Professor Nass smiled kindly, and said in a seductive tone, "It is actually a lot easier to get acquainted with the Germanic language family first, and then learn the Romance language family. The main thing is the way of thinking, you need to block out your native thinking first, and think in a Germanic language like English......"

The lady sitting next to her listened thoughtfully, as if she really understood how to learn Spanish well.

This Nass professor met by chance when she visited a client in a southwestern province, knowing that this professor is from the United Kingdom and speaks extremely fluent Chinese, although some words and sentences sound a bit old-fashioned, traditional, and very "textbook", but it is not easy for a foreigner to speak to this extent.

Professor Nass told her that she came to China this time to do some research on special plants, saying that it can provide clean energy for human beings, and may become the answer to mankind's future fight against environmental degradation. Although she couldn't understand many of the terms and principles she said, and she was a little ignorant, she still believed in her own judgment and thought that what Professor Nas said was true, and sincerely admired his behavior and research.

So after learning that Professor Nas was going to Yangcheng next, not far from the city where his company was located, the lady took the initiative to invite him to take his own car and go back together.

On the way, the lady continued to communicate with Professor Nas, an old English gentleman who was not only good-looking and temperamental, but also humorous and knowledgeable, coupled with fluency in Chinese lowered the threshold for communication, she had risen from admiration to admiration and admiration for Nass.

In fact, if you stand from a completely objective point of view, put aside the conversation scene and dialogue process between the two, and only analyze it from the actual content of their conversation, nine out of ten people will feel a little strange - that foreigner Chinese is very slippery, but the content of the conversation is what the hell, there is no logic and reason at all, and it is clear that they are fooling people.

But in the car, whether it was the lady who was already rich and had been in the mall for a long time, or the middle-aged driver who was driving, they all believed Nas's words, whether it was his identity or the rhetoric of "special plant research".

So, after the car entered the boundary of Yangcheng, the lady still willingly directed the driver to go where Professor Nas wanted to go, as if she were his assistant and secretary.

After walking around the Yangcheng city area, under the command of Professor Nass, the Mercedes-Benz stopped on the side of the road.

Nas got out of the car, stood on the side of the road and frowned at the road for a moment, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The lady also wanted to get out of the car, but Nas suddenly raised her hand and said, "Don't come down!"

The lady was stunned, but she didn't get out of the car as she said, she stayed in the car with the driver, and watched through the window as Professor Nas was sniffing something directly on the road, and even climbed out of the roadside guardrail, went to the field next to her, and lay down to observe, as if she was picking a piece of grass and licking it.

"Professor Nass is really fighting for research!" "The driver who saw Professor Nas's behavior outside in the driver's seat through the rearview mirror sighed.

The lady who leaned against the car window and looked outside also admired sincerely: "I really envy that there are scholars like Professor Nas in the UK, no, Professor Nas should be all human." ”

Of course, they didn't see that Professor Nas, who was leaning over the grass on the side of the road, stretched out a straw-like "mouthpart" from his open mouth, spitting out a tube of long, green sticky substance.

The sticky substance quickly turns into a liquid when it comes into contact with the surrounding greenery, and then penetrates into it.

Professor Nass got up, closed his eyes again, and sniffed the air deeply with his nose, as if there was something around him that appealed to him.

After more than ten minutes, Professor Nas got back into the car and asked the driver, "What's the place up ahead?" ”

"Over there?" the driver looked at, "It should be the highway entrance over there, right?"

Professor Nas took out his mobile phone again, called up the electronic map and asked a few questions, and then there was no driver on the highway, but he asked him to drive him back to the city.

Professor Nas said goodbye to the lady and the driver on the Mercedes, but half an hour later, he got into another car and drove onto the highway, but instead of going to Pengcheng, where he had asked the driver for the location of the map, he went to Liushi.

A few hours later, it was late afternoon when he arrived in Liushi, and after letting the car stop in a relatively remote area, "Professor Nas" got out of the car and said goodbye to the young man who was driving.

Of course, in the young man's mind, this well-mannered blonde old man was not an English professor who had come to China to study special plants, but an Uncle William who had gone to a foreign land in search of a daughter to marry far away, but lost his wallet and passport after getting off the plane.

The old blonde man, now known as "Uncle William", walked on a remote path with few pedestrians.

Not long after, he rounded the botanical garden at the foot of the mountain, stopped in an undeveloped and deserted clearing, and began to frown and observe.

Still like in Yangcheng earlier, he occasionally closed his eyes and sniffed deeply, occasionally lying on the ground, spitting out green liquid with the straw-like mouthparts in his mouth and combining with the surrounding plants, as if looking for something.

He wasn't some "Uncle William", he didn't have any daughters who married far away from China, he wasn't a "Professor Nass", he didn't study any special plants, and he wasn't even from England.

His name is Joel, or rather, the name Joel is an accurate code name for those who really know his identity, and as for his "real name", it is no longer used after he became a "Bloodline".

Those who knew him well called him "The Old Earl", "Count Joel", or "Lord of the Forest".

In "Red Rose", he has always been one of the highest-ranking "blood clans".

Yes, he is the Joel who has reached the limit of the stage and has to seek other pure-blood clans as "blood sources", Guo Tianxiang was the "blood source" he "raised", and John Cavendish was ordered by him to go to China to find the missing Guo Tianxiang.

But what I didn't expect was that the John sent was lost not long after, and even the "holy blood" he left in John's place was devoured, which doesn't need to be thought about to know that there is a very powerful and terrifying existence here, whether it is Guo Tianxiang or John, it is very likely that they have fallen into the hands of the other party.

If he had followed his usual habits, he would definitely not dare to take risks.

But now for Count Joel, under the pressure of the stage limit, he will continue to stay in Slovakia, and it will be inevitable to die, and he may even have to take the initiative to become the "blood source" of other "Red Rose" old fellows before he collapses, and implement the so-called "pure-blood internal circulation".

Joel has actually thought about his ending countless times, he once thought that he would calmly accept the way of "pure-blood internal circulation" and calmly become the blood source of other old fellows, after all, he himself can live for so long and be able to die until now, and it is also because many "ancestors" have reached the stage limit and cannot obtain a qualified "blood source" breakthrough, and they have dedicated their own blood to do it.

But when it really came to an end, when he felt that death was imminent, he still couldn't fully accept everything, and he finally got scared and shrunk.

He wanted to fight again to stay alive.

Therefore, he decided to go to China alone, the great danger also indicates a huge opportunity, maybe he can get a qualified "blood source" on his own.

After all, in his opinion, he is much stronger and more experienced than Guo Tianxiang and John.

Of course, his idea was unanimously opposed by the other members of the "Red Rose" - they were all afraid that he would die directly outside.

A "blood clan" like John, who has not been transformed many times, even if he dies outside, the loss will be lost, but Count Joel is different, he is a pure-blood clan with multiple phased transformations, and is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the "pure-blood internal circulation", if he dies outside, it will be an almost unbearable loss for all the remaining "Red Rose" bloods.

So this time, in order to come to China, Joel also had a big fight with two old buddies.

Fortunately, he is old, and he has never made much moves, and there are a bunch of unknown tricks, plus he has already had a "layout", so he took the lead, but it didn't take much effort, so the two old guys retreated.

Everyone is a smart person, and when the cost is greater than the gain, and the risk and benefit are not proportional, they will naturally make the "right choice".

Joel, like John before him, infiltrated through the Southwestern Frontier, and then used the hypnosis method he was best at, moving between cities, relying on other humans as cover.

Whether it is him, John, Guo Tianxiang, or even other members of the "Red Rose" blood clan, although there will be differences in the realization of specific abilities, they basically have the ability to interfere with and affect ordinary people's thinking and cognition, sensory judgment, which is commonly known as "hypnotic ability".

But even with this ability, he is still cautious and very cautious. For example, when I was transferred from Yangcheng to Liucheng, I specially changed another hypnotic object and changed a car.

Although he was far away in Slovakia, the two small porcelain knives he gave to Guo Tianxiang and John contained part of his "holy blood", which can also be said to be "prosthetic tissue fluid", which can help them deal with other "blood clans" and "blood beasts".

Usually there is no way to rely on these "prosthetic tissue fluids" for detailed positioning, but when they are consumed, when he is close to the destination, he can have some faint perception, and can find the specific location of the "prosthetic tissue fluid" disappearing, as if those tissue fluids will leave a mark in the void when they disappear.

This ability was obtained from a special "blood plant" that he devoured in his early years, but he always claimed in "Red Rose" that it was condensed by himself, and named it "Holy Blood". Otherwise, his pure-blooded character will not be able to stand.

Of course, in fact, everyone knows each other what's going on, and almost all the members of the current "Red Rose" have drunk the blood of "blood plants" and "blood beasts", and they just keep it a secret.

In addition to the "prosthetic tissue fluid" in the small porcelain knife, Count Joel actually secretly did some tricks and feet on Guo Tianxiang and John, if they drank blood and produced a phased transformation, they would produce a very strong special imprint, and after he got closer to a certain distance, he could judge the location of the phased transformation between the two.

It was also because he had twice perceived John's phased transformation in a short period of time, and realized that there might be great opportunities in this country, in this land, in danger.

If even John's level can achieve two stage transformations, then he should be more relaxed.

Whether it's joining a new organization or hunting for other targets, he has more money than John.

Moreover, his target was John himself.

After finding the location of the disappearance of the "prosthetic tissue fluid" in the small porcelain knife in John's hand, he was able to determine through special means that at the moment of the incident, John was sitting in some kind of high-speed moving enclosed space, with the smell of metal, leather and gasoline, of course, it must be a car.

And he was able to judge that the locations of John's later two phased transformations were probably in Pengcheng, and the specific location needed to be found later.

But he didn't enter Pengcheng immediately, but turned around and went to Liucheng, the place where the "prosthetic tissue fluid" disappeared in Guo Tianxiang's small porcelain knife.

Because this place is the starting point of all changes, and it is also the place where John will definitely explore after entering the country - John can use the small porcelain knife in his hand to sense and determine the location where the liquid in Guo Tianxiang's small porcelain knife has disappeared.

Perhaps, John's accident also began in this place.

Joel lay on the ground for a while, exhausted all means, and was basically able to determine that the "prosthetic tissue fluid" in his small porcelain knife had played a lethal role, and had the effect of inhibiting the recovery of the "blood clan".

But the strange thing is that he didn't feel that Guo Tianxiang had a phased transformation, that is, either the injured blood clan ran away, or after killing that blood clan, Guo Tianxiang didn't drink blood. The former is very unlikely, and the latter is not very likely.

Joel thought of another possibility: the target of being injured by a small porcelain knife and being exerted by the "prosthetic tissue fluid" was not other "blood clans" and "blood beasts", but Guo Tianxiang himself.

But why?

He can't kill himself, right?

Joel, who had not found any other clues, was about to leave when he suddenly noticed a stone not far away that seemed to be moving.

The movement was very small, and if it was an ordinary person, it would definitely not be noticeable, but his sense of hearing was far beyond that of ordinary people, but he was keenly able to catch it.

He paused for a moment to listen, felt something strange, and walked over and lifted the stone.

The moment he lifted it, he saw dozens of big black ants densely packed with holes burrowing into the ground, and he couldn't help but be startled, and subconsciously took half a step back.

He wasn't afraid of bugs, and neither were ants, but these ants gave him a very special feeling, which made him instinctively tingle his scalp.

However, he didn't think about it, first, those ants all burrowed into the ground and ran, second, he didn't feel the breath of "blood beasts" from those ants, no matter how weird they were, they were just ordinary ants, and third, his attention was attracted by a few vague notches on the stone.

Those nicks are a few letters, and the first four can be vaguely judged to be: help.

And the last one, it should be: J.

The nick was crooked, as if it had been picked out with a fingernail, and it was impossible to judge the handwriting precisely, but instinctively, Joel thought it was left by John.

One is that it's an English word, and the other is that "J", John's first letter is J, and his first letter is J, which can be John identifying himself or asking him for help - because John must have known that if he had found it, he would have found this place.

Joel's expression was solemn, but there was some excitement in his heart, and he leaned down, carefully examined the stone and the surroundings, and even took a branch and dug up the ant's nest.

The ant nest was very deep, and he didn't find a single ant, apparently there was another world underground, but he saw a restaurant ticket half-buried in the ant nest.

The words on it are basically unreadable, and there are many holes that look like they have been eaten by insects, so it is obvious that this small ticket has been here for a long time.

Fortunately, the date on it and the name of the restaurant are still there, judging from the time, March 16, one day before the "prosthetic tissue fluid" in the small porcelain knife in John's hand disappeared.

And the restaurant, he used his mobile phone to check the location, it was in Liucheng.

Joel couldn't help but be a little puzzled, whether it was him or John, there was definitely no need to eat normally, there was no need to go to a place like a restaurant, even if they went for some reason, it was impossible to check out and still keep a receipt, they had a way to "eat white food" without leaving a trace.

Or is this little ticket, not left by John, it appears here, the date is so just right, just a coincidence?

Or maybe John went to that restaurant for some particular reason and even paid the bill?

After such a tangled and hesitating, George's eyes suddenly filled with blood, and he suddenly leaned down and slammed his forehead directly on the stone engraved with "help J".

Once, again, and again, flesh and blood flew sideways, and he gritted his teeth with each impact.

In a few moments, the head was rotten, and Joel, whose flesh was blurred, lay on the ground, gasping for air, while the wound slowly healed.

Strangely, after self-harming with a stone, Joel's face changed to that of a handsome blonde guy in his early twenties, with red lips and white teeth.

After a long time, Joel got up from the ground and shook off his blonde hair, and after some of the gray powder had dissipated, his forehead had returned to its original state, and there was no blood, and his face had become old again, returning to the appearance of "Professor Nas".

Realizing that time was running out for him, Joel finally decided to check it out, although there were still many doubts.

When he found the restaurant, it was exactly seven o'clock in the evening, and it was the best time for business.

He didn't go there immediately, but observed the neighborhood for a long time, this restaurant looked very upscale, mainly Western food, business was very good, and there were people who came in and out of the house in very well-dressed people.

He used many means, but he didn't notice any traces of the activities of "blood clan", "blood descendant", and "blood beast" in this restaurant and its vicinity, but he was still a little uneasy and apprehensive in his heart, and the more he didn't know where the danger was and where the opponent was, the more panicked it was.

After observing for a while, after eight o'clock and with many fewer customers, Joel walked into the restaurant.

He directly found the manager of the restaurant, introduced himself from the United Kingdom, named William, came to China to look for his missing son, and then showed the receipt, saying that his son was missing and seemed to have come to this restaurant for dinner, and he wanted to see the restaurant's surveillance.

His fluency in Chinese and good looks, proper dress, and strong "persuasiveness" made the manager instantly choose to believe his words and take him to the office to see the surveillance.

March 16 is just three months away from now, and the surveillance video at that time is still preserved, and the manager helped to open the surveillance video on March 16, and move forward a little according to the checkout time on the receipt to locate the time.

Joel quickly found John on the surveillance video, and although the quality of the video recorded by the surveillance was a bit low, he was still sure that the blonde man who was sitting in the corner of the hall drinking water from time to time and not touching the dishes on the table was John Cavendish who was sent by the "Red Rose" to find Guo Tianxiang.

Joel fast-forwarded the video and soon saw that at around 8:30 p.m. on March 16, a cute little girl in a white princess dress walked over and said something to John, who immediately got up and checked out, then nodded and followed her out of the restaurant.

What's going on?

Who is that little girl?

Is it a Chinese "blood clan"?

John took the little girl to the place where Guo Tianxiang disappeared?

He wants to betray the "Red Rose"?

Joel was a little shocked in his heart, and watched the video several times in a row, and then he found a strange place, that is, he could see the little girl leaving the restaurant with John, but he couldn't see where the little girl entered the restaurant and appeared in front of John. Is it a surveillance blind spot, from the back door?

After making an excuse to get the video on his phone, Joel was about to ask if there were other secret doors in the restaurant, when he suddenly found that the surveillance screen that had returned to the real-time picture was in the perspective of the hall, and from the perspective of the hall, there was a girl in a white princess dress standing in the middle, looking up at the surveillance, as if she was looking at him through the screen.

He was stunned for a moment, quickly turned around, and walked towards the hall, but when he got there, there was no one standing in the place where the little girl was standing, and he hurriedly asked the waiter next to him: "Where is the little girl who was standing there just now?"

The waiter was stunned for a moment: "What little girl?"

"It's the little girl in a white dress. Joel said that the little girl's dress and temperament felt out of place with the restaurant, very conspicuous, and he didn't believe that the people around him would not notice.

"No, I don't. The waiter was still a little confused, and looked around puzzled, he really didn't see any little girls.

Joel judged that he was not lying, and asked the guests next to him, but the answer was that he didn't see any little girl.

He immediately went back to the back office and asked the manager who was standing next to him, "Did you see a little girl in the hall just now?"

The manager was stunned for a moment: "I just didn't pay attention to the surveillance, what little girl?"

So the two called up the surveillance video they had just recorded, but they were shocked to find that there was indeed no little girl in the hall just now looking up at the surveillance, and the location was empty.

What's going on?

Even though Joel himself had difficulty sweating, a trace of cold sweat still broke out on his forehead at this time, running down the corners of his forehead.

He did panic a bit.

Joel didn't ask about the secret door of the restaurant again, and after saying goodbye to the manager, he walked out of the restaurant door.

But as soon as he went out, he heard a female voice speaking in English with a strong London accent: "Do you want to discover ......the secret of life?

This sentence made his heart skip a beat, and he suddenly looked up and followed the source of the sound, only to find that it was a huge screen above a shopping mall across the street, playing an advertisement for Ping An Life Insurance, and a dignified-looking woman said as she pointed to the left.

If it were an ordinary person, at this distance, in such a noisy environment, it would be difficult to hear the sound of the advertisement on the big screen, but Joel's hearing was different, he could hear it clearly.

What made him particularly sensitive was that he had said something similar to John.

He once said of John's question about eternal life: "Do you want to find the secret of eternal life? You can't find the answer by mere effort, you need to make a choice and see what you can pay." ”

Of course, he wasn't really answering John's question, just trying to get John to become his cronie in "Red Rose" and side with him.

But this sentence ...... Why is it put out in the advertisement? Although eternal life has been changed to life, it still doesn't fit well with life insurance advertising! Not to mention why outdoor advertising in China speaks English and has no subtitles?

Is this addressed to him?

Or...... Am I hallucinating?

Joel, who is often hypnotizing others and influencing others' spirits and cognitions, first thought of hallucinating himself and misjudging the sound and image information of the outside world.

His muscles tensed subconsciously, carefully feeling his condition and his surroundings, trying to find evidence of his hypnotic nature and finding a way to "wake up" himself.

For a moment, the "earl" of the "Red Rose", the "blood clan" known as the "Lord of the Forest", was so nervous that he stood in place, not daring to move.