The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

Within the boundaries of Guo Country, Heshan Town.

Li Muyang's carriage slowly appeared on the road outside the small town.

Although it was bright noon and the sun was shining, not a single living person could be seen outside of the town.

In the verdant rice fields, frogs leapt about, hopping over the ridges, the only sign of life in this place.

An elusive and oppressive air hung over the town ahead under the sunlight.

The driver, Ding Liang, clutching the reins tightly, had also sensed that something was amiss at this point.

He looked at the town ahead with trepidation and said, "My Lord, there's something sinister about this place..."

Having transported Li Muyang for some distance, he had previously encountered a few towns haunted by evil spirits.

But none of the places he had been to before were quite like Heshan Town here, which had an eerie feel even from afar.

And outside the town was desolate, not a single person in sight.

On such a clear day, there was no one working in the fields; where could all the townsfolk have gone?

Creatures from the Ancient Resentment Well could only move about during the day, so daylight hours were extremely precious.

A day as clear as this with no one on the streets was certainly not common.

Li Muyang, squinting his eyes at the town ahead, said: "You wait for me outside, just stop the carriage here, I'll go in and have a look."

The driver was startled, then quickly said: "My Lord..."

He also wanted to follow.

But Li Muyang gave him a cold glance, and said: "Keep watch here, do not leave the carriage, and be ready to pick me up at any moment."

"If the situation changes, I will escape immediately, and we will drive off together."

Although Jie Zijiu possesses the Flying Corpse Technique that rivals Qinggong, the technique does not last long.

Without the Flying Corpse Technique, Jie Zijiu, a descendant of the Evil Vein, is no different from an ordinary person.

A carriage that could flee at a moment's notice was still very important.

Of course, Li Muyang mainly wanted to keep driver Ding Liang from following him into danger.

He made his case with sound logic, promptly convincing Ding Liang.

The driver nodded repeatedly, his face serious, "Rest assured, my Lord, I will wait here and be ready to pick you up at any moment!"

After the carriage stopped, Ding Liang turned it around right away. Should any abnormality occur inside, he could immediately drive off with Li Muyang, helping him escape.

Meanwhile, Li Muyang, accompanied by the Princess of the Defunct Country, stepped onto the deserted road outside Heshan Town, drawing ever closer to the town which seemed rather ominous under the sunlight.

There was no city wall around the town, only a dirt wall, a little over one meter tall, encircling it.

This type of defenseless dirt wall could not hold off evil spirits, providing only a scant comfort.

Li Muyang walked into the town along the main road and saw the gloomy, lightless town.

Behind the closed doors and windows, pairs of wary and frightened eyes stealthily sized up the two uninvited guests, Li Muyang and the Princess of the Defunct Country.

Li Muyang's identity as a Puppet Master was very obvious.

After all, the only people who journey with a corpse are Puppet Masters.

But when the townspeople of Heshan Town saw a Puppet Master, they remained indifferent.

No one came out to welcome them, nor did anyone run out to kneel and beg for help.

An air of desolation and deathly stillness shrouded the entire town.

Seeing such a scene, Li Muyang's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Without saying anything, he continued with the Princess of the Defunct Country.

Soon, they arrived outside the town's yamen.

On the doors of the yamen, to the left and right, hung two corpses.

They appeared to have been dead for several days, the bloodstains on their bodies had long since dried and coagulated, black crows perched on the corpses, incessantly pecking at the rotting flesh and blood.

Li Muyang narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing the two corpses before him.

These two corpses were dressed in identically-styled black robes.

These uniforms were the notoriously infamous costumes of the Puppet Masters from the Black Feather Pavilion.

Two Puppet Masters from the Black Feather Pavilion died here?

Li Muyang walked straight into the desolate office, asking, "Is anyone there?"

"Has everyone here died out?"

There was only one red dot on the system map, and that red dot was located inside this office.

Could it be that the Heart Demon had killed the two Puppet Masters from the Black Feather Pavilion?

Is the Heart Demon here so fierce?

Li Muyang boldly entered the office, utterly fearless.

His shout echoed through the dead silence of the office, sounding somewhat piercing.

It wasn't until a dozen seconds later that a gloomy laugh emanated from deep inside the office.

"...Another Puppet Master has come, truly unafraid of death."

This time, the Heart Demon could actually speak.

Li Muyang lifted his gaze towards the main hall of the office in front of him where a mysterious shadow with an indistinct gender, shrouded in black Qi, was sitting boldly on a chair, extremely arrogant.

Above the shadow's head was a blood-red, conspicuous health bar.

But the ID on the health bar wasn't Heart Demon.

It was [Chaos Heart Demon].

The instant he saw this Chaos Heart Demon, the Princess of the Defunct Country beside Li Muyang suddenly became agitated.

Without Li Muyang's control, she let out a fierce roar, entering combat mode, her sinister Snake Hair continuously emerging, her face also becoming ferocious, and her form growing increasingly like a ghastly spirit shrouded in Yin Qi.

The unusual behavior of the Princess of the Defunct Country caused the Chaos Heart Demon to be taken aback for a moment.

"Oh? Does this puppet recognize me?"

The Chaos Heart Demon leaped up, stepping on thin air, floating towards Li Muyang.

It looked at the Princess of the Defunct Country with interest and said, "Why do you hate me so? Puppet Master, where did you subdue this puppet?"

Li Muyang frowned at the Chaos Heart Demon in front of him, while forcibly suppressing the Princess of the Defunct Country's urge to attack, he said, "What are you? What are you doing here?"

During the day, evil spirits generally don't cause trouble; only at night does it become their playground.

And the more powerful the evil spirits, the less likely they are to appear during the daytime.

Yet this Chaos Heart Demon in front of him, possessing great strength, was brazenly walking under the daylight.

What kind of special monster is this?

And it has a grudge against the Princess of the Defunct Country?

Li Muyang stared intently at the Chaos Heart Demon in front of him, but the Chaos Heart Demon shook its head and said.

"You little Puppet Master, really don't understand any manners."

"Didn't your master teach you when he was teaching you the Puppet Manipulation Technique, that you shouldn't answer a question with another question?!".

The last sentence was spoken with a tone that had already turned dark and fierce.

Its face suddenly turned malevolent, and the pitch-black Evil Qi around it began to rise.

Raising its right hand cruelly, the sharp claws of the Chaos Heart Demon went straight towards Li Muyang's neck, intending to teach this oblivious young Puppet Master a lesson.

However, amidst the surging Evil Qi, this swift claw of the Chaos Heart Demon, which was too fast to avoid, was dodged by Li Muyang with a mere casual step back at the moment it was about to touch him.

The Chaos Heart Demon was taken aback by its missed strike.

"You little Puppet Master..."

Was it a fluke?

With the strength of this youngster, seizing him should be a piece of cake, right?

The Chaos Heart Demon instinctively swung its right claw out again, this time reaching for Li Muyang's neck.