In the next few days, Long Long and Long Hu carefully explored the secret passage.

The Dragon Clan still did not send anyone to visit, or perhaps they sent someone over but were blocked outside by the Qilin Clan.

In the past, the two of them might have become anxious, but since they discovered the secret passage, they felt that this kind of undisturbed confinement life was not bad - at least they didn't have to worry about someone suddenly breaking in and finding that they were no longer in the room.

Based on the exploration in the past few days, the secret passage is obviously a huge and complex network structure. It is like a hidden and unknown parasite, lurking in every dark corner of the Shenlong Tower, intertwined and lurking, watching.

Moreover, judging from the structure of these secret passages connecting to the outside world, it is obvious that they are specially designed for eavesdropping.

It can be imagined that if there is an intelligence team of more than 30 people stationed in this secret passage network, then everything that happens in the entire Shenlong Tower will be exposed to their eyes.

During the time of Emperor Yinglong, the Shenlong Tower was the residence, office and parliament location of the great nobles and the Senate. Therefore, Long Long guessed that it was most likely built by Emperor Yinglong without telling other demon tribes in order to better gather intelligence.

Now the era of the Jiaolong has passed, and the Qilin Emperor's palace cabinet has moved into the Shenlong Tower, but this secret passage was sealed with the departure of the Jiaolong clan, so that now there is no trace of human activity.

"No, someone has been here before." Kunlun Mirror suddenly said, "Although the dust has been cleaned and camouflaged along the way, it still cannot be hidden from my scan - the last time the other party was here should be four to seven days ago."

"Really?" Long Long said carefully, "A Jing, during the next exploration, remember to keep scanning the surroundings. If you notice someone passing through the passage in the distance, remember to notify me immediately."

"Got it." Kunlun Mirror responded seriously.

After all, although the Qilin clan will ensure the safety of Long Long and Long Hu, the identity of the strange visitor in the secret passage and his attitude towards the Canglong clan are huge and completely unknown risks.

Continuing to climb up along the secret passage with Longhu and secretly calculating the height, Long Long realized that he was in the middle section of the Shenlong Tower.

This floor has the largest library in the entire Donghuang Realm, called "Longyuan Pavilion". It was originally the place where the Jiaolong clan stored their books. Now, in addition to the secret methods of the Qilin clan, various other classics and scriptures are also included.

Monster cultivators from all over the Eastern Emperor Realm who were interested in studying unorthodox ways would come to the Longyuan Pavilion of the Dragon Tower to study and further their studies. If they could graduate, they would be qualified to serve as guest officials in any monster tribe.

In addition, more than 60% of the magic tools, elixirs and other cultivation resources in the Eastern Emperor Realm were produced by the demon scholars who graduated from Longyuan Pavilion. Therefore, this place can be regarded as the "Penglai Yuqing Temple" of the demon race, and the academic atmosphere is very strong.

Probably because there are people in Longyuan Pavilion all year round, the secret passage here is not only narrow and hidden, but also close to the load-bearing columns in the hall, and there are no peepholes or sound-transmitting panels designed around it.

Long Long had to put his ear against the wall to vaguely hear the conversation outside:

"We need to hurry up with the blood test project. The higher-ups have asked about it several times, and the deadline is the end of this month."

"You don't want the project team's funding to be cut, do you? The dean said that the slowest person in the team will be fired this month, so you should be mentally prepared."

After hearing this, Long Long felt very much like a friend. In the academic field, there is also a last-in-first-out system. Has the evil capitalism already infiltrated into the Donghuang Realm?

"Long Long." Long Hu asked quietly beside him, "Why did you fire him?"

"This..." Long Long thought for a moment and then explained to Long Hu.

Although Longyuan Pavilion is nominally a neutral academic institution, since it is located in the imperial capital, it is bound to be controlled and influenced by the Qilin clan.

In fact, it is said that more than 70% of Longyuan Pavilion's funds are provided by the Qilin clan.

Correspondingly, if the Qilin clan has any development needs, Wenyuan Pavilion must take over and complete them as soon as possible, otherwise it may affect subsequent funding.

The purpose of deliberately eliminating the worst-performing member is to encourage everyone to compete spontaneously and work overtime on research.

Long Hu was amazed. In her opinion, the monks were the root of everything. Wasn't it a waste of time to eliminate the monks for some project?

Long Long didn't intend to explain to her what consumables were. The little fox was not yet at the age where she needed to learn the emperor's mentality.

The two continued to climb the ladder until they entered the upper level of the Shenlong Tower.

The air here is obviously fresher than that in the middle and bottom parts, and it is obvious that the ventilation holes of the secret passage network are nearby.

The dragon fox ran along the direction of the air flow, and sure enough, at the end of a passage, it found the so-called ventilation duct and a side hole on the outer wall of the Shenlong Tower.

Since there is a no-fly zone within the imperial capital, this cave entrance cannot be seen from above. And there happen to be a few protruding eaves below that block it. It can be said that the design is extremely ingenious.

The entrance of the cave is in the shape of a trumpet. The wind speed at this height is extremely fast, so a large amount of fresh air pours in from the trumpet-shaped entrance every moment.

What’s even more amazing is that these air currents run and collide in the passage without making any sound at all.

Long Long carefully studied the inner wall of the ventilation duct and thought, isn't this the Tesla valve structure? I thought it was some kind of formation.

The two left the ventilation duct and continued to climb up along the vertical corridor.

If the height is calculated correctly, the end of this secret passage network at the highest level should lead to the royal residence.

Thinking of this, Long Long frowned.

If the secret passage network can also ensure surveillance of the royal family, then it can be said to be impeccable. If my father-in-law had not rashly led an expedition to the human world and suffered a disastrous defeat, he might have been able to rule the Eastern Emperor Realm for thousands of years!

The two finally climbed to the end and came to a secret room.

This place is more like a narrow mezzanine between walls than a secret room. The back of the head is pressed against the wall and the nose is almost touching the wall in front.

Long Hu felt a little uncomfortable being squeezed and was about to speak when she suddenly saw Long Long quickly signaling to her with his eyes.

Then, a rough, angry, and hateful hoarse voice came from outside:

"You bitch!"

Long Hu subconsciously held her breath for a moment because she heard heavy footsteps coming from outside the door into the bedroom.

The patriarch of the Qilin clan, Qi Weihuan, the king of all monsters.

Long Long quietly reached out and gently held Long Hu's small hand, signaling her not to act rashly.

I don't know how soundproof the wall mezzanine of this bedroom is, but the hearing of most demons is sharp, especially those with high cultivation. It would be bad if the sound of climbing the ladder was heard by him.

The safest way, of course, is to stay here quietly, without moving, even holding your breath, to make sure not to make any sound.

After the emperor fell asleep or left, the two of them would gather their strength and quietly return the same way.

Long Long was thinking nervously and quickly, but he heard the sound of a woman sobbing outside.

If my guess is correct, this person should be the marriage partner of Qi Weihuan and the White Tiger clan, the queen named Lu Ya.