Chapter 23: The Dragon's Secret

"Are you afraid of me," the red dragon asked Qi Lu with a smile, but the way it smiled was more terrifying than when it didn't

"There, there, you are so mighty, you scared away without moving your hands, that kid is really admirable to me," Qi Lu had already made up his mind as he spoke, that is, to wear thousands of clothes, only sycophants do not wear them, I will please it first and then say a few words

"Is it?"

"Of course, that kid is my enemy everywhere, I wanted to dismantle him a long time ago," the hero didn't want to anger this strange dragon, he replied while waiting for an opportunity to find its weakness

"Do you want to know who he is?"

"Yes," Qi Lu nodded in response, and he didn't want to hide it

"Youkai who have cultivated profound mana can indeed create illusions to confuse people's minds and eat them when they are defenseless, but this youkai's ability to create illusions is innate."

"Impossible" Qi Lu categorically denied his rebuttal to the red dragon's words: "Without more than a thousand years of Taoism, who can create an illusion, and what kind of monster can obtain such a shocking supernatural power without cultivation"

"Ah," the red dragon looked at Qi He strangely, with an incredible look in his eyes

"Did I say it wrong," Qi Lu found himself without a little confidence in the face of its aggressive eyes

"Pop", a book fell at the feet of Qi Lu, and Qi Lu was stunned for a moment, but still picked up the book

"This is the book that the kid who ran away just now wanted to read, don't you want to know the answer to the mystery, then look for the answer in the book," the red dragon forked his words, not answering the question of the young man's identity

"Didn't he burn this book," Qi Lu asked strangely

"Hmph" the red dragon sneered and stopped talking, it leaned down and looked at Qi Lu expressionlessly

Since you don't want to say it, then let me take a look at it, Qi Lu flipped through the yellowed pages, and recognized from the traditional characters in the book, this should be a book from the early years of the Republic of China

The content of the book is all vulgar Taoist knowledge, which makes Qi Lu feel funny, and there are also many so-called spells recorded in it, what are the lamps, smoke, snakes, ghost fires, hidden traces, heavenly gods, ghosts, fire and demon corpses, etc., but they are all deceptive spells, in fact, they are used by the caster to cheat money with the help of chemical principles

There are still a lot of handwriting in the blank space of the book, Qi Lu thought to himself, this may be a note made by Pei Liping, he looked at these words carefully, some are cultivation experience, some are just graffiti, and some are too sloppy, Qi Lu can't recognize what is written

Flipping through Qi Lu, he suddenly stopped, because he saw that there were four words Qianlong Tongbao on this page

He remembered the last time he had a fantasy experience, Pei Liping was sweating profusely in the ancestral house at that time, and what he was looking for was not this copper coin, Qi Lu was shocked, and hurriedly checked the content of this page carefully

However, when he carefully read the contents and found no valuable clues, the content of this page still recorded a kind of deception, that is, fishing copper coins in the oil pot, saying that he threw a few Qianlong Tongbao into the boiling oil pot, and the caster could take out the copper coins without damage

Qi Lu smiled gloomily, this kind of low-level deception is just a trick, the pot only has a thin layer of oil, in fact, the bottom is full of vinegar, because the boiling point of vinegar is only about 50 degrees, after boiling, it looks like the whole pot is high, and the actual person reaches into it, as if it is soaked in hot water, there will be nothing at all

Now that the information is so developed, most people know the reason for this kind of deception, and not many people will be fooled anymore, Qi Lu is strange, although he found the words Qianlong Tongbao in Pei Liping's mouth, he still can't guess the mystery

But Qi Lu remembered that the mysterious young man and the dragon in front of him both said that it was Pei Liping's secret, and what mystery was hidden in this end, Qi Lu turned the page over and over again, and really found a trace of suspicion, that is, Qianlong Tongbao, the bottom of these four words was heavily drawn by Pei Liping with a pen, there seemed to be three words on the bar, which were still written very sloppily, Qi Lu recognized it for a long time, and only recognized the second word as a wooden word, and the other two words, he really couldn't identify them

"What the hell are you trying to tell me, stupid, I really can't guess," Qi Lu was impatient, he pointed to the page, and asked the resting red dragon

The red dragon's giant eyes rolled over, and then raised his claws, and the old book in Qi Lu's hand turned into dust and scattered to the ground from his fingers

"Hey, what the hell do you mean," Qi Lu felt like he was being toyed with by it

The red dragon didn't pay attention to Qi Lu, but there was a sharp golden light flashing in his eyes, Qi Lu saw its claws clapping its hands like a human, and his ears were suddenly filled with noisy strange sounds, which made people extremely uncomfortable

"After all these years, I really didn't expect you to survive and become unknown to me," countless bubbles overflowed in the space around the red dragon, and they fluttered in all directions, and finally turned into mist, covering the surroundings, and the body of the red dragon also disappeared in the mist of confusion

"Hey, what do you mean, I ran away in the middle of the sentence"

"I've never left, I've always been by your side," the dragon's voice suddenly sounded, but Qi Lu just couldn't see it

The wind blew violently, blowing Qi Lu's whole body and hunting, only to see a thunderbolt in the air suddenly flash, like a silver snake directly hitting Qi Lu's head

With a "boom", Qi Lu unexpectedly found that the lightning strike in his body was unscathed, and at the same time, the lightning light surrounded his body, flashing bursts of dazzling arcs, as if there were countless small lightning bolts enveloping his whole body

The continuous explosion of electric light dragged countless purple arcs of light, constantly cutting through the air and making a piercing sound, at this time, Qi Lu seemed to be shrouded in a purple light cocoon

Suddenly, an arc of light drilled into Qi Lu's mouth, Qi Lu suddenly felt that his eyelids were extremely heavy, and he felt a sense of drowsiness, and he struggled to grope in front of his chest

The hazy arc light kept flickering and circling in his mind, as if opening the floodgates of memory, countless dusty memories were constantly projected in his mind like black and white film, and finally fixed on a beautiful woman in red with a pipa in her hand

"There is no time in my life, the fairy dance of Lechuan is not amazing, and the death is endless", the thunderous voiceover and the shallow smile of the woman in red poured into all Qi Lu's memories

Qi Lu really didn't want to fall asleep, but his eyes were closed uncontrollably, enjoying the thick honey-like darkness

"Is it really in eternal sleep," the red dragon sighed, "too weak"

"Whoosh"

There was a sudden piercing sound in the air, and the red dragon didn't have time to think about it, completely relying on instinctive vigilance, he flew sideways into the air, and in the haste, it saw a sharp sword blade cut through his body, leaving a narrow crack in the space, and there was a golden light flickering at the edge of this crack

"Ahh

"Where did this attack come from" The red dragon looked at Qi Lu incredulously: "I was able to invade my world directly from reality"

"Ahh

"I really didn't expect it, I thought you just sealed your own power, but I didn't expect that even the memory would be sealed" The dragon's voice sneaked into Qi Lu's mind faintly: "Tell me what the hell are you running away from"

"Bastard, you actually peep at someone else's," Qi Lu squeezed out the strength of the milk and scolded

"Go back, don't delve into what Ye Xuan knows, it's all his own death."

"What do you mean by this" Qi Lu was suddenly frightened, the green tendons on his arms bulged, and he was about to ask what he meant by this, when he felt a flower in front of him, and then a sharp pain in his chest

"Ahh

Qi Lu's whole body stood up straight from the bed

The sunlight outside the window shone in obliquely, stinging his eyes

Is this a dream, Qi Lu rubbed his aching eyes, and there were too many doubts in his heart

"Hey, I can't get up yet, the sun is getting to my buttocks," Lao Wu knocked on the door outside the door

Qi Lu raised his right hand and slapped the left side of his face, and suddenly felt a hot pain, Qi Lu hesitated for a moment, and then laughed dumbly, he found that he was too nervous, and now he was obviously in reality, and he was still suspicious, thinking that he was immersed in a dream and did not wake up

When Qi Lu opened the door, not only Lao Wu, but even Ding Xiaolan was stunned

"Qi Lu, why did you have dark circles under your eyes, you didn't sleep last night," Ding Xiaolan asked

Qi Lu walked to the mirror and took a look, only to find that his face was so haggard, it really seemed like he hadn't slept all night

"I see that there is a black gas on your face, and you met a monster last night," Lao Wu grabbed Qi Lu, who was about to wash his face

"Ah," Qi Lu returned to the mirror when he heard this, and looked at his face

"But I didn't feel anything wrong last night," Lao Wu behind him looked at himself in the mirror with cold eyes

Qi Lu was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to answer Long, the young man, Pei Liping and his wife, and the most important thing was whether what he had experienced in the past few days was a fantasy or a dream, Qi Lu had no answer in his heart, he hesitated and sat at the table in a daze

"Do you have any impression of yesterday's events?" asked Lao Wu as he sat down beside him

"Yes" Qi Lu took out a cigarette irritably, but failed to light it several times in a row, and finally Lao Wu grabbed the lighter and helped him light the cigarette, and then patiently listened to Qi Lu tell Lao Wu what happened in the illusion last night

"I fucked once, and there were two monsters," Lao Wu couldn't close his mouth after hearing this, and then asked Qi Lu: "But who is that surnamed Pei?"

Qi Lu said: "The neighbor upstairs of Lao Ye's house, the amateur demon catcher" Qi Lu paused and said: "By the way, he will also raise money Gu, that Gu almost killed me"

"That's right," Lao Wu stroked his face and stopped making a sound

"It's a little strange," Ding Xiaolan suddenly pressed the table against them and said to them

"What's wrong, do you know the origin of these two monsters," Lao Wu asked her

Ding Xiaolan didn't answer Lao Wu's question directly, but turned her head and asked Qi Lu: "Is the mysterious young man you said very handsome, with a wide forehead, big eyes, and very polite to people?"

Qi Lu replied: "Handsome, maybe, but other aspects are similar to what you said."

Ding Xiaolan then asked: "Is he wearing a white suit but the style is very old-fashioned?"

"Yes" Qi Lu asked in surprise: "Don't tell me you've seen him"

"Yes, I've seen him, and he's in a dream, but he saved my life, and it doesn't look malicious"

"Why didn't you say it earlier" This is something Qi Lu didn't expect

"How did I know you had seen him" Ding Xiaolan was a little aggrieved: "Besides, I thought it was just a dream"

"Do you know that he has been lurking around us for a long time, and I tried my best to lure him away, just because I didn't want him to hurt you," Qi Lu was angry, he pulled Ding Xiaolan's shoulders and spoke to her in a tone that was almost angry

"Okay, okay, don't be so fierce, it's not okay, people are still girls" Seeing that Ding Xiaolan's eyes were red, Lao Wu hurriedly came over to play a round, he helped Ding Xiaolan to the sofa on the side and sat down, and then said softly: "Don't pay attention to him, he is this stinky temper, you tell me in detail, maybe you can find important clues"

Ding Xiaolan nodded, brushed the bangs in front of her cheeks behind her ears, recalled the situation at the time, and told Lao Wu what had happened completely

After listening to Ding Xiaolan's story, Lao Wu's brows furrowed even tighter