Let's walk together for the rest of our lives. If the host says to leave, she will leave.

Gu Ling and Shen Li were respectfully invited to the mountain village by a group of bandits.

The village was built in a haphazard manner, the gate was tattered, and there were three crooked words on the plaque - Lanhe Village.

A mountain village, its name is actually Lanhe Village?

The group walked in. They saw many old, weak, women and children in the village, and some people were working on the limited arable land. People would believe it was an ordinary, poor village.

Feng Yang brought Gu Ling and Shen Li to a room, which was probably a lobby or something like that.

This place was really poor, and they couldn't even afford tea to entertain the guests. Feng Yang awkwardly poured two bowls of water for the two of them, and two embarrassing blushes were clearly visible on his wheat-colored skin.

Gu Ling had just eaten some melon seeds and was thirsty, so he picked up the bowl and drank some water.

When Shen Li saw Gu Ling drinking, he picked up the bowl and drank in small sips.

After drinking the water, Gu Ling got straight to the point: "Tell me about the situation."

Feng Yang breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of sorrow and resentment on his face, and told the whole story.

There is a river at the foot of the nearby mountain, called Lan River. The village is built by the water, hence the name Lan River Village.

The Lan River is deep and the fish are fat. The people in the village work from sunrise to sunset and live a good life relying on a little farmland and the fish in the water.

Three years ago, the inexplicable appearance of a black fish monster in the Lan River broke this peaceful life.

The black fish monster calls itself the river god and asks the villagers to sacrifice a person to it on the last day of every month as a reward for the Lan River feeding the villagers over the years.

The villagers naturally disagreed. They also knew that there were monsters in this world and they didn't believe it.

But mortals are mortals after all, and such resistance angered the black fish monster, which massacred Lanhe Village and sealed off the village with sorcery, eating some people and leaving some alive, hanging them half-dead.

Feng Yang and others were the lucky ones who escaped by chance.

They tried every possible way to find a demon catcher, but encountered many scammers. They finally found a capable one, but he turned out to be a black-hearted person.

The man told them to take the demon-suppressing talisman to Lanhe Village. While the monster was eating people and was suppressed by the demon-suppressing talisman, they could briefly enter Lanhe Village which was blocked by the monster to rescue people.

The demon-suppressing talisman was expensive, so Feng Yang and his companions had no choice but to become bandits and built a shabby Lanhe Village on the mountain as their habitat.

After Feng Yang finished speaking, his eyes were red. He said, "Sir, as long as you can save the villagers, Feng Yang's life will be yours!"

Before Gu Ling could say anything, Shen Li jumped up first: "No!"

He opened his hands and stood in front of Gu Ling: "The black fish monster is so powerful, Brother Gu is just a scholar, how can he defeat it? Besides, why would Brother Gu want your life? It's useless."

The last three words were spoken quietly, but anyone in the silent room could hear them.

Shen Li's confident words made Feng Yang doubt himself: Could it be that Gu Ling really isn't a demon catcher?

Gu Ling pressed Shen Li's shoulder and asked him to sit down. Seeing that he was pouting unhappily, he smiled and touched his head.

When he turned around and faced Feng Yang, he restrained his smile a little.

"I don't have that much ability, but I have a lot of treasures for catching monsters, I can give them to you."

Feng Yang smiled bitterly: "I am just an ordinary person, with only a handful of strength, how can I use these things?"

"I'll teach you." Seeing Feng Yang still had a bitter face, Gu Ling added, "I'll go with you then, nothing will go wrong."

If he hadn't added the last sentence, Feng Yang would have thought that Gu Ling was really incompetent and was afraid of losing his life.

Can……

"What are the conditions?"

The smile on Gu Ling's face was somewhat sincere, but the words he said sounded like a charlatan.

"Brother, I think you have excellent physique and extraordinary talent. You are a good candidate to be a demon catcher. Do you want to go to Qingyun Mountain to learn from a master? I have many friends there and can help you get in through the back door."

She added: "It's free. I'll pay for your travel expenses."

Finished, more like a liar.

But Feng Yang had no choice but to agree.

After Feng Yang left, Gu Ling looked at Shen Li and said, "Tomorrow you..."

"I want to go with you!" Shen Li sat on the chair and looked up at her, "Okay?"

Gu Ling, who had been planning to take Shen Li with him, changed the subject after hearing this: "Okay, but you can't run around or act on your own."

Shen Li, who had set a trap for himself, smiled and nodded quickly.

He encouraged himself in his heart and decided to protect Gu Ling tomorrow.

But when it comes to catching monsters, Shen Li is a little confused: "Why do you have so many monster-catching tools?"

The same answer as before: "It's better to be prepared."

After that, Gu Ling asked him, "What do you think a demon catcher is like?"

Shen Li thought for a moment and said, "He is a reasonable bad guy."

He listed them one by one, for example, a monster catcher has to find out whether the monster has killed anyone before, which is indeed reasonable compared to a monster hunter.

But no matter what the reason is, as long as the monster kills someone, the monster catcher will kill them all.

For example, they never believe in the sincerity of monsters, and most of the love between humans and monsters is broken up by monster catchers.

After listening to him, Gu Ling said jokingly, "I see. That sounds pretty bad. If I become such a bad guy one day, you will probably have to run back to Fox Mountain overnight."

"Will you catch me when you become a bad guy?"

"As long as you don't kill innocent people, then no."

It is not limited to "killing", but "not killing innocent people indiscriminately".

Gu Ling did not hope that one day in the future, Shen Li would let the evil person who hurt him go just because of her words "Don't hurt people's lives". That would be a fatal thing.

Shen Li promised seriously: "I won't kill innocent people, so you won't arrest me, and I don't have to leave you."

Gu Ling didn’t know whether Shen Li would change after seeing more of the mundane world, but she knew that at this moment, every word Shen Li said was sincere.

"You said that as if you were going to stay with me forever."

For a lifetime?

Shen Li was stunned for a moment, frowned, and then said weakly: "I will not leave you until I find my husband."

The warm atmosphere was suddenly broken, and Gu Ling was so angry that she laughed: "Why do you think about finding your husband all day long?"

"This is the tradition of our red fox clan. Every red fox must find a scholar as a husband. Only then can it be considered a true vixen." He was still a little frustrated, "I'm already very slow."

Gu Ling finally understood why Shen Li had always been interested in scholars. It turned out that she was trying to find a husband for him!

But isn't Gu Ling the best scholar along the way? Why didn't Shen Li consider her?

Could it be...

Her face was solemn. Could it be that Shen Li knew that she was not good at studying?