"I just saw other players, and they didn't seem to have gotten in through any legitimate channels either."
Lu Gui didn't directly say that he had seen Lu Xiaoyao and Julian, and Lou Jia didn't care. He just said, "Who cares about them? Players who try to get here have probably heard something about it."
Loujia is actually hoping for more players to come!
When it comes to gathering information and intelligence, many hands make light work!
Maps like the Demon Realm, which are suddenly unlocked midway through the game, are usually considered important plot points according to game tropes!
In fact, Mingmei didn't know what great secret this demon settlement was hiding. However, as soon as she entered the inner city, Meishi took her to meet the city lord of the far north city alone.
She was a stunningly beautiful woman with a very mature and sophisticated appearance.
"Shishi! After all these years, you're finally back!"
The beautiful woman's first reaction upon seeing Mei Shi was to pounce on her, but Mingmei immediately dodged away from her mother's arms, fearing that she would be crushed into a little meat pie by the force.
As a result, Mingmei quickly saw that Meishi had slapped the other person so hard that their body was thrown to the side, and they were still in a daze for a long time after they sat down with a thud.
“Gu Qin, be serious. I remember I just came to see you half a year ago.” Mei Shi said, pulling Ming Mei in front of her as she spoke, “Call her ‘Aunt Gu’.”
"Aunt Gu".
In her bright and beautiful memories, she could hardly recall such a person. There was only a vague image in her mind of someone whose voice sounded very similar to hers, coaxing her to eat something.
It's just that my childhood memories of eating don't seem to be pleasant ones, otherwise why wouldn't I remember them?
"Ah, is this what brightness is?"
Gu Qin looked at Ming Mei and squatted down to be at eye level with her.
She reached out her hand. Her neatly trimmed nails poked Mingmei's cheek. Mingmei didn't feel any pain; instead, she was startled by the coldness of the nails.
The other person's body was too cold.
"So cute~" Gu Qin was amused by Ming Mei's reaction. She looked up at Mei Shi and, in front of Mei Shi's mother, took out a shiny, fist-sized object and handed it to Ming Mei.
"Sweetie, Auntie will give you some candy~"
Mingmei: ...
She looked at the thing that she probably couldn't fit in her mouth and was a little stumped.
It should be a good thing, but figuring out how to eat it is a bit tricky.
"How do we eat it?" Lu Xiaoyao thought for a moment and then asked.
"Just swallow it whole with a 'whoosh,' like I do."
What should have been a very serious demonstration turned into a nightmare when Mingmei saw the other person's mouth agape, and she suddenly found herself transformed into the female protagonist of a horror story from some country.
The corners of his mouth stretched all the way to his ears.
Bright and beautiful: !!! !!!
How the hell is she supposed to learn this?!
"Don't tease Meimei, she'll take it seriously! Be serious!" Mei Shi was both amused and annoyed. She glared at Gu Qin, trying to calm her down, and said, "Your servants won't know what's going on if you act like this, will they?"
"I've eaten everything that knows." Gu Qin said this as if she didn't care at all, immediately putting her mouth back in place. Then she winked at Mingmei and asked, "Isn't he handsome?"
Mingmei: "..."
This aunt is going way too far.
Seeing Mingmei remain silent and looking conflicted, Guqin chuckled again, so she regained her seriousness and coaxed Mingmei, saying:
"Here, just put this to your mouth and suck on it, it'll be gone in no time. Eat it, and I promise Meimei will live a long and healthy life!"
In the world of cultivation, wishing someone a long and healthy life is basically equivalent to insulting them.
In a blurry, bright light, under her mother's watchful gaze, swallowed this unclear thing. After swallowing it, she became sleepy—"Hey, watch over me!"
...
The arrival of the Mingmei family during the day was lively enough for the city of Far North, but at night it became an even more chaotic scene of demons dancing.
The streets were filled with people from a certain tribe. Lu Xiaoyao mingled in the crowd, looking at everyone's strange clothes. She even felt that her black cloak looked quite plain.
"The city of the far north itself is not very big. The main thing is that there is a teleportation array in the inner city, which leads directly to the birthplace of the demons. Every demon grows up in that birthplace when they are very young, and they will not come out until they reach adulthood and take human form. They will either settle down in the city or go out to travel."
After watching Mingmei and her family enter the inner city during the day, Julian and his companions found an inn to rest, and incidentally, they began to think about this birthplace again.
"Nowadays, the demons seem to want to coexist peacefully with humans. You can tell from their attitude towards Mei Shi. Even if that insectoid is really doing something underhanded within the demons, it must be done behind their backs. There are too many people coming and going in this outer city, so you can't make any noise. If the other party is really here, it is very likely that they are in that birthplace."
So, late at night, they decided to blend in with the demons, sneak into the inner city, and then enter the birthplace.
However, although they managed to sneak in, it wasn't quite what they had imagined...
Good news—they really made it into the inner city!
Bad news—they've been discovered and imprisoned in the inner city dungeon as people with ill intentions!
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Lu Gui, who was mingling with the disciples of the Hehuan Palace and attending the banquet of Gu Qin, the current leader of the Demon Clan and the city lord of the far north, almost spilled his wine when he heard that a group of human cultivators had been caught for their wicked intentions.
This description sounds so similar to Lu Xiaoyao and her group!
"There's no rush. Today's a good day, let them reflect on their actions in jail." On such a fine day, Gu Qin was too lazy to bother with these people. "We'll talk about them tomorrow."
After she finished speaking, she waved away the person who came to report. Ming Yi, however, asked another question: "Have you still been targeted by human cultivators all these years?"
“Hey~ Master Mingxiao, you’re wrong. It should be ‘righteous cultivators.’ We demonic cultivators don’t fight our own people.”
Qingmian glanced lazily in Mingyi's direction, sat up straight, adjusted his collar, and continued, "Oh, besides righteous cultivators, we can also add one more—'evil spirits'."
After speaking, Mei Shi and Ming Yi both looked at Qing Mian.
"You know about evil spirits?"
"Why wouldn't I know? It's all over the place, isn't it? It's causing quite a stir."
Qingmian paid no attention to the eager gazes of the crowd, instead showing off, "Those evil spirits aren't stupid. Every time they do something bad, they try to shift the blame elsewhere. There's some evidence pointing to their connection with the demon race. No wonder they're investigating."
As soon as Qingmian finished speaking, the banquet fell into dead silence.
It's so quiet, eerily quiet!
In an instant, everyone's eyes were drawn to the Palace Master of Hehuan Palace, who seemed to be covered in thorns.
The amount of information in his words was explosive. After hearing it, Gu Qin immediately slammed his palm down on the black iron table in front of him, breaking all the food on the ground.
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!"
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