Chen Yan looked at him. "So, the Imperial City is filled with flowers, using their fragrance to mask the smell of blood, and creating the illusion that the Flower God is protecting the Southern Shang Kingdom? And that Flower God is none other than that demon?"
Xiao Zechuan didn't expect that she guessed it so easily. He pursed his lips and nodded.
Wen Yuchu laughed and said, "That demon has quite a big appetite."
"In order to prevent the discovery of his secret with the demon, the Southern Merchant Emperor frequently sent people to other places to purchase slaves without status through various means. But this was still far from enough. The demon's appetite was like a bottomless pit. The Southern Merchant Emperor began to feel fearful because he was increasingly unable to control the development of the situation."
"Just when the Southern Merchant Emperor wanted to recruit strong men to assassinate the demon, the demon told him something: the blood of one person from the Gan clan is worth a thousand men. As long as he can find Gan people from the Gan clan, he won't have to absorb so much garbage blood."
The dry tribe?!
Chen Yan had seen it in books, and she looked at Xiao Zechuan with a slightly surprised expression.
The others were also shocked, because the name of the Gan clan had a considerable influence in the western region of Pingze.
The Gan Clan is a mysterious race, said to be a gift from heaven. Relying on the inheritance of their bloodline, they awaken various abilities upon reaching adulthood. For example, some awaken the power of divination and prophecy, some awaken speed, some awaken the power of shadows, and some awaken the art of soul-stealing...
For hundreds of years, few people from the Gan tribe appeared in the world, but whenever they did, they could stir up a stir in the western region of Pingze.
Not an ordinary person.
Jiang Xianyue asked curiously, "And then?"
Xiao Zechuan lowered his eyelashes and said calmly, "When the Southern Shang Emperor heard about this, he sent people to find the Gan Clan. At that time, the Gan Clan's eldest daughter was in her prime. She longed for the outside world and ran away from the Gan Clan territory alone. Unfortunately, she was captured by the Southern Shang Emperor."
"The Emperor of Nan Shang saw how beautiful she was and came up with a plan. He forcibly took the young lady from the Gan tribe as his concubine and forced her to give birth to one baby after another. However, all of these babies were killed by the demon who sucked their blood."
"Miss Gan was driven insane by the murder of her own children, but Emperor Nanshang still didn't let her go. When she gave birth to her last pair of twins, a boy and a girl, she attempted suicide, but ultimately failed. Emperor Nanshang threw her to the demonic beings as... food reserves."
His voice trembled slightly. "When the Southern Shang Emperor saw that only a pair of twins were left, he thought of raising them first and then using their offspring to offer to the demon. However, the demon coveted the twins' blood and forced the Southern Shang Emperor to hand over one of them."
Having said that, Xiao Zechuan closed his eyes to hide the emotions in his eyes.
Chen Yan and the others also noticed Xiao Zechuan's mood.
Xiao Zechuan paused for a few seconds, then transmitted his message in a hoarse, restrained voice, "At that time, the twins were already seven years old. The older sister knew about this before her brother. To protect her brother, she took the initiative to tell the Southern Shang Emperor: 'Father, I am willing to sacrifice myself to the Flower God. Please let my brother go.'"
Chen Yan and the others had complicated expressions and sighed in their hearts.
And Chen Yan's heart was stirred up by a wave of unsettling emotions, because she and Chen Huai were twins, and she was also the older sister...
Chen Yan looked up at Xiao Zechuan. She had already guessed that Xiao Zechuan was the younger brother of the twins, and also the son of the young lady from the Gan clan.
Xiao Zechuan pressed his thin lips into a straight line, his brow furrowed. He didn't continue the rest of the story. He stared at them closely and said, "I schemed against you and dragged you into this quagmire. It's my fault. But... now that things have come to this, as long as you help me rescue two people, I can promise you one request. I will agree to anything I can do."
Wen Yuchu still had his sanity. He transmitted his message word by word, "This demon sounds very powerful. The Southern Shang Emperor has been suppressed by this demon for so many years. Do you think we can save the two people you want to save from this demon?"
Xiao Zechuan's expression had calmed down. He glanced at Wen Yuchu and said, "Don't worry. This demon suffered a severe blow two years ago, and his strength was reduced by nearly half. The reason he was able to suppress the Southern Shang Emperor was because he and the Southern Shang Emperor had a blood pact. Their prosperity and suffering were shared. That's why the Southern Shang Emperor didn't dare to attack the demon for all these years."
"Since we're here," Chen Yan suddenly said, "Let's find Zhuge Youlin first."
Jiang Xianyue said coldly, "I hope this idiot didn't get sucked dry by the monster."
In fact, everyone vaguely guessed that Xiao Zechuan was closely related to the "dragon and phoenix twins" in the story. Once something happened to the monster, something would also happen to the Emperor of Nan Shang. By then, they would probably be enemies with the entire Nan Shang Kingdom.
Xiao Zechuan's plan this time made them pay a heavy price.
From the very beginning, Xiao Zechuan estimated that the Nanshang Kingdom would not dare to easily wipe out Wen Yuchu, Yu Changying, Zhuge Youlin, Chi Yue and others of extraordinary status, so he set up this trap to lure them into it.
Wen Yuchu and the others were naturally unhappy with Xiao Zechuan, but when they thought of his life experience, their anger subsided a little.
Chen Yan remembered something and took out his jade identity token as a member of the Western Region Academy, trying to find the location of Zhuge Youlin.
Although the identity jade cards cannot communicate with each other, they can sense the jade cards of teammates.
The jade token in Chen Yan's hand suddenly moved and pointed in a certain direction.
She immediately looked up and asked Xiao Zechuan.
"Where does this direction lead to?"
Xiao Zechuan's expression changed slightly, and he replied, "That's exactly where the demon is."
Chen Yan frowned and asked cautiously, "Are there any guards down there?"
"Yes, you just pretend to be waiters and follow me." Xiao Zechuan nodded.
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