In reality, it’s not always a demon beast that can speak, it could also be a parrot.

“What kind of demon bird is this!”

Lu Yang was furious and used his palm to create suction, immediately pulling the parrot over. The parrot didn’t even have a chance to react before being caught.

Xiang Zheng could also do this, but he thought it was a demon beast from the Qi Refining or Foundation Building stage and didn’t dare to do it.

“Demon beast! There’s a demon beast!” The parrot squawked incessantly.

Tao Yaoye heard the commotion in the room and hurried over to check, feeling the same as Lu Yang.

Completing the mission was a good thing, not having to fight was also a good thing, but the problem was that they had come all the way from Seek Tao Sect, flying for three days on a flying boat, just to catch a parrot?

How were they supposed to write the mission report? It would be a laughingstock.

The people in Taiping Village had little knowledge and didn’t recognize this type of bird from the depths of the rainforest, but Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye did. This was the most basic knowledge in Seek Tao Sect.

“As expected of a Daoist, easily catching a demon bird!” Xiang Zheng and others praised Lu Yang after learning that the parrot had been caught, saying that his cultivation was profound.

The two of them patiently explained to everyone that this was a very common bird, just not commonly seen in the northern part of the continent.

“This parrot…or what you call a demon bird, is best at imitating human speech.”

“Imitating human speech, imitating human speech.” The parrot kept calling next to them. Lu Yang pinched the parrot’s beak and continued to explain to everyone.

“It called Zhang Guanjia a monster, not because it wanted to, but because it heard Feng Tailor call him a ‘monster’ before and followed suit. When it encountered Zhang Guanjia, it just happened to repeat it.”

Zhang Guanjia breathed a sigh of relief. As expected of a disciple of Seek Tao Sect, he had cleared his name as soon as he arrived.

“Similarly, when it says ‘who are you, where is Zhang Guanjia?’, it’s the same. It doesn’t understand the meaning of the sentence, it just heard it somewhere and mindlessly repeated it.”

“Damn this bird, watch me kill it.” Zhang Guanjia was furious when he saw the parrot.

Lu Yang raised his hand to stop Zhang Guanjia. “This place is half a continent away from the rainforest, so this bird must have been brought here by someone, not flown here on its own.”

“Unless someone is so bored that they would bring this useless parrot all the way across half the continent, there’s only the Falling Money Trading Company that would do something like this for novelty.”

“Is there a Falling Money Trading Company here?”

Xiang Zheng shook his head. “The company wouldn’t open in our poor and remote village, but there is one in Quhe County, located in the most prosperous area, constantly bustling. It’s possible that someone bought it from the company and the parrot accidentally escaped.”

As for the parrot escaping directly from the Falling Money Trading Company, that was absolutely impossible.Lu Yang asked again, “This bird has been circling around Taiping Village for twenty days without going anywhere else. Maybe its owner is here. Do you have any thoughts, Village Chief?”

The Village Chief thought for a while before saying, “Everyone in our village knows about the demonic bird. If there’s anyone who might not know, it would be the Shang family to the east.”

“The Shang family rarely leaves their home and doesn’t like to talk to people. I heard it’s because the Shang family head is also a cultivator who suffered a setback in his youth and lost his desire to cultivate. He’s been in seclusion ever since.”

“The Shang family is also quite wealthy and is the richest family in the area. It’s possible that they bought the demonic bird from the Falling Gold Coin Merchant Guild.”

“In that case, let’s go ask the Shang family.”

Taiping Village was small, and the three of them with the bird quickly arrived at the Shang family’s doorstep.

After knocking on the door, someone quickly opened it. It was a middle-aged man with a goatee, dressed in scholarly robes.

“It’s Village Chief. I don’t know who these two are. I’ll inform the master.” The goatee man said.

Lu Yang held the parrot’s wings, like carrying a chicken to be slaughtered for Chinese New Year. “We happened to find this parrot and after asking around, we thought it might belong to the Shang family, so we came to inquire.”

The goatee man first saw Tao Yaoye and was surprised. He had never seen such a beautiful woman like Tao Yaoye before.

He looked at the green parrot and smiled happily, “So that’s it. Thank you, two young heroes. This is my young miss’s parrot. Since it went missing, she’s been sad and made us servants very troubled.”

“My young miss will be overjoyed to hear that the parrot has been found.”

The Village Chief whispered, “He’s the Shang family’s steward, surnamed Zhang. Every time I come to the Shang family, he’s the one who opens the door.”

Zhang the steward hurriedly went to inform and soon received a reply.

“The master invites the three of you in.”

Passing through the screen door, crossing the outer courtyard, passing through the second gate, walking through the corridor, and finally arriving at the main house, they saw the Shang family head.

The Shang family head was well-built and his gloomy expression made him unapproachable. He didn’t like to talk to people, but when he saw the Village Chief, he could still tell that he was quite happy.

“Huang Lao, it’s been a while since we last met.”

The Village Chief’s surname was Huang.

The two of them bowed.

The Shang family head looked at the parrot for a moment and nodded, “Hmm, it’s not wrong. This is the one my daughter bought from the Falling Gold Coin Merchant Guild in the county. I thought this bird was worthless and the guild was asking for an exorbitant price, but my daughter insisted on buying it, so I had to follow her wishes.”

“Zhang the steward, please take these two young heroes to see Xiao Yuan.”

“Yes, master.”

Zhang the steward made a gesture of invitation and beckoned a maid to pour tea and water for the Shang family head and Huang the Village Chief.

On the way, Tao Yaoye casually asked, “How long has Zhang the steward been with the Shang family?”Steward Zhang respectfully said, “The master saved me on his way to seclusion. Since then, I have been serving him. It has been twenty years now, and at that time, Miss Shang was not yet born.”

“So, you and Miss Shang must have a good relationship.”

“I won’t hide it from you, young masters. I watched Miss Shang grow up. I have no children of my own, so I treat her like my own daughter. She’s been depressed lately, and it pains me to see her like this.”

Lu Yang suddenly asked, “Were you present when the parrot went missing?”

Steward Zhang sighed, feeling guilty in his tone. “I was distracted at the time and didn’t notice the parrot fly away. If I had paid more attention, Miss Shang wouldn’t have been so upset. It was my fault.”

Lu Yang nodded and didn’t say anything else.

Steward Zhang lightly knocked three times and said calmly, “Miss, the parrot you ran away with has been found. Two wandering young masters brought it back.”

A voice came from the room, “Let them in.”

“Yes.”

Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye opened the door. Miss Shang was leaning against the window, reading quietly. The evening sun shone on her hair, and time seemed to stand still, creating a static beauty.

In the peaceful village, many young men were infatuated with Miss Shang.

Lu Yang kindly reminded her, “Reading in the sunlight is not good for your eyes, especially during sunset. Turn on a light, your father is not short of money.”