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Seeing Long Ying, Ji Yunchan glanced behind him first, but did not see Jiang Baizhou.

She was a little disappointed, but not too obvious.She made a shy look in front of Longying, lowered her head, and called softly: "Mr. Long."

Long Ying: "..."

"you……"

"I have something to tell you!" Ji Yunchan quickly interrupted him to prevent him from asking questions.

Long Ying vaguely understood, is someone listening?

Sure enough, Ji Yunchan's tone seemed to be reciting the libretto from a playbook, and she said, half-truthfully, "Mr. Long, I have never dared to tell you. In fact... my family has a secret that is not passed on to the outside world. You may not believe it if you tell it. But it is absolutely true, if you are willing to...be married to me, you will know it sooner or later."

Long Ying asked cooperatively: "What secret?"

Ji Yunchan paused for a moment: "Have you heard of King Beixiao?"

Long Ying said: "I have heard it a little bit."

Ji Yunchan said: "King Beixiao disappeared for no reason after he successfully rebelled back then. It is widely rumored among the people that he became a god and became an immortal. He left the emperor alone and went west. The truth about his disappearance is confusing and uncertain. A few years ago, my father met him by chance. An ancient tomb, suspected to be the tomb of the nobles at the northern foot 1000 years ago. A book was unearthed in the tomb, which recorded the secret of King Beixiao’s disappearance—he has indeed become a fairy.”

"..."

Long Ying is not good at acting, but she saw that Ji Yunchan kept her head down, her hands tightened her clothes, her shoulders trembled faintly, and she was still reciting the "libre": "If he hadn't become a fairy, how could he disappear without a trace in the world? My father Following the clues in the book, I found the remains of King Beixiao after his death... Are you listening?"

"Well, you continue to talk." Long Ying responded.

Ji Yunchan said: "There are five relics, one of which is near Buixing Town, and the other four are far away. Even if you take the fastest carriage, it will take dozens of days to arrive. My father sent people to investigate and found five relics Almost every li has a glimpse of a spiritual spring, some murals, and some gold and silver treasures. Those murals... are painted with the picture of King Beixiao riding a crane."

These were things that Long Ying had never heard of, and he was concerned about those who were listening secretly, so he chose an appropriate sentence and asked, "Why did you tell me this all of a sudden?"

Ji Yunchan said: "Although we have known each other not long ago, I...I fell in love with you at first sight."

"..."

Ji Yunchan almost bit her tongue, and Long Ying felt goosebumps all over the floor. He suspected that if she said this sincerely, Jiang Baizhou should be the one to confide in, and thinking about it would be even harsher.

Ji Yunchan also said reluctantly: "I am worried about your safety, lest you fall into crisis. Because... my father imitated the way of King Beixiao becoming an immortal, and failed many times. He has been looking for a way to succeed. Recently, there is There is no progress, but we just need someone to help him. He has taken a fancy to you, it is a dangerous task, if you are not willing, we may... can't..."

Ji Yunchan hid the second half of the sentence, then paused and said, "That's why I invited you to meet, to tell you everything, and let you make your own choice."

Long Ying fell silent.

Every sentence Ji Yunchan said was arranged by Ji Shixiong in advance, so what kind of response did he hope to give when he made this arrangement?

In other words, in Ji Shixiong's eyes, what kind of person should Long Ying be?

A love that is not afraid of danger for a beautiful woman to smile?

Or a villain who was attracted as soon as he heard that he could achieve Taoism and immortality, and coveted the ruins of King Beixiao through the love between men and women?

The former seems far-fetched, and Ji Shixiong may not fully believe in his affection.The latter is quite human.

Long Ying followed her and asked, "How can the Hall Master need my help? Where is the danger?"

Ji Yunchan said: "This... I can't explain a word clearly, I'll take you to see it."

Long Ying was surprised: "Take me there?"

Ji Yunchan said: "It just so happens that my father is away on business, we can go to his secret room to check while he is away, what do you think?"

Ji Yunchan said these words like a marionette, and at the same time desperately hinted at Long Ying with her eyes, telling him to refuse.She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and even held Long Ying's arm, making a gesture to push him back.

"Don't agree."

"do not go."

Ji Yunchan shouted silently, but Long Ying turned a blind eye to her explicit hints. He seemed to be obsessed, knowing that she was a puppet, and everything she said was to lure him into tricks, yet she agreed straightforwardly and said, "Okay."

Ji Yunchan drooped her shoulders dejectedly, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

She didn't know Long Ying that well, and she didn't know what kind of person Long Ying was. She trusted Jiang Baizhou because she trusted him.But thinking about it carefully, in fact, she is not that familiar with Jiang Baizhou.

Who does she know well?

no one.

She has no friends at all.

No one cared what she thought, and no one listened to her.

Ji Yunchan led the way, and Long Ying followed behind.

This time she didn't enter through the west gate of Feiguang Palace, but walked through a secret door.

This door was also arranged by Ji Shixiong.

Still feeling uneasy, she tried to persuade Longying a few more words, and said in a roundabout way: "My father's secret room is very big, and the road is a bit far away. If he comes back halfway through the visit, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."

"It doesn't matter." Long Ying said indifferently.

"..."

Ji Yunchan was dumb, unable to struggle, so she could only follow her father's arrangement to lure Long Ying into the secret room.

Ji Shixiong's secret room is in his study.

They entered through the window, and Ji Yunchan tapped on vases, desks, bookcases and other places. After finishing, the ground mechanism opened, revealing a secret passage that one person could sneak into.

"Go down from here?" Long Ying was slightly surprised.

Ji Yunchan said: "The secret room is below, you... get ready."

Long Ying looked down cautiously, it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything.

Ji Yunchan still didn't give up, and wanted to persuade him: "It's better to forget it, in fact—"

Before the words fell, there was a light "click" sound outside the window, accompanied by the sound of liquid gushing out, there was a trace of terror in the crispness, inexplicably reminiscent of behaviors such as beheading and amputating arms, it was extremely weird.

Long Ying didn't know what it was, but Ji Yunchan shook suddenly, as if she had received some kind of warning signal, she immediately shut up, walked forward quickly, and personally led Long Ying into the secret passage.

The secret passage was dark at first, but the deeper it went, the wider it became, and the light became brighter.

At the end is a stone room, which is very large, several times larger than the study room on the ground. There are several oil lamps hanging on the wall, illuminating the entire secret room without leaving any shadows.

As they stood still in the secret room, there was a sudden "boom" above the secret passage, and the entrance was closed.

Probably because the monitor didn't come in, Ji Yunchan stopped pretending and gave up on herself: "Okay, the two of us don't want to go out again."

Long Ying glanced behind her: "It's the three of us."

Ji Yunchan was taken aback: "What?"

Seeing Jiang Baizhou walking out of the shadow behind Long Ying, as if appearing out of nowhere, Ji Yunchan was startled, her eyes turned red when she realized it, and she immediately rushed to his side: "Brother Zhou! How did you follow in here?"

Jiang Baizhou didn't answer this question. He looked around and found that the secret room was empty, with nothing but cold walls and oil lamps. He couldn't help but ask, "What's your father's plan? What are you doing here?"

Ji Yunchan saw him as if he had seen a savior, and grabbed his hand and refused to let go, her voice was low and eager: "My father said that the secret of the ruins has been known to others, and he will never let others succeed first. He originally wanted to take Longying. To be a new experimental product, but the time is tight, even if Long Ying volunteers, it is too late to make him a half-armored man, it is a delicate job, at least two or three months, at most four or five months, to make his The body no longer rejects the machine..."

"So?" Long Ying stepped in and separated the two of them, not allowing Ji Yunchan to hold onto Jiang Baizhou.

But Ji Yunchan didn't listen at all, hid on the other side and hugged Jiang Baizhou's arm, and continued, "So after discussing with the Huang Sect Master of Jishu Sect, he decided to try a risky method, the 'living dead method'."

"What is the 'Law of the Living Dead'?"

"It is to cut off your limbs and forcefully install mechanical limbs. If you do this, your body will not fit the machinery, but they don't care, and they can't feel the pain on your body. And most of you will bleed to death. They want to What they do is to put you into the spiritual spring before you die, if you die, it means failure, if the spiritual spring can renew your life, it means their method is right."

"..."

Jiang Baizhou and Long Ying were horrified when they heard this, Long Ying was puzzled: "Then this secret room...?"

"He wants you to be voluntary throughout the whole process and take the initiative to cooperate in absorbing the power of the spiritual spring, so you have to wash away your memory and instill a new personality in your mind, so that you will listen to him wholeheartedly... just like you did to me back then."

As Ji Yunchan's words fell, mist suddenly began to seep from the stone wall of the secret room, very fine and green, one after another.

"This is connected to the pharmacy." Ji Yunchan pulled Jiang Baizhou back instinctively, trying to avoid the fog.However, there is nowhere to hide, they drilled out of the wall like devils, spread in the huge secret room, and gradually filled it.

"It's poison. If we take too much, we won't remember anything and become a simple-minded fool. ——Brother Zhou! What should we do?"

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The progress of these chapters seems a bit slow, but they are all necessary foreshadowing, tears qaq