Chapter 17: The Assassins
Today's time is almost up, and it's time to put this body back into your own hall and pretend to be asleep, and transfer your consciousness back to the scholar's body.
There was no echo in the silent library except the sound of his footsteps. In this ghost town, although the beech tree spirit opened this book building alone out of preference, in fact, there are not many ghosts who really love to read, so most of the time it is empty, leaving the lonely zelkova tree spirit alone in this vast sea of books.
As he was about to leave the third floor of the Library, his gaze subconsciously swept over the wooden staircase in the corner that led to the upper floor.
In fact, strictly speaking, this library has four floors, but only the lower three floors are open to outsiders to enter and exit, and the fourth floor is also where the true body of the beech tree spirit is located, and outsiders are not welcome to visit, even the Dragon King is not good at breaking into the forbidden place.
There was a glimmer of warmth oozing from the cracks in the closed door, which made people wonder what it was like inside. According to her own words, it is the illusion of some scenes in her own memory, which is not enough for outsiders.
Shaking his head slightly, he didn't continue to explore other people's privacy.
However, when Du Bai walked out of the library, a figure who had been waiting at the door for a long time had already greeted him with joy.
"Wang ......"
This woman with a graceful figure and a beautiful face is the loyal peach blossom demon. During this period of time, since he fell asleep, the other party has always managed this ruined city on his behalf, and the means are quite good, everything is in order. In addition, whenever he goes out, he will find time to follow him.
At this time, the other party is more like a little girl who is obedient.
"Well, let's go back." Du Bai made a majestic and deep appearance, just glanced at the other party and said slowly.
The two of them walked one after the other on the street that had been renovated by the ghosts, and they could vaguely hear the sound of the ghosts "whirring haha" when they started work, as well as the "chirping" of children.
If you don't care about the human head lanterns floating in the air, the smiling paper figures looming in the corners, and the strange-looking spirits, this place is basically no different from a normal human city.
"You're doing a good job." Du Bai looked at a few goblins chasing and fighting not far away, did not look back, and said lightly.
Rewards and punishments are the way of life for those in high positions. Although I don't have anything to reward for the time being, I should also give some encouragement verbally.
"Thank you, ...... Wang" The peach blossom demon had a little joy on her face, she had worked so hard and was apprehensive, and finally got the recognition of the people she cared about.
But then she hesitated for a moment, and said, "Wang, these children were taken into the city some time ago, and their parents died tragically because of those Taoist monks, leaving them alone and miserable, probably eaten by some wolves, jackals, tigers and leopards. I couldn't bear it for a while, so I ......"
She felt a little uneasy in her heart, after all, the ghost town has not yet been settled, and this sudden admission of many strange and useless little monsters may make the king dissatisfied. But when she thought of her childhood, she still couldn't be ruthless in her heart.
She remembers that it was snowing heavily that day. By chance, she sucked the spirit dew of heaven and earth and became a spirit, starving and freezing, and could only curl up in the surrounding woods that had not yet been shaped. But she happened to be discovered by a passing human knight who wanted to behead her so as not to cause harm to the people.
But she clearly never killed an ant......
When she thought she was going to die, it was the great king who saved her by repelling the hateful human with a palm, and took herself to a ghost town, giving her a warm and safe place to live.
She still remembers the warmth of the cloak that wrapped her, and she will never forget it in the future.
Because of this, she realized that since humans hate them and demons so much, if even they don't help each other, then the future will be bleak.
It's just that what surprised her a little was that instead of blaming her for this, Du Bai nodded slightly: "It's okay, it's better to say that if we can collect more of these homeless spirits, there will be more power in the number of people, and our ghost town will become more and more powerful." ”
Deeply taught by the earth, he believes that only quantitative change will cause qualitative change, especially these little guys are still in the ignorance period, and after some brainwashing and education, they will naturally be more loyal to themselves. As long as you give a little favor, you can invisibly restrain people's hearts and make your power stronger and stronger!
"Yes!"
The Peach Blossom Demon blinked, and quietly looked at Du Bai's eyes with more and more fiery and reverence.
He is worthy of the king to whom he is loyal!
Even though she didn't know that the two weren't thinking about the same aspect, it was good for her as long as the results were the same.
However, when the two of them were talking and walking around the corner, Du Bai didn't notice it, but the peach blossom demon's face suddenly changed, and he suddenly took a step forward and waved his palm, blocking a small figure that suddenly jumped out of the side corner.
"Who!"
Her face turned cold, and she looked at the "assassin who wanted to attack the king", and her eyes showed some unconcealable murderous intent.
Of course, she didn't think that the king didn't find out, but that the king was testing her loyalty and strength at the moment, and if she could still let the enemy get close to the king, then she would really be to blame!
It's just that what she didn't expect was that although Du Bai, who was protected by her, had the same complexion, he was still a little embarrassed in his heart. This body has not yet recovered, so that its perception has been greatly reduced, and it is on its own turf, so it has not noticed.
If this is really bumped into, I'm afraid I'm really going to lose face! It seems that I will have to pay attention next time......
However, he immediately looked at the person with some curiosity, wondering who dared to attack him so boldly.
Just a glance, but he was stunned for a moment, it was a cub of a vixen.
The body was about half humanoid, with only a pair of pointed furry ears on its head and a fox tail behind it.
However, her age is only six or seven years old at most, and she is estimated to be less than his thigh when she stands up.
At this moment, the little guy was blocked by the peach blossom demon, and fell to the ground with his buttocks, looking quite embarrassed.
And Du Bai looked into the distance, there were a few little monsters about the same age as her who were looking at this side stupidly, obviously these little guys were playing just now, but they didn't expect to cause a big disaster!
I don't know who moved the leg first, in the blink of an eye, these little monsters came back to their senses and scattered in a panic, for fear of being caught and eaten, and no one cared about the safety of the poor little fox......