After leaving the gathering point, Shuxuan went straight to the black city, this time there were enough beast stones, and the guards guarding the door did not stop her again. Shu Xuan handed over enough beast stones at the city gate, exchanged for a small wooden card that could live in the city for two days, and entered the city.

"This black city really deserves the name of the black city, everything in this city is mainly black, but the atmosphere in this city is too depressing! If you live in this kind of place for a long time, it is estimated that normal people will also be crazy! ”

After Shuxuan entered the city, she saw that the streets were full of buildings with black as the main color, and most of the pedestrians on the road were wearing black clothes, and these people looked lifeless, and there was almost no sound when they walked on the road, Shuxuan couldn't help but be a little frightened when she saw this scene, "Even if there are strange beasts outside the city, this city is still safe!" Why did these people become angry at all, if it weren't for the fact that they still had the breath of a living person, I would have almost regarded this place as a ghost realm. ”

As Shuxuan walked towards the center of the city, after walking for a long distance, the crowd here began to become a little angry.

Shuxuan looked at the shops with open doors around her, found a restaurant and walked in, ordered a pot of tea and a few side dishes, and sat in her position listening to the crowd of people.

However, it was still relatively early at this time, and there were not many people who came to the restaurant, even if someone chatted, they said some inconsequential things, which did not help Shuxuan at all.

"Objective, your dish is here."

Shuxuan waited for a while, and Xiao Er came over with the dish ordered by Shuxuan.

"Hey! You wait. ”

Shu Xuan saw that Xiao Er was about to leave after putting down the dishes, and hurriedly stopped him.

"Objective, what else do you command?"

Xiao Er turned to Shu Xuan and bent over and asked.

"Let me ask you, has anything strange been going on in this city lately?"

"Objectively, where can anything happen in this city? Everyone is busy killing strange beasts outside the city! Even if you go into the city, it's for repairs, so how can anyone make trouble? Objective, I still have something to do here! I won't talk to you, otherwise if the boss knows, he will definitely scold me! ”

Xiao Er said with a smile on his face, but he didn't say any useful news.

"Wait a minute!"

Shu Xuan said, took out a high-grade spirit stone from the space and put it on the table, and said to Xiao Er, "I'm from other places, but I feel a little weird when I see this black city, you tell me well, what's going on in this black city, you tell me well, as long as you say it well, this spirit stone is yours." ”

"Okay! Objectively, if you have anything you want to hear, just ask! I promise you there's no one in this black city who knows better than I do! ”

When Xiao Er heard Shu Xuan's words, his eyes lit up instantly, and he sat on the stool next to him and said confidently.

"What? Now you're not afraid that your boss will scold you? ”

Shu Xuan said with a smile as he looked at the shopkeeper who couldn't take his eyes off the spirit stone as soon as he saw it.

"I'm afraid! But just rush this spirit stone, even if he scolds him, it's worth it! I'm working for him here, and I can't earn such a spirit stone for a few months! ”

Xiao Er smiled and said, but his eyes didn't leave the spirit stone at all.

"That's it! Isn't it just a spirit stone, as long as your answer satisfies me, I can also give you a few more spirit stones as a reward. ”

Shu Xuan saw that Xiao Er couldn't take his eyes off the spirit stone, and he wasn't angry at all, but said with a faint smile, "But if you dare to have any crooked ideas, then..."

As he spoke, Shu Xuan picked up the spirit stone on the table, and with a slight force in his hand, the spirit stone disappeared, leaving only a pile of white powder slipping from Shu Xuan's hand.

"Ahh My Spirit Stone..."

When the shopkeeper saw Shu Xuan crushing the spirit stone, he cried out in distress, looking at Shu Xuan with sad eyes, as if she had done something heinous, and said to her accusatory, "How can you be so wasteful?" Do you know how rare such a spirit stone is? You just crushed it, you..."

"What kind of eyes are you? I warn you, if you dare to look at me like this again, I don't mind letting you try who your bones are harder than this spirit stone. ”

Shu Xuan looked at Xiao Er's sad expression and forced a smile, pretending to be serious and said.

"I... I don't say it, just say it. ”

Xiao Er shrunk his neck when he heard Shu Xuan's threat, but his gaze at the spirit stone powder was still full of heartache.

"That's it! Don't act pathetic! This spirit stone isn't yours yet! ”

Shu Xuan looked at Xiao Er's appearance, knocked on the table and said, "As long as you answer my question well, the spirit stone will still be there." ”

"Yes. If there is anything I want to know, just ask me, there is nothing in this black city that I don't know. ”

As soon as Xiao Er heard Shuxuan say that there was still a spirit stone, he came to his senses, sat up straight, patted his chest and said.

"I don't have anything to ask. Just look at it and say it for yourself! Tell me about what's going on in this black city lately? ”

"Yes. It is said that some time ago, the eldest son of the Lin family met a girl when he was shopping, and he was shocked when he built it, and he wanted to marry the girl home, but who knew that the girl was also arrogant, and he couldn't look down on him at all, and the two fought on the spot, if it wasn't for the Lin family's escort team, the Lin family's eldest son was given by the girl... Yes, but even with so many guards to protect her, the girl still escaped from the city after injuring Lin Gongzi, and now the Lin family is looking for this girl all over the city! ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Er made a gesture to wipe his neck, and his eyes showed a look of regret, "This Lin Gongzi is idle, and he knows all day long that the people with their Lin family are bullying men and women outside, and this time he was taught a lesson by that mysterious woman, and the people in the city applauded him!" It's just that everyone sighed in their hearts, why did the guards of the Lin family come so timely! If only it had been a little later. ”

"What else? Could it be that what you say you know about all the things in Heicheng refers to this kind of thing where the son of a big family robs the people's daughters? If that's the case, then I really can't give out my spirit stones. ”

Shu Xuan was not interested in this kind of thing that Xiao Er said at all, so after Xiao Er finished speaking, he frowned and said.

"Don't! Predecessor! Didn't I pick out some interesting things because I didn't know what my predecessors wanted to hear? That's it, senior, what do you want to hear, you just say it, I won't let you down. ”

When Xiao Er heard Shu Xuan say that he would not give him the spirit stone, he immediately panicked, and quickly stood up and said.

"Alright, sit down! It's also too noticeable to stand like that. ”

Shuxuan saw that the people in the restaurant were looking at her, and hurriedly asked Xiao Er to sit down, "Let me ask you, after I entered the black city this time, I found that the atmosphere in this city was weird, and the people in this city were all depressed, as if there was no life, has this black city always been like this?" ”

"Of course not! Although the previous black city was also pitch black, but it was not so depressing, but since some time ago, the atmosphere in this city has become depressing, coupled with the sudden attack of foreign beasts outside the city, this black city restricts people's entry, if you want to come in, you must hand in enough beast stones, and outside the city, there is a danger to your life at any time, living in such an environment for a long time, these people naturally become lifeless. ”

Xiao Er sat on the stool obediently, shook his head and said helplessly.

"Doesn't that mean everyone needs to turn in enough beast stones to live in the Black City? Why do I see that there are so many people in this city who are just ordinary people? And I think they look like they've never killed a beast, so why can they live in the city? ”

Shu Xuan heard more than once that she needed to hand over the beast stone to live in the city, but when she thought of the scene she had seen since she entered the city, she asked Xiao Er a little strangely.

"This is the order of the city lord, but there are people living in this city, so you can't drive all the people out because of this strange beast incident, right? Even if this order was given by the city lord, there are still many masters in this city, and if they all riot, it will be very troublesome for the city lord to confront them, so this rule is only for people outside the city. ”

Xiao Er shrugged his shoulders and said.

"I see!"

Shu Xuan listened to Xiao Er's explanation and continued to ask, "Then do you know what caused this?" And did this change happen suddenly? Did you feel anything unusual before this? And for such a big thing as this beast attacking humans, there would never have been any warning at first, right? ”

"Senior, why are you asking this? Are you still trying to solve these problems? But I advise you not to waste your thoughts, there are many people who have thought like you before, but they all came back in vain. ”

Xiao Er listened to Shuxuan's words and asked suspiciously.

"You don't have to worry about what I want to do! All you have to do is tell me what you know. ”

Shu Xuan didn't have the idea of answering Xiao Er's questions.

"Senior, although your strength is very powerful, I still advise you to leave this idle matter alone, otherwise even if you are strong, you may not be able to leave Heicheng safely."

Xiao Er heard Shu Xuan's question, looked left and right vigilantly, and then said to Shu Xuan.

"Oh? If you say that, you know what happened. ”

When Shu Xuan looked at the appearance of the shopkeeper, he knew that he must know something, and the identity of the instigator behind this matter must be unusual.

"Senior, why don't you understand? You really can't care about this matter, it's better not to even ask. ”

Xiao Er saw that Shuxuan still had plans to continue to ask, and said with a tangled face.

"I don't want to care, I just ask casually, you just talk about it, don't worry, I have set up an enchantment around here, and people outside can't hear what we say."

Shu Xuan said, took out another spirit stone and put it on the table, and then looked at Xiao Er.

"This..."

Xiao Er found that there was no sound around him anymore, he looked at the spirit stone on the table, his face showed a struggling look, Shu Xuan saw him like this, knew that he was still struggling in his heart, so he took out another spirit stone and came out, and then looked at Xiao Er, the meaning is obvious, as long as you say things, these things are yours.

"Alright, since you want to know, then I'll tell you everything! Anyway, I don't know much, so it shouldn't matter if I say it! ”

In the end, when Shu Xuan added the spirit stone on the table to the fifth piece, Xiao Er finally couldn't help it, gritted his teeth and said with a look of openness.

"Okay! Then you can talk about it. ”

"That was half a year ago! One night when I went out, I was a little late when I came back from a little drinking, and somehow I slept in the grass by the side of the road, and was awakened in the middle of the night by a noise, and was about to ask about the situation. But I saw a group of men in black, who were sitting not far from me, roasting on a fire. ”

"I wanted to say hello, but before I could leave, they spoke, and although I was some distance away, I had a rough idea of what they meant. It turned out that these people were people from the city lord's mansion, and they went out this time to receive a secret mission from the city lord, and I thought that since this was a secret mission given by the city lord, if they knew that I was still hiding, they would definitely not let me go, so I continued to hide there without making a sound, but I didn't expect me to hide this shocking secret. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Er wiped the sweat that appeared on his head, looking like he had palpitations.

"What do you hear? Makes you scared like this? ”

When Shu Xuan saw Xiao Er's appearance, coupled with her previous guesses, she already had an idea in her heart, but now she still wanted to hear Xiao Er tell her about this with her own ears, because she couldn't believe her speculation.

"Yes. At that time, I heard someone say that they had collected the grievances of many people this time, and how much they were still close to completing the task assigned by the city lord, and I didn't understand what they meant at first, but then I heard them say that they had run so many places, and all of them were in remote places, and everyone was dizzy, and then another person replied, saying that there was a village near here, so it was better to go to that village to collect grievances. ”

"But as soon as this person's idea was proposed, it was vetoed by the previous person, he said that this place is too close to the crowd, and it is easy to be found that it is not conducive to the next task, so someone came up with an idea, saying that the villages around here are all ordinary people, and there are so many of them, it is better to act separately, and the action will not be discovered if you move quickly, even if you are unlucky and meet a master, they have something from the city lord, and they can also have the power to fight back."

Eventually, this man's statement convinced all the people, and they went their separate ways. After they were gone, I waited a long time to make sure there would be no more people here before I came out of the bushes and returned to the city. ”