The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 190 - 187: Monster Appears, Right at the Guesthouse?

Chapter 190: Chapter 187: Monster Appears, Right at the Guesthouse?

"I’ll go take a look."

Qin Zhao pushed Chu Yan aside and walked toward the window.

The curtains of the room she was in were drawn back, giving a clear view of the courtyard of the guesthouse.

Inside the courtyard stood a large camphor tree, lush with leaves and branches. Moonlight poured down, casting mottled shadows on the ground.

Within the intricate shadow play, Qin Zhao looked closely for a while before spotting an unusual silhouette mixed in—a sharp goat horn and ears, but only half were visible.

"Wuuuu, wuuuu."

That same crying sound emerged as the shadow on the ground gradually revealed itself fully.

It had a massive goat’s head but stood on two legs, just like a human, with arms hanging by its sides—clearly a human body, the monster with a goat’s head!

The monster’s shadow on the ground was at least two meters tall.

Yet Qin Zhao still couldn’t see the monster’s body, unable to determine if it was actually that large.

Her gaze swept around the dim back courtyard but still failed to find the creature’s form.

The huge shadow lay on the courtyard ground, but its body was nowhere to be seen!

Qin Zhao had stood at the window for a long time, reluctant to leave for this very reason.

The entity itself seemed to be hidden, allowing her to sense its presence and see its shadow, but the body remained invisible.

Knock knock knock, a knocking came from the door.

Qin Zhao closed the curtains and walked toward the door.

As she was about to open it, she suddenly turned to look at Chu Yan.

He still lay in bed, his robe’s sash loosened from their earlier embrace, draping loosely over him, revealing a vast expanse of his pale chest and shoulders, exuding a certain... seductive vibe.

Qin Zhao’s mouth twitched, "Put your clothes on properly."

Chu Yan dove under the covers, exposing only his head.

His cool, narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke in a measured tone,

"It’s too dangerous at night. Shall we deal with it tomorrow? What if a monster comes in while you’re handling it? I definitely won’t be able to fight it."

So, just come back to bed with me.

Qin Zhao threw something at him, "This is a peace charm, it will save your damned life."

Chu Yan: "....." Speechless.

After tossing the peace charm and quite unconcerned with romance, Qin Zhao opened the door.

Standing outside was Shangguan Qiu, who asked with a grave expression, "Did you hear anything?"

"I did, and I saw its shadow too."

"Shall we go have a look?"

"Sure."

After talking at the doorway, Qin Zhao walked off with Shangguan Qiu and took care to close the door behind Chu Yan.

"What kind of shadow did you see?"

Shangguan Qiu had only heard the crying of an infant, which didn’t quite resemble an actual baby’s cry and was mixed with a few bleats of a sheep.

She felt something was off and so came looking for Qin Zhao.

And Shangguan Qiu’s room was next to Si Xuekai’s, both opposite Qin Zhao’s, with windows facing out of the guesthouse, not overlooking the back courtyard.

If it weren’t for the dinner incident, she’d probably have gone to investigate on her own.

But the events at dinner were too bizarre, so for safety’s sake, she decided to go with Qin Zhao.

"A goat-headed humanoid, the shadow was two meters tall, but the body wasn’t visible."

"In the guesthouse’s back courtyard? Why wasn’t the body visible?"

Upon arrival, Shangguan Qiu had made it a point to familiarize herself with the layout of the place.

"Yes, in the back courtyard. As for why the body is not visible, it must be using an obscuring technique."

"If an obscuring technique is at play, then why isn’t the shadow also hidden?"

Qin Zhao smiled, "Sister, you really do like to ask why."

Shangguan Qiu’s expression paused, "I just find it a bit strange."

"I find it strange too, let’s go check it out."

Both had many questions in their hearts and hurriedly went downstairs to the backyard.

At this time, the crying of the baby had stopped.

They searched the entire backyard but found nothing unusual; even the huge shadow had disappeared, leaving only the shadows of camphor tree branches on the ground.

If Shangguan Qiu hadn’t heard the crying as well, one might have doubted whether what Qin Zhao said was true or not.

"It’s gone. Could it have run away? But why did it come here to cry out a few times?"

"Maybe it knew there were strangers here?"

Qin Zhao stood still, touching her chin and pondering for a while.

"However, I can be sure that it’s a demon because it left behind Demon Energy."

Due to the special Cultivation Technique Qin Zhao practiced, she was particularly sensitive to various energy fields.

"If it’s not a Half-demon, it’s a demon creature that hasn’t completely transformed yet."

The offspring of a human and a Demon Race, Half-demons, generally can only maintain a half-human, half-demon form. Unless they encounter some heaven-defying opportunity in the future, only then can they fully transform into either the Human Clan or Demon Race.

Because Half-demons, as hybrids of two species, directly lose the strong advantages of both races.

Thus, in the Canglan Realm, neither the Human Clan nor the Demon Race think much of Half-demons.

In this world, where most people can’t practice cultivation and can’t combine with the Demon Race, Half-demons have become an existence recorded in ancient texts. Could it be that Qin Zhao guessed it was a Sheep Demon that couldn’t completely transform?

"What are you doing here?"

The voice of the landlady suddenly came; she walked in from the back door, where the night outside was pitch black.

Holding a dim lantern in her hand, the light only illuminated half of her face. Her expressionless look, in this atmosphere, seemed somewhat sinister.

Qin Zhao stretched with a lazy yawn and said, "Your family’s dinner was so delicious, I ate a bit too much. Just taking a walk to digest."

"Delicious?" The landlady laughed oddly, "That’s the first time anyone has given such high praise to our meals. So you’re saying you finished it all?"

"Yes, of course, if it’s delicious, we should finish it all. Can’t waste it."

"Then I’ll go collect the dishes."

The landlady had gone out earlier, so the dishes in their room hadn’t been collected yet.

She didn’t seem to care that Qin Zhao and the others were wandering around and went upstairs with the lantern.

After the landlady left, Shangguan Qiu said to Qin Zhao, "She doesn’t have any Evil Energy on her, and her husband did the cooking. Could that creature be her husband?"

"Let’s go have a look in the kitchen, and we’ll know."

Qin Zhao and Shangguan Qiu returned to the guesthouse lobby, then located the kitchen.

The kitchen was modern and integral, very clean, with no sign of grease.

Not only that, there was no one inside.

Not seeing anyone was expected by them, so Qin Zhao started looking through the fridge and cupboards.

Finally, she found something amiss—the fridge and cupboards were completely empty!

The husband mentioned by the landlady was very likely non-existent, or maybe he was the sheep-headed creature; hence the food was all transformed rotten meat, and nobody was actually cooking for them!

Shangguan Qiu voiced her confusion, "There’s nothing at all, yet the sign outside says that meals can be provided. If a regular person were to come in, would she serve them those things?"

"They could just say they’re out of ingredients and not provide service."

Qin Zhao still felt that tonight’s meal was the other side’s deliberate test.

The two left the kitchen, intending to return upstairs when they happened to meet the landlady carrying a tray down, covered with empty plates and bowls.

As she passed by them, the landlady stopped and suddenly said, "You really ate everything clean. I thought you helped me wash the dishes."

"Yeah, it’s just because it was too delicious."

All those things had been burned by Qin Zhao, leaving only clean dishes, of course.

The landlady watched them for a while, laughing twice.

Then looking down at the dishes in her hands, a cold glint flashed through her pitch-dark eyes.