Everyone in the inn looked at each other in bewilderment.

Three full days had passed since the day the shopkeeper said she would bring Hua Chaodu back.

However, during these three days, the shopkeeper seemed to have done nothing.

She just ate and drank in the inn, asked the employees to prepare things for the New Year, and decorated the entire inn with red and prosperous decorations, but did nothing else. Even

if the employees of the inn trusted her, they couldn't help but feel a little doubtful when they saw her at this moment.

- Can she really bring Hua Chaodu back?

...

"Tell me, why did that person go to that kind of ghost place in person to see if Hua Chaodu was dead or not?"

In an instant, someone was talking in a low voice in a place where no one was around.

This is the time for casual chat after dinner.

Although in the Jianghu, it is a place more terrifying than the devil's cave, it must be said that most of the people here are just a group of small characters.

Compared with the silence in the outside world, the news of Hua Chaodu's death has been discussed for several days in a short time, and no one avoids talking about this topic.

After all, everyone knows who killed Hua Chaodu.

At this time, even the most honest people in weekdays will inevitably say a few gossips. After all, intelligence is more important in the Jianghu. After such a chat, you can occasionally hear some more important news.

"Hey, have you heard about that thing?" Finally, someone said mysteriously.

This sentence was like opening a lock, instantly attracting the attention of many people.

"Recently, there have been rumors that the leader seems to be away from the church these days. Where do you think he could go?"

After the fearless man who first asked this question spoke, the others looked at each other.

It's not that they are not curious about this matter, but there are not so many brave people.

However, everyone knows that the leader has disappeared from the church for several days.

When this news was first spread, everyone was a little unconvinced, but after all, everyone has their own intelligence network. Whether it is based on the movements of those who usually cook and clean for the leader, or based on the recent deaths in the church, the leader is really not in the church.

So where can he go?

Everyone looked at each other, and in the end, they all thought of the person who had just died.

——Hua Chaodu.

The leader actually went to find Hua Chaodu.

But he was just a dog raised by the court, and at most he would only bite people more painfully. Why did the leader have to go there in person?

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of most believers, even if the emperor died, their leader would not go there in person.

After all, he was their current leader for a moment.

A person who was like a ghost in the hearts of the believers.

A person who, with his own strength, brought a moment from an ordinary demon cult to a position where all the famous and upright sects in the world have to retreat.

A person who appeared and disappeared like a ghost, and could turn the whole world upside down just by staying in the sect.

As is known to all, the leader likes to be lively.

According to his character, he would never leave easily at this time when the Chinese New Year is approaching.

Once, such a thing happened in an instant.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival of a certain year, Xinghaimen, one of the most powerful demon sects in the world, had a conflict with Wudang Mountain because of some things.

The situation at that time was also very urgent. People in the world were watching and everyone could feel the atmosphere that was about to explode. The leaders of Xinghaimen and Wudang Mountain even said that the two sides would fight to the death.

However, at this time, the leader of his own sect said something lightly.

He said that on the Mid-Autumn Festival, a day when the whole family reunites to appreciate the moon together, he didn't want to see too much blood.

So he hoped that the leaders of both sides would give him some face and pause for a while, and talk about it after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The two most powerful sects in the martial arts world suddenly became quiet at the same time because of the words of the leader of the moment, and they seemed to have forgotten the harsh words they had said before.

The leader of the moment said this not because he didn't like killing people, but in fact he killed many more people on a normal day. If Prince Yan really existed, then the people he had killed would probably fill up the Naihe Bridge.

I said so much, but in fact I just wanted to say that the leader of the moment liked to be lively, so it seemed that it was a bit incredible for him to come down the mountain at this time.

Everyone was talking about the leader's departure from the mountain. Everyone was speculating whether Huachaodu had some unknown secrets.

In the sect, there were very few people, or only a few people, who thought of the person behind Huachaodu.

The person who rarely showed up and seemed to stay quietly in the inn most of the time.

The person who seemed to have never set foot in the martial arts world, but seemed to be looking down on the entire martial arts world.

The person who had never made a move on the outside world since he appeared in the martial arts world, but suddenly had a thick stack of information. In

a moment, in the house on the mountain, two people were drinking wine face to face.

A gentle beauty was sitting next to him, drinking wine. She looked like a fairy from heaven, but a closer look revealed a bulge in her throat. It was a man.

Opposite him sat a man with crane-like hair and a childlike face.

This man with crane-like hair and a childlike face was the new left protector of the sect, Wei Yinchen. The

previous left protector of the sect died in the inn. Because he died so hastily, there was a dispute over the position of the left protector in the sect. In the end, Wei Yinchen, who had a lot of experience and deep inner strength, became the left protector, which calmed some people's minds and stabilized the sect.

"The leader seems to be very interested this time." The beauty opposite him said with a smile.

"Why do you think so?"

"I thought the leader would want to see the mountains full of red lanterns before the New Year, but I didn't expect him to go to the place full of yellow sand." The beauty said. "It's really hard for the leader, he hates that kind of place the most."

"Xu Erlang, just say whatever you want to say. I've been eating for several years longer than you, and I can actually guess what you're thinking, so you might as well say some things to me directly."

Xu Erlang glanced at Wei Yinchen across from him, and slowly put down the cup in his hand.

The cup was filled with this year's new tea, picked from an old tea tree on Yuquan Mountain. One ounce of new tea was worth one ounce of gold, which was very expensive and had a fragrant aroma.

While handing the tea to Wei Yinchen, he said, "It seems that the leader has never taken action against that person."

"Which person?"

"The one who lives in the inn."

Xu Erlang glanced at Wei Yinchen opposite him and said slowly.

"So it seems that the shopkeeper has never taken any initiative to take action since she appeared in the world. However, with the character of our leader, he should always go to visit such a mysterious person...but why does the leader never seem to be willing to go there in person?"

"Why should the leader go there in person?" Wei Yinchen said, "You are really confused. She is just a shopkeeper of an inn. What kind of identity do you have? How can you go to such a place in person?"

"But the person in Huachaodu is not to the point where the leader needs to go there in person. Why does the leader still want to go there?" Xu Erlang asked another question.

"Although the man in Huachaodu is a eunuch, he is loyal to the court. Moreover, unlike the other eunuchs, he really cares about the country and the people. The leader usually likes these interesting people the most. It's not strange for him to see him off in person." Wei Yinchen said.

"Oh——" Xu Erlang nodded as if he had suddenly understood something, but for some reason, he made a long sound. This long sound made Wei Yinchen, who was sitting opposite him, feel inexplicably irritated.

He thought to himself, why did this guy ask such a question for no reason? If he had known earlier, he would be a restless person. After the leader came back, he would find a reason to kill this guy one day.

When the leader went to find Huachaodu, Wei Yinchen was actually a little bit puzzled. He asked the leader, "Do you really need this?"

"I still want to see what kind of person he is." The leader looked at Wei Yinchen and said with a smile, "Xiao Chen, you don't understand. Maybe I can only feel at ease after seeing him once."

Wei Yinchen really didn't understand. He was already 120 years old this year, but the leader would still call him Xiao Chen every time he saw him. After all, he might really be a child in the eyes of the leader.

Wei Yinchen didn't know the answer to the question Xu Erlang asked just now, but he had heard a sentence from the leader that made him think about it and feel terrified.

That was when the owner of the Wuming Inn had just become famous in the martial arts world. At that time, Wei Yinchen said to the leader as usual: "Leader, the owner of the Wuming Inn is too arrogant. Should we go and teach her a lesson?"

What did the leader say at that time?

Yes, the leader seemed to be silent for a long time at that time. The silence was a bit too long. Even Wei Yinchen, who couldn't see his face hidden under the hat, noticed something wrong.

After a long time, he vaguely heard the leader sigh, and then whispered: "You actually still abide by the agreement you made that year."

That sentence made Wei Yinchen shudder, and he still dare not think about that problem carefully.

——What exactly is the so-called "agreement" that the leader said unconsciously at that time?

...

People will see many kinds of hallucinations when they are dying.

Hua Chaodu remembered that when he was on the verge of life and death, he saw his parents. The two people stood in front of him and looked at him with a smile. At that moment, he almost followed the two people.

After he woke up, he realized that the two people were probably called Niutou and Mamian.

After all, he was sold since he was a child, and he should not remember the appearance of the couple who sold him.

And today, he is on the verge of death again, and he saw another strange thing.

A black carriage.

The driver's hat was pulled down low, and his face could not be seen clearly, but it always gave Hua Chaodu an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

It's not the face, but the feeling.

A kind of friendly, just like the lady selling rice noodles downstairs opposite the door.

This man who had killed many traps in the Devil Valley, looked clean and spotless, and had an unfathomable martial arts background showed him a brilliant smile with eight teeth and said something to him cheerfully.

"Did you call a car? What's the last digit of your mobile phone number?"