The Black Tower is a deadly place in the Demon Cult.

Although it is called a 'tower', it is not actually a tower, but a very common two-story building from the outside.

On the Cangyun Continent, there is a tower where one can never return, and is called the Ghost Tower by the world. No one knows what is inside, because people who enter never come out again.

The Demon Cult also has such a place. I remember that when it was named, Lou Gu Xiu meant it as a satire, laughing at the Ghost Tower for being a tower but not a tower, so he named this two-story building the 'Black Tower'.

Similarly, the Black Tower is also a place where one can only enter but not exit. Some demon cultivators who mistakenly entered the Black Tower have never been seen since then.

The black tower was eerie and cold, like the entrance to hell, a place of extreme cold and gloom. Qi Yan woke up from the cold not long after being thrown in.

When he opened his eyes, it was pitch black all around. Qi Yan was groping on the ground in a daze, and suddenly he seemed to touch something. He pulled hard, accompanied by a sound similar to the falling of dominoes. With a little light, Qi Yan saw that it was a skeleton that had been dried by the wind, and what he was holding in his hand was his tattered clothes.

Qi Yan: "... Sorry, I just want to cover myself with a quilt." After saying that, he picked up the skeleton and put him back in place.

He stood up completely sober, looked around, and found that this was an octagonal building in Hunan, with two rows of stairs on both sides, which could go up to the second floor. The first floor was full of dead bodies, which seemed to be quite old and dried by the wind.

He stood up and waved his sleeves, raising a cloud of dust. Qi Yan coughed and looked at this weird place in confusion.

After a while, Qi Yan touched his forehead depressedly and muttered softly, "The leader of the evil cult lives here? God, he is too close to the people..."

He just took two steps and was tripped by another corpse lying against the wall. The person's shin bone was kicked far away by Qi Yan.

He picked up the shin bone while trotting all the way. Qi Yan put it back to its original place embarrassedly, "Excuse me, it's too dark to see clearly. I'll give you some paper money when I get out."

Suddenly, a huge creature flashed by in the dark like lightning. Qi Yan was startled and looked over, but he saw nothing.

"Oh, there are clearly things there, why can't I see them..." Qi Yan scratched his head, turned around, and pointed at the other corpses on the ground as if he had suddenly realized something, "Hey? Could it be that you also want money from me for burning paper money? No problem, the last thing I lack is money."

After saying that, Qi Yan waved his hands generously and prepared to walk up the stairs to the second floor.

The sandalwood stairs were covered with thick dust, and walking up would leave a clear footprint.

He arrived at the second floor safely, and as soon as he went up, Qi Yan was shocked by the piles of ancient books.

The surface of the octagonal building is not very large, and you can see the bottom at a glance. The eight sides of the second floor are all bookshelves as high as the roof, filled with all kinds of ancient books.

Qi Yan walked along the scaffold and saw many books that he wanted to read but couldn't buy.

"This, this is really..." Picking up a book and reading a few pages in a hurry, Qi Yan couldn't hide his excitement and shouted excitedly.

"The Demon Cult is great! I want to live here!"

...

[Host, please be aware that an unidentified object is approaching. ]

Looking at a journal fearlessly, Qi Yan felt a gust of cold wind coming from behind him. He paused and turned around very naturally...

A bloody mouth occupied his sight, and sharp fangs and red eyes were facing Qi Yan at this moment. With the remaining eyes, it had smooth black fur, four claws like an eagle, and a large body. When it stood up straight, it was as tall as an adult man...

"Ah——!" Qi Yan screamed, and the unidentified object seemed to be startled and roared louder than Qi Yan.

The roar was like the collapse of the sky and the crack of the earth, comparable to that of a tiger or a lion, but more intimidating.

He threw the book in his hand away, and Qi Yan leaped forward, wrapped his arms around the furry object, and arched his face under its jaw.

"Isn't this the ancient beast Ao Lun! I see a living one!!"

The ancient beast Ao Lun, a creature that can only be seen in books. It is as domineering as a tiger and looks like a leopard, but it is more brutal than a leopard. It feeds on human blood and flesh, and is loyal after recognizing its master.

Unable to hide his excitement, Qi Yan felt that today's surprises were one after another!

"What's your name? How old are you? How long have you lived here? Hey, I forgot that you can't speak... Well, then, let me give you a name! What do you want to be called? Sweet potato? Potato? Big grit?!" Qi Yan was simply overwhelmed by his own wit, "Big grit is a nice name! It sounds so domineering when you say it! Super domineering!"

After saying that, he nudged into the dense hair again.

Big grit Ao Lun: "..."

Innocently stretching out his long tongue to lick his paw, Ao Lun seemed to think that the food thrown in by his master this time was bad, and eating it would cause diarrhea and affect his IQ. So it broke away from Qi Yan's bear hug, ran to a corner and started to clean its hair.

Just after lying down and before he started licking his fur, a figure came running over quickly, sat down next to him and looked at him with starry eyes.

Ao Lun snorted softly, stood up and changed his position, facing his head to the wall and his butt to Qi Yan.

"You are willing to give me your butt!"

Qi Yan was even more excited. He touched Ao Lun's butt and got a threatening growl from it.

"Okay, okay, I won't touch it if you don't want to." Qi Yan sat next to Ao Lun and looked at it with soft eyes.

For a moment, the air froze. In the dark building, there were only a few beams of warm light sporadically pouring down from the wooden windows, barely illuminating the surrounding scenery. Dust was everywhere, and a wave of the hand could stir up millions of dust.

The octagonal building fell into silence, just like before Qi Yan came.

At some point, Qi Yan began to stroke Ao Lun's fur, and he did not reject it.

Sure enough, stroking fur is useful for cat-like creatures!

As he was stroking, Qi Yan suddenly sighed and talked about his own experience.

"Back then, I sneaked out to play and was caught by the warriors sent by my father. I ran away again halfway and broke into the backyard of the Zhan family. I saw that the sneaky servant dared to bully Nichang, so I rushed up and beat him up."

"I thought the Zhan family didn't educate the servants strictly, and even dared to bully a lady. So I took the opportunity when my father took me to visit the Zhan family to report the servant."

"Later, when I grew up a little, I realized that Nichang didn't have a good life in the Zhan family, and it wasn't just that time."

"To her, there were more than one servant who committed insubordination, but every one of them."

"That day, I told Nichang that she was my biological sister. If you want to leave, you can tell me and I will take her away."

"Nichang cried. I know that she likes me, and it's the love between a man and a woman."

"But I... I don't know why, I don't like her."

"Maybe everyone thinks that she and I are childhood sweethearts and a match made in heaven. But only I know that without joy, it will never be a match made in heaven."

"Later, I heard that Nichang was favored by the leader of the Demon Cult and was taken to the Demon Cult."

"I was afraid that she would be stubborn, so I wanted to meet her and explain things to her. Then I would see what the leader does. If he treats Nichang sincerely, I will leave with peace of mind; if he is a two-faced villain, I will do my best to get Nichang out of the Demon Cult."

"Nichang is a good girl..."

...

Qi Yan leaned on Ao Lun's belly and fell asleep. Ao Lun opened one of his narrowed eyes, glanced at him lightly with his blood-red eyes, then closed them and fell asleep.