"Who are you, this guest?"

The innkeeper in front of Ye Gu, who was wearing glasses and a clean shirt and had a sven appearance, did not immediately take his token and coin. Instead, he pushed his eyes and asked with a strange expression.

"I am Ye Gu from the Imperial Capital Military Pavilion, and I have just returned from going out to the Imperial Capital on orders from Your Majesty, and I am arranged to stay here for a few days on your side. Ye Gu replied.

Such caution as innkeeper was not uncommon in the imperial capital, and even for Ye Gu, who was often in the military hall, it had long been commonplace.

"Your Excellency, please show me your documents. Boss Nasven asked Ye Gu.

"Wait, I'll look for it. Ye Gu said, reaching into his jacket pocket and rummaging through it.

After all, it has been half a month since he was no longer in the imperial capital, and Ye Gu did not have the opportunity to use his certificate. Fortunately, he finally found the somewhat wrinkled document in his trouser pocket.

"Is this it?" asked Ye Gu after reaching out and handing over the red paperwork.

"Oh, that's right, please wait, I need to make a note here. As you know, our inn doesn't have any signboards, and has always been reserved for Imperial soldiers. The innkeeper said, flipped through the red paper with the Imperial Soldier's ID written on it, turned to the page with the flag of the Flame Empire, took out the pencil next to him, and quickly wrote on a piece of paper that was not long in number.

"You also know that you only look at the documents here, not the tokens in the palace. This kind of thing can be forged, but the information on the document can be verified as long as it is provided to the officers above on a daily basis. The boss bowed his head and continued to write as he spoke.

"Strict caution is a good thing, and it is not easy for anyone to be in the imperial capital. Ye Gu sighed.

"Yes, it is rare to meet such a reasonable person as Your Excellency. ”

While he was talking, the innkeeper recorded the information on the Yegu Empire's military card. He put away the paper with one hand and returned the document to Ye Gu with the other.

"I remember that last time the soldier who came from the west was merciless, pointing at me and scolding me for a long time for this matter. If it weren't for the other soldiers next to him to take him away, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had this rare purity here. The boss said, taking out a key with the number "4" written on it from the drawer and handing it to Ye Gu.

"The second floor is on the left-hand side, if you have something to do, just come down and come to me. There aren't many waiters here, and I do a lot of things by myself. ”

Taking the key printed with the cute little dragon, Ye Gu felt a little strange.

"Is your hotel free? Why didn't you ask me for money?"

"Free? Oh, no, no, no, free stuff is always the most expensive. We are like this here, the Imperial soldiers come to live without a deposit, and there is no time limit. Wait until you leave to calculate the checkout. If you pay the bill yourself, you don't have to bother the commander of the military hall. If they come to check out, I'm afraid it will be a lot of trouble. Anyway, you don't have to pay now. The owner explained.

"Well, well, I don't know how long I'm going to stay. Anyway, it's about seven or eight days. Ye Gu put away the key and said.

"Seven or eight days? Is it just the time for Longqing to leave? I still advise Your Excellency, this year's Longqing is not as good as in previous years, I still suggest that you stay for a few more days, and wait for the limelight to pass. Have you heard? The Imperial Capital is already cleaning people up because of this matter. The boss's last words were almost completely suppressed to the point that only Ye Gu could hear them.

But Ye Gu just smiled politely and didn't pay much attention to it, but took out the imperial capital newspaper that Zhou Xing had given him before and waved it a few times.

"I know it, and I'm always paying attention to it. ”

"Very well, Your Excellency. Have a nice rest. ”

Walking through the not spacious front desk, stepping up the stairs with not many steps, and walking down the left-hand side of the second floor, Ye Gu could easily see the door number of the room with the number "4" on it.

"It seems that there are indeed few people here, and the room can be clearly represented by a few numbers. Ye Gu teased secretly.

With a "click", the sound of the doorknob wriggling on the outside, and the slightly delicate wooden door was easily opened by the key, Ye Gu finally saw the small room that would briefly belong to him for the next few days.

Stepping into the room, Ye Gu was not disappointed, nor did he feel any surprise. Like the inn's unassuming exterior, the interior furnishings are even more unremarkable.

But overall, it's pretty neat.

After all, it was just one room, with two small beds for one person and a small bathroom outside, and there was not even the slightest facility for entertainment.

Although most of the entertainment Yegu is not interested.

"I don't know how long it will take for Ye Qixing to come over, it is estimated that the carriage in the imperial capital will be parked. Ye Gu muttered to himself, took off the soldier's uniform on his body, and threw it aside.

I don't know if it was because I didn't have enough rest in the carriage just now, or because of the sleepiness accumulated from too many things during this time.

The hour hand of the small clock hanging next to him pointed between ten and eleven, and Ye Gu felt a strong sleepiness again.

Yawning, he didn't care about his image, put the thin quilt on his stomach, and lay on his back on the white single bed.

"Don't wait for him, you can go to them after you have rested and ask about something. Talking nonsense, I don't know if it was a dream or something else, Ye Gu's consciousness completely fell into a dream.

Outside the half-open window of his room, the summer sun was already a little dim, and the heat in the air was gradually replacing it with a stuffy heat.

Half-asleep and half-awake, Ye Gu's consciousness seemed to have returned to that dream, as if he had returned to the Nandu Dragon Realm.

With the auditory hallucinations and darkness of the prelude to the dream, his consciousness gradually shifted from a complete blur to a slight perception of the outside world.

Immediately afterward, this perception turned into a kind of whirlpool, pulling his tired body to keep moving at high speed.

I don't know how long it took for this rotation to gradually stop, and the darkness and haze in front of Ye Gu's eyes disappeared together. Instead, there is a sense of clarity and familiarity.

"In my dreams, how did I come back here. Ye Gu looked at the crisp surroundings and the vaguely visible air and land not far away, and muttered to himself.

"You're here again, I, ahem, I've been waiting for you for a long time. A voice with a clear desolation came from behind Ye Gu.

"Are you, Dragon?"

Following the voice, Ye Gu looked back.

The face and posture of the young man in front of him Ye Gu were very familiar, but he was dressed in a tattered outfit and covered with blood on his face, which still made Ye Gu uncertain for a while.

After all, at this moment, the dragon was full of scars from nowhere, and his wings were only half broken.

"That's right, I, cough, cough, I'm here to say goodbye to you. By the way, I will bring you a little news. Mixed with a violent cough, Long Yan still explained his intention.

"Goodbye, wasn't it in the Dragon Realm, wasn't it in Nandu's dream?" Ye Gu asked.

"The Dragon Realm was my soul saying goodbye to you that time, and it was my consciousness reminding you that time in the Southern Capital. But it was too rushed, and I had to leave in a hurry before I could finish it. This time, ahem, no matter what happens again, there are some things that I have to turn to your ears too. ”

Long Yan said, taking a few steps closer to Ye Gu.

"Yours, mine, and the world are running out of time. ”

"Why?" Ye Gu wondered.

"I felt the same wave of power that I had five hundred years ago. ”

"What power?"

"The power of darkness. Long Yan said heavily.

"Sure enough, it's the same thing I heard when I left the town. Ye Gu said with emotion.

"The message you hear is either vague or forgetful. Otherwise, you wouldn't be in a hurry to come to the Nandu Dragon Realm. Long Yan analyzed.

"I'm curious what your message is?" Ye Gu didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

"My message is not complicated, and there is only one point. ”

"What is it?"

"If the dragon clan can feel the dark breath, it proves that it is the resurrection of the dark king, and in addition, in the dragon clan's demon source power, there is no other force that can produce such a perception. You must know that the dragon's demonic power is usually fire, and it represents light. But the dark king only has the darkness corresponding to the light, and the two restrain each other, and large fluctuations must be perceived. ”

"What's the point where there's not much time?" Ye Gu continued to ask.

"When darkness falls, it brings only war. Even if the people in the capital of your human empire are resurrected, it will not stop this trend, and this is the time of the world. Long Yan explained.

"If there is not much time in the world, you and I will not have much time. Ye Gu guessed.

"Not really. ”

"What's that?"

"You don't have much time because you have our blood in your veins, and when our people are restored, you will no longer be you. And I don't have much time, because I don't have much magic power left to maintain consciousness. You know, after the collapse of the Southern Dragon Realm, we lost the source of sustaining our souls. The soul weakens, and consciousness ceases to exist. ”

Hearing this, Ye Gu didn't ask any more questions, nor did he question a lot, except for a kind of anxiety about Long Qing, there was only a faint sense of sadness left in his heart.

"I understand, you want me to stop Long Qing at the same time, but also always be on guard against the power of the Dark King. Although they are really like their names, they are still hiding in the shadows. Ye Gu analyzed, looking at Long Yan.

"That's right. As Long Yan spoke, his figure gradually darkened.

With the dimming of the dragon land, the dragon realm in Ye Gu's dream realm has also become an interweaving of illusion and nothingness.

"Are you leaving?" Ye Gu shouted, stretching out his hand and trying to grab the dragon in front of him.

But unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, he could only make the illusion more illusory, and make the void come faster.

"Thank you, thank you for all you have done for this humble balance. ”

With the last thanks before his consciousness dissipated, the figure of the dragon corpse completely dissipated in front of Ye Gu.

He knew that this face would never be touched again for the rest of his life.

......

After spinning violently again, Ye Gu's body could finally clearly feel the detachment from the dream.

Half-asleep but conscious, outside the door of the room he had entered not long ago, there was a strange and hurried whisper.

"Do you want to go in?"

"That's right, we quietly. As mentioned above, you must be careful when arresting him, he has a relationship with the dragon. ”