That was ten years ago, but Ouyang Xiaoliang never forgot it for a moment. That night, he was sick, and his body was extremely weak, but he heard the call of the Demon King's Crown in his body, which told him that it needed power, and that the Blood Pact who could activate its power was not far away.

He propped himself up from the bed and followed the guidance of the Demon King's Crown into the Yongchuan Forest, only to be attacked by a group of black foxes, who must have been attracted by his demonic power. If it was a normal time, how could they be his opponents, but at that moment he was so weak that he couldn't even maintain his human form. Turning into a little fox, he was chased and hurt by the black foxes, and gradually retreated to the big banyan tree, and just when he fell into despair, Xia Qiu appeared.

As a child, she rescued him from the black fox and carried him home to bandage his wounds, only to find that she was the signatory of his blood pact when he regained consciousness in her arms. He was also young with only one thought in his heart, he could not bring her into his own world, it was too dangerous, so he escaped from her house before dawn.

But from that day on, he couldn't let go of her anymore. She didn't know that the power she possessed was an attraction to the Charm Spirit itself, and she often went to the Yongchuan Forest where they might appear, so he had to protect her. He always sat on the big banyan tree and guarded her from afar, and after a long time, it turned into a kind of longing, but he couldn't stay by her side, because the desire of the Demon King's Crown for the Blood Alliance in his body was very likely to make him lose his mind. He never counted how many days and nights there were in ten years, and he couldn't tell if he missed her just to repay her kindness, he just wanted to keep guarding her if he could.

"My grandfather, the first Demon King Fox Li, has been in charge of the Demon Realm since a thousand years ago, and under his management, the Demon Realm has been in a prosperous era for hundreds of years, and it is extremely prosperous. It wasn't until the appearance of the Demon Tiger Beast Qingyun four hundred years ago that all that changed, and Qingyun led his men to stir up trouble and wreak havoc in the Demon Realm and challenge my grandfather. In that battle, Ouyang Zhenhai, the signatory of his grandfather's blood alliance, was killed, and both he and Qingyun were seriously wounded. My grandfather died soon after, and before he died, he told the descendants of the Demon King Fox to use Ouyang as their surname to commemorate the signatory of his blood alliance. My father, Ouyang Xueye, as the second generation of the Demon King Fox, inherited the throne after my grandfather's death, became the lord of the Demon Realm and brought the Demon Realm back into a glorious period, and his blood alliance was signed by my mother Ran Susu. They gave birth to me sixteen years ago, but just a month later, Qingyun, who had been silent for four hundred years, reappeared, and he used the traitor to raid the royal city on Chinese New Year's Eve, and my parents died one after another on the same night, leaving me alone. After that raid, the demon world collapsed, the cities and states fell apart, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was friend or foe, and the royal city became no longer safe, so my father's brother-in-law, the red-haired demon fox marquis, that is, Hongye, took me as a baby to hide in the world, and lived in the old mansion left by Ouyang Zhenhai's family. ”

Xia Qiu listened to Ouyang Xiaoleng tell her life experience, and she couldn't hear any emotion in his tone, as if she was telling someone else's story. But he made her feel unspeakably distressed, how could he not have hatred for Qingyun who killed his grandfather and parents? How could he not complain about those who betrayed him? Ouyang Xiaoleng in front of him was just a teenager like himself, but he endured such a sad fate, maybe it was because of this that he became numb.

"You saved me too, didn't you? Actually, I remember what happened that day by Silvermoon Lake, but I thought it was just a nightmare. ”

"It is likely that the ghost servant who attacked you that day was the Rakshasa Mother, and the Rakshasa Mother has always been a general under Qingyun in the past, and the Rakshasa Mother is a monster that eats the livers of young girls every once in a while, and a girl with power like you is undoubtedly the best choice for her."

"That's why you told me not to go there after dark." Xia Qiu felt that the inextricable fragments of truth had finally been connected.

"Do you believe Momiji and what I say?" Xiao Leng asked.

"Hmm!"

"Aren't you scared at all?"

"No!"

Ouyang Xiaoleng felt that the human girl in front of him was far stronger than he imagined, and it was no wonder that she dared to fight the black fox at the age of six. There was no fear in her eyes but a little sadness in her eyes, and she didn't think of him as a great monster, but simply sad for his life. He seemed to understand better why she was the best human to sign a blood pact with him, and her slender body might contain a soul more powerful than his.

If he asked her to be his strength, would she say yes? The Blood Pact would make him strong with her, but it would also change everything she had now, and she would be in danger or even lose her life at any time, and the pain of that would not be explained to her family and friends. This is a war that belongs to his world, but wouldn't it be too selfish to involve the innocent her? The problem that had plagued him for ten years still haunted him, and it grew stronger as he missed her.

"Don't take the matter of the Blood Alliance to heart, I'll discuss other ways with Momiji."

"But your adoptive father said that I am the most suitable blood alliance contractor for you, if ......" Xia Qiu said without thinking, although she still didn't quite understand the true meaning of the blood alliance.

was interrupted by Ouyang Xiaoleng very resolutely, "Let's talk about this later." ”

Ouyang Hongye had long expected that it would be difficult to change Ouyang Xiaoleng's mind for a while, but being able to tell Xia Qiu the truth was equivalent to a successful first step for him, and as for the second step, he seemed to have a plan after meeting Xia Qiu himself.

Signing a blood alliance is a prerequisite for Ouyang Xiaoleng to become the lord of the demon world, and obtaining the power of the Silver Fox Divine Monarch can not only allow him to get the power to compete with Qingyun, but also deter those who are ready to move on the throne and the crown of the demon king, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Ouyang Hongye has far more rights than any prince during the reign of Ouyang Xueye, the second-generation demon king fox, and he is willing to give up all the glory and rights of the demon world to bring Ouyang Xiaoleng alone in Ouyang Ancient Mansion in order to assist him to become the third-generation demon king fox, this is his promise to Xiao Leng's parents is heavier than his daughter, and he must be careful for this promise, even if he does whatever it takes.

At first glance, everything in school looks the same as usual, and after a few days of school, schoolwork is on track, and every day at school is busy. After school, Xia and Qiu spend most of their time with Liu Lingmei and Du He, sometimes going to the commercial street, sometimes going to their respective homes as guests. She gradually got used to the attentive gaze of Ouyang Xiaoleng that would appear around her from time to time, and after confessing his secret to her, his protection of her became more natural.

But there were times when there were oversights, and after a day of heavy rain on Saturday, the sky finally cleared on Sunday. Xia Qiu and Liu Lingmei made an appointment to go roller skating at the roller skating rink in the park first, and then go to the newly opened Western-style fast food restaurant on the commercial street to eat. Although Du He had previously reminded them that some unscrupulous youths sometimes gathered around the park recently, they tried not to go to places with fewer people. But it was both weekend and daylight, and they couldn't help but let their guard down.

The closest to the roller skating rink is a side gate of the park, and although it is a slightly remote path to walk out of that gate, the road is connected to the main road leading to the commercial street, which is why Xia Qiu and Liu Lingmei chose to take that gate after leaving the roller skating rink. The path is walled by the park on one side and planted with elm trees on the other, and in the afternoon the sun casts its shadows through the gaps in the foliage.

The sound of the locomotive engine came from both ends of the path, and before they could react, several motorcycles were already in front of them, putting them in a dilemma. On the motorcycles were young people dressed in very social clothes, wearing tattered jeans, gloves and vests with willow spikes.

Xia Qiu subconsciously took Liu Lingmei's hand, only to realize how cold her palm was. Liu Lingmei was obviously frightened, the more Xia Qiu understood that she had to be calm.

"Excuse me, can you let us pass?" She asked a young man nearest to them with dyed yellow hair.

The yellow fur ignored her, and when she looked at the people in front of her carefully, she realized that something was wrong with them, their eyes were like those of drug addicts, and their needle-like pupils were hollow and confused. They didn't speak, but she could hear voices echoing through the air, gnawing at her nerves like poisonous snakes.

"Is this the human Mother wants us to find?"

"That's her."

……

"Catch her and give it to her mother, you will be rewarded."

"Catch her."

……

"What about the other person?"

"Kill her!"

……

"Reimi, can you hear what they say?"

Xia Qiu asked Liu Lingmei beside her, even she felt fear when she heard the word kill, and the strange behavior of these people in front of her reminded her of the ghost servant of the Rakshasa mother who attacked her in the Yongchuan forest.

"I ...... I didn't hear anything, Xiaoqiu, they don't look normal! Liu Lingmei's voice was trembling, and her legs and feet began to weaken.

Liu Lingmei's answer made Xia Qiu even more sure that the guys who stopped them were probably not human, and if there were only one or two, they might still have a chance to escape, but she had to admit that their current situation was quite dangerous.

The "youths" stepped off their motorcycles and leaned over to them almost at the same time, some pulling out daggers and some drawing baseball bats from behind their backs. Xia Qiu hugged the petite Liu Lingmei tightly with her arms, and she wanted to protect her friend as much as possible no matter what. Liu Lingmei seemed to faint, and Xia Qiu could feel her body lying soft in her arms. Suddenly, several hands reached over and grabbed her to separate them, and her mind went blank except that she knew she couldn't let go.

"The wind stops blazing."

With a familiar voice ringing in their ears, a silver light flashed in front of their eyes, bringing a tornado-like sword aura, rolling the "youth" around them into the air and slamming them to the ground.

"They are controlled by Mother Rakshasas." Ouyang Xiaoleng said.

"They're human?" Xia Qiu breathed a long sigh of relief, and just when she thought there was no hope, he appeared in front of her at the most critical moment.

"Yes, they are supposed to be controlled by the waters of the backwaterhole, which is a common trick used by the Rakshasa Mother to the weak-willed. Those who are controlled will treat her as a mother, become her puppet and obey any orders she makes. ”

Ouyang Xiaoleng looked vigilantly at the puppets of the Rakshasa Mother lying on the ground, they didn't feel pain at all at this time, so they all got up one after another.

The voices of those young people echoed in Xia Qiu's ears again.

"Mother said he was an enemy."

"Kill him together."

"Kill."

……

"They said that Mother said that you are an enemy, and she wants to kill you with her." Xia Qiu said to Ouyang Xiaoleng.

"Can you hear them?"

Ouyang Xiaoleng couldn't help but be surprised, he had long heard that people who were controlled by the water of the backwater pool would communicate through brain waves, as if they had opened a radio channel exclusive to them, and their channel was obviously captured by Xia Qiu's brain. But before he could discuss with Xia Qiu how she did this, he had to deal with the group of enemies in front of him.

"Is there any way to regain their will?" Xia Qiu asked.

In Ouyang Xiaoleng's opinion, it seemed more preferable to directly knock down or even kill this group of puppets, because although he inherited his mother's bloodline as a demon slayer and had also seen some spells about exorcism, he had never actually used them. If he couldn't succeed in eliminating the backwater pool that Mother Rakshasa had injected into these people at once, they could attack Xia Qiu and Liu Lingmei at any time, or hide and become a hidden danger after escaping, but he could see from Xia Qiu's eyes her mercy for them who were fellow humans, even if these idle youths were originally moths in this society.

"I'll try!" Still, he decided to fight for her request, and put away the sword he had already held in his hand. He drew a circle in the air with his fingers and connected the five-pointed stars within the circle, and said the words, "Ergo, dracomaledicteetomnislegiodiabolica, adjuramuste." ”

As he repeated the incantation, the pattern he had just drawn in the air began to take shape, slowly rising and rotating horizontally 180 degrees above his head, then gradually expanding, all of the incantations moving in a circle along the pentagram, and finally down towards the ground, holding down the golems who surrounded them.

At first the puppets struggled a few times, then they all fell to their knees, and the black liquid continued to flow from their mouths, noses, and eyes, and when the liquid ran out, they all collapsed.

"Are they alright?" Xia Qiu didn't quite know exactly what was going on.

"It's just a temporary loss of consciousness, those black liquids are the water of the backwater, without it, they will soon regain their consciousness, let's get out of here!" Ouyang Xiaoleng reminded.

"Hmm." Xia Qiu nodded, although she was struggling, she still wanted to pick up Liu Lingmei in her arms.

Ouyang Xiaoleng didn't say anything when he saw it, just walked over and picked Liu Lingmei up at once, and then walked in the direction of the road.

When Liu Lingmei woke up again, she found that she was sitting on a bench on the side of the commercial street with Xia Qiu's shoulders on her shoulders, she rubbed her eyes and raised her head, suddenly remembering that they had just been surrounded by a group of young people in society, and then she didn't know anything.

"Xiaoqiu, what about the group of people?" She asked in a trance.

"Just as the police were passing by, the group ran away." Xia Qiu replied with a smile, as she had just agreed with Ouyang Xiaoleng, she could only lie to her friends.

"Oh, you carried me on your back?"

"yes, you're still quite heavy, do you still go for fast food?"

"Uh-huh, I suddenly feel very hungry, I need to eat something to suppress the shock."

Ouyang Xiaoleng left after sending Xia Qiu and Liu Lingmei to the commercial street, because he had always firmly opposed Xia Qiu becoming his blood alliance contractor, and Ouyang Hongye had to agree to use the power of Dong Muya and others to find other suitable people among the descendants of the Ouyang family. On the surface, everything seemed to be in line with his wishes, but after the scene just now, he had to start thinking about it again.

What he has always rejected is to involve her in the war that belongs to him, but now it seems that she has been locked as a prey by the Rakshasa Mother, and the Rakshasa Mother hiding in the shadows may use new means at any time in order to get her, but with his current rights, he cannot send others to search for the whereabouts of the Rakshasa Mother on a large scale. Although he can protect Xia Qiu as much as possible, there are always times when he is negligent, like today she was almost captured by those puppets.

The Blood Alliance is a double-edged sword, which can not only connect Xia Qiu's fate with the fate of herself and her own world, but also allow her to gain unprecedented power. Gaining strength means she can protect herself, and even a little bit of strength in a critical moment can get her away with it. He wondered how his father had made up his mind to sign a blood pact with his mother, and how his mother, as a demon slayer, had chosen to unite with his father, and the answer seemed to be just one step away from being revealed.

Although Ouyang Hongye ostensibly agreed to Ouyang Xiaoleng's request, and indeed turned to Dong Muya to find the whereabouts of the Ouyang family's descendants, in fact, he was still firm in his heart to let Xia Qiu become the signatory of the blood alliance, and Dong Muya's investigation results made him more sure of his thoughts.

Dong Muya is ostensibly a Chinese teacher at Yongchuan Middle School, but this is just her protective clothing in the face of society, and her real identity is the manager of the underground database of Ouyang Ancient Mansion. This database existed as early as a thousand years ago when the Ouyang Ancient Mansion was just built, and in modern times, it has been managed by the Li family who have served the Ouyang family for generations.

Li Xun, the previous manager of the database, handed over the key to the database to this girl who was not related to him before he died, and Dong Muya was just sixteen years old at that time. But from the time she met Ouyang Hongye at the age of eight, she was fascinated by everything in his world, and her talent for searching and managing materials was also shown in her childhood.

Her acquaintance with Ouyang Hongye is also very interesting, the little human girl who was attacked by evil spirits was rescued by a beautiful man, only to find out later that the man was an out-and-out monster. In order to comfort her frightened, he took her to the fairyland-like Ouyang Ancient Mansion, but she was fascinated by the underground database there, at first she simply wanted to know everything about him and his world, and later her idea became that if she could inherit this database, she would have a reason to be by his side. It's just that more than 20 years have passed, and she has become a middle-aged woman in her thirties, even if she looks younger than her peers, she is still left by the years, and he still looks ageless.

As the manager of the database, Dong Muya was under the management of Ouyang Hongye and the Great Elder of the Demon Realm, Ouyang Yong, and served them, it was an unpaid job, and she often had to pay for books and information by herself, but she never complained about anything. Recently, she was entrusted by Ouyang Hongye to find the whereabouts of the descendants of the Ouyang family, but as the search continued to deepen, more and more terrifying facts were placed in front of her. She told Ouyang Hongye her thoughts at the first time, and after hearing it, he was shocked and a little imperceptible to other emotions.

Dong Muya's investigation results made Ouyang Hongye feel the need to summon Mochizuki to Ouyang Ancient Mansion to discuss countermeasures, but in addition to Ouyang Xiaoleng, he hoped that Xia Qiu could also be present, unexpectedly, this time Ouyang Xiaoleng did not immediately refute, but offered to take Xia Qiu to the demon world first and then let her decide for herself.

During the lunch break on Monday, Xia Qiu turned around and saw Ouyang Xiaoleng drawing on the notebook, he was drawing a kind of flower she had never seen before, the red and curly petals and the stamens stretching out to the surroundings and the sky had a breathtaking beauty.

"What kind of flower is this?" Xia Qiu couldn't help asking.

"Manzhu Sawa is also called the other side flower." Ouyang Xiaoleng raised his head, his eyes narrowed into two lines because of the sunlight shining in at noon, but because of this, he looked a little more gentle than before.

"It's so beautiful!" Summer and autumn are attracted by the beautiful flowers that leap on the page.

"Want to see the real Manju Sahua?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked.

"Yes!" Xia Qiu replied without thinking, just the day before, Ouyang Xiaoleng saved her again, and she trusted him even more, and there might be a heart warmer than anyone else hidden under his ice-like appearance.

At this time, Liu Lingmei and Du He came over with lunch boxes, and they were also amazed by Ouyang Xiaoleng's Manzhu Sawa. But Ouyang Xiaoleng was obviously still not used to communicating with others other than Xia Qiu, so he got up and walked towards the outside of the classroom.

"This guy is really weird." Liu Lingmei looked at his back and shook her head.

"By the way, I don't think I've ever seen him at lunch, have you ever seen him?" Du He asked.

"Not really!" Liu Lingmei felt even more strange when Du He said this.

"But that guy is really good at basketball, and I want to ask him to play again." Dong Haofan also came over at some point.

"I guess you're out of play, it's still possible for Xia Qiu to ask him out." Liu Lingmei glanced at Dong Haofan disdainfully.

"Why did you get involved with me?" Xia Qiu finally interjected, but she was still excited about Ouyang Xiaoleng's promise to take her to see Manzhu Shahua.

After school, Ouyang Xiaoleng took her to Manzhu Shahua's location as promised, and they walked to the path leading to Ouyang's ancient mansion, and the same road that was getting narrower and narrower appeared when they were approaching the end of the road.

"I didn't seem to notice that there was still a turn in here that day." Xia Qiu felt that as she walked along the fork in the road, the space around her became different from before.

"This path is the 'Lost Path' created by my grandfather, and it has the same effect as an enchantment, and ordinary people will not find its location. It will only show the correct route and form in front of those who are completely familiar with it, if it were not for the fact that the red leaves deliberately led you through that day, it would be just a wall or a tree in front of you, or a completely different road to other places, this 'labyrinth' leads to another place in addition to the ancient mansion of Ouyang. ”

"Another place?"

"Yes, Demon Realm King City."

If it weren't for Xia Qiu's interest in Manzhu Sawa so much, Ouyang Xiaoleng might not have been able to make such a determination. But he felt it was a good opportunity to take her to see his world for himself, and then let her decide for herself whether or not she wanted to be his blood pact.

Xia Qiu followed Ouyang Xiaoleng to the entrance of the demon world, and the mist diffused from the other end, and the further she went, the heavier it became, making her vision blurry. After a few more walks, the mist gradually cleared in all directions, and she found that she had been led to a wide corridor, made of black marble, supported on either side by tall columns.

"This place is called the Corridor of Two Lives, and it is the only way to connect the human world and the demon world."

Ouyang Xiaoleng said and guided Xia Qiu to look out of the corridor, the boundless sea of red manzhu sawa flowers outside the corridor of the two lives was like a beating flame blooming unscrupulously, and it was connected to the gorgeous purple sky.

"Ah, this is ......" Xia Qiu was stunned by the strange scene in front of her for a while.

"Well, they also have a name called the Flower of the Other Side, and they are the only flowers that can grow in the God Realm, the Human Realm, and the Demon Realm at the same time."

As he spoke, there was a silver bell-like laughter from a distance, and two girls in red who looked like dolls held hands and danced hand in hand, their feet not walking but crossing the sea of flowers. They have long hair as black as eternal night and neat bangs, and they are delicate and petite, looking the same except for the color of their pupils. The girl with white pupils seems to be invisible, always asking the girl with black pupils next to her.

"Manjoo, who's coming?"

"Sha Hua, that's Lord Ouyang Xiaoleng, the Demon King Fox."

"Who is beside him?"

"It's a human being."

"No wonder there's a strange smell that stirs up our aromas, I don't like humans."

"Shh

They whispered a few more words, and then the silver bells of laughter rang out again.

"Who are they?" Xia Qiu asked Ouyang Xiaoleng.

"They are the flower demon sisters of this Manju Sawa , one of them is completely blind in the eyes during the day, and the other is completely blind at night, so they cannot be separated for a moment from birth. Ignore them, let's go! Ouyang Xiao said disdainfully and planned to pull Xia Qiu away.

"The Demon King Fox just likes these smelly and ugly humans."

"Yes, he didn't even look at us when we were so beautiful."

"Slow down, let's do a dance for you."

"Let's do a flower soul dance."

The two girls danced as they spoke, and the clothes on their bodies instantly changed into soft water sleeves, they flew in the air like butterflies, flipped like swallows, and the dazzling and graceful dancing made Xia Qiu a little dizzy.

"Summer and autumn! Summer and Autumn! ”

"What's wrong with me?"

When she came back to her senses, she found that Ouyang Xiaoleng was calling her name, and his hands slapped her cheeks a few times, making her face hot for a while.

"You've been temporarily fascinated by their sorcery, and these flower demons like to play tricks on people." Ouyang Xiao Leng said as he turned to Sister Manzhu Shahua, "Be careful that I scatter your flower souls!" ”

"We don't dare anymore, please spare us!" The Flower Demon sisters were obviously frightened by Ouyang Xiaoleng's words, and even their voices trembled.

"Didn't you say they were joking, and they danced so beautifully that they made me look stupid." Xia Qiu pulled Ouyang Xiaoleng's sleeve, "Let's go!" ”

Ouyang Xiaoleng saw Xia Qiu say this, so he had to leave with her. He didn't know how to explain to her the strict hierarchy of the demon world, which was different from the equality of life in the human world, as a flower demon with the same humble status as the mermaid clan and the ghost servant, it was a great disrespect to him, the third-generation demon king fox, to tease Xia Qiu so boldly.

"First of all, the throne of the demon world is hereditary, and most of the titles are the same. Next, you can also get the corresponding status and power through your own strength, but if you don't inherit the powerful power from your parents, it may take a hundred or even a thousand years to rely on your own cultivation. Because the merfolk have a similar lifespan to humans, it is difficult for them to cultivate strength; The ghost servant has betrayed all his freedom and power forever for some reason; However, the flower demons are different from them, because they cannot survive without the rhizome, although they can transform into human form, they are unable to engage in any substantive battles. As low-level monsters, they can easily take their lives or even be wiped out. ”

He tried his best to explain it to Xia Qiu, but it made her fall into deep thought. How can this not be the case in the world? Although it preaches equality on the surface, there are contradictions everywhere.,Compared to the frankness of demons, human beings seem hypocritical.。

After stepping out of the corridor of the two lives, they were greeted by a huge square, and the ground paved with blue bricks seemed to extend infinitely. When the line of sight becomes wider, Xia and Autumn appreciate the beauty of the sky here, and the stars shine brightly on the dark purple sky like a curtain.

"The sky here ......" Xia Qiu didn't know how many times she would be shocked by the scenery of the demon world today.

"The purple sky is one of the symbols of this world, and it will be lilac during the day." Ouyang Xiaoleng whispered another sentence silently, "Call, Night Elf, Wind Beast, Qilin." ”

The sound of hurried horses' hooves brought a hurricane, and in the wind, a tall cyan horse broke through the dust and stopped in front of Ouyang Xiaoleng and Xia Qiu. Ouyang Xiaoleng turned over and stretched out a hand to Xia Qiu, Xia Qiu was pulled on the horse and sat in front of him as soon as he grabbed it, and was suddenly surrounded by his arms, making her heart crash like a deer, and a touch of morning glow flew on her face.

Behind the towering archway in the distance is a road that winds up the mountain, and there is no sign and no word on the archway except for carving.

"This road is called Bangshan Road, and it leads directly to the observation deck at the top of the royal city. It is like the commercial street of Wangcheng, shops, hotels, and restaurants are all on this road, and other roads in Wangcheng are also connected to it. ”

Ouyang Xiaoleng took Xia Qiu all the way up the mountain road, deliberately slowing down to introduce her to the houses with strange words and symbols painted on both sides.

"Isn't this a shopping street? Why is there no one? Xia Qiu wondered why there were no half pedestrians on the street, and the doors and windows of the houses were closed.

"It's not the most prosperous time in the demon world now, because it's too depressed, many shops are closed, and even if they are still open, they close early every day."

Ouyang Xiaoleng's voice was slightly lonely, if his father was still here, it would definitely not be the scene he is now. It was also because of his father's absence that until a few years ago he could not walk freely in the royal city as he is now. Because of the inheritance of the power of the demon king fox and Ouyang Hongye's strict training, he was able to make him so powerful after just sixteen years that ordinary demons could not easily hurt him, otherwise how could he swagger in the city that should have belonged to him, and he felt even more desolate when he thought about it. After a while, the Qilin led them to the observation deck, and then Ouyang Xiaoleng ordered it to hide.

"Why do you call them Night Elves and Windbeasts?" Only then did Xia Qiu remember to ask Ouyang Xiaoleng.

"The unicorn is a demon horse, and the demon horse comes from the Dark Night Forest, and it is the most important means of transportation in the demon world. As for why they are called Wind Beasts, although they look like horses in the world, they have amazing speed and stamina, and come and go like the wind. They are both wise and loyal, they choose their master according to their own will and make a pact that they will be loyal to this master for the same period of time until their death. ”

On the observation deck stands a large bronze bell, from which you can enjoy a panoramic view of the royal city. Xia Qiu propped himself on the railing and took a few deep breaths of air that was much fresher than the world, and suddenly felt that his whole body became much more relaxed.

"That is Chenji Palace, the place where I was born, and the center of power in the demon world. My grandfather and father both ruled the Demon Realm there, and one day I will restore everything to the way it used to be! Ouyang Xiaoleng pointed to the seven golden roofs on the mountainside in the distance.

The largest of the seven golden roofs was surrounded by the other six irregularly, and although Xia Qiu couldn't see the scene inside the Chenji Palace, she could also imagine a little bit of the magnificence there, and she began to sketch in her mind the kings who had reigned over the world there...... was suddenly interrupted by Ouyang Xiaoleng.

"It's time, look!"

As far as she could see, the street lamps under the observation deck lit up one after another, enveloping the city in a crystal white light.

"Let's take a closer look at what that pattern is?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked.

The snow lotus blooming on the hillside seems to greet the purple night sky and diamond-like stars with petals, and the golden roof of Chenji Palace is like its stamen. Everything seemed so small in front of this amazing design, and looking at it not only filled her heart with reverence, but even her eyes were filled with tears. She didn't know how to describe her mood to Ouyang Xiaoleng at the moment, in her eyes, it was not like the demon world, but like heaven.

"Ah...... So beautiful...... I love ......it," she shouted down the hill, letting her voice echo through the world.

Ouyang Xiaoleng was stunned for her unexpected behavior for a moment, and then unconsciously showed a smile, although the smile was very shallow, it came from the bottom of her heart with warmth.

"I've heard legends about humans coming here and not wanting to leave, and now I finally understand why." As soon as Xia Qiu turned around and met the smile on the corner of his mouth, his heart was touched again, it was his uncommon expression, as if the tip of an iceberg had melted.

"There are only a handful of humans who have come here in the past 1,000 years, one is Ouyang Zhenhai, who once signed a blood alliance with my grandfather, one is Ouyang Yong, the first elder of the Demon Realm, one is Princess Dan, the wife of the Amber Dragon King, my father's friend, and the other two are my mother Ran Susu and you, they really haven't been able to leave here."

"It seems that those legends are not all groundless, in fact, I have believed that many of them are true since I was a child, which is why I always like to go to the Yongchuan Forest, I want to find the legendary path to the demon world."

"Do you dare to give yourself to me?" Ouyang Xiaoleng suddenly rose from the ground and stood on the railing only on tiptoe, then leaned his face to Xia Qiu, who was standing behind the railing, and said.

This sentence made Xia Qiu's heart beat several beats, and she thought about the meaning of his words, what does it mean to dare to give herself to him? Such bold words really don't look like Ouyang Xiaoleng can say them.

"I mean do you believe me?" Ouyang Xiaoleng reacted that his expression was not so appropriate, and turned his face to the side in embarrassment to explain.

"Hmm!" Xia Qiu breathed a long sigh of relief and nodded.

"Then give me your hand, and then close your eyes, and open them again when I tell you to open them."

Xia Qiu handed him the hand as Ouyang Xiaoleng said and then closed her eyes, she only felt that as soon as her hand was clenched by him, there was a force that pulled her upward.

"Open your eyes!"

She slowly opened her eyes and found herself soaring in the sky of the royal city at the beginning of the lanterns, although she had also been carried high by Ouyang Hongye when she was in Ouyang Ancient Mansion that time, but it could not be compared to the feeling at this time. Her hand was held tightly by Ouyang Xiaoleng, and there was no trace of fear in her heart, as if she could go anywhere with him.

Ouyang Xiaoleng took Xia Qiu to hover in the sky for a while, and finally landed outside the Liangsheng Xuanlang. I don't know who is playing the guqin in the corridor, sometimes tactful and sometimes melodious. When I walked in, I saw that Ouyang Hongye was sitting against the pillar, surrounded by the Manzhu Sawa sisters, who were obsessively watching him playing.

"Why are you here?" Ouyang Xiaoleng stepped forward and asked.

"I came to ask my old friend about something, and I just heard that you are also here, so I am waiting for you here." Ouyang Hongye stopped the piano and said.

"We're leaving." Ouyang Xiaoleng noticed that Ouyang Hongye's eyes were a little strange when he looked at him and Xia Qiu, and only then did he notice that he forgot to let go of the hand holding Xia Qiu.

"I'm leaving, I'll play you another piece of the repertoire next time." Ouyang Hongye got up, hugged the guqin to his chest, and squeezed his eyes at Manzhu and what he said.

"Thank you, Momiji-sama! Come and see us often! The silver bell-like voice sounded again, and the two sisters held hands and disappeared into the sea of flowers.

Ouyang Hongye came to Manzhu and Sha Hua to find out with them who were the people who had passed by the Liangsheng Xuan Corridor recently, and whether there was anything unusual among these people. According to them, a man in a black cloak appeared on the verandah in the previous section, and he was not sure who it was because he couldn't see his face clearly.

Judging from the time, it seems that the Rakshasa Mother who used the water of the backwater pool to control the group of young people who attacked Xia Qiu, she should have noticed that due to the recent attack on Xia Qiu in the Yongchuan Forest and the mysterious death of the descendants of the Ouyang family, the enchantment around the forest has been strengthened, and there are many more talismans on the enchantment that can serve as an alarm, so she did not destroy the enchantment but chose to use those young people who happened to enter the forest. Ouyang Hongye was not sure if she was the one who caused the mysterious death of the descendants of the Ouyang family, but she had disappeared with Qingyun since the great war sixteen years ago, but now she suddenly became so active, which made him sure that Qingyun's comeback was not a groundless conjecture.

"Would you like to try to find out a little bit about the Blood Alliance?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked her on the way home to send Xia Qiu.

"Yes." Xia Qiu replied firmly.

"Momiji wants to invite you to Ouyang Ancient Mansion again, I hope you won't make a decision that you regret because you were instigated by anyone, but simply listen to your own heart."

"Hmm."