The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 382 - 386: The Demon’s Gratitude (IX)

Chapter 382: Chapter 386: The Demon’s Gratitude (IX)

Su Li had put too much faith in the original owner’s memories.

From those memories, within the entire Capital, aside from the Carp Spirit stirring up trouble, he hadn’t seen a second demon in existence.

Thus, Su Li had overlooked this crucial point.

Their absence didn’t necessarily mean a lack of existence.

Now, due to Su Li’s intervention, many things had changed; at the very least, the Carp Spirit’s mother, who had never appeared in the original memories, had shown up. Therefore, the emergence of other unexpected changes was both natural and possible.

Without dwelling on these thoughts, Su Li strode into the house and saw Shi Jiaojiao, her expression frantic, tightly clutching the already ruined yellow talisman in her palm.

Upon closer inspection, a corner of the yellow talisman was scorched black, useless now.

But Shi Jiaojiao clung to the talisman paper as if clutching a lifeline, as though this would provide her with an unprecedented sense of security.

"Jiaojiao...." Su Li softly called out, and Shi Jiaojiao jerked awake, quickly standing up from the chair.

She looked around in terror, hurried over to Su Li and asked, "Cousin, where did you get this amulet?"

Shi Jiaojiao had previously thought it was just a ghost talisman drawn by her cousin and believed he had made it himself.

But having seen the power of the talisman paper, she no longer held that view.

Knowing precisely the measure of her cousin, who was her closest relative, how could she be unaware?

Therefore, Shi Jiaojiao believed the amulet must have been sought from some temple or Daoist temple by her cousin.

"Tell me quickly, I’ll go and request a few more... You can’t imagine what we encountered today."

"There were demons, real demons."

Shi Jiaojiao suppressed her fear-altered voice to a whisper, disregarding the norms between men and women, and grabbed Su Li’s hand, saying, "Grandmother was frightened; you believe me, right...."

She suddenly remembered that the events she described seemed unbelievable. She had also mentioned it to more than one person on the way back.

But their expressions made her realize that if she continued speaking, these people would probably think she had been driven mad by fright.

However, she couldn’t wait for her grandmother to wake up.

The palpable malice in the eyes of the two demons she met today filled her with fear and a sense of urgent vigilance.

She had a premonition that these two demons wouldn’t just let things lie.

Su Li spoke softly to comfort her, which calmed Shi Jiaojiao down a little.

"I believe you."

The power in Su Li’s words filled Shi Jiaojiao with reliance on him.

She answered whatever Su Li asked without any concealment.

According to Shi Jiaojiao, their carriage had just left the city, not more than three miles out, when a demon wind suddenly arose under the clear sky.

The wind, bizarrely selective, seemed to target them specifically.

The blowing dust made it impossible to raise their heads or open their eyes.

The Old Madam in the carriage, along with Shi Jiaojiao, hadn’t even had the chance to push open the door and ask the coachman about the situation. Before the door could open, two figures appeared out of nowhere inside the carriage.

The Old Madam fainted immediately upon seeing one of the intruders, a monster with scales on its face.

The other, looking like a normal human and quite attractive.

This normal-looking woman, filled with envy, circled several times around Shi Jiaojiao’s face and body as if assessing an inanimate object, then gave the other creature a nod.

"Just go with her, she’s even more beautiful than us demons," boasted another monstrous creature with a male human appearance, wearing a flattering smile. "It’s just a shell. Use it for now, and once you achieve your true form and are reborn, you will definitely look better than any woman in the Mortal World."

By the time Shi Jiaojiao finished speaking, Su Li had confirmed that the two demons were the Carp Spirit and her accomplice.

Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, Shi Jiaojiao had never had any interactions with the Carp Spirit, and yet the Carp Spirit had set her sights on her.

Compared to her previous life, the event had occurred much earlier.

Thinking about it, it actually made sense.

In her previous life, on one hand, the Carp Spirit thought that her benefactor was fond of Shi Jiaojiao, and on the other hand, she was probably also coveting the other’s beautiful appearance.

And in this life, it was even worse—with her beauty ruined by obesity coupled with a swollen belly.

Such a situation was enough to make onlookers weep and break the hearts of those who saw it.

Seeing that Shi Jiaojiao’s beauty even surpassed some of the inherently attractive species, such as the fox spirits, and better than some demons’ cultivated human forms, how could the Carp Spirit not be moved?

After venting to her closest cousin, Shi Jiaojiao’s tense expression slightly relaxed.

Glancing at the old lady in the inner room, who remained still and quiet, a ruthless look appeared for the first time in the naive young girl’s eyes.

The scare to the Old Madam was more infuriating to the young lady than finding out that the two demons seemed to be after her life.

Su Li watched, silently nodding in her heart.

What a purely good and kind girl.

"Don’t worry, the Amulet I gave you last time—I have plenty of those here," her cousin reassured.

Shi Jiaojiao’s eyes widened, perplexity flashing through them, momentarily diluting the worry and fear in her eyes.

"Cousin, wasn’t that Amulet a special gift given only to me, unique and... unique?"

The naive young girl, with her accusing look, made Su Li feel a faint sense of shame even though she was thick-skinned.

Uh oh...

Accidentally caught in her own deception, she had let the truth slip to the young girl.

This kind of unique promise had already slipped from Su Li’s lips several times.

Mr. Su, Mrs. Su, and the Old Madam had seen it themselves when Jinbao, their household servant, also received a piece from Su Li.

All were told it was specially obtained for them.

They were moved to tears, overwhelmed with gratitude.

However, Su Li had only told the truth to Shi Jiaojiao, saying she had made it herself, while she told everyone else that it was obtained from outside.

If not for the existence of this Amulet, with such an old age as the Old Madam’s, just the nearness of a demon and the collision with demon energy could have resulted in more than a mere fainting spell—it was also possible that she could have died.

Su Li only felt a moment of guilt before quickly regaining her composure.

"Of course, it is unique—the pattern on the Amulet is one I’ve only given to you."

Su Li had drawn many talisman papers, and everyone in the Su Residence had received one, but none were as exquisite as her little cousin’s.

Su Li did this as a precaution for the future, and now, it had proven useful.

Her skill in drawing talismans was learned in the Mysterious World, where the behavior of ghosts was regulated.

As some skills were picked up again, Su Li began to vaguely sense something unusual about Shi Jiaojiao’s body.

No wonder the Carp Spirit had found her in both lives.

She was indeed the perfect vessel for demons and spirits.