Chapter 6: The Treasure of the Cat Ghost

Tiansu stood still, undecided, her gaze slowly swept from east to west, her heart beat faster and faster, strong fear grabbed the girl, her legs were slightly weak.

"Whew!" Xiao Jin walked over, "Will you be the Han Yu Heavenly Needle?" Tian Su was stunned for a moment, and then turned to look at the female prisoner: "Do you know the 'Han Yu Heavenly Needle'?"

"Of course," Xiao Jin nodded, "That's Ling Zhao's stunt." ”

The word "Lingzhao" was like a thunderbolt hitting Tiansu, and she stared straight at the other party: "Do you know my mother?"

"Heh," Xiao Jin laughed, "You're really her daughter." ”

"Where is she?" Tiansu lost her cool and grabbed Xiao Jin's arm, the female prisoner looked at her hand, gently broke free, and said casually: "If you don't mind, let's talk in another place." ”

Tiansu was robbed of the Yuan Shen by her words, and obediently followed Xiao Jin to the corner of the temple, where she passed, the female prisoners stood up solemnly and made way by themselves. Tiansu was a little strange, but her mind was filled with her mother's whereabouts, and she couldn't spare any room to think.

Xiao Jin sat down, made a gesture, and several female prisoners each took out food and silently made up a portion. Xiao Jin pushed in front of Tiansu and said, "Eat!"

"I'm not hungry," Tiansu asked stubbornly, "where is my mother." ”

"Eat first," Xiao Jin held her chin with her hand, "This is my condition." ”

The girl stared at her for a moment, the female prisoner had no intention of backing down, Tiansu had to exhale, bury her head and eat the food in one go, put down the utensils and said, "Is it okay?"

"It's okay," Xiao Jin stared at Tiansu, was silent for a few seconds, and said slowly, "Your mother, she's dead." ”

Suddenly, everything around her disappeared, the voice, the figure, and even the entire Pangu Temple were gone, only Tiansu was left, unable to move, unable to think, only three words kept circling in her mind: "She's dead, she's dead, she's dead......"

I still remember that winter, the most gentle brother had been dead for half a year, and the rebellion of the Canglong people was nearing its end. She and her mother were moving every day, and the uncles and aunts around them kept disappearing, some died, some escaped, and when they fled to the hut on Lingshu Mountain, there were only three people left - mother, Aunt Dai Yao, and herself.

She was so young at the time, which made her hate her age forever. She was exhausted by the long jolt, so she lay down on the grass and slept beautifully, and had a good dream, in which her father and brother were still alive, and everyone gathered together to dance in the sky, and the dragon roared and the phoenix accompanied them...... But she finally woke up from her dream, and heard the barking of the canine demon and the sound of a griffin flapping its wings. She sat up from the bed and found that Aunt Dai Yao was carrying a brush and staring at the door angrily, but her mother was sitting on the edge of the bed, touching her hair, looking at her eyes a little sad, Tiansu still remembered her words, and her mother said, "Tiansu, your hair is so beautiful......"

Next, the door was blown open, and she clearly remembered everyone who broke in, and Wu Shi was second. Without any conversation, the battle immediately began, and Mom stood in front of Tiansu, dealing with the seven tiger detectives alone. Aunt Dai Yao quickly fell, she was blown to pieces, and the blood-stained brush fell in front of Tiansu, she picked it up and wrote a spell in a rage, she didn't remember what talisman was written, only remembered that the three tiger detectives fell out, and her second spell blew the hut into the sky, and then saw a dense crowd.

They couldn't escape, so her mother retreated to her side and said something, but her mind went blank and she didn't hear a word. Then her mother squatted down and hugged her gently, and at the same time pulled out the pen in her hand and handed it to Wu Shi along with her own pen.

"Well, live well," Mom's last words she will always remember, "I will definitely come back, Mommy will always love you." ”

She kept laughing as she spoke, and Tiansu always remembered the tears in the corners of her eyes, and then she stood up and walked forward, past the heavily guarded tiger scout. When she reached the end of the crowd, her mother turned around and smiled at her again, and that smile was gentle and resolute, etched in her mind forever.

She rushed up, but was picked up by the tiger scout, she cried, she made trouble, she punched and kicked, she tried everything she could, but she couldn't stop her mother from leaving. Mom's back disappeared, and with it the warmth of her heart.

Two days later, she was sent to an "orphanage", which was in fact a juvenile prison. The tiger scout she knocked down was seriously injured and was punished for four years of rearing, the first three years she experienced anger, struggle and despair, she stopped talking, she was insulated from her smile, she lived like a corpse, starving, beating and verbal abuse, sometimes lying in bed, really wanting to sleep for a long time, but tomorrow will always come, and the suffering will repeat. Until late that night, a radiant old man appeared in front of her.

"I'm sorry, I'm late," the old man introduced himself, "my name is Tian Haobai, and I'm your elder to be broad." ”

Tian Haobai used the avatar to avoid the surveillance of the guards and save Tian Su from loneliness. He patiently taught her the arts, put up with her cold and bad temper, and he used his personality to illuminate the darkest years of the girl's life. A year later, Tiansu left the "Correctional Institute", and Lu Cangkong, the white prosthetic hand of Tianhao, sponsored her to enter the Taoist School and introduced her to the Tower of Paradise as a waiter. She had never thanked the old man personally, but she engraved everything in her heart, which was why she hated Fang Fei - Tian Haobai was the object of her admiration, and he, like her mother, was the fire and light in her life.

The fires were extinguished one by one, the world was barren, and Tiansu fell into the abyss of memory, preferring to stay there forever.

"Huh," Xiao Jin's voice seemed to be from another world, "Are you okay?"

Tiansu returned to reality, she felt that her face was wet with water, she was crying, but she didn't have the urge to cry at all, she was very sad and lonely, but that's all. She didn't want to cry, laugh, any exposed emotion would only show the bloody wound to the ferocious beast. It's a cruel and inhuman world, where indifference is her armor and loneliness is her weapon, and as long as she has these two things, she can be invincible.

"It's okay!" Tian Su wiped away her tears and replied short and crisply.

She returned to normal so quickly, and Xiao Jin was well-informed, and she didn't feel a little surprised. She said tentatively, "I'm sorry about your mother. ”

"How did she die?" Tiansu's voice was stiff, making it impossible to guess her thoughts.

"She wanted to escape from prison, but she ......" Xiao Jin couldn't bear to say any more.

Tiansu's heart was pounding, and she thought of her mother's parting words: "I will definitely come back." "That's right, she kept her promise, she wanted to get back to herself. A huge sorrow whistled in her chest, but the girl's face did not fluctuate, but she asked coldly, "What is the result?"

"She was thrown into a dungeon. ”

"Dungeon?" Tiansu raised his eyebrows.

"The lowest level of the Heavenly Hell," Xiao Jin pointed downward, "just below the temple, where is the core of the Heavenly Hell Star, and legend has it that gravity alone can crush people. ”

"What's there?" Tiansu stared at the ground, a glimmer of hope.

"Nobody knows what, no one has ever come out alive," said a gray-haired female prisoner, "I've been here for fifty years, and I've never seen anyone come out alive, not a single one." ”

"How can I get in?" Iceberg Girl's stubborn question surprised everyone.

"The dead can go in," the old female prisoner smirked sarcastically, "and it is said that Father Kwa used the dead prisoners to feed the monsters. ”

"Monsters?" Tiansu asked, "What monsters?" ”

"I don't know," the old female prisoner's eyes turned to the sky, and the muscles on her face trembled with fear, "every time the moon ring appears, the whole heavenly prison can hear its roar." ”

"The moon ring is the Celestial Hellstar passing directly below the moon, blocking part of the moon, and from the Celestial Hellstar, the moon is only left with a bright ring," Xiao Jin explained, "like a beautiful white jade bracelet." ”

"The monster roared, perhaps because of the tides of the moon. The old female prisoner guessed.

"So don't bother," Xiao Jin said, "unless you want to bury your mother." ”

Tiansu fell silent, she was not afraid of death, but she still had unfinished business, her enemies were numerous, such as demons, Huang Shili, Yuan Maigu, Wu Shi, Pei Qianniu...... And Fang Fei. Where did that guy flee? The girl turned around and saw Lu Pin and Jian Zhen, but she didn't find Fang Fei's shadow.

"Two big idiots. She was extremely angry that Lu Pin and Jian Zhen were in prison.

"What is your sentence?" asked Xiao Jin.

"Twelve years. Tian Su replied coldly.

"It's okay," Xiao Jin smiled bitterly, "I'm for life." ”

"Oh!" Tian Suhun didn't care, and was just about to get up, Xiao Jin pressed her hand: "What are your plans?"

"Intended?" the girl frowned.

"How to survive," Xiao Jin said calmly, "this is a heavenly hell, and death is not commonplace." ”

"I'll be careful. The girl replied casually.

"The beast will eat the stray lamb. The old female prisoner said in a gloomy tone, "In the heavenly prison, you can't live alone...... Tiansu coldly interrupted her, "I like to be alone." ”

"Your mother doesn't think so," Xiao Jin paused, "She's the previous president." ”

"President, what?"

"All female prisoners are members. ”

"Jaya too?" Tiansu asked contemptuously,

"Yes," Xiao Jin nodded, "I'm the current president." ”

"Jaya is afraid of you, that's why she opens her eyes and tells nonsense?"

"That's to protect you," Xiao Jin said unhappily, "or you'll be locked up." ”

"I can't ask for it. Tiansu replied stubbornly.

"Your mother wouldn't think like that," Xiao Jin sighed, "Who is she risking her escape from?"

Tiansu was hit hard, the hard shell suddenly cracked, the soft wound was unbearable, she looked at the table and muttered, "For me......"

"You have to join us," Xiao Jin's voice fluttered, "as your mother wishes, you have to live well." Tiansu was silent for a long time, then looked up and asked, "If I join, what can I do?"

"Unleash your genius," Xiao Jin's gaze cast into the distance, "so that those guys don't dare to do whatever they want to us." ”

Tiansu turned his head to look, and the male prisoners looked at this side one after another, and the evil in their eyes was indescribable.

"Alright!" Tian Su turned around and announced, "I'm joining!"

Fang Fei walked in front of Wu Tang, if he made any move, the deputy warden's talisman could send him to the sky at any time.

"To the left!" When they reached the crossroads, Wu Tang commanded from behind, and Fang Fei obediently turned to the left, and in front of him was an empty and long street.

"You guess who I am, right?" Wu Tang asked coldly.

"Oh?" Fang Fei replied casually, "You are?"

"It seems that you are not as smart as you imagined," Wu Tang sneered slightly, "I really don't understand, why would Wu Yuan lose to you?" Fang Fei's heart jumped: "You are hers?"

"Uncle Cousin," Wu Tang said, "I have the same grandfather as Wu Shi. ”

"You don't seem to like him very much. Fang Fei asked tentatively.

"I don't like it or not," Wu Tang paused, "I was given my position." ”

Fang Fei stopped, on the empty street, he could hear his frantic heartbeat, he swallowed his saliva, and asked with difficulty, "Do you want to do it?"

"I'll send you to see the warden," Wu Tang said with a smile, "are you going to do it to me?"

"I know, Wu Ang ......"

"Did you kill him?" Wu Tang asked.

"No, it's ......"

"That's it," Wu Tang said in a relaxed tone, "I don't care what you have to do with Wu Shi." Pei Qianniu is my immediate boss, and I don't dare to disobey his orders, so you'd better hurry up, and the time will pass in the blink of an eye. ”

Fang Fei walked forward with his head bowed, and when he reached the end of the street, he suddenly heard Wu Tang say again: "To the right." He turned right in response and found a striking small building, not the same soil, but made of polished and smooth jade, the black jade doorpost inlaid on the beige and snow-white stone wall, and a jade heavenly hell badge hung under the triangular dark green roof, but the eyes of the six-eyed man were six huge pigeon's blood gemstones, and the red light filled them, suggesting that Pangu was shedding blood and tears.

"It's here!" Wu Tang rang the doorbell, but in a few seconds, the door opened, and the deputy warden motioned for Fang to fly in.

The room was lavishly furnished, the floor was covered with ornate carpets, the tangled branches of flowers were confusing, the bookshelves leading to the roof were mostly precious sculptures and utensils, except for a few account books, and in front of the gate lay a huge jade green cow with a sharp horn.

Qing Yu jumped and was full of spirit, Pei Qianniu was a famous armorer, Fang Fei suspected that this Qing Yu was his transformation, but when he stared at Qing Yu, the sculpture also turned its head slowly, and the sapphire eyes shone gloomily.

Wu Tang didn't follow, the door was closed, and Pei Qianniu was not in the room, so Fang Fei had to stand alone in place. In front of him was a large desk that could sleep four strong men side by side, with a few papers and a few ornaments on it, and it looked neat and orderly. The chair behind the desk waited quietly for the master, and beneath the statue was a hemp-gray marble fireplace, in which the white wood burned, filling the room with a strange warm fragrance.

Fang Fei was attracted by the firewood, and he found that although the fire was vigorous, the white wood showed no signs of charring, but only yellowed and shiny, showing the unique luster of jade.

The flame jumped, and suddenly changed, and the flame twisted strangely, taking on the shape of a tree, with sparse branches and leaves, and many small things coming and going, almost like ants foraging for food, and some things fluttering around the trees, which at first glance looked like moths, and on closer inspection, they looked more like hummingbirds, with sharp claws and pointed beaks, and hairy feathers as thin as gossamers.

"Huh!" Fang Fei called softly, the flames were frightened, the "trees" jumped twice, and suddenly disappeared, the flames returned to their usual form, swaying, and lazy.

"What did you see?" Pei Qianniu's voice sounded coldly, Fang Fei was startled, and when he looked back, Tianguanxing was standing next to the stairs with his brows furrowed, the old man had changed into civilian clothes, the cuffs and placket were embroidered with gold wire, and his gray hair was coiled on the top of his head, a little less majestic and a little more kind.

"Me?" Fang Fei was at a loss, "I'm watching the fire." ”

"Nonsense," Pei Qianniu waved his hand, "I asked you what you saw from the fire?"

"A tree!" Fang Fei replied truthfully.

"Tree?" the old man was stunned for a moment, "what's in the tree?"

"Ants and hummingbirds. ”

"Oh?" Pei Qianniu was a little disappointed, pointing to the soft chair in front of the desk, "Sit!"

Fang Fei sat down crampedly, Pei Qianniu walked to the dining cabinet, tinkered for a while, brought a box of pastries and a cup of tea, pushed it to the boy's side, and said in a stern tone: "I never let a prisoner sit here, Canglong Fang Fei, you are the first." ”

"I ......" Fang Fei was flattered, looked down at the dim sum, and found that those pastries were pinched into a lot of small animals—cats, dogs, rabbits, and deer...... Running and chasing around the round box.

"You must wonder why all that firewood doesn't burn all the time?"

"Huh?" Fang Fei broke free from the surprise of the "living pastry", "yes." ”

"That's Yuhe's straw," Tianguanxing sat down by the fireplace, "it won't burn into ashes, it will only burn harder and harder until it becomes jade, legend has it that Yuhe's flame can show the future, but I've seen it for more than ten years, and I haven't seen anything." ”

"I saw a tree, and the ......"

"That's your hallucination," Pei Qianniu frowned and stared at the box, "Why don't you eat it?" This thing is a hundred times stronger than the prisoner's pig food. ”

Half of the food was snatched away by Jian Zhen, Fang Fei didn't eat at all, looking at the sweet and fragrant pastries, swallowing two bubbles of saliva in a row, picking up a kitten, but he couldn't bear to put his mouth down. The little guy struggled hard, gently biting his fingers, Fang Fei only felt itchy, and almost laughed, but seeing the harsh eyes of the warden, he had to stuff it into his mouth, the pastry melted in his mouth, soft and sweet, and there was a sweet and sour sugar heart in it, which made Fang Fei hungry, put away his pity, his hands rose left and right, and ate six in one go.

Seeing his greedy appearance, Pei Qianniu nodded and said, "That's right, my grandson likes this, I don't think you can be wrong." ”

"Your grandson?" Fang Fei looked at the old warden in surprise.

"Pei Yan, your classmate. ”

Fang Fei almost choked, wrapped a mouthful of pastries, and looked at the old man fixedly, Pei Qianniu was slightly unhappy: "Didn't he tell you?"

"No, no. ”

"That child," Pei Qianniu sighed, "his father died in the last war, and his mother took him with him after remarrying. It's all my fault, I have to guard the hell, and children can't grow up in this hellish place. The old man looked at the fire, his frustration palpable.

"Do you see each other often?" Fang Fei couldn't help but ask.

"Impossible," Tianguanxing said sullenly, "I only go back to Douting once every four years to report on my work, that is to say, we have only met three times since I was a child. Occasionally we also psychic, but in Hell, the channeling time is limited. He looked at the boy, "Pei Yan doesn't like to talk, but he doesn't have a low opinion of you, he deeply sympathizes with your situation, and hopes I can give you a little care." ”

Fang Fei's eyes were hot, he chewed the pastry mechanically, trying his best to twist his head to the side, so as not to let the old man see his tears: "I thought, I thought they would hate me." ”

"Of course someone hates you. However, Pei Yan believes that in your situation, no one can do better than you, Tianhaobai's death is regrettable, but the real murderer is his grandson. ”

Fang Fei's tears flowed out, for the first time in a few months, he heard a fair evaluation, and what was unexpected was that the evaluation came from the warden of the Heavenly Prison

"Drink some water!" Pei Qianniu said.

Fang Fei wiped away his tears, picked up the teacup, and found that what was brewed in the cup was not tea leaves, but many fine white silks, which were actually living creatures, shuttling back and forth, and in the blink of an eye, Fang Fei's face, eyes, ears and facial features were vividly knitted. The boy was very surprised, and when he wanted to look closely, the filaments suddenly spread out again, weaving the sun, moon, stars, flowers, trees, birds, and beasts one after another...... Scenes of pictures flowing through the cup are simply unbearable.

"This is Yaocao," Pei Qianniu saw his doubts, "Haven't you drunk it?"

"No," Fang Fei stammered, "they're alive too?"

"I'm not used to drinking it for the first time, it's the same as Yuhe cake," he pointed to the pastries in the box, "Yaocao and Yuhe are both good things, but unfortunately the yield is too small, only the Qiongtian in the north of the Heavenly Hell will grow, and those who can eat it are either rich or expensive, so the price is very high, and the annual harvest is enough to maintain the operation of the Heavenly Hell." ”

Fang Fei was so curious that he lowered his head and took a sip, a wisp of fragrance went straight to his heart along the tip of his tongue, turning into a ball of heating that lingered.

"I didn't let you come because of Pei Yan," Pei Qianniu looked directly at Fang Fei, "but to avoid war." ”

"War?"

"I hate war, but war will always come," Tianguanxing frowned in disgust, "A family like ours is the pillar of the Daoists. Powerful Daoists can be a thousand, and their power will be passed down from generation to generation, so the bloodline determines the upper limit of Dao art. But over the years, Ziwei's family has been declining, and the growth of children cannot keep up with the consumption of the war, I lost my son and daughter in the last war, and I don't want to lose my only grandson again. ”

Pei Yan ......" Fang Fei didn't know what to say, "He's a good person." ”

"Once the war comes, good people will die faster," Pei Qianniu looked at Xiao Du worriedly, "So you have to live." ”

"Me?"

"I voted yes in your verdict, but that's not what I intended. Huang Shili and Yan Xuanji are both selfish guys, who do not hesitate to pull the whole world into the water for personal selfish interests. I'm old and in no mood to mess around with them, and I'm neutral about their bets. You are the key to the gamble, if you die in Heavenly Hell, it will inevitably lead to war," Pei Qianniu's face was gloomy, "That's why I whipped Pan Zhen, it deliberately dragged on, and almost killed you." ”

"It may not have been ...... on purpose"

"You don't know about them," Pei Qianniu waved his hand, "Kuafu is our mortal enemy!"

"Mortal enemy?"

"Do you think that the Douting Star Officer stayed in this place to guard the scum of a group of Daoists, then you are very wrong," Pei Qianniu snorted, "The real prisoner of the Heavenly Hell is Kuafu, and it is my duty to guard Kuafu. ”

"Are they really that dangerous?" Fang Fei was skeptical.

"There are no two masters of the people, there are no two days in the sky, and there is only one master of Ziwei. Before the advent of the Daoists, Kuafu was the overlord of Ziwei, and they drove other creatures into the forest, led the tengu to hunt them, and cut off the heads of their prey to sacrifice to Pangu. The rise of the Daoist collided with Kuafu's hegemony, and the two sides were destined to fight off......" Pei Qianniu's voice rose and said proudly, "Fortunately, we won, and we cut off Pangu's head." ”

Fang Fei was stunned and asked, "Pangu is dead?" Tianguan Xingbai glanced at him: "The djinn spirits will not die, they will only sleep." ”

"Will Father Kua rebel?" Fang Fei's mind flashed with a shocked old face.

"They have that mind," Tianguan Xing said coldly, "but the 'Immortal Vine Armor' is an obstacle that they can't overcome. ”

"Those rattan armors?"

"Mu Ketu, 'Immortal Tengjia' is Kua's nemesis," Tianguan Xing looked at the boy impatiently, "Listen, boy, I don't have time to tell you stories, I've been in this place for eighteen years, and I'm tired of these things." I will retire in another year, and by that time, Pangu, Kuafu, Qiongtian, and prisoners will ...... To hell with it! But I won't allow anything to go wrong for a year, and I don't want to start a war because of you. I've warned Kuafu, the guards, and the gangs that no one can beat your mind, and if anyone kills you, I'll skin him and cramp him. Pei Qianniu pursed his lips and looked grimly, "I do what I say." ”

"Thank you. Fang Fei's long-hanging heart finally fell.

"I'm not finished yet," Pei Qianniu stared at the boy viciously, "I'm more worried about you than other guys." ”

"Me?" Fang Fei was inexplicable, "What's wrong with me?"

"I've investigated, you're a restless fellow. But in this place, you have to honestly abide by the rules of the heavenly hell, and if you dare to violate it, I will never open up to you, and I will kill you when you should be closed, and I will not hesitate to cause war. Pei Qianniu's body leaned forward slightly, "I am Tianguan Star Pei Qianniu, this is my criterion for dealing with the world." ”

"Got it," Fang Fei was aroused by his eyes, "I'll do my best." ”

"You can go," Pei Qianniu said coldly, "Bring the Yuhe cake, maybe this is the last time you will eat it." ”

"No need!" Fang Fei turned to leave, leaving those "live pastries" behind.

Out of the warden's room, Wu Tang leaned against the wall with his hands folded, and was repairing his nails with the "Ruijin Fu", when he saw Fang Fei and smiled: "It's over?"

"It's over. Fang Fei replied.

"What did you say?" said the deputy warden's eyes darkened.

"It's nothing," Fang Fei paused, "and he asked me to follow the rules." ”

"This is a prison," Wu Tang understood, "there are no strict rules, the prisoners will eat us alive." He looked at the fairy compass, "When the wind time is over, I'll send you back to your cell." ”

"Thank you!" Compared to Pei Qianniu, Fang Fei felt that Wu Tang was better to get along with.

Fang Fei was still walking in front, Wu Tang followed closely with a brush in his hand, Fang Fei couldn't help but ask, "The Heavenly Warden will retire in one year." ”

"Oh? you know. ”

"Will you succeed him?"

"No," Wu Tang was silent for a moment, "only Tianguan Star can serve as the Heavenly Warden, I think, before the Heavenly Warden retires, the Dou Court will elect a new Star Officer." ”

"It's a bit of a shame. Fang Fei said casually.

"There's no pity," Wu Tang said self-deprecatingly, "A family can't have two people serving as star officers at the same time, and before Wu Shi stepped down, I was destined to be the deputy warden for the rest of my life." ”

Fang Fei had nothing to say, and walked in front silently. Soon back in the prison area, the other prisoners were also driven back to the cell by Kuafu and the guards, countless square monsters opened their mouths and swallowed thousands of people one by one, the scene was spectacular and terrifying, the strong light of the "lightning charm" flashed from time to time, and the screams of the prisoners were heard sporadically.

Fang Fei walked to the front of the dungeon and found that there was a nameplate on the lintel, which read: "Gengzi No. 29".

"Get in!" Wu Tang snorted.

Fang Fei stepped into the cell, and the narrow door behind him closed silently, leaving a natural wall, and the sky light shone in through the small square hole, condensing into a bright pillar of light. The boy sat on the bed, his hands flicking the pillars of light, his fingers coming and going, and the light passed as unstoppable as time. Fang Fei felt a strong loneliness, he lay down, curled up in a ball, and hugged himself hard until he fell asleep......

"Cat ghosts are always sneaky," Huang Eagle, while pecking at the seeds of the sycamore, complained softly, "Miao swallowing whales never take the same route, and go around in circles in Yujing every day." ”

"Did it find you?" Yan Mei unconsciously clenched the teacup.

"No," Huang Ying looked up, "I'm pretty careful. ”

Yan Mei exhaled and said angrily, "Then have you checked out?"

"In the past fifteen days, Miao Swallowing Whale has been to places such as Cat Ghost Bank, Hunty Sky City, Elvis Presley Palace, Cat Cave Villa, Flowing Water Casino, oh, it also took the time to go to the Cat City in the West, which can fly me enough. ”

"Where does it stay the longest?"

"Guess?" Huang Ying rolled his eyes, revealing a hint of banter.

"Cat Ghost Bank?"

"Wrong!"

"Elvis Palace?"

"Wrong!"

"Don't make a fuss, where is it?" Yan Mei hugged Huang Ying and pushed gently.

"Don't touch me, stay away from me, alright," the Harpy King reluctantly confessed, "Flowing Water Casino." ”

"Flowing Water Casino?" Yan Mei was surprised, "Why is it there?"

"Miao Swallow Whale likes to gamble. ”

"It's not that simple," Yan Mei groaned, "Miao Swallowing Whale has so many industries, and it is so busy every day, how can it spend a lot of time in the Flowing Water Casino?"

"Who knows? No one can guess what the cat ghost is thinking!"

"It goes to the Running Water Casino every day?"

"Aside from the few days I went to Cat City, oh, the first thing it did when it came back from Cat City was to rush to the Running Water Casino. ”

"I feel," Yan Mei's palms sweated, "the treasure trove of greed is probably in the Flowing Water Casino. ”

"Are you looking for a treasure trove of greed?" Huang Ying's eyes widened, "Yanmei, don't mess around, cat ghosts are not easy to mess with." ”

"I'm not easy to mess with. ”

"Why did you conclude that the Treasury of Greed is in the Running Water Casino?"

"The cat ghost is the most greedy, and the thing that Miao Swallowing Whale cares about the most is the greedy treasure house, and you can rest assured that you can rest assured that where it stays for the longest time, the greedy treasure house is there. ”

"Kind of makes sense. The Harpy King reluctantly admitted.

Yan Mei pondered: "I'm going to a flowing water casino, you have to help me." ”

"No," Huang Ying flatly refused, "I don't want to make trouble." ”

"Please," Yan Mei looked at the Bird Demon King, "this may be the only way to find the 'Elephant Snake Yuanzhu'." ”

"Why don't you beg your dad?"

"He won't agree, he'll drive me back to Nanming Island and lock me up," Yan Mei said dejectedly, "Last time he locked me up for a year." Huang Ying thought about it and said helplessly: "What do you want me to do?"

"More on that later. Yan Mei packed up the road, walked through the living room, and came to the garden, where the car was quietly parked on the lawn, and the body was shining in the sun, like a phoenix bathing in fire. Li Yingzhong and Yang Taituan walked among the flowers, one used the "sharp gold charm" to prune the branches and leaves, and the other wrote the "rain charm" to water the flowers and plants, saw the girl, and stopped at the same time, Li Yingzhong asked: "Miss, where are you going?"

"Go out for a walk, it's too stuffy in the house," she said as she looked at the speeding car, and the words of Fox Qingyi swirled in her mind, and for a moment the girl had a terrible impulse. She hurriedly looked away, pressed her thoughts, and asked casually, "Li Yingzhong, Yang Taituan, aren't you going out shopping?"

"I can't go," Yang Taituan smiled bitterly, "The Heavenly Daoist is not here, we have to guard the chariot." ”

"Daddy, do you have any news?" Yan Mei asked.

The two attendants shook their heads, and Yan Mei's heart sank, guessing that her father's plan was not going well. She was distraught, summoned Dan Li Sword and flew to the sky, and after a while, the firelight flashed, and Huang Ying followed, Yan Mei couldn't help asking, "Why did you come?"

"I'll have to avoid suspicion," Huang Ying flapped his wings, "and your father told me to stay away from you." ”

"Damn!" Yan Mei said smugly, "he always feels sorry for me. ”

"His worries are not wrong, you are a troublemaker. ”

"Tongue-talking," Yan glanced at him, "when did you become a parrot?"

"After meeting you," Huang Ying looked ahead, "the Flowing Water Casino has arrived." ”

Yan Mei raised his eyes and saw that a "big water balloon" was located in the middle of the jagged buildings, bright and transparent, and outstanding. The water in the water polo is not static, but constantly flowing, from top to bottom, from left to right, there are no doors and windows on the sphere, whenever someone enters and exits, the water flow separates left and right, revealing a large gap, and then closes itself, and quickly returns to its original state.

Yan Mei pressed the sword light, landed in front of the gambling house, and watched the huge water balloon tumbling in the air, the light burst out from the depths of the water center, and after layers of refraction, it was even more magnificent and dazzling.

"Whew," said the yellow eagle who landed on her shoulder and whispered close to her, "there's a trick in the back." ”

Yan Mei looked back, and there was indeed a heroic move wandering at the crossroads, among the Taoists, the horsemen stood out from the crowd, and the armor they wore was particularly eye-catching. Yan Mei looked at its outfit and said in surprise: "Helan's peerless Wang Wei?"

"Yes," Huang Ying said, "I've been spying on Miao Swallowing Whales for the past few days, and I've found that Ying Zhao is doing the same thing. These big stupid men thought they were sneaky, but by their looks, a blind man could spot them. ”

"Did they see you?"

"How is that possible?" the Harpy King was rather conceited.

"Why are they spying on the Seedlings?"

"I guess they're looking for Xuan Biao, the king of poor odds," said Huang Ying, "and Xuan Biao killed Helan Changjue's son, He Lanting, and dug out his entrails and ate it." Later, Ying Zhao defeated Qi Qi, and Xuan Biao had no choice but to take refuge in the cat ghost and was protected by Huang Shili. The Ying Zhao Wang couple came to Yujing to mourn Tian Haobai under the guise that their real target was Xuan Biao. ”

"Xuan Biao is also in Yujing?" Yan Mei asked.

"I haven't seen it. Huang Ying replied.

Yanmei shook her head and walked straight to the water balloon, the flowing water reflected her shadow, and the water cracked, revealing a deep water alley. Yan Mei walked in, the curtain of water behind her fell, and the entrance disappeared with it.

The water alley is somewhat similar to the waterway of Tianhu Lake, surrounded by spirit fish swimming, illuminating the water alley and many fierce krakens: eagle sharks, wolf whales, leopard dolphins...... A pale gray wolfwhale rushed towards the girl, bloody and fangs like a spear, but as soon as it reached the wall of water, a bright light flashed, and it fell back with a fight, stiffened for a while, and suddenly turned around again, wagging its tail and swimming away.

"What are these things for?" Yan Mei looked at the Kraken with disgust.

"If someone owes money and doesn't pay it back or cheats a thousand, the cat ghost throws them into the water......"

"That's illegal!" Yan Mei said angrily.

"It's nothing," said Huang Ying bitterly, "for cat ghosts, any law can be settled with money. ”

"Alright!" Yanmei raised an eyebrow, "I'm pretty excited right now." ”

At the end of the water alley, suddenly lively, a noisy and bright hall appeared in front of Yan Mei, a total of three floors, overcrowded, through the "flying cloud ladder" up and down, the surrounding walls are crystal clear, and the kraken outside the wall can be seen.

In the center of the hall there is a round stone pillar, which leads from the bottom to the top, and on the gilded soft chair at the top of the column sits a seven-mouse cat ghost, with a silver bell between his left paws, and at the same time stretches out his right paw, gently caressing two white and straight cat whiskers.

On the ground below the column, there were scattered six square stone piers, more than one person high, smooth and silver-plated, with circular pits on the upper and lower sides, black and red in different colors, and they were actually six huge stone dice.

Many people excitedly paid money around the dice to bet, bet on the big and small, guess the odd and even, and all of them were red and spittle.

As soon as he walked into the hall, Yan Mei aroused many surprised eyes, and someone recognized the bird demon king and shouted in surprise: "Yusheng Yellow Eagle!"

The noise in the hall was silenced, and everyone's eyes fell on the big golden bird.

"No way, you're too famous. Yan Mei joked with the yellow eagle, while taking the flying cloud ladder to the second floor, just stood firm, listened to the cheers deafening, saw a bright huge crystal dome in the distance, many people around cheering and roaring, jumping and jumping, stepped forward to take a closer look, there is a court under the crystal cover, no more than ten zhang straight, covered with emerald green turf. The two teams of dwarf monkeys wore uniforms and waved the crossbar, rode and dismounted, chasing after me, and desperately whipped a little white ball.

The dwarf monkey curled up only the size of a fist, and the horse was small and pitiful, but it was just over a foot high, and the horse's legs were slender and long, like four chopsticks. Although the sparrows are small and have all the organs, these little monkeys and ponies have the skills to advance and retreat, attack and defend, feint and outwit, and the strange soldiers are prominent, and they perform a polo game full of thrills, satisfying the appetite of a group of spectators.

Not far from the court, there stood a gold-wire cage, in which was a big pheasant with bells and whistles, pacing two steps proudly, suddenly cocking his buttocks, and giving birth to a large number of colorful eggs.

"Eleven, twelfth, thirteenth ......" A group of Taoists surrounded the cage, staring at the easter eggs with their eyes, and desperately counting with a brush in their hands, "...... Fifteen, sixteen, oh my God, even number, it's an even number!" cheers and lamentations rang out at the same time, and the Taoist who guessed the double number was so happy that he was eager to pounce into the cage, hug the big pheasant and kiss him twice;

Yan Mei recognized that this was a "multi-child chicken" from the Mystery Mountain, a genus of bird demon pheasants, which was prolific and could lay a thousand eggs a day. The cat ghost is ingenious, using it to set up a gambling game, guessing odds and evens, betting on winning or losing, a group of people are tired of it, it's boring.

Yan Mei didn't want to look too much, and continued to move forward, placing many transparent square boxes along the way, in which several yuan tires devoured each other, fused and changed, and the side was crowded with gamblers, competing to bet, guessing the phase of the yuan tire after fusion. You must know that there are six phases of gold, wood, water, fire, earth and wind, and every time a yuan tire with a similar volume is fused, it will randomly generate different phases.

In addition to the Yuan tire box, there is also a shot blowing machine, the round transparent bubble room is covered with small mountains and small water, and the villain flies around on the sword wheel, there is a tube connected to the bubble outside the bubble room, and the Taoist blows out a Yuan tire pill through the tube, and the pill flies into the bubble room, flying wildly, hitting the landscape characters, and can get different points - this trick can be a two-person competition, and many people can compete, whoever gets a high score will win.

Yan Mei walked all the way, gambling methods, gambling equipment is strange, it is dizzying, she walked and looked, unconsciously went up to the third floor, suddenly heard a burst of roaring, some called "size", some called "odd and even", and some called numbers, from one to six are different.

Yan Mei was curious, crossed a few monster tables, walked to the railing and looked down, but saw that the round stone pillar was red and shiny, and the six stone dice were rotating around it at high speed like the moon, dividing and combining, tumbling and colliding, the red light in the depths of the dice flickered wildly, and the gamblers around looked at the dice, their eyes were bloodshot, and they screamed hoarsely, and their red faces were shiny.

"This is the Stone Demon Dice, the most famous game in the 'Flowing Water Casino'," Huang Ying explained to the girl, "The Stone Pillar and the Dice are both Stone Demons, because the magnetic attraction repulses, and random points are thrown for people to bet on. ”

"Is that big cat the dealer?" Yan Mei pointed to the cat ghost at the top of the cylinder.

"It's just a dice-rolling guy, and Miao Swallowing Whale is the dealer behind the scenes. Because this gambling game is not limited to the casino, but also broadcast live on the psychic network, everyone does not have to be present to place bets online. Every time the 'Stone Demon Dice is thrown', a huge amount of gambling money is involved. ”

"Okay," Yan Mei decided, "We'll bet on this." ”

"What?" Huang Yan was taken aback, "you want to gamble?"

"You have to help me win the game," Yan Mei paused, "Use your 'Demon Breaking Golden Pupil'." ”

"What nonsense? I don't do that. ”

"Don't try to fool me," Yan Mei said with a smile, "I know that the 'Demon Breaking Golden Pupil' can see through the primordial spirits of the monsters, predict their actions below, and thus calculate the final result. ”

"Maybe that's the case," the Harpy King rolled his eyes, "but it's another thing whether I do it or not." ”

"I've heard that the stone goblins are the most sluggish youkai, and they are almost not at the mercy of external forces except for magnetism. ”

"It's not that mysterious," Huang Ying couldn't help but say, "The stone demon also has a primordial god. ”

"But you can't see through it, can you?"

"Who said that?" the Bird Demon King took the radical method, "Why can't I see through it?"

"Then you can also predict the number of points of the stone demon dice?" Yan Mei asked, and Huang Ying thought for a moment, "I'll try it." ”

"It's a deal," Yan Mei said immediately, "you can't go back." ”

"When will I ......" the Harpy Demon King finally found himself in a trap, "Alas, you cunning little girl. But I can't figure it out, why do you want to gamble?"

"What are cat ghosts most afraid of?"

"Lose money!"

"If Miao Swallow Whale keeps losing money, he will definitely come to me. ”

"You want to see Miao swallowing whales?" Huang Ying glared at the girl in displeasure, "This is your plan?"

"This is the first step in the plan. Yan Mei watched the dice fall, and after the roll, he returned to calm, and the gamblers cheered and lamented...... There are all kinds of demeanors and behaviors, "Huang Ying, next time you come to predict, I will report the number." ”

Huang Ying snorted lightly, stared at a pair of golden eyes, and stared at the dice for a moment.

Soon the bet was completed, the cat ghost at the top of the column was just about to shake the bell, Huang Ying approached Yan Mei and whispered two words in his ear, Yan Mei nodded slightly, and the talisman pen was sent to his mouth, writing a "thunder note": "Six, four, three, two, one!"

The sound shook the casino, overpowering the crowd, and the cat ghost glanced at the girl in disbelief, muttering a few words in his mouth, and shaking the bell vigorously. The stone demon cylinder turned red and brightened, emitting a strong magnetic force, the dice were excited, and the depths of the core were also brightened, first rolling indiscriminately, followed by high-speed rotation, and finally left the ground, colliding in the air around the stone pillar, after more than half a minute, the red light of the stone pillar became dark, and the six dice fell back to the ground, and the bone rolled and stopped, and the number facing up was impressive - six, four, three, two, one.

There was an uproar in the hall, and countless eyes turned from the dice to Yan Mei, and from Yan Mei to the dice, back and forth, staring in confusion, all of them were incredulous.

There was silence in the casino, and the cat-ghost at the top of the pillar kept moving its buttocks, pretending to be calm, and meowing a few times, meaning "She's lucky." The gamblers also recovered from the shock, and everyone moved from stillness to movement, and suddenly continued to bet vigorously.

Huang Ying whispered in a low voice again, Yan Mei raised the brush, and thunder erupted in his mouth: "Six, six, five, four, three!"

The casino suddenly pressed the "mute button" again, and everyone looked at the girl and opened her mouth, and soon someone came back to their senses, rushed to the betting point, and frantically modified the number of bets.

The cat ghost sitting in the village blinked its eyes, a little overwhelmed, it meowed twice, and shook the bell wildly. The stone pillar and the dice turned red and brightened one after another, and the dice jumped into the air and continued to roll and collide...... Soon the dice fell and stopped, and the points appeared one by one.

"Six, six, five, four, three!" The roar of the gamblers almost lifted off the roof, and the whole casino was in chaos, and people bumped into me like dice, and most of them were howling regretfully, because they were cautious and did not listen to Yan Mei's good words, and as a result, they missed the opportunity to make a fortune.

"Feather Saint Yellow Eagle," someone finally recognized the big bird, "Demon Breaking Golden Pupil, God, Demon Breaking Golden Pupil ......" The cry was full of envy.

Huang Ying's "Demon Breaking Golden Pupil" is unique in Ziwei, not only can see through the monster's primordial spirit, but also can find details that many people can't pay attention to, plus a supercomputing mind, it can quickly integrate data, calculate and deduce, so as to accurately predict the trend of things developing. That is to say, through the "Demon Breaking Golden Pupil", Huang Ying can almost predict the result of every throw of the "Stone Demon Dice".

"Six, four, four, three, one. After listening to Huang Ying's secret words, Yan Mei announced the points for the third time.

All the gamblers flocked to the betting table, so there was a long queue. In a dice rolling game, the bet on all points wins the largest bet, and according to the rules, the more gamblers win, the worse the dealer loses. If all gamblers bet on all the points, the dealer will be the only loser and will have to pay a huge price.

The old cat ghost sitting alone on the top of the column, like a small boat in the angry waves of the ocean, looked at the boiling crowd below, the paws holding the bell trembled, this tremor spread to every cell, and the white mouse on the waist felt its panic, squeaked and screamed, and rushed into the golden wire cage irritably.

"Roll the dice, roll the dice......" The gambler who finished the bet shouted, like a strong earthquake, shaking the cat and ghost. Yan Mei was happy to watch the play, leaning against the pillar, smiling and looking at the magical scene below.

"Miss Yanmei. A meow voice came from behind him, Yan Mei looked back, and a silver-gray four-mouse cat ghost stood with his hands down, wilting and drooping like a chicken drenched in the rain.

"What's the matter?" Yan Mei asked knowingly.

"Could you please take a trip?"

"Where?"

"The boss there. ”

"I don't see any boss," Yan Mei replied coldly, "If you want to see me, let Miao Swallow Whale come in person." ”

The cat ghost opened his eyes, smacked his lips, silently turned around and walked away, and suddenly there was a thunderous roar, which scared it into a tremble, peeking at it, the dice were facing upwards, clearly showing the six points of "six, four, four, three, one and so on".

"Long live the yellow eagle, long live Nanming Island, long live the Vermilion Bird and Swallow Eyebrows......" The gamblers were crazy with excitement, and the cat ghost sitting in the village closed his eyes in pain.

The four rats and cats trotted away, and disappeared in an instant, but in ten seconds, they suddenly ran back suddenly, panting and calling: "The king is invited, the king is invited......"

"Really?" Yan Mei said with a smile, "I haven't had enough of it!"

"It's true," the cat ghost was about to cry, her mouth curled, "if you don't go, the king will kill me." Seeing its appearance, Yan Mei softened slightly: "Okay, you lead the way." ”

The cat ghost cried with joy, shedding two tears, and the gamblers looked at the girl with their eyes, hoping to make another handful, and suddenly saw her walk away, all of them were like mourning spirits, and the hall resounded with indignant cursing.

Walk through the disappointed crowd to a gate of gilded jade. In front of the door, there were two armor soldiers, both of whom were tall and long-armed, and they were powerful, and when they saw the cat ghost, they turned around and pushed the door, revealing a curved corridor. The water on both sides of the corridor is constantly flowing, and the krakens can be seen passing back and forth. Without squinting, Yan Mei strode into a dark hall, surrounded by crystal walls, and a huge sky lantern jellyfish floated leisurely outside the wall, its tentacles changed without square directions, and the oval umbrella-like body emitted a sky blue light.

Miao Swallow Whale sat in the center of the hall, his fat body stuffed into a sapphire chair, holding a two-meter-long clams cigarette stick, the smoke pot resting on the ground over its big belly, and the green smoke in it was constantly changing into all kinds of gambling equipment—dice, cards, pai gow...... The whole nine yards.

On both sides of the seat, there was a poor Qi, a golden haired black wing, and a white-haired silver wing, seeing the swallow eyebrows entering, they all stood up, and the four dark blue eyes stared at the yellow eagle, and the vigilance revealed the fear that could not be hidden.

"Interrogator?" Yan Mei turned his eyes and found that the four Taoists were wearing civilian clothes, standing in a dark corner with their hands down, their faces were blurred, but their bearings were calm, and another eight-rat old cat ghost was standing behind Miao Swallowing Whale, most of the white hair on his body had fallen off, revealing pink flesh, and his two eyes were bloodshot.

Miao Swallow Whale exhaled a puff of smoke and turned into a soaring bird, it raised its eyelids, and said slowly: "I lost six million just now. ”

"Not much," Yanmei smiled, "not worth a single hair of yours." ”

"Plucking a hair can also hurt. Miao swallowed whale's eyes narrowed, and his pupils spewed anger, but his body remained still, and his demeanor was still soothing and calm.

"Mean, if you let me stand any longer, I'll pluck your hair all over your body. Yan Mei snorted at the old cat, "Just like it." ”

Miao Swallow Whale blinked, raised the cigarette stick, and struck the ground. The floor behind the girl rose upwards into a seat, carved from a single ruby, like a flame in the deep blue sea.

"Not bad!" Yan Mei sat down comfortably, and Huang Ying jumped onto the towering back of the chair.

"What do you want?" asked Miao Swallow Whale.

"It's not money anyway. ”

"Of course," Miao Swallowing Whale looked at the big bird jealously, "With the Feather Saint Yellow Eagle, you can earn as much as you want." ”

"I want a book," Yan Mei leaned forward slightly, "a book about elephant snakes." ”

"What?" Miao Swallow Whale was furious, picked up the cigarette stick and slammed it on the ground, the tobacco fell out, and the ornate carpet was lit with a snort. Before the fire had spread, a squeak was heard, and many rats emerged from all directions, their silver-gray fur was shiny. The rat demon is divided into three groups, one group steps on the fire extinguisher, the other group tears off the broken carpet and replaces it with new fabrics, and the third group cleans up the ashes, stuffs Lang Huan grass into the smoke pot, and lights it again...... In just ten seconds, the rat demon had already been cleaned up, and it withdrew with a gust of wind, as if it had never appeared.

Miao swallowed the whale took a deep breath of smoke and spewed it outward vigorously, and the smoke swirled around and condensed into a fair girl.

"Hey!" protested the girl, "old fat cat, don't brag about me." ”

"I know what you want," Miao Swallowing Whale said coldly, "You want to know the secret of the Elephant Snake Yuanzhu?"

"Yes!" Yan Mei admitted calmly.

"It's a pity," Miao Swallow Whale said leisurely, "I don't have the answer you wanted." ”

"It's okay," Yan Mei said, getting up, "I can gamble until you go bankrupt." She turned around and heard the Cat Ghost King shout, "Slow." ”

"What? Do you remember again?"

"I don't have an answer," Miao swallowed the whale quietly, "but I know where the answer is." ”

"Say it!"

"I'm a cat ghost," Miao swallowed his eyes narrow, "a cat ghost never gives things away for nothing." ”

"What do you want?"

"Let's gamble a game," the Cat Ghost King rolled his eyes, "you win, I'll tell you the place, you lose, you and Huang Ying will never be allowed to set foot in the Flowing Water Casino." ”

"I'm me, the yellow eagle is the yellow eagle, I can't call the shots for it. ”

"Then there's no need to talk about it. Miao Swallowing Whale said simply, "If you have to bankrupt me, I can close the Running Water Casino." Yan Mei stared at the old cat ghost and looked at it: "Then you will lose a lot." ”

"So I'm willing to bet with you. Miao swallowed the whale and snorted. The girl looked at the big bird, Huang Ying nodded, Yan Mei thought about it, and sat down reflexively: "Okay, what to bet on?"

"Monster Solitaire, will you?"

"Yes!"

"I have one condition," Miao Swallow Whale said, "and Huang Ying can't participate in this gambling game." ”

"No problem," Yan Mei didn't hesitate, "there are contacts and contacts, and your subordinates must also quit." ”

"Just you and me?"

"You and I, one-on-one. ”

"No problem. The Cat King turned back to the White Cat Ghost and said, "You all go out." ”

The cat ghost, the poor strange, and the Taoist walked out of the door, and the silver-gray rats also poured out, disappearing into the door like a turbid wave. Yan Mei snapped her fingers, and Huang Ying flew out.

Tuk tuk, the old cat ghost knocked the ground with a cigarette stick, and a long table rose between the two, on which a brand new deck of cards was placed, and Miao swallowed the whale and said: "To show fairness, you will shuffle the cards." ”

Yan Mei waved his pen, and the card brushes were washed by themselves, and one person sent them to both sides one after another.

"A pair of peonies. The old cat ghost played the cards, and the girl looked at the cards, shook her head and said, "No." ”

"Three dragons. ”

"No. ”

"Haze, spirit, ghost and peony, invisible demon joint brand. ”

"No. ”

"Purple Silk, Zixu, Gu Sha, Guixu Ancient Snake, Snake Demon Joint. ”

"No. ”

Miao Swallowing Whale was confused, stared at the girl and said, "You haven't followed, I'm done playing cards, and you're going to lose." ”

"I'll lose if I follow. Yan Mei put down the cards, "Because you cheated, you peeked at my cards." ”

"Nonsense," the Cat Ghost King's voice suddenly became sharp and high, "what evidence do you have?"

"It!" Yan Mei turned her head to stare outside the crystal wall, the sky lantern jellyfish floated behind her at some point, the umbrella shrunk one by one, the tentacles twisted as much as she could, and the girl gave her thumbs up and tapped the jellyfish, "You cheat with it." ”

"Ridiculous," Miao swallowed his head repeatedly, "it's just a sky lantern jellyfish, the lowest creature, and it has no use except for luminous lighting." ”

"You forgot one thing, I grew up by the sea," Yan Mei said with a smile, "It's not a sky lantern jellyfish, but a rare heart lamp jellyfish that can show things it sees on its body, such as my cards." ”

"It's really a nonsense," said the Cat King bitterly, "I've never heard of any 'heart lamp jellyfish'." ”

"This is very easy to verify," Yan Mei said with confidence, "The 'Heart Light Jellyfish' also has a property, it will remember what it sees in a short period of time, and if it is frightened, it will show it in one go." ”

"You ......" the old cat has not finished speaking, Yan Mei quill brush, released a bolt of lightning, swept past the jellyfish, the jellyfish was frightened, the head umbrella shrank suddenly, and then stretched outward, the crystal clear umbrella surface showed a clear image, most of them are Yan Mei sitting there, fiddling with cards in his hand, the monster image on the card can be seen vividly, from the perspective of the cat ghost king, you can see it at a glance.

"You must have trained it to peek at other people's cards," Yan Mei blinked, "Miao Swallow Whale, you cheated, so you lost." ”

The Cat Ghost King was silent for a moment, and suddenly narrowed his eyes again: "You already knew what it was, didn't you?"

"Yes," Yan Mei didn't hide it, "I know you're going to cheat, so I'll leave the tools for cheating to you." ”

"It's a trap. The cat ghost king tossed the card.

"As agreed, you'll have to tell me where the answer is. ”

The old cat ghost smiled at the cat's whiskers: "You said I cheated, do you have any evidence?" Yan Mei was slightly unhappy, and pointed back: "That's not ...... Alas......"

A ferocious wolfwhale rushed out of its spurs, bit the heart lamp jellyfish, swallowed it in three or two bites, and then staggered and disappeared into the distance.

"The evidence is gone," Meow Meow said, "so I didn't cheat." ”

"Miao Swallowing Whale," Yan Mei turned around, the smile on her face disappearing, "You brought it on yourself." The cat ghost king was stunned: "What are you looking for?"

"Somersault!" Yan Mei snorted, the old cat was confused, and his body jumped up involuntarily, his fat body dripping in mid-air, turning a hollow fight, and slamming to the ground. It was confused and wanted to stand up straight, but from head to toe it seemed to have been hit by a "fixed talisman", and its mind was foggy, and it couldn't think of a reason for what it said.

"It really works!" Yan Mei looked at the gourd in his hand and smiled, the stopper had been pulled out, and the gourd mouth was black and swarthy outward.

"You ......" the cat ghost king struggled to make a sound, but his tongue seemed to be tied in seven or eight dead knots.

"Do you know the information about the Elephant Snake Yuanzhu?" The time was limited, and Yan Mei went straight in.

"I don't know," the thought flowed uncontrollably from Miao Swallow's head.

Yan Mei was disappointed, and asked again, "Do you know where to find it?"

"The Treasury of Greed, which contains a copy of the Elephant Serpent Scroll, which records the secrets of the Elephant Serpent that we have collected in order to control the Golden Djinn in the future. ”

"Control?" Yan Mei was puzzled, "Isn't it awake?"

"To awaken the serpent is to rule the world, and to control him is to rule the world. ”

"It's a cat ghost," the girl said, "even the Creator has to calculate." ”

"Blue is better than blue. Miao Swallow Whale Mu said dumbly.

"Okay," Yan Mei couldn't help laughing, "Have you read that book?"

"Nope. ”

"Why?" Yan Mei was shocked and angry.

"I don't have time," Miao Swallow Whale said in a heartfelt voice, "I'm busy making money." ”

"Big lazy cat. Yan Mei wanted to kick its big belly.

The earlier cat ghost was determined to awaken the elephant snake and painstakingly searched for information. But with the passage of time, the cat ghosts of later generations focused on business, and the business became bigger and bigger, busy making money all day long, and gradually forgot the original intention of their ancestors, and left the snake thing behind. In the generation of Miao Swallowing Whale, because of the protection of Huang Shili, the business of the cat ghost reached its peak, and Miao Swallowing Whale was very busy, except for the account books of business, he never dealt with other books, not Yan Mei mentioned it, it almost forgot that there was such a thing as "Elephant Snake Scroll".

Yan Mei wanted to get information from the cat ghost once and for all, but who expected to meet a lazy cat, she was really angry, but she had to send it, so she had to ask: "Where is the treasure house of greed?"

"Below the stone demon dice. Miao Swallow Whale replied.

Yan Mei was secretly surprised, and then admired again. No one would have thought that the Cat Ghost King would hide the treasure house in the most lively place in Yujing. The Flowing Water Casino operates day and night, with people coming and going endlessly, and countless eyes staring at the stone demon dice at all times, which is tantamount to asking countless gamblers to help it guard the treasure house.

This also made it difficult for Yan Mei, how can she enter the treasure house in front of everyone's eyes? She pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How did you enter the treasure house?"

"Wait for all the gamblers to leave," Miao swallowed the whale after a pause, "and let the stone demon dice roll six zeros." ”

"Six zeros?" Yan Mei was stunned, "How can you throw it?"

"I have a spell," said Miao Swallower, "and I will say it myself." ”

Yan Mei had a big headache, thought about it, and said, "Okay, let's go out." The Cat Ghost King struggled slightly, lowered his hands obediently, and walked in front of him.

Miao Swallow Whale's subordinates were guarding the door, and suddenly saw it come out, they were all surprised, Miao Swallow Whale walked towards the old cat ghost who had shed his hair, and meowed angrily in the cat ghost language: "Miao is proud, close the casino immediately, and let everyone leave." ”

The old cat ghost Miao is proud of being the casino owner, and he is inexplicable when he hears this, but he doesn't dare to question the king, so he has to say: "The king forgive me, gambling is such a thing, you still want to win if you win, and you don't want to leave if you lose, it is better to kill the gamblers than to drive them away." It glanced at Yan Mei and lowered its voice, "King, have you won the bet?"

Miao swallowed the whale and ignored it, separated the crowd, came to the bottom floor, walked to the front of the dice, took out the brush and aimed at the stone pillar, meowed and chanted the incantation, the claw was raised, the tip of the pen flew out of the white light, and the stone pillar was hit by a snort, and the pillar lit up, faintly flashing red.

The gamblers were in an uproar: "Fuck, I haven't bet yet......" The foul language was abused, and the cat ghost sitting in the village was also very surprised, but the cat ghost was strictly hierarchical, and the upper and lower dignity was insurmountable.

The dice tumbled and came to an abrupt stop, each standing up at one corner with none of its side facing upwards.

"What kind of points is this?" asked one gambler.

"Stupid," replied the other gambler, "zero of course." ”

"Six zeros?" the gambler said before he could say anything, suddenly feeling extremely sleepy, yawning vigorously, and sitting on the ground and falling asleep.

The Sandman swept through the casino, and gamblers, guards, and cat ghosts fell one after another, but after a while, only Yan Mei was left standing alone.

"What did you do?" Huang Ying swooped down from the dome, Yan Mei glanced at it, and said, "The 'Sleepy Worm' really doesn't work for you. ”

"Sleepy bugs?" said the yellow eagle in surprise, looking around, "Oh, you're in trouble. ”

"What's the use of talking now?" Yan Mei stared at the stone demon column, which rotated and moved away, revealing an underground entrance, and a faint green light appeared at the entrance of the cave.

"I knew it wouldn't be good to follow you," the Bird Demon King complained incessantly, "See how you end up this time?"

"Less nonsense," Yan Mei said as she walked, "you block the casino and don't let anyone else in." ”

"Who are you supporting...... Huang Ying didn't finish speaking, Yan Mei jumped on the flying sword, and a gust of wind rushed into the mouth.

The underground space was vast, and the girl fell straight down a hundred meters, flying forward along a passage, and the cat's eye rune lights on both sides of the road were faintly green, entangled with the red light of Dan Li's sword.

She stopped suddenly, the flying sword hung in the air, holding her breath slightly, using "divine reading" to listen carefully, and there was a low gasp in the distance, as if a huge beast was sleeping.

The girl's heartbeat accelerated, reducing the speed of the sword, and the front suddenly opened, and a golden-white giant door shaped like a cat's eye appeared, and the golden "pupils" were composed of countless concentric circles, one circle, one ring, from the outside to the inside, dense layers, and the center of all the rings was a small keyhole.

The wheezing sound came from the giant beast in front of the door, it was a huge and friendless Qiqi, three times larger than the previous two, the black hair on the whole body was extremely long and thick, flexible as a steel wire, and three silver bright spots on the forehead, forming a big "pin" character. The color of the wings gradually fades from the inside out, first black and then gray, and by the time the feathers have turned a bright silvery-white. The huge head rested on top of its two claws, its eyes half-open and half-closed, and its nose spewed wind and thunder.

"Xuan Biao!" Yan Mei shuddered in her heart, she never expected that the King of Poor Qi would hide here to guard the door for the cat ghost.

Xuan Biao never woke up, sleeping deeply, Yan Mei turned her mind and understood: the moment the entrance opened, she had already released sleepy insects, and those small insects disappeared without a trace, not only hypnotizing the entire casino, but also drilling into the mouth, hypnotizing this extremely powerful demon beast.

Yan Mei secretly called luck, fixed her mind, and watched the situation carefully. The door of the treasure house is cast with "cat gold", this metal can only be smelted by cat ghosts, resists the five elements, and is indestructible, so you have to go back and find the key from the Miao swallowing whale.

She grunted and was about to turn around, the corner of her eyes flashed brightly, and she saw a shiny thing hanging from Xuan Biao's chin. Yan Mei took a closer look and almost cheered. It was a "cat gold" key, but looking at the size, it matched the keyhole.

The girl held her breath, tiptoed forward, stretched her hand through Xuan Biao's big mouth, and swept the back of her hand like a thick tiger whisker steel brush, making her numb and oozing fine cold sweat.

Fortunately, Xuan Biao did not wake up, Yan Mei slowly reached forward, held the cold key, and gently took it off the collar.

Miao Swallowing Whale is quite cunning, and when it comes to collecting keys, there is no place to be safer than under the neck of the Poor Qi King, because anyone who steals the key will be bitten off by Xuan Biao.

When the key arrived, Yan Mei exhaled turbidity, lightly bypassed Qiqi, and before coming to the giant door, the key was inserted into the lock hole, which was no longer suitable.

"Good luck. The girl smiled and twisted to the right, and the key turned by hand, but strangely enough, the "pupil" on the door also squeezed inward, and suddenly became an olive shape. She was surprised and continued to twist, but the door did not open, but the "pupil" continued to narrow until it became a slender slit. She had no choice but to twist it to the left again, and her "pupils" suddenly turned back into a circle.

Yan Mei twisted back and forth, the "pupils" were round and flattened, repeated several times, the giant door did not move, the girl was so angry that she stomped her feet, if it weren't for Xuan Biao lying behind her, she would have to scold Miao for swallowing whales.

Trying to calm down, Yan Mei recalled the change in the cat's ghost's eyes, the pupils were the roundest at midnight, then gradually narrowed, and then became thin slits at noon, and then slowly rounded again, until midnight returned to full roundness. This change is so precise and orderly that the cat ghosts can confirm the time by looking at each other's pupils, so people also call the pupils of the cat ghosts "cat clocks" - if the door opening code is related to the "cat clock", then nine times out of ten it is the current time.

Yan Mei took out the fairy compass, the time was specified as five minutes and three seconds, not after noon, it was the time when the "cat clock" changed from narrow to round, Yan Mei screwed the key to the right to the end, determined that the "cat clock" was at noon, and then turned back, the amplitude was equivalent to the arc of five minutes and five seconds from noon to five minutes and five seconds on the fairy compass, and then stopped, the giant door still did not move, the girl thought for a while, held the key and sent it in, click, the keyhole was sunken, and the huge "pupil" began to rotate.

Yan Mei pulled out the key, stepped aside, and watched the concentric circles in the "Pupil" fall layer by layer in the rotation, and finally there was a hole that allowed cats and ghosts to enter and exit alone.

Leaning through the hole, the sight of the treasure house surprised the girl - there were no rare treasures, no gold, only rows of tall bookshelves, neatly piled with "golden books"—books made of "cat gold" by cat ghosts.

Yan Mei flew her sword and came to the bookshelf, using "Divine Reading" to flip through the "Golden Book", and she soon found that the "Golden Book" was divided into three types: one was the account book, which included all the businesses of the cat ghosts, recording the unlimited wealth they had, both legal and illegal, and the second was bonds, which were as thin as rice paper It is full of loan contracts, dense cat ghost language, left cat ghost paw prints and Taoist signatures, borrowers from the court to the individual, the history is long, covering a wide range, the amount is huge, all of which are shocking;

Yan Mei was attracted by the "Golden Book", and she finally understood why the Greedy Treasury did not have imaginary treasures, just because the numbers and words on the "Golden Book" were the treasures of the Cat Ghost Kingdom, and the wealth on these papers exceeded the treasures that could be stored in the treasure trove by ten million times. It is with this information that Miao Swallowing Whale can be powerful and firmly control Ziwei's wealth.

It's a pity that time is pressing, and Yan Mei doesn't have time to look more, so she puts away her thoughts and flies to the depths of the treasure house. There were countless books along the way, and it was not easy to find the "Elephant Snake Scroll" from it, so she took out a brush, brushed out the "search character", and shouted: "Picking up gold in the sand - the Elephant Snake Scroll." ”

The firelight burst out of the tip of the pen, and for a while it traveled between the bookshelves, and suddenly rushed back again, and when it came closer, it burst into a little spark.

The spell failed! Yan Mei pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized: "The golden books are all written in the language of cat ghosts, and the search object of the 'search symbol' should also be called out in the language of cat ghosts." She cheered up and wrote a mantra: "Pick up gold in the sand - meow meow babble." The light of the fire burst out again, went around in circles, and suddenly rushed into a row of bookshelves, and there was a fierce vibration sound when it landed.

Yan Mei flew over, but saw a dark box in the corner of the bookshelf, and the "search symbol" was coiled on it like a fiery snake. She swept away the charm and opened the black box, which contained a "golden book" with the words "Elephant Serpent Scroll" written on it in the cat-ghost language.

This "golden book" is so heavy that it can only be held up by using the "carrying charm". Yan Mei stroked the cover, cold and smooth, her heart beat faster, wrote "Breeze Page Turner", opened the metal thin page, and used "Divine Reading" to quickly browse.

Yan Mei is fluent in all different languages, and she also has a lot of research on cat ghost language. The first third of the scroll tells the myths and legends of the elephant snake in the primeval era, and the middle third tells the history of the coexistence of the elephant snake and the cat ghost.

Yan Mei read it all the way, her mood became heavy, and she began to suffer from gains and losses, afraid that there was no record of Elephant Snake Yuanzhu in the book, and she worked hard, but she was busy in vain.

Suddenly, the word "Yuanzhu" jumped into her eyes, and she was refreshed and looked at it carefully. The chapter here tells the story of the cat ghost who spent a lot of money to buy the Taoist, obtained the information of the Elephant Snake Yuan Bead, and according to their understanding of the target snake, described the Dao technique of extracting the Elephant Snake Yuan Shen from the evil spirit, as well as the number, shape, and nature of the Yuan Bead.

When Yan Mei saw one of them, her heart moved, and she studied it word by word: "The three Yuan Beads have a wonderful induction, enough to cross any time and space, and the two parties who each have the Yuan Beads, no matter where they are, can connect with each other through the Yuan Beads, control the other with one and exert the unparalleled 'Golden Soul Power' of the Elephant Snake......"

The latter narrative is outrageously detailed, writing that the three Yuan Beads were cast into the "Elephant Snake Soul Lock", which was first sealed in the Pondering Palace, and after the Dao Demon War, it was used to trap and lock the hundred-headed dragon. The place where the hundred heads are imprisoned is the top secret of the Taoist, but through the all-pervasive investigation and the purchase at any cost, the cat ghost guesses that the location of the cell is likely to be in the Bafei School Palace. At the end of this chapter, the cat ghost also discusses ways to lift the "Four Gods Seal", and even creates a spell to control the "Elephant Snake Elemental Bead".

After reading a chapter, Yan Mei casually turned to the next page, but saw that the top of the page said "The Awakening of the Elephant Snake", and there was no handwriting below, a blank, no wonder, Snake Ridge is still in the world, and the Elephant Snake has not yet awakened, and this "Elephant Snake Scroll" is naturally unfinished and to be continued.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to close the golden book, when she suddenly saw a few small cyan characters written in the lower left corner, not cat ghost language, but a line of dragon text - "Read, Tianzong".