The ancient city is full of dust and wind and dust. The city is isolated from the rest of the world and surrounded by mountains.

The dark yellow walls were sprinkled with fallen leaves, and a few thin soldiers were patrolling in front of the city gates, all looking very sluggish.

Ning Zhe and the others entered the ancient city, there were few people in the city, and there were few merchants, so they looked quite cold.

A gust of wind blew, and the yellow sand flew on the street, and the sand and dust stained his clothes, causing Ning Zhe to complain constantly.

However, the red lotus, who has always been very lively, was silent after entering the city, and revisited the old place, and her farewell was ten years.

Honglian looked at the people and buildings in the city with red eyes, and said softly: "It's the same here as ten years ago, there are still so few people. You look at the intersection in front of me, and I seem to hear the beautiful music of my mother that night, and it was at this intersection that my mother and I waited for my father to return. ”

The confused fairy sighed lightly and said, "The past is like the wind, and everything has become a thing of the past. We have to look forward and not always dwell on some bad memories. ”

"Master, there's a teahouse in front, let's settle down there and rest for a while. Han Yanfeng pointed ahead, and several people walked towards the teahouse.

A gazebo was built outside the teahouse, and Ning Zhe and the others sat in the pavilion to rest.

The guy served a pot of tea, Ning Zhe took a sip of tea, looked at the people coming and going on the street, and sighed: "I thought that Dragon and Tiger City would be very prosperous, but I didn't expect it to be so down." ”

The confused fairy stroked his beard, shook his head and sighed: "The hearts of the people are scattered, and the city is no longer a city." Thirty years ago, the city was prosperous for a while, but because of an accident, everything changed. ”

The ancient city always gives people a bleak beauty, a kind of vicissitudes that follow us.

Being in this kind of environment makes people feel very dull.

Occasionally, I heard the laughter of a few children, but the people walking on the street were like puppets, their eyes were blank, as if they had lost their souls.

"I can't stand it, if I stay here for a few days, I'll be suffocated, why is it so depressing here?" Ning Zhe drank a cup of tea and shouted.

However, the man at the tea house only glanced back at him a little, and then went to greet the other guests. It seems that the people of the city have lost interest in anything.

The confused fairy also sighed, he looked at these retro buildings in the city, and said: "Dragon and Tiger City has been established for more than a thousand years and has been standing, but the people who live here have changed batch after batch. Time has passed, and the sea has also changed. Things are people, who can reverse the flow of years. ”

"Ah~~ I can't stand it, can you stop talking about such a depressing topic!" Ning Zhe shouted again, but this time the guy in the teahouse didn't even look at him.

Ning Zhe stood up and said unhappily: "I really can't stand this atmosphere, let's quickly find the Dragon Gang and leave this suffocating ancient city as soon as possible." ”

However, as soon as Ning Zhe said this, some of the surrounding idlers quickly left the tea house, and even the guy ran into the small building, and the people nearby hid far away.

"Isn't it, isn't the Dragon Gang so terrifying?" Ning Zhe shouted, speechless as he looked at these people who had suddenly left.

Han Yanfeng held the long sword and said, "It seems that this Dragon Gang is a very frightening force, we have to be careful." ”

Ning Zhe showed disdain and snorted: "Hey, what kind of bullshit Dragon Gang, a powerful gang wouldn't choose such a down-and-out place to settle down, I think it's just in vain." ”

The confused fairy said solemnly: "The master is hidden in the city, no matter what we do, we can't take it lightly." ”

"I want to know if the Dragon Gang is powerful, won't they know after a while?" Ning Zhe pursed his lips, put his arm around Shi Xian's shoulder, walked towards the street, and asked when he met someone, "Do you know where the Dragon Gang is?"

However, everyone hid away when they heard Ning Zhe's question, and no one dared to answer his question.

Confused Immortal walked behind with Red Lotus and Han Yanfeng, watching Ning Zhe and Shi Xian ask in front, but they never found out where the Dragon Gang was.

In the end, Ning Zhe was discouraged and didn't ask others, looking around to find the location of the Dragon Gang.

Seeing all this in his eyes, the Confused Immortal suddenly frowned, and said to Han Yanfeng beside him: "The people here are a little abnormal, they seem to have been robbed of their souls. Yan Feng, do you remember what Master Wei once told you about the Soul Deterrent Technique?"

Han Yanfeng said in surprise: "Could it be that the master suspects that the people here have been dementored by some masters?"

"Just give it a try. The confused fairy's face was solemn, and he called back Ning Zhe, who was walking in front.

Ning Zhe ran back and grinned, "What do you have to tell the apprentice?"

Looking at Ning Zhe's grinning appearance, the confused fairy shook his head and said, "You are also an adult in your twenties, why can't you be more steady, just like a child." ”

Han Yanfeng also said with a smile: "Senior brother, the master suspects that the people in the city have been captured by others. So wanted to let us verify it. ”

Ning Zhe was shocked when he heard this, and said, "I'll just say that the people here are a little too abnormal, but how do we verify it?"

"Not everyone has been captured, the most obvious is the children playing in the streets. You can ask where these kids are. ”

Ning Zhe and Han Yanfeng nodded, and then walked towards the children at the same time.

The two of them said a few words to the children, and then they all came back with surprises on their faces.

Returning to the Foolish Immortal, Ning Zhe said, "Sure enough, as the master expected, those children all rushed to tell me the address of my senior brother and the Dragon Gang. ”

Han Yanfeng nodded, and then said: "And I also asked a few children where their parents were, but these children all said that their parents had left them for many days and had not returned, and most of these adults in the city were some new faces, and even these children who lived in the city since childhood felt unfamiliar. ”

Just as the two brothers were reporting the situation, Honglian suddenly stopped, glanced back, and frowned and said, "Why do I always feel that someone is following us?"

The Foolish Immortal smiled mysteriously and said, "Someone is indeed following us, and he will come out himself in a while." ”

The three young men were a little curious, so they followed the confused fairy and slowly walked forward.

When he came to another street, the confused fairy suddenly stopped, and said lightly: "Come out, there is no need to hide." ”

At this moment, a slightly shorter middle-aged fat man suddenly sneaked out of the alley on the side of the road.

This fat man looks a little funny, a pair of small eyes are almost unable to open, open his eyes are like squinting, wearing a small high hat, with a small mustache, the fat on his body is still trembling when he walks, and he feels tired when he looks at it.

The master and apprentice looked at the little fat man curiously, but unexpectedly, the little fat man suddenly knelt on the ground, tears flowed out of his little eyes, and cried: "I am the owner of the teahouse where you stopped to drink tea just now, please save my family and the people of the city!"

Honglian quickly walked over and helped the teahouse owner up, and asked softly, "This uncle, if you have any trouble, just say it, we will try to help you." ”

The Confused Immortal watched Honglian's every move and smiled slightly.

But Ning Zhe shook his head on the side and said: "She is too simple and kind, if we are not by her side, we will definitely be abducted by bad people, this little girl is too unreassuring." ”

Han Yanfeng nodded noncommittally, and at this time, the three masters and apprentices all set their eyes on the teahouse owner.

The teahouse owner looked at the master and apprentice, shook his head and sighed: "Here's the thing......"

After listening to the teahouse owner's account, the master and apprentice knew what had happened in Dragon and Tiger City in the past few years.

It turned out that ten years ago, when the Dragon Gang had not yet been formed, two men suddenly came to this ancient city one night to duel.

Several pedestrians saw the fight between the two, one of whom was said to have been disfigured and the other half to death, and eventually the two left the ancient city due to their respective injuries.

However, this is not the end of the matter, and the real evil has just begun.

A few days later, the disfigured man suddenly returned to Dragon Tiger City and quickly formed a gang called the Dragon Gang, which grew rapidly and eventually took over the entire Dragon Tiger City.

No one knew what the disfigured man was called, or what he looked like, because he had always worn a grimace mask, and people later called him Onizu.

Ghost Ancestor is the head of the Dragon Gang, his methods are extremely cruel, and in the first year of the gang, he absorbed the souls of many adult strong men, and it is said that it is to cultivate a very murderous spell.

It's not that the people of Dragon Tiger City don't want to escape from this ancient city shrouded in demons, but none of them can escape, and they have always been controlled by the Dragon Gang.

Later, what the Ghost Ancestor did was even more terrifying, he not only absorbed people's souls, but also killed all the people with the dragon character in their names, but people didn't understand why the gang still had the dragon character in the name because he hated the people with the dragon character in his name so much.

Gradually, what the Ghost Ancestor did became more and more terrifying, and his claws also extended to the villages near Dragon and Tiger City, some people were sucked out of their souls by him, and some people were captured by him, and controlled into puppets. Over the years, a hundred miles of Dragon and Tiger City have been controlled by the Dragon Gang.

The master and apprentice all showed very solemn expressions when they knew these things, especially Honglian, whose face became very pale.

And several other people also showed complicated expressions, Red Lotus looked anxious, and said in a panic: "The two people who duel in Dragon and Tiger City ten years ago are very likely to be my father and Ah Long, if this ghost ancestor is Ah Long, I will definitely avenge my father, but what should I do if the ghost ancestor is my father." He is my father, and he is always chivalrous, if it is really why he has become so murderous. And how am I going to deal with him?"

Ning Zhe hugged his shoulders, paced back and forth on the ground, and said, "I think about people and things more simply, and it's not as complicated as you think. If your father is really a chivalrous warrior full of justice as you say, then I don't think this ghost ancestor will be him. And as his daughter, don't you even have that trust?"

Honglian held her head and shook her head in pain, her emotions almost collapsed, and she squatted on the ground and said helplessly: "I always thought that Uncle Ah Long was a good person, he always loved me and loved me, but ten years ago he was able to do such a shameless thing, and since then I have never dared to trust anyone easily." And now it's all ten years later, so long time can change a person. ”

The confused fairy shook his head, and said righteously: "I have always taught your father to stick to his heart, he has a chivalrous heart, and he will never become the current ghost ancestor." And we have to face it anyway, and it's better to solve it face to face than to dream about it here. ”

However, Red Lotus still looked hesitant.

The confused fairy sighed: "You can not trust anyone, but you must trust your dear and beloved parents." Even if your father does become a heinous demon, you are his daughter after all, and you have to do what a child should do. ”

Listening to the teachings of the Confused Immortal, Honglian nodded slowly.

But Ning Zhe showed a puzzled look and asked the Confused Immortal: "I thought Master, you would let Red Lotus kill your relatives in righteousness, it's really unexpected, you don't play cards according to common sense." ”

The foolish fairy laughed and said: "I'm not a demon, how can I let a simple girl hurt her father? Besides, Honglian's father is also my apprentice, if he is really the current ghost ancestor, I will not kill him, I will do my best to bring him back to the right path. Because I believe in him, my apprentice will not become a murderer for no reason!"

Listening to these heartfelt words of the foolish immortal, Ning Zhe stretched out his hand and applauded, and said with a smile: "I am really lucky to meet a master who protects his shortcomings like this." ”

The foolish fairy snorted lightly and scolded with a smile: "You bastard boy, are you scolding me or praising me?"

The master and apprentice chatted here, but the teahouse owner panicked, he blinked his eyes, and said urgently: "I don't think you are ordinary people, can you help us ordinary people to eliminate the Dragon Gang? My only son was captured by the Dragon Gang two days ago, and now I don't know whether he is dead or alive, I am really worried and frightened, I beg you to help me!" After speaking, the teahouse owner knelt heavily on the ground again.

Han Yanfeng and Ning Zhe couldn't stand it anymore, and at the same time they helped him up.

Ning Zhe looked at this funny-looking little fat man, but he had no intention of laughing, and sighed: "You are a good father, but as a man, how can you kneel to others casually." We're going to the Dragons to settle some grievances, and we'll do our best to rescue everyone trapped in the Dragons when the time comes. ”

Han Yanfeng nodded, patted the teahouse owner's shoulder, and said with a smile: "My junior brother is right, you can rest assured." However, I also hope that the boss will not spread the word about it, so as not to be known by the people of the Dragon Gang. ”

The teahouse owner touched his fat face and said, "You can rest assured that even if you don't remind me, I won't spread it." I'm as fat as a pig, but I'm not stupid like a pig. ”

Ning Zhe was amused by what the teahouse owner said, and promised once again that he would find a way to rescue those trapped by the Dragon Gang.

The teahouse owner thanked him a few times and left the street secretly. It can be seen that this boss is also a cautious person.

Ning Zhe followed Han Yanfeng all the way to talk and laugh, but Honglian was sullen all the time, looking sad.

The Confused Immortal looked at her and sighed, "You don't have to worry about it, if the Ghost Ancestor is really your father, I will definitely not hurt him." Because I have absolute trust in my apprentices. ”

However, the more the Confused Immortal said this, the more solemn Red Lotus's expression became.

The confused fairy thought about it and scolded the old fool, and then fell silent. Because the more the Confused Immortal said this, the more Red Lotus would think that the current Ghost Ancestor was her father.