Early the next morning.

As soon as the day dawned, three early students went to the gazebo where they used to endorse books.

Normally, at this time of time, they enjoy the gazebo alone, but today, when they came to the gazebo, they found that someone had already taken the lead.

I saw a scholar lying on a recliner from nowhere, swaying leisurely while reading the miscellaneous notes in his hand with taste.

On the stone table beside it, there was a pot of tea, as well as some fresh fruits that they had never seen before.

Of course, there was also a black cat on the stone table that seemed to have fallen into ink, and at this time it was also lying in a small chaise longue, and the former was shaking there.

"Who is this? Such an elegant and quiet place, not used for studying, but has become a place for him to hide, it is simply unreasonable! ”

Seeing the lazy appearance of this person and a cat, a student immediately wanted to come forward to condemn him, but before he could speak, he saw the man on the recliner sitting up straight and looking towards them.

Feeling the calm gaze of the young man, I don't know why, the student who wanted to condemn just now suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and the words that had reached his mouth were so that he didn't dare to spit out.

"Good morning, three brothers."

Qin Chuan glanced at the three of them, then pointed to the teapot and fruit on the table and said, "If you don't dislike it, there is tea and fruit here, and the three brothers can taste it." ”

Last night, he bargained with the black cat for a long time, and finally he paid the price of 3,000 pots of spirit wine and 10,000 catties of fresh melons and fruits, and only then did he get useful information from the latter's mouth.

Of course, now he can't pay so many things to the black cat at once, so he negotiated an installment payment with the other party, but the black cat was afraid that he would pay the debt, so he stayed.

Qin Chuan didn't care about this, it wasn't a big deal to have an extra black cat by his side, but when he took out the recliner, he regretted it.

This black cat is a greedy bag, she wants everything when she sees it, and she has to ask him to help make a recliner suitable for her size, Qin Chuan naturally refused, but this black cat is too noisy, and in the end he had to give in and make one with the bamboo in the bamboo forest.

But who knows, this broken cat actually dislikes him for doing too poorly, and slaps the small recliner he racked his brains to make, and asks him to redo it.

In order for the other party not to make trouble again, Qin Chuan could only swallow his anger and make a new one, but the result still couldn't avoid being smashed by the black cat.

In this way, Qin Chuan did it, the black cat patted it, and tossed until dawn, and Qin Chuan finally made a small recliner that satisfied the black cat.

This is also the scene in front of us.

"Thank you, brother, I'm really a little thirsty down here."

After receiving Qin Chuan's invitation, the three of them lost their hearts and sat directly next to the stone table.

He poured himself three cups of tea, and when one wanted to taste the fruit on the table that he had never seen before, the black cat lying on the small bamboo chair suddenly opened his eyes, and then a cat's paw slapped on the man's hand stretched out to the fruit.

This sudden change startled the student, and he hurriedly retracted his palm.

"Brother, forgive me, my kitten is a little protective of food."

Seeing this, Qin Chuan hurriedly apologized, and then grabbed three fruits and distributed them to the three of them.

"Thank you."

The three of them were not polite, thanked them and took a bite of the fruit in their hands.

And while they were eating, Qin Chuan opened his mouth and asked: "The three benevolent brothers, in Xia Qinchuan, were newly enrolled yesterday, and they don't know much about this Taiping Academy, so they have some doubts in their hearts. ”

The three of them eat people with short mouths, so naturally there is no reason to refuse, and they immediately said that they will know everything and say everything.

"I heard from my roommate Tai last night that there have been several disappearances in our academy recently, I want to ask if this is true or just a rumor?"

When the words fell, the three of them glanced at each other, and one of them glanced around, and after seeing that there was no one, he said, "Brother Qin, this incident is not a rumor, but it really happened." ”

"And the reason why Brother Qin only heard about this matter when he entered the academy is naturally because the academy has a rule that we are not allowed to discuss this matter in private, let alone spread it."

"Oh, I see." Qin Chuan nodded, and then asked, "Do the three of you know why these people disappeared?" ”

Another person spoke: "We don't know why these people disappeared, but there are rumors that those who disappeared had bullied a schoolgirl, and that schoolgirl walked into the ruins of the viewing pool after being bullied, and then turned into a ghost in it, and then came out and dragged all those who had bullied her into the ruins of the viewing pool." ”

"And that kind of thing?"

Qin Chuan's face was shocked, of course this was just pretending.

Because last night from the black cat's mouth, he had learned that there was indeed a female student who had entered the ruins of the viewing pool, but was frightened back by the former, and the female student was still alive and well, and did not turn into a ghost.

"Brother Qin doesn't need to be so surprised, this is just a rumor, whether it really happened or not is not certain." Another student shook his head.

"Oh, yes, it's just a rumor." Qin Chuan bowed his head and said, "After all, the place of the academy is the place where the righteousness of Haoran lasts forever, and it is impossible for such a dirty thing to happen. ”

However, hearing this, a trace of disdain flashed in the eyes of the three of them, obviously disagreeing with the second half of Qin Chuan's words.

Looking at this scene, Qin Chuan couldn't help frowning slightly.

"It seems that there are still a lot of things in this Taiping Academy."

However, this had nothing to do with his trip, so he continued to ask: "Three, before I came, I heard that there were many female students in the academy, why did I not even see a single female student when I walked all the way yesterday?" ”

This is his own doubt, after all, part of the reason why he chose to take on this task is that the guy from the Demon Slayer told him that there are many beautiful women in Taiping Academy, but who knows, he didn't even see a female student yesterday.

"Hey, hey."

Hearing this, the three of them invariably showed a smile like this.

This Taiping Academy is very relaxed, basically I don't refuse if you come, and I don't keep you when you leave, which also leads to the fact that many people don't really enter the academy with the purpose of studying, and at this moment, they regard Qin Chuan as this kind of person.

"Brother Qin, if you are here for female students, then you have come to the wrong place, we are here in the East Courtyard, and all the female students live in the West Courtyard, and only in the South Courtyard and the North Courtyard do you have the opportunity to see female students."

Taiping Academy is divided into four colleges, southeast, northwest and northwest, the east and west houses are inhabited by male and female students who are really studying, while the north and south academies are respectively inhabited by male and female students whose purpose is not very simple.

It's not so much a seowon as a small bazaar, where you can eat, drink, and have all kinds of things.

The Taiping Academy in the mouth of outsiders actually only refers to the Taiping East Courtyard, because only this place has been passed down from ancient times, and the other three courtyards are actually only expanded later.

"I see."

Listening to the other party's explanation, Qin Chuan understood.

"Thank you Brother Qin for your hospitality, I still have to review my homework, so I won't bother Brother Qin."

I don't know if I think Qin Chuan's purpose is not pure, so the three of them got up and said goodbye, Qin Chuan doesn't care about this, anyway, everything he wants to ask has already been asked.

And as soon as the three of them walked on the front foot, Fang Tuo's back foot also came to the pavilion.

"Brother Qin, why did you get up so early?"

As soon as Fang Tuo came, he didn't catch a fruit at all and gnawed it, while the black cat was surprisingly unprotected.

Qin Chuan glanced at the black cat who didn't seem to notice that his fruit had been taken away, then shook his head with a smile, and said, "I slept for too long during the day yesterday, and I slept for a while at night, and then I woke up, so I simply came out to sit down." ”

Fang Tuo nodded, grabbed the teapot on the table and poured it into his mouth, and said, "Brother Qin, there is a teacher giving a lecture today, do you want to go with me to listen to it?" ”

"No, Brother Fang go by himself, although I can't sleep, I still have some sleepiness on my body, and I want to see if I can sleep again." Qin Chuan refused.

He came to investigate the case, but he didn't come to listen to the lecture, and besides, the person who was sleepy after listening to the lecture was just sleeping.

"Okay, then I'll go first." Fang Tuo was not surprised, grabbed a fruit and left.

When the former's figure walked away, Qin Chuan looked at the black cat and asked, "What's the matter?" Why can't he see you? ”

At first, Fang Tuo came in and ignored the black cat on the stone table, he didn't think there was anything strange, he just patronized and talked and didn't notice it, but before, he obviously saw Fang Tuo's eyes swept to the black cat's body.

It stands to reason that anyone who sees such a strange species as a black cat will be surprised for the first time, however, Fang Tuo's eyes did not change in the slightest, as if he hadn't seen a black cat at all.

If it is said that the black cat is an invisible existence for ordinary people, forget it, but the three students before could obviously see the black cat, why couldn't they see it when they arrived at Fang Tuo?

The black cat moved lazily and said, "According to Wu Mingshu, I am a nightmare and a shadow nightmare, and only those who have a shadow can see me." ”

"Shadows?"

Qin Chuan frowned and said, "When Fang Tuo came in before, there was also a shadow behind him. ”

"Are you really a cultivator?"

The black cat opened its eyes, glanced at Qin Chuan with disdain, and said, "That person did have a shadow behind him just now, but didn't you find that there was something else hidden in his shadow?" ”

"That thing was completely draped over his shadow, obscuring his vision, which is why he couldn't see me."

The black cat grabbed a fruit with its paws and took a bite, saying, "If it weren't for the fear of alarming the thing hidden in the shadow, my aunt would have slapped it a long time ago." ”

Qin Chuan frowned, it seems that after he chased the black cat into the bamboo forest last night, there was something in the school house again.

Could it be the owner of the ghostly aura that he found under the bed before?

He wasn't sure, but looked at the black cat and asked, "Do you know what is hidden in the shadows?" ”

"I don't know, it's black, I can't see clearly, but if I can enter the man's dream, I can know what is hidden in the shadows."

Nightmares are actually an existence that can only live in other people's dreams, and cannot appear in the present world, but the black cat is different, in addition to being a nightmare, she is also a shadow and can appear in the present world.

Of course, his ability can only be reflected in dreams, so only by entering Fang Tuo's dream realm can he use his ability to figure out what is hidden in Fang Tuo's shadow.

"Let's go, let's follow!"

As he spoke, Qin Chuan chased after Fang Tuo, while the black cat jumped lightly and landed on his shoulder.

"Drive!"