Chapter 5: The Covenant of Fate

Bubbles suddenly erupted on the surface of the black mirror-like liquid, bringing with it the smell of methane. The cave was silent, and the ghost servants were all around the pool filled with the water of the backwater pool, and they watched the reaction of the Rakshasa Mother with their eyes, and no one dared to act rashly, because it was very likely that they would be burned to black charcoal in an instant.

The Rakshasa Mother sitting on the throne bit her lip fiercely, her plan that she thought was foolproof had once again been disrupted by the descendants of the Demon King Fox, even if there were more livers in front of her, they could not resist the temptation of that one. The thought of the liver made her throat thirsty, and her lips seemed to be about to crack, and she kept stuffing the liver in front of her into her mouth, but she couldn't satisfy her craving anyway.

She needs that human girl, the power contained in the girl's body will become her weight, and she wants to become the most powerful youkai around Qingyun, only then can she have the qualifications to rule the Three Realms with him by his side.

After returning from the Demon Realm King City, Xia Qiu couldn't calm her mood for a long time, after all, it was the legendary world she had longed for since she was a child, and she could no longer forget the picture of the purple white lotus and the feeling of being led by Ouyang Xiaoleng to fly. When you think of his words, do you dare to give yourself to me? Although she knew that it was just a mistake in his expression, it still made her heart flutter uncontrollably.

Once again, he and Ouyang Xiaoleng came to Ouyang Ancient Mansion after school the next day, and as soon as he heard that Xia Qiu had agreed to his invitation to come to Ouyang Ancient Mansion, Ouyang Hongye couldn't wait to set the time and inform Mochizuki and Dong Muya.

"You're going to see two more people today. One is Mochizuki, whose elder brother was the prince who had been the best friend of my father and Momiji, and who was also killed in the Great War sixteen years ago. Later, Mochizuki, who had been wandering around the world and the demon world for decades, returned to the royal city, and in addition to inheriting his brother's title, he also became my supporter as the third generation of demon king fox. Mochizuki regards Red Leaves as his elder brother, and although he doesn't seem to be serious on weekdays, he listens to the words of the Great Elder Ouyang Yong and Red Leaves, and is a very reliable person. Walking on the road leading from the maze to Ouyang's ancient mansion, Ouyang Xiaoleng said to Xia Qiu.

"What about the other one?" Xia Qiu wondered why Ouyang Xiaoleng only introduced one of them, so he didn't continue.

"The other one is someone you know, and you know it when you see it." Ouyang Xiaoleng also deliberately left a little mystery.

As soon as you enter the gate of Ouyang's ancient mansion, there is the fragrance of flowers, and Xia Qiu always feels that as soon as you step into this place, it is like walking into spring, which makes people's hearts happy. She walked behind Ouyang Xiaoleng, sighing that they had become so familiar unconsciously, they always left school together after school in the past two days, which had already attracted the attention of the classmates, especially the meaningful words she said when she said goodbye to Liu Lingmei today.

"Xiaoqiu, I didn't expect me to fall behind you."

Xia Qiu thought for a long time and didn't understand what Liu Lingmei meant when she said this, but she didn't have time to think about it anymore, because when she and Ouyang Xiaoleng walked into the living room, they found that it was Teacher Dong Muya sitting in front of her. No wonder she left after arranging self-study in the afternoon, it turned out that she came here, but this is not the problem, the problem is that she has already known Ouyang Hongye and Ouyang Xiaoleng.

"Xia Qiu, Xiao Leng, you're back." Dong Muya was typing on her laptop with her head down, and raised her head when she saw someone coming in.

"Teacher Dong Muya?!!" Xia Qiu was sure that she was not hallucinating, but she was still in disbelief.

"I scared you, actually, I wanted to tell you earlier, but Momiji said......"

"Ahem, ahem......" Ouyang Hongye on the side cleared his throat and interrupted Dong Muya.

"This is the human girl you're talking about?" A strange man's voice came from around the corner.

Xia Qiu looked at this voice, only to realize that he hadn't paid attention to his presence at all after he came in, it was a man in a purple robe who was bowing his head and playing with the teacup in his hand.

"Hello." Xia Qiu nodded to the man.

"This is Mochizuki! Although I have lived for hundreds of years, I still can't get rid of my shyness when I see a strange woman! Ouyang Hongye said slightly teasing on the side.

"No one can compare to Momiji in dealing with women." Dong Muya smiled at Xia Qiu, "Come and sit next to me." ”

After Xia Qiu sat down, he took the tea handed over by Ouyang Hongye, and carefully looked at Mochizuki in the corner. He was dressed in a green robe, looking the same age as Ouyang Hongye, with strong bones, thick eyebrows and round eyes, very special crimson pupils, heroic between his eyebrows, scissor-like sideburns, and long shawl hair that was carefully braided into countless small braids, much like a samurai from a computer game.

"Muya, how are you preparing? You can get started, right? Ouyang Hongye asked after waiting for Ouyang Xiaoleng to sit down.

Although she had just accepted the fact that Teacher Dong Muya and Ouyang Hongye had known each other for a long time, it was still a little unexpected to hear him call her Mu Ya so affectionately, and she was even more sure that their relationship was extraordinary.

"Ready, then I'll get started." Dong Muya pressed the switch on the projector connected to her laptop. The projector reflected a structural diagram on the wall, which was the genealogy of the Ouyang family in recent generations, and many personal names in the bottom two lines were circled in black frames, she continued, "Those with black frames have been confirmed to be dead or have been declared missing, and all of them happened within half a year." Ouyang Xinhua, the eighty-fourth generation of the Ouyang family in Nanjing, died in a car accident more than five months ago, and Ouyang Xinye, who was also the eighty-fourth generation, died of drowning in Guangzhou a month later, and Ouyang Yuzhen and Ouyang Yujin of the eighty-fifth generation also died of some diseases that were easy to treat two months ago. At first glance, these accidents and disappearances are characterized as accidents and have no connection, but the fact is that the timing of the occurrence is too coincidental and full of suspicions, and I feel that someone is killing the descendants of the Ouyang family in a purposeful and planned manner. ”

"You don't have to feel like it's all about! During this time, I also got clues from some of the intelligence dealers in the demon world that I knew when I traveled in the past, and there were all kinds of signs that the group of people who used to work for Qingyun had recently begun to haunt again, and there must be a mystery in them appearing so frequently in the demon world and even in various parts of the human world. However, the two elders of the demon world and the nobles were indifferent to this news, or even turned a deaf ear, obviously unwilling to face the fact that Qingyun had taken action again! Mochizuki said indignantly.

"I also told you before that the bloodline of the Ouyang family is destined, and the people who can sign a blood alliance with the demon king fox are nothing more than trying to kill them all in order to prevent them from becoming Xiao Leng's blood alliance contractors." Ouyang Hongye explained to Xia Qiu and then turned to Dong Muya, "Muya, what is the situation of the Ran family that I asked you to investigate?" ”

In addition to Xiao Leng's mother Susu, Ran Tianqi has only one son named Ran Tianyou, and a granddaughter named Ran Mingzhu. The Ran family has been a demon master for generations, and they emigrated overseas a long time ago, I think even Qingyun understands that no one in their family will help the demon world except for Su Su. Dong Muya is very confident in the information she has collected.

"You're wrong, there's one more person in their family who will help the demon world, and that's Xiao Leng! Xiao Leng is not only the descendant of the demon king fox, but also inherited the bloodline of the demon slayer from Su Su. This is his innate talent, although I haven't seen it yet, but Xia Qiu has seen it! Ouyang Hongye said excitedly.

"I've heard that Xiao Leng was able to unlock the Rakshasa Mother's bewitchment technique just by reading some spells about demon subjugation and demon elimination, it's really not simple!" Dong Muya also cast an approving look.

Xia Qiu didn't pay much attention to their conversation at the moment, and was still thinking about the previous death of the descendants of the Ouyang family. She remembered that Ouyang Hongye had said that every Demon King Fox must find the person they had destined to sign a blood alliance, and the power bestowed by the gods in their bodies would only be opened after the contract was signed, and if she remembered correctly, she herself was the most suitable human to sign a blood alliance with Ouyang Xiaoleng. She had already learned the power of Qingyun's Rakshasa Mother, and she thought that the reason why she was still alive in this world was entirely because Ouyang Xiaoleng had been protecting her, maybe there were other times she didn't know in addition to the few times she knew.

She couldn't help but look at him, he was always expressionless and silent when there were many people, but his emotions surged like sea water in his gray-blue eyes, attracting her. She wanted to know more about him, about the Blood Alliance, about his fateful enemy, Qingyun, about how she could express the gratitude in her heart for him, and the subtle feelings besides gratitude.

"Can I really become a Blood Pact Contractor?" Xia Qiu lowered her head and asked as if talking to herself.

The air in the living room suddenly stopped, and everyone stopped talking and looked at her. Ouyang Hongye took great pains to prepare to let Xia Qiu understand the severity of the situation and the urgency of signing the blood alliance in a relaxed state, but she didn't expect that she would ask such a question herself before she had said many of the things she had thought about in advance.

"Yes, as I told you, you're the best fit, and you're the only one right now. Since the death of the first king Xueye in battle, the demon world has not been as good as before, the past strength has long been in vain, and the cities and states have also been divided into different sides, only Yongchuan Wangcheng is still under the jurisdiction of the royal family. But the elders in the city don't understand the truth of being prepared for danger in times of peace, and they are only content with the status quo but are unwilling to face the fact that Qingyun has reappeared. The significance of signing a blood alliance at this time is different from any previous period, and the difficulties faced are greater. Although it sounds a bit like self-deprecation, the fact is that in the heyday of the demon world, we were still hit hard by Qingyun, and two generations of demon kings and foxes were killed in battle. It's just a demon realm, Qingyun's ambition is by no means just like that, and the human world is very likely to become purgatory. Ouyang Hongye decided not to beat around the bush anymore and said in one breath.

"I saved you once when I was a kid, but I've probably lost count of the number of times I've been saved by you. If I said I would make a blood pact with you, you would think I was trying to repay you, but I wasn't. I love your world, even though I don't know much about it, and I want to have power, not just because of you, but also to protect my own family and friends. Our destinies have been linked since a long time ago, but I am connected to your world even earlier. ”

Xia Qiu looked directly at Ouyang Xiaoleng, her gaze became clearer and firmer, she believed that he had prevented her from becoming a blood alliance contractor out of a kind of protection for her before, but now she had to convey to her that this was her own decision, and she was not disturbed and instigated by the outside world.

"Xia Qiu's understanding is really amazing! Xiao Leng, Xia Qiu has already made a decision, you ......" Ouyang Hongye still didn't believe that everything was going so smoothly.

"Okay."

Ouyang Xiaoleng, who had been silent, finally said these two important words, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Especially Ouyang Hongye, he always felt that he was one step closer to fulfilling his oath to Ouyang Xueye and Ran Susu.

Ouyang Hongye's thoughts suddenly jumped back to that bloody night sixteen years ago, and the New Year's bell ringing on the observation deck that night became the death knell of the royal city and even the demon world. With the assistance of the traitors in the royal city, Qingyun and his gang fought all the way into the Chenji Palace, and everywhere they went, blood flowed like rivers and mourned all over the field.

His brother-in-law, Ouyang Xueye, the second-generation demon king fox, ordered the rest of the troops to escort the people in the royal city to flee to safety, while he and his wife Ran Susu led a few subordinates to fight Qingyun and others to the death. How he wanted to be by Ouyang Xueye and Ran Susu's side until the last moment, but they entrusted his only son to him, and that kind of trust was something he couldn't resist, and he knew that they had made up their minds to die.

He will never forget that Ouyang Xueye took out the crown of the demon king in his body and slowly put it into Ouyang Xiaoleng's body, who was still a baby, and then kissed him with Ran Susu, which was their farewell to their son in the world without shedding a single tear.

From the moment Ouyang Hongye took Ouyang Xiaoleng and tied him to his chest and fought all the way out of Chenji Palace, his time stopped, his brain became blank, his eyes were only red, and his hands only remembered the movements of constantly chopping. He never remembered how he escaped to Ouyang Gu's mansion with this baby, and when he woke up again, he was already lying on the bed, and in front of him was Dong Muya, who was holding Ouyang Xiaoleng, and from her eyes, he knew that everything was over, and the two people he loved so much were no longer there.

"It's worth celebrating! Let's have something good to eat tonight! Momiji is in charge of cooking! Dong Muya could see from Ouyang Hongye's eyes that he remembered the painful memories again, and clapped his hands to distract him and said.

"It's been a long time since I've eaten a meal made with red leaves, so I'll have a drink by the way!" Mochizuki in the corner suddenly stood up and agreed.

"Am I your babysitter?!!!" Ouyang Hongye walked out of her grief and pretended to complain angrily.

"Okay, okay, let's let Momiji cook! Let's do something interesting, Xia Qiu, do you want to see my secret base first? Or do you want to see Xiao Leng's room first? Dong Muya smiled and pulled Xia Qiu up from the sofa.