When I was in elementary school, I envied other children who had their parents pick them up from school.

Back then, in order for me to become independent as soon as possible, my grandfather made me take the bus to school every day. When I was in the first grade of elementary school, I was almost kidnapped by human traffickers.

From that time on, I was particularly envious of other children who had parents, and I even dreamed about my mother.

Now that I've recognized the snake woman as my godmother, I don't feel any joy; instead, I feel a bit uneasy.

After she left, I looked at the 100 million ghost money on the table, feeling uneasy.

Since the beautiful snake has recognized me as her godson, it's impossible that she wouldn't investigate my background. Although I'm using an alias, with the intelligence network of Fengmen Village, if she finds out the details, I might really be torn to pieces.

I had planned to trick her into revealing the news of the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace so I could find an excuse to run away, but judging from her attitude, that seems unlikely.

After meeting me, the serpentine woman left me alone in the room.

Around noon, just as I was about to have lunch, the door was suddenly opened, and Niu Tou walked into the room: "Young Master, please come with me."

Among the ten ghost messengers, I'm fairly familiar with Ox-Head. When I heard him call me "Young Master," I knew my identity hadn't been exposed yet: "Go with you? Where to?"

The bull-headed man said in a deep voice, "Snake Sister gave the order for us to train your martial arts, but Black and White Impermanence said that your aptitude was too poor and they were unwilling to waste time on you, so this task fell to me."

When I heard what Niu Tou said, I immediately got angry: "Pah! They don't know me at all, so why do they say I have bad physique? What's wrong with my physique?"

"The skill that Black Impermanence practices is called the Bone-Breaking Palm. He rarely makes moves in combat, but when he does, he always targets the weakest point of the opponent's bones, striving to incapacitate the opponent in the shortest amount of time. Therefore, he is particularly accurate in judging bone structure. In martial arts, although diligent study and hard work are important, physical constitution is especially important. People with good physical constitution can learn martial arts more easily."

Niu Tou paused for a moment: "But your natural talent is not exceptional, and you are past the best age to learn martial arts. The Black and White Impermanence are afraid that if they teach you, you might be defeated by someone in the future, which would embarrass them."

After hearing what Ox-Head said, I almost fainted from anger, but after thinking for a moment, I said, "This only shows that Black Impermanence and the other two only know how to take shortcuts, unlike you and Horse-Face, who know that I am a piece of rough jade!"

"No, it's just because Fengmen Village has a strict hierarchy. Horse-face and I are subordinates of Black and White Impermanence. When they give orders, we can only obey."

Ox-Head looked at me expressionlessly: "Originally, according to Horse-Face's idea, we should continue to push down and let the people below teach you, but Leopard Tail is already dead, Wasp has not taken office yet, Fish Gill is in charge of intelligence, and Bird Beak is not in Fengmen Village. We really can't find anyone else."

I rolled my eyes at Bull Head: "How can your emotional intelligence be so low? Can't you at least comfort me?"

Ox-Head remained noncommittal: "Horse-Face has a terrible temper. If you make him wait too long, you're probably in for a bad time."

I checked the time: "Martial arts training is physically demanding, you should at least let me finish lunch, right?"

Bull Head replied with a poker face, "I came here specifically before lunch. Come with me."

"baffling."

Although I said that, I still took my coat and walked towards the bull's head.

I witnessed Bull Head's attack before, back in Hulao Pass.

This guy killed a striped tiger with a single strike.

Since entering Fengmen Village, I have fought with people several times. Although I managed to protect myself, I didn't gain any advantage. If I could learn a move or two from Niu Tou and the others, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

After I stepped out the door, I was thinking of taking a good look around the Forbidden City, but to my surprise, Minotaur handed me a hood: "Put this on."

I quickly took out the gold token that the beautiful snake had given me, and said in a show of force, "My godmother said that I am the young master of Fengmen Village, and I can go wherever I want!"

Niu Tou immediately saw through my lie: "That's just a palace gate token. You can't even go to the courtyard next door. The place I'm taking you to is the most forbidden area within the forbidden area of ​​Fengmen Village. No one can go there except Sister Snake and the Ten Ghost Messengers, and you are no exception."

I pursed my lips, put on the hood, placed my hand on the bull-headed man's arm, and followed him forward, while raising the question that had been on my mind: "You said that the ten ghost messengers of Fengmen Village have a hierarchical system, so the leopard tail should be below you and horse-faced. But when I saw you fighting, he seemed to be able to fight you and horse-faced to a draw. So what do you use to determine the ranks?"

"contribute."

Although Niu Tou doesn't have much of a sense of humor, he is quite straightforward: "The Ten Ghost Messengers are the closest people to Sister Snake, but they are not necessarily the most powerful fighters in Fengmen Village. Take the position of Wasp as an example; he is just a doctor."

I countered, "This morning, my godmother told me that Wang Qing has become a wasp in Fengmen Village, but he himself has made no contribution to Fengmen Village, so why can he be ranked among the top ten ghost messengers?"

“He learned his skills from a young age, and after mastering them, he was willing to dedicate all his medical knowledge to Fengmen Village, which in itself is a contribution.”

Niu Tou chatted with me along the way, occasionally reminding me where there was a downhill slope or steps ahead.

I felt like I'd been walking with him for about half an hour before I stopped and asked, "Why did you stop? Have we arrived yet?"

"Soon."

After Niu Tou uttered those two words, I suddenly heard the rattling sound of chains beside me, and then my feet started to shake.

Although the bull didn't say where we were, I guessed we must have entered the elevator.

As far as I know, Fengmen Village already has two floors.

One floor is the village where we used to live, and the other floor is the area where the Forbidden Palace is located.

When we kidnapped the pharmacy employee, he said that they lived in a different area than us, and he didn't know if they lived on the same floor as the Forbidden City.

When the bull-headed man led me away, he said that the place we were going to was forbidden territory.

In other words, Fengmen Village has at least three levels.

I don't know how fast the elevator goes up, so I can't estimate the distance.

After about a minute, the shaking under my feet stopped, and the bull continued to lead me forward.

As I stepped out of the elevator, I suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing in my face, and I could hear the sounds of insects chirping and birds singing all around me.

Could it be that we have already left Fengmen Village and come to the surface?