After leaving Yujin Apartment, Dong Muya took a few steps and took a breath. She had to feel very lucky, because her student Dong Haofan was a relatively simple boy, so he should not doubt the true purpose of her and Min Endong's trip to Yujin Apartment. She held the blue folder that Dong Fan had just given them tightly in her hands, feeling as if a little bird had flown into her heart, jumping wildly with excitement, and her steps couldn't help but become brisk.
As soon as they entered Ouyang's ancient house, she and Min Endong went straight to the underground database, took out the diary and blue folder left by Ran Tianyou, and spread them out on the table together. As she flipped through the contents of the folder page by page, the expectation in her eyes gradually dimmed, and instead, her eyebrows began to frown tighter and tighter. After roughly flipping through the contents of the folder, she shook her head and sighed.
"What? Is there nothing useful?" Min Endong asked and then pulled the folder she had just put down in front of him.
"How should I put it... the clues seem to be more scattered than I thought, and it seems that none of them can be determined immediately, except this one!" Dong Muya walked around behind Min Entong and flipped the folder in front of him to the tenth page. page, and then opened Ran Tianyou's diary to the twentieth page, and continued, "As for how Ran Tianyou entered the demon world, their descriptions are completely consistent."
Min Endong read in the direction of her finger, and then murmured to himself: "Rakshasa's ghost slave?"
Dong Muya nodded and replied: "Yes, they both mentioned that this ghost slave was forced to serve the Rakshasa Mother. He was just afraid of the Rakshasa Mother's powerful power and worried about being killed by her. There is no loyalty at all.”
"Moreover, if you take out its favorite roast chicken and wine in this place in Yongchuan Forest, it will appear?! This ghost slave is also a gourmet! He collects the benefits privately. What will the Rakshasa mother do if she finds out?" Min Endong began to doubt the credibility of this information.
"I'll probably burn him to black charcoal, but I heard that monsters like the Rakshasa Mother are moody in nature, and she will get rid of her subordinates as long as they don't agree with her." Dong Muya intuitively thought about this. The description of the ghost slave should be correct.
"Then it was it that Tianyou used the Demon Locking Array to capture." Min Endong's big lenses flashed with light and he continued, "It has another name, No. 4. Why is it called such a strange name?"
While the two of them were having a heated discussion, they didn't notice at all when Ouyang Xiaolen walked into the underground database. It wasn't until he asked a question that they were shocked to notice his existence.
"Where did you get this folder?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked.
Because Dong Muya was too focused on the conversation with Min Endong, she was startled by his sudden question. After adjusting her breathing slightly, she responded: "Entong and I met Dong Fan today. He gave it to us, and he hopes that we can continue to search for Ran Tianyou."
"No. 4... do you think it is possible for it to appear again? If it has been working for the Rakshasa Mother, then maybe it will know about the secret passage in the royal city." Ouyang Xiaoleng has also dealt with this Heran Tianyou Number Four is very interested.
"It was the one who deceived your uncle Ran Tianyou and introduced it into the Sparrow Hotel in the first place, so even if you can still see it, you can't completely believe its words." Dong Muya couldn't help but remind him.
"It's better than sitting still and waiting for death. I will go to Yongchuan Forest to find it tomorrow." Ouyang Xiaoleng was determined.
"Okay, I will draw the coordinates of the specific location for you!" Seeing his firm attitude, Dong Muya had no choice but to say.
Although for monsters, more than ten years are just a blink of an eye, but Ouyang Xiaoleng also doubts how long the life of No. 4, a subordinate of Rakshasa Mother, can be. But then he thought about it, and Tianyou's diary briefly recorded his interaction with No. 4. This ghost slave was different from the others. It seemed to be more cunning, and was not willing to completely obey the Rakshasa Mother. It should have It has its own thoughts, or in other words, it is always waiting for an opportunity to escape from the control of the Rakshasa Mother.
However, the location where Tianyou caught No. 4 happened to be at the entrance of a confusing path connecting the demon world and the human world. According to the records in his diary, that location should be somewhere not far from the shore of Silver Moon Lake.
The next day happened to be the weekend. Together with Xia Qiu, he prepared a roast chicken and a small pot of wine in advance and entered Yongchuan Forest early.
Ouyang Xiaoleng stood under the largest banyan tree by the lake, took out a compass and said to Xia Qiu: "It should be about forty-five steps from here to the southeast."
"One, two, three, four... forty-five!" So Xia Qiu counted the steps with him.
They were sure that they had found the location marked by Dong Muya, and this place was very strange. Although it was not far from the lake, the tree crowns above their heads grew particularly lush and connected together, making the trees under the tree crowns The light is very dark, giving it an inexplicable sense of mystery.
After taking out the roasted chicken and wine bottle from their pockets, the two sat on the floor and waited calmly for the appearance of No. 4. Xia Qiu felt that this feeling was similar to when she was fishing with her grandfather at the lake when she was a child. They had to stay quiet and not make too much noise. They were both nervous and excited.
But this excitement gradually weakened as time went by. They waited until afternoon, during which Xia Qiu even fell asleep for a while without realizing it. Just when she opened her eyes, an ugly figure appeared in front of her. Because she had seen ghost slaves similar to it before, she was not frightened.
This ghost slave was much older than the ones she had seen before, his skin was almost completely black, he was short and skinny, and the coarse cloth robe he wore was too bulky.
After it appeared out of thin air, it stared at Xia Qiu and Ouyang Xiaoleng silently for a while, and then asked: "Why did they change people?!"
Ouyang Xiaoleng pushed the roasted chicken and wine pot towards it, and ordered it coldly: "Stop talking nonsense, this is for you, take us to the demon world!"
"Hey, where did this young master come from? He has such a bad temper. I'm free now and don't have to be angry with that old witch anymore. Why are you here to make me angry again?" said the ghost slave sarcastically. .
"Are you No. 4?" Xia Qiu asked in a gentle tone.
"Yes, it's me! This little girl sounds much more comfortable talking." No. 4 grinned, showing yellow teeth.
"Can you tell me why your name is No. 4?" Xia Qiu asked another irrelevant question to ease the tension just now.
"Name?! How can No. 4 be a name? No. 4 is just my code name among the ghost slaves of Rakshasa Mother." No. 4 said, putting away his ugly smile.
"Since you no longer work for her, can you help us?" Xia Qiu continued to ask.
"Help you?! That's easy to say. Although I won't work for her anymore, if I do something I shouldn't do and she finds out, I'll be dead." No. 4 rolled his eyes and said, "Besides, what's the use of you guys?" You need me to take you to the demon world, this young man is obviously a powerful character. Tell me honestly what your purpose is, and maybe I can consider it."
"We need to know where the secret passage in the royal city is." Ouyang Xiaoleng asked.
"More than ten years ago, the demon catcher who caught me with the demon locking formation wanted me to wait for him to find the Rakshasa Mother. Do you know where I led him? I think you must know, because you must be I found this place after getting his tip." Number 4's tone was full of provocation.
"The Sparrow Hotel!" Ouyang Xiaoleng and Xia Qiu said in unison.
"Yes, he was later hunted down by Madam Lan's men, and he should have died long ago." No. 4's wrinkled face showed a bit of pride.
Ouyang Xiaoleng's patience was nearing its limit, and his anger could no longer be suppressed. He picked up No. 4's shabby robe and shouted, "Don't try to anger me!"
"In the worst case, just kill me. Anyway, I have a small life. Either I will be killed by the Rakshasa mother, or I will be killed by someone else." No. 4 was obviously strangled and had difficulty breathing, but he refused to give in.
"If you can help us, we can find a way to protect you!" Xia Qiu made the condition.
"Protect me?" No. 4 glanced at her.
"Yes!" Xia Qiu turned to Ouyang Xiaoleng and said, "Xiaoleng, let it go."
"Yeah." Ouyang Xiaolen let go of No. 4.
No. 4 took a few deep breaths and complained: "Well, this little girl deserves to be a human being, so she speaks in human language, not like..."
Then he found Ouyang Xiaoleng staring at him fiercely, so he closed his mouth.
"Tell us about the secret passage in the royal city!" Xia Qiu thought that there might be a chance to find out something from the fourth port, so he asked.
"Secret passages, secret passages again. I only know two of them. It's okay to tell you. Let's see what benefits you can give me!"
"You still dare to negotiate conditions?!" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked.
"What?! I risk being burned to black charcoal by the Rakshasa Mother to tell you what I know. Why don't you allow me to be happy for a few days?" No. 4 raised his head and answered while looking at the sky.
"Tell me what you want?" Xia Qiu asked it.
"Give me a bag of gold first." No. 4 responded without hesitation.
"First tell us where the two secret passages you know are?" Xia Qiu and Ouyang Xiaoleng exchanged colors and continued to ask No. 4.
"One is in the underground warehouse of the Sparrow Hotel." No. 4 responded.
"We already know that one." Ouyang Xiaoleng said impatiently.
"There is another one, in the back mountain outside Chenji Palace." No. 4 deliberately made his words sound mysterious to achieve his purpose.
"Take us there now. If what you say is proven correct, I will give you a bag of gold."
After listening to Ouyang Xiaoleng's words, this time it was No. 4's turn to stare at him and ask: "Why should I trust you?!"
"Just because of my identity." Ouyang Xiaoleng raised his left arm forward, revealing the sterling silver fox-shaped armband on it.
"You are the descendant of the Demon King Fox... Okay, deal!"
After No. 4 learned Ouyang Xiaoleng's true identity, he verbally agreed to lead them to the entrance of the secret passage hidden in the back mountain outside Chenji Palace.
As for whether this cunning ghost slave would deceive them, Xia Qiu and Ouyang Xiaoleng were not very sure, so they had no choice but to follow it first.
Number 4 first tied the wine bottle to the bag around his waist, then stamped the ground with one foot, and then motioned to Ouyang Xiaoleng and Xia Qiu behind him to follow him. Ouyang Xiaoleng stretched out his hand to hold Xia Qiu and followed No. 4 a few steps forward. Suddenly he felt as if he had fallen into a big hole. When he came back to his senses, they had entered the demon world.
This is one of the most remote alleys in Yongchuan, the royal city. The entire alley seems to have no light. The dark walls and windows nailed with wooden boards make people suspect that the houses on both sides have not been used for a long time.
Xia Qiu had never remembered such a place in the royal city. She looked at Ouyang Xiaoleng in surprise and asked, "Where is this place? Why don't I have any memory at all?"
Before Ouyang Xiaoleng could speak, No. 4 responded first: "Haha, because this street has been sealed in the barrier for a long time. The war sixteen years ago made all the residents living on the street Not a single one was left, they were all killed, and this place has been isolated since then.”