"Woof woof woof..."
With the first dog's bark echoing, a massive chorus of barks immediately followed.
At this moment, inside the small lookout room atop the giant wooden fence.
The sleep-roused night watchman woke abruptly, having immediately realized what was going on, he didn't even take the time to wipe his drool. He grabbed his longbow and quiver by his side and dashed out of the room.
At the same time.
The previously pitch-black village lit up with the sound of the dogs barking.
One by one, glimmers of light began to rapidly kindle.
Outside the wooden enclosure, Lu Fei, who had been waiting in front of the village gate, realized something was wrong as soon as he heard the dogs barking.
Just then.
The village gate was flung open, and the figure of the Crow Demon appeared before the two Demons who were waiting outside the gate.
"We've been discovered, let's go..."
Lu Fei, after looking at the excited Crow Demon inside the gate, immediately exclaimed, before turning and leaving.
"Wait..."
The Crow Demon hastily yelled, "I just opened the door..."
Before he could finish his words.
[Whoosh].
An arrow descended from the sky, grazing his wing and stabbing into the ground.
Immediately after.
"Demons have entered the village!"
"Demons have entered the village..."
"Kill the Demons!"
Cries went up from above, the Crow Demon quickly turned around only to see the village, which was dark moments ago, was now brightly lit. Numerous humans wielding bows and arrows, and a variety of weapons such as spears and cudgels were charging out from their houses.
"Wait for me..."
Never having witnessed such fanfare, the Crow Demon's complexion drastically changed, he let out a shriek and swiftly flapped his wings to fly away from the gates.
At this moment.
Lu Fei, who transformed into a giant wolf, had already escaped a hundred meters away.
The Red Pi, a Wild Boar Demon, closely followed behind him.
Watching his two companions disappearing into the darkness, the Crow Demon, panicking, flew out of the large enclosure gate while dodging incoming arrows from behind, shouting helplessly: "Wait for me..."
Very soon.
When the Crow Demon had also rushed into the vast darkness.
Atop the village fence, an elderly man with white hair and beard, under the protection of villagers, looked in the direction where the bird demon disappeared and said: "It was probably just a Little Demon looking for an easy meal from our village..."
After talking, the elderly man turned to berate a young man standing next to him, his face still creased from sleep, and said: "I put you on night watch not for you to sleep..."
...
"Wait for me..."
In the pitch-dark night sky, the Crow Demon shouted at the shadows ahead: "You guys wait for me..."
Lu Fei continued his frantic run until he reached the edge of the forest before stopping.
The Little Pig Demon, Red Pi, squeakingly also stopped.
Lu Fei, turning his head to see no humans following behind, finally looked at the Crow Demon flying in the sky. He looked a bit panicked, but his flying posture was still relatively normal, before asking: "You're not hurt, are you?"
The Crow Demon flew closer quickly, landing on the ground and immediately shook his head saying: "No, it was a close call though..."
Seeing the terrified look on the Crow Demon's face.
Lu Fei couldn't help but say: "When you were listening to their tall tales, did you not hear them mention that human villages have dogs as sentries? You have to flee as soon as you hear a dog bark, don't you?"
The Crow Demon shook his head: "No, Grey Skin only mentioned that dog meat is delicious."
"Why run when a dog barks?"
The Little Pig Demon, Red Pi, who had ran off with Lu Fei ahead of time and thus hadn't seen the humans appear, looked up at Lu Fei and asked.
Lu Fei answered: "Because dog barking wakes humans."
The Crow Demon: "So, Lu Fei, are you saying Grey Skin tricked me?"
Lu Fei, knowing that the Grey Skin the Crow Demon referred to is a Rat Demon, even if the original was not familiar with him, continued to ask: "Then were those things he told you the truth?"
The Crow Demon: "Yes, all true. His directions, the human village gate, everything was as he said."
Lu Fei continued to inquire: "When was the last time Grey Skin was here? Who was he with?"
The Crow Demon: "A year ago, he was with a Yellow Cow Demon and two Rat Demons."
Lu Fei: "And were they injured when they returned?"
The Crow Demon: "The Yellow Cow Demon was killed, the two Rat Demons were injured, but he was unharmed."
Lu Fei: "Looks like it's clear, he is afraid of losing face, but it's also possible he hopes you wind up as unlucky as him..."
Lu Fei now understood why a village was situated at the foot of the demon-infested Rolling Mountain.
Such big wooden fences could only be breached by a demon of a leader level. Ordinary little demons would find it hard to get in.
As for why no stronger demons made a move.
Lu Fei guessed it might be out of consideration for the human cultivators.
After all, in this world, animals could become demons, could cultivate.
People could unquestionably do the same.
Thinking so, Lu Fei became more curious about this world.
"What should we do now?"
At this moment, Little Pig Demon Red Pi opened its mouth to ask.
The Crow Demon chimed in, "Let's just hunt some beasts in the nearby forest. We saw quite a few on our way here..."
Lu Fei nodded.
Rolling Mountain only provided one meal.
The little demons had to fend for themselves. The leaders wouldn't interfere, but the spiritual medicine they found had to be handed over. When they encountered beasts that had awakened their spirituality, they couldn't just kill them.
"Let's hurry, dawn isn't too far away..."
Lu Fei said, turning and heading into the forest.
Upon seeing this, the Crow Demon and the Little Pig Demon quickly followed.
An hour later.
In the pitch-black forest.
There was a faint firelight.
The three demons, transformed into human shapes with animal heads, sat around the fire. In front of them, they were roasting a big skinned bear on a simple spit.
The Crow Demon looked at Lu Fei who was carefully carving the meat off the bear's skin and making assumptions with the meat piece on his body. After hesitation, it finally asked, "Whitefur, aren't you afraid that the Bear leader will trouble you if you wear this?"
"Why should I be scared..."
Lu Fei said, picking up the nearly carved bear skin and putting it in front of the fire to dry. He asked in response to the Crow Demon, "Do you think you're the same species as those crows who haven't unlocked their spiritual wisdom and squawk all day?"
The Crow Demon immediately shook its head, "Of course not, they're just a bunch of uncultured idiots."
Lu Fei nodded, "The Bear leader probably feels the same way..."
Not much later.
When the bear meat on the spit was roasted until it was basting in grease and started emitting a delicious smell.
The Crow Demon who was sitting on one side, once again couldn't resist asking, "Is it ready? Can we eat now?"
Lu Fei glanced at the impatient Crow Demon and the drooling Little Pig Demon Red Pi, then said, "It's ready..."
Saying so, he was the first to reach out and tear off a hot bear leg.
The starving Crow Demon and Little Pig Demon rushed forward immediately.
Chewing on the bear meat without salt, no spices, no seasoning, not even completely cooked.
Unexpectedly, Lu Fei felt it tasted not bad.
Perhaps with the transformation of his body, his taste buds had also changed.
Anyway, on the summer night following the failed first attempt to enter the human village, Lu Fei finally had his first meal in this new world.
When the three little demons returned to Rolling Mountain, returned to their cave.
The eastern sky had already started glowing faintly.
The Crow Demon, full and satisfied, fell asleep as soon as its head hit the pillow.
Little Pig Demon Red Pi didn't want to continue meditating on cultivation either, and it fell asleep just as quickly.
Listening to the rapidly increasing snores.
Lu Fei didn't sleep. Given his current body strength, he reckoned he could go two or three days without sleep without any problem.
Besides, he couldn't sleep much at this point either.
He climbed onto the stone bed, sat cross-legged, and quickly entered a state of meditation.
As the sun rose in the east and sunlight shone into the forest.
Outside the cave, a little monkey-faced demon, holding a gong in one hand and a mallet in the other, appeared in front of the caves where the many little demons lived.
Looking at the caves filled with loud snores.
The monkey-faced little demon looked excited, and then loudly hit the gong in his hand.
"Duang..."
"Dang, Dang..."
"Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang..."