At night, the mountains and forests were peaceful.

Chu Liang walked alone on a small path in the outskirts.

The eastern mountain was not big, but it was steep and rarely visited. The night wind was chilly and humid, and it seemed that a mountain rain was about to come.

He held the jade talisman in his hand, which had a red glow of cinnabar to guide the direction and distance. Unless someone with great magical power removed the tracking curse on Lady Ming, she could not escape the lock of the jade talisman.

He proceeded carefully all the way. When the moon was high in the sky, Chu Liang arrived at a hidden cave.

This place was hidden behind the steep cliffs of the mountains and forests. If it weren’t for the guidance of the tracking jade talisman, he would not have been able to find it. It was no wonder that Lady Ming had searched for it in vain.

Since he had found Lady Ming’s location, he felt relieved. With two leaps, he came to the door of the cave.

Out of politeness, he did not break in directly but knocked on the door.

Tap, tap, tap.

Tap, tap, tap.

After knocking for a long time, there was a sound between a beast’s roar and a yawn. Then the stone door was pulled open, and a huge cat head poked out.

“Who is it?”

This guy had a black spotted cat head and a lazy look on his face. His fur, long tail, and human form were all in a state of transformation. He was wearing coarse cloth clothes and looked like a little demon who couldn’t handle both ends of the transformation.

So Chu Liang smiled and said, “I am a disciple of Shu Mountain, here to find Lady Ming, the wife of the magistrate of Xingzhou City. Please inform her.”

“Shu Mountain?” The little demon turned around lazily, suddenly stunned, and then looked up, “Shu Mountain?”

“Yes, Shu Mountain.” Chu Liang nodded.

“Oh my god!” The little demon screamed in a high-pitched voice, and his whole body suddenly jumped up a foot high, running away like he was escaping for his life, shouting as he ran, “King! King! Trouble! A Shu Mountain disciple has come to our door! Meow!”

“Meow—”, “Hey hey!”, “Meow—”

The entire cave suddenly echoed with the meowing of cats, and several monsters were awakened from their sleep.

These wild little demons were truly afraid of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Chu Liang politely blocked the entrance, and after a while, a tall and thin man with tousled hair and a group of little demons walked out. He looked somewhat similar to Lady Ming, probably her brother.

Behind him were about ten little demons, most of them with cat heads and human bodies. Some of them were not transformed at all, just a big cat lying there, with orange, white, and flower patterns.

“I am the demon king here, King Cat.” The demon king stared at Chu Liang, “What brings you to my cave in the middle of the night?”

“I’m sorry to disturb you.” Chu Liang said, “There is a Lady Ming, the wife of the magistrate of Xingzhou City, who was appointed by my Shu Mountain. She has gone missing recently. I have been entrusted to find her.”

“What Lady Ming, what hidden wife, we don’t know!” King Cat said unkindly.

“Well…” Chu Liang still maintained a friendly tone, “To be honest, our sect has a curse to track her, which shows that she is here.”

“Maybe your curse is wrong…” King Cat frowned, “Let me tell you, we are all good monsters who do not do evil things in this cave, but if you insist on causing trouble in the middle of the night, I am not afraid of you!”

“I’m not here to cause trouble. If it’s convenient… can I come in and search?” Chu Liang asked.

“Not convenient!” King Cat refused mercilessly.Chu Liang smiled, “I see…”

…

“Help, help, help… spare me, Hero Chu!”

After a moment…

The Cat King, who was bound by the classic Turtle Shell Binding of the Binding Demon Rope, let out a desperate cry for help.

As a hero demon who grew up in the mountains, he did not fear being captured or killed. It was a dream to make him beg for mercy!

But being tied up in front of his dozen or so subordinates in this manner, he was afraid of death!

If today’s scene were to spread even a little bit, the Cat King would no longer be able to mix in the surrounding area!

“So, can I still look for Miss Ming?” Chu Liang politely asked.

“Quickly take Hero Chu to see my little sister!” The Cat King roared.

The group of small demons around them, who were afraid to approach, immediately led Chu Liang into a cave inside.

Chu Liang didn’t forget to drag the Cat King in with him.

Upon entering, he saw Ming Lady, who was also bound by ropes, but not as professionally as the Binding Demon Rope, only roughly restricting her movements.

“Hero Chu?” Ming Lady’s eyes lit up when she saw Chu Liang.

“Ah!” The Cat King let out a heavy sigh.

“I heard from Ming’s family that you came back to visit your parents and older brother. What happened?” Chu Liang asked as he freed Ming Lady from her restraints.

“This is how it is…” Ming Lady looked at the Cat King and her eyes dimmed.

“Our family originally lived in this small mountain as small cats, never fighting or harming humans, living carefree lives. But when I came back here the other day, I found that my parents had already passed away, and my older brother… had become the Cat King of the mountain.”

“When I came back, I met the Tiger King from another mountain who came here as a guest. When he saw me, he insisted on marrying me… I swore to death that I would not agree, so my elder brother tied me up here.”

“Hmm.” Chu Liang looked at the Cat King, “So you’re that kind of older brother.”

“I’m not!” The Cat King angrily retorted, “You guys don’t understand anything! Haven’t I already told you how our parents died? In recent years, more and more foreign demons have come, and East Mountain is only so big. We have to fight for territory and food, but we can’t go to the human cities. We can only fight among ourselves. They all died in battles with other demons.”

“Do you think I wanted to be the Cat King? I took in all the wandering cats to establish this cave so that the cats of East Mountain could have a foothold!”

As he spoke with grief and indignation, tears streamed down the Cat King’s face. “Back then, when my cave just opened, there were only a dozen demons and seven or eight weapons…”

“I’ve worked hard for these years just to barely survive here. Until a few days ago, I met the Tiger King from the Zanglin Mountain. His cultivation and power are far higher than mine, and he’s willing to make friends with us of the same kind. I thought that if we could befriend him, we would no longer have to worry about other demons fighting for our territory. So I made an effort to befriend him and invited him to the cave for a feast.”

“Who knew… who knew my little sister would come back at this time.”

“That Tiger King is very lustful and was immediately attracted to my little sister’s beauty. He said that as long as he married my little sister, he could protect our East Mountain Cat clan forever. If we didn’t agree, then… he might attack us!” The Cat King said helplessly.”But didn’t you mention that your little sister already has a husband?” Chu Liang asked.

“I naturally did!” The Great Cat King nodded heavily.

“Then what about him?” Chu Liang asked again.

The Great Cat King said, “He became even more excited.”