The demon emperor doesn't want to be a white lotus

Chapter 23

When Xing Ji caught up, You Miao was already standing at the entrance of the ancestral mausoleum.

In front of him, the mausoleum guard lay on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, and the cold rain quickly flooded the ground.

The blue moss on the stone steps seemed to come alive, growing rapidly and fluctuating in the wind and rain, and soon covered all the stones it was attached to.

When You Miao rushed over, he was attacked by the mausoleum guards. He subconsciously reacted so quickly that he knocked him out before he could ask any clues.

At this time, the ancestral mausoleum that appeared in front of people was blown away by something, and there was only a dark entrance left in the original stone gate, and it looked particularly eerie in the wind and rain.

Fan Yu and Lan Pu's group also came here soon, "What happened?"

Seeing this, Xing Ji immediately glanced at You Miao worriedly, what happened in the ancestral mausoleum is a secret, but it seems that it cannot be concealed under the circumstances.

You Miao didn't seem to care much.

Just as he was about to walk to the ancestral mausoleum, he suddenly noticed that Hu Cuo was missing among the people who came, and subconsciously paused.

Lan Pu received You Miao's suspicious gaze, and explained: "We didn't come here together for fear that someone would divert the tiger away from the mountain. Hu made a mistake and stayed with Qingtan to protect the little cub."

In fact, Hu Cuo was too drunk, and just about to get up when he heard the sound, he lay down on the ground and fell asleep.

The guard behind him was calm when he saw the situation, and said that the situation is unclear, and it is not wise for everyone to go. They stayed. It can guard against sneak attacks.

You Miao nodded after listening to Lan Pu's words, so he can rest assured of You Ning, Hu Cuo can't hold alcohol, but someone in the Demon Emperor's Palace can sober him up, and he can make some people use it to a certain extent.

The first to step into the ancestral mausoleum, You Miao was always vigilant of the surrounding situation, until Xing Ji followed, and then softly said: "Someone wants to let my mother go."

You Miao's biological mother, You Jiu, has been imprisoned in the ancestral mausoleum for nearly a thousand years. Before today, except for bringing Xing Ji here once, You Miao had never told anyone about this place.

Xing Ji glanced at You Miao: "I didn't say anything."

"Of course I believe you." You Miao laughed, because the voice was very low, and coupled with the blessing of the echo in the close-closed space inside the tunnel, it sounded more magnetic and mysterious.

Hearing this, Xing Ji's heart moved, he was stunned, coughed, and then continued: "Do you know who did it?"

A lot of things have happened recently, and they are very frequent, maybe it was done by a group of people.

You Miao shook her head, and turned her eyes to the end of the corridor. The candles on the walls on both sides were flickering, combined with the sound of the wind sneaking in from nowhere, the atmosphere became more and more strange.

He rushed over soon after realizing that something had happened in the ancestral mausoleum. Apart from being attacked by the mausoleum guards, all the dark clouds and lightning seen in the Demon Emperor's Palace had disappeared.

"I still don't know what's inside, and I haven't found any clues."

In fact, he is still not sure if Youjiu has left at this point. Although the chains in the ancestral mausoleum cannot be opened without a key, the person who made such a big commotion under his nose has a cultivation base It's definitely not bad, maybe there is a way to help You Jiu break free.

Facts proved that his guess was right, the two walked to the end of the corridor, and found that the stone door was wide open, and there was no one inside, except for the broken iron chains.

You Miao stretched out her hand and felt a strange breath from the iron chain.

Xing Ji looked around, but did not find any special traces, "There was a lot of movement, but there were no clues left."

The two are somewhat contradictory.

Since someone can take You Jiu out so easily, it doesn't make sense to make it rainy and thunderous outside.

You Miao: "Maybe this is the necessary process for You Jiu to break free from the chain, or maybe they deliberately made a noise so that we can know that she escaped."

Xing Ji noticed that there was a strange rune on the stone on which Youjiu was bound before, so he twisted the red powder on it with his hands, silently, and agreed: "It's possible."

You Miao also saw runes, which consisted of many familiar symbols, but there was no pattern between them. He thought for a while, and he didn't seem to have seen anything similar, so he looked at Xing Ji, "Have you seen this? ?”

"No", Xing Ji shook his head: "It looks a little weird."

You Miao also had this feeling, it was weird.Because he knew part of the rune, which belonged to the most mysterious magic circle symbol of the monster race, but there were some more abrupt things around it, and the two were incompatible, wouldn't it be weird?

Xing Ji: "It looks a bit like the formation symbol of the Protoss, but it doesn't look like it in many places."

You Miao thought of something, raised his head suddenly, covered the part of the monster symbol with his hand, and then looked over with burning eyes, "Then what now?"

He covered the middle part of the circle of runes that belonged to the unique symbols of the Yaozu, leaving only the strange-looking part of the outer circle.

Xing Ji raised his head and suddenly realized, "It's a formation symbol that combines the human race and the god race!"

You Miao moved her lips, it seemed that they were facing more than one force, "Some people are really crazy."

Xing Ji deeply felt the same way, and integrated the runes of the three forces. This was a warning someone deliberately left for them.The breaking of the seal has not yet come, and some people can't help but want to muddy the water, and there are people from all ethnic groups getting involved.

After inspecting the situation in the ancestral mausoleum, You Miao and Xing Ji went out together, and when they reached the stone gate, he suddenly bent down and picked up something from the ground.

Xing Ji leaned over, "What is it?"

With the light of the fire on the stone wall, I saw a purple tung flower lying quietly in You Miao's palm.

After going out, Fan Yu and the others were still waiting outside, and when they saw the two coming out, Lan Pu was the first to ask, "What happened?"

You Miao: "A little trouble, it has been resolved."

Lan Pu didn't look like much, but it was obvious that You Miao didn't want to go into details, and didn't ask any more questions in front of everyone.

The master of Zong Yu, Hong Yi, was a tall man, because his original form was a golden eagle, even though he looked at others calmly, he still gave people a sharp and dangerous feeling.

He and Bai Li, the Lord of the Roaring Tiger, have never been interested in meddling in other people's business. The reason why he waited outside with everyone is just out of a little friendship from working together for many years.

Right now, Yu Miao himself said that it was fine, and the two looked at each other, neither of them had any intention of staying longer, so they said goodbye and left.

Fanyu is somewhat interested in the Zuling, in the past 1000 years, he has never heard of someone being imprisoned inside, but before he could move, he was stopped by Buzhou, and before he could speak, he was blocked first.

Buzhou looked at You Miao and smiled politely: "If there is nothing else, we will leave too.

When the four of them left one after another, Lan Pu turned his gaze away from You Miao and Xing Ji, and said with a half-smile, "Is there really nothing wrong?"

You Miao looked directly at the temptation in her eyes, and replied truthfully: "We can solve it."

"Also."Lan Pu tilted her head, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, "If you need help, don't forget to call me."

You Miao also smiled, "I will."

Lan Pu has always taken good care of him. Although he has a bad temper, he treats You Miao like a younger brother.

Xing Ji also knew about this matter, at first seeing Lan Pu so close to You Miao, he was a little awkward, but now he can face it with a normal heart.

You Miao took a step forward and found that Xing Ji was still staring at Lan Pu's direction in a daze. She patted his arm while laughing in her heart, "What are you thinking? Are you still leaving?"

Xing Ji came back to his senses, and looked elsewhere, "Lan Pu is not young anymore, I remember that she has been alone for so many years."

Lan Pu's age is indeed much older than them, almost the same generation as the previous Demon Emperor, but the Baihua clan has always lived a long life and doesn't show their age, so it looks no different from them.

You Miao: "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"

Xing Ji said that he was just curious, "Didn't she want to find someone to accompany her all these years?"

"Who knows?" You Miao turned around and walked towards the Demon Emperor's Palace, "Maybe I didn't meet the right person."

After finishing speaking, seeing Xing Ji's worried look from the corner of the eye, he couldn't help laughing, but at the same time, he didn't want him to keep thinking about it, "Sometimes I feel that when Lan Pu looks at me, it seems that he is looking at his son. .”

Xing Ji suddenly became energetic: "What did you say?"

"Lan Pu had a son before." You Miao cut to the chase, other people's affairs can't be used as talking points, he just needs to let Xing Ji understand that Lan Pu has no personal affair with him.

"Is that so?" Xing Ji didn't continue to ask about Lan Pu, he just secretly became happy, and he already understood the meaning of You Miao's words.

The depression that had been hidden in his heart for many years dissipated, and Xing Ji felt that the air around him was much fresher. He looked at You Miao with a smile in his eyes, "Where are we going now?"

You Miao looked down at the purple tung flower in her hand, "Go and get her back."

She was referring to Youjiu, Tonghua was the only clue she had left in the ancestral mausoleum, whether he wanted to lure them there on purpose or not, he had to go and have a look.

Xing Ji nodded, "Then let's find out where this tung flower came from."

With Youjiu's style of doing things, she would never leave something useless for no reason. She put a tung flower in the ancestral mausoleum, which must be her intention.

Ever since You Miao picked up the tung flower and held it in her hands, she has always had a strange feeling in her heart, as if she used to be like this, picking up something from a certain place and holding it up for someone to see.

It's just that this feeling is fleeting, when You Miao wants to see what the person in the picture looks like, it's like a dragonfly touches the water, causing circles of ripples on the water surface, floating, everything Dissipated.

This kind of feeling is not very pleasant, You Miao doesn't like it, he stared at Tonghua for a long time, until his eyes were sore, a picture suddenly appeared in his mind.

A village, a path, a tung tree, and the back of a woman under the tree...

He stood up suddenly, "I know where this thing came from."

Xing Ji saw You Miao so excited for the first time, "Did you find out?"

You Miao didn't know how to explain it, but just patted him on the shoulder, "Come with me."

After coming out of the Demon Emperor's Palace, You Miao took Xing Ji all the way to the east, passing through the sky above Lianshan City, and the two of them stopped outside a small village in the valley for about a quarter of an hour.

You Miao looked at the path in front of him. This is the only path to enter the village. There are paulownia trees planted on both sides. The tree at the entrance of the village is especially tall and lush. It seems that it has gone through a long time, and the dry and cracked bark is full of traces of time. .

At this time, it was mid-spring, and purple tung flowers bloomed on the tree, and the air was filled with a strong sweet smell.

A wooden board was hung on the paulownia tree at the entrance of the village, nailed to it with wooden nails. You Miao took a few steps closer to see clearly that the words "Tonghua Village" were written on it.

"Tonghua Village..."

You Miao unconsciously read these three words and stepped into the village.

On the other side, somewhere in the upper heavens, a man in black pushed open a door, came to a room with ease, stood outside the window, and told the person who could only see a blurred shadow about what happened at You Ning's full moon banquet. a series of accidents.

Standing in front of the window, the figure was silent for a moment after listening, and said, "You Jiu has already escaped."

The face of the man in black was covered by the shadow of the hood, and his expression could not be seen clearly, "She is not such an easy-to-control person, I don't understand why you insist on cooperating with her?"

The figure seemed to be playing with something, and the object in his hand was thrown and caught, "It's just a deal, I never expected her to really help us."

The man in black didn't understand: "If this is the case, why do we help her escape from the ancestral tomb?"

Figure: "In any case, she has fulfilled her promise, and the Wuqing incident is the best proof."

"The tasks at this stage have been completed well, and it's time to proceed to the next step."

The man in black: "Yes."

At the end of the conversation, the man in black walked out of the gate, hiding his body all the way to the lower realm, and when he reached the ancient land of Senqiu, he took off the hood on his head and looked in the direction of the red fox clan with deep eyes.

After standing outside the seal for a long time, the complex expression on his face faded, and changed into Ryusuke's usual indifference.