Chapter 67

Lu Tao walked all the way west, and suddenly saw a familiar person, or rather a familiar monster.

The little monster was in a birdcage under the eaves of an inn. It was a pitch-black bird, staring blankly at the long street in front of it.

Lu Tao thought, isn’t this the brother who told him how prosperous the capital was? It turns out that this brother later returned to the capital!

He hesitated for a moment, but still walked over and stopped in front of the birdcage. He asked tentatively, "Hey, little brother, do you still remember me?"

The little black bird dozed off until its eyelids were almost closing. Suddenly, it woke up with a start. Seeing Lu Tao, the little black bird chirped, "Isn't this Brother Taotie? You actually came to the capital!"

It’s good that the other person still remembers me.

Lu Tao breathed a sigh of relief, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then asked the most important question: "Has a phoenix come to the capital recently?"

"Phoenix? I don't know about that. If that monster hadn't transformed into its true form, I wouldn't have known it was a phoenix," the little black bird asked curiously. "Why, is he someone you know?"

Lu Tao stammered and said that it was an acquaintance, but he was lost. He only knew that the other party had come to the capital, but he didn't know where the other party was.

The little black bird hissed when it heard this, "Could something have happened? The Night Guards have been coming and going frequently lately. Maybe something's really wrong."

"Night Guard?" Lu Tao was stunned when he heard this term for the first time.

"Yes, ah, you've never been to the capital before, so you might not know," the little black bird said slyly, "The Night Guards are a very annoying bunch. If a monster makes trouble, they'll arrest it and put it in jail. Even if the monster behaves well, they'll still interrogate you and record it in their account book. From now on, your every move will be under their noses... Anyway, if the Night Guards find out you're a monster, you'll be in trouble!"

Lu Tao thought... Isn't this the Monster Affairs Bureau? This is the ancient Monster Affairs Bureau!

He wiped his face and asked, "What unusual movements have the Night Guards made recently?"

"Didn't they go to Anpingfang last night? I was in this cage at the time, watching them rushing towards Anpingfang. Two hours later, I watched them come back, and people were saying that a ferocious beast they had encountered before might have appeared there. This time, in order to absorb the breath of others, it provoked a scholar to break into Xianglaiyuan, stabbed a prostitute to death, and pushed her down from the second floor. Tsk tsk tsk." The little black bird whispered.

"I also heard that Xianglaiyuan will probably be closed for a day or two, but the beast is acting so recklessly, it might even attack other brothels! Besides Xianglaiyuan, the largest and most prosperous brothel in Anpingfang is Chunyue Pavilion..."

Lu Tao's expression changed slightly when he heard these words.

This ferocious beast...could it be such a coincidence that it is the tiptoe?

Chunyue Pavilion, this little brother means that the Night Guard suspects that the ferocious beast will attack Chunyue Pavilion again?

Seeing him lost in thought, the little black bird said, "Brother Taotie, you don't want to get involved, do you? Besides that ferocious beast, you also have to be careful of the Night Guards. If they accidentally discover you're a monster, you'll be in big trouble. Even someone like me, who earns a living as a lucky beast at the entrance of the inn with the kind-hearted owner's permission, will be laughed at by them when they pass by. How annoying! Humph!"

"..." Lu Tao, "So what are the characteristics of the Night Guards? Are they easy to identify?"

The little black bird lowered his voice and said, "They basically only move around at night. They wear the same black clothes and carry long swords on their waists. Most of them are human, and a few are monsters. Oh, and their newly appointed Wei Tong, their boss, is said to be very mysterious. No monster has seen him so far. It's possible that he has killed all the monsters who have seen him..."

The little black bird raised its wings and drew a line across its neck, its tone sinister.

Lu Tao shuddered violently.

On the other side, Yan Ningan walked all the way south, but after a while he felt that it was unrealistic to find Zong Ning and Boss Gu in this way.

He sat down carelessly on the side of the road and began to think. He couldn't locate where the two people were, but maybe he could change his thinking and go directly to find the caster of the time-space shuttle spell?

The person who cast the spell must be a wizard. He drew an identity confirmation spell, and any wizard who had ever drawn any spell would be instantly identified, and the spell would transmit the other party's instant location to Yan Ning'an's mind.

How many wizards can there be in a capital city? Wouldn’t this greatly narrow the scope of investigation?

Of course, the identity confirmation spell is very hateful. Once it is discovered that he is the caster of the spell, he may be hunted down.

But Yan Ning'an has always been bold. He immediately frowned and began to think about how to draw the medieval spell of identity confirmation spell. He picked up a branch and started drawing it on the ground.

At the same time, a group of people suddenly sat down six or seven meters away from him.

"It's too hot today!"

"Master, drink some water quickly."

"No, it's fine."

"Master, I think you're about to faint. Please drink something quickly. Don't be polite!"

Yan Ning'an subconsciously glanced towards the direction where the sound came from, and saw a group of people surrounding a handsome man with silver hair. The handsome man had a pale face and a little sickly, but still handsome, and looked to be no more than thirty years old.

Yan Ning'an turned around and continued to ponder his formation on the ground, hearing the group of people beside him talking intermittently.

"Master, your health is not good. Otherwise, Master should not go to the brothel in person..."

"That won't do. I love pretty girls the most."

Yan Ningan: “…”

He couldn't help but glance to the side again. The silver-haired man was talking with a smile, his face not even blushing, while his disciples were all frowning.

The apprentice gently reminded: "Master, I'm afraid your body can't do anything..."

The silver-haired man frowned and said, "Having a drink and listening to a little song is fine, but Xiaowu, men don't like to listen to this."

The disciple named Xiaowu choked and reminded again: "We are not here to enjoy ourselves, Master..."

The silver-haired man turned serious again: "You are too stubborn. We have to catch whoever we should catch, and we can enjoy what we should enjoy. Isn't it fun to hold a beauty while catching that bastard?"

Hiss, what a dishonest master.

Yan Ning'an continued to draw his own formation.

Xiao Wu's persuasion was fruitless, and he said, "...Okay, then Master, you should be more careful. Hey, why don't you find a master's wife sooner..."

"With this body of mine, if I marry someone, I'll be harming the girl," the silver-haired man said nonchalantly. Seeing his disciple fall silent, he smiled and said, "But if I can get the beauty of my dreams and drink three cups with her, then I will die without regrets. Xiaowu, there's no need to look so gloomy. If you really want to think about me, why don't you wait until we go to Anpingfang tonight and see if there's anyone I like the most? For example, ah, for example, the little brother sitting next to you, he has fair skin, beautiful face, handsome and cute, and I really like him-"

Xiao Wu: "Ahhhhhh you old pervert, stop pointing at the young man and saying nonsense!!"

As soon as Yan Ningan finished the spell, more than twenty locations instantly flooded into his mind, seven of which happened to be from his left.

He turned his head stiffly, little by little.

The silver-haired master was pointing at him, and before he could retract his hand, he paused, then narrowed his eyes. Surrounded by his six disciples, he smiled with a hint of amusement: "Little beauty, are you spying on our location?"

Yan Ningan took a breath.

——How did he get discovered in such a short time?!

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Su Xuan and Ye Yun rushed all the way to Anpingfang.

This place seemed to be a gathering place for brothels. It was not open for business during the day and the doors were closed. Only a few passers-by stopped and casually talked about the rumors they had heard early this morning.

Last night, a girl died in a brothel called Xianglaiyuan. She was stabbed to death and pushed down from the upper floor by the scholar who had promised to redeem her.

It is said that after the scholar made the promise, he went to another brothel and spent the night with a prostitute. When the girl from Xianglaiyuan found out, she realized that the scholar was two-faced and no longer believed anything he said. From then on, whenever the scholar went to Xianglaiyuan, the girl simply refused to meet him.

I thought the scholar would be more sensible and not come to the girl's house again, but I didn't expect that he would break in drunk and kill the girl last night.

It is said that when the scholar committed the crime, his face was red and his features were ferocious, looking neither human nor inhuman. He was also talking nonsense, and he really looked like a madman.

When Su Xuan and Ye Yun arrived, they naturally could not see the body or the murderer. Su Xuan just sniffed the air and smelled a trace of lingering emotions, which were anger and jealousy. He was probably left by the scholar.

And where there are clusters of emotions, there must be ferocious beasts that like to absorb this kind of breath.

The fact that the ferocious beast happened to appear in this place at this time made it hard for Su Xuan not to suspect that it was Qizhong.

He frowned, and without saying anything, he directly input spiritual power into the magic circle on his wrist...

Then he felt spiritual energy surging from both his father and Yan Ning'an. Three streams of spiritual energy were pulling at each other?!

Is this something they all discovered?

Su Xuan's face turned serious, and he rammed a huge amount of spiritual power into the witchcraft circle with a "clang" - no matter what, let it come to him first!

Half an hour later, the group gathered stealthily in an alley in Anpingfang.

Lu Tao was the first to say, "Ah Xuan, Chunyue Pavilion! Let's keep an eye on Chunyue Pavilion tonight!"

Yan Ningan: "Yes, that's right, Chunyue Pavilion, we also think it is Chunyue Pavilion..."

Su Xuan pointed at the seven people behind Yan Ning'an, especially the tall, silver-haired man beside him, smiling and holding his hands behind his back. He twitched his lips and said, "Please introduce the seven people behind you first."

What was going on with these seven people? Why were they showing up here with Yan Ning'an, looking at them curiously like they were aliens?!

Yan Ning'an took a deep breath and said in a gloomy voice, "These... these are a group of sorcerers from outside the capital who are chasing Ran Yi. This is Xian Mo, the master of the other six. Uh, after he found out that I was locating the sorcerers in the capital, he insisted on following me -"

When Su Xuan and the others heard the name "Ran Yi", their faces all changed. Before they could say anything, they saw Xian Mo stroking his chin and savoring the taste: "Positioning, is positioning also a word that later generations like to use?"

Between the lines of this sentence——

Su Xuan looked at Yan Ningan in confusion.

Xianmo blinked again and asked curiously, "By the way, besides pickled pepper chicken feet, what other rare delicacies are there in the future?"

Su Xuan: “!!!”

Yan Ning'an covered his face and admitted his mistake: "I was wrong, Mr. Su. I didn't want to be like that! He's so scary. Not only did he immediately discover that I had activated the witchcraft array, but he also revealed our identities before he even said a few words!"

Xian Mo extended his hand and smiled: "It turns out to be Mr. Su. It's nice to meet you, Mr. Su."

Su Xuan: You learn so fast, you ancient man!

Xian Mo continued, "Since we all want to go to Chunyue Pavilion tonight, why not act together? Ah, in order to facilitate access, I'm afraid a few brothers will have to sacrifice themselves and disguise themselves as girls. After all, there are many places in the brothel that guests and servants cannot go to. But who should we choose——"

Su Xuan: You are so self-centered, you ancient man!

Xian Mo smiled and said, "Why not choose the shortest ones among us?"

Su Xuan: I’ll beat you, you ancient man!