Ethan and the Demon's Aura Chapter 10

Zhao Rui looked confused, but still answered honestly: "I've fallen home."

Hunter Lang frowned, like a strict teacher: "Is this true?"

Zhao Rui: ...

In order to avoid being beaten, Zhao Rui suppressed the urge to curse and said helplessly: "Really? I told Teacher Liu before collecting the homework. I will go home to pick it up at noon."

Hunter Lang nodded calmly with a handsome face: "Okay."

After saying this, he walked back to his seat as if no one was around, under the curious gazes of the girls.

Sick, but handsome.

At noon, Hunter Lang went to a fast food restaurant near the school to eat.

The set meals in the cafeteria were not bad, but there was too little meat. Hunter Lang wanted to fill his stomach with meat, but even ten set meals were not enough, so he sneaked out to eat every meal. He ordered several servings of fried chicken, and took a tray of chicken legs, chicken wings, and chicken nuggets to find a place to sit. He looked up and saw Zhao Rui also sitting at a table near the door eating.

"When are you going to pick up your homework?" Hunter Lang sat down at the next table.

Zhao Rui held the chicken leg in his mouth painfully: "Can I finish my meal?"

"...Are you in time?" Hunter Lang looked at Zhao Rui's round body like an oak barrel with concern, and sincerely doubted his running speed.

Zhao Rui gritted his teeth: "I'll take a taxi!"

Is this Sc*mbag mentally ill?!

Hunter Lang was silent, and he was busy eating PUBG. He would occasionally glance at Zhao Rui, as if he was afraid that Zhao Rui would not hand in his homework on time and cause Ethan Bai to be yelled at by Old Man Liu again. Zhao Rui was so nervous when he saw him that he stuffed his food like crazy. When he was done, he wiped his mouth hastily and ran out to get a taxi.

...

After sealing half of his orifices, the demonic energy Ethan Bai felt was greatly reduced. He was no longer so afraid of Hunter Lang, and he was much more relaxed whether in class or patrolling self-study. Although he was still nervous and alert when talking to Hunter Lang, at least he no longer sweated and turned pale. In addition, practice has proved that after sealing half of his orifices, his own demonic energy is enough for him to maintain his human form for a whole day.

After solving her own problems, Ethan Bai began to worry about Hunter Lang's merits and virtues.

Merit is not very meaningful to ordinary people, but it is different for monsters and cultivators. Birth, aging, sickness and death, and the survival of the fittest are all the laws of nature. Cultivation is a good thing for individuals, but in essence it goes against the laws of nature and is likely to be punished by heaven.

Since ancient times, there have been legends among the people that monsters or ascetics need to go through thunder tribulations. The thunder tribulations here are actually heavenly punishments. The lower the merits of monsters or ascetics are, the more likely they are to be punished by heaven. Heavenly punishments are generally not fatal, but the process is extremely painful, and the skin and flesh are often burned and rotten. In addition, it also seriously damages the cultivation. It is said that after many years of hard cultivation, you will return to the state before you became a spirit.

Because of this, many monsters will deliberately do jobs that help accumulate merits, such as: doctors, saving lives; police, punishing evildoers; teachers, educating people... The more powerful ones will do scientific research to benefit the country and the people. Some monsters will also volunteer in their spare time and rescue animals, in short, they are afraid of being punished by God.

However, merit is something that cannot be seen without magic, and not all monsters can be like Ethan Bai who happened to be a Taoist priest and learn magic - it's good enough if they are not stabbed to death by a radical Taoist priest with a peach wood sword - so most monsters are in the dark, and they don't know how much merit they have. And no matter how terrible the thing is, once it can't be seen or touched, the deterrent effect will be reduced. Therefore, there are many monsters who don't care much about merit, and some monsters with low IQ and wildness simply live for the moment, and eat, drink and play enough before being beaten back to their original form. It's not in vain to be a human. The dog monsters who robbed Lucas Zhou are typical of this kind of monsters. Their merits are even darker than Hunter Lang, and they may be punished by heaven at any time.

Hunter Lang's performance these days was OK, of course, compared to himself. He could just scribbled or copied math and Chinese homework and handed it in, put books on his desk to pretend during class, and at least lowered his head in a daze during self-study class, not looking at the ceiling in a pretentious manner, and not disrupting other students... For him, this performance was OK.

In addition, Ethan Bai also heard from the class monitor Xu Chen that Hunter Lang sometimes used the attitude of collecting protection fees to urge others to hand in their homework these days.

"Especially math and Chinese." On Friday afternoon, Xu Chen handed the summary of the class meeting to Ethan Bai, pushed his glasses and said, "He doesn't seem to care much about other subjects."

Ethan Bai was not stupid either. She figured out the whole thing in an instant, and felt a little warm while feeling both amused and helpless.

"How did he urge you?" Ethan Bai confirmed, "What did he say? What actions did he take?"

"I just walked over and knocked on the desks, telling those who hadn't handed in their homework to hand it in quickly. I looked quite intimidating..." At this point, Xu Chen tilted his head and thought for a moment, then added, "But I didn't actually do anything else."

Ethan Bai felt relieved and said, "Okay, I understand."

In this case, Ethan Bai wanted to save Hunter Lang, who could be saved, and let him catch up with the main force.

However, the most urgent task is to increase the merits of the little wolf cub who is madly testing the edge of heaven's punishment. Not to say to increase it too much, but at least keep it away from the warning line. Otherwise, if this wolf cub accidentally makes some other mistakes one day and is struck back to his original form by a wave of heaven's punishment, then what's the point of learning? I'm afraid he will have to go straight back to the mountains and forests to chase rabbits.

There was no evening self-study on Saturdays. School ended after the fourth class in the afternoon. When the bell rang, Ethan Bai, who was supervising the self-study at the podium, waved to the last row and said, "Hunter Lang, come here."

Hunter Lang put down his schoolbag, walked to the podium, and said with a smile on his lips: "Teacher Bai."

Ethan Bai twirled the pen uncomfortably, and when he raised his eyelids, he quickly lowered his eyelids as soon as he met those aggressive wolf eyes, and said nervously: "Do you... have time after school?"

As soon as Ethan Bai said this, he suddenly felt that his wording was inappropriate. This sentence did not sound like a conversation between a teacher and a student, but rather a bit like an invitation. Ethan Bai's face became slightly hot with embarrassment. Just as he was about to ask again in a more dignified way, Hunter Lang said first: "Yes."

"Then you..." Ethan Bai licked his lips nervously under the shock of the demonic aura at such close range, and asked, "How much free time do you have tonight? Does your family have a rule that you have to be home before a certain time?"

Hunter Lang frowned: "Want to give me extra lessons?"

Ethan Bai shook his head: "No, it has nothing to do with that."

Hunter Lang smiled, and forced himself to forget the family rule of being home before 9pm on Saturday night, and said, "My parents don't care about this, you can go back tomorrow."

Ethan Bai nodded, looking away awkwardly, and said, "Then take your schoolbag, and I'll take you somewhere later."

---Although he had the sealing talisman, he still didn't dare to look Hunter Lang in the eye.

Hunter Lang's eyes lit up, he bit his lip, and lowered his voice and said, "The two of us?"

"Uh, yes, something happened." Ethan Bai didn't dare to look at Hunter Lang's face, not knowing that the little wolf cub was so excited. He stood up and walked out while looking down at his phone. "I'll go back to the office first. When you're done, come find me in the office."

Hunter Lang flew back to the last row, picked up his schoolbag and rushed out of the classroom.

Ethan Bai returned to the office and pulled out a bulging backpack from under the table. Hunter Lang snatched it and said, "I'll carry it."

Ethan Bai pondered for a moment, thinking that this trip was mainly to help Hunter Lang accumulate merits, and it was right for him to work harder, so he gladly accepted it, and took out a set of sportswear and a pair of sneakers from the cabinet, saying, "I'll go to the bathroom to change, and you can leave your bag first, it's very heavy to carry."

Hunter Lang's Adam's apple rolled, and he looked around. Seeing that there was no one in the office, he said, "The toilet is inconvenient, so why don't you change here? Are you afraid that I'll see you?"

Ethan Bai was embarrassed and said stubbornly, "No."

Hunter Lang strode to the door, closed and locked it, then leaned against the door with his back to the door, hugged his arms, looked straight at Ethan Bai and said, "Then change it. The door is locked. If someone wants to come in, let him wait for a minute."

The office door was open just now, and Ethan Bai could still endure the tension of being alone with Hunter Lang. Now that the door was locked, the office became a closed space for a lone wolf and a widow. Ethan Bai immediately became weak in the knees, and her pretty eyes widened as she stammered, "You, you...can't..."

Are you shy? Hunter Lang felt itchy inside, but he had to turn around and say to the door: "I won't look at you anymore."

Ethan Bai had no choice but to change her clothes immediately to get out of this predicament as quickly as possible. So Ethan Bai said no more and changed her clothes hurriedly.

Hunter Lang listened to the rustling sound behind him, sniffed, and just as the wolf's head with evil thoughts turned a little, Ethan Bai's panicked voice came from behind: "Don't... don't turn around."

---Staring at him intently.

Realizing this, Hunter Lang was not disappointed. Instead, he became inexplicably more excited. His voice was slightly hoarse: "I know."

Ethan Bai changed his clothes quickly. He had a youthful face and usually relied on a suit to create some aura. Now he changed into a sportswear full of youthful vitality, and he looked like a college student no matter how you looked at him.

Hunter Lang opened the office door, stared at Ethan Bai who was different from usual, and guessed: "Going hiking?"

"Yes," Ethan Bai said, "Longtan Mountain. There is something going on there."

Hunter Lang ignored his explanation, squinted his eyes and looked out the window, smiling, "Longtan Mountain is close, if we climb quickly, we might be able to see the sunset."

"Instead of watching the sunset," Bai Nguyen explained, walking down the hallway, "we're going to feed the birds."

Hunter Lang followed, raised his eyebrows, and asked viciously: "What bird? Whose bird is it?"

Ethan Bai didn't realize Hunter Lang was teasing her, and she continued walking in front of him, answering seriously, "It's no one's bird, it's just a wild bird in the forest."

Hunter Lang said, "You also... Teacher Bai, why are you like this?"

Ethan Bai's thoughts never go in a dirty direction when she talks to students. When she hears Hunter Lang seem to disagree, she quickly explains: "I know that when the weather is warm, wild birds can find food on their own without human intervention. In previous years, I only fed them in the winter when food was hard to find in the mountains. But last year, Longtan Mountain was developed for tourism, with roads and houses built. The environment is incomparable to before, and the number of birds is decreasing. I go there once a week when the weather is warm now."

He did these things in the past few years to accumulate merit, but as time went on, he gradually stopped doing it for the sake of merit.