Chapter 341 The Realm of Nightmare Demon
The little girl was startled by Xingli's action. She accidentally fell to the ground while backing away, and tears flashed in her eyes.
"Give her the things back."
Black Cat turned and said to Li Muhan.
Li Muhan still held the bookmark in his hand. Although he didn't know why Xingli suddenly reacted so strongly, he also saw the trick, so he walked to the girl and helped her up from the ground.
"What's going on?" Li Muhan looked back at the black cat and asked as he put the bookmark back into the box on the girl's chest.
"You're selling Rinyue powder, right?"
Xingli stared at the girl intently. The girl nodded tremblingly, and then looked at Li Muhan with a pleading look.
This was the first time Li Muhan heard this word, but he also understood that there was a mystery behind these little things sold at such a high price, so he did not stop Xingli from questioning the girl.
"Take your things back and stay away from us. We don't need them."
Under Xingli's fierce gaze, the girl turned and ran away tremblingly. After watching her disappear, Li Muhan asked, "What's going on?"
Xingli glared at Li Muhan and said, "Don't buy anything in a place like this. That girl must be from the Lingyue Church. The pollen they sell can give aliens an unprecedented sense of pleasure and hallucinations after inhaling it. In human terms, it's similar to a drug."
"So, she was just pretending to be like that? Good god, where's the most basic trust?"
"You look so gullible, but..." The black cat also looked at the girl's disappearing back: "This little monster, even if she doesn't want to, will probably be forced by the Rinyue Church to sell pollen. Forget it, let's not worry about it."
Li Muhan and Xingli continued walking towards the tower, but he felt a little uneasy along the way: "That Lingyue Church you mentioned shouldn't be a serious organization, right? Won't the Special Management Bureau take care of it?"
"You're from the Special Management Bureau, and you're asking me?" The little black cat turned around and gave Li Muhan a look, then walked on, wagging its tail. "...With the Yunyin Chamber of Commerce backing them up, they won't be held accountable by the Special Management Bureau. Besides, they're only persecuting homeless, weak aliens, and won't provoke humans. So even if the Special Management Bureau knew about these things, they'd probably turn a blind eye."
To maintain order, sometimes appropriate relaxation is necessary.
Li Muhan knew that this was what Xingli wanted to express, but from her tone, the little black cat obviously did not agree with this approach.
While they were talking, they had already arrived at the entrance of the tower, and two ferocious-looking aliens holding weapons blocked their way.
"stop!"
One of the aliens with a green face and fangs roared at Li Muhan and Xingli, "Don't you know where this place is?!"
"I'm from the Nightingale Circus, and I have an appointment with your president."
The black cat squatted at the door, then looked back at Li Muhan.
Li Muhan lifted the suitcase in his hand.
The two evil spirits looked at each other, then slowly made way: "Go up, the president is waiting for you."
When Li Muhan passed by one of the evil ghosts, the evil ghost keenly noticed that his breath was very weak, like a young grass swaying in the wind.
The evil ghost thought it had found a weakling, so it slowly bared its ferocious fangs, ready to give this weak alien a scare it would never forget.
However, just as it was about to roar at the young man, Li Muhan turned his head first, and stared at it with a pair of eyes flashing with light golden light.
At that moment, the evil ghost seemed to fall into an endless dark abyss. The pair of golden pupils shone like stars in the abyss. Then came countless eyes that lit up in the darkness. These eyes seemed to form an invisible cage, making it impossible to escape.
Its heartbeat echoed in the silence, like a huge rock falling into a deep pool, stirring up ripples of fear.
"Plop—" The evil ghost's knees fell weakly to the ground. Its eyes were empty and lifeless as it stared straight ahead. Its body trembled like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind, as if it had encountered the most terrifying scene in its long life.
"Hey! What are you doing?"
Another gatekeeper noticed something was wrong with his companion and hurried over to check what was going on.
At this time, Li Muhan and Xingli had already stepped into the ancient tower silently.
He glanced back at the evil ghost who was frightened and unable to move, shook his head helplessly, and a disdainful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The tower looks simple and quiet on the outside, but there is an elevator inside, which Li Muhan finds very interesting, because this is not the kind of metal box commonly seen in modern times, but a carefully designed pod that blends seamlessly with the classical charm of the entire tower.
"Isn't this the boss of the acrobatic troupe? He was so tough before, but now he can't wait to give me money?"
Guarding the elevator door was a fish-man-like creature, holding a rusty, bloody, serrated machete in its hand, and gave Xingli a disdainful grin.
"Hey, you brought someone with you? Is this your friend?" The fishman looked at Li Muhan, and Li Muhan looked back at him with a smile.
"Don't talk." Xingli stopped Li Muhan before he could mock him: "Hurry and let us go up."
The fishman sneered, then slowly moved his fat body to let the two people enter the pod.
"Hey, two pieces of fresh meat, ready for delivery upstairs."
When the pod door was closing, the fishman hit the door with the machete in his hand, making a bang, and then the pod began to rise slowly.
When this ancient elevator is in operation, it makes a soft humming sound, like the sound of an ancient harp strings, melodious and solemn, which complements the quiet atmosphere of the tower.
The black cat stared at the gradually rising floor without saying a word, its fur slightly standing up, revealing a barely perceptible nervousness.
Li Muhan took advantage of this moment and raised the doubts in his heart: "If you just want a helper to move things, I don't think you would come to me. After all, I owe you a lot of debt, and from your previous actions, it seems that you don't need me to be a bodyguard or a thug. So, what exactly do you really need me for?" There was a hint of curiosity and caution in his tone.
Xingli's tail swayed gently, as if drawing an elegant arc in the air. She did not respond to Li Muhan's question immediately and chose to remain silent.
At this moment, the elevator door quietly opened, revealing a magnificent picture.
What greeted Li Muhan's eyes was a grand hall resembling an ancient royal palace. The high dome was inlaid with intricate paintings depicting the magnificent scenery of the sea of stars; the huge pillars were carved with terrifying creatures with hideous faces.
In the center of the hall, a huge emerald jade staircase leads to a high platform, on which is placed a throne shining with mysterious light.
The entire space is filled with a solemn and mysterious atmosphere, as if time has frozen here, making people instantly travel to another era.
"...Is this the space of another realm decree?"
Li Muhan was shocked, but immediately rejected the idea.
Because the scale of this hall was obviously much larger than the tower, the Realm Edict could only copy the space, but could never make it larger. Suddenly, he remembered the first time he met Meng Meng in that tower...
"No, this is... the realm of the Nightmare Demon."
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