The Amber Dragon King felt that he had been saying goodbye to his son again and again recently, and the reluctance when he saw him off and the concern when waiting for his news had not changed, but his trust in him was increasing day by day.

Looking at his son in the armor of dragon scales, he felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart, which was a kind of pride for parents to watch their children grow up. This time he did not send his son to the docks, but only said goodbye to him in the Amber Dragon Palace.

When parting, he looked at Xia Qiu, who was standing beside Qianqi, and then said meaningfully to his son: "As a man, you must protect the person you think is the most important!" ”

Jade Cicada rushed to the pier to see Ouyang Xiaoleng off regardless of her identity, but she couldn't get close, so she had to watch them board the ferry from a distance, because she was in too much hurry when she came out, and she felt even more cold at the water's edge with only a Luo shirt, and she was teary-eyed for a while.

After leaving Dongyao, the four teenagers continue their journey. The further east he went, the more desolate it became, the forests had all died for some reason, leaving only bare tree trunks, and there was no grass on the ground, looking at the speckled white on the trunks, Ouyang Xiaoleng guessed that these trees were probably sick with something. In the demon world, it is rare for trees and plants to get sick, because most trees have their own demonic powers that allow them to heal themselves, so this phenomenon inevitably attracts their attention.

He jumped off his horse and took a closer look at the trees, but he stumbled upon a water source next to the tree, and from the smell and color of the water source, he could easily find the real reason for the death of a large number of plants. It was a puddle of water left after a heavy rain, which reminded him of the acid rain he had heard of in the human world, but such a thing as acid rain in the demon world was really a once-in-a-thousand occurrence.

When they came to the border of Mucheng Xizhen, they finally saw a little bit of anger again, although the weeds on the edge of the city were not dense, they were still green, and although there were white spots on the scattered trees, there were still some green leaves. The gate of Xizhen City is locked, and the city wall here is extremely high, so you can't see the situation inside, and it is easy to encounter hidden weapons or be attacked if you fly in.

Ouyang Xiaoleng and Qianqi turned over and dismounted, walked to the city gate and slapped it a few times, but there was no response, and they carefully looked for mechanisms that might appear on the city gate and around for a long time, but unfortunately they still found nothing.

"Is this city simply not allowed to outsiders now?" Qianqi asked puzzled, and then leaned on the gate and listened to the movement in the city.

At this moment, the door reacted, the small window on the door used as a door mirror was opened, and a round eye looked carefully from the inside to the outside, and asked, "Who are you?" What to do in Xizhen? ”

"I am the current demon king fox Ouyang Xiaoleng, and I have come to Xizhen City to meet your city lord!" Ouyang Xiao replied calmly.

The owner of the eye inside was silent for a moment, then vanished, and after a few moments the door was finally pushed open from the inside. The owner of the eye appeared in the door with another person, and the one who had just spoken to them was a small, green-clad pangolin monster with obvious demonic powers, and a humanoid body with pangolin scales and long nails. The other man in a gray robe was much higher than him in terms of identity and demonic power, and sure enough, as soon as he opened his mouth, he confirmed this.

He said respectfully, "I am the tanuki who has been following the city lord Blue Snake Xizhen!" I heard that your subordinates said that you are the current demon king fox from Wangcheng, do you have any credentials? ”

Ouyang Xiaoleng raised the fox pattern arm ring on his arm in his direction.

The tanuki looked at it carefully, then bowed deeply and said, "Forgive me and my subordinates for offending you, just because no one from the royal city has ever come to Xizhen for so many years, so I can't help but worry that someone else will pretend to be it." ”

Several teenagers put away their demon horses and were welcomed into the city by the tanuki. Perhaps it was just after seeing the prosperous scene of Dongyao, so the depression in Xizhen City would be so obvious, there were only a few scattered residents on the street, and judging from their clothing, it was also quite poor, and it was really incomprehensible that a city lord did not even have a car for welcoming guests.

Originally, according to the information that Dong Muya had and Ouyang Hongye's description, Blue Snake Xizhen should be a very capable woman, and this city should also be managed by her to be prosperous, but after seeing it with their own eyes, they felt that it was not the case.

"May I ask the lord of the castle?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked while looking at the dilapidated houses around him.

"The lord of the city is in poor health, and no matter how much we try to persuade her, she asserts that she will die soon, and she has built a tomb for herself early."

Speaking of this, the tanuki's voice was a little choked, and he raised his hand and wiped his sleeve back and forth a few times in the corner of his eye. And the pangolin monster that followed behind also showed a sad face, and it was not difficult to see their affection for the blue snake Xizhen.

After a little further onboarding, they came to the center of the wooden city, where the famous white oak tree grew, and it looked the same disease as the trees outside the city, with a huge trunk speckled with spots, and the leaves on the branches were basically withered.

"I noticed it outside the city, and the plants around here ......"

Before Ouyang Xiaoleng could finish speaking, the tanuki interrupted him: "Since a few years ago, acid rain has often fallen here without warning, although the city lord has cast spells many times to try to stop it, but without success. The neighborhood soon became devoid of grass, and the white oak tree, which symbolized the city of Xizhen, was also on the verge of death, and for a time rumors spread that it was a bad omen. The inhabitants of the city, the younger ones who could walk, were gone, only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and the lord of the city fell ill because he could not stand the blow of the white oak tree dying. ”

Xia Qiu remembered the story that Dong Muya said about Xizhen City, the little blue snake survived by climbing the small oak tree, and later built its own city with it as the center, they have been with each other for thousands of years, but they have to face separation, how can people not be sentimental.

The palace of the blue snake Xizhen is significantly smaller than that of the other city lords, but it is still exquisite. The whole palace is made of vermilion sandstone, and there are beautiful reliefs everywhere, which is indeed a bit exotic, and people can't help but think of the architectural style of those ancient palaces in Southeast Asia.

The scale of the palace is not large, with only three floors of courtyard, and there are two reddish stone statues of frogmen standing in front of the outermost courtyard door. They were all on one knee, their eyes closed, their faces smiling, their tops naked, their fan-like earlobes hanging down to their shoulders.

The second courtyard requires several steps to enter, and there is a square pond on each side of the walkway, and the water in the pond has disappeared, perhaps because it has been polluted by acid rain, so it has simply been discharged, leaving only two large empty pits.

The innermost courtyard is where the blue snake Xizhen lives, Xia and autumn have never seen a building with so many exquisite carvings, and even the exterior windows and doors are full of hollow carvings, it is not difficult to see that this is a palace with female characteristics. When he walked to the front of the courtyard on the third floor, the pangolin monster automatically retreated, and his identity should not be allowed to enter the inner place, and now only the tanuki was still with a few teenagers.

He pushed open the door of the place where the blue snake Xizhen lived for them, and a smell of herbs mixed with exotic incense came out, and the walls and vaults of the palace were frescoes, mostly depicting some seated gods and Buddhas and flying fairies, these paintings were exaggerated and colorful, with a baroque style. A long red carpet stretched forward on the ground, as if to guide the comers along it.

They walked along the long carpet for a while, and in front of them appeared a huge golden curtain, behind which seemed to be a square couch, and a graceful figure could be faintly seen lying on its side in the curtain.

"City Lord, Lord Demon King Fox is here!" The tanuki walked over to the curtain and said respectfully.

The figure in the curtain paused for a moment, and then stood up, her body still weak from the movement. When the blue snake Xizhen lifted the curtain and walked out to greet them, several teenagers finally got a glimpse of the true face of the legendary mysterious city lord. She was dressed in a golden satin robe, without too much embellishment, tall and well-proportioned, with cloudy sideburns draped down to her ankles, slightly thin cheeks, and blue eyebrows.

Needless to introduce, the blue snake Xizhen recognized at a glance who was the descendant of the demon king fox. Although it has been a thousand years since the meeting with the first demon king Fox Li, she still remembers the unique temperament on Li's body, and the young man in front of her is very similar to the man who once had a divine status, especially his gray-blue pupils, which are the same as Li's touch.

She bowed deeply to Ouyang Xiaoleng, then raised her head and said with some gasp: "I don't know that the demon king fox will come to the villain's wooden city, and I will miss the distance, please bear with me." Then he turned to the tanuki and commanded, "Tanuki, please take a seat with the demon king fox and the others, and then prepare some refreshments!" ”

"Yes! A few adults, please! ”

The tanuki led the boys to a few chairs in front of the screen, and the blue snake Xizhen followed them to sit next to them, and all the furniture in this living area was made of mahogany and had carved decorations.

"Mucheng is far away from Wangcheng, why did Lord Demon King Fox come here on this trip?" Blue Snake Xizhen asked.

"I heard that you built a tomb for yourself under the middle of the city?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked tentatively.

"Yes, to tell you the truth, the snake clan has always known their own death, and the villain feels that his life is imminent. As you can see, since the acid rain hit, the city has also decayed, so I had to make plans and build a tomb in order not to become a lonely ghost after death. ”

There was no trace of the rumored heroine in the tone of the blue snake Xizhen, and there was only one helplessness left.

"I've heard that Qingyun, the enemy of the entire Demon Realm, wants to use something in your tomb to achieve his ulterior plan!" Ouyang Xiaoleng said Qingyun's name so bluntly that several people next to him were stunned.

After ......hearing this name, Blue Snake Xizhen also paused for a few seconds before saying, "The villain has never seen this person, and he doesn't understand what the substance you are referring to is. ”

As he said this, Ling Yu noticed that Blue Snake Xi Zhen's eyes were not as calm as they were just now, but as if he was deliberately hiding something.

Although Ouyang Xiaoleng also sensed that there was something strange about the Blue Snake Xizhen, he didn't continue to ask about Qingyun, but directly said to her, "Can we go to your tomb to find out?" ”

At this time, the tanuki had just brought the tea, and before he could offer it to the people present, the blue snake Xizhen glanced at the tray in the tanuki's hand and said, "Please have a cup of hot tea first, and then I will take you myself!" ”

Although the teenagers were in a hurry, out of courtesy, they still drank the tea in their respective cups as slowly as possible. When the blue snake Xizhen saw that everyone had put down the cups in their hands, he stood up.

The tanuki quickly took out a cloak from behind the golden curtain just now and put it on her shoulder, and persuaded, "It's cool underground, so adults should put it on!" ”

Blue Snake Xizhen nodded to him, and walked in front to lead everyone towards the catacombs.

Exiting the back door is a courtyard, and walking along the path lined with small stone Buddha statues on either side, after passing a small pond with rare clear water, you will come to a stone wall covered with vines, carved with a huge tree and a man in a long robe floating in the wind. She stretched out her hand and drew the shape of the moon in the direction of the forty-five degree angle of the top of the tree on the wall.

With a muffled "boom", the wall began to slide to the left.