My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

"Then, can you see it?" Shen Minyao pointed her forefinger at the adjacent building across where they were standing. 

Jiang Chen frowned, but he followed where she was pointing at and could faintly see spirits swarming the third floor of the building like they were falling in line for something. The line then continued to the empty alley until his human eyes couldn't see where the spirits were going anymore. 

What the hell was that? He thought. He didn't sense that thing when he first came here. Had it always been there? He had totally missed it the first time? 

"What's happening there? Why are the spirits acting that way?" 

"Oh, that? They are getting in line to get eaten by the demons," Shen Minyao replied before she started walking along with Xiao Bai. 

Jiang Chen had no other choice but to follow her lead. Since they were already here, it wouldn't hurt to see what was truly going on in this area. 

"Tell me the details about this case. I'm pretty sure you are already aware of it even before Li Fei'er mentioned the ghost girl's case to you," the fox woman demanded. 

The young man walking next to her sighed and rubbed his temple. It seemed that he couldn't really hide the truth from this demoness, after all. 

"Just as you said, we've been hearing reports about the fourth district for years now,"—he started—"but since no one came forward to make a formal request to investigate it, the paranormal teams stayed away from it. I cannot investigate it myself because my hands are already filled with cases back at Jiang City. 

"Many accidents happen in this place. From construction accidents to road traffic accidents, many humans have lost their lives here. There have also been sightings of ghosts reported by some civilians… although we cannot confirm their authenticity." 

He would have taken the case earlier if only he wasn't too busy with the other commitments he had back at Jiang City. Anyway, if Li Fei'er hadn't requested their help to investigate Jin Qian's case, he would have never assumed that it was connected to the issue that had been plaguing the fourth district for years. 

"Did you know when the infestation of demons started? With the number of human spirits trapped in here, I suppose it has been going on for some time now," Shen Minyao asked. 

However, instead of Jiang Chen, a familiar masculine voice Shen Minyao hadn't heard for some time answered her inquiry. 

"It started five years ago. The humans were the ones who invaded the demons' territory unknowingly, which led to the untimely deaths of some of them." 

Shen Minyao stopped in her tracks and turned around to see Mu Qing walking towards them. Oh, she should have known that grim reapers would also be involved in this case. 

"Oh, it's Lord Hell!" Xiao Bai exclaimed upon seeing Mu Qing. He looked the same as always. His face, however, hardened with a blank expression as he looked at Shen Minyao and Jiang Chen. 

"Lord Hell, what a surprise. I wasn't expecting to see you here tonight," she said with sarcasm, "What are you doing here?" 

"I should be the one asking you such a question, fox demon." The grim reaper then glanced at Jiang Chen who couldn't see him or hear what he was saying. 

"And you got yet another odd human with you. What happened to the man you've been protecting before?" He said as he regarded Jiang Chen. 

"Don't misunderstand. I'm not here to help him. As for the man you were talking about, he's still in the hospital where I left him," Shen Minyao said in defense, "I'm here to hunt demons." 

Seeing that Shen Minyao had started talking to herself, Jiang Chen wondered if she was talking to a spiritual entity that he couldn't see. With so many spiritual presences surrounding the area, he was having a hard time getting in tune with Shen Minyao. 

"Miss Shen, who are you talking to?" He asked curiously. 

Shen Minyao shifted her gaze to him and then immediately turned back in Mu Qing's direction. How could she forget that grim reapers were practically invisible to a human's naked eye? 

"Ah, you can't see him? I'm actually talking to a grim reaper right here." She then pointed in Mu Qing's direction. 

However, Jiang Chen couldn't sense or see the grim reaper's presence. His jaws dropped in surprise. Was she telling the truth? Was she really talking to a real grim reaper?

"That's weird. How come Little Fei could see you, but a psychic couldn't?" The fox woman hummed as she rubbed her chin. 

"It's because shamans like Li Fei'er are more in tune with spiritual presence around them than humans who unlock their sixth sense," Mu Qing replied. 

Shen Minyao patted Jiang Chen's shoulder and shook her head. 

"Tsk. Lucky you, you couldn't see him. If I were a human, I would never wish to see a grim reaper in front of me. No matter how good-looking he is. If only I was a human like you, then I wouldn't have to see his annoying face at all." 

Mu Qing shot her a fierce glare at that. This demoness surely loved picking fights with him. Heaven forbid, there wouldn't be a day when this demoness wouldn't dare to purposely annoy him whenever they saw each other. 

"Ha. It's not like I wanted to see you, too." 

"So, do you know where we could find the lair of the demons? Have they made a nest somewhere here?" Shen Minyao asked, getting serious. No matter how many times she used her spatial awareness ability, she couldn't seem to spot the demons that had been feeding on the poor human souls. 

"I'm not sure about that. I only came here because I received an order to make an inspection as to how severe the problem is as the local grim reapers here weren't able to deal with it."