The old demon said leisurely: "Actually, the fact that we let go of Yinghuo and rescued you is not because we are merciful, but because we are keeping our promise."
I said casually: "People who know how to keep their promises are generally not too bad."
The old demon turned around and said, "I hope you are telling the truth."
I really mean what I said. Although I may not keep my word, I always appreciate people who keep their promises.
In addition, I have been walking in the world for so long, and I can probably judge the good and bad of people at a glance.
Although the white demon looks ghostly and speaks extremely sharply, in fact, she is not a treacherous person, let alone someone easy to kill. In particular, the sadness she showed before her death made me feel compassionate for some reason.
This is something that has never happened to me before.
The old demon said as he walked: "Our commitment must start from the first generation of demon stars. At that time, our ancestor was still a disciple of Yinghuo..."
"Let's put it this way! If the two disciples of Yinghuo at that time really opened the Sixth Bureau of Disaster, then the person who died must be our ancestor. Because the ancestor suffered from a rare genetic disease and was born with a deficiency."
"But at that time, neither the Patriarch's sister nor the Patriarch Yinghuo wanted her to die, so the Yaoxing sisters came up with the idea of stealing the secret book and fleeing away from home. But with two girls who had never walked out of the mountains, even if they escaped Where could he run to? In the end, Patriarch Yinghuo found his whereabouts."
"Grandmaster Yinghuo has never married and has always treated them as children. Even if he caught up with them, he couldn't bear the pain and killed them. In the end, Patriarch Yinghuo used secret techniques to scare an overseas missionary and took them overseas."
"After the founder wandered to Britain, he overheard the legend of the Dark Castle, so he used the legend to turn this place into a cursed place and hid it. This is the origin of the Dark Castle Demon Star lineage."
I said in a deep voice: "Then what's going on between you and the Tulip family?"
The old demon said: "Look, what is there in this forest? Apart from trees, there are not even any decent beasts. We have to find a backup who can provide living expenses, right? The Tulip family is our collaborator."
"The Tulip family has an extremely rare genetic disease. Their ancestors believed that it was a curse brought to them by the undead at sea. The ancestors took advantage of this to control the Tulip family. Later, as Arnold said, we also began We have carried out other cooperation with the Tulip family. It can be regarded as mutually beneficial!"
Until now, I have heard two theories about the curse of the Tulip family. One is that the curse comes from the Dunhuang relics, that is, the Tulip family was cursed after they came into contact with the Dunhuang cultural relics. The other one comes from the tulip family itself.
If the family curse is true, then what happened in Dunhuang was a bait deliberately set by Lan Moying for us. Dunhuang came from Elena's mouth, but she was Lan Moying's woman. Could it be that Lan Moying was behind the whole thing
I said in a deep voice: "Who is the most powerful person in your Yaoxing lineage?"
The old demon turned around and said, "You suspect that we are beating ourselves up, right? This kind of thing won't happen. There should be another Yinghuo outside."
I couldn't help but frown: "How many Yinghuo are there in this world?"
The old demon said: "Although Yinghuo has a single lineage, he also pays attention to hiding from the world. Yinghuo, who has retired from the world, is a demon star who can reappear in the world as long as he doesn't die."
"So that's it!" I followed him and said, "What about the Dunhuang relics?"
The old demon said: "This is what I want to say."
"Although Patriarch Yinghuo sent away the two masters, he couldn't worry about them. He secretly visited them overseas once and brought them news. There is a secret hidden in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. It can save the master. life."
When I heard this, I couldn't help but frown slightly.
The old demon continued: "But at that time, Yinghuo's lineage had already entered the desert, and the master thought about it again and again and finally gave up the plan of returning to the Middle Earth to open the secret of Dunhuang. Because she did not want to meet the swordsmen of her former master."
"Until the two masters passed away, they were still obsessed with the secrets of Dunhuang. Later, our master finally got the news that Dunhuang cultural relics were lost overseas. We began to collect cultural relics by various means, hoping to decipher the secrets. "
When I heard this, I couldn't help but ask: "Have you found anything?"
The old demon said: "At the beginning, we found nothing. It was not until many years ago that a girl from the Tulip family entered the dark castle and cracked the secrets in the Dunhuang murals."
The old demon looked back at me and said, "There is a genetic code hidden in the Dunhuang murals, and there is more than one mysterious genetic code."
"Genetic code?" I was shocked, and my eyes swept over the three of them one by one.
I understand, the descendants of the demon star lineage all suffer from genetic diseases, and the white demon suffers from albinism. The little one, like Lan Baoer, will never grow up and can only stay in the state of a child; although the old demon's face is old, but Her actual age may not be very old, and premature aging is also a genetic disease.
Fan Chongyi's transformation from a weak scholar to a top master was probably the result of cracking part of the genetic code.
The old demon said calmly: "It's just like what you saw. We all have become what we are now due to genetic mutations. No one wants to crack the Dunhuang code and return to normal people more than us."
I asked tentatively: "Are all descendants of your lineage like this?"
"Yes!" the old demon said: "Because our ancestor is a patient with a genetic disease, maybe because we share the same disease, right? She has taken in many such children. As a descendant, our sect rules have been passed down from generation to generation. "
The old demon sighed: "The name Demon Star suits us very well. If we people lived in ancient times, we would definitely be burned alive as monsters."
I didn’t know what to say for a moment, so I simply changed the subject: “Have you obtained the results of your research?”
I asked this purely to interrupt. Genetic science is a discipline that has only emerged in modern times. Not only were the ancients unable to decipher the genetic code, but even now genetic technology is only in the hands of a few people.
Without a top scientific research team and strong financial support, it is impossible to achieve any research results with just a few demon stars.
The old demon shook his head and said, "It's just because we can't crack the genetic code that it brings us trouble."
"Because none of us understand genetic science, we placed our hopes on the Tulip family. But we soon discovered that the Tulip family began to covet the secrets in our hands. However, they did not show it obviously."
I said in a deep voice: "Arnold said: Someone in the Tulip family has awakened superpowers. What's going on?"
The old demon said: "He is telling the truth. This awakening has nothing to do with genetic technology, it seems to be an accidental awakening. And it only exists in the dark castle."
The old demon shook his head and said: "I said that until now, we have not figured out the reason for the awakening of the supernatural power. Do you believe it?"
While I frowned slightly, the old demon said slowly: "Although the ancestor doesn't know what is called genetic probability, she knows very well that not everyone will suffer from genetic diseases. At first, she just deliberately deceived the Tulip family and asked them to send the sick members to the hospital. Entering the castle is actually just changing places and letting them fend for themselves."
"No one thought that some members of the Tulip family could have genetic mutations. They could even awaken supernatural powers. The Dark Castle also gives the Tulip family greater hope."
When the old demon said this, he paused slightly and said: "Of course, the Tulip family is not the only one who has awakened superpowers. There are also many people in our Yao Xing lineage who have awakened superpowers. The people who intercepted your reinforcements outside just now are two superpowers. "
When the old demon said this, my eyes tightened slightly: In my opinion, superpowers are an extremely mysterious existence, and they can even "take one against a thousand."
The supernatural power combined with the secret technique of Yinghuo should be more terrifying than I imagined.
The old demon seemed to have read my thoughts: "Actually, superpowers are not as exaggerated as in the movies. People have limits, so how can superpowers have no limits? If we can repel powerful enemies with superpowers alone. You guys Can we still get here?"
What the old demon said immediately made me feel a lot relieved. If the superpower is really invincible, there would be no need for us to have to fight wits and courage later.
I was following the old demon all the way forward, but I heard faint screams in the distance. When I looked sideways, all I saw was a closed door.
The old demon glanced this way and said, "Don't be surprised, the scream over there is your masterpiece."
The old demon didn't wait for me to ask again and said: "Tulip has prepared a top team for us and secretly sent it to the castle. The place where they usually conduct experiments is there. Every member of the Tulip family who is sent in must be sent in first." Laboratory to make various records. Unfortunately, Arnold was also sent in. If, I guessed correctly, it should have become a hell on earth. "
I asked curiously: "What exactly did Li Xiaomao give me?"
"It's punishment Gu!" the old demon said: "When Patriarch Yinghuo came to visit his ancestor, he said that Yinghuo was extremely angry because of the two of them's defection, so he specially found a master from Miao to help them buy a kind of Gu with a lot of money. He came here specifically. Deal with our demon star lineage. Because Yinghuo wants to punish us, so this kind of Gu is called Punishment Gu."
The old demon looked at me with a half-smile but said: "It seems that our generation of demon stars are lucky enough to encounter the punishment Gu!"
There was obviously sadness in the old demon's words. There is no truth to the punishment Gu, but there should also be big drawbacks to the punishment Gu. Otherwise, Li Xiaomao would not have come up with a two-pronged approach to deal with Yao Xing.
The old demon ignored my reaction and took me all the way into the depths of the castle: "Ahead is the core of the castle, where we collect Dunhuang cultural relics."