"Alas, Ye Han is going abroad again?!When did it happen??"

Zhou Wentao held the phone and hurriedly walked home.

"I just found out. Zhou Wenhai's voice rang from the other end of the phone. "And...... It seems that something very serious happened on the Ye family's side, Ye Han's uncle Ye Wu was arrested on suspicion of committing a crime......

...... Ye Wu arrested?

Zhou Wentao was stunned for a moment, and the scenes he had experienced before resurfaced in his mind, although he was not surprised by Ye Wu's arrest, but when he thought that person had been implicated in the incident involving demons, Zhou Wentao couldn't help but think of the mysterious blue-haired girl, as well as those capable people in dark blue uniforms.

The arrest of Ye Wu should have something to do with Qing Yu and them, right?

Zhou Wentao hesitated, since he and Ye Han experienced that nightmarish incident, he had been restless every day, not only because of Qing Yu's farewell again, but also because of the more frequent dreams every night since then, which made his nerves exhausted to the extreme.

"Hey, Wen Tao, are you listening?"

Zhou Wenhai's voice pulled Zhou Wentao back from his distraction.

"I, I'm listening......" Zhou Wentao hurriedly responded, raised his head and unconsciously glanced around, and suddenly noticed that some strange shadows flashed around him.

"Huh? What is that......?"

"What's wrong?"

"Ah, no, nothing, I'll be home soon, and we'll talk when the time comes. ”

Zhou Wentao hung up the phone, and suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart. He tried to keep his mind steady, and as he watched his surroundings, he quickened his pace.

Someone is following me? Could it be...... Devil??

Zhou Wentao was anxious, and his pace was getting faster and faster, but fortunately he quickly returned to the Zhou family's villa, and after entering his room, he didn't even have time to put his bag, so he quickly pulled the curtains, leaned against the wall and observed the movement outside.

It was quiet outside the villa, and there was not half a human figure.

…… My delusion?

Zhou Wentao's tense nerves were relaxed all of a sudden, and he put down his backpack and sat on the edge of the bed. The thrilling experience of these days has made him feel troubled, but he can't solve it, his intuition tells him that this kind of demonic and strange thing can't be spread around, and now that Ye Han has left, he has no one to discuss.

Xiao Ya ...... Would you believe me if I told you that? What else is ......there about my experience? What happened to me was ......

Zhou Wentao stood up hesitantly, took off his shirt, and looked his back in the mirror on the table.

Zhou Wentao in the mirror was unharmed, the injury he blocked for Ye Han a few days ago had already healed automatically unconsciously, and there was not even the slightest scar.

What's going on with this healing rate? I ...... Can it still be considered a "human"?

"Uh-huh......!!"

Under the mood swings, a severe headache suddenly surged into Zhou Wentao's head. In a trance, he seemed to see a monster that looked like a human being flashing in front of his eyes, a man with brown skin and black hair and a shadow that looked like a ginger were constantly shaking in front of his eyes, and at the same time, the figure of the girl who kept appearing in the dream was also slowly appearing in his mind.

These are...... What the??

Zhou Wentao covered his head and knelt on the ground in pain, the intermittent memory fragments gradually connected, and at that moment, a memory picture that had been buried in his heart for a long time finally surfaced.

The blood moon hanging high in the sky, myself lying on the sickbed, and the beautiful blue-haired girl who appeared on the windowsill.

"Qing, Qingyu, why are you here? Come down, it's dangerous......

"I'm here to say goodbye to you. 」

"Farewell, you...... Are you leaving?"

"Hmm...... I'm going back to my world, and your world...... It's time to get back on track. 」

The girl's eyes were clear and sad, and Zhou Wentao's surprised face was reflected in the cyan pupils.

"Wen Tao, forget me. 」

"Forget Qingyu, you? this—How is this possible? You see...... I'm drawing your portrait in my hand, and I want to give it to you as a gift......

"......" The girl looked at the sketch portrait in Zhou Wentao's hand, sadness and reluctance quietly flowed in her eyes, but soon this emotion was buried deep in her pupils, and when she looked at Zhou Wentao again, there was no hesitation in the girl's eyes.

"Thank you, Wen Tao. The girl's hands gently clasped Zhou Wentao's shoulders, and the crystal tears fell on Zhou Wentao's shoulders bit by bit along with the magic light lit up by her fingertips.

"I haven't been with you for long, but I'll never forget how you saved me...... Live well, goodbye......

"Pop ......"

The sketch paper in his hand slowly fell to the bottom of the bed, and in the cold moonlight, Zhou Wentao sat on the hospital bed with an empty expression, and the figure of the blue-haired girl disappeared into the night with the breeze outside the window......

"Blue Feather...... Qing Yu!!I remembered what happened in Yuanqiu Mountain...... And ......!!"

Zhou Wentao raised his head suddenly, crawled to the side of the bed like crazy, groping for something under the bed, the same room, the same location, and the "evidence" left at that time should exist there at this moment.

“……！！”

Zhou Wentao's movements suddenly stopped, and he slowly pulled out the sketch paper that fell under the bed, and the familiar brushstrokes depicted Qing Yu's gentle and beautiful face.

Zhou Wentao stared blankly at the sketch, shocked that he didn't even notice the demon shadow peeping at him outside the window. As the strange breeze gradually rose, the demon shadow disappeared in an instant, leaving Zhou Wentao alone holding the portrait, immersed in the recalled memories......

……

"Is it? Zhou Wentao regained his memory......

Lu Jingyi listened to the report on the other end of the phone, and his fingers lightly tapped the desktop.

"I see, I'll take care of this. ”

Hanging up the phone, Lu Jingyi leaned back in the chair and was silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

"The phone number of the logistics department?" Hongyuan's figure appeared beside Lu Jingyi.

"Yes. Lu Jingyi sighed softly. "After the 'Ghost Gate Incident', the logistics side quietly erased Zhou Wentao's memory, but it didn't have any effect; ”

"Is it immune to 'amnestics'? It's extremely rare, but it's ......not impossible," Hongyuan pondered.

"Speaking of which...... At that time, Zhou Wentao seemed to recover quickly after being seriously injured in Yuanqiu Mountain......" Lu Jingyi looked at Zhou Wentao's information in his hand and said slowly.

"It seems to be so...... What, do you have something to care about?"

"......" Lu Jingyi didn't answer, just stared thoughtfully at the photo of Zhou Wentao in the information, and when he spoke again, he had already changed the topic.

"Since things have come to this point, you can't just leave him alone. Lu Jingyi took off the single lens on his face and wiped it gently. "And with his relationship with Jiang Yao, if he is controlled by us, it may also be a constraint on Jiang Yao, after all, although that kid is not convinced by me, he is very affectionate to his friends. ”

"Is it 'constrained'? today's Jiang Yao...... Is there still a value in restraint?" Hongyuan shook his head and sighed. "This time he didn't know what happened to him in the Netherworld, he actually broke his qi veins, and now he doesn't want to use the 'power of the fierce beast', he can't even summon ordinary Shikami, he is actually a waste, and even the council is planning to give up on him......"

"It's a good thing for him not to be coveted by the council guys. Lu Jingyi smiled and put on her monocle again. "And although he was lucky enough to get the net of Hades this time, there are some 'hidden dangers' that are not removed for a day, and it is not a way to do it after all......"

Lu Jingyi said, lightly tapped the corner of the desktop, and a secret document suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

It was from an investigation report by Mu Jianyun.

"Not around the mountain, the cangwu tree...... And ...... 'Dragon Bone Key' ......" Hongyuan muttered, and soon she found a place of interest in her report.

"Although the 'Dragon Bone Key' that appeared this time was obtained by the Ye family from the 'Ghost Market', in fact...... 'Dragon Bone Key' appeared in the 'Ghost Market' ten years ago......?

Hongyuan's words came to an abrupt halt, her gaze swept over the lines of statements, and finally focused on the last photo of the report.

The photo shows an elegant-looking middle-aged man, but the man's age has been fixed ten years ago.

Jiang Huai...... Jiang Yao's stepfather!?"

A look of shock appeared on Hongyuan's face.

"Jiang Huai got the 'Dragon Bone Key' that can pass through the spatial barrier ten years ago, so ...... Wasn't it a coincidence that he and Jiang Yao entered Buzhou Mountain at the beginning?"

"Things are really getting more and more interesting......" Lu Jingyi stared at the man's photo, and there was a certain incomprehensible meaning in his deep eyes.

"Is it a 'ghost market'...... It seems that this 'drunken capital' has to be visited once......"

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A breeze shrouded the mist-shrouded mountaintops, and the shadows of the trees swayed, and the sound of leaves trampling through the mist, far and near. With a touch of bewitching red, a tall male figure appeared on the top of this vast expanse.

"You're here. ”

The silence of the top of the mountain was shattered by the sound of gluttony, and in front of his red-eyed vision, a pure white male figure was sitting on the edge of the cliff, just facing the mountains in the distance, motionless.

"Things have deviated from my previous estimates, and ...... Increasingly uncontrolled. ”

Gluttony said, slowly walking towards the figure.

"Is this a situation that you have foreseen a long time ago? Bai Ze. ”

The pure white figure of "......" seemed to move slightly, and finally slowly turned away.

Silver-white robe, silver-white long hair, silver-white pupils and eyelashes, and a face as pure as the first snow in the Tianshan Mountains...... It's just that there is no expression on this beautiful face, and the depths of those eyes as calm as a lake seem to reveal some indescribable vicissitudes.

"One of the 'Corpse Dogs' in Si You's body...... Has he already taken it in?" Bai Ze opened his mouth quietly.

"Not only that, but with the 'Swallowing Thief' he collected in Yuanqiu Mountain, and the 'Chiyou Main Soul' and 'Fetal Light' he owned, he has already collected one of Chiyou's souls and two souls. According to this trend, even if his physical cultivation reaches a certain level, I ......" Tao Tao paused, seemed to have some concerns, and did not continue.

"All in all, he can't withstand those powers at all, once he absorbs more and more Chiyou souls, I'm afraid he won't live long, and my plan will be far away!"

As long as the 'fetal light' is in his body, this trend is inevitable. Bai Ze said. "But if he is forced to strip off the soul of Chiyou, he will still die. ”

"Is it a dilemma...... But a dead man is not what I want. The gluttonous face suddenly became gloomy, and there was a cold cold light in his eyes. "This man...... Is it really the key to unlocking 'that answer'?"

"There can be nothing wrong with my 'prophecy'. Bai Ze shook his head slightly. "But I can only foresee the outcome, and I'm afraid the process will have to be explored by yourself. ”

"For more than a century, every day of my life I have been searching for 'that answer,' and I will not allow him to die until my wish is granted. ”

Gluttony said, casting his gaze on the tumbling sea of clouds, the cold wind on the top of the mountain blowing his red hair, and the expression on his face gradually recovered from the previous anxiety to an almost indifferent calm.

"Rustle...... Sand ......

The bitter cold wind once again swept up the leaves and blew them one after another. In a faint sigh that was almost inaudible, the pure white figure was once again left at the top of the mountain, and the red-haired man had faded away in the shadows of the woods, and finally ...... Disappear.

(End of "The Other Side of the Lethe River", next article, "Corpse Gu Mystery Chapter")