My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

Her eyes focused on the scenery in front of her. From where they were standing, several lights coming from the road, as well as the dwellings of the human, could be seen. The noise was also tuned out because they were several feet away from the main roads, but it was still loud and clear to Shen Minyao's heightened senses. 

What was Mu Qing trying to show her, anyway, that she needed to come up all the way here to see it herself? 

With her human eyes, she couldn't see anything suspicious. Did she need to enhance her sight, too? While posing as a human, Shen Minyao could only rely on her nose and ears to sense the presence of demons, ghosts, and other creatures around her. 

Shen Minyao just did that. Her brown eyes turned into golden orbs, the hair fluttering behind her also turned into its snowy and silky white color. The change caught the attention of the two men standing near her. 

If Jiang Chen had still doubts about Shen Minyao's identity as the nine-tailed fox demon, all of them had vanished now as he looked at the fox woman. How could that be if she was standing so majestic in her demon form next to him? 

"Miss, I can see it now. Can you?" Xiao Bai asked his mistress, his attention focused somewhere. 

"Hn?" Shen Minyao followed his gaze, her eyes narrowing upon recognition. She understood now why she couldn't see the demons on the ground. They were all up here. 

They looked like a regular murder of crows, watching the humans below. However, their eyes—shining red like rubies—were a clear indication that they were demons. There were so many of them that they outnumbered the biggest flock of bird demons the fox demon encountered in her past life. 

After considering the years of their residence in the fourth district, it only made sense that there were so many of these black bird demons now. Like regular crows, crow demons were known to be intelligent. They like observing humans, studying their habits before preying on them. 

"This is weird. Crow demons are known to stay in their territories and only build nests far from areas where the human dwellings were to protect their young," Shen Minyao said, "They usually do not migrate to mingle with humans for too long." 

"So, what do you think?" Jiang Chen asked, "Why would they come here to the fourth district, then?" 

"A regular supply of resources, I guess." Mu Qing interrupted their conversation. "With the continued increase in their numbers, they would need a sustainable place where they could feed regularly." 

"Can the humans see them then? Were they the ones responsible for the accidents here?" Jiang Chen asked again. 

"It's possible," Xiao Bao replied, "Crow demons are intelligent low-mid-rank demons. Unlike other demons, crow demons prefer to devour human souls and not feed on their life energy while they are alive. Perhaps, crow demons found out that instigating accidents on humans, especially on the road, proved to be the easiest way for them to feed on human souls." 

"Then, what do we do now? Would you be able to kill them?" Jiang Chen asked Shen Minyao. Wasn't this the reason why she agreed to come here and help them? 

Shen Minyao didn't utter a word in response. Her eyes swept around the huge murder of crow demons that surrounded them, watching them intently. 

"Milady, you don't need to fight all of them at your current state…" Xiao Bai told her. 

The fox woman scoffed at that. Was he telling her this because she had the same rank as one crow demon? To think that she would be compared to a lower kind of demon such as these birds… infuriated Shen Minyao. 

"Do you need help?" Mu Qing asked, sensing the annoyance drawn on her face. 

"No need for that. I have my way of dealing with them." 

For her to rely on a grim reaper's help? Ha! She may be weak right now, but she wouldn't lower her pride and rely on someone's help to get what she wanted. 

"In this murder of crows, we have to find their leader," she told Mu Qing instead, "If we are able to kill it, I suppose the barriers around the district would shatter at once, freeing the trapped human souls." 

"But you have to be careful, Lord Hell, Mr. Jiang," Xiao Bai added, "You better make sure you won't stare at their eyes for too long, or you will fall under their spell and do their bidding. It's one of the reasons why it's easy for them to initiate an 'accident'. Those who fell under their spell would be subjected to hallucinations." 

"I see. Then, how do we know if it's the leader or not?" The grim reaper asked. 

"Usually, they are the largest one in the murder and obviously the strongest. They can manifest themselves as humans and can talk if needed, something the other crow demons aren't capable of," the fat white cat continued to explain. After all, Shen Minyao was obviously displeased that she needed to deal with all these crow demons and then devour their demonic orbs all at once. 

"I'll lure it out. Kill it as soon as you see it," Shen Minyao said as she pulled her fan from her coat and flipped it open. She hadn't used her fan since their last encounter with the spider demon. 

"You do know that it's easier said than done, right?" 

"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang should be able to help you filter out the demons around you." The fox woman glanced at the confused mortal human in their company. "You can at least differentiate a demon's rank, right?" 

Jiang Chen stared at her as if she had grown another head over her shoulder. Was she overestimating his skills, or was simply asking for the impossible? There were over hundreds of crow demons surrounding them. How could he possibly do it?