Just now... there was a huge black snake!"
"I only saw its tail. It was so terrifying!"
The disciples gathered in the courtyard to pour out their grievances. Except for Shen Cuiyu and a few of her teammates, they all looked terrified!
Shen Cuiyu looked around and found that everyone was just frightened but not injured.
Her gaze shifted to a few of her teammates beside her. She saw that Pei Yu was still calm. He had always been brave, so he wasn't scared.
Zhong Shengwan had been on guard because of Shen Cuiyu's previous reminder, but she was still startled by the monster's sudden appearance. Now her face was gloomy, and cold air was emanating from her body.
"Heaven's Way is still too kind. How could it allow such an ugly monster to exist in the world..."
Dongfang Xiao lowered his head and remained silent, looking very pale.
Shen Cuiyu thought he was badly scared and stepped forward to ask softly, "Are you okay?"
Unexpectedly, Dongfang Xiao suddenly jumped up and said aggrievedly,
"This snake demon is so cunning. It doesn't fight me head - on at all. It just keeps darting around like an eel! Ahhh, I'm so angry!"
Zhong Shengwan held down the almost - crazy Dongfang Xiao and added expressionlessly,
"It could scare so many people at the same time, which means what we saw just now was not its real body, but just a virtual image of the snake demon. And judging from the demon's reaction just now, it didn't want to fight, but seemed like a naughty child who just wanted to play tricks on us... No wonder it's a hundred - year - old great demon. It's really sly!"
Xu Qingfeng looked up at the sky, speechless.
The fact that a group of Celestial Masters had been teased by a snake demon must never get out...
Shen Cuiyu scanned the courtyard but didn't see Lu Chun or Wang Jingxuan.
They had all seen the snake demon. What about Lu Chun?
Everyone realized something was wrong and immediately walked towards the courtyard where Lu Chun and Wang Jingxuan lived!
However, to their surprise, in the courtyard, Lu Chun was sitting blankly on the steps at the door. Her face was a little red, and her eyes were wandering. No one knew what she was thinking.
It wasn't until all the disciples came in front of her that Lu Chun suddenly came to her senses. She got up uneasily and quickly asked,
"Celestial Master Shen, why are you here?"
Shen Cuiyu observed Lu Chun's expression. She always felt that there was something wrong with her, but she couldn't tell what it was.