There is only one last step left before signing the Blood Alliance, and that is to obtain the approval of Ouyang Yong, the first elder of the Demon Realm. Because such a major ceremony as the signing of the blood alliance must be presided over by him personally, he also presided over it when the second-generation demon king fox Ouyang Xueye signed the contract with Ran Susu. In order to beware of those who may be lurking in the royal city and have taken refuge in Qingyun, Ouyang Hongye did not plan to announce Xia Qiu's identity to ensure her safety before signing the Blood Alliance.

Ouyang Yong was a human orphan adopted by the first demon king Hu Li thousands of years ago, and when he was four or five years old, his parents kindly took in two travelers who passed through their village, but they were killed by the two who wanted to get rich at night. His mother tried her best to protect him from the house, but was chased by the assailants all the way to the edge of the cliff, where she happened to save him and kill the traveler.

Li took him back to the demon world to raise, because of the scene of his parents being killed, he once had extreme fear and hatred of humans, he made up his mind to give up his identity as a human and follow Li to learn demon law and finally turned into a demon. He was the first prince after Li became the lord of the demon world, and he was conscientious and accomplished. Because he has experienced two eras from the first generation of the demon king fox ceremony to the second generation of the demon king fox Ouyang Xueye, he is familiar with everything that has happened in the demon world for thousands of years, and his elder style has an unshakable prestige in the demon world, he loves Ouyang Xiaoleng very much, just like his grandfather, let him experience rare family affection in the demon world.

Ouyang Li had heard of the name Xia Qiu for a long time, and her being the first choice of Ouyang Xiao's cold-blooded alliance had aroused his great interest. Over the years, in order to restore the political balance of the demon world, he had to hide his true thoughts about supporting Ouyang Xiaoleng to become the third-generation demon king fox, and taking the opportunity of Ouyang Xiaoleng to successfully sign a contract with Xia Qiu, he also wanted to make a break with the past.

Two days later, Xia Qiu's feet set foot on the land of the demon world again, and in order to keep others from noticing her, Ouyang Hongye deliberately dressed her up in disguise. He prepared a nondescript black robe for her, put on a white mask for her, and used demonic magic to hide the scent of humans from her.

She followed Ouyang Xiaoleng and Ouyang Hongye from a path towards the independent entrance behind the Auxiliary Star Hall of Chenji Palace, and when she looked up halfway through, she saw the majestic black walls under the golden roof, as well as the red window lattices stacked on top of the main building.

Before they entered the Demon Realm, Ouyang Hongye introduced the structure of Chenji Palace to Xia Qiu. The entire Chenji Palace is divided into three main halls and four side halls, which are named after the Big Dipper, and each palace has its own independent courtyard. The front is the Tianshu Palace, leading to the main hall on both sides of the Tianxuan Hall and the Tianji Palace, followed by the main hall Tianquan Palace, and connecting the inner hall Yuheng Hall are the other two side halls, the Kaiyang Hall and the Auxiliary Star Hall they are going to. The Tianshu Hall is the place where various ceremonies are held, the Tianquan Hall is the place where the deliberations are held, the inner hall is the residence of the lord of the demon world, and the four side halls are inhabited by the four most respected elders. Only the Great Elder Ouyang Yong and the Second Elder Lion Wang Cheng are still alive today, and Ouyang Yong lives in the Auxiliary Star Palace.

The path leading to the Hall of the Auxiliary Stars is actually just a narrow staircase, and the staircase is paved with many uncarved stones, each of which is different from one step to the other. At the end of the stairs, a red gate appeared, and the words "Auxiliary Star" were engraved on the door from right to left, and Ouyang Hongye reached out and tapped on the door three times.

After a while, there was the sound of the deadbolt pulling inside, and the door was slowly opened, and a scorching sensation came out of it. Behind the door stood a giant bird surrounded by red flames, and the giant bird saw them stretch its wings and salute them. Although Xia Qiu had already prepared for all kinds of amazing monsters that she might see, she was still startled by the guy in front of her.

"This is Thorn, who was originally a subordinate of my father, and now follows Grandpa Yong, whose job is to deliver information throughout the human world and the demon world. Don't be frightened by the way he looks now, in fact, he has a very simple personality and even a little shy, but he has a mission to accomplish when he does things. Ouyang Xiaoleng saw Xia Qiu's slightly frightened expression and explained.

"Brother Thorn, you are really, why don't you come out to meet you when you know that there is a little girl coming." Ouyang Hongye shook his head at the thorns.

By Ouyang Hongye's words, the thorns slowly converged the flames bursting out of his body, and turned into a red-haired young man with rough facial features and a little childishness, his figure was very tall and strong, and his shoulders were covered with thorns full of sharp thorns, which made people feel a sense of prohibition.

"Please come with me, Yong-sama has been waiting for a long time!"

The sound of the thorns was very different from the impression he gave people, tactful, crisp and magnetic, as if the nightingale could firmly grasp the ears of the listener as soon as he opened his mouth, and he took heavy steps to guide Ouyang Hongye and them from the path towards the Auxiliary Star Palace.

Summer and autumn finally got a glimpse of the true appearance of the main building inside the high walls, although the walls of the main building are also black, but they are not so oppressive due to the layers of red window lattices, and the exquisite pavilions and pavilions in the inner courtyard are scattered with each other, which is very ancient royal style.

"When my grandfather Li became the first demon king fox, it was the Song Dynasty in the world, so the entire Chenji Palace was built with the four god pillars as the center, and the black bee demon clan imitated the Song Dynasty buildings." Ouyang Xiaoleng looked at Xia Qiu and looked at the buildings around her, and said to her.

"Wow!" Summer and autumn were deeply shocked by the black bee demon's ingenious skills.

The thorns led them into the Hall of Auxiliary Stars, a wide rectangular main hall supported by six pillars of about two feet. Rows of shelves are neatly placed on both sides, one side displays all kinds of weapons of different lengths and shapes, and on the other side there are clearly items stored various books collected by Ouyang Yong. In addition to books on the history of the human world and the demon world, there are also various weapons and martial arts secrets, and even guqin scores, calligraphy collections and painting collections, all of which Ouyang Yong has always been most interested in.

At the end of the hall, behind the rosewood tables and chairs, there is a huge agarwood screen, on which are painted four kinds of birds, peacocks, wild ducks, eagles and cranes, and even the feathers and other subtleties are depicted very expressively and vividly. Bypassing the screen, there is a corridor leading to Ouyang Yong's residence, and the corridor is full of red plums exuding a charming faint fragrance, and it is already evening, but the bright and dazzling orange-bellied bulbul and sunbird are still chirping tirelessly in the branches.

Ouyang Yong's room was on the opposite side of the corridor, and before he even stepped inside, he smelled the fragrance of wood. Inside the door, there are dark brown sandalwood tables and chairs and a huge screen full of plum blossoms, which is more like a mirror reflecting the plum blossoms in the garden if it were not for the seals and inscriptions on the corners of the screen, and the faint laughter of the old man and the girl can be heard behind the screen.

Before the thorns could go in to report Ouyang Xiaoleng, he walked behind the screen, his voice and his facial expressions were also emotionless on weekdays, but today it sounded different.

"Grandpa Yong!"

"Xiao Leng is here!"

"Brother Xiao Leng!"

Xia Qiu and Ouyang Hongye also walked in with the thorns, and behind the screen sat an old man with a serene face on the Luohan bed. The old man looked seventy or eighty years old, with his crane hair tied high into a hair crown, and the plum blossom hairpin inserted in the hair crown was very eye-catching, although he was too old, his eyes were still blazing, his white beard was like a fairy, and he was wearing a navy blue velvet satin robe embroidered with gold wire, and a brown belt was rooted around his waist.

The girl who had just heard his voice before anyone else had already grabbed Ouyang Xiaoleng's arm and stood beside him, she was petite and exquisite, she was dressed in a peach-pink skirt and lined with snow muscles that were blown and broken, and her blurred facial features because she were too white made the pair of crimson pupils like Mochizuki even more gorgeous. The girl was looking at Ouyang Xiaoleng with a smile, and it seemed that the relationship between the two was intimate.

"Lord Yong, I've already brought the people." Thorn stepped forward and bowed lightly to Ouyang Yong, then retreated to the back after speaking.

"Yong-sama!" Ouyang Hongye also bowed slightly.

"Momiji doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat." Ouyang Yong asked Ouyang Hongye to sit on the chair next to Luohan's bed, and then nodded at Xia Qiu, who was at a loss, and said with a smile, "Little girl, you can sit next to me!" ”

"Thank you!" Xia Qiu sat beside Master Yong, and tried not to look at the girl who was snuggling up with Ouyang Xiaoleng.

"Why is the atmosphere so serious, it's all you who bow and salute one by one and scare the little girl." Seeing that no one answered, Lord Yong smiled apologetically, that way was no different from his grandfather in Xia Qiu's eyes, "Thorns, where did Mochizuki go?" It couldn't be that they were stealing from my bar again, telling him Momiji that they had arrived. ”

"Yes!" The thorn answered and withdrew.

Ouyang Yong's wine cellar is full of wine, and Mochizuki has tasted three wines in a row today. The wine here is different from other places in the demon world, most of it is Ouyang Yong's self-collected old wine, and there are not a few that have been stored for more than a hundred years, and many of them are even reluctant to drink by himself. As soon as Mochizuki returned to the royal city, he insisted on staying with Ouyang Yong, and at first he didn't understand why, until he found that his wine collection was decreasing.

Listening to Thorn say that Ouyang Hongye and they have arrived, Mochizuki cheered up, he has never been interested in making a move, and when he was young, he had his brother to listen to Yue Zhang Luo in everything. Later, after his brother married the snow girl Miao Xue You, he began to travel around, because of the extraordinary demon power, and the luck is quite good, but he has never fallen into any crisis, and he has become unaccustomed to thinking, everything is willful and peaceful. Returning to the Demon Realm Wangcheng, his brother Tingyue was no longer there, so he chose to obey Ouyang Hongye's arrangement in everything, in his eyes, Ouyang Hongye was no different from his brother, he was more wise and tactful than his brother.

Mochizuki walked into Ouyang Yong's house with small steps, and sat on the chair next to the red leaves without saying a word, because he had already met Xia Qiu once and drank again, this time he didn't have the shyness of last time, and at this time Xia Qiu was being asked by Ouyang Yong about his feelings about the demon world.

"I don't know how to put into words the beauty of this place, maybe I couldn't have dreamed of it. The purple sky, the endless Manzhu Sawah, the magnificent Chenji Palace, the feeling of flying, and the many white lotuses you can see from the top of the mountain...... But, how to put it, although beauty is always a little lonely. Xia Qiu blurted out without thinking, because this was the initial impression that the demon world gave her, but then she regretted a little whether she should have expressed it more tactfully.

"Many years ago, Xiao Leng's mother said the same thing to you, although this place is beautiful, it is always a little lonely. At that time, the royal city was comparable to the prosperity of the world, but in Su Su's eyes, it was not the case, because the people here lost many precious things because they lived too long, such as the emotions that human beings are more precious because of this life, the enthusiasm for doing things and the spirit of exploring the unknown. ”

Hearing Lord Yong say Ran Susu's name, Ouyang Hongye's shoulders trembled with his heart, and his expression changed slightly, and Xia Qiu just picked up this detail when he looked up.

"Xia Qiu, Xiao Leng definitely didn't tell you, the purple white lotus was a gift from his father to his mother, just so that Su Su could make her smile on her first birthday after they were together. The pure white and noble snow lotus is the feeling that Su Su gave him in Xue Ye's heart, and I never found out that Xue Ye had such romantic cells before they met. Ouyang Hongye deliberately took over the topic in order to hide his embarrassment just now.

The origin of the purple white lotus suddenly attracted Xia Qiu deeply and made her unable to extricate herself, how much love people could have taken such pains for her, when a street lamp was lit, it was not only the night of the royal city that illuminated the two hearts in love.

"Now that Mochizuki is here, let's put aside the gossip for the time being and start getting down to business!" Ouyang Yong frowned when he smelled the smell of wine in Mochizuki's body and said, then smiled slightly at the girl who was snuggled next to Ouyang Xiaoleng, "Snow Rabbit, you can go play elsewhere for a while!" ”

"Yes!"

Snow Rabbit reluctantly let go of Ouyang Xiaoleng's arm, and before walking out of the house, she deliberately pinched her nose at Mochizuki, Mochizuki was not angry, but looked at her very gently.

"Snow Rabbit is the daughter of Brother Mochizuki, because she has known Xiao Leng since she was a child, she is like a brother and sister!" Ouyang Hongye remembered that he hadn't introduced the snow rabbit like Xia Qiu.

After the snow rabbit left, Ouyang Yong put down the cigarette pouch in his hand, then picked up the teacup and took a sip, and when he put the teacup down, the room also fell silent.

"Although there are only a few of us sitting here now, we are the only people in the royal city who can be completely trusted at the moment! We have gathered everyone here today for nothing else, but to clarify our common goal! First of all, I must show my attitude, although over the years because Xiao Leng is still young and in order to calm the contradictions between all parties in the royal city, I have to keep silent about Xiao Leng's succession, but my attitude of supporting the demon king fox as the first elder of the first demon king fox ceremony has never changed. Although Qingyun disappeared after the Great War sixteen years ago, a lot of information about the activities of his subordinates has been confirmed recently, in order to meet another bloody storm that may come at any time, we have to take precautions, and the top priority is to help Xiao Leng ascend to the throne of the demon king, what do you think about Momiji? Ouyang Yong put away the kindness on his face and said in righteous words.

"Exactly! There are two factions in the royal city regarding the election of the demon king, one is the Uyder faction headed by the second elder Lion Wang Cheng, they advocate that you or Lion Wang Cheng become the lord of the demon world, and there are many supporters under it, and the righteous son of Lion Wang Cheng, the prince leopard demon wind and fire and the prince stone demon Yan Ming, needless to say, also include most of the princes and nobles; The other faction is the new faction, that is, those who support Xiao Leng to inherit the throne, and almost all of them are here......"

"With such a huge disparity, isn't there no chance of winning?!" Mochizuki, who looked drowsy, suddenly interrupted Ouyang Hongye.

"But we have three trump cards! The first one is you, Lord Yong, as the first elder of the demon world, your status and prestige are unmatched; The second is me, as the righteous brother of the second-generation demon king fox, my position among the princes is also very important; The last one is the Amber Dragon King, the lord of Dongyao Water City! ”

"As I thought, although the Amber Dragon King has not left Dongyao for many years, his loyalty to the Demon King Fox will never be lost to you and me." Ouyang Yong said approvingly.

"Xia Qiu signed a blood alliance with Xiao Leng to open the power of the Silver Fox Divine Monarch in Xiao Leng's body, this is the force; Then I and Mochizuki accompanied Xiao Leng to Dongyao to seek the support of the Amber Dragon King, which is righteous; The throne of the demon king has always been inherited in order, which is reasonable. With the support of this power and righteousness, I believe we will definitely be able to win those veterans at the Demon King Election Conference! ”

Ouyang Hongye was a little excited as he spoke, feeling that he was one step closer to his ideal. Although Ouyang Yong has always loved Ouyang Xiaoleng very much over the years, when it comes to supporting him to become the lord of the demon world, his attitude has always been ambiguous, and it is the first time that he has been so clear and firm as today.

"Just do as you say, and I'll preside over the blood alliance ceremony for the two of them in two days! I still have something to say to Xia Qiu alone, you stay here first! Summer and autumn, come with me to the courtyard! Ouyang Yong said as he got up and led Xia Qiu to the courtyard, standing in the empty field among the plum blossoms, and then he raised his hand to take down the plum blossom hairpin on his head and handed it to her and said, "This plum blossom hairpin will be given to you, it will become your weapon." ”

Xia Qiu took it carefully, held it in her hand and weighed it, feeling that its weight was very light, it was slender and delicate in her hand, the shape was like a black plum branch, and there was a red plum on the hairpin, she really couldn't think of anything it had to do with weapons.

"Don't underestimate this hairpin, try to calm your heart, hold this hairpin in your hand, what do you feel?" Ouyang Yongyou regained his previous kindness and encouraged Xia Qiudao.

Xia Qiu tried to calm down, and gradually she felt the touch of the hairpin in her hand change, there seemed to be power pouring out of the originally slender hairpin, and it continued to flow into her body, her nerves, and even her brain through her hand, she felt that it was trying to connect with her, what was this feeling like?

"Knives?!" Xia Qiu blurted out.

"Not bad! This hairpin is called the plum blade, and to mortals it is no different from an ordinary hairpin, but it can be seen as a knife in the hand of those who can experience the breath of the knife it contains beyond its appearance. This plum blade is the treasure of the first demon king fox ceremony, and it was forged by a 10,000-year-old plum tree demon who had been defeated under him voluntarily threw himself into the sea of fire and used his demon bones and soul. The whole blade is as black as the trunk of a plum tree, light as a branch of a plum tree, but it is extremely powerful. The biggest difference between it and other weapons is that it still retains the soul of the Plum Tree Demon, it only shows the body of the knife when it is needed by its own owner, and it retains a memory of the tricks used by its master and the attacks it has resisted, which will also greatly increase the user's combat power and defense. Nearly twenty years ago, it met the owner it longed for, that is, Xiao Leng's mother Ran Susu, and then it accompanied her for a few years, and now it chooses you. I will teach you the basic knife technique in the shortest possible time, and as you use it, it will continue to pass on its own memories and fighting techniques to you. ”

Although Xia Qiu still didn't seem to understand Ouyang Yong's words, the plum blade in her hand was gradually taking shape, which really made her excited, and she thought that it once belonged to Ouyang Xiaoleng's mother Ran Susu, and her heart was even more indescribably touched.

"When you sign the Blood Pact, the power contained in your body will be fully unlocked, but how powerful it will become will depend on your aptitude and future training. The basic abilities such as strength, speed, and perception will immediately increase dramatically, including hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch, and you will gradually learn to look beyond the surface of things to perceive the more essential things of things, just as you will feel the knife energy through this hairpin. The biggest difference between us and human beings in terms of ability is perception, we can experience the essence of things and use them to transform them into power, whether it is wind, water, electricity, air and other natural substances contained in the power can be used by us. ”

Ouyang Yong continued, as if he understood why she was one of the blood alliance signatories chosen by the gods when he saw Xia Qiu for the first time, the aura between her eyebrows and the calmness that was still unruly even in the demon realm were very similar to Ran Susu back then. This may be the reason why Plum Blade chose her, she is like a plum blossom that can bloom proudly in the snow even in the cold winter wax moon.

Xia Qiu held the plum blade in her hand and listened attentively to every word Ouyang Yong said, two days later she would be one of them in his mouth, with the power he said would be beyond mortals, although her expression seemed calm, but her heart had already made waves. She couldn't think about the hidden pain in her heart when she saw the snow rabbit snuggling with Ouyang Xiaoleng, the wheel of fortune was spinning too fast, and it seemed that every second would take her to another world that she didn't know at all.