Chapter 262: Joshua's Trap? The banquet begins
"So be it!"
Qi Lin stood up, looked at Liu Jingyun and Daisy in front of him, and snorted in a deep voice, closing the coffin for this discussion: "As the Tangyuan instructor said, from now on, Liu Jingyun, Daisy, you two are highly suspects of interracial spies!"
Unless you can produce any evidence to prove your innocence.
Although there is a saying that 'there is no certificate', there is also a saying that 'be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship', and Instructor Tangyuan and I are now driving this 10,000-year-old ship, so I'm sorry, we have to be cautious. ”
"I understand ......"
Daisy nodded helplessly.
"Qi Lin, I have one more thing to say."
Liu Jingyun said seriously.
"If it's still about Joshua, then don't open your mouth." Tang Haoyuan said lightly.
"It's not."
Liu Jingyun looked at Qi Lin and said, "Actually, long before the training camp started, my teacher mentioned you to me.
My teacher said that he had divined many times, and each time he predicted that during this training camp, Daisy and I would encounter some kind of danger, and there would always be a white-haired figure in the life of the dangerous situation.
So, who in the training camp is gray-haired?
It was only Ling and that third-order demon envoy Ulysses.
But now Ulysses has followed Adam and Dale and them, and now I don't know if I'm alive or dead, so, Qi Lin, now you're the only one with the 'white hair' next to Daisy and me.
Qi Lin, I didn't mention this to explain anything, but I suddenly remembered that the teacher had told me this, so I told you the truth, to this day, Daisy and I really haven't hidden anything, and we have told you everything we know. ”
"Hey!"
When Liu Jingyun said this, before Qi Lin could say anything, Irena next to him couldn't help but complain: "Jingyun, your brain is out of power?" Now when you go out and look at it, you can see half of the hair of other colors, and I lose! ”
"Huh?"
Liu Jingyun was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.
Why is there more than one white-haired figure?
Now that they have arrived in the Demon Sea, these half-demon islanders, all of them are white-haired and red-eyed, and the more than 8,000 people in the entire Blood Raven Tribe are all white-haired 'white-haired figures'!
"Yes, yes......"
Liu Jingyun patted her head with a smile, and was stupidly laughed at herself, "How did I ignore this, even if I arrived in the Hanhai Realm, I was still in the 'training camp period'......"
"Okay, Jingyun, I know the results of your teacher's divination, so be it."
Qi Lin finished speaking to Liu Jingyun, then looked at the pure black magic cover that enveloped everyone, and then looked sideways at Tang Haoyuan beside him, "Instructor Tangyuan, this discussion is over, you can disperse to block the magic cover." ”
"Hmmm......"
Tang Haoyuan nodded lightly, and then said helplessly: "So, what should we do next?" Continue to find a way to gain the trust of the Great Witch? ”
"Let's wait and see what happens."
Qi Lin thought for a moment and replied: "As for the present, of course, it is still mainly to gain the trust of the Great Wu Zhu, and the matter on Jingyun and Joshua's side, let's not consider it for the time being, after all, it is more dangerous to have a relationship with the remnant soul of an eighth-order great demon like Joshua, than to risk being assassinated by a foreign race and going inland." ”
"Well, that's it."
Tang Haoyuan said that, and waved his hand to disperse the surrounding black magic cover.
"Let's go back to our room."
Qi Lin took Irena and Catherine by the hand and walked towards the staircase.
Daisy walked to the courtyard outside the attic.
Tang Haoyuan also walked to the courtyard.
For a while, in the entire attic hall, only Liu Jingyun and Anthony were left facing each other, and the atmosphere was a little heavy.
"You ......"
Anthony looked at Liu Jingyun with complicated eyes, and slowly spoke, his voice hoarse, "You really plan to sacrifice innocent islanders alive to save your life?" ”
"Not all islanders are innocent."
Liu Jingyun didn't dare to look into his eyes, so she lowered her head and explained in a low voice: "In the Demon Sea, there are kind innocent islanders, but there are also criminal islanders who are full of evil.
Anthony, have you been to the bounty pillar in the middle of the walled city? The portraits on it were all criminal islanders who had been rewarded by the major tribes.
The islanders of the Demon Sea also have their own laws.
Some of these laws were broken and were expelled from their original tribes.
But there are also some particularly serious law violations, they will be killed on the spot, and even if they are lucky enough to escape, such criminals will be hung up with a bounty and wanted, and will be hunted down by all the tribes of the Demon Sea, and completely reduced to stateless criminals.
Each of these stateless criminals who were rewarded with unforgivable heinous crimes such as serial murder of underage girls or something.
So I don't need to sacrifice innocent islanders alive.
My original plan was to hunt down these bounty scum and throw them into the pool of blood for sacrifice.
I know that I am excusing my evil plan, and I also know that once I really take the lives of these scumbags to sacrifice them alive, then I am not fundamentally different from these scumbags, or even worse than them.
But, Anthony, I want to live, I just want to live, I'm only 18 years old, I'm so young, I haven't lived long enough......"
When Liu Jingyun said this, she couldn't stop crying, and her hands kept wiping her tears.
"Alas!"
Anthony sighed heavily, stepped forward, passed her, and walked up to the second floor alone.
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"What do you two think?"
3rd floor, inside the room.
Qi Lin leaned his back against the door, looked at Irena and Catherine, who were sitting side by side on the bed, and asked them.
"Hmmm......"
The two succubi, you look at me, I look at you, both with subtle expressions.
"Master, you can't go to the blood pool."
Catherine was the first to speak up and expressed her opinion: "First of all, I don't comment on Liu Jingyun's treatment plan, as a pure-blooded demon, my three views are not completely the same as you humans, so I won't say anything about it."
I'll just talk about Liu Jingyun, Joshua, and Bloodpool.
Master, just now you and Instructor Tangyuan have actually fallen into a misunderstanding.
That is, you are not sure whether you should trust Liu Jingyun or not, so you are not sure whether you should listen to her to go with you to find the blood pool.
And what I want to remind you is, is it possible that Liu Jingyun himself doesn't know the truth?
It seems to me that Liu Jingyun and her teacher Zach may well have fallen into some kind of lying trap of Joshua.
For example, the so-called activation of the blood pool for transformation.
Liu Jingyun and her teacher Zach believe that she can ignore the great demon without releasing Joshua and activate the blood pool to transform herself...... It's just self-righteous! They thought they could be clever in front of the Eighth Order Great Demon?
Thinking that you are smarter than demons is, for the most part, dangerous.
You must know that Joshua was an eighth-order blood demon archmage before his death, he is different from a little fool like Irena, a great demon of this level, God knows that he has lived for hundreds and thousands of years, and this kind of experienced great demon has perfectly met the stereotype of human beings for demons that are 'insidious and cunning and scheming'!
In other words, the stereotype of the devil as 'sinister and cunning' was created by great demons like Joshua. ”
"Huh?"
Irene sitting next to her felt deeply offended.
"Ha ......"
Qi Lin smiled helplessly, stepped forward, raised his hand and gently rubbed the head of this stupid little succubus, and then looked at Catherine hesitantly, "So, do you think that Liu Jingyun and Zach may have been deceived by that Joshua?" ”
"There is a high probability that I have been deceived!"
Catherine nodded and said seriously: "Master, don't forget, Liu Jingyun just said that in order to strengthen the transformation effect of the blood pool, she will invest a large number of copies of Joshua's hair, and also sacrifice a certain number of half-demon islanders.
These are the three conditions.
(1) Start the blood pool.
(2) Invest in a large number of copies of Joshua's own hair, or rather, a large number of mediums with the breath of Joshua himself.
(3) Sacrifice a certain number of half-demon islanders.
In Liu Jingyun and Zack's opinion, these three conditions are used to transform Liu Jingyun into a pure-blooded blood demon and cure the disease.
But in my opinion, it is very likely that these three conditions were subtly revealed to Zack by Joshua through various methods such as hints, and its purpose is to guide Zach to achieve these three conditions and release him from the pool of blood!
These three conditions are most likely the conditions for Joshua's release!
As for what Joshua was affected by the Purple Chains, so he couldn't reveal key information or something...... Master, all I can say is that eleven out of ten of the words that come out of the mouth of such a great demon cannot be believed.
Although I am a demon myself, I still have to say that believing in the words of the devil is equivalent to stepping into the grave with half a foot.
What's more, Joshua is still a hybrid of a blood demon and a heart demon.
Master, you may not know that even in our hell, the two races of blood demons and heart demons are notoriously scheming and full of lies, especially the heart demon clan, who like to play tricks and dirty tricks the most!
Of course, these are all unfounded speculations.
But I don't think it's possible to take any risk against a great demon like Joshua, even if there is even the slightest chance of falling into a trap.
Hmmm......"
Catherine said this, paused, then looked at Qi Lin, and continued: "No, I've thought about it so much at the moment, so, master, if you ask me for my opinion, then my current opinion is that you should stay away from the blood pool and Joshua no matter what, and at the same time, you must resolutely stop Liu Jingyun and Daisy from looking for the blood pool!" ”
"I'm the same."
Irena raised her little hand and expressed her valuable opinion to Qi Lin.
"Well, I see."
Qi Lin nodded lightly, walked to the window, and looked at the blue sky, his golden eyes narrowed slightly, and he fell into deep thought.
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Time passed little by little.
Until, as night fell.
Then the sun disappeared into the sea level, the moon and stars appeared in the night sky, and the celebration dinner in the Walled City of Blood Ravens was held as scheduled.
At this moment, the entire Blood Raven Walled City was bustling with activity, and all kinds of magical light balls emitting warm white light were suspended in the air, providing sufficient lighting for the streets and alleys of the walled city.
The door of the lord's longhouse was open, and from inside extended a long dining table like a long dragon.
This extra-long dining table, spliced together with a large number of dining tables, stretched from the lord's longhouse to the gate of the walled city, and the table was also full of countless "delicacies...... Well, well, at least for the local Blood Raven people, these strange foods are already delicious.
More than 8,000 members of the Blood Raven Tribe will gather together tonight to enjoy this dinner and celebrate last night's blood spark harvest together.
The long dragon table was now filled with the elated Blood Ravens, all dressed in their most beautiful animal skin clothes, singing and dancing on this happy night, eating delicious food and enjoying the feast.
But among these people, Liu Jingyun and Daisy are not included.
They weren't able to attend tonight's feast.
Because under Tang Haoyuan's strict requirements, the two are now under house arrest in the room in the Zhumu attic.
At first, Tang Haoyuan only restricted the two of them from leaving the bamboo and wood attic and the surrounding courtyard area.
However, in the evening, Tang Haoyuan slapped his thigh, still feeling inappropriate and unsafe.
And Tang Haoyuan, after thinking about it, directly locked Liu Jingyun and Daisy in the room on the second floor, and at the same time sealed the entire room with magic.
In addition, the current Liu Jingyun is still bald.
Because when Tang Haoyuan cast a spell to put her under house arrest, he took off the wig on her head by the way.
These copies of the hair strands that are related to Joshua, Tang Haoyuan feels that it is not safe to continue to stay on Liu Jingyun's body, including those genuine hairs, which have now been confiscated by Tang Haoyuan.
Qi Lin did not stop this behavior of the Tangyuan instructor.
Just to be on the safe side, let's do it for now.
In short, after nightfall, Qi Lin, Irena, Catherine, Tang Haoyuan, and Anthony were invited to the banquet to enjoy this grand dinner with more than 8,000 people from the Blood Raven Tribe, celebrating the harvest of blood sparks last night.
"Cheers!"
Inside the lord's longhouse, the beginning of the long dining table.
Andre, with his bare upper body, laughed and raised his wooden wine glass, and stepped on the edge of the table, shaking the barbecue, boiled meat, and everything on the table.
Cheers !!
More than a dozen white-haired men next to him also ripped off their shirts, revealing strong and full muscle lines, drinking wine and eating meat in large chunks with their lords.
Qi Lin and the others also sat next to them, enjoying the various delicacies on the table.
This time it's real food!
Andre got a batch of meat that tasted very normal and could even be said to be "very punctual" out of nowhere, which made Qi Lin and the others feel like tears when they ate it, because the texture and taste of these meats were like Blue Star's beef, which was quite nostalgic.
They have been terrified of the dark cuisine of the Blood Raven Tribe for the past two days, and now that they can eat this delicacy, they almost cry with joy.
"Haha!"
Andre, who was ruddy and full of alcohol, held a wine glass in his left hand and Qi Lin's shoulder with his right hand, and said with a smile: "Hey! Together! How does this batch of barbecue taste like? Not bad, right? This is the inland food I bought at a great price from the inland merchants, and it must be to your tastes! ”
"Outback merchants?"
Qi Lin, who was eating a roast beef leg, was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then suddenly realized, "Oh! It turns out that this morning, when we passed by the walled market, you went to the person in charge of the market to arrange this matter! ”
"Hahaha! That's right! That's right! ”
Andrei grinned and patted him the shoulder with his right hand, "How's it going?" The taste of these beefs is okay, right?! As I said at the time, tonight's dinner will definitely satisfy you! ”
"It tastes great!"
Qi Lin also smiled and raised his wine glass, touching it with the wine glass he was holding in his left hand, "Come on!" Cheers! ”
"Cheers!!"
Andrei picked up the wine glass and poured it straight into it.
The crowd continued to enjoy the dinner.
No matter what the world or what civilization, this kind of celebratory dinner is usually divided into two parts, one is eating and drinking, and the other is singing and dancing.
So, when they had eaten and drunk almost enough, they left the lord's longhouse and went to the streets of the walled city, where they sang and danced with their beautiful islander sisters around the campfire.
The drunken Andrei hugged left and right, hugging two beautiful girls and laughing and dancing together.
Irena also seems to have drunk too much, and directly blends in with the girls of the islands, and performs the traditional dances of the islanders with them.
And this stupid little succubus seems to be surprisingly talented in dance, after forcibly infiltrating the dance troupe, not only did he not make trouble, but after a few back and forth, he became completely familiar with the dance steps, and faintly became the C position of this girl dance troupe, enjoying the cheers and praises of many islanders and men.
Tang Haoyuan found the granddaughter of Da Wuzhu again, and danced hula dance hand in hand with the other party......
"Instructor Tangyuan is really not afraid of death."
Next to a small campfire,
Qi Lin and Catherine sat side by side on the grass, looking at Tang Haoyuan, who was not far away from the girl, and shook his head with a smile, "I'm still so close to Da Wuzhu's granddaughter, and I'm not afraid that the old man will rush over and cut him." ”
"Actually, it's fine."
Catherine picked up the wooden wine glass, took a sip of the islanders' spirits, and then said with a slight red smile: "Just now I saw Da Wu Zhu and the Tangyuan instructor chatting, it seems that they are talking very happily, the big Wuzhu seems to like learned people very much, and the Tangyuan instructor is indeed very knowledgeable in magic teaching. ”
"Oh? That's not bad. ”
Qi Lin heard the words and smiled lightly.
"Hmmm......"
Catherine put down the wine glass, gently rested her head on Qi Lin's shoulder, closed her eyes like this, smiled at the corner of her mouth, and snuggled quietly with Qi Lin.
“……”
Qi Lin also quieted down, looking at the islanders singing and dancing in front of him, his eyes were a little trance-like.
Laughter and laughter are the main theme of the Blood Raven Walled City tonight.
At this time, as far as the eye could see, in every corner of the walled city, he could see the smiling blood crow people, some were drinking, some were laughing, some were pickling girls, and in the remote corners, there were shy little couples working hard for their first kiss......
It's a great picture.
Andrei, every time you turn into a demon to fight and fight, just to see such a picture? To see, the smiles of the clansmen?
"Catherine?"
Qi Lin suddenly spoke.
"Huh?"
Catherine closed her eyes and answered.
"Before, on Death Kiri Island, when you suddenly turned on the True Demonization, what were you thinking in your heart?" Qi Lin asked softly.
"Huh?"
Catherine opened her eyes and looked at Qi Lin beside her.
Qi Lin also looked at the succubus female knight.
"Of course I want to protect my master."
Catherine smiled, and said with crooked eyes: "Master, I am your guardian knight, in the face of danger, of course I will stand in front of you to protect you." ”
"Protection, huh?"
Qi Lin looked thoughtful.
After a moment, he turned his head again to look at the group of Blood Ravens singing and dancing in front of him, and Andre laughing loudly in the crowd.
At this moment, Qi Lin suddenly remembered the two conversations between Da Wuzhu and Andre before.
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"Andre, what are you willing to give for the sake of the Blood Raven Tribe?"
"Of course, everything! For the sake of the tribe, I am willing to give everything, including my life! ”
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"Why did you leave Blood Raven Island last night?"
"Because I'm the lord of the Blood Raven Tribe! As the lord of the tribe, as the strongest of the tribe, I must lead by example! Just like my father did all these years! I want to be a great man like my father! Even, greater than him! ”
"What if the price of greatness is death?"
"Then let me die a heroic death for the sake of the tribe!"
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“……”
Qi Lin's eyes were in a trance, he raised his right hand, covered his heart, and slowly looked at the bonfire in front of him.
"Crackling."
The campfire shook and made the sound of firewood bursting.
Qi Lin just stared at the bonfire, stunned.
Catherine sat beside her, not daring to make a sound, nor daring to move rashly, for fear of disturbing the other party.
"Whew-"
After a long time, Qi Lin came back to his senses and took a deep breath.
"Master?"
Catherine called out hesitantly.
"It's not close."
Qi Lin raised his head and looked at the sky.
I saw the stars shining brightly, and the moon was like a hook.
"Catherine, I have a hunch that the day when I fully comprehend the heart of the devil is very close."
(End of chapter)