Chapter 8: The Stone Statue

The evolved torch gives the Ember Apostle more freedom in otherworldly events.

This undoubtedly means greater gains, but it also places more demands on the Ember Apostles.

The clues to the mission are no longer on the surface.

For example, the Shangqing Road in the [Ghost Gate Pass] incident, and the research ship in the [Sand Sea Rafting] at least have a way to follow the vine, and now Yan Jing has to spend his own time collecting intelligence.

The information given by the coaching staff was obviously not enough to satisfy Yan Jing.

The Demon Curse is only the first main quest, and these people simply don't know anything about holy relics and general-level demons.

Not to mention that Yan Jing specially used the retrieval opportunity to descend on the ultimate goal of this other world, leaving a foreign body.

This made Yan Jing inevitably a little surprised, and after thinking about it, he immediately realized that Heavenly Court had cut the information that these people could obtain.

Obviously, these half-demons who abandoned their human identities and forcibly turned themselves into so-called "blood purifiers" are nothing at all in the eyes of real demons, just a group of servants or dolls who play around at will.

How can a slave be qualified to discuss the really important information with his master?

Sensing this, Yan Jing did not stay in the training hall for long, and left decisively after getting a message about the demon and the start time of the war game, only to meet Soman again near the dock in front of the venue.

The wanted warrant was issued in the early hours of the morning, and it was lifted before noon.

Yan Jing has become a member of the team, and he is about to become a hero of the third district of Gray Mist, so he naturally no longer has to worry about being reported for walking on the road.

While there was still some time before the competition, Yan Jing decided to hurry up and find clues to other tasks.

The street restaurants near the pier glow warm yellow in the drowsy sky.

The streets are still covered in heavy rain, but the heat is bubbling up inside the store.

A middle-aged man with an apron on his chest is busy working in front of an old stove.

The iron pot rises and falls on the fire, the fried noodles are flipped and the sauce is sprinkled, and the aroma spreads with the heat, driving away the constant influx of moisture.

Yan Jing and Soman sat opposite each other in the outer seats.

Soman, who smelled the fragrance behind him, swallowed, glanced back at the cook, and forced himself to focus on the note at hand,

"There are rumors about tigers, dragons, water and other strange beasts...... I made a note of it, you wait a minute, I'm going to ask my colleagues and friends who I knew before, they all ran business in the gray fog area, and they had dealt with cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods. ”

The moment he saw Yan Jing leave the training hall unharmed, Soman knew that he had made the right choice to come along.

The opportunity was in the past, and he had to seize it!

"How many people can I contact in a short period of time?"

Yan Jing raised his eyes and asked.

He didn't mention the mission information such as the Holy Relic or the Demon General to Soman, not because he was afraid that he would leak it, but because Yan Jing knew the social environment in which the former person lived, it was impossible for him to contact the clues in this regard.

Rather than distract Soman with too many requests, it is better to give him the most crucial part and let him use all his abilities to find information that may be related to the foreign object of the relics.

It's just that Yan Jing is not quite sure about the information he gave at the moment

"Don't worry, as long as this thing is in place, there will be no shortage of people!"

Pointing to the red envelopes that had just been sent out on the mobile phone screen, and receiving Yan Jing's financial support, Soman was full of confidence.

Yan Jing probed over.

Sure enough.

The chat group, which was a pool of stagnant water a second ago, has become completely lively at this time because of several large red envelopes.

As Soman said, red envelopes are always one of the best ways to communicate rather than asking if you are there.

While letting Soman help find clues, Yan Jing himself was not idle, looking through the recent news in Asgard City while waiting for the fried noodles, hoping to catch some clues from it.

Since there are not many clues about the foreign objects, it is not easy to find, but the news reports related to the incredible events mentioned in the optional tasks can be turned to a dozen pages at a casual search.

The optional mission only required Yan Jing to uncover one of the seven incredible events, so he didn't plan to spend too much time targeting the two incredible events that took place in the Grey Mist Zone.

One of them is the ghost butterfly.

The content of the incident is not complicated, it is said that there is a ghost knight in the gray fog area, often going back and forth in the gray fog area late at night, fighting crime and the activities of some gangster forces, because after each operation, the dark blue butterfly will be left as a mark, and it has not been arrested for many years, so it has gradually become a famous event in the gray fog area.

Ghost Rider was last seen three days ago in Sector 2 of the Grey Mist.

The second is a colorful event.

Every once in a while, an anomalous colored light appears in the gray fog area, and no one knows where it comes from or why, and the news is vague about what happens in the area where the anomalous colored light occurs.

I only knew that these places were all blocked in a very short period of time without exception, and they were personally dealt with by the guards of the Heavenly Court.

The appearance of the Heavenly Court Guard undoubtedly caught Yan Jing's attention.

"The fried noodles for the two of you are ready, use them slowly."

The boss's voice came from the side, Yan Jing nodded and thanked him, asked him to put the fried noodles on the table, and subconsciously looked up.

I thought that the fried noodles in the gray mist area should be used to fill my stomach, but the two servings on the table were not to mention the color, flavor and taste, and a lot of eggs and bacon were added, which made Yan Jing quite surprised, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the boss.

Even though he had only been in the gray fog area for most of the day, he could still feel the lack of supplies for the people at the bottom, and this kind of fried noodles should not appear in such a dilapidated street restaurant.

"You should be the master who opened the martial arts gym, I saw the previous wanted notice, thank you for helping us eliminate the Sludge Gang, the extra things in these two fried noodles are given to the two of you."

Xu noticed Yan Jing's gaze, and the boss, who was going to leave like this, stopped, looked at the face of the former, reconfirmed his identity, kneaded the apron in front of him with both hands, and said cautiously,

"The monthly conservation fee they collect is much more expensive than these ingredients......

"Thank you very much."

Yan Jing didn't refuse the boss's kindness, nodded, and motioned to Soman, who was embarrassed next to him, to also move his chopsticks,

"You do me a favor, this bowl of noodles also deserves it."

Soman, who was affirmed by Yan Jing, hurriedly waved his hand, even if he had already developed a thick face as a salesman over the years, encountering this kind of thing made him a little unable to control his emotions for a while.

In the end, the aroma of fried noodles still prevailed over everything, and seeing that Yan Jing didn't mean to say anything, he couldn't help but bury his head in the noodle bowl, looking at the phone screen while eating, and paying attention to the various information that was constantly refreshed.

Blowing steaming noodles, he was about to enter the entrance, and suddenly as if he sensed something, Yan Jing straightened up and looked at the small door on the side of the restaurant.

The light reflected a small face with a painted face and a ring of feathers on the top of its head.

The little boy probably smelled the fragrance outside, and a pair of bright eyes were looking at the fried noodles in front of Yan Jing.

Yan Jing picked out half a bowl of noodles and beckoned to the children in the inner room, and when he ran out of the dim room, Yan Jing noticed that he was actually wearing a beast skin, which looked somewhat nondescript.

"These clothes and oil paints, are there any recent activities in the Gray Mist Zone?"

Yan Jing looked at the child, handed over the noodles, and turned to ask the boss.

"This is required by the school, saying that it is a new regulation of the heavenly court, to learn from the blood purifier to start with the child, the better conditions have been operated on by the child, our family is relatively poor, we can only use this way."

Looking at the noodle bowl in his child's hand, the boss responded very embarrassedly.

"It's always been like this?"

Yan Jing touched the child's head, this time it was Soman who asked.

"Yes, I was also asked when I was a child, but I haven't been able to do surgery until now, and I still mix in the gray fog area and be a ...... People who are nothing. ”

I wanted to say the "untouchable" title of the blood purifiers to ordinary people, but thinking that the person in front of him had not undergone human body modification, Soman couldn't help but swallow his words back and changed his words.

"I know, eat noodles, I'll be busy later."

Yan Jing didn't ask much, just replied in a muffled voice, ate the noodles in the bowl in a few bites, and didn't ask for more, turning to look at the street and the river outside the store.

The rain fell from the gray mist that did not disperse from the heights, scattering a chaotic neon light, which fell on the street and mixed with the mud all over the ground, becoming filthy and eventually flowing into the river.

There was a canopy boat passing by, the captain was wearing a plastic raincoat, holding a bamboo pole in his hand, the whole person curled up in front of the cabin, eating the nest head, and from time to time he raised his head and shouted a few times in a hoarse voice.

Above him, the suspended train sped by, and the colored light above seemed to dim.

Somehow, Soman felt that the atmosphere in the store was much duller.

He vaguely sensed the special momentum from Yan Jing's body, and halfway through eating, he couldn't help but peek at the other party, only to see a tall back, and when he retracted his gaze, he caught a glimpse of the bamboo chopsticks on the table, and his eyes suddenly widened.

The middle of those chopsticks was pinched and crushed!

......

Eat and drink to your heart's content, and it's past noon.

Soman's red envelope works very well.

On the premise of offering a lot of money, he received a lot of messages just for lunch.

Of course, at least 90% of the information here is useless, and even a considerable part of it is false information that people have made up to cheat them out of payment, and it takes time to identify.

Yan Jing was also aware of this, so he didn't rush to conclusions, after all, there was still a war game tomorrow.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Jing was not idle.

After reading the news, he quickly found a place that had recently appeared unusually, first took a boat to the neighborhood, and then asked Soman to lead the way to investigate.

"I've been to this place, because of the brilliance, and the Heavenly Court Guards have been locked down for a period of time, so many people think that something must be wrong here, and there are also rumors that there have been monster attacks, so a community that was originally quite good was completely deserted within half a year, leaving only some people who have no money to move and homeless people continue to stay here."

Walking into the narrow and cramped alleyway, Soman introduced the surrounding situation, glanced at his mobile phone and said,

"I have a friend who is in charge of some vacant properties around here, and he seems to know something, and I was asking him, and it won't be long before there will be news, so I'll take you to the place where the strange color appears."

Yan Jing followed behind Soman, looking around the alleyway, the doors of the houses on both sides were closed, and all kinds of miscellaneous items were piled up in front of the door, and occasionally I saw a few residents walking against the wall, in rags, only looking at the two of them with the corner of their eyes.

In some dark corners, Yan Jing even saw a few people lying in the corners, sleeping on a mattress, and letting the rain drench him without the slightest intention of moving.

A little further on, turn two corners.

At a glance, Yan Jing saw a deserted residential community surrounded by barbed wire in front of him, and its appearance was no different from the strange place mentioned in the news, which should be the destination they were looking for.

Looking at the interior of the gloomy community, Yan Jing was not in a hurry to enter, he knew very well that if the information provided on the news alone could find the key to the appearance of the strange color, it would not be a special event in Asgard City.

You have to use some special means.

The pupils of his eyes changed color in the blink of an eye, and Lu Wujin's spiritual vision ability was instantly activated.

The game only starts tomorrow night, and the cooldown time is in time.

With the sensitivity of spiritual vision to psionic energy fluctuations, Yan Jing's gaze gradually swept from left to right in front of him, carefully observing every hidden corner to make sure that there were no mistakes or misses.

Seeing that Yan Jing didn't speak, let alone go forward, Soman on the side didn't dare to disturb, so he simply took a few steps back to communicate with his friend first.

As a result, only a few minutes later, he heard Yan Jing in front of him turning around and approaching this side, and he looked up busily, only to hear him say,

"I'm not looking for something here, I'm in another place."

The spirit vision did not find anything in the community, and Yan Jing did not have time to go into the room to search in person, so he could only hope that he could find something in the next place while the spirit vision had not disappeared.

"Done?"

Soman looked at Yan Jing in confusion, he thought the two of them were going to go in and walk around.

As a result, I watched it through the barbed wire fence for a few minutes?

However, seeing Yan Jing nodding solemnly, Soman didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly picked up his mobile phone to lock the second location, but just as he was about to tell the new route, he found that the former seemed to have made a discovery, and suddenly sped up and ran past him, heading straight for a dilapidated house in the back.

Although he didn't quite understand Yan Jing's sudden movements, Soman resolutely followed, and when he got closer, he saw the former raise his hand and point to a stone statue on the edge of the roof of the house, and turned back and asked,

"What is this, do you know where it came from?"

"It's a house dΓ©cor...... I can look it up, just take a picture. ”

Soman put the umbrella in his hand around his neck, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone to take a photo of the stone statue on the edge of the roof ridge and searched on the Internet, but the result was unexpected, looking at the blank on the screen, he looked at Yan Jing in astonishment and said,

"It's strange that there is nothing on the Internet about this stone statue."

Without responding to Soman, Yan Jing's gaze was completely attracted by the stone statue at this time.

Its appearance is that of a dragonhead, with a tail covered in scales raised and curled, and a wide mouth that poses like it wants to swallow the ridge of the roof.

Within the vision of the spiritual vision, even if it was only a slight change, Yan Jing still noticed the water spiritual power flowing around it!

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