At the same time, Xiang Sheng was taken to a guest hall to stay.
After making sure that the spying methods in the hall were ordinary and could not threaten her, she deployed a forbidden barrier and released Qingmu from the jade pendant.
Bai Guang sat down, and Si Wuli revealed his figure. "The City Lord of Hua has a good relationship with Shangguan Ning, but since this concerns Huacheng, he will not easily open the entrance to the ghost city."
"So tomorrow's trip is intended to test it."
Xiang Sheng reached for his storage ring, pulled out a chessboard, and placed it between them. "I've read Shangguan Ning's letter in advance. Huacheng is increasingly affected by the ghost town, and life is also difficult.
Now that someone has finally appeared and is willing to help him explore the ghost town, he is overjoyed. As long as nothing goes wrong tomorrow, we will be able to enter soon.
Si Wuli chuckled when he heard this, "Boss Shi has always acted cautiously, I'll let..."
Before he finished speaking, he looked down and saw the chessboard that Xiang Sheng had laid out. His pupils suddenly shrank, "This chessboard..."
Xiang Sheng immediately noticed something was wrong with the other party, and his fingertips that were placing the chess pieces paused slightly. "I bought this chessboard from the black market. What's wrong?"
"nothing."
Si Wuli immediately returned to normal, "I just think it's a bit strange that Boss Shi uses such exquisite things, but uses a broken chessboard."
"Brother Qingmu, don't look at the broken chessboard, it has a great background."
Xiang Sheng stared at Si Wu Li without blinking, "I heard from the black market seller that the original owner of this item was the Holy Son of the Ancient Clan, the Human Demon Si Wu Li!
The red silk contained in the white jade is the bloodstain left by the person, and is worth collecting."
"So that's how it is. When a person dies, the things he leaves behind become valuable."
Si Wuli sneered, his words carrying a hint of sarcasm: "Boss Shi is willing to use this chessboard to play against me. It's an honor for Qingmu."
"Just having nothing to do."
Xiang Sheng retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes, and continued to play chess. "But speaking of which, there are rumors that the human demon has half the blood of an ancient demon. I wonder if Brother Qingmu has heard of this in the clan?"
“No.”
Si Wuli tightened his left hand on his knees, but his right hand was free. He picked up the only white jade pawn and placed it on the chessboard. His tone was casual and ordinary:
"I'm sorry to disappoint Boss Shi. I have a low status in the clan and can't access such secrets."
The most core descendants of the ancient dragon clan have a low status?
Xiang Sheng smiled and did not expose Qingmu's clumsy lie.
After this test, she already knew that the other party knew about Si Wu Li, but just didn't want to tell her for nothing.
In order to pry the information out of him, you need enough chips.
And right now, she just happened to have a bargaining chip in her hand.
She suddenly reached out and pressed Si Wuli's arm, then flipped her hand and a pair of gray stone eyes fell into her palm and handed it to him.
"A pair of ghost pupils, is that enough?"
When Si Wuli saw the ghost pupil, his eyes fixed slightly, and then he quickly looked away, raised his head and met Xiang Sheng's eyes.
A gloomy ghostly aura spread between the two of them.
Si Wu Li looked at Xiang Sheng's deep eyes, and a crazy guess suddenly emerged from the bottom of his heart, and his heart trembled slightly.
He murmured, "A pair of ghost pupils, a precious treasure, is only exchanged for the past of a dead person?
Boss Shi has never been one to suffer a loss, so why is he now doing business at a loss?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Xiang Sheng's heart trembled and he released his hand that was pressing on Si Wuli's sleeve.
She deliberately took out the chessboard just to test Aoki, but she didn't expect that she failed to test him and ended up revealing her true identity.
When it came to Si Wu Li's affairs, she became a little anxious.
Qingmu was indeed very perceptive. Even the slightest change could not escape his notice.
"Forget it, Brother Qingmu, why do you have to throw dirty water on me? I am a human race, and I don't want to be associated with the ancient race."
Xiang Sheng smiled and took out his second pair of ghost pupils and placed them beside him: "I was going to lend you the treasure and charge you some interest. Since you are not comfortable telling me, I will change the interest rate."
When Qingmu saw the second pair of ghost eyes, his heart, which was about to be filled with anxiety, suddenly became empty, leaving only bitterness.
How could he forget that when Boss Shi went to Tianyao Kingdom to collect corpses, he never accepted the ancient clan, and he never showed mercy when he met the ancient clan. It was obvious that he had a huge hatred for the ancient clan.
Maybe, her relatives died at the hands of the ancient clan, or even... died at her own hands. How could it be Xiang Sheng?
If my identity is exposed, I'm afraid even the cooperation will not be able to continue.
He quickly composed himself, suppressed all the bitterness, and smiled gently.
"It's not inconvenient, but I don't know much. What does Boss Shi want to know about that...human demon?"
Xiang Sheng didn't expect Qingmu to give in. He was stunned for a moment before asking the question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time.
"It's rumored that the human demon's mother was imprisoned in the Demon Trapping Tower. Do you know if the ancient demon clan released her after the human demon's death?"
Qingmu's eyes were slightly cold, but he still had a smile on his face: "Boss Shi's ghost pupils are really hard to get. Lady Qingqiong is the daughter of the Ancestral Dragon. Her status is so noble. I really don't know anything about her."
Of course he knew it, as clearly as he could.
But how could he tell an outsider about his mother's affairs?
Xiang Sheng frowned, "You just need to tell me, is she alive or dead?"
Aoki was silent for a moment, then uttered a word: "Life."
Xiang Sheng's brows relaxed, and without further ado, he extended his hand to draw the chessboard, "It's still early tomorrow, let's play a game, you go first."
When Qingmu saw Xiang Sheng's undisguised reaction, deep confusion appeared in his eyes.
Why does Boss Shi care about his mother? What is the connection between him and his mother?
Was it also for his mother that he snatched the soul-summoning banner in the Nine-story Pagoda last time?
For a moment, he was filled with doubts.
But he had no right to ask.
Once asked, with Boss Shi's keen sense, he would definitely guess his identity.
"Brother Qingmu?" Xiang Sheng urged.
Si Wu Li lowered his head, looked at the chessboard, raised his hand, pressed on the white jade pawn, and pushed it forward...
He was absent-minded in this game of chess, so naturally he lost.
The next day, the Lord of Huacheng brought Xiang Sheng into the inner city as promised.
Since the previous generation of city lord stepped down, Xiang Sheng was the first person to be invited into the inner city openly. For a time, he attracted the attention of many inner city youths, but was quickly dismissed by Chief Steward Hua.
Soon, the three of them crossed the streets of the inner city and came to a cliff outside the back hall.
After Manager Hua went forward and groped around for a while, the cliff suddenly moved sideways, revealing a sea of flowers. All he could see were exotic flowers and plants.
What could have been a beautiful scene was completely ruined by the gray shadow surging in the depths of the sea of flowers.
The sea of flowers shrouded in gray has lost its color, and the twisted flowers look like crying and laughing faces, eerie and terrifying.
Xiang Sheng looked at the gray sea of flowers and inexplicably felt a cold and sticky gaze falling on him, making his back feel cold.
What is that gray shadow?
Without waiting for her to ask, City Lord Hua gave the answer.
"That is also the entrance to the ghost town."
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