Qiao Ximing was silent.

Xue Yiwu's death, in the final analysis, was because of Snake Charm and Lan Shiyao, it was the two of them who deliberately forced Qiao Ximing to death, which led to the outbreak of ice and snow. And Dieyu and Luan Mad can also be regarded as accomplices, if they have to, only the master-servant relationship between Demon Jiu and Dieyu can make it an indirect factor in Xue Yiwu's death.

Although Qiao Xi knew that what Dieyu did was not because of Demon Nine, but even so, deep down in his heart, he still hated this demonic humanoid brute beast.

But on the other hand, the development of the War Capital is still inseparable from Demon Nine, and if Qiao Ximing wants to continue to develop his power and finally achieve Ben Nord's wishes, the pace of the War Capital must not stop.

That's how complicated he is now.

From a rational point of view, the relationship with Demon Jiu still can't deteriorate, but from an emotional point of view, Qiao Ximing's heart is full of murderous intent!

As if sensing his abnormality, the woman in red, who had been silent beside him, suddenly stood up.

"You have something to do with Sister Cher's death!?"

The woman's voice was the opposite of the color of her clothes, as cold as the cold air bursting from the abyss of ice, and the breath on her body was also ready to move, as if it could trigger a big war at any moment.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Demon Jiu's eyes became slender, and it was able to sense that the power in a woman's body was not simple, and if it really fought, there would definitely be a lot of trouble.

So he sneered, stared at the woman, and finally said to Qiao Ximing: "Little guy, let's talk about it yourself, does it have anything to do with the death of my little lover?"

Qiao Ximing's face was a little pale, and his face, which was already different from ordinary people, became even more hideous.

But after a while, his left hand grabbed the woman's wrist and pulled it down.

"Sit down...... Yu'er. ”

Hearing Qiao Ximing's name, the woman's body trembled suddenly, an inexplicable luster seemed to flash in her eyes, and the looming terrifying aura on her body disappeared in an instant.

She looked down at Qiao Ximing's side face, pursed her red lips, and finally sat down.

Seeing this, the smile on Demon Jiu's face bloomed again.

"It seems that you have not changed, your sanity is as strong as it was when I first met you!"

The people in the room listened to Demon Jiu's words, but they couldn't judge whether what it said was praise or belittlement.

However, Qiao Ximing didn't care, but asked directly: "You and my agreement, is it still valid?"

Demon Jiu's smile was even bigger: "Naturally effective, I will help you develop the War Capital, and you ...... To give me what I want. ”

"What I should have given you, if it weren't for the betrayal of the cup, you would have already got it. ”

Qiao Ximing's tone was very calm, but there were some different fluctuations brewing under the calm.

When he said betrayal, he naturally meant butterfly rain.

However, Demon Jiu seemed to have expected Qiao Ximing to say this, and stretched out his hand with a smile, bent his thumb and index finger, and pinched the teacup that Qiao Ximing had used.

It had a satisfied look on its face.

"Not long after your accident, Butterfly Rain returned...... I also brought a human back. ”

Qiao Ximing's eyes were originally fixed on Demon Jiu's hand, but when he heard the back, a fierce light suddenly shot out of his eyes.

The human being brought back by the butterfly rain, who else could it be besides Luan Madness?

On the Vermilion Bird Ladder, before Qiao Ximing jumped into the abyss, he had asked Dieyu to protect Tuoba Yu and Xue Yiwu, but in the end, one jumped down with him, and the other directly blew himself up and died for revenge.

Dieyu dealt with himself with Lan Shiyao and Snake Charm, Qiao Ximing could understand that this was probably because of the so-called 'Niantong Demon', but Xue Yiwu's death made Qiao Ximing unable to understand.

"Where are they?" his voice was colder than the woman in red.

But Demon Nine just smiled and didn't answer directly, but continued: "According to your original plan, after getting the weights, you should use them to make a deal with the target in exchange for useful information to bring to me, but I didn't expect you to disappear in the end, and the plan will be gone, what is the use of them coming back with those two useless souls?"

Soul?

Qiao Ximing's eyes flashed, and he said directly: "Give them to me, and I will help you continue to exchange for information." ”

"Good!"

Demon Jiu's cheerful appearance made Qiao Ximing stunned, revealing a surprised gaze.

Dieyu is a servant of Demon Jiu's subjugation, and he has no credit and hard work in the past few years, not to mention that it also risked his life to sneak into the empire to accompany Qiao Ximing, it stands to reason that Demon Jiu will not give it up so easily, but the reaction that Qiao Ximing saw seemed to be the opposite.

Demon Jiu knew Qiao Ximing's thoughts very well, but it only hooked the corners of his mouth, revealing a strange look, and explained casually: "Now she is already different from the Nian Clan brute beast I took back at the beginning, and you will know when you see it, when the time comes, if you want to kill her, I will also leave it to you, as long as you can bring me back things." ”

The vague explanation made Qiao Ximing frown, but he didn't ask too much, because Demon Jiu quickly made an invitation.

"Let's go, I'll show you...... Now it's butterfly rain!"

......

The war capital is lush with trees and lush foliage, and after leaving the holy land, the sunlight is shredded into mottled highlights by countless leaves, and even the hottest August is a little cool because of these broken shadows.

This was the first time Qiao Ximing had walked out of the Temple of the God of War, and he was shrouded in the shadow of the cloak and looked at the area, ignoring the harmless beasts that appeared in the woods from time to time, just calmly scanning the landform of the Earth Valley, and then followed behind the Demon Nine step by step.

He didn't go alone, he was followed by Tuoba Yu, who was dressed in red, and Xiao Qian, who landed on his shoulder, looking at those beasts he had never seen before with curious eyes.

"Why, don't you think these animals are weird?"

Demon Jiu didn't look back, but he seemed to feel Xiao Qian's eyes, and there was some inexplicable meaning in his tone.

Xiao Qian immediately retracted her gaze vigilantly, staring at Demon Jiu's back tightly, and her little hand like a bean sprout grabbed the edge of Qiao Ximing's cloak, posing extremely vigilant.

Qiao Ximing glanced at the little beast that hurriedly jumped into the forest after being alarmed by the voice of the demon nine, thought for a while, and said, "These beasts are not barbaric. ”

"That's right, they're not brutes. ”

Demon Nine still hasn't looked back.

Qiao Ximing in the shadows frowned, and suddenly asked, "Not a brute beast?"

Hearing this, Demon Jiu laughed, and finally looked back at Qiao Ximing, his eyes full of appreciation.

"Yes, none of these species are brutes, they are native to your earth. ”

"Earth?"

Qiao Ximing was a little surprised.

More than 200 years ago, human beings descended on the barbarian planet and only brought thirteen starships, but other than that, they did not carry other animals and plants, so why did other creatures that originally belonged to the earth appear in this earth valley?

Demon Nine was quick to give an explanation.

"In the legends of your humans, you know why you crossed the galaxy and finally appeared on the Barbarian Star?"

Qiao Ximing was slightly stunned and didn't answer—he didn't know the reason.

There was a bit of mockery in Demon Jiu's smile: "As far as I know, the reason why your human starship appeared was for a purpose that you humans called colonization, but at first your target was not a barbarian star, but you only encountered some accidents in the starry sky, and finally appeared here." ”

"Colonization?"

Qiao Xi secretly chewed on the meaning of the word.

"To put it simply, the limited space on Earth can no longer meet your human needs, so you need to open up more territory that belongs to you. Speaking of this, Demon Jiu paused, a smile of unknown meaning rose in his mouth, and he squinted at Qiao Ximing and said, "So, from the beginning, you are the real invaders, but you have chosen the wrong object of invasion." ”

Man or brute beast, who should be the original lord of the barbarian star, in fact, Qiao Ximing already knew this answer, so he remained silent about the last sarcasm of Demon Jiu.

"However, since it is to open up a living space, then you humans must build a living environment similar to that of Earth, so as to ensure the smooth progress of colonization, so although there are no animals accompanying you, your starship still carries a large number of seeds of Earth's native species - you humans call it, genes. ”

Demon Nine's gaze returned to the woods.

"In the beginning, you human beings were extremely fragile, but you have the power that the brute beast of 'technology' does not have, and you can rely on this power to resist us, and even do many incredible things, and those so-called 'genes' are also one of these magical things. ”

"Relying on these 'genes', you can restore the native species of the earth from zero, so as to maximize the transformation of the alien environment to be closer to the earth, and this method has also had a huge impact on the barbarians, and the most intuitive manifestation is the Nian clan. ”

"The Nian clan lives on thoughts, and the thoughts they absorb determine their future, before the arrival of your human race, the Nian clan can only absorb the thoughts of several other races, and there are only a few species of Nian individuals born, which are distributed within various races, and it is extremely difficult to detect. But after the appearance of your human beings, the thoughts in the barbarian star immediately became mixed, and the direction of the growth of the Nian clan became extremely chaotic, and it was difficult to maintain the initial pure growth, and even there was a trend that it was difficult to break through the fifth level, so among the eight brute beast races, the brute beast race that hated humans the most should be the Nian clan. ”

Qiao Ximing's eyes flashed in the shadows.

"This is the reason why the Nian clan is attached to the demon clan?"

Demon Jiu was already accustomed to Qiao Ximing's reflexes, nodded, and said, "Three hundred years ago, there were still eight clans standing on top of the Barbarian Star, and neither party could easily take advantage. In addition to the Yi and single races, the dead ghost clan has similar habits, and the two races have blended together, but their different races before their lives still make them have a lot of internal contradictions. The Demon Clan was originally the most powerful of the Eight Clans, but the fusion of the Dead and Ghost Clans made them feel the crisis, so they began to form an alliance with the scarce Spirit Clan and confront each other with the Dead Ghost Clan. As for the Nian Clan, they have always been the same as the Nian Clan, wandering between the various races, relying on their own racial talents to damage the interests of each race and then strengthen themselves, and they are the third-party forces that annoy the four clans of the dead ghosts and demons the most. ”

"But all of this, after you humans appeared, all changed. ”