Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

"Observatory?" Wen Xiao was puzzled. "What is Cheng Huang doing in the observatory?"

"You'll find out when you get there." Pei Sijing stared at the area circled on the map, her eyes filled with determination. "I want to find out what happened to my brother."

"Sister Shen, are you going?" Bai Jiu asked, "Didn't Cheng Huang help you?"

"I want to go." Nanzhi said seriously, "I also want to find out what happened."

Sister Pei said that she shot her brother to death three months ago, but Ah Heng appeared in front of her three months ago and has never stopped contacting her.

So, at that time, had Ah Heng already come back to life?

Why did Cheng Huang help her unconditionally and help her father clear his name, but was closely related to several murders?

She needs to find out all of this.

……

On the way to the observatory, Nanzhi felt quite uneasy.

Seeing Nanzhi's worry, Zhu Yan, who was walking beside her, lowered his voice and whispered to her, "A person can do bad things, but they can also do good things. This is true for humans and demons. They value good and hate evil, and sometimes evil is mixed with a little bit of good. This is the true nature of humans, and also the nature of demons."

Nanzhi looked at Zhu Yan who comforted her. In the sunlight, he seemed to be glowing, and his whole body was filled with a divinity that demons absolutely did not have. He was quite compassionate and pure.

She was curious: "What does a demon look like?"

"Act according to your own instincts." Zhu Yan thought for a moment, then added, "But it's also righteous. Most demons need to learn the seven emotions and six desires of humans over a long life. Each emotion probably takes decades or even hundreds of years to cultivate. Therefore... demons are somewhat stupid in the eyes of humans, clumsy but with a strong thirst for knowledge, wanting to know what it feels like to express human emotions."

"For example, when I first experienced the feeling of crying, I didn't know whether to be happy that I could cry or sad about the bitterness in my heart."

Nanzhi understood: "So, demons often follow their nature, doing both good and bad things. When they first enter the human world and find it difficult to distinguish between good and evil, they are easily bewitched and do bad things."

"Yes." Zhu Yan was pleased with Nanzhi's intelligence: "So, monsters with greater power than humans need to be controlled more than humans."

Nanzhi asked, "What about Cheng Huang?"

Nanzhi's question attracted the attention of everyone in the monster-hunting team.

Knowing they were eavesdropping, Zhu Yan raised his voice and explained, "Cheng Huang is an old monster who has lived for who knows how many tens of thousands of years. When he dominated the Great Wilderness, I wasn't even an embryo."

"How strong?" Zhuo Yichen asked.

"We haven't fought each other." Zhu Yan said to Zhuo Yichen, "He feels very strong. If I weren't with you and you met him alone, in one word..."

"I know!" Bai Jiu raised his hand: "Run!"

Zhu Yan praised: "Intelligent."

Wen Xiao asked, "Do you know his background?"

Zhu Yan shook his head: "This old monster has always kept a low profile. There are not many legends about him in the Great Wilderness, and he is not often seen. It can be said that I know very little about him."

Ying Lei suddenly realized: "So, we are like rabbits delivered to the door, left to be torn apart by jackals?"

"You're wrong." Zhu Yan corrected him: "I'm also a wolf. Wolf against wolf, with the support of a group of rabbit teammates, there is hope of winning."

Zhuo Yichen retorted: "I'm not a rabbit."

Zhu Yan perfunctorily agreed with Zhuo Yichen and said, "Okay, okay, Master Xiao Zhuo is a wolf, a vicious wolf... Is that okay?"

Zhuo Yichen: “…”

He looked around and found that everyone was holding back their laughter. He glared at Zhu Yan fiercely and walked to the front of the team to lead the way.

……

late at night.

Tiandu City, Observatory.

From the observatory, you can overlook the entire Tiandu City. Standing on it, you can see the lights of thousands of homes.

You can observe the sky from above and the terrain from below. It can be said to be the highest point in the sky.

The observatory is surrounded by pillars engraved with runes, and in the middle is a very large sundial. The entire view is visible at a glance, leaving no place to hide.

Zhu Yan's gaze fell on the sundial in the center of the observatory: "This sundial looks familiar."

In fact, he had already confirmed in his heart that this was the sundial magic weapon that he and Li Lun had found together. Now it was in Cheng Huang's hands. It seemed that Cheng Huang and Li Lun were in collusion.

Also, why did Pei Siheng enter the Monster Hunting Division? And why did he place the case file in the Monster Hunting Division right under Pei Sijing's eyes?

Cheng Huang is such a low-key demon that he would not provoke the Demon Catching Bureau in this way, nor would he make such a low-level mistake to ruin his own plan.

It seems that there is a guy hiding behind this matter.

With a lot on his mind, Zhu Yan listened calmly to Wen Xiao's explanation that this was not a sundial for telling time, because it did not come with a water clock for telling time at night.

Seeing that no one could see the purpose of the sundial, Zhu Yan explained, "This sundial is an entrance."

"Cheng Huang set up a formation to kill people in Tiandu City, and he sat at the center of the formation. This sundial is the entrance to the center of the formation."

Zhuo Yichen wanted to go forward to check, but Zhu Yan knocked his hand and told him not to rush in rashly, otherwise he would easily fall into Cheng Huang's trap.

What's more, they don't know the situation inside the center of the formation. If they are accidentally dispersed, it will be really difficult to deal with.

Wen Xiao was impatient with the big demon's peacock-like display in front of Nanzhi, so he interrupted him directly: "Stop showing off and just tell me what you want to do."

"Simple." Zhu Yan said, "Use the demon-binding rope to divide us into two teams and tie them together to prevent us from getting separated or lost. If one of us gets into trouble, the others can come to our rescue in time."

"By the way, I want to be tied to Nanzhi."

"Don't even think about it!" Zhuo Yichen rejected it directly.

Everyone followed Zhu Yan's method and tied their wrists together with the demon-binding rope. Nanzhi and Wenxiao wanted to be together, but they were both weak fighters, so they had to have a team of strong people. In the end, Nanzhi, Zhuo Yichen, Wenxiao, Pei Sijing and Bai Jiu formed a team.

Yinglei stayed behind to guard the sundial to prevent others from approaching.

As for Zhu Yan, he said, "It's okay, I can do it alone."

As he spoke, he lowered his eyes dejectedly.

Unable to bear his strong desire to perform, Zhuo Yichen handed him his hand, signaling Zhu Yan to stop talking nonsense and hurry up.

Zhu Yan refused solemnly: "No, Master Xiao Zhuo, I must remain a virgin for Ah Zhi."

His kindness was taken for granted, and he was even teased by the other party. Zhuo Yichen immediately became angry: "You..."

As soon as he said a word, he saw Zhu Yan's hand already on the sundial.

The sundial started, and after a flash of white light, everyone disappeared in front of the sundial.

When he opened his eyes again, Nanzhi found himself standing in a familiar place.

Tianxiang Pavilion.

A dancer in gorgeous clothes passed by, and the ribbon on her arm brought a faint fragrance. Nanzhi raised her hand and suddenly found that the demon-binding rope in her hand was cut off cleanly.

The demon-binding rope that tied Wen Xiao and Zhuo Yichen's hands together was still there.

What made her even more uneasy was that Bai Jiu and Pei Sijing were missing.