long night walk

Chapter 728 A drop of blood
After a brief silence, Ye Shu slowly withdrew his palm from under her fingers and said, "Okay, I'm not cold anymore, why don't you go back to your own bed and sleep?"

He picked up Chang'an from a secret surgery room in Zhao Kingdom. Zhao Kingdom is located in the northern land of Tianyao. It is one of the few powerful countries among the countries that believe in demon gods. Langya Demon Sect is the religion of Zhao Kingdom.

The members of the Demon Sect have always used cruel methods. In order to specialize in researching new secret techniques to strengthen themselves, they often secretly buy slaves and use them as test bodies.

Most of these slave trial bodies are people with spiritual roots and extraordinary aptitude since childhood.

Ye Shu was also treated as a trial body and thrown into the dark secret room for a year of torture.

The members of the Demon Sect in the secret surgery room are cruel and cruel. All the test subjects who enter are basically tortured like animals. It is not only the physical abuse, but also the defeat and control of the consciousness and mind.

The time for the secret technique trial is generally not long, at most one year, the trial body in that small room will basically be destroyed to pieces, draining all the value that can be excavated from the body, and very few people can walk away intact. come out.

But Chang'an was an exception. She only stayed in the secret surgery room for a month before being picked up by Ye Shu and brought home.

Of course, she didn't finish the deadline in the secret surgery room, so naturally Ye Shu would come and finish it for her.

Ye Shu's body has also been greatly damaged so far. He was tortured to cut out and replace the bones. The 98 human bones in his body have been replaced by 98, and the [-] bones are all taken from the bones of the snowy wolf.

The body of a mortal is hardened to the bone of a demon.

At that time, Ye Shu was only in his teens, and he was tortured to the point of being out of shape by the people from the Black Region of the Demon Sect.

At that time, Chang'an, who was rescued by Ye Shu, was with him every day, and he clearly remembered his miserable appearance at night.

It was so cold that the ends of hair and eyebrows were frozen, and the skin on the body was blue and purple from the cold. I couldn't speak, I couldn't move my limbs, and I was like a disabled person.

Chang'an possesses two spirit roots, with two spiritual attributes of wood and fire. He rescued her in hell, and she burned her spirit roots at night to relieve his pain. The two lived in the dark and helpless. Over the years, they stumbled and accompanied each other through the hardest and longest time.

They have been like this since they were young, Ye Shu seldom gets close to others, but he is used to warming up with her company at night.

He accompanied Lin Zheng into the Demon Realm and hid for decades. He only returned to the human world a month ago, and he worked non-stop in the dark to solve the internal and external troubles that had been in the hands of the Hou Mansion for decades, and helped Lin Zheng secure his position as the Lord.

Taking a breather, he returned home and was about to fall asleep as usual during those days in Zhaoguo.

But the quilt and thin clothes are close to each other, and because of the revival of the Gu mother in Chang'an's body, his body is no longer as young and hard to grow as it was back then.

Ye Shu, who has always treated her like a daughter, a younger sister, or even a pet, has never had a heart to guard against men and women.

To this night, the soft touch between his arms was telling him that Chang An was no longer the little girl he rescued back then, she was already a mature woman in her true mind and age.

Chang An noticed his slightly stiff body.

It was the first time he had pushed her out of bed.

Her face was melancholy, and there was water in her eyes.

Seeing that she didn't move, Ye Shu turned his head impatiently and said seriously, "Didn't you hear me?"

Chang An finally moved, but she didn't get up. She stretched out her hand nervously and cautiously, and landed on his waist. She blushed, lowered her head, and her little hand slipped down restlessly.

Ye Shu's whole body was shaken, as if bitten by a snake, his hand suddenly grabbed her wrist like an iron cage, so strong that the sound of bones creaking and rubbing could be heard all over his body.

It must have been extremely painful, Chang An sucked tears from the corners of his eyes, raised his head pitifully, and said stubbornly with his lips: I can!

Ye Shu shook off her hand vigorously, stood up and put on his coat with an ashen complexion, his face was terribly cold: "You can?! What can you do?! I wasted so much effort to suppress the Gu mother in your body, you This body is not for you to be so bad!"

Chang An hugged him tightly from behind, crying in a hoarse voice, her vocal cords had been broken long ago, her voice was hoarse and not like a human voice, she was very sensitive to her own voice, and rarely uttered the slightest bit in front of others. sound.

But now she was weeping bitterly.

Ye Shu lowered his head and looked at the two hands tightly locked around his waist. After all these years, he had no idea that she would still think this way.

He forcefully pulled his hand away, turned around and stared at her coldly, those hazy pupils were full of coldness, melancholy, hatred, and the boundless gray sky.

Ye Shu sneered coldly: "Do you know who you are dedicating your life to! The man in front of you has been locked in a slave cage since he was a child, played with by others, and handed over like a domestic animal! You are here to pretend What is pure goodness, don’t you know what kind of virtue I am? Nowhere is clean, such a dirty person, what are you talking to me about?”

After speaking, his eyes slowly turned red.

Yes, no one knows what he went through better than Chang An.

Even in the Marquis of the Lin family, those internal guards who had sacrificed their lives to the old Marquis had heard all kinds of rumors about Ye Shu in Zhao Kingdom, but no one had ever seen with their own eyes how he lived in that filthy and stinking land. Rolling and struggling in the mire.

Only Chang'an had seen him when he was in the worst embarrassment.

In the darkness, Ye Shu's eyes were cold, and he smiled mockingly: "I will fight against my own life, and I don't need you to sympathize with me."

Outside the wooden house, heavy winter thunder was heard, the strong wind swept the city with cold rain, and at some point in the clouds, a heavy rain fell.

With a cold face, Ye Shu took two steps back, had already put on his outer robe and clothes, and stopped looking at Chang An's empty and sad eyes, kicked the bench angrily, pushed the door open and left in the rainstorm.

After years of reunion nights, they broke up unhappy like this.

The next day, it was rainy and clear at the beginning of the winter, and the sky in the morning was gray and a little dead.

The gate of Lin Jiahou's Mansion was pushed open creakingly, and the yawning concierge got up early to guard the gate.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the door was pushed open, he saw Ye Shu leaning against the stone lion statue at the gate, closing his eyes and dozing, his already thin face was as pale as a ghost in the gray morning light.

"Master Ye Shu?" The concierge boy looked shocked, and when he looked down, he saw his bare feet and no shoes.

He saw that his heart was pounding, and he hurriedly went up to him: "When will Master Ye Shu come back, huh? You are still wet, didn't you stand outside the door all night, hurry up, follow me into the house."

Strange, young master Ye Shu left the house early this morning to run some business. If Young Master Ye Shu had stood at the door all night, he should have met him, so why did he still wait at the door like a wandering ghost.

Ye Shu raised his dark eyes and glanced at the young servant, who shivered for no reason and immediately fell silent.

Although Young Master Ye Shu grew up with Young Master Ye Shu since he was a child, ate and lived with him, so he was clearly the son of his retainers, but Old Hou Ye also raised him as his own son.

But the two children who were raised together had completely different personalities.

In the minds of these servants, Ye Shu was far less likable than Lin Zheng's young master. They felt that he always had an uncomfortable vicious aura about him, which made it hard for people to get close to him.

"Did Lin Zheng bring guests back last night?"

This kind of attitude of calling the little lord by his name directly made the little servant feel uneasy.

"Reporting to Young Master Ye Shu, at dusk last night, Young Master indeed brought a person to stay in the guest room in the East Wing. Why did Young Master Ye Shu inquire about this?"

Ye Shu ignored the boy, turned around and walked quickly towards the East Wing.

"Brother Ye Shu?" Bai Lian was looking at the topographic map of Yunzhongcheng that Lin Zheng had left for him, and was making arrangements for entering the dark city in advance, when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from far to near in the corridor.

He didn't sleep at night, the door was wide open, and when he looked up, he saw a familiar face.

In the Demon Realm, Ye Shu followed Lin Zheng as a follower, and the two were almost inseparable. Bai Lian was not surprised to see Ye Shu in the Hou's mansion.

He glanced at Ye Shu, noticed his disordered Qi, slightly startled and said, "Are you injured?"

"A little injury." Ye Shu twitched the corner of his mouth, pretending to greet him with a smile.

He didn't exchange too many pleasantries, and said directly: "I heard that you are going to the underground dark city to find the lost demon pet?"

Bai Lian's eyes changed, he stood up suddenly, and looked at Ye Shu eagerly: "Can you help me enter the dark city?"

Ye Shu closed the door behind his back, and after a moment of silence, he said, "If you want to enter the dark city, you have to enter the city with three identities: seller, buyer, and night hunter."

"Night Hunter?" Bai Li'an raised his eyebrows.

Ye Shu breathed out slowly, and said: "Night hunters can be said to have a cooperative relationship with the underground dark city. The underground dark city is intertwined and sells information and secrets from all over the world, as well as invisible goods. Night hunters provide information secrets or goods to the underground dark city as a third party in exchange for generous rewards."

"So?" Bai Lian looked at Ye Shu and vaguely guessed something.

"I am one of the night hunters."

as predicted.

Ye Shu took out a red gold token from his pocket, put it on the table and said seriously: "I can take you into the dark city."

Bai Lian was astonished, and said in a daze: "If I remember correctly, the Lin family and the dark city forces are incompatible, you..."

"So what?" Ye Shu lowered his eyes, and the gray morning color melted into his dark eyes: "I'm not from the Lin family."

His surname is Ye, and he is Ye Shu from the Demon Sect. He has never been a member of the Lin family, so naturally he doesn't have to abide by the rules of the Lin family.

Bai Lian took a deep look at him, put down the map in his hand, and finally realized why Ye Shu picked Lin Zheng to look for him when he was going out.

A family of marquises of a big country like the Lin family, although the power in their hands is extremely heavy, is just like a towering tall building. Without the older generation of marquises to support this huge family, how can a young man like Lin Zheng be able to support it? Can live.

If a clean and powerful family has no backbone, it will only attract countless evil wolves to surround it. I don't know how many people are staring at the crown on the head of Lin Zheng's little marquis.

Lin Zheng is a person who abides by the dead rules, lives like a scorching sun, bright and upright, he disdains to join forces with others, so it is difficult for him to make progress.

Ye Shu can only be a dark knife, surmounting thorns and thorns, obtaining the secrets of various countries with his life, in exchange for rich resources from the dark city.

And it is these resources that piled up the current Lin Zheng.

And all he did was violating the rules of the Lin clan, so he was destined to not get any response.

Bai Lian asked: "Lin Zheng...don't know about this?"

"Don't let him know this. If he knows, he will drive me out of the Hou's Mansion." At this point, Ye Shu's eyes showed confusion for the first time: "If I leave the Hou's Mansion, I don't know where else to go." gone."

He carefully hid the secret that could never be discovered, but told Bai Lian without reservation.

Perhaps even Ye Shu himself didn't realize that he didn't know when he had such a trusting heart towards Bai Lian.

Bai Lian could feel the gentleness and kindness hidden under his sharp and cold shell, and his heart couldn't help but warm up: "Thank you, Ye Shu."

Ye Shu has survived all the hardships, and has long since lost any expectations for this world, but suddenly he received such a solemn thank you, he still felt a vague feeling in his heart, and felt uncomfortable all over his body. stand up.

With stiff fingers, he picked up the red gold token and rubbed it again, looking clumsy and pitiful.

Ye Shu lowered his head and didn't know where to put his eyes, so he could only stare straight at the token in his hand: "Thank you, thank you, you helped me save my mother, I should do this, okay , taking advantage of Lin Zheng's absence, let's all set off now, shall we?"

The entrance to the underground dark city is hard to find. If there is no special method, even if you turn the entire cloud over and dig three feet into the ground, you may not be able to find the real dark city.

The token in the hands of Night Hunter is a sign that can guide the way, leading Bailian to find the entrance of the dark city.

After leaving the Lin residence, the two found a remote place, and Ye Shu smeared blood on the token.

The red gold token immediately turned into dots of light and dissipated into a light mist of particles. Surrounded by the mist, only a few bells rang, and a bright red sedan chair appeared in the sight of the two of them.

The sedan chair hovered in the mist, like a phantom. The bearers carrying the sedan chair were not men, but four graceful women. They were slim and slim, wearing graceful and affectionate red dance skirts and gauze hats, quite exotic.

It's just that when the four women turned around and looked over at the same time, what was covered by the veil was the face of a decayed skeleton.

In this early morning, such a scene of the underworld was created...

Bai Li'an was speechless, if he hadn't been a deathly 'corpse', he might have been taken aback suddenly.

Ye Shu is obviously used to it: "Get on the sedan chair?"

Thinking about Ye Shu being a night hunter in the dark city, he should be a high-level one. The sedan chair is not small, it can accommodate four or five people.

Bai Lian got off the sedan chair with him, and the four pink skeletons didn't express any dissatisfaction. They hummed gloomy ghost songs, stepping on the cool morning wind, and the bright red Jiaozi quickly disappeared into the forest. between.

For a long time.

There was only a heavy bang, and the sedan chair that was floating in the air finally landed on the ground.

The sedan chair leading to the dark city has no curtains, and once inside the sedan chair, the sedan door will be locked by a talisman. Bai Lian can't observe the inner line of the outside world entering the dark city, although he detects it with his spiritual sense.

But the method of the underground dark city is too subtle, the entire space in the sedan chair is distorted and chaotic, and if the spiritual consciousness is released, it will be messed up by the space formation in the sedan chair.

When Bai Lian and Ye Shu got out of the sedan chair, the four graceful beauties in pink smiled coquettishly, and turned into a handful of ashes, dissipated in the wind, and the red sedan chair also turned into a token again, named Ye Shu. Haosheng put it away.

Looking around, there is an ancient black bridge in front of it. There are countless pedestrians entering and leaving on the bridge, all wearing masks to conceal their appearance.

At the end of the bridge, there is a dark underground city that cannot be seen.

Ye Shu also took the two masks prepared in advance, and handed them to Bai Lian: "The dark city is full of shady activities, no one who enters the dark city will reveal his true face, after all Every item auctioned inside is priceless, and no one can guarantee whether people will be targeted and intercepted halfway out of the dark city. After you enter the city, don't call me by my real name. I call "Shadow" in the dark city, and you I didn’t call myself a name, so I can identify it.”

"Really?" Bai Lian took the mask and put it on, smiled, and said, "After entering the city, you will call me 'a drop of blood'?"

"A drop of blood." Ye Shu frowned. Although he felt that this title sounded a little unlucky, he didn't say much.

(End of this chapter)