“Snap!”
Foggy sky-blue sword energy flashed past, and the vast and heavy dark granite on the wall only made a slight cracking sound. Then it suddenly cracked open, and the granite fell to the ground.
Qiu Yutong took the sword and looked intently, only to see that after the piece of granite cracked, there was not a rock behind it, but a dark crevice.
As expected! Qiu Yutong couldn’t help but feel a little joy in his heart, and then took a deep breath, holding the shark oil candle in one hand and the edge of the gap in the other, and carefully peeked inside.
As soon as he looked, he felt a chilly air unique to a deep cave, rushing towards him from the darkness. Although the gap behind the granite was only about a foot wide, it was very deep, and extended all the way in, with almost no end in sight.
Qiu Yutong observed it carefully for a while, and couldn’t help but hesitate.
Obviously, this crack was a crack in the mountain. This kind of crack in the mountain was very common in rocks and mountains. It was usually deep and long. He didn’t know where it would lead. Maybe it could lead to the outside, maybe it was just a dead end, no one could tell.
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a moment, but decided to give it a try. Even if it didn’t work out, it wouldn’t be a big deal to come back. Anyway, the current situation could not be worse.
After thinking for a while, he pulled the exquisite landscape screen in the room to the wall to slightly block the gap, kicked all the gravel on the ground under the bed, then hid a pillow under the quilt and pulled it up. He pulled the curtain by the bed again, so that from the outside, it looked like someone was sleeping with their head covered on the bed.
Qiu Yutong carefully disguised the room. Looking at his achievements, he couldn’t help but be very satisfied. In this way, even if someone came in, they would not immediately find out that he had escaped, so he could buy some time for himself.
After all the preparations were done, he held the candle and carefully squeezed into the narrow gap.
This gap was only a foot wide, and the stone walls on both sides felt rough and wet. Qiu Yutong held the candle and slowly squeezed it in. He couldn’t help but feel a little joyful. The candle had been burning well, indicating that there was ventilation in this gap. Since there was ventilation, it must lead to the outside world.
With confidence, he pushed forward harder, gradually, the gap became wider, and two dark paths appeared in front of him.
Qiu Yutong couldn’t help being stunned, which way should he go?
He was only stunned for a while, and then he remembered that this kind of situation seemed to have happened before. Back then, he and Lu Xiao encountered many forks in a labyrinth canyon on the Chen Chao frontier; Lu Xiao used a small flag to judge the wind direction. , and finally walked out.
Although he did not have a small flag now, the flame was more accurate than the small flag. Qiu Yutong calmed down and moved the candle to the left fork. The cluster of small flames burned quietly and did not move at all.
There was no wind along this fork.
Qiu Yutong then knew. He moved the candle to the fork on the right, and sure enough, the flames immediately trembled slightly — this path was ventilated.
He breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the path on the right.
Along the way, the humidity worsened. The top of his head began to drip, and the ground became more and more slippery. A large piece of moss appeared. Qiu Yutong was overjoyed; since there was moss, he was about to approach the entrance of the cave!
He tried to walk forward, and after an unknown amount of time, a light finally appeared in front of him.
Qiu Yutong was ecstatic, and hurried forward to see that under the cover of the vines in front was an exit to the outside world!
“Hu,” he let out a long sigh of relief, threw down the candle, pushed aside the large bushes of vines, carefully looked, and then walked out.
Outside was a small yard, it was very peaceful; there was no one
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a moment, then carefully went up to the roof of the yard and glanced around. As expected, this was an extremely huge palace complex, a large area of dark granite demon palaces, layered on top of each other. Built on the mountain, it looked majestic, it was difficult to describe.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west, turning the towering dark palace into a splendid blood-red.
After looking around for a while, Qiu Yutong generally remembered the layout of the palace complex. He jumped off the eaves gently and looked down at his clothes.
The clothes he was wearing were naturally given by Lu Xiao. It was a very delicate gauze robe, but the original white and luxurious gauze robe, after being squeezed in the crevice of the rocks for two hours, also changed. It was dirty and scratched in some places. If he walked into the palace like this, it would be too conspicuous, so he had to change it a little.
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a moment, walked to the front of the main room in the small yard, pressed lightly against the paper windows and listened carefully. The main room was quiet, and it seemed that no one was there. He breathed a sigh of relief, and pushed open the door directly; he was going to steal two clothes to change.
As soon as he walked into the house, Qiu Yutong was stunned.
The main room in front of him turned out to be a very spacious kitchen, with a clean bluestone stove, a huge solid wood chopping board, a steamer, tableware, and various condiments…Everything needed was available. It turned out that this small yard was a small kitchen in the palace.
“It’s the kitchen?” Qiu Yutong was extremely disappointed. Since it was the kitchen, there naturally was no clothes for him to steal. He couldn’t help but sigh. Just as he was about to turn around and go out, he heard a voice coming from outside.
“Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent, can you move to the council hall…” It was a high-pitched voice that sounded very anxious.
“It’s okay, come in and talk.” Qiu Yutong couldn’t be more familiar with this faint voice, it was Lu Xiao!
How did he bump into this kid again!
Qiu Yutong almost wanted to cry but had no tears, so he hurriedly looked around. He couldn’t find any good place to hide, so he could only casually lift the tablecloth of a table case, bent down and hide under the table.
Just as he hid under the table, he heard a door squeak, followed by the footsteps of two people. The steady footsteps in front were naturally Lu Xiao, while the other person’s footsteps were very light, and obviously also had a deep cultivation base.
With the sound of these footsteps, a pair of black and gold-painted soap boots slowly stopped in front of the table where Qiu Yutong was hiding. Qiu Yutong held his breath and stared at the pair of boots under the tablecloth, only to feel that he was extremely unlucky.
This evil disciple, what was he doing in the kitchen?
Has he been discovered? Probably not.
Lu Xiao stopped beside the desk, and then there was the sound of water, as if he had scooped a ladle of water from the water tank next to him, and then there was another rustling sound, as if he places something on the chopping board.
What was this kid doing? Qiu Yutong was listening in puzzlement. Then suddenly, he understood what Lu Xiao was doing, and he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry for a while.
Lu Xiao was making noodles.
This kid had been gluttonous since he was a child, and liked to cook and make cakes himself. This habit has been maintained for a long time. Now that he had become a demon emperor, he was still the same! That was how the saying goes – a leopard cannot change its spots. It was true.
Qiu Yutong sighed in his heart, and the man beside him hesitated, “Your Majesty, you are…”
Lu Xiao said indifferently as he made noodles, “Black Tortoise Envoy, if there is anything, just say it directly.”
Black Tortoise Envoy? Qiu Yutong was a little surprised. It turned out that this person was the Black Tortoise Envoy. The two brothers Wu Liu and Wu Qi were the White Tiger and Vermilion Bird Envoys. Since this person was the Black Tortoise Envoy, so naturally there was another Green Dragon Envoy. These 4 people were the capable assistants of Lu Xiao.
“Don’t you have a military situation to report? Speak,” Lu Xiao said, without stopping, Qiu Yutong listened to him tossing and kneading the dough, and from time to time he threw the dough “Bang! Bang!” He was so proficient that Qiu Yutong laughed at the same time, and at the same time sympathized with the silent Black Tortoise Envoy – after all, it was not easy to watch the devil emperor knead his noodles while reporting on military affairs, and maintain a serious expression.
However, this Black Tortoise Envoy also seemed to be a talent; he was awkwardly silent for a while, then slowly opened his mouth as if nothing had happened, “Your Majesty, when you were away before, the twelve cities of Lanshui in the west all took refuge with the Fake King of Baifu. The Fake King of Baifu also threatened to take down the Imperial Palace within a year!”
Lu Xiao slammed the dough and said in disapproval, “Arrogant.”
The Black Tortoise Envoy seemed a little anxious, “Your Majesty, please forgive me for being stupid, I really don’t understand why at that moment, when obviously we could have taken down the Fake King of Baifu, did you leave the army and go to the Immortal Alliance Conference in the cultivation world? So what about the decree of the Leader of the Immortal Alliance? As long as Your Majesty controls the Three Realms, then that thing will be nothing but a piece of rotten wood!”
Lu Xiao was silent for a moment, and then seemed to smile, “I went to the cultivation world for an important thing.”
He paused slightly, and his voice became very soft, as if talking to himself, “It’s more important than anything.”
“What else can be more important than unifying the demon world? Your Majesty was born fifteen years ago, but in more than ten years, you have unified most of the demon world. However, when attacking the Fake King of Baifu, Your Majesty suddenly left, and we had no leader. Since those days, the Fake King of Baifu has taken the opportunity to regain a lot of territory… Your Majesty, what was so important? “
Lu Xiao did not answer, but the Black Tortoise Envoy suddenly knelt down with a “bang” and kept kowtowing, “Your Majesty please forgive me! Your Majesty please forgive me! I have overstepped! This subject deserves to die!”
Although Qiu Yutong couldn’t see what was going on outside, he knew it very well. According to Lu Xiao’s temperament, he mostly probably gave the poor Black Tortoise Envoy a cold look. This kid, Lu Xiao, had this habit when he was the emperor in the human world. When he was unhappy, he seldom scolded. He just suddenly lowered his face and looked at the other icily, which made people’s blood run cold.
The Black Tortoise Envoy kowtowed seven or eight times before Lu Xiao said lightly, “Get up.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.” The Black Tortoise Envoy stood up tremblingly, not daring to say more.
Lu Xiao slammed the dough again, and then said, “I did do a very important thing. But right now, unifying the demon world is also very important, and I need a safe and stable environment… Now in this demon world, I will never allow any more turmoil, and never allow anyone to attack this palace.”
“This subject understands,” the Black Tortoise Envoy said respectfully.
Lu Xiao didn’t answer and seemed to be kneading the dough carefully. After a while, he finally kneaded the dough, then cut the dough into several pieces, put it into the steamer, and then gently patted the flour off his hands. He said lightly, “After a month, I will personally lead the army and completely raze the forces of the Fake King of Baifu in the west to the ground.”
The Black Tortoise Envoy was overjoyed and said loudly, “Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise!”
Qiu Yutong squatted under the table and only felt that his legs were numb. After Lu Xiao steamed the dough, he began to discuss the war in the west with the Black Tortoise Envoy. The layout of various military formations was almost endless, Qiu Yutong listened. He was so sleepy that he only hoped that the two would get out quickly, and then he could go to the yard next to him, mess around with clothes, and sneak out of this huge Imperial City in the Devil Realm.
After leaving the Imperial City, he would try to return to the human world and find a small place to hide. He naturally couldn’t go near North Snow City. It was best to stay away from Chen dynasty’s capital city…
Yes, the waterways in Jiangnan were very good. In his qiankun bag, there was a large stack of silver notes, which Lu Xiao gave him when he went to Medicine Monarch Manor before. Although he didn’t know the current market situation, it was possible to buy a small courtyard with two entrances in Jiangnan with such a large stack of banknotes.
