Just as Ann Xiaoyu and the others began to feast and quickly develop their relationship with their new friends through food, a similar private banquet was quietly going on in another room on the top floor of the club.

The lights in the room were a little dim, not as bright as An Xiaoyu's side, and it seemed that the lights were deliberately dimmed, so that everyone could only see the eyes and expressions on each other's faces if they stared carefully. At the other end of the room, there was the sound of the kitchen slowly frying meat, and at the other end, there was the occasional sound of tobacco burning.

The smell of grease and the mist of cigarette smoke gradually spread from the two corners of the room to the entire room, and two people sat on the sofa in the middle, one of whom was unbuttoned, revealing the soft material vest inside, and the wine glass in his hand did not move.

Suddenly, the person holding the wine glass shrugged his nose twice, his brows furrowed slightly, the hand holding the wine glass trembled, and the ice cubes inside hit the wall of the glass, making a crisp sound, and the man holding the wine glass spoke: "Smoke!" Draw out! Draw out! You can't quit? ”

The old man sitting in a small chair in the corner held a lightly burning cigarette butt in his hand, puffed out two smoke from his nostrils, opened his mouth and smiled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth under his wrinkled face, and smiled with yellow teeth: "I'm old, unlike the work you still have, there are less than ten years left, I have to withdraw my book." ”

The man holding the wine glass scoffed: "If you hadn't smoked all day, you would have lived for a hundred years!" ”

A mouth full of yellow teeth just laughed, laughing and choking on phlegm, coughing hard, coughing full of phlegm, the man holding the wine glass was full of disgust, and stopped talking to him. The man with the playing card in his hand on the other side glanced at the old man with yellow teeth, and said with a smile: "Don't look at him coughing up his lungs, he will not only live for a hundred years!" ”

At this time, in a shadow in the room where the light could not be found, someone coughed lightly, and when he heard this cough, the man holding the wine glass and holding the playing cards stopped speaking, and took a deep puff of cigarette with yellow teeth, calmed his throat that wanted to cough, and waited for the other party to speak.

The man in the shadows whispered, "Okay, how many years have you three been fighting, is it interesting?" ”

All three laughed twice and did not refute. They have been friends for many years, including the other person in the room who hasn't spoken yet, although some like to quarrel, some are silent, but they know each other well, and the loss of two sentences will enhance the relationship.

The man in the shadows continued: "One of the reasons why I brought you old fellows together this time is because I haven't seen each other for a long time, and I know that you are all busy, so busy that you haven't seen each other for a few years. Kuroko, in particular, has suffered on the territory of the Western Alliance, and he may not be able to come back for many years. ”

"So I prepared what you like today, Meihua doesn't lack anything, I don't care about him, in addition, Lao Huang likes the old cigarettes, pursues the favorite wine, and the imperial food that Kuroko likes. Kuroko hasn't been back for four years, so I guess I miss the food in my hometown a lot, right? ”

In the kitchen, there was a sound of vegetables falling into the oil pot at the right time, and the person who had not spoken raised his head and laughed softly, his eyes reflecting the faint light in the darkness, which looked particularly blurry. But if you look closely, you will see that his eyes are different from everyone's, his eyes have no whites, and the whole eyeball is as black as the pupil, he is called Black Pupil.

Black Pupil, few people in the empire know about his existence, or these five people in the room, except for the plum blossom poker, few people know that there are still such four people in the world, and the five of them jokingly call themselves the conspiracy squad, among which the conspiracy behind the black pupil is the most huge.

At the time of birth, Hitomi Kurotomi almost scared the nurse at the hospital to death, because his appearance was so weird. The skin is brown when born, because the fat layer is not enough, the cyan veins leave fine patterns on the skin, and the tiger teeth are very long, which can be exposed with a smile.

The most important thing is that he has a pair of terrible eyes, all parts of the eyeballs are black, and when the doctor examined him, he found a total of sixty-four pupils on his eyeballs, which means that his vision and ability to distinguish are almost thirty times that of a normal person.

At the time, such a newborn caused an uproar in the Empire, and many believed that it was a wild species left behind by the alien races of the Western Alliance who came to the Empire. Kurotomi's father abandoned Kurotomi because of this, his mother was terrified, and later because she missed her child, she died of depression before the confinement was over.

Later, Hei Tong was handed over to the Ministry of Supervision for guarding and examination, and it was found that he was no different from a normal person except for the difference in his body, and generally speaking, he was the same as a six-fingered person. So when he was five years old, he was adopted by the previous central commander of the Ministry of Supervision, and together with this central commander, he was raised as the heir.

Hitomi has shown amazing insight and delicate mind since he was a child, and due to his appearance and ability, the Ministry of Supervision sent him to a secret clan to begin infiltrating the Western Alliance. Black Hitomi has also lived up to the expectations of the previous Central Commander, and has been in the Western Alliance all these years, gaining a certain status, and has never been discovered by other races.

And his senior brother became the central commander of the Ministry of Supervision and became the one who sat in the shadows. Because he likes to sit in a dark corner, they call him Shadow from a young age. In fact, he doesn't have a name, everyone calls him Shadow, so he is just a shadow.

Shadow and Black Pupil are cultivators, cultivating profoundly, and in these two positions, they have been sitting for hundreds of years. During this time, they met a lot of great people and amazing talents, and they sifted through these talents, and finally left the rest of the three people in the room.

The man with the wine glass is named Xu Fengxing. Everyone in the world knows that Jiudaoguan Company is the initiator, pioneer and guide of the Imperial Mecha, and Jiudaoguan Company, as the Empire's mecha R&D and manufacturing company, is already a technology giant of the Empire.

But no one knows, even the descendants of the Xu family can only be passed down by word of mouth from the previous heads, and the Xu family of Jiudaoguan also has an ancestor who is a great cultivator alive. This person is Xu Fengxing.

It can be said that it was Xu Fengxing who supported the Jiudaoguan Company alone, and established the implementation plan for the construction of the mecha through the relationship between the shadow and the black pupil. After establishing the Jiudaoguan Company and producing the first three batches of mechas, Xu Fengxing declared that he wanted to wander and practice, and no one ever found him again.

And now, he sat on the sofa in the middle, holding a wine glass and tasting the wine that the shadow had prepared for him, although he was hundreds of years old, he was still the same as he was back then, and those people had long since turned to dust.

Lao Huang, whose mouth is full of yellow teeth, is named Bei Huang, the genius of the first Mi family who has not been born for 5,000 years, and the dream of all cultivators. Bei Huang is different from others, he has been working on the bright side, and he has led almost eighty percent of the cultivation forces in the entire empire, including the cultivation schools of every school, including most of the cultivation families that have been passed down.

As the cultivation leader of the empire, Bei Huang is not as good as others think, fairy wind and bones, and the appearance of a master, but he is unkempt, looking like a bad old man, with gray hair scattered on his head, a thin body wearing tattered and wide clothes, and always holding an old-fashioned cigarette roll in his hand.

Since the Empire banned tobacco 300 years ago, few people have been able to smoke real cigarettes, and instead of cigarettes are a variety of healthy e-cigarettes that simulate the cigarette experience. But in Lao Huang's view, e-cigarettes are evil, and this is what should be banned.

The real name of the club holding the poker is three thousand plum blossoms.

The empire had no one with the surname three thousand, except for the royal family. As a descendant of the founder of the Three Thousand Empire, the Three Thousand Plum Blossoms, he is now the elder of the entire royal family, and even the current emperor has to call him a great-grandfather. This is an emperor of great talent.

But his prowess was not in the control of imperial power, but in the foresight of the future development of the entire empire. Many of the decisions made by the five members of the conspiracy team were first set by the three thousand plum blossoms before they were implemented.

Such five people, the central commander of the Ministry of Supervision, the presidential decree of the enemy of the empire, the head of the Taishang of the Nine Dao Pass, the leader of the national cultivation world, and the royal ancestor, they got together, just the day before the opening of the Three Thousand Academy, the next moment when the dust of the soot incident was completely settled, what kind of important things did they have to discuss?

The sound of stir-frying in the kitchen is getting louder and louder, and the whole room seems to be starting to become hot even in the dark. Shadow opened his mouth and continued, "We'll have to wait a little while for dinner, so let's talk about the second thing by the way." ”

Although the shadow said by the way, the four people in the room knew that this was just his habit of pretending to be relaxed, and what he said next must be the most important thing. But none of the things they have done in the past few hundred years have not had a profound impact on the empire, so the atmosphere in the room is exceptionally relaxed.

"You all already know what has happened in the imperial capital recently, this is what I designed, and there is even a tomb keeper intervening. The anti-court organization, the disease of scabies, is not to be worried, but judging from this incident, the first royal family has become traitors, which shows that the disease of the empire has penetrated deep into the bone marrow. ”

"If a disease that penetrates deep into the bone marrow is not cured, it will be a disaster for thousands of years. Now we old guys are still there, and we can still hold up the scene, but you must know that the empire has been around for 10,000 years, and there have been five of us in total, which has allowed the empire to use mecha to integrate technology and cultivation, and become truly no longer afraid of aliens. ”

"Sooner or later, we will die, you will die, everyone will die, what happens after we die? What about the Empire? You should all know what it will become in the end if these sanctimonious families are allowed to steal the power of the court step by step and scrape off the empire. ”

The first sequence of families stealing the rights of the court and dividing up the interests of the empire will only lead to the division of lands in the end, turning an entire empire into a hypocritical alliance of countless family fiefs as kings, just like the interracial alliance in the western part of the continent, it is no longer an indestructible whole.

"And that's not all...," Shadow sighed and continued: "Behind the 'soot incident', I have also found some other clues, and I always feel that behind the anti-court organization and Wang Sheng, there is a hand pushing things forward. ”

"The grave keeper should and should be aware." He paused for a moment, saw that the expressions on the faces of the four people were not serious, and added, "Yu Shou has also noticed something. ”

The four of them were shocked, and the three thousand plum blossoms thought of the seriousness of the matter more quickly than them, and he stood up abruptly and asked loudly, "Yu Shou really made a move?" ”

The shadow bowed down, and half of his upper body emerged from the shadows, and they saw the gloomy expression on his face, and he nodded: "Yu Shou has come out of the Three Thousand Books Sea, and contacted No. 719, the frost wolf and the dust wolf were born at the same time, and he also accepted an inexplicable apprentice, and the frost wolf is on his little apprentice's body." ”

Three thousand plum blossoms were dumbfounded, Yu Shou actually accepted the apprentice, which was even more terrifying than Yu Shou's birth, he took a step and walked around the room, pinching his chin and thinking. The other three looked at him, knowing that this was his way of thinking about important issues, and didn't bother, and the shadow continued.

"From the court to the family, many people began to be involved in this incident, and this disciple of Yushou also played a great role, from the third Wang family to the first Jiang family, and then to the Military Commission and the Ministry of Supervision, they all began to be more or less implicated in her."

"Even Yi Wuyan's kid came out, just to make a deal with her?"

Xu Fengxing was especially interested in these strange people, and asked with a smile, "Oh? Easy to be speechless? Is that the wordless kid who started without saying a word? Hehe, that's interesting, what deal did he make with this girl? ”

Shadow explained: "You should all know that the Yi family has now become ordinary people in order to preserve the family bloodline, but the Yi family's old mansion is still preserved, and it is guarded by a vegetative person and an old servant with a branch. ”

Several others nodded in agreement.

"Yi Suiren is already old, and he can't last much time. To be honest, his talent is good, but unfortunately he has no luck, his cultivation has not been improved, and he only has more than 20 years left to live. When Yi Suiren died, did the Yi family rely on a sleeping pod to support the façade? ”

"So Yi Wuyan made a deal with Yu Shou's disciple, he came to help testify about Wang Sheng and Wang Le's affairs, and Yu Shou's disciple wanted to wake Yi Zhe up after Yi Suiren died. It's a simple deal, but things are clearly not as simple as they seem. ”

After pacing for a long time, the three thousand plum blossoms slowed down and said slowly: "Since the Great War of the Ten Thousand Clans, Yushou has rarely appeared in front of the world except for responding to our requests, and now that he is born, the most important thing is that he has accepted apprentices, you must know that the tomb keepers will never accept apprentices, they are eternal!" ”

"And the most important thing is that this disciple of his, who has no consciousness of being a grave keeper at all, is involved in all parties, and is also involved in a lot of old things, what does this mean?" Sanqianmei's brows furrowed.

The shadow nodded: "That's true, the tomb keeper is eternal, as long as he is alive for one day, he will always be the tomb keeper, they will not accept apprentices, they will not marry and love, they will not have children, and they will guard the balance of heaven and earth for the rest of their lives, but Yu Shou is now taking the lead and taking the initiative to break the law of the tomb keeper, there must be some key existence in this." ”

Bei Huang didn't care: "Maybe he's just bored and wants to come out to play the world?" Don't forget, Yushou is different from the tomb keeper, he has seven emotions and six desires, has his own ideas, and even sometimes even God can't clean him up, holding it for 10,000 years, who can stand it? ”

Xu Fengxing said: "What Lao Huang said is not unreasonable, Yu Shou is different from other tomb keepers, he wants to come out, God can't help it." Just a few days ago, we detected the coming of Heavenly Punishment, and at that time, Tamamori had disappeared for two or three days. ”

"That is to say, the change in the 'soot incident' is behind the promotion of Yumori? But what did he do? Didn't things go smoothly according to the shadow's plan? Beige asked.

Shadow, Xu Fengxing, and Three Thousand Plum Blossoms also pondered, and everyone realized that things were not as simple as they could have learned. Including the anti-imperial court, including the family, and even the alien races of the alliance, they are confident to control, but when it comes to the jade guard...

"Zhongtian Lingyu guards, left and right frost and dust wolves.

Black and white impermanence, the king of ghost hunting in all directions.

Eight Desolation Tomb Keepers, 100,000 Guardian Halls..."

Three thousand plum blossoms sighed: "All in all, Yushou must have a purpose in this birth, if necessary, you can contact him." But it was difficult for Yumori to know anything, and the most important thing was his apprentice. ”

Xu Fengxing said: "Her name is An Xiaoyu, she was born in the Eastern Wilderness, and when she walked out of the Eastern Wilderness, she happened to meet a branch of the 'Origin Project', and fell in love with the leader of the branch. ”

"It's not impossible." The shadow said: "All these years, we have not found out the hands behind the back, and he doesn't seem to want to completely put the empire in a catastrophe, I think, is this pair of hands just waiting for the appearance of Yushou?" His purpose is actually Tamamori? ”

"From the anti-court cabinet organization to the origin plan, the things that have been set off by these hands are really a headache, and it is not easy to solve an anti-court cabinet, if we can expose some clues, we can follow the vine and find the people behind it, but it's a pity..."

Bei Huang smiled, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth: "If I find him, I will directly beat him to death, and he will be a hundred." ”

"In short, there are three things we have to do now, one is to contact Yu Shou and his apprentices as soon as possible, even if we can't understand Yu Shou's purpose, we must make sure that this matter is under our control as much as possible, so as to deal with major events that may occur in the future."

"The second thing is to deal with the remnants of the 'soot incident' as soon as possible, and find the clues of the hands behind the scenes. At the same time, put all the families of the empire within our surveillance, and prevent those hands from creating organizations like the anti-court cabinet, otherwise the major diseases will not be small, and the empire's body will collapse. ”

"The last thing is to solve the problem of the origin plan that will be put on the agenda after the anti-Korean cabinet. The Origin Project has so far not found any headquarters within the Empire, and I don't know where their roots in research came from, I think, probably in the Western Alliance. Kuroko, you pay more attention. ”

"Okay." At this time, the black pupil, who had never spoken, opened his mouth to say a word, and his voice was hoarse, like a trapped beast.

Several people made adjustments in the details, and everyone didn't expect it, including the appearance of the anti-Korean cabinet organization to the "soot incident" to wipe it out, all of which were premeditated, including the promotion of a black hand behind it, including the joke-like meeting of their conspiracy squad in such an ordinary club.

If the people of the empire knew that the decision of their life and death was made under such circumstances, would they think that the empire was too unreliable?

In particular, Bei Huang also flicked the cigarette butt on the expensive stall, and crushed it with his feet very unvividly, like an old smoker thousands of years ago, and at the end of the cough twice, he opened his mouth and shouted: "Where is my fruit plate?" ”

In the matter of Yu Shou, or the administrator, they didn't spend much time, Xu Fengxing had already hinted at sending Xu He to get close to An Xiaoyu for many years, and even if he didn't get a clue, he would be able to get a relationship. With such an existence as Yushou, they are very self-aware not to go deeper.

But for the planning of the Origin Project, it is very trivial. The Origin Project is distributed in all corners of the Empire, and out of nowhere, just like mecha prevailed in the Empire, it suddenly appeared in various research circles, and after being controlled and attacked by the Empire, it was hidden in the shadows.

Including what Chi Mo did in the base, it was only part of the Origin Project, and no one knew who initiated the Origin Project, nor did anyone know how many people participated in the Origin Project, let alone what kind of plan the Origin Project was.

Even the five members of the conspiracy team know the biggest secret that the name of this plan is called the Origin Project, but they don't know what the origin is and what kind of place it is traced to. Based on their research on the human body based on the Origin Project, they guessed that it was a plan to use the human body to create gods, with the intention of transcending heaven and earth.

"The dish is coming!" When the matter was discussed, several plates of large dishes were also served, and the shadow came out of the shadows, turned on the headlight in the center of the room, and the crystal headlamp instantly illuminated the whole room, and on the finely carved solid wood table was placed a colorful saucer, and the fish in the plate exuded an attractive aroma.

Under the light, the atmosphere of the whole room instantly became warm, the golden decoration, the exquisite furniture, the five well-dressed people, the head chef in white, the silver cutlery and delicious dishes, the starlight and moonlight outside the window, everything seemed incomparable and beautiful.

The head chef was very satisfied with the love of several big people for their food, quietly left a hot table, stood at the door of the kitchen, and couldn't help but look back and look again.

But I saw soot all over the ground...