141 Treasure Hunting in the Dead of Night
The heavy rain gradually stopped, the night became more condensed, and in the silence, only the sound of dripping water from the eaves could be heard through the Xuan window into King Ning's study. There are many candles lit in the study, and the whole room is as bright as day.
"Father, the matter of going to get the Jiulin Devouring Heaven Sect today has not been known, maybe this thief is still in the mansion at this time. In this case, we might as well keep quiet and investigate carefully. If the thief had left the palace at this time, he would still not be startled. Xuan Jingyu said lightly, with no shock on his face.
Xuan Xi twisted the tiger's whiskers, his brows furrowed, and after thinking about it a lot, he finally nodded. It was worse than asking him to swallow his anger like this. But now, there is no other way but to follow Xuan Jingyu's method.
Xuan Jingyu saw that his father had agreed to his method, so he clapped his hands out of the window.
A dark shadow instantly appeared in the study.
"Qingli, secretly go to investigate the personnel changes in the palace in the past month, and no one is allowed to be missed, and you know what to do about the rest of the things." Xuan Jingyu said coldly.
"Yes!" The black shadow bowed.
Xuan Jingyu waved his hand, "Go down." ”
The shadow flickered, and then vanished.
Xuan Jingyu looked at Xuan Xi with a sad expression, "Father doesn't have to worry too much, there is Qingli to do this, as long as Jiulin Swallowing Heaven appears, he will definitely find a trace, and he will never be run away by the thief!" ”
Xuan Xi nodded, it could only be like this......
On that day, although the sky was still clear, the sun had a tendency to gradually set.
Yun Ruoxi sat on Po Yu's back, her cold little face had no expression, and a white hairball was hanging in front of her neck and she was sleeping soundly.
Yun Shaolou and the little dragonfly were carried by Tianzhu, walking slowly dozens of feet away from Yun Ruoxi, next to them was Rong Zhan with a comfortable face. The days of running around didn't make him look a little tired. But if I were someone else, I am afraid that I would have been too tired to straighten my waist.
Along the way, compared to Yun Shaolou's warm and flattering, Yun Ruoxi didn't pay attention to Rong Zhan, who came uninvited, and by the way, she rarely talked to Yun Shaolou and Little Dragonfly.
Before the sun set, the group finally arrived in a small city. It's not far from the sea, because the humidity in the air is noticeably higher. In the evening, everyone finally settled in an inconspicuous but clean inn.
The closer you get to Wuji Island, the worse the little dragonfly's complexion becomes, because when you reach the seashore, you cross a strait and the fairy forest is located.
Originally, I thought that this journey was very long, and it would take a long time to reach the fairy forest, but the little dragonfly could not have imagined that the speed of the two horned wolves was so fast, and it would take less than a month to reach the fairy forest.
Thinking about what she would face when she went back, the little dragonfly couldn't help but sigh.
Slightly different from other places, this small town may not be large, but it still has a lively night market in the evening. After dinner, Yun Shaolou saw that the little dragonfly was depressed, so he mentioned that he accompanied the bored little dragonfly out for a walk, while Yun Ruoxi rested alone in the room.
Yun Ruoxi walked to the window and gently pushed the window open with her bare hands. At the beginning of the night, the navy blue night was dotted with a few stars, and the cool white moon in the night sky was missing a corner. The cool breeze gusted, the clouds moved away, and the shallow halo in the night sky kept changing shape with the clouds, but no matter how it changed, there was an indescribable melancholy.
Yun Ruoxi leaned quietly in front of the window, her body was cool, her eyes were clear, she had been out for almost a month, and she didn't know if her home was okay. Although finding Wuji Tianzun within a year can relieve her mother's pain, but thinking about this is so rare, before you know it, a month has passed, and I really can't delay any longer.
Besides, the situation on Shan's side has not been clear, and I think that the rootless water may have moved its position. If so, it will be even more difficult......
Yun Ruoxi sighed lowly, and in her deep thought, she didn't notice the unbearable gaze in the deep moonlight that was not far from her.
Rong Zhan quietly leaned on the doorpost under the courtyard porch, his body was hidden in the dark, his fair skin was still slightly clear even in the absence of light, his handsome facial features showed a touch of tenderness, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were smiling, and the temperament exuded from his body was a little complicated, a little lazy and a little fascinating.
The deep eaves and doorposts were a great shield for him hidden in the shadows, and from his vantage point he could see her window, which was difficult for her to spot.
He raised his face slightly, and his eyes looked at the small window on the second floor diagonally opposite. Tonight, he had been standing here for a long time, but he didn't expect her to really open the window, and he saw her cool face, which made him a little excited.
And her sigh made him frown in the night.
She was as green as water, her white cheeks were even cooler in the moonlight, her eyelashes seemed to have a layer of frost, and her small mouth was tightly pursed without sex appeal but very charming, which almost blinded him, and his whole body was clenched for a while. What is she grieving about? He almost couldn't help but want to come forward and ask, but as soon as such a thought arose, he was suppressed by himself.
Thinking of the awkward appearance of the girl along the way, Rong Zhan couldn't help but laugh secretly, was he so unkind to her? It's hard for her to walk for so long, she hasn't said a word angrily, and even with Yun Shaolou and the little dragonfly, she also suffered the disaster of the pond fish.
Rong Zhan carefully held his breath so that it was not exposed, and looking at her quietly like this actually made his heart feel a kind of satisfaction.
After a while, the faint noise from the streets gradually dissipated, and the lights in the town were scattered and the small lights in the houses of the travelers were almost all extinguished, and the night was getting deeper and deeper.
Yun Shaolou and Little Dragonfly had already returned to the inn, and after saying hello to Yun Ruoxi, they returned to their respective rooms to rest.
Yun Ruoxi only felt that the candles in the house were flickering and dazzling, so she turned off the lights and still sat in front of the window.
The whole city was almost completely asleep. Under the cold moonlight, it seemed that only her in the window and him in front of the porch were left.
Just when Yun Ruoxi came back to her senses and was about to close the small window and go to bed, a figure suddenly appeared in the courtyard.
Yun Ruoxi immediately turned her figure slightly sideways and hid herself, but her eyes were firmly fixed on the black shadow.
The man, dressed in a black night robe and covering his face with a black cloth, looked around cautiously, and when no one noticed, he cautiously came to a room on the second floor.
The man in black took out a quail egg-sized object and lit it, and a thin invisible green smoke slowly rose. Then he gently poked a small hole in the window paper with his fingers, sending the igniting green smoke into the room.
Yun Ruoxi's consciousness was opened, and he found that this person was actually using an incense illusion mirror. The magic mirror on the mainland is extremely rare, and ordinary thieves can't afford to enjoy it, and it seems that this person is not an ordinary person. She half-narrowed her phoenix eyes and stared closely at the other party's movements.
After a few breaths, the effect of the magic mirror began to appear, and the man in black hurriedly put away the magic mirror, took out a delicate knife from his body, came to the door, and picked open the door valve inserted from within it in three or two clicks.
In a flash, he entered the room and closed the door from the inside.
Suddenly, a deep, thick red light flashed in the room, which looked very strange in the dark night.
Yun Ruoxi's eyes were slightly enlarged, her heart suddenly moved, and she jumped out of the window with a flash of lightness, and instantly came to the roof of this glowing room.
Of course, Rong Zhan also saw this strange brilliance, and a strange feeling also rose in his heart, just like Yun Ruoxi's movements, he stepped into the void and came directly to Yun Ruoxi's side as if he was teleporting.
The difference between the movements of the two was only a second, almost front and back.
As soon as Yun Ruoxi stood still, he found that someone suddenly appeared beside him, his heart trembled, and he subconsciously wanted to attack, but when he looked closely, he saw that the person who came was Rong Zhan, and the raised hand was subconsciously put down gently.
Rong Zhan put his finger between his lips, made a "shhh
He stood beside her, the smile on his lips widening, and then he crouched down lightly on the roof, carefully lifted a tile, and looked in.
Yun Ruoxi's brows furrowed, she looked at the place where Rong Zhan appeared, her eyebrows moved slightly, it seemed that he had been there for a long time. However, the current situation did not allow her to think too much, and seeing that Rong Zhan was already lying on the tile and looking inward, she also knelt down lightly.
Inside the house, the man in black was uncovering the lid of a box that looked very heavy, and in the box lay a vessel that looked like a food container, shining with a dark red glow.
Yun Ruoxi narrowed her eyes, her heart was shocked, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
Although he didn't know what the item in the box was, from the aura emanating from this item, Yun Ruoxi concluded that it was an artifact!
Rong Zhan raised his eyes and looked at Yun Ruoxi's eager gaze staring at the artifact, and his heart moved. Since the girl likes it, then he will bring it to her, not to mention, this thing is of great benefit to the girl!
Thousands of miles away, inside King Ning's mansion.
Ning Wang Xuanci was discussing with Shi Zi Xuan Jingyu in the study, and suddenly, the two of them raised their heads at the same time, their eyes widened in disbelief, and they exclaimed in unison: "Jiulin swallows the sky!" ”
Although the successive generations of the Ning Wangfu did not really understand the secret of the Nine Forests Swallowing Heaven, they were really worried that the Nine Heavens would be coveted by some people or forces, so they found a strange person hundreds of years ago and used a secret technique to link the breath of the Nine Forests Swallowing Heaven with the bloodline of the descendants of the Royal Mansion.