Chapter 283: You're Truly Humorous
"Want me to guess? Heh heh, you're truly tiresome. I guess you're not a demon, are you?"
The female demon directly skipped the main point, and instead dragged the conversation back to the initial question.
The smile on Yang Haoran's face didn't falter as he asked, "Why would you think that?"
"Your reaction just now, and the words you spoke, made me think you weren't a demon, but a human. Besides, I just remembered something; I've never seemed to hear of us demons being able to become Underworld Agents. As for why the Demon-Sealing Talismans attacked you, I suspect you might have something from our demon race on you, but you've sealed its Demon Spirit Power, so I couldn't sense its presence. " The female demon said with a charming smile.
"Heh heh, you guess."
Yang Haoran responded with a smile, but his answer caused dissatisfaction to appear in the female demon's eyes.
She had talked until her throat was dry, yet this man before her just smiled and uttered two words.
Guess!
He told her to guess just now, and now he's telling her to guess again. If guessing could solve the problem, why would she ask him anything?
Actually, Yang Haoran was initially a little bewildered as to why the Demon-Sealing Talismans would actively attack him, but he soon realized the root of the problem.
Just as the female demon had said, if there was something of the demon race on his person, even if its Demon Qi was sealed, it could still be sensed by the Demon-Sealing Talismans.
As for what allowed the Demon-Sealing Talismans to sense it, Yang Haoran thought of the Demon Pill he carried with him.
The Demon Pill's Demon Spirit Power had been sealed by him, making it impossible for outsiders to sense its existence. However, even so, stronger Demon-Sealing Talismans could still sense its presence.
The Demon-Sealing Talismans on the wooden door were all Black Talismans, powerful and numerous. Stacked together, their power was far beyond what a single Demon-Sealing Talisman could compare to. That they could sense the Demon Pill's presence, Yang Haoran did not find strange.
It was precisely because he had found the reason that Yang Haoran hadn't continued to dwell on this problem earlier. Since the cause lay with the Demon Pill, then by putting the Demon Pill into his independent space when the time came, the problem would be resolved easily, so he wasn't flustered in the slightest.
At this moment, that the female demon would guess he had something of the demon race on him, Yang Haoran felt no surprise. The Demon Qi emanating from this female demon was strong, making it clear at a glance that she wasn't an ordinary small demon. A demon like her would naturally possess a certain level of insight, and in Yang Haoran's eyes, there was nothing strange about this at all.
"Actually, whether you're human or not isn't important at all, and I also have no interest in whatever demon race item you have on you. However, you and I are both trapped here now. If you and I join forces, we can definitely leave this place and regain our freedom."
The dissatisfaction in the female demon's eyes vanished, and the annoyance she felt towards Yang Haoran was suppressed. This was because her greatest concern now was for Yang Haoran to join forces with her and then destroy the Demon-Sealing Talismans here. If Yang Haoran agreed to cooperate, what did a little annoyance in her heart matter?
Compared to freedom, that bit of anger in her heart counted for nothing. Besides, after she regained her freedom, she would have plenty of opportunities to vent this anger, so why rush for a moment's satisfaction?
However, Yang Haoran's next reply made her feel like tearing her hair out.
"You could guess that I had something of the demon race on me, and I even thought you had some insight. But now that you've said those words, it immediately changed my opinion of you," Yang Haoran said with a smile.
The charming smile on the female demon's face stiffened. Then she opened her mouth and asked with a smile, "I don't quite understand what you mean by that."
"Don't you know about independent spaces? If your hypothesis holds true, and I really do have something of the demon race on me, I simply need to put these things into my independent space, and I can still leave this place. So, why would I absolutely have to cooperate with you?"
As Yang Haoran spoke these words, the smile on the female demon's face stiffened once more.
How could she not know about independent spaces? She had an independent space herself, but she simply hadn't thought of it just now and had overlooked the issue.
Yang Haoran had originally thought that the female demon was very likely about to fly into a rage. After all, from the moment that stewed, rotten head appeared until now, although he hadn't spoken harshly to the female demon, the provocation in his words was still quite obvious.
If it were someone a bit more hot-tempered, they would have attacked him long ago. Why would they still be chattering with him here?
But what Yang Haoran hadn't expected was that after the female demon froze for a moment, an alluring smile actually reappeared on her face.
"If it weren't for your reminder, Underworld Agent, I wouldn't have thought of that at all. Since that's the case, how about we make a deal? " the female demon asked with a smile.
"A deal? What kind of deal? " Yang Haoran's eyebrow twitched slightly as he asked with a smile.
"As long as you're willing to help me escape this predicament, I am willing to pay a certain compensation," the female demon said with a smile.
The smile on Yang Haoran's face deepened a little, and judging by his appearance, he seemed to be moved by the female demon's words.
However, Yang Haoran's true thoughts were not so. He had no intention of helping the female demon escape, because once this female demon regained her freedom, there was no telling how many people would become her prey.
The female demon had said before that in the eyes of humans, animals and plants were food. In the eyes of demons, humans were food. This was a world where the strong preyed on the weak, and Yang Haoran agreed with the female demon's statement.
However, he, Yang Haoran, was human, not a demon. This was his stance.
He wasn't a saint, nor was he a soft-hearted pushover. However, he also wouldn't casually release a man-eating monster, unless he was truly forced into it, but currently, he clearly hadn't reached that point.
While he had no intention of releasing the female demon, he was still quite interested in the compensation the female demon spoke of. If it was truly something good, then his additional gains from this trip would increase even further.
"Compensation? What compensation? " Yang Haoran asked with a smile.
"You seem to pity them, Underworld Agent, my good sir. As long as you're willing to help me escape this predicament, I am willing to give you their skeletons."
The female demon pointed to the bundles of white bones on the ground and that human head that had been stewed until rotten, and said to Yang Haoran with a smile.
The smile on Yang Haoran's face stiffened. He had never dreamed that the female demon's so-called compensation would be like this.
"Beauty, you're quite vengeful, aren't you? Are you toying with me? " The corner of Yang Haoran's mouth twitched, and the smile on his face became strained.
The owners of these skeletons had been dead for who knew how long. Ten to one, their souls had already dissipated. Even if their souls hadn't dissipated, what use would he have for these skeletons?
Just to bury them and wish the deceased to rest in peace?
If it was something he could easily deal with on the side, Yang Haoran naturally wouldn't turn a blind eye. Burying their remains in the earth was no big deal, just as he had buried the Old Farmer's remains before.
But for the female demon to use these remains as a bargaining chip and then demand that he do something—something he was unwilling to do—Yang Haoran naturally wouldn't agree. After all, he had no ties of kinship or acquaintance with these people.
Such a meaningless and unprofitable thing, Yang Haoran wouldn't do. Nor was he obliged to do so.
Yang Haoran's reaction amused the female demon. Yang Haoran's earlier provocations had left a feeling of annoyance stifled within her, but seeing his reaction now, she felt much more pleased in her heart.
"I thought you, Underworld Agent, were a kind-hearted person. Who would have thought I lacked discernment? " the female demon laughed.
"You weren't short-sighted, you were blind. I'm an Underworld Agent. My duty is to guide their souls, not to collect their corpses. What do you want me to do with their remains? Take them back and burn them as firewood, like you? " Yang Haoran asked with a smile.
"Even if they're not used as firewood, they'd make decent decorations. Don't you humans like to turn all sorts of animal bones and teeth into decorations? Heh heh, what, when it's human bones, you suddenly don't like it? " the female demon asked with a laugh.
"Do you think you're very humorous? " Yang Haoran asked with a smile.
"What are you talking about, Underworld Agent? I'm merely speaking the truth," the female demon laughed.
"You're just too adorable, I really want to strangle you. Farewell!"
Yang Haoran dropped that line with a smile and turned to walk towards the door.
His sudden departure, just like that, instantly made the female demon stop laughing. An anxious expression appeared on her face.
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