Chapter 290

With the background music of a big mixed meal playing, when the returnees warned "young people to learn to look at the world with tolerance", Gu Hongying felt that the whole spiritual state of return was very beautiful, with a kind of calm and crazy feeling.

"The pressure of survival in today's society has increased dramatically, and everything is twisted into a doughnut. Young people have to relieve the pressure, such as pain bags, pain walls, pain villas, eating grains and group performance art." Kuang Mian is worthy of being the top leader of Guixu. Even when he saw someone on the rooftop howling at the moon not far away, he was very calm and had an extraordinary tolerance. "If the pressure is not relieved, it is easy to have psychological problems."

The man howling at the moon threw something in their direction. Kuang Mian grabbed it and threw it to Gu Hongying. Gu Hongying lifted it up and saw that it was a bloody piece of meat cut into squares and wrapped in plastic wrap.

“It should be apple flavored this time.” Kuang Mian commented calmly, “Qianqian’s desserts are becoming more and more realistic.”

Gu Hongying was silent for a while: "Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious." Kuang Mian waved in the direction of the howling, "There are two of us!"

Another black shadow flew over there. Kuang Mian grabbed it and spread his hands. The one in Gu Hongying's hand was the same model.

He tore open the plastic wrap and ate while leading Gu Hongying to continue walking forward: "Qianqian doesn't come out to howl every night."

What this means is that desserts are not something you can eat every day.

Gu Hongying took a bite of the lifelike piece of meat with a wooden face. The texture was the delicate and soft texture of mousse, and the fresh apple aroma just captured the essence of the dessert - delicious but not too sweet.

Crazy, it's better to be a little crazy.

…

After settling Gu Hongying, Kuang Mian took off his grey robe from Guixu Tongyi on the second floor. Wearing slippers, he slowly went to the bathroom to wash up, as eating desserts late at night could easily cause tooth decay.

Today's bathroom has a punk style. Kuang Mian, who stays up late every day, stares with a pair of lifeless eyes, trying to save his recently reversed schedule - he doesn't need to look at the star map today and can go to bed before dawn.

Spitting out white foam, Kuang Mian inserted the toothbrush into the arms of the skull, and a flower bloomed on the top of the skull to deeply clean and disinfect the toothbrush.

After washing up, he lay down in a 2×3.5M metal coffin. The outer wall of the coffin was covered with various rivets and gears, and the steampunk style came over him. Because his day and night were reversed every day, Kuang Mian decided to adapt to the luxurious version of burial in advance.

He folded his hands carefully on his abdomen and slowly closed his eyes. The coffin lid appeared above his head, slowly fell down, and slid to close. The light in the coffin became dimmer and dimmer, and when only a ray of light was left, a piece of paper passed through the narrow gap in the coffin and stuck to Kuang Mian's forehead with a "pop".

The sleepy Kuang Mian: “……?”

He reached out and peeled off the paper stuck on his head, and after channeling his spiritual power into it... Kuang Mian "became a corpse".

He sat up suddenly from the coffin, his eyes wide as bells. This piece of paper was not Guixu's feedback to him after those careless kids in Guixu damaged some facilities, but a visiting card from Buyehou.

From the Nevernight Marquis! Visiting card!!!

At that moment, Kuang Mian felt that he might as well sleep forever in a luxurious coffin, but reason eventually overwhelmed emotion. He sadly got up and changed his clothes, putting on a gray robe that could cover his chin.

When Yu Tu saw Kuang Mian on the first floor, he felt that there was a vague resentment lingering around Kuang Mian, who was sitting opposite him.

Yu Tu felt a little embarrassed.

The original body and the tribe leader were "fighting" in front of the gate of the forbidden area of ​​the Grass and Wood Clan. The vest was so angry at the emotions transmitted by the original body that he couldn't do his work. It was estimated that he could not leave the forbidden area at all. After much thought, Yu Tu decided to visit the ruiner who returned to the ruins overnight.

He knew that Kuang Mian's life was reversed recently, he looked at the stars at night and slept during the day, so Yu Tu delivered the visiting card several hours before dawn, so that after he finished talking to Kuang Mian, Kuang Mian could go to bed in time and continue his irregular life.

Kuang Mian, who was completely unaware of the considerate behavior of the Buyehou, sat opposite him, with a pair of sleepless eyes under his hood: "Senior, you came here so late at night, is there something important you want to talk to me about?"

The Marquis of Buye opposite him smiled gently, but Kuang Mian shuddered inexplicably.

He remembered the last time he had revealed Di Wu's physical condition out of desperation, and then the next night Di Wu, who had inexplicably recovered most of his health, used a small cross-domain teleportation array to beat him up, and he was almost torn into pieces. Thinking back on it now, Kuang Mian still felt sore all over.

Horrible memories swept over him, and Kuang Mian did not dare to fall asleep or lose focus. He said in alarm, "I don't know anything!"

It is indeed a bit of a conditioned reflex of PTSD.

Huh?

Yu Tu was surprised in his heart. He hadn't asked anything yet, but Kuang Mian's attitude was still so shameless, which meant that he happened to know something.

Among the people Yu Tu can currently contact, the one who is most likely to know part or all of the plan is Kuang Mian, who is the easiest to deal with. With a little scare and a few inducements, Yu Tu can verify what he knows, or trick him into giving some unexpected surprises.

Kuang Mian was wearing a specially made gray robe, so Yu Tu couldn't see his expression clearly, but this didn't prevent him from feeling Kuang Mian's uneasiness.

The first time is new, the second time is familiar. Yu Tu suppressed his guilty conscience and began to deceive: "The starting point of his month is Guixu. As a person from Xu, how could you not know anything?"

The shadow from last time had not yet dissipated, and the familiar fear came over him. Kuang Mian became more alert: "I suggest you go back and ask Diwu directly. He knows too."

His heart was filled with tears. What was the point of forcing him to confess? Wouldn't it be easier to ask if the Emperor's family was also a plant tribe?

His strong protest was extinguished by the helpless smile of Buyehou opposite him: "He is just a thousand-year-old sapling, very stubborn, there is nothing I can do."

The words that the patriarch used to choke him turned out to be a boomerang that hit Kuang Mian.

Kuang Mian: “……?”

Listen! Listen! What do you mean by a thousand-year-old sapling? How can you even say that?!

"I am not even one-tenth the age of the head of the Imperial House." Kuang Mian's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth. "I am also a child."

It’s not shameful to admit your mistake, and it’s better than accidentally letting the cat out of the bag and getting beaten for no reason!

Yu Tu was choked by Kuang Mian's shamelessness, and Kuang Mian simply continued: "Since I am still young, I need to have a healthy lifestyle, so I won't chat with you—"

Kuang Mian turned around and ran away, but he bumped into the air wall at the entrance of the stairs and was shaken back a step by the solid wall.

Kuang Mian: “…”

He turned around in despair, but the Marquis of Buye didn't move on the sofa, as if he had expected this.

"How can we lump the human race and the plant race together?"

The smile on Yu Tu's face was still gentle. Those who could get along well with the clan leader would always be on guard against them using similar means to cheat.

If you say you can’t win, you can’t run away. Kuang Mian sighed bitterly and sat back down obediently. The instinct of salty fish was rising in his heart, and he wanted to show off again: "I don’t know much."

"So—" he said confidently, "I also know nothing."

Mr. Buyehou, don't even think about getting any information from him!

To his surprise, Buyehou did not embarrass him. He just smiled and nodded politely: "I understand. Thank you for clearing up my confusion."

As soon as Buyehou finished speaking, his figure disappeared like smoke, and Kuang Mian's heart instantly started to ring with alarm!

The entire Guixu was under his control, so he could naturally feel that Marquis Buye had not left. But when he located Marquis Buye's location, Kuang Mian was so frightened that he almost stopped moving—Marquis Buye was in Gu Hongying's room!

The expression under the wide hood was out of control, and Kuang Mian rushed towards Gu Hongying's position as if his butt was on fire. If Gu Hongying was lost in his hands tonight, he would definitely not live to see tomorrow!

Kuang Mian is regretting it to death now. If he had just practiced Tai Chi with his seniors honestly, he wouldn't be in such a situation now!

He rushed to the room where Gu Hongying was, which was surrounded by layers of defensive magic array, at almost the fastest speed of his life. Seeing that Gu Hongying was still lying on the bed in a slumped shape and did not disappear on the spot, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Marquis Buye stood in the shadow of the room, with the expression on his face hidden in the darkness, but Kuang Mian knew that Marquis Buye was looking at Gu Hongying, or to be more specific, he might be looking at the former Bai Ze through Gu Hongying.

"Guixu is the home of the spirits of all creatures. It is connected to the endless sea, and there is a gate of life and death in the sea." In the darkness, Buyehou whispered, "Life and death never cease, and the gate of life and death is immortal... I know this."

Yu Tu was talking about the secrets of Guixu that he had read in a book, but this secret was not that secret. As long as one was well-informed enough or was in an important enough position, one would know it.

These ambiguous sentences were the answers that Yu Tu pieced together. If he was asked to go into more detail, he would know nothing. However, using them to deceive Kuang Mian, who was in a state of extreme sorrow or joy, might work wonders. After all, people in high positions tend to think too much, and a single sentence can have four or five layers of meaning.

Kuang Mian was fooled: "Since you already know everything, why are you still asking me?"

"I just came to confirm..." Buyehou's voice became softer and softer. If Kuang Mian hadn't been concentrating and listening carefully, he would have almost missed his words. "We can't... repeat the same mistake again."

Kuang Mian's mind was racing at this moment. He recalled the vague legend - it was said that the fallen phoenix had left something for the predecessor, Buyehou. Could it be that this legend... was actually true? !

Senior Phoenix wouldn't be so crazy as to reveal the whole plan, right? !

Kuang Mian shuddered. He felt the gaze of the senior Marquis Buye shift from Gu Hongying to him. There was a suffocating silence.

Yu Tu sighed in his heart. He was speechless. It was really hard to be a riddle teller.

Kuang Mian tugged at his hood nervously, wishing he could hide his entire face. He was extremely desperate right now. Everyone was responsible for a different part. He clearly didn't say anything, but Senior Buyehou seemed to know almost everything.

Senior Buyehou knew this matter using his own method and Senior Buyehou knew this matter from him—these are two different concepts!

Kuang Mian felt a dull pain in his body again.

But these are secondary. His primary task now is to appease the unhappy Marquis of Buye in front of him, to prevent this senior who seems to have remembered some bad memories from taking Gu Hongying away on impulse - he doesn't have the ability to snatch him back!

"We have been working hard for many years and have sufficient data to support it." Kuang Mian thought about it and finally confessed, "Use the alternation of life and death energy in the Gate of Life and Death to polish his spiritual power and quickly improve his physical fitness without leaving any sequelae."

He emphasized: "This is really just the first step."

So don’t force him to confess anymore. He really doesn’t know what happened next. Even if he does, he still doesn’t know!

Yu Tu thought thoughtfully: "So the second step is in the forbidden area of ​​the Grass Clan. The key lies in the leaders of the Monster Clan."

Kuang Mian: “……?”

Kuang Mian: “???!”

Because the tone of the Lord of Buye was too certain, Kuang Mian did not even think in the direction of "this might be the Lord of Buye's speculation". There was only one thought left in his mind -

You are so good, Emperor. No wonder the senior Marquis Buye not only did not interrogate him but also said lovingly, "He is just a thousand-year-old tree seedling." He had already confessed his feelings a long time ago!

He didn't even tell him!

If he had informed him earlier, would he have been so worried, happy and sad, racking his brains tonight and finally surrendering?

Diwu actually stabbed him in the back!

Kuang Mian's teeth were chattering, and his desire to tear the imperial house into pieces and use them as firewood reached its peak.

Yu Tu got an answer that satisfied him and decided to call it a day. He now had a very clear direction - no matter whether he was in his original form or in an alias, he had to hurry and harass the patriarch.

He doesn't know the specific plan for the second step yet.

Far away in the Emperor's House of the Grass and Tree Clan, he sneezed five times in a row.

…

Gu Hongying slept very well this time, but he was a little frightened when he opened his eyes - after all, it was really scary to see a man in a gray robe sitting upright beside your bed, and even the hood couldn't block the strong gaze.

"Finally woke up?"

After the man in gray robe spoke, Gu Hongying realized it was Kuang Mian. Maybe because he was still a little confused after just waking up, Gu Hongying felt that the voice of this ruined man seemed to carry resentment and... a weird tone?

Kuang was afraid that his predecessor, the Buyehou, would regret his departure, so he stayed up all night. While on guard, he frantically sent messages to various parties. He was so angry that he exploded when the Emperor's House refused to acknowledge the matter. Mian - he really had ten thousand beautiful words to say in his heart!

His gnashing teeth were hidden in his hood, but to the outside he was still the calm and composed person: "When you wake up, wash up and follow me."

Gu Hongying, with his messy hair, had just started thinking, and didn't realize the danger hidden in the words: "Okay!"

Ten minutes later, Gu Hongying followed Kuang Mian, holding a bun in his mouth. Kuang Mian took him through one complex and dizzying teleportation array after another and arrived at the seaside.

The sea is generally blue, calm, and vast, with a faint salty smell. The waves will constantly wash the beach, leaving behind the ocean's gifts.

But the sea before my eyes is extremely peaceful.

The color of the sea was so blue that it was almost black, but there was a hint of white in the blue-black background that looked like a reflection. Kuang Mian stood beside him, chanting something in a language he could not understand.

Gu Hongying silently swallowed the last bite of the bun, his heart beating like a drum.

"Boom! Boom! Boom—"

It seemed that it was not his heartbeat, but the heartbeat of the sea.

In the whiteness of the seabed, white fish like silhouettes swam out, with soft and blurred edges. These white fish swam slowly in the sea, one after another, with specks of light falling from their bodies - countless white fish formed a vortex.

Gu Hongying smelled a peculiar smell, different from any smell in the world, and it was impossible to describe it in words. All the pores on his body opened up at this moment, as if because of joy, but also because of fear.

The mirror-like calm sea surface suddenly came alive, and the waves gradually surged to his feet like a rising tide.

Gu Hongying stepped back subconsciously, but a pair of hands held him back from behind.

"Go quickly."

A gentle but irresistible force pushed him.

Gu Hongying plunged into the surging sea water—this special ocean had no coast to rely on.

so……

“Plop——”

Gu Hongying fell into the endless sea.

Countless white fish swarmed towards him, one after another. They surrounded him and fell to the deeper seabed.