"Case number seventy-six of the Evil Tree? Demon?!"
Xu Changqing skimmed the file, looking puzzled.
"Nothing seemed amiss initially. We assumed it was just a standard demon case and that's what we named it..."
Pan Shu explained, "Although the city is suppressed by a major array, the occasional birth of demons isn't particularly uncommon..."
Like Xiaozhai Village, the establishment of Qingyang City must have been done by burying dreadful weird creatures within the foundation, perhaps more than one, to form what is referred to as the 'array'.
However, simply emitting such an aura would not deter demons all the time.
In such a vast world, some creatures relish just that.
"The plaintiff, Mr. Wu, lives in Sweet Water Lane. He has a Willow tree in his courtyard... which suddenly bloomed one day. The buds were huge with human faces within... half a day later, they transformed into human heads..."
Xu Changqing continued reading, imagining that scene.
