After lying down for a day and a night, Xu Yinian finally had the strength to use his abilities normally.
As Yu Huai said, he recovered from his injury very well, without leaving any sequelae in his body. Thinking of a monster who helped him heal, Xu Yinian was in a delicate mood.
In the end, he didn't understand what happened to Yu Huai last night...
While thinking, he opened the door, a puff of smoke came towards him, and Xu Yinian reflexively took a step back.
After the fog cleared, the little elf fluttered her wings and said enthusiastically, "Are you awake? Good morning!"
"Why are you here?" Xu Yinian asked in surprise after recognizing that it was the map elf who was leading him the way.
"I'm only serving you now." The elf flew around him, with countless happy little stars in his eyes, "Your friends are having breakfast in the hall, come with me!"
After coming here, Xu Yinian never went out. He only knew that he was in a relatively large house, but he didn't expect that the place he was in was an ancient castle standing on a cliff. This ancient castle is made of white stones, the top of the tower at the highest point is pale gold, and the whole is like a snow-capped mountain under the sun. The cold sea breeze passes through the flower-filled terrace, and you can see the undulating sea water below the cliff when you look down.
The elf led him to the entrance of the hall, and Xu Yinian walked inward. The luminous floor reflects the shadow of the chandelier, and six arches cut the curved ceiling above the head into six sides, each of which is painted with colorful pictures of hundreds of demons. Xu Yinian saw Xia Ziheng and Ye Qiao at the beautifully arranged long table, the former was burying his head in eating, while the latter turned his face to the side, discussing something in a low voice with Chen Ran next to him. Xia Ziheng's complexion was much better than before, and his injury seemed to have healed.
Seeing the person coming, Chen Ran raised his eyebrows: "I thought you forgot that you were on a mission. Did you finally remember to report to the team leader?"
After Xu Yinian forgot the rules of the academy, when Chen Ran mentioned this, he decisively changed the subject: "What's delicious?"
Ye Qiao poured him a cup of coffee, Xu Yinian picked it up and took a sip, pretending: "It's a bit bitter."
Chen Ran was not fooled by him: "I can't find anyone all day and night, and I don't answer the phone. Do you think I should report you missing?"
Xia Ziheng also asked: "Where did you go to play? Sister Nan Zhi said that you are also in the castle, but you don't live with us."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "But this place is so big, it's normal if you can't touch it. Who is really rich... Brother Xu, don't get me wrong, I'm not praising him!"
Fortunately, Bawanghua's attention was not on this at all, Xu Yinian said mysteriously: "You may not believe me, I am the richest man in Oak Mountain now."
Xia Ziheng subconsciously asked, "Did you go to Oak Mountain to rob?"
Xu Yinian: "I need to rob? Seven victories in one night, the title of the richest man is dignified."
Xia Ziheng was very appreciative: "Am I so powerful?! A human boy enters the Yaozu Arena, passes five levels and kills six generals, what a peerless novel!"
Xu Yinian was blown so that he felt comfortable physically and mentally: "It's my normal level."
Chen Ran reacted: "You went to gamble? You still buy yourself? Xu Yinian, do you remember that you are on a mission—"
Ye Qiao became interested: "Is there a lot of money?"
Chen Ran looked at another team member in disbelief, only to realize that this was also a worry.
"By the way, Brother Xu, the Judgment Day of the Illusory Demon Clan is scheduled for next weekend." While chatting, Xia Ziheng finally remembered the business, "We are all parties involved, and we can go to the trial. I can't leave Freeport due to special circumstances. What do you guys do? Intend?"
"I'll stay." Ye Qiao took the lead in expressing her opinion, "Freeport seems to be safe, but I feel more at ease staying here."
Xia Ziheng was flattered: "Are you going to guard me?"
Seeing Ye Qiao nodding, Xia Ziheng was very moved: "Father Ye!"
"...don't come closer." Ye Qiao refused.
"Judgment Day? How did it come to the judgment?" Xu Yinian looked blank, "How much did I miss?"
Ye Qiao: "The Demon Elimination Bureau issued an arrest warrant for the elders of the Illusory Demon Clan."
Xu Yinian: "Did you catch it?"
"..." Ye Qiao said to Chen Ran, "Come on."
Chen Ran didn't bother to explain: "Whoever talks more nonsense will come."
Xia Ziheng took a sip of the juice as if nothing had happened. When everyone looked at him, he asked suspiciously, "Shall I explain? Am I talking too much nonsense?"
The Court of Justice is located in the east of Cross Street. This gray-and-white building is engraved with a huge scale symbol on the lintel of the main entrance. Flowers and swords are placed on the left side of the scale, and the law code is placed on the right side. Next door to the Court of Justice is the majestic and majestic Demon Elimination General Bureau. The entire cross street is full of landmark buildings in the demon world, and at the intersection stands a monument to the sky.
Xu Yinian and Chen Ran walked into the side door, and the prison van escorting the prisoners happened to pass through this door. Today's trial was huge, with several demon masters guarding the front door, back door, and two side doors. The old man who got out of the prison car was tall and thin. Even though his face was tired, he still walked upright.
He wore chains engraved with runes on his hands and feet, which rattled whenever he took a step. The old man's wrinkled eyes accidentally glanced at Xu Yinian, and he froze suddenly: "You are the young master of the Xu family, aren't you?"
Xu Yinian looked at him.
The old man stared at his face and murmured: "You are right, good boy, you really should break the engagement with him, he is an inhuman lunatic, you will die at his hands sooner or later—"
"Shut up!" The demon exorcising master who was escorting him snapped, "Don't talk, move forward!"
The old man turned a deaf ear: "Leave him! The farther the better! Otherwise he will destroy everything about you sooner or later!"
The demon exorcising master who escorted him couldn't bear it anymore, he loudly reprimanded the old man, and pushed him forward quickly.
Afraid of Xu Yinian's overthinking, Chen Ran said in a low voice: "It seems that his arrest is related to Yu Huai, don't listen to his nonsense."
Xu Yinian stared at the elder who left, and smiled contemptuously: "Stupid."
Then he turned his head and asked Chen Ran: "What did you just say?"
Chen Ran: "... nothing."
The seats in the trial hall are set up in an arc shape. From high to low, there are fewer and fewer seats to sit in each circle. The first three rows are the best seats to watch the trial. area.
The hall was gradually filled with humans and monsters. Xu Yinian and Chen Ran were located in the upper circle, far away from the core area of the first three rows. The Illusory Demon family has a great career, and this trial involved a lot of monsters, and the seats reserved for those involved were full. Before the trial started, the two banshees in the back row of Xu Yi were whispering.
"The head of the family can be regarded as elated this time. Except for a few who are at large, the Elder's Court will all be judged. In the future, he will have the final say on all matters in the family."
"No wonder the head of the family seems to be in a good mood today, smiling all the time." The banshee looked at Hua Hengjing, who was smiling and chatting with others, and couldn't help but sigh, "He took over the whole family at a young age, who is so lucky to be the boss in the future?" Our mistress?"
"I think the one next to the Patriarch is more attractive."
"Are you crazy? Do you know what he did?"
"I know, Yu Huai." The banshee said with a smile, "Don't pretend to be with me, isn't there still a small number of monsters who admire him? How many times has the eldest lady of the witch clan publicly expressed her love, and she is dying. We He is not a well-behaved human being, his temper is enough..."
Listening to their gossip, Xu Yinian couldn't help but shift his eyes to the first row of the jury.
That was the best position in the entire trial hall. After the prisoner was escorted up, except for the chief judge directly in front, the seat in the first row could be seen most clearly. But the older monsters and demon masters in the back row gave up their seats tacitly. Yu Huai and Hua Hengjing were both young, and they were particularly eye-catching in that area.
Hua Hengjing was smiling and talking to Yu Huai, who shook his head slightly.
Xu Yinian looked carefully, and Yu Huai suddenly raised his eyes and looked this way.
After peeking at people and being caught, Xu Yinian staggered his gaze reflexively. Yu Huai couldn't help but smile when he saw him looking sideways and lowering his head quickly.
The two banshees behind were pleasantly surprised: "Did he look this way?! He's still smiling!"
"Ah, I regret it! I should put on a gentle and provocative behead makeup today!"
…
Following the footsteps of the presiding judge on the platform, the whispering courtroom suddenly fell silent.
There was a bang bang bang bang bang when the anklet scraped the ground, and the back of the old man being escorted onto the stage straightened. Seeing the Great Elder standing on the judgment platform, the Illusory Demons exchanged glances with each other.
The great elder's hands were fixed on both sides of the defendant's platform, and the exorcising masters who escorted him left one after another. The recorder loudly announced the trial rules: "Today's trial is led by the vice president of our court as the presiding judge. The twelve jury members have the right to cooperate in the trial. When the presiding judge and the jury disagree, the final result will be decided by both parties. .This trial is a closed trial. To ensure fairness, the whole process will be recorded. Under the witness of all of you, we swear with flowers and swords that the court will not frame any innocent person, and will never allow the guilty to go unpunished! "
Hearing this, the smile on Hua Hengjing's face deepened a bit.
Accompanied by the solemn and vigorous bell, the trial officially began.
The presiding judge behind the court stared at the elder, and said in a dignified voice, "You and the other eight prisoners jointly planned an underground auction, purchased prohibited auction items through smuggling channels, and illegally imprisoned humans and monsters at the same time. Do you plead guilty?"
The Great Elder and the presiding judge met each other's eyes, and after a while, he said calmly, "Plead guilty."
"According to the mission report of the General Administration of Demon Elimination, the underground auction violated a total of 27 regulations on peaceful coexistence. According to the testimony of witnesses, these actions were all ordered by you. Do you admit it?"
"admit."
"Recently, there have been 16,789 human deaths in Qihai and surrounding cities. These deaths were all victims of the wishing machine's blood sacrifice. The wishing machine signed an agreement with you and eight other prisoners. He will help you realize your wishes. You offered sacrifices to him. Is it true?"
"It's true." The Great Elder gestured to the judge's right hand with his eyes, "I plead guilty to all the crimes recorded in the document in your hand."
There was commotion in the trial hall, and the recorder kept writing on the notes.
The presiding judge continued: "Then..."
"But I have a question." The Great Elder said suddenly.
The presiding judge nodded: "You are allowed to ask questions."
The great elder looked at the presiding judge, who was standing much higher than him, so he had to look up at him. Even though he was in a lower position, the Great Elder's eyes burst out with a frightening light.
He turned his head, his old eyes flicked in all directions one by one, like a king inspecting his territory: "Everyone present watching me undergo trial, can you guarantee that you will not be in the same situation as me in the future?"
His attitude aroused the dissatisfaction of the crowd, and someone boldly cursed: "Immortal!"
"I'm still acting when I'm dying! Speech!"
The Great Elder turned a deaf ear to these voices, and his expression was gloomy and weird: "No, no, some people are whispering in their hearts, you have done the same thing as me, and it is even more appalling than what is recorded and accused in this document. Things—what’s the death of a few human beings? What’s the underground auction! Back then, we teamed up to kill a whole family of monsters! Stepping on the corpses and blood of the high-ranking ghost clan, the feeling of exaltation and joy must be Everyone will never forget it until they die!"
The trial hall suddenly exploded.
The people present and the monsters all opened their mouths, and the voices of discussion were endless like a sea tide. The presiding judge had no choice but to slam the table with his mallet: "Silence! Silence!"
He warned the Great Elder: "You must be responsible for every word you say during the trial!"
"Xuantan's death was a premeditated murder, not an accident officially judged by the Demon Elimination Bureau." The elder revealed an even more shocking inside story, "It was the Patriarch of the Qiluo Clan who approached me at first, He told me that we have been trampled on by the ghost clan for too long, and the peaceful coexistence regulations drafted by Xuan Tan have touched the interests of countless people. Some monsters choose to be silent and patient, but we decided to resist."
"She received a mission and came to a small town with several other ghost clans; not only them, all the ghost clans were lured here by various reasons. Xuan Tan is the most powerful ghost clan in the world , She possesses countless abilities. For this purpose, we have prepared countless sacrifices to make a wish on the wishing machine: within three seconds, Xuan Tan cannot summon any spirit bodies and cannot use any abilities."
"There was a massacre in the town."
"The resilience of ghosts is astonishing. It only takes half a day for ghosts to recover from injuries that are difficult for ordinary monsters to heal themselves. With the blessing of this troublesome physique, we had to try many methods. It took three days to completely kill Xuan Tan."
When the Great Elder said this, a smile slowly emerged from the corner of his mouth, as if he could smell the strong smell of blood in the air again: "At the moment she died, I hugged and cheered with others, as if I had won a glorious battle. Victory — yes, we knew what a horrible crime we were committing, we were all in masks and capes, we never asked each other's names the whole time."
Xu Yinian stared at the eloquent elder with an ugly expression.
He kept exerting force on the five fingers grasping the armrest, and finally broke the wooden armrest with a click, and the wooden thorns plunged into his fingers.
"Xu Yinian! Let go!" Chen Ran whispered, "You're bleeding!"
Xu Yinian seemed to have never heard of it.
He mechanically listened to the elder's description of the scene that day, and couldn't help recalling Xuan Tan's appearance. To Xu Yinian, she is a very gentle and amiable elder.
Xuan Tan's personality is not like Yu Huai's. Although he is a great monster respected by both worlds, Xuan Tan is very easy-going in front of his family. After knowing that he was in love with Yu Huai, she jokingly asked him if Yu Huai had threatened him with something, he shook his head in denial, and Xuan Tan confidently revealed his son's truth—don't listen to his nonsense! Why pretend to be on a blind date to deal with your parents, he has already liked you. If he bullies you in the future, Auntie will beat him up for you!
She looked too young. When signing the marriage contract, Xu Yinian changed his name to her mom with embarrassment, and Xuan Tan hugged him happily.
So gentle, Yu Huai's mother actually suffered three days of torture before she completely died.
What the hell did they do...
Xu Yinian closed his eyes in pain.
What did they do to her, to Yu Huai, and to the entire ghost clan? !
"She blocked the way of so many people, it's good to die." The voice of the Great Elder was like a sigh from hell.
No one spoke anymore, and the entire Inquisition listened in silence to his account of the atrocity. The Great Elder's eyes fell on the jury's seat.
"To this day, I don't know exactly how many people were involved in the murder. The Qiluo clan who first contacted me disappeared after Xuan Tan's death. I investigated privately and found that it was an empty shell. The monsters of that clan had been in the All died more than ten years ago, and the people who contacted me were very careful to use false identities. But there is one thing I can say today, and I can vouch for its authenticity."
"Someone in the Demon Elimination Bureau was involved in the murder." The Great Elder said in a deep voice, "The person involved in this matter must have a high status. From the assignment of the mission to the hasty conclusion of the matter on the grounds of an accident, that person, or Those people, they will definitely reap a lot of benefits from Xuan Tan's death. I smell human beings in one or two of the accomplices who killed Xuan Tan."
Whispers came from every corner of the courtroom.
The Demon Eliminator of the General Bureau of Demon Elimination stood up from the jury: "It's a bunch of nonsense! The Bureau of Demon Elimination has always respected Mrs. Xuan!"
"Judge, the prisoner has lost his mind, this trial should be terminated!"
The presiding judge slammed the table with his mallet again: "Silence! Everyone, be silent!"
He looked at the Great Elder. The old man who disrupted the entire trial looked extremely calm. The presiding judge had seen many prisoners, and he was no stranger to this kind of calm without waves.
He must have imagined the current scene many times in his heart, and when it actually happened, he could not be disturbed by the outside world.
"What evidence do you have to support what you say?"
"It's been going on for so long, everyone has gone to great lengths to hide it, I have no proof."
The exorcist on the jury let out an undisguised sneer.
"But I have something more convincing than evidence, and I trust no one will doubt its veracity."
"Before I hand this thing over, I want to remind someone that her baby is here too, and he's looking at me, and he's looking at you."
"I guarantee with my life that everything is true—" the Great Elder looked in Yu Huai's direction, "I hope this will satisfy you."
The ghosts sitting beside the presiding judge nodded slightly towards him.
The next moment, the banshee's scream resounded throughout the trial hall, and the humans and monsters present stood up one after another.
Blood splattered everywhere, and even the presiding judge was taken aback for a moment.
After reacting, he immediately shouted loudly: "Stop him! Quick!"
Needless to say, the exorcist who was in charge of escorting the Great Elder rushed up cursing: "Damn! The chains are well chained, how could he use demon power?!"
It's too late.
The Great Elder's hands and feet were shackled with chains that suppressed the demonic power. No one knew why he could still mobilize the demonic power to commit suicide. His neck exploded from the middle, and the spurted blood splashed on the golden defense table and slid down the table.
His wide-eyed head rolled around and fell off the trial platform with a bang.
"I can't save it." Looking at the chaotic trial hall, the exorcist who rushed to the corpse turned pale, "I can't hold back such a big matter..."
There was such a big mess during the trial, it's okay to say those crazy words that can't be verified, but the prisoner still died on the trial platform.
Proof of death.
You don't need to think about how big waves today's trial will cause in the two worlds.
"Boss Yu," Hua Hengjing came back to his senses and sighed from the bottom of his heart, "It was a good show."
Yu Huai looked at the head on the ground not far from her, and replied: "Not bad."
"The Great Elder has always been arrogant. He confessed his crimes in front of hundreds of people, and then committed suicide in public. It is hard to imagine that he is willing to accept such a humiliating death. What did you talk to him about?"
"Given him two options, he chose the better one."
"..." Hua Hengjing smiled and shook his head, "It's really scary."
"The Great Elder didn't know where the wishing machine went. When I came to negotiate with him, he found out that the wishing machine had disappeared." Yu Huai said, turning to look at the Patriarch of the Illusory Demon Clan, "Do you have any news? "
"I know that the Elder's House originally planned to use him to control me. Some elders are still absconding, and they may have been taken away by them." Hua Hengjing frowned slightly, and was a little afraid of this ticking time bomb, "If there is a wishing machine I'll tell you where I'm going as soon as possible."
The exorcist who was in charge of escorting the Great Elder tried to drag his body away, one of them trembled for some reason, and the head that was picked up by him fell to the ground again, and all the monsters hissed.
In the chaos, Yu Huai felt a line of sight fall on him, and he looked in that direction.
Xu Yinian's seat was in the upper circle, he lowered his eyes and looked over with a complicated expression. This time he didn't dodge like before, when he met Yu Huai's eyes, his lips were slightly pursed, as if subconsciously wanting to speak, but he couldn't make any sound.
His appearance was extremely fragile, and Yu Huai frowned upon seeing this.
Noticing the change in the expressions of the people in the audience, Xu Yinian woke up like a dream.
He didn't know if he acted strangely, but his fingertips were still trembling slightly. If he stayed in the trial hall, he might not be able to control his emotions. Xu Yinian patted Chen Ran on the shoulder: "Let's go."
Chen Ran endured it, but he couldn't hold back, "Do you know that your hands are bleeding?"
Xu Yinian lowered his head and saw the bright red finger marks on Chen Ran's white sweater.
He glanced blankly at his hand, and then said slowly, "Sorry, I'll go back and buy you a new one."
"..." Chen Ran looked at him as a wandering soul, didn't bother to argue with him, and also stood up.
Walking out of the courtroom, Xu Yinian's thoughts were still stuck on the scene just now.
If you read correctly, the last thing the Great Elder looked at before committing suicide was not the presiding judge, but Yu Huai. Reminiscent of Yu Huai's bad mood when he returned late a week ago, Xu Yinian finally understood the reason for his abnormality.
He went to see the Great Elder. They probably reached some kind of agreement, and Yu Huai learned the truth from the elder.
No wonder... Xu Yinian's heart clenched into a ball.
When he thought that he ate and drank like a normal person that night, he regretted so much, wishing to turn back time, he must disappear from Yu Huai's eyes immediately.
The people around him hung their heads and said nothing, Chen Ran was about to ask you if you want to find a place for treatment, when the door of the trial hall was pushed open from the inside.
Following the opening of the door, the sound of the presiding judge reading the verdict could be faintly heard in the room. Chen Ran raised his eyes and saw Yu Huai and Hua Hengjing coming towards him.
Neither of these two characters is easy to mess with, but Yu Huai went straight to the pale Xu Yinian.
"Are you scared stupid?"
"..." Xu Yinian did not expect to run into Yu Huai at this moment. He tried his best to restrain his emotions and didn't want to show too much, so he simply lowered his eyes and didn't speak.
Yaozu are very sensitive to the smell of blood, Yu Huai glanced at the bloody wound on his hand: "What's wrong with your hand."
The boy moved his fingers slightly, and slowly hid his hands behind his back: "It's nothing."
Yu Huai didn't see through his little tricks, and looked at him for a long time. Xu Yinian is in a dilemma, it's not right to withdraw his hand, and it's not right to continue hiding. Hua Hengjing looked amused, and called Yu Huai: "There is no treatment point nearby, just happened to meet, you can help him deal with it."
Hua Hengjing's ability to open his eyes and tell lies is top-notch, and Chen Ran can't stand it anymore: "Next door is..." the medical center of the Demon Elimination Bureau.
If students of Fengqiao College want to treat their wounds in the medical center, they can just report their student number directly.
Hua Hengjing glanced at him with a smile.
Chen Ran shut up.
As if he didn't hear their conversation, Yu Huai said: "Hold out your hand."
The attitudes of the two monsters became more natural than the other, and Xu Yinian felt that it would be hypocritical if they dragged on. He stretched out his hand towards Yu Huai.
A sharp wooden thorn stuck into his finger, and blood gushed out of the half-inch wound. Perhaps it was because he hadn't paid much attention before that he felt the pain lately now.
Yaozu's palm gently covered his.
Yu Huai was half a head taller than him, and his hands were also bigger. When he held it like this, the wound was completely wrapped in the cold palm. The burning wound seemed to be injected with anesthetic, and the pain soon disappeared.
Without pain, the body temperature of another person has a special sense of presence. Xu Yinian curled up his fingers uncomfortably, as if trying to escape. The hand that held him tightened at this moment.
"How old are you this year?"
"… ah?"
"What are you thinking about so much?" Yu Huai firmly held his slender fingers in his palm, "There are some things that children should not worry about."