Ouyang Xiaoleng returned to his home next to Yongchuan Forest. This old house called Ouyang Ancient House was surrounded by a huge barrier, making it difficult for outsiders to find its location.
The unique pavilions in the courtyard, the rockeries made of Taihu stones, the small bridges connected with the winding paths, and the endless gurgling water... still maintain the appearance of when it was first built hundreds of years ago, with exotic flowers and plants. Due to the evil magic, they opened up at an inappropriate time, trying their best to show their colorful and charming beauty.
The main structure of the house is built on a stone base raised above the ground. There is a large glass door in the living room. When you open it, you can walk directly to the platform connected to the courtyard. Under the platform is one end of the pond. The living room is decorated with mahogany furniture with a sense of history. The surrounding walls are covered with ancient calligraphy and paintings and several swords. A precious guqin is quietly placed in the corner of the room. All this is in sharp contrast with the few electrical appliances. The TV and telephone exist abruptly in this space, which makes them seem out of place no matter how you look at them.
Ouyang Xiaoleng's adoptive father, Ouyang Hongye, was sitting in front of the coffee table, switching TV channels quickly without any purpose. When he saw Ouyang Xiaoleng walking in, he turned off the TV.
The demon attacking Xia Qiu in the forest yesterday has become a worry for Ouyang Hongye. Xia Qiu, as the best candidate to sign a blood alliance with Xiao Leng, is extremely important to him and the entire demon world. He arranged for Ouyang Xiaoleng to go to Yongchuan High School just so that he could have a chance to get close to Xia Qiu. He originally thought that signing the blood pact could be done slowly, but now it seems that he has to speed up the pace.
"When can you explain everything to Xia Qiu?" Ouyang Hongye asked bluntly.
"have no idea."
Ouyang Xiaoleng was still avoiding this problem as usual. He didn't want to involve Xia Qiu in the war in his own world. How could he let fragile humans share his responsibility? Especially Xia Qiu, even though the Demon King's Crown in his body would have an unprecedented strong reaction every time he was close to her, he still tried his best to suppress it.
"Well, you also know that that person's subordinates seem to be active in the demon world and the human world recently. Mochizuki and Mu Ya are also conducting investigations in the demon world and the human world respectively. As the son of Xue Ye and the only descendant of the Demon King Fox, you must make a choice. If we sit back and wait for death, our world will most likely be destroyed by that person." Ouyang Hongye stood up from the chair and walked to Xiao Leng's side, patting him on the shoulder when he passed by, "You don't have to tomorrow. Let’s go to school, go directly to the royal city, Mr. Yong has something to ask you.”
Xia Qiu was still thinking about Ouyang Xiaoleng's appearance in front of her house the day before. He seemed to be waiting for her, but when he saw her, he avoided her, which puzzled her.
In her opinion, Ouyang Xiaoleng today was different from before. His eyes and expressions seemed much softer, especially when he saw her in the morning, there seemed to be a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. She could no longer feel the inaccessible aura around his body in the past. This was originally a good thing, but she felt something was awkward. His attraction to Xia Qiu even began to surpass the ancient legends of Yongchuan, and his elusiveness fascinated her even more.
As soon as the school bell rang, Ouyang Xiaoleng was the first to get up and walk out of the classroom. When he passed Xia Qiu's desk, he tapped her desk with his finger intentionally or unintentionally. His move made Xia Qiu feel fascinated, and she just wanted to follow him to see who he was.
She kept a distance from him and followed him. Although his steps were often as light as flying, he seemed to slow down slightly every time she felt she was about to be left behind. In this way, she followed him unknowingly to a path not far from Yongchuan Forest.
Called a road, it was more like a gap between two closely adjacent buildings, and it was getting narrower and narrower. In the end, she could only pass sideways... She had to slow down, and when she looked up again, there was no trace of Ouyang Xiaoleng. After walking for an unknown amount of time, we finally came to an open space surrounded by lush green trees. Facing her was a high stone wall and a black door. She walked forward and saw the word "Ouyang" written on the wooden sign on one side of the door. She guessed that this was the small Cold home.
She never knew that there would be such a place in Yongchuan. Unlike what she imagined, the seemingly heavy door began to open inward with just a light touch. Even so, she still knocked a few times symbolically. The person standing in the door was not Xiao Leng, but a man who looked older than her. He had a peach-like face, a pair of pink and phoenix eyes, and his long black hair was tied loosely to one side with a blue hairband. The chest is very handsome. The red cardigan she was wearing seemed to be a style that did not belong to this century. There was only a belt around the waist, and the delicately embroidered flying edges at the hem of the gown were scattered elegantly on the ground.
"Little girl, did you go to the wrong place?" the man asked with a smile in his eyes and a little laziness in his voice.
"Hello, I am Ouyang Xiaoleng's classmate. My name is Xia Qiu." Xia Qiu, who had held his breath just now because of nervousness, only smelled the faint fragrance of flowers in the yard when he spoke.
"Oh? You are Xia Qiu, come in!" The man welcomed Xia Qiu into the yard and led her inside as he continued, "I am Xiao Leng's adoptive father, Ouyang Hongye."
Xia Qiuxiang is indeed as his name suggests. He has never seen anyone with such a posture as Ouyang Hongye. When he walks forward, his red gown gently swings backwards in the wind, just like the same red leaf swirling and falling, so elegant and elegant. But what made her sigh was far more than that. When she was in Ouyang's courtyard, it was like walking into a dream. The beautiful scenery here was comparable to the Suzhou gardens in the album, but it added a bit of fairyland.
Ouyang Hongye brought Xia Qiu into the living room, asked her to sit down, and then opened the glass door of the living room, and the fragrance of flowers outside instantly poured into the room. He took a cup from the coffee table and handed it to Xia Qiu. He picked up the teapot and filled her with fragrant tea. Then he sat opposite her and looked at her carefully. After sending Ouyang Xiaoleng away early this morning, he transformed himself into his appearance and came to school. In order to quietly lure Xia Qiu to Ouyang's ancient house, he had to resort to extraordinary means.
"Where is Ouyang Xiaoleng?"
Xia Qiu was a little surprised why Ouyang Xiaoleng was not here. She was somewhat embarrassed to be alone with his adoptive father Ouyang Hongye. She lowered her head and took a sip of tea. A breeze blew in, carrying the fragrance of the flowers in the yard and the aroma of the cup of tea, and penetrated every nerve in her. Her vision began to become blurred, and her consciousness became increasingly blurred. .
"He should be changing upstairs and will be down soon."
Ouyang Hongye's voice sounded so far away to Xia Qiu that she gradually began to lose track of it, and she completely lost her intuition.
The wind became stronger and stronger, and the coolness she felt on her body made Xia Qiu wake up. She slowly opened her eyes, and then she was startled. She was suspended in the air, and her hand was held by Ouyang Hongye, flying higher and higher to the sky above Ouyang's family courtyard. Only then did she realize that the entire courtyard of Ouyang's house was surrounded by a large translucent net woven like silk ropes.
"Am I dreaming? What are those?" she couldn't help asking.
"Those that look like big nets are called barriers. Their function is to prevent outsiders from finding the location of the courtyard. Also in this barrier is the Black Fire Purgatory. You see, that's where the red light is. , sealed there are demons who have seriously destroyed the order of the three realms of humans, gods and demons for tens of thousands of years. To put it simply, there is like a prison for humans. Those demons who are too powerful but extremely evil are imprisoned there, and they are Hanging in a cage, constantly being burned by the hot magma underground until the moment it turns to ashes."
Xia Qiu is still wondering if she is dreaming again, but if it is a dream, this feeling is too real. Although she didn't quite understand what Ouyang Hongye said, she thought of the nightmare she had when she fell asleep in the Yongchuan Forest three days ago. In that dream, she saw the terrifying world in the underground cracks. It was exactly the same as his description of the Black Fire Purgatory. She was so looking forward to finding evidence that those monster legends were not groundless, but when they actually came before her eyes, she was a little at a loss.
"It must be unacceptable for you to suddenly tell you this, right? Xiao Leng should have told you these words!" Ouyang Hongye saw the confusion in Xia Qiu's eyes, but had to continue, "I am not a human being, but He’s a red-haired demon fox, Xiao Leng is the same as me. We come from the Demon Realm King’s City, also called Yongchuan, and are connected to the human world by the Two Lives Mysterious Corridor. I wonder if you have heard of the legend about the road leading to the Demon Realm in the Yongchuan Forest?”
Xia Qiu nodded. Ouyang Hongye's tone didn't sound like a joke. What's more, if he was a human, how could he take himself away from the gravity of the earth and fly in the air? She decided to continue to listen to him.
"Xiao Leng's grandfather was originally the Silver Fox God who guarded the edge of the God Realm. Just because he had always longed for everything in the human world, he often went to the human world privately. Originally, his behavior was not allowed, but the Lord of the God Realm Qian Su allowed His punishment after learning was somewhat unexpected. He sent him to the demon world to become the master of the demon world, Demon King Fox, and ordered him to be in charge of the key to the Black Fire Purgatory for generations - the Demon King's Crown. Every Demon King Fox They must find a human being chosen by the God who can communicate with him and sign a blood pact with them. Only the blood pact can awaken the huge power of the Silver Fox God that still exists in the body of the Demon King Fox, and the humans who sign the blood pact must also I will unravel the power given by Qiansu."
Just as Ouyang Hongye was talking, a huge demonic energy came over from the ground in an instant. Ouyang Xiaoleng came back much earlier than he expected. It seems that Lord Yong and Mochizuki failed to keep him in the Demon Realm King City as originally planned. overnight.
"Hongye, you are meddling in my affairs again!" Ouyang Xiaoleng said angrily.
He had already had a premonition that Ouyang Hongye was actually trying to hide something by sending him to the Demon Realm King's City to meet Grandpa Yong, but he never thought that he would bring Xia Qiu directly to Ouyang's ancient residence. Thinking that he had been fooled by Ouyang Hongye made him furious. His uncontrollable demon power caused silver-white flames to burst out around his body. His hair completely turned silver-white, a pair of fox ears appeared on the top of his head, and a handful of pure silver appeared in his hand. of sword.
Ouyang Hongye knew that fighting Ouyang Xiaoleng in the air would probably hurt Xia Qiu, so he took Xia Qiu and fell to the ground. Ouyang Xiaoleng followed closely behind, and the three of them landed almost at the same time.
Xia Qiu saw such a scene for the first time. Ouyang Hongye's body also began to change. Fox ears also appeared on the top of his head, and his black hair gradually turned red. The red cyclone generated around his body and Ouyang Xiaoleng's silver cyclone were constantly colliding, with heat as if they might explode at any time.
"Xia Qiu, go back to the house first!"
Ouyang Hongye let go of Xia Qiu's hand and said, and at the same time a red-handled sword appeared in his hand. But what he didn't expect was that this seemingly weak human girl would suddenly stand in front of him and Ouyang Xiaoleng. If it had been another human being who had seen them looking like this, they would have turned around and ran away or lost consciousness. , but he didn't feel any fear in her.
"Isn't it you who brought me here?" Xia Qiu still didn't know the reason why Ouyang Xiaoleng was angry.
"Me?!" Ouyang Xiaoleng was about to ask, but he suddenly realized what was going on.
"I'm sorry, Xia Qiu, I lied to you!" Ouyang Hongye put away the sword in his hand and transformed into Ouyang Xiaoleng.
This time Xia Qiu was completely stunned. She finally understood why Ouyang Xiaoleng looked different today. Although the changed Ouyang Hongye was no different from Ouyang Xiaoleng in appearance, when they stood together at the same time, they could It's obvious that they have different looks and auras.
Ouyang Hongye returned to his original appearance. He also felt that something was wrong with what he did today. However, facing the enemy who might come back at any time and Xiao Leng who was still unwilling to tell Xia Qiu the truth, he could only act. This is the next best thing.
Because of Xia Qiu's obstruction, Ouyang Xiaoleng gradually calmed down and his body completely returned to normal. He knew he had to make a choice now, whether to tell Xia Qiu everything or to take her away from here forcibly.
"I want to know what the real reason is for you to bring me here." Xia Qiu said to Ouyang Hongye. She felt that he definitely didn't just want to tell her these things by going to such trouble to bring her here.
"I want to ask you to become Xiao Leng's blood pact!" Ouyang Hongye answered straightforwardly, not giving Xiao Leng a chance to refute.
"I?"
"Yes, it's you! Although you are not the only human being who can sign a blood pact with Xiao Leng, you are the most suitable one. Your destinies have been connected before you were born, but you have never known it, but Xiao Leng has never known it. I’ve known about this a long time ago.”
"Is that why he goes to my school?"
"That was also arranged by me. He didn't know about it at first. You met when you were very young, and it was at that time that he felt the choice made by the Demon King's Crown in his body."
"I'll have to say the following things myself!"
Ouyang Hongye wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Ouyang Xiaoleng. He also felt that it would be more appropriate for Xiaoleng to explain the rest to Xia Qiu in person, so he left the two of them alone in the courtyard while he walked away. .
Xia Qiu is very concerned about what Ouyang Hongye said that she met Ouyang Xiaoleng when she was a child. Why doesn't she have any impression of him? She looked at Ouyang Xiaoleng's face and tried to remember, and finally her eyes stopped on his gray-blue eyes. How could she forget these eyes? It was the most beautiful color she had ever seen. Who else could have such eyes? She suddenly remembered the little fox she had rescued when she was six years old, and the door to her memories suddenly opened.
"I once rescued a little fox when I was six years old." Xia Qiu blurted out.
"Yes, that's me!"