The Seventh Eunuch got up from the ground, wiped his tears with his orchid fingers, and choked up and said, "Oh, Young City Lord, it's so good that you are not dead. When the Ten Directions City was burned down, I thought you were not dead, so I made a special trip from the Demon Realm to the Upper Heaven. After a hundred years, I finally see you again. Woo woo woo Young City Lord, I have been looking for you so hard."
Yan Qing was afraid that his saliva and crocodile tears would stain her clothes, so she took a branch and placed it across the two of them to prevent him from getting closer.
"Seventh Master, we are old acquaintances. There is no need to say these hypocritical words."
The Seventh Eunuch smiled shamelessly. Even though he hated the gay couple in his heart, his expression was still like that of a "loyal servant": "This is not false. Young City Lord, my loyalty to you is witnessed by the sun, the moon, and the heavens and the earth."
Yan Qing said: "What a loyal servant! Come here, loyal servant, let me see what's in your sleeve."
Seventh Eunuch was dumbfounded.
He couldn't afford to offend Xie Shiyi and Yan Qing, but if something happened to Jingping, he couldn't afford to offend the Qin family either.
Yan Qing looked at him with a half-smile: "Give it here, loyal servant, what are you hesitating about?"
The Seventh Eunuch said, "Young City Lord, the things in this clean bottle are all the filthy things that came out of a woman's belly. It's unlucky, and I'm afraid it will dirty your eyes."
Yan Qing smiled upon hearing this, his eyes as cold as a sharp sword, and he said indifferently: "Aren't you the most sinister and dirty people in the world?" The Seventh Eunuch saw his anger and murderous intent, his face turned pale, and he immediately took out a clean bottle from his sleeve with a wry smile and said: "Yes, yes, you are right."
Yan Qing took it and opened the bottle without any hesitation. As expected, he saw a small pool of black liquid inside, which was taken from the dead fetus of the woman in the barrier city.
Yan Qing closed the bottle and said calmly, "Tell me, what is the Qin family planning now?"
The Seventh Eunuch was embarrassed: "Young City Lord, I am just an errand boy for the Qin family, what can I know?"
Yan Qing shook the branch in his hand and smiled: "The Qin family has extended their hands to the Demon Realm, founded Meicheng and recruited the mayors of hundreds of cities. You don't know about this either."
The pupils of the Seventh Eunuch shrank, and he was horrified. Yan Qing actually knew this?
Yan Qing said: "When will it be the Qin family's turn to be in charge of the Demon Realm?"
The Seventh Eunuch forced out a flattering smile and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, that's right, what the Young City Lord said is absolutely right! How can the Qin Family make the decisions in the Demon Realm? Are we really leaving it to them? How dare you act so recklessly in front of you!"
The Seventh Eunuch knew Yan Qing's strength. The scene of the young man in red clothes who walked out of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave, standing barefoot in front of the Wind and Sand Ghost City, playing with the blood-red thread on his fingertips, has always been the nightmare of everyone in Shifang City. The scene is weird and enchanting, which makes people tremble with fear.
Although no one in the Demon Realm is a good person, the Lord of Baicheng will definitely trust Yan Qing more than the Qin family.
If Yan Qing really intends to return to the Demon Realm, he will surely receive a lot of support.
The Seventh Eunuch once again shamelessly expressed his loyalty: "Young City Lord, I really don't know what the Qin family wants to do. I am loyal to you, so why would I collude with them? What I know now is that the Qin family built the barrier city and the four hundred and eighty temples just to collect nightmares."
He actually has no interest in anything related to nightmares.
Seventh Eunuch: "If I were to tell you, none of the nine sects and three families in Upper Heaven are good people. They are all hypocritical people! How about we go back to the Demon Realm, drive the Qin family out, rebuild the city, and stop getting involved with Upper Heaven."
Yan Qing never expected that he, who was once hated and hunted by everyone in the Demon Realm, has now become the "savior" of the Demon Realm, and everyone is asking him to "rebuild the glory of Shifang City."
Yan Qing was amused and laughed out loud: "Interesting."
The Seventh Eunuch couldn't control his consciousness and secretly glanced at Xie Shiyi next to him. When he arrived in the Upper Heaven, he naturally understood the true identity of the "Young City Lord's Wife" and broke out in a cold sweat.
The Seventh Eunuch, still with evil intentions, advised: "Young City Lord, you see, the Young Madam is also being hunted down by the noble families and righteous ways. It is best to return to the Demon Realm now."
Yan Qing felt a little flattered by being called "Young Madam". He coughed lightly, and in front of Xie Shiyi, he straightened his back involuntarily, acting like a husband. He nodded and said, "Well, I will consider it. But now," Yan Qing changed the subject and said, "I would rather go into the Four Hundred and Eighty Temple to take a look. Seventh Eunuch, do you have any ideas?"
The Seventh Eunuch choked, then his eyes rolled.
To be honest, although he hated Yan Qing, he hated Shang Chongtian even more.
The Seventh Eunuch was eager to return to the Demon Realm as soon as possible and draw a clear line between himself and the hypocritical Qin family. After all, the Qin family had been on guard against him from the beginning to the end. In the Upper Heaven, he was far less powerful and at ease than in the Demon Realm.
The Seventh Eunuch thought carefully and said, "Young City Lord, these 480 temples are built in the Canghai Realm. It is very difficult to enter and exit."
Yan Qing rolled his eyes and thought, “Nonsense, if it’s not difficult for me, why would I ask you?”
The Seventh Eunuch continued, "But after Xie Ying disappeared, the Qin family couldn't wait to move the Four Hundred and Eighty Temples out in the open, and now the control over entry and exit has been relaxed a lot."
Yan Qing smiled and thought, "My wife is really smart. She has anticipated everyone's reactions. Without the suppression of the Immortal Alliance, the Qin family is now lawless, which also gives them an opportunity to take advantage of."
The Seventh Eunuch said: "If you disguise yourself as a demon, you can blend in. But with your current identity, you definitely cannot face the people of Zijinzhou directly. So... I have a plan."
"In the barrier city, in addition to the live babies being sent to the 480 temples, some males and females are also sent up every once in a while."
Yan Qing raised an eyebrow.
The Seventh Eunuch took a deep breath, then pointed at the temple that Yan Qing had seen before, and said, "Young City Lord, this temple is actually the Four Hundred and Eighty Temples in the human world. The Qin family didn't dare to send the demons in the human world to the Upper Heaven with great fanfare, so they were all temporarily placed here. I guess what they do is similar to what they do in the Upper Heaven."
Yan Qing raised an eyebrow and asked, "What are these demons doing in there?"
The Seventh Eunuch said vaguely: "They? They are practicing in there..."
Yan Qing sneered.
The Seventh Eunuch was frightened by his chilling laughter and his face turned pale. He immediately explained everything he knew clearly: "Young City Lord, I didn't lie to you. They are indeed practicing in there, but they are practicing the Hehuan Sect's skills."
Yan Qing raised his eyebrows and said, "Does the Hehuan Sect have any techniques that mortals can practice?" The Hehuan Sect is one of the nine major sects after all.
The Seventh Eunuch wiped his sweat and said, "Yes. Young City Lord, in fact, the Hehuan Sect's dual cultivation technique has three levels: the first level does not even require physical contact, and the fusion of auras is considered dual cultivation; the second level is the love between men and women that you and I are familiar with; as for the third level of dual cultivation, it is the fusion of the sea of consciousness. Dual cultivation between demon species can make a person's cultivation advance by leaps and bounds. It's strange to say, although these mortals have no cultivation, but if they continue to practice dual cultivation like this, sometimes you can sense some very terrifying auras on them."
Yan Qing thought, how could it not be horrifying, nightmares are originally things of gods
Yan Qing dropped the branch in his hand and said to the Seventh Eunuch, "Are you planning to have me and Xie Shiyi disguised as people from this temple and sent to the Upper Heaven?"
The Seventh Eunuch nodded: "Yes. Here, demons will be sent up when they reach the Mahayana stage." The Seventh Eunuch immediately added: "This Mahayana stage is not the same as that Mahayana stage. I don't know how to tell you, Young City Lord, but at that time, the sea of consciousness of demons was indeed as vast as that of Mahayana cultivators. Although they are still mortals and have no cultivation."
The Seventh Eunuch's eyes flashed with calculation: "Young City Lord, if you go up with this identity, you will not only be in contact with the Four Hundred and Eighty Temples, but you will also come into direct contact with people from the Weisheng Family."
Yan Qing smiled but did not refute his words.
As expected, the Four Hundred and Eighty Temple was a den of brothel, where a group of demons used the secret method of dual cultivation to stimulate each other, and with the help of drugs, they reached the Mahayana state of the sea of consciousness, and then were killed and the living nightmares were taken out.
There is no so-called way to save one's life and remove the nightmare in this world. The nightmare parasitizes the sea of consciousness. Once the nightmare escapes, the person being parasitized will die. The difference between cultivating to the Mahayana stage is whether the nightmare can survive after the person dies.
Yan Qing looked at the dense blue clouds above the temple and said slowly, "I finally understand. The Qin family is planning to collect all the nightmares."
Use the barrier city to collect nightmares that are wandering between heaven and earth.
Use four hundred and eighty temples to collect nightmares from the human body.
No wonder the Qin family, in order to awaken Huai Mingzi to deal with Xie Shiyi, mingled in various major auction venues, selling living nightmares to the proud sons of the nine sects as if they were free. No one knows how many purification bottles the Qin family's patriarch has in his hands.
Yan Qing waved his hand, not letting the Seventh Eunuch speak anymore, and asked him to lead the way.
Yan Qing carefully analyzed the actions of the Qin family's patriarch, and the corners of his lips curled up in sarcasm. At first, he thought that the Qin family and Huai Mingzi had learned the art of controlling nightmares, and the two must have colluded secretly. Now he realized that the two people were just different paths to the same goal. They were equally ambitious, equally disregarding human ethics, and equally reckless, and they set their sights on "nightmares".
It’s just that Huai Mingzi focuses on controlling nightmares, while the Qin family focuses on collecting nightmares.
Huai Mingzi wants to control the demon species, while the Qin family wants to become the demon god.
Yan Qing thought about this meaningfully, and said to Xie Shiyi with a smile: "Yaoyao, I now feel more and more that my original analogy was correct."
Xie Shiyi: “Hmm?”
Yan Qing blinked slyly and said, "Nightmare is a virus. Once infected, people will become zombies. Huai Mingzi is studying how to control zombies, while the Qin family is collecting viruses in order to make themselves the zombie king. Do you think what I said makes sense?"
Xie Shiyi: “… Yeah.”
Yan Qing, don't turn your head away and laugh.
The Seventh Eunuch bent over with a whisk in his hand, listening to the conversation between the Young City Lord and his wife. He was completely confused. What virus or zombie? What was the Young City Lord talking about? Why did he not understand every word, but could not understand everything when they were put together
Of course, Seventh Eunuch didn't understand.
This is the tacit understanding between Yan Qing and Xie Shiyi.
Although they had always quarreled when they were children, Yan Qing had to admit that even as a teenager who hated each other, Xie Shiyi was the one who understood him best. The only one who knew where he came from.
After Yan Qing finished laughing, his smile faded and he said calmly, "It's quite interesting. The Qin family has planned everything and worked hard until now? Do you know that the Zombie King is still alive?"
Qin Ziang wanted to become the new demon god, but he didn't know that the old demon god was not dead at all. The truth seemed to be getting closer and closer, but Yan Qing's heart was always lifted up, and he didn't relax for a moment - he knew the purpose of the Four Hundred and Eighty Temples and the purpose of the Qin family, but he was still uneasy.
At the end of the fog, there was a pair of radiant green eyes that gathered the brilliance of heaven and earth, smiling at him, only looking at him.
Demon.
—Except for him and Xie Shiyi, no one knew that the demon god was still alive. No one knew where he was now and what role he played.
Xie Shiyi noticed Yan Qing's tense body and frowned; "Are you scared?" His tone was as light as flying snow, and no emotion could be heard, but his hand had already covered Yan Qing and held him.
Yan Qing was stunned, then noticed his comfort, and couldn't help laughing and said, "How is it possible? How could I be afraid of her? She couldn't do anything to me in the Demon Realm for a hundred years, let alone now."
Xie Shiyi looked at him quietly. His dark eyes were very clear, as if they were filled with floating snow, and could see through his current absent-mindedness.
After a long time, Xie Shiyi said quietly: "Yan Qing, I hope that in the future, you will not hide anything from me in the name of doing good for me."
When Xie Shiyi spoke, his tone was either cold and emotionless, or playful and full of mockery.
This time it was more serious than ever before.
Yan Qing choked, and hurriedly looked away, and said nonchalantly and guiltily: "How could it be, we were separated for a hundred years because of a misunderstanding. Of course I won't make the same mistake a second time."
Xie Shiyi noticed his perfunctory attitude, gently held his fingers, and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, if you make a second mistake, I will accompany you."
Yan Qing met Xie Shiyi's eyes.
Xie Shiyi smiled, the depression and madness in his eyes hidden under the deep blue, and he said softly: "Yan Qing, I dare to promise you. All the concealment that seems to be for my good, the final result will definitely not be what you want to see."
Yan Qing: “…”
Yan Qing: “…”
Yan Qing swallowed his saliva, and chose to compromise and show weakness to the aggressive "Madam", saying: "Okay, okay, I will tell you everything in the future! There will be absolutely no concealment!"
The paranoia in Xie Shiyi's eyes finally dissipated a little.
The Seventh Eunuch was still confused, but it did not stop him from silently labeling Yan Qing as a "henpecked husband". This temple in the City Lord's Mansion was directly monitored by the Qin family and was strictly controlled. The Seventh Eunuch repeatedly reminded him to wear a mask and not to use any spiritual power.
Yan Qing nodded.
The Seventh Eunuch went in again and called Bai Ziqian out. The reason he gave was very direct, saying that the Upper Heaven was in urgent need of Nightmares, and now it was too late to wait for the "Mahayana", so those with outstanding qualifications should be taken up first.
Bai Ziqian quickly agreed and wanted to take people to choose, but the Seventh Eunuch waved his whisk and started to act up again, saying that although the upper heaven was in chaos, he had finally come down and still wanted to have some fun. Bai Ziqian immediately understood and took him to the front yard.
This gave Yan Qing and Xie Shiyi the opportunity to enter. The method that the Seventh Eunuch said was also very simple, that is, to find two people in the temple and replace them without anyone noticing. It would be best if they had a body shape similar to theirs, because these demons who had been registered in the human world had no roots and would not be strictly investigated.
The Seventh Eunuch was particularly considerate: "After killing someone, you can throw the body into the holy water pool and no one will find it."
Yan Qing was speechless as she looked at his face which looked like he was offering a treasure, and told him to get out immediately.
After waiting for a while in front of the temple with green tiles and yellow walls, Yan Qing saw Liu Yirui and Jin Ming finally walked out of the Ten Thousand Pearls Forest. When Jin Ming saw him, he was stunned for a moment, and although his face was full of anxiety and fatigue, he still smiled.
He regarded Yan Qing as an ally, his eyes full of trust.
Liu Yirui's face turned pale, and just as she was about to look away from Yan Qing, she was immediately attracted by the person next to him. She stared at Xie Shiyi intently, and a cry of grief from the depths of her blood and soul made her feel like she was falling into an ice cellar.
Jin Ming said, "Brother Yan, you are here too. Every time there is a banquet, the immortals from Chongtian will go inside. Have you found a way to get in?"
Yan Qing thought to himself that the immortal had left long ago, and now there were only a bunch of demons in there.
"I know a secret passage to get in."
The secret passage was told to him by Seventh Eunuch. Now, some people of unknown status inside had been taken away by Seventh Eunuch. They only needed to avoid the guards.
Jin Ming was stunned: "Secret passage?"
Yan Qing: "Well, but I don't recommend you go in."
The crimes Shang Chongtian committed in the human world are far more than just the Jin family. What he needs to do is to eradicate them completely instead of investigating them one by one.
Yan Qing could clearly give an answer to Jin Ming's almost naive thoughts: "Jin Ming, the immortals you prayed to will not do you justice. In fact, they are the culprits who harmed your family."
Jin Ming's pupils shrank into a point, and he froze in place: "What did you say?!"
Liu Yiru gritted her teeth and stood up and said, "I want to go in, my brother must be in there!"
Yan Qing glanced at her and said with a smile: "Of course I will let you in." After Yan Qing finished speaking, his eyes fell on Jin Ming again. He deliberately waited for him here for a while, of course, he had a purpose: "Instead of pinning your hopes on those people, you might as well trust me. I can help you get revenge, but I have a purpose."
Jin Ming looked at him with red eyes.
Yan Qing said: "I want you to cooperate with me and get some information out of your sister."
Jin Ming suddenly raised his head, with confusion and astonishment still in his eyes: "My sister?"
Yan Qing: “Yeah.”
Walking from the secret passage to the temple, the first thing you smell as soon as you enter is the strange incense. It is more like a tower than a temple, and in the tower, as Yan Qing expected and as the Seventh Eunuch said, there are all kinds of people entangled on the ground.
They swallowed the Hehuan Sect's medicine and practiced the Hehuan Sect's skills. Their eyes were blurred and their bodies were twisted. They were like the most primitive beasts, crawling on the ground.
As soon as Liu Yiru entered, she separated from Yan Qing and went to look for her brother.