My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

As for Mu Qing, Shen Minyao wasn't sure where he was and what he was doing, for she couldn't sense his spiritual presence within the city hospital. It was too dangerous for her to step outside now; she could tell someone must be waiting for her to come out to test and see if she was the demon that was bound to Zhao Yichen. 

She had seen so many tiny spiders on her way here, and it would be impossible for the spider demon not to keep an eye on Zhao Yichen. Not when he had a demon orb inside his human body. While it wasn't unheard of a human making a contract with a demon, most of the time, these humans were at a disadvantage. 

Many demons abandoned their contractors after a while had passed; they gained a new demon orb to sustain themselves over time. These demons weren't allowed to kill their contractors, but that didn't mean others and external factors couldn't kill these humans.

It was only forbidden for them to kill the human when the contract was still new and while their demon orb hadn't been replaced by a new one that their body regenerated. Lower demons had a very tiny orb inside them; hence, it was easier for them to replace it… but not for a nine-tailed fox. 

The orb that had been inside Zhao Yichen's body was the first orb the fox woman had ever since she infiltrated human society using Su Daji's body. Cultivating for a hundred years before taking over her host's identity had turned her into a formidable opponent against the shamans and exorcists in the past. 

However, after her final battle against Jiang Mo and Li Yun, she was considerably weakened by the two before she was sealed at Qingqiu Mountain. Coupled with the fact that she spent a hundred years in confinement, her fox orb naturally weakened. 

"Is there something I could help you with?" She then heard Zhao Yichen ask. "Are you sure you can take down that demon in your current condition?" 

"Milady, that's a spider demon after all. A high-level demon." Yu Yan agreed with Zhao Yichen, which came with a reminder. "Although you recently fed on another demon, you haven't recovered most of your strength." 

"It's not like I have a choice to avoid it," the fox woman muttered lowly. She then lifted her head and looked at her vulnerable human contractor, still oblivious to the fact that both of them might be standing on the door leading to their deaths. 

"If you want to help me, then listen well and do not step out of this room whatever you see or hear outside. Are we clear?" Shen Minyao told him. She needed not be constantly worried about him, while she and Mu Qing were dealing with the spider demon. 

Zhao Yichen could sense that the fox demoness was quite serious this time. Of course, he knew well how dangerous the current situation outside was. Even from where he was lying, he could see the spider webs glittering outside his window when the sunlight hit them. 

Furthermore, ever since he woke up the other day, every three in the morning; footsteps could be heard walking in the hallway outside his room and would stop at the same spot—in front of his door—for some time before the owner walked away. 

That demon was after him. So for Zhao Yichen's safety, he needed to trust the fox woman that would protect him from any danger. She had managed to chase away a wraith, but according to Xiao Bai, a spider demon was something Shen Minyao wouldn't dare to look down on because spider demons were known to be silent hunters. 

They struck their prey when they least expected, not knowing that they had sprung an intricate trap laid by a spider demon. Even now that Shen Minyao knew what could be waiting here in the hospital, she had still come for him. 

"If that's what you want, your will would be done," he answered her. Zhao Yichen was aware that he would only get in Shen Minyao's way should he force himself to join her on her night hunt. 

"Good." The fox woman was pleased with his answer. At least her human contractor wasn't too dumb not to know what was best for him. "I'll take Xiao Bai with me tonight. You'll stay here with Yu Yan. She would tell you what to do in case we couldn't stop the other demons from pursuing after you." 

Yu Yan seemed to get along better with Zhao Yichen than Xiao Bai, so she left them together. Shen Minyao could easily communicate with them through telepathy after all. 

As for how strong the spider demon was, the fox woman needed to know what kind she and the grim reaper were dealing with. 

There were many kinds of spider demons, and they differed by how they hunted and how they killed their prey. Some were able to manipulate humans to do their bidding; others may use poison to stun their prey, forbidding them from running away. There were also spider demons who liked to lay traps for their prey and cocooned these humans with their spider webs until it was time to suck them dry, until the only thing left was their dry and flaky skin. 

The nurse came to check on Zhao Yichen's vital signs, and Shen Minyao eyed the woman from the corner of her eye. There was no filthy scent of a demon coming from the nurse, but it didn't mean other humans tending to Zhao Yichen's medical needs weren't influenced by the spider demon. 

Meanwhile, somewhere at the hospital, a dark room filled with spider webs housed a half-naked man with long black hair, a pair of purple eyes, and impossibly white skin as if he was carved from marble. 

"Ah, she's finally here. I've been waiting to try to taste the liver of a fox for some time now.." He grinned.