"It's dark, sleepy, let's play hide-and-seek together. Whoever we catch will be eaten, la la la ~"
The crisp voices of children hummed cheerful songs, and a group of half-human-high paper figures skipped and walked on the street.
The leading paper figure had a simple smiling face painted with red cinnabar on its face. It looked around, searching for a suitable target.
There are rules in Red Lake City, but the rule is that "spirits are not allowed to stay in rooms at night." So the spirits are all on the streets, but none of them are at the door of their rooms, fearing being spotted by the paper dolls. Some spirits run to stand at the door of an empty room, some squat in a corner, trying to reduce their presence, and some spirits...
“I’ve had enough!!!”
A slender spirit with murderous eyes clasped his hands together, and vast soul power flowed from his fingertips, turning into a giant long sword, slashing at the paper man.
"Ah!" The paper people weren't afraid, but rather surprised. The long sword pierced through them without causing any damage. These creatures were immune to soul attacks. They leaped around the slender spirit, jokingly saying, "Playing hide-and-seek?"
"You're kidding!" The slender spirit seemed to have been tortured to madness, staring at them fiercely, "Kill me if you dare!"
"Why would we kill you? We're playing a game with you..." The paper figures laughed, looking towards the room across the way and asking, "Isn't that where you live?"
Although it was a question, they seemed to have determined the residence of the slender soul.
The paper people squeezed into the room through the crack in the door and began to search around.
Slender Shenhun squatted down with a look of pain, holding his head with both hands.
At this moment, a low, slow voice of a young man sounded above his head, "Do you need help?"
The slender soul looked up, and what came into view was a green figure. The skin was as clear as crystal glass, wearing a green robe, pupils were dazzling gold, and a fiery red little fox stood on its shoulder.
"I need it, but you can't help me."
"Just killing these paper people... should be enough, right?" Lan Zhi asked.
"But soul power can't hurt them at all..."
"It's okay, I don't need soul power." Lan Zhi smiled slightly. She raised her hand, and strands of water-like flames flowed out from between her fingers. The green flames meandered and extended like silk ribbons. Like the paper man, they entered the room through the crack in the door.
The cries of the paper people soon filled the room.
Ji Chengcheng said worriedly, "Beautiful Tianmiao, you're making too much noise. I'm afraid it will attract the Black Cloaks. I heard they're very powerful..."
Lan Zhi said, "We have to make a big noise. This secret realm is too big. If I want to explore the entire secret realm, I don't know how long it will take. I don't want to waste my time here. I can only take extreme measures and kill as I go. There must be a leader in charge of this secret realm. As long as I kill enough people, I can attract their attention."
Ji Chengcheng asked: "Isn't this too risky?"
"Yeah," Lan Zhi sighed, "If this continues, I feel like my mentality has become inflated. I feel like I'm invincible in the secret realm and any monster can be burned to death by me..."
This gave her the illusion that she was very powerful, and she even wanted to run and burn Prince Rui.
Ji Chengcheng reminded: "You are not invincible, you are now trapped in Chihu City and can't get out."
Lan Zhi: “…”
The city walls and gates could not be burned down, Lan Zhi tried using green flames.
The only good news was that before her soul left, she said goodbye to her sister Zhu Tong. So even if it was daytime and "Zhu Tianmiao"'s body did not wake up, Zhu Tong would know that she was not sick, but her soul had left her body.
"You...you can hurt the paper man?"
Several nearby spirits noticed the commotion and gathered around, their expressions excited, as if they had seen a savior. They looked at Lan Zhi with adoration. One spirit, resembling a young girl, even stepped forward and grabbed Lan Zhi's hand, begging, "Master, please save us! I'm still young and don't want to die..."
Someone nearby ruthlessly exposed her lie, "What do you mean you're young? You're already eighty years old."
Girl: "...Who said that? I'm only eighteen years old. Whoever rescues me will be my wife."
As she spoke, she gave Lan Zhi a coquettish glance.
Lan Zhi: “…”
As the paper figures in the room were burned, black smoke suddenly emerged from the ground. The smoke rose up and turned into black cloaks. They exuded a cold aura, and heavy chains extended from under the cloaks.
"Who... dares... to destroy... the... order... of... the... underworld..."
One of the black-cloaked men asked in a dull and slow voice, pausing for one or two seconds after each word.
Another black-cloaked voice said the same thing, "Catch...her...up..."
"But...this...person's...body...is...not...in...Red...Lake...City..."
"According to the rules, you can't arrest..."
"Grasp……"
After the black cloaks finished communicating, they stretched out dozens of chains and grabbed Lan Zhi.
The spirits around hurriedly fled, leaving Lan Zhi standing there without dodging, allowing countless chains to entangle and block her spirit and body.
"Run!" Ji Chengcheng screamed softly.
"No, I'm going to see where they take me."
Ji Chengcheng said again: "I'm scared..."
Lan Zhi said, "Then you can run. It just so happens that your master has come to Chihu City to look for you. It will be safer for you to stay with him."
"I..." Ji Chengcheng's eyes hesitated. Although Lan Zhi was not an absolutely pure person, the aura on her body was relatively clean, which met the contract conditions of the Pure-tailed Sky Fox. Ji Chengcheng's race was already rare, and the lifespan of newborn foxes was short. It was necessary to find someone to sign a contract within a month. Lan Zhi was a very suitable candidate. When cubs were born in the tribe, perhaps Lan Zhi could be asked to sign the contract. But if it abandoned Lan Zhi and ran away now, it might leave a bad impression on Lan Zhi, and it would also lose Lan Zhi's trace.
Therefore, Ji Chengcheng gritted his teeth and said firmly: "I want to follow you!"
Lan Zhi said: "Then remember to tell your master that the place we are going next may be dangerous."
"Okay." Ji Chengcheng nodded, and then he felt a strong sense of weightlessness. It turned out that the men in black cloaks suddenly pulled the chain and pulled Lan Zhi out. The little fox also lost its balance and bumped into a man in black cloak.
"It hurts so much!" Ji Chengcheng complained. It was smart enough that after falling to the ground, it immediately got up, moved its four short legs, and ran towards Lan Zhi quickly.
The bodies of the black cloaks began to fall to the ground, and Lan Zhi followed them. When the little fox ran over, the part below Lan Zhi's waist had already melted into the ground. Her arms were bent, and the backs of her hands were touching the ground.
The little fox just jumped into her palm. Lan Zhi gently grabbed it, and the person and the fox fell to the ground together.
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