"Yes, Master!" I nodded as soon as Master spoke.
With that, I walked towards the backpack holding the rat demon.
Opening the bag, I saw a large grey rat, bound with red thread and affixed with a talisman.
This rat was much larger than common rats, about the size of a cat.
Its fur was dark grey and shiny, and its hairless tail was about twenty to thirty centimeters long.
It was about the same size as the large rat from the Rose supermarket.
Because this large grey rat was sealed by a talisman.
It couldn't move or make a sound at the moment, only staring at me with its big, round eyes.
Without hesitation, I took it out of the bag.
And casually threw it on the ground.
The rat demon's eyes were filled with resentment from the fall.
Because the talisman attached to it needed to be replaced every forty minutes, which was troublesome.
That's why the cage was bought, so it could be effectively contained inside for a long time.
Seeing the rat demon thrown out by me, Master.
He formed a sword finger with one hand.
He pointed at the talisman on the rat demon and casually said:
"Release!"
The talisman attached to the rat demon flashed with spiritual light and instantly lost its power.
The red threads binding it also snapped one by one with a "pop pop pop" sound.
Suppressed by the power of the talisman, the rat demon opened its mouth wide and took several deep breaths.
It even stretched its body and wagged its long tail.
"Ah! Much better."
Master, Yunxia Gu, and I watched it vigilantly.
Master then spoke directly:
"I bought you a cage. Do you want to get in yourself, or should we put you in?"
After speaking, Master tapped the table rhythmically with his finger.
The cage was right beside them.
This rat demon was now our prisoner.
Seriously injured and with its powers sealed.
Hearing Master speak like this, the rat demon spoke humanly and chuckled:
"No need for Daoist Master to act, I'll do it myself, myself!"
With that, it leaped onto the table.
Looking at the hamster cage before me, I could clearly see its unfriendly gaze, tinged with a hint of malice.
But soon, it crawled into the cage.
Then it turned back and continued to speak humanly with a chuckle:
"This cage is not bad, quite spacious. Much more comfortable than before."
Master grinned:
"Glad you like it, but you'd best not play any tricks."
"Daoist Master is right.
I'm content to be alive, and I won't play any tricks."
Master didn't waste any more words with the rat demon.
He directly snapped the cage lid shut, took out a talisman, and affixed it.
Forming a sword finger, he pointed at the talisman:
"Five Elements Seal; Expedite as the Law, Decree!"
As the decree was issued, the talisman, with a "swish," adhered neatly and perfectly onto the cage.
Thus, this seemingly ordinary plastic cage was sealed with the power of the talisman.
This rat demon, even if it were to dash itself to death inside the cage, would be unable to break the talisman from within.
This saved us a lot of trouble.
We no longer needed to replace its talisman every forty minutes.
After finishing these tasks, everyone felt much more relaxed.
Master then directly covered the cage with a blanket.
"Little Qin, you should also take a bath and get some rest!
We'll head back tomorrow morning."
Master said.
Just as I was about to go to the bathroom, I suddenly remembered what I had heard when I bought the cage.
So I said to Master and Yunxia Gu:
"By the way, Master, Yunxia Gu, I heard something when I was buying the cage!"
"Heard something? What?"
Yunxia Gu asked curiously.
Master also looked at me suspiciously.
I then recounted everything I had heard and seen.
"Master, in the picture I saw at the time, it was very clear.
The person's head was bitten off halfway, as if the brain was gone.
Could this be the work of malevolent spirits?
Do we need to investigate?"
After I finished speaking, Master and Yunxia Gu exchanged glances.
Master shook his head:
"This matter, it's really hard to say."
"Based solely on a few words and a picture, it's indeed difficult to determine if it's an evil spirit."
Yunxia Gu also added.
"Master, so we won't get involved in this matter?"
I continued to press.
Master still shook his head:
"No rush, let's rest first.
We'll go take a look at what you mentioned tomorrow morning!"
With Master saying that much, I didn't say anything more.
Although I suspected that this might be the act of evil spirits.
It was also possible that it was a perverted murder case.
I grunted and didn't bring it up again, turning directly to go take a bath.
Entering the bathroom, I looked at my injuries.
Especially the bandages on my chest, which were already soaked with blood.
I slowly removed them, revealing two long claw marks on my left chest.
This was where I was scratched by the snake demon last night.
Moreover, there were burn marks next to the scratches.
Fortunately, I had applied medicine last night, and the injuries had already improved significantly.
After washing myself and drying the water, I came out.
Yunxia Gu and Master were still chatting.
Seeing me come out, Yunxia Gu picked up the bandages and other supplies, preparing to re-bandage me.
I felt a little embarrassed.
But seeing Master there, I quietly sat down.
After the bandaging was done, Master even gave me a few herbs he had harvested from the medicinal field last night.
Telling me to chew them and swallow them.
Saying that it would help my injuries recover...