The woman brought some wild fruits as a dessert after the meal and looked at her daughter drinking rice soup, reprimanding her, "Xiaohe, you're really greedy."
"It's okay, she's just a little kid!" Huang Ming replied casually.
Seeing Huang Ming's response, the woman didn't continue to chase after it.
"Just call me Huang Ming, I'm not used to being called 'En Gong'," Huang Ming said.
"I'm called Jing Gu, she's my daughter Jing He, just call her Xiaohe," Jing Gu introduced.
Huang Ming nodded and didn't say anything more, continuing to eat the boiled tree roots in his bowl.
Huang Ming was a demon, and the taste of food was not important to him. As long as he could eat, it was enough.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
A knocking sound broke the silence in the room, and the three of them looked towards the door.
"Who is it?" Huang Ming asked coldly.
Before Huang Ming could open the door, the guards outside kicked it open. Their fierce gaze swept around, shouting loudly, "Kid, did you kill our people?"
"Yes," Huang Ming answered.
"How dare you kill our people, you're seeking death! Catch him and chop him into a thousand pieces!" one of the guards angrily roared pointing at Huang Ming.
"I was just worried about finding a place to treat Xiaohe to a meal. I didn't expect them to come to me," Huang Ming looked at the guards, secretly delighted.
"Dust rises, earth burns," Huang Ming shouted loudly.
Immediately, a hot force enveloped everyone, making them feel their blood boiling, their whole body feeling hot. A burning sensation swept through their souls, causing them to tremble uncontrollably.
"Ah~~~"
"No~~"
"Ah~~~"
The guards screamed in pain, feeling like their blood was being evaporated. Intense pain spread throughout their bodies.
"Ah~~"
The guards all covered their eyes, blood flowing between their fingers, staining their eyes red.
"Ah!!!"
The sound of their miserable cries continued.
"My eyes, my eyes..."
"Ah, it's so hot, so hot..."
"Ah, it's so uncomfortable!"
"No... I don't want to live!"
The people howled in pain, curling up on the ground, scratching the ground with their hands, trying to alleviate the pain.
Their eyes had long been blind, unable to see anything, and they had no strength to resist the powerful and scorching force. The pain they felt was unbearable.
Jing Gu covered Jing He's eyes and said, "Don't look, Xiaohe."
"What is there that can't be seen? If it weren't for me today, your mother would have been beaten to death, and Jing He, you would have become their young master's concubine," Huang Ming said indifferently.
After hearing Huang Ming's words, Jing He opened her mother's hand and couldn't help but gasp in horror at the scene in front of her, looking at Huang Ming with frightened eyes.
All the guards were writhing on the ground, their skin all rotten, dripping with blood. Their bodies were charred and pieces of flesh fell off, scattered on the ground, a shocking sight.
Jing Gu was the same, her body soaked in sweat, the drops of sweat falling down and instantly evaporating.
Under Huang Ming's attack, these people had long been burned to ashes. Even if they weren't burned to ashes, they probably wouldn't have lived much longer. They could only turn into corpses, slowly decomposing, and eventually turn into ashes.
"Huiming's mother should come too. We are unfamiliar with this place." Huiming looked at Jingu with a smile and invited her.
Jingu was afraid that Huiming would cause trouble for Jingu, but she accepted the invitation.
"On the way here, why did the guards ask your family for money?" Huiming asked in confusion.
"The lord of Jinsa City, Gu Yuan, collects protection fees everywhere. If you don't pay, you will be violently attacked. If the family has no money, they use food instead. My father was beaten to death because he didn't pay the protection fee. After that, our family had no food or money to pay, and it became a debt." Huiming said sadly, tears flowing when she mentioned the sad part.
Huiming finished her story, and Huiming's expression changed constantly, as if he was thinking about something.
"You, young man, did you kill the guards of the Gu family?" Suddenly, a majestic voice sounded, and an old man with a tall and thin figure and white hair floated over from a distance.
"Hiss... am I that young? Why does everyone call me young man?" Huiming muttered to himself, pinching his chin.
The old man was angered when he saw that Huiming ignored him. He roared, "Damn young man, how dare you disrespect me!"
"Punishment! Endless Hellfire!"
The old man stretched out his right hand and waved it towards Huiming, and a torrent of hellfire erupted from his hand, sweeping towards Huiming.
Jingu directly shielded Jingu with her body, afraid that the flames would harm her daughter. However, the flames did not harm Jingu. Instead, she stretched out her left palm and easily blocked the surging endless hellfire.
"Boom~"
"Bang bang bang..."
"Crack crack crack~"
The endless hellfire, the moment it touched Huiming's left hand, was absorbed into his body and disappeared instantly, leaving no trace.
The old man looked at Huiming's hand in shock and murmured, "How is this possible? What cultivation level are you? You can actually resist my hellfire."
Huiming didn't bother to talk to this brat. He opened his black wings and the horns on his head gradually appeared. Then, his black wings spread open, and in the blink of an eye, Huiming's figure grew tall and mighty, filled with strong hostility.
The old man couldn't help but exclaim, "Who exactly are you?"
"I am not a human, I am a demon." Huiming grabbed the old man's collar and a burst of scorching flames rushed towards the old man's forehead.
"Ah~"
A heart-wrenching scream sounded, and the old man's head was burnt to ashes by Huiming's flames, while his body turned into charcoal and fell to the ground.
"Besides the Black Flame of the boss, there is no flame in the world scarier than my flame." Huiming slowly landed and looked at the corpse on the ground, sneering.
Jingu looked at Huiming, who was even taller than before, with wide eyes and a gaping mouth. She couldn't speak for a long time.
Huiming turned around to face the mother and daughter and said, "Let's go to the Lord's Mansion and have him treat us to a meal."
The mother and daughter looked at Huiming's demonic appearance and weakly asked, "Are you Huiming?"
"Of course." Huiming smiled faintly and immediately returned to his original appearance.
"Are you... human, Huiming?" Jingu couldn't help but ask as she looked at Huiming's appearance.
Huiming shook his head and said, "I am a demon! The Demon of Fire!"
Jingu's heart trembled when she heard this. She never expected Huiming to be a demon. This was simply unimaginable. Demons should only exist in legends, right? Moreover, demons should not easily reveal their identities. Why was Huiming so different?
She shielded Huiming with her hand and looked at Huiming cautiously, her eyes filled with vigilance, afraid that the demon would kill her and her daughter.
"What are you afraid of?" Huiming looked at Jingu, who was so cautious, with confusion.
"In legends, demons are the most evil beings among the demons. Their power is incredibly strong, and they hold grudges. They are extremely bloodthirsty. Once they go crazy, they will slaughter everyone without any rhyme or reason. So people are extremely wary of demons like you."
"Hahaha, you believe in legends? What's the point of killing you and your daughter for me? Besides, you will eventually starve to death. Since you are not afraid of death, why fear a demon?" Huiming laughed and joked as if he had heard something funny.
"Mom, why don't we follow Huiming brother? Whether he is a demon or not, he saved us. If he hadn't saved us, we might have been killed by those guards. I would have been captured and made into a concubine."
Following Big Brother Huanghai at least ensures that we have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, unlike us here, who have been empty-handed all year round," Jinghe looked at his mother.
"Well..." Jinggu hesitated.
Rather than starving to death, it is better to follow the devil and be a full ghost.
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