candlestick tour

Chapter 12

Soldiers patrolled and took strict precautions.

When the three of them sneaked into Yizhuang, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the wind was bleak.

The inside of the courtyard was quite different from the atmosphere of being in full force outside the courtyard. There was only one shriveled old man sitting in front of the room and dozing off with a lantern in his hand. He presumably was the guard of the Yizhuang.

Without saying a word, Yun Lian stretched out her hand and knocked the guard unconscious, and the three of them fled into the inner room together.

This sneaky feeling makes You Ge feel very fresh, and his eyes are especially shining in the dark night.

Inside the house, ten corpses that had lost all essence and blood were placed in two rows, all covered with white cloth.

At this time, the moon peeked out from behind the dark clouds, and the moonlight just illuminated the room, which prevented the three of them from pretending to be mortals with superb eyesight while secretly practicing night vision.

Yun Lian lifted the first piece of white cloth, and saw that the eyes of the deceased were half lost, the mouth was wide open and difficult to close, the skin was wrinkled, the whole body looked extremely white due to the loss of blood, and was as old as an octogenarian due to the loss of vitality.

Qi Mu took a look and felt his stomach churning, the shock of nausea was stronger than the headache he endured all the time.

You Ge supported his arm, and said: "You rarely see blood, Ling Guang talked about the tragedy of the dead in the afternoon, so I asked you to eat less."

Over there, Yun Lian raised the remaining nine white cloths in a row, and ten horrific corpses appeared in front of the three of them.

Qi Mu endured the headache and nausea, held his breath, and walked into the corpse, wanting to check it out.

Yun Lian took out the dossiers that were brought out at Jingzhaoyin Yamen in the afternoon, and said, "The dead are all young men between the ages of 25 and [-]. There is no sign of poisoning, and there is no wound on their bodies."

You Ge nodded, grabbed Qi Mu who was about to take off the clothes of the deceased, and said, "Please help us to look at the file, if there are any clues, Mr. Yun and I can check the body."

Qi Mu took the file and walked aside to read it carefully.

You Ge and Yun Lian bent down and looked at the corpse casually.

You Ge glanced at Yun Lian with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "Young Master Yun is a cultivator of immortality, so he must know that there are demons outside the Three Realms?"

Yun Lian raised her head, imitating You Ge's appearance, straightened her upper body, and said, "Of course I know".

You Ge said with a smile: "In my opinion, it was done by the demons, what did Mr. Yun see?"

Yun Lian stared back at You Ge viciously, and said firmly: "I don't agree with you".

You Ge and Yun Lian didn't make a sound, didn't look at the corpse, they just faced each other silently.The former was proud with his hands behind his back, and observed the other party carefully; the latter, not to be outdone, put on a look of supremacy in the world, and stood upright.

Suddenly, Qi Mu, who was reading the file at the side, shouted, "So that's how it is!"

You Ge heard the words and walked over first.

"Apart from the similar age, these ten people also have something in common." Qi Mu is confident in his discovery, so his tone is high, "It is recorded in the file that all ten people were found dead near restaurants and teahouses. Before going out, I once said to my family that I would go out to meet old friends. There is no curfew in this dynasty, and many restaurants and teahouses are open all night. I speculate that the deceased went to these places late at night to meet acquaintances."

Qi Mu touched his earlobe, hesitantly said: "However, these ten people have no intersection, and it is absolutely impossible to have the same friend."

You Ge had an expression as I expected, and said: "As far as I know, the demons have a set of mental methods. After learning it, not only will their cultivation base greatly increase, but they can also change their faces and shapes at will. However, this mental method also has a drawback. , need to absorb the essence and blood of ninety-nine and 81 people in a short period of time to prevent the pain of backlash."

It should be noted that although the immortals can also change their appearance and body shape at will, this is mostly based on their own appearance modification, while the secret art of the demons can change their appearance arbitrarily, which can change out of thin air, or pretend to be another person precisely, such as It is even more foolproof to have the skin of the imitation object.

"That makes sense, this monster just needs to pretend to be friends with these ten people, and then wait for the opportunity to strike." Qi Mu suddenly realized.

Yun Lian snorted, and said disdainfully: "But this mentality is a taboo of the demons, how can it be easily obtained by others? Besides, although the demons are at odds with the Three Realms, they will definitely not harm so many innocent people for no reason." .

You Ge chuckled, and it was very clear at night: "The demons have always been despised by the Three Realms. Although Mr. Yun is a cultivator, he is different."

You Ge paused, looked at Yun Lian inscrutablely, and said word by word: "Perhaps, I should call you Mozun?"

Yun Lian raised her head in shock, looked at You Ge for a moment, then lowered her head again without saying a word.

The author has something to say: Hey, little Yunlian who doesn't have a city mansion, look, she has been seen through.

Chapter 18

Yun Lian is actually about the same age as You Ge, but he has delicate features and gloomy expression, he is not as bright and flamboyant as You Ge, nor does he have the innate idleness and aloofness of You Ge, so the two are standing together at this moment , as if the elder brother is teaching the disobedient younger brother, and it seems that the master is killing the naughty disciple.

Qi Mu was quite surprised by this sudden turn of events. He had thought that Yun Lian was definitely not an ordinary person, but he did not expect it to be so extraordinary.Fortunately, they are two against one at the moment, and once they make a move, they will not be at a disadvantage.Even so, Qi Mu moved his body and half-hid You Ge behind him.

Yun Lian was silent for an unknown amount of time, and when she raised her head, she happened to see Qi Mu protecting You Ge and blocking her, a hurt emotion flashed inexplicably in her eyes, and even the atmosphere became sad.

Yun Lian pretended to be strong and said: "That's right, I am the Demon Lord, and I know that you are the Emperor of Heaven. However, these tragedies were definitely not arranged by me. I suspect that someone is using the banner of the Demon Race to provoke disputes, so come here It’s been a journey in the world. Now it seems that it is indeed a secret technique of the demon clan, but I don’t know who did it.”

Yun Lian stretched out her right hand, chanted a mantra, a thin silver needle appeared in the palm of her hand, except for the unknown red light, it seemed to be no different from what doctors usually use.Yun Lian said sadly: "Although these ten mortals are not the souls of my sword, they are also inseparable from the demon world. This needle can take out the souls cast by the demons, and can transport their souls back to the underworld."

Ordinary people are slaughtered by monsters, unable to enter reincarnation, walk the six paths, and their souls will be firmly locked on the body by the innate soul-fixing technique of the demons, and will rot and dissipate along with the corpse.

Seeing that Yun Lian was not as cold-blooded and crazy as the monsters in the book, Qi Mu smiled gently and said, "Maybe it's my luck in the Three Realms that the Demon Lord is compassionate and not bloodthirsty."

Yun Lian glanced at Qi Mu, the hand holding the needle was a little unsteady, and said indifferently: "Young master praises, I am ashamed and dare not take it, compassion is not bloodthirsty, I am far from it."

Qi Mu was a little embarrassed, and changed the subject: "I don't know if the meeting in the restaurant that day was by chance or did you do it on purpose?"

Yun Lian transformed the souls of ten people, took the silver needles, and said: "I met you in the restaurant that day... I was also very surprised by you, so I came out to test and invited the two of you to go with me."

Yun Lian stared at Qi Mu and said solemnly: "You just need to know that everything is absolutely not ordered by me."

With the new defeat of the Demon Clan, Yun Lian didn't want to start troubles with the Three Realms too quickly, so after careful consideration, she decided to tell the truth.

Qi Mu has recently been promoted, and he doesn't understand the subtle relationship between the Three Realms and the Demon Race, and the history of wars and alternations. Judging from Yunlian's words and deeds, he is expected to be upright, not a sinister and cunning person.So he asked a little doubt in his heart: "Our Majesty killed your father. Why are you so calm when you see us? You don't want to take revenge and hurry up?"

Yun Lian sneered, and said: "The demon race pays attention to the superiority of the strong, not relying on blood relationship, the old man who died is not my father."

Yun Lian turned her head to look at Qi Mu, her eyes were red, and she said seriously, "I have no relatives in this world."

Qi Mu looked at him Yunlian's eyes were watery, and almost thought that the majestic demon was about to cry, and he didn't want to inquire about other people's family affairs, so he nodded casually.

Yun Lian stared closely at Qi Mu, and said to herself: "Once upon a time, in the past... I had an older brother."

Qi Mu didn't know what Mozun meant when he mentioned this matter, so he just nodded and said: "Very good, very good, Mr. Yun is so outstanding, I think Brother Ling is also unparalleled in style."

Yun Lian said that she was addicted, but her tone became more and more lonely: "We have no father or mother, we depend on each other, and we are wandering in the devil world. My brother is much older than me, but he treats me very well and does his best to take care of me and protect me. Because I was young His cultivation level is not obvious, and he is often bullied. My brother always fights with others for me, but his cultivation base is superficial, so it is not for others to say that it is more appropriate to say that he is beaten for me than fighting for me. During those days Even though I was down and out, I lived happily.”

Yun Lian recalled the past, although her eyes were lonely, there was a smile on her face.

The smile didn't last long, his eyes turned sharp again, and he said: "Later... Later my brother left, I had no support, so I had to force myself to work hard, I didn't expect that I had potential, and my cultivation base rose extremely fast, no Everyone in the Young Demon Dao is scrambling to accept me as an apprentice. But I don’t want to be inferior to others, so every time I succeed in learning, I massacre his whole family, and then use a method of moving the disaster to the east to blame others. After doing this several times, I have achieved great success. At this time, the Three Realms and the Demon Realm started fighting, and the old Demon Venerable died, so I seized the opportunity to win the great treasure. Just now, the young master said that my compassion is absurd, how can I become a Demon Venerable if I am not ruthless?"

Qi Mu was terrified, and said in his heart: what the demons say is true, this little demon is not deep in the city, but he has a ruthless heart, he is a powerful character.However, for no reason, why did you tell yourself these secrets?The strangest thing is that although what Yun Lian said has nothing to do with him, his heart feels like a knife is burning, and he can't bear it, it's really uncomfortable.

Seeing the change in Qi Mu's expression, Yun Lian's heart was blocked, and she said fiercely: "What? Just now when I saw me crossing people, I thought I was a good person. Now, after hearing about my past, you want to stay away from me?"

Qi Mu didn't argue with him, but asked, "Where did Brother Ling go?"

Yun Lian glanced at him, and said in a strange way: "For me, he received a very good gift.