The lingering heat of the bonfire party has not receded yet, the cheerful music and singing still seem to linger in the ears, and the passionate dance steps are still boiling with blood, but the teenagers have to bid farewell to Tucheng Qingli and embark on the journey to the royal city of Yongchuan the return journey.
No matter how reluctant they were to give up, the first ray of sunshine in the morning appeared ready to urge them to set off. Heyin, Heye's family, and many members of the Demon Spirit Tribe all gathered together to see them off. . Unknowingly, it was time to part ways. Heye and his two children were extremely attached to Xia Qiu. Xiao Shitou and Doudou were holding on to the corners of her clothes and refused to let go of their little hands.
Seeing that he had already walked out of the archway at the city gate, Mochizuki summoned his demon horse, smiled heartily at the people seeing him off and said: "It was really a great time to drink yesterday, the Demon Spirit Tribe is really heroic! Just send them here!" We have to go back to the royal city as soon as possible, I don’t know how worried Hong Ye is!"
Xia Qiu still wears the small stones and the garland Doudou made for herself yesterday with her mother Ling Dang. This garland is made of special herb flowers, so the fragrance is still strong even if it is left out all night. It was there yesterday Placing it next to her pillow and drinking some wine made her sleep soundly all night.
"You have to take care, Sister Xia Qiu! I heard that you are going to the Fire City Chi Laimier soon. It is a dangerous place. You might as well wait a few more days. After I recover from my injuries, I will go to the Royal City. Let me go with you, okay?" Heye begged.
The injury on his chest will take some time to heal, and now he just regrets that he can't join their team immediately to help Xia Qiu and Ouyang Xiaoleng.
"Xiao Shitou and Doudou have just recovered, you have to stay with them! And Kui, it will be very hard for Lingdang to take care of him by himself. There are still troops in the royal city. If you are really needed as a last resort, I will definitely help you. I will tell you!" Xia Qiu comforted Heye, then turned to Xiao Shitou and Doudou, "I will come to see you again in the future, and I will bring you fun and delicious things! You must listen to your parents, You also need to get along well with Kui, you know?"
"Yeah!" Xiao Shitou and Doudou nodded in unison.
The speeding demon horse pulled the Qingyang City behind him into seven lines like a rainbow. Just now, Xia Qiu had been holding back tears because he was afraid that Heye and the others would be sad. Now he could finally let himself cry. Fortunately, Qingcui ran so fast. So fast, no one would notice her tears.
Many princes and nobles gathered inside and outside Chenji Palace these days. As soon as the news spread that Wang Jue's red-eared demon spirit had rebelled against the royal city and joined Qingyun, the entire royal city exploded again, and many people in the city were inevitably thrown into chaos.
Those who usually had a good relationship with the red-eared demon spirit began to worry about their own situation, so they tried their best to distance themselves from him; those who had a bad relationship with him began to worry about whether they would suffer revenge from Qingyun; Many of those who were the most joyful during the trial of Wang Yue lost their confidence now that they knew his innocence had been proven. To avoid retaliation, he quickly sent various generous gifts to the Fuxing Palace, and even many were sent to Wutong Court. Ouyang Yong had no choice but to accept it for Wang Yue first, and then make a decision when he came back.
Although everyone tried their best to conceal it, Little Snow Rabbit still heard about the whole story of Uncle Mochizuki being wronged. She was very angry when she heard that the princes had made trouble for him when he was being tried. At this moment, she was obviously the happiest one. Seeing these snobs who had wronged Uncle Mochizuki bringing gifts one after another to her house, she deliberately made it difficult for them and asked them to carry gifts in the house and yard. It took me several rounds to tell them where to put it.
Recently, the king's city has been relatively calm, and her mother, Miao Xueyou, is not as strict with her as before. Knowing that Uncle Wangyue was going to return to the royal city with Brother Xiao Leng and Sister Xia Qiu, she ran to the Assistant Star Hall early to keep watch, where she could also chat and play chess with Grandpa Yong. When she was asking Grandpa Yong to play ghost chess with her, the second elder, Lion King Cheng, suddenly visited.
"Snow Rabbit, go play in the yard for a while first!" Ouyang Yong said to her kindly.
"Oh..." Although Snow Rabbit was still a little reluctant, he still agreed and walked out of the house.
She has never been very fond of Lion King Makoto. She feels that he always puts on a straight face and gives people an indescribable sense of oppression. Moreover, he had not supported Ouyang Xiaoleng very much before he succeeded to the throne, and when Uncle Wangyue was wrongly accused, he did not play any good role. She felt that there must be nothing good for him coming here now, so she decided to hide outside secretly and listen to the conversation between him and Grandpa Yong.
"Actually, I have heard about what you are doing. Fenghuo also revealed a little bit to me before going to Nanzhe. But I always feel that since it is beneficial to the royal city and the demon world, I cannot stop it." Lion King Cheng took a sip of tea and said.
"Actually, I have wanted to discuss it with you for a long time, but due to Mochizuki's status as a fugitive from the royal city before, it is difficult to say anything. The recent series of actions all originated from an array map intercepted with his help. He is lurking next to Qingyun. After some time, he learned that Qingyun was using this array diagram to complete an unknown plan. Later, this diagram was brought back to the royal city by Demon King Fox and the others, and after some analysis by the administrator of Ouyang Ancient Mansion's database, although it was still I don’t know what this picture is used for, but I have concluded that this picture is a very complicated alchemical array diagram." Ouyang Yong said as he took out a scroll from his sleeve and unfolded it to Lion King Cheng, What is on the paper is the formation of odd columns.
"The death of the Lord of Nanzhe City is inseparably related to alchemy. It seems that Qingyun really has some incredible knowledge." Lion King Cheng looked back and forth at the picture with a surprised expression.
"Exactly! This picture can even create life. If it is penetrated by Qingyun, he is likely to create some monster that can subvert the demon world." Ouyang Yong agreed.
"Although I don't know the specific content of this array diagram yet, I do know that Demon King Fox and the others will go to Fire City later, right?" Lion King Cheng asked.
"Yes, how did you know?" Ouyang Yong asked him, feeling that there seemed to be a mystery hidden in Lion King Cheng's words.
"Yan Ming recently made a prophecy. This prophecy is about the Demon King Fox and the human contractor who will soon go to the Fire City to end a certain conspiracy of Qingyun. He predicted that his conspiracy is related to the Black Fire Purgatory, but the specific He can't explain clearly." Lion King Cheng began to gradually bring the topic onto the right track.
"Oh? That's not all you want to say, right?" Ouyang Yong heard the implication.
"Well, the next few words can only be conveyed to the human contracting party by Yan Ming himself! Even he and I are unwilling to explain. I guess it is some key factor related to the success of their trip to the Fire City. Let's go." Lion King Cheng said and took another sip of tea.
"When they come back, I will ask Xia Qiu to go to your place!" After Ouyang Yong said this, he looked thoughtfully towards the window, and then asked to himself, "Is it possible to come in from my yard?" Rabbit?"
"Rabbit?" Lion King Cheng raised his eyes from the tea cup in his hand and looked at him doubtfully.
"It's okay, I guess I heard it wrong. That's what happens when you get older!" Ouyang Yong replied with a smile.
The snow rabbit outside the window was frightened. She heard that Grandpa Yong had noticed that she was hiding here, and quickly hunched over and fled to a place farther away before she dared to breathe.
As soon as Wang Yue and the boys stepped into Chenji Palace, and before they had time to say hello to Ouyang Hongye, Ouyang Yong called Xia Qiu alone and asked her to go to Kaiyang Palace to find the stone demon Yanming. Although she didn't quite understand the reason, because it was Ouyang Yong's order, she didn't bother to ask more questions and walked to Kaiyang Palace alone.
This is the first time she has entered Lion King Cheng's territory. Although the structure of Kaiyang Palace is very similar to that of Fuxing Palace, the layout is extremely different. Unlike Ouyang Yong who keeps everything simple, Shi Wangcheng seems to be more interested in complicated curtains and luxurious furniture. The peonies and hibiscus planted in the courtyard are actually noble.
The stone demon Yanming was standing in the middle of the yard, as if he had expected that she would arrive at this moment. He nodded lightly when he saw her. No matter how many times they had met, Xia Qiu was still a little afraid of him. Under his big black cloak, his body was wrapped in bandages from top to bottom, only revealing a pair of green eyes and a pair of spotless white eyes. Gloves, all reminded her of the protagonist in a horror movie.
She nodded to him in return, and then asked, "I heard that you have something to tell me?"
Shiyao Yanming was silent for a moment, thinking about how to speak, and then said to her: "Although I have the ability to predict, but unlike your ability to leave the soul, my power cannot be exerted anytime and anywhere. Sometimes. Sometimes My ability to predict is not under my own control. Some information and pictures will naturally appear in my mind, so I am not completely able to distinguish whether they are a prediction of the future or just some kind of imagination of mine. ,but… "
Xia Qiu heard the obliqueness in his words and asked directly: "Can you tell me directly what exactly you saw? Is it about me?"
"I have a premonition that you will soon go to the Fire City Chi Lemir, and I also have a premonition that the purpose of your visit this time is related to the Black Fire Purgatory, but I hope you can listen carefully to the following words about you." Here, the stone demon's plain tone began to turn serious.
"Yes!" Xia Qiu nodded and looked at him intently.
"You are an indispensable part of whether you can achieve your final goal this time, but at the same time, I can't see your figure in the possibility of your success. Instead, there is a black shadow." The stone demon continued. Go on.
His green pupils suddenly became bloodshot, and the memory of this episode brought him back to the state he was in during the prophecy, and his hands and shoulders began to tremble. Seeing that darkness again made him feel extremely painful and cold, because he knew what that darkness represented, that it was the color of death.
"Can you make it more clear?" Xia Qiu felt the ominousness in his prophecy, but still bravely asked.
"If you go to the Fire City Chi Lemir, you may face death." The stone demon Yanming quickly returned to normal and said calmly.
"But you just said that I am an indispensable part of success?" Xia Qiu felt as if someone had suddenly poured a bucket of cold water on her from top to bottom, and her voice began to tremble.
"Yes, the only way to avoid this outcome is for you not to go to Chi Lamir. And what choice you will make and whether you will tell others what I said will be your freedom. All I can say is That's all." After the stone demon finished speaking, he bowed again and left.
Only Xia Qiu, who was in a daze, remained where he was. This is a dilemma. If she tells others what the Stone Demon Yanming said, whether it is Ouyang Xiaoleng, Qianqi or Lingyu, they will definitely try their best to prevent her from going to the Fire City Chi Lemir; but if she doesn't go, destruction will The plan to array materials in the last city is likely to fail. Although she was not completely sure whether this black prophecy would come true, she decided to bury it deeply in her heart, because only in this way could she make the final choice according to her own will without anyone's interference.