Everyone walked through the empty and silent streets and came to the palace-like building. Only then did they discover a black plaque hanging above its door lintel, with the words "Demon Palace" written on it.
Sister Juan laughed and said, "Oh my goodness, this is the Demon Palace. It looks like this is where the demons used to live."
Helen shrugged. She was also a dark creature, of the same origin as the devil, both products from hell. She felt that this colorful and antique building did not look like a devil's palace.
In her understanding, demons lived in dark and cold caves filled with skeletons, poisonous insects, spiders and other disgusting evil creatures.
Not only did she feel this way, everyone thought so.
Old Qin said doubtfully: "I feel that this place doesn't look like a demon palace, but more like a fairy palace."
Mo Yun shook his head: "Don't be fooled by illusions. This city is full of evil, and this place is no exception. We still need to be vigilant."
Ye Feng reminded: "Mr. Mo is right. Don't be fooled by illusions. This is one of the tricks used by the devil. We must be more careful."
Everyone walked into the Demon Palace together. It was well connected and had at least three courtyards. The courtyards were deep and there were many houses. The most surprising thing was that the courtyard was full of green trees and bamboo forests.
A clear stream meanders along, bubbling constantly.
In the past few days, since entering the Devil's Desert, all we saw was black and gray. Everyone's emotions were involuntarily affected by this black color, and they became depressed and irritable.
Suddenly seeing the lush green, everyone felt much happier.
Old Qin hurried to the stream, scooped up a handful of water and drank it. It tasted sweet and warm.
He couldn't help laughing: "Hot spring, this is a hot spring."
"Amitabha, I have been thirsty for a long time, let me have a drink too."
Except for Ye Feng, Jiang Yixue and Helen, everyone rushed to drink the water in the stream. It was not only clear and clean, but also felt a little warm.
Ye Feng and Jiang Yixue had drunk mineral water before entering the Mosha City, so they were not thirsty and were not too excited to see the hot springs. Helen didn't need to drink water at all. She drank water purely to maintain the water in her body, not for survival.
Everyone then understood that this Demon Palace was built on this hot spring oasis. In the endless Devil's Desert, there was such a green oasis and hot springs, which was extremely rare, and made everyone very excited.
Sister Juan found Grandma Butterfly's footprints on the redwood corridor: "There are footprints here, and they went to the wing room over there."
The wing on the left has a pair of vermilion-painted red doors carved with graceful auspicious designs of phoenixes, and the window frames are also carved with pictures of flowers. It looks like a young lady's boudoir.
Old Qin was good at carving and couldn't help but praise: "The craftsmanship is good, even more exquisite than Tingshui Pavilion."
Mo Yun smiled and said, "I finally found someone who is better at painting than you. I thought no one in the world of immortality could compare to you."
Sister Juan said calmly: "No matter how exquisite the paintings here are, they can't compare to Old Qin's craftsmanship."
Old Qin said to Sister Juan, "Thank you for the compliment, I'll go call that crazy woman over. You guys drink more water and rest for a while. We may have a long way to go."
"I'll go with you."
Mo Yun and Old Qin pushed open the vermilion lacquered door of the wing room. With a creaking sound, the door opened. The inside was covered with dust and it was unknown how many years it had been vacant.
The wing room is divided into two rooms, and a line of footprints led inside to the inner room.
In the hall outside the wing room, there was a mahogany round table and four round wooden stools, all covered with dust. On the mahogany table, there was a handprint clearly visible, and judging by the size, it should be Grandma Butterfly's handprint.
Thinking that Grandma Butterfly was in the inner room, Old Qin said angrily: "Crazy woman, don't run around. This is the devil's territory. What if..."
"Strange, why is there no one here?"
Following the footprints, I walked all the way to the inner room, where there was a huge rosewood bed decorated with flowers and an embroidered screen with auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes.
There is a portrait of a beautiful woman hanging on the wall of the room. She is very charming and attractive. It is very likely that she is the owner of this house.
On the wall opposite the portrait hung a half-human-high bronze mirror, in which the figures of Old Qin and Mo Yun emerged.
The room was empty and Grandma Butterfly was not in the inner room.
The footprints clearly walked to the bottom of the bronze mirror on the wall and then disappeared.
"The crazy woman is not here, so where did she go?"
"Old Qin, look at the footprints. They are so strange. She obviously walked to the mirror, looked at herself in the mirror for a while, and then the footprints disappeared."
Old Qin looked around the room carefully. Everywhere was covered with dust. Apart from Grandma Butterfly's footprints, there were only his and Mo Yun's footprints. It was clear that no one else had been in or out.
Old Qin and Mo Yun stood together under the bronze realm, looking at it.
"Will the crazy woman be eaten by this copper wall? Her footprints stop here."
"It's possible. Could this be a city that eats people? Yu Lao Er was eaten by the stone lions at the city gate."
"I think we should stay away from this mirror. Anything can happen in this place."
Ye Feng saw that Old Qin and Mo Yun were quiet in the side room. He heard the conversation between Old Qin and Mo Yun in the room. Although their voices were very low, they could not escape Ye Feng's ears.
He also walked into this elegant boudoir: "What happened?"
"That crazy woman came here, and then..."
Old Qin made a gesture as if he was flying away, and Mo Yun explained: "She disappeared."
Suddenly, a shrill laugh sounded from the yard: "You are here too. I thought you didn't dare to come in."
That was Grandma Butterfly's voice. Her laughter sounded like someone hitting a broken gong, very unpleasant.
Sister Juan said disdainfully, "We thought you were eaten by some ferocious beast. We looked for you everywhere. Strange, where did you go? Old Qin and Mo Yun thought you went to that room."
"I took a walk in the backyard. There was a colorful garden over there. It was a beautiful thing to be able to see flowers and drink hot spring water in this damn place."
Old Qin, Mo Yun and Ye Feng looked at each other in bewilderment. Since Grandma Butterfly appeared in the yard, whose footprints were these? Why did they disappear in front of the mirror
Old Qin and Mo Yun felt a chill running down their spines and retreated nervously towards the door. Could this set of footprints be a trap, deliberately designed to lure people in
Ye Feng also found it incredible. Out of curiosity, his divine eyes swept towards the mirror on the wall. This sight made him gasp.