After coming down the mountain, I was pampered by two emperors!

"Long'er, what do you think of this place? It's easy to hide." Shu Rong took Long Jiaojiao's hand and motioned her to sit next to him.

"This place is not bad. I can clearly see the whole appearance of the priest." Long Jiaojiao looked around and found that this was the only place where she could hide.

"Long'er, you sit here and wait for Mei Xichen. I'll go find some water, otherwise we won't be able to hold on here for long." After saying that, Shu Rong leaped down.

At this time, Mei Xichen walked into the palace. He looked to both sides carefully, holding the sword tightly in his hand and not daring to relax at any time.

He found that there was no one in the huge palace, and the palace seemed empty without any separate rooms. It was just a circular empty space. There were some damaged murals on the walls and it was impossible to tell what was painted on them.

"This palace has probably been abandoned for a long time, but from the outside it looks like there are always people here." Mei Xichen murmured to himself.

As he walked further inside, a circular pattern in the open space in the middle caught his eye.

The pattern on the ground shows a huge python devouring several people in front of it, and then the souls of the devoured people fly up to heaven to enjoy paradise.

"What exactly is this painting depicting? What does it want to tell people? Is it related to Chi Heng?" A series of questions kept flashing through Mei Xichen's mind. Then he looked around carefully, but found nothing else.

He looked through the window. The sky was gradually getting dark, and the air was filled with the smell of blood and earth.

Mei Xichen knew what might happen here, so he quickly ran out of the palace.

At this moment, Shu Rong also ran into the yard and bumped into Mei Xichen. Under Shu Rong's guidance, the two came directly to the big locust tree.

"How is it, Mei Xichen, did you find anything?" Shu Rong asked in a low voice.

"I didn't find anything. I looked carefully inside and found nothing. There were just a few pictures on the ground that made people feel meaningful." Mei Xichen supported his chin with his right hand and fell into deep thought.

"There's nothing here. That's impossible. Did we go to the wrong place?" Shu Rong looked at Mei Xichen with suspicion.

"Not necessarily." Long Jiaojiao paused.

"Shurong, you may not know that everything you see in front of you is not necessarily real, and even if we are here, the scene may be completely different at night." Long Jiaojiao slowly explained to Shurong.

"Is that so? Then life here is much more complicated than in the human world," Shu Rong sighed.

"Let's not be anxious, just wait patiently. We can perform sacrifices here, so I'm sure we will gain something tonight." A very confident look appeared on Long Jiaojiao's charming face.

She sat between the two of them and gently pushed aside a branch with her hand, her eyes fixed on the ground below.

"Long'er, I thought about the content of the painting on the ground just now." Mei Xichen also came to his senses at this time. He might have been too absorbed in his thoughts just now and didn't talk much to Long Jiaojiao and Shu Rong.

"Mei Xichen, tell us what you've thought of. Please don't keep us in suspense, okay?" Shu Rong asked anxiously.

So Mei Xichen described the content of the painting he had just seen to Long Jiaojiao and Shu Rong.

"If that's the case, then Chi Heng is a giant python?" Shu Rong responded immediately after hearing this.

"You heard his name is Chi Heng, so it is possible that he is actually a red-chain snake." Mei Xichen responded.

"The red-banded snake is small in size, but the giant python is huge?" Shu Rong opened his mouth wide and described it in an exaggerated manner.

"What's the big deal? All animals that have become spirits are big in size, just like you, Long'er." Shu Rong chuckled.

"It's already this time and you still have the mood to joke. How many times have you seen Long'er's true form?" Mei Xichen glared at Shu Rong with a jealous look on his face.

Shu Rong immediately understood what Mei Xichen meant and deliberately said a few words in a serious tone, "This is too much, but the first time should be when Long Er broke into my bathroom while I was taking a shower."

"Ah? There is such a thing?" Mei Xichen looked at Long Jiaojiao beside him. He wanted Long Er to give him a reasonable explanation.

"Hey, Shurong, could you please say less?"

Long Jiaojiao pinched Shu Rong and then explained to Mei Xichen: "While you were asleep, I wanted to scare Shu Rong and make him give up the idea of ​​marrying me, so I used the clone technique to sneak to Shu Rong's residence."

Long Jiaojiao did not continue talking. After all, it was meaningless to talk about these things now.

"Did you hear that? Long'er was trying to scare you, but you stuck to him like a dog-skin plaster." Mei Xichen glanced at Shu Rong with contempt.

"Who told you? That was just the first time. You don't know that Long'er was recuperating at my master's place. At that time, she was a fox. I held her in my arms to sleep every day..." Before Shu Rong could finish his words, Long Jiaojiao's hand pinched his waist again.

"Long'er, why are you pinching me? Isn't what I said true?" Shu Rong asked back.

"Can't you just say less? Wouldn't it be better for you to pay more attention to the situation around you?"

"Long'er, has he seen your true form so many times? I've only seen it once, and that was when Lin Yingxue drugged you."

"Xichen, are you and Shurong still competing with each other on this matter?"

"Okay, then after we solve the current problem, I will show you my original form every day, okay?" Long Jiaojiao frowned speechlessly.

"That's not what I meant. Anyway, I think you should treat Shu Rong and I fairly."

"Okay, I will. From now on, both of you stay away from me. It will be fair if I don't see anyone." Long Jiaojiao didn't look at the two of them again, but leaned forward and concentrated on the situation in the distance.

The sky had become completely dark and the wind was growing stronger. Mei and Shu seemed to sense that something was going to happen, so they stopped bickering and instead focused their attention on everything in the yard.

About a cup of tea later, the flying yellow sand disappeared, and suddenly a dense crowd of people appeared. They lined up like wandering souls and walked into the yard one after another.

Mei Xichen looked up at the sky. At that moment, a big, round moon was hanging in the sky. Even without a torch, he could see everything around him clearly.

Led by four men in black, the group came to the sacrificial square in a mighty procession. They lit the surrounding braziers with torches.

In an instant, a large group of people knelt on the ground, muttering something silently.

"Long'er, why do these people look so strange?" Shu Rong patted Long Jiaojiao's hand and asked in a low voice.

"Those are not people, they are ghosts. Don't you see that they have no shadows?"

"Oh, yes, yes, I was wondering why it was so strange." Shu Rong suddenly realized and covered his mouth with his hands.