Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

Zhu Yu glanced at the young man who had finally swallowed the pill and said, "Senior Brother asked us to come here, saying that you and Luo Dai might need help. Now Li Yue has taken Shang Mian to the backyard to look for Luo Dai."

Shen Qiao understood. In fact, her spiritual sense had been paying attention to Luo Dai. There seemed to be some slight fluctuations when she tried just now, but it calmed down again after a while. She must have met up with Li Yue and the others.

After a few words, the young man woke up again under the effect of the drug. He opened his eyes and saw Shen Qiao, his pupils dilated rapidly, and then he jumped up from the chair in panic, alert, but did not take action directly like before.

Shen Qiao looked at him with both anger and amusement, "Why are you so excited? If I really wanted to kill you, you wouldn't wake up now."

The young man was half-believing and half-doubting. He glanced at Zhu Yu and Zhang Zhi and then returned his gaze to Shen Qiao.

"Who are you?" he asked for the first time.

"I'm Shen Qiao, the third-generation disciple of Tianxing Sect." Shen Qiao clearly stated his identity and took out his disciple token, flashing it in front of him. "So, can we talk properly now?"

Zhu Yu knew that Shen Qiao was planning her actions, so she did not interfere with her actions. She just watched from the side with Zhang Zhi.

"Are you from the fairyland?" The young man looked at the inch-long token made of green jade in front of him, and his whole body tensed up again.

He did not doubt that the man in front of him was a fake. After all, the words on the sect token would only be revealed when the person himself held it. If an ordinary person took it, it would quickly lose its luster due to lack of spiritual nourishment.

So nervous? He didn't show any weakness even after being beaten so badly just now, but now he's scared after hearing her identity?

Shen Qiao pondered the cause of his emotion and put away the token. "We passed by here and heard from the people in the city that they had noticed foreign artists disappearing after entering the Fenyan Restaurant more than once. We thought it was suspicious, so we wanted to sneak in and take a look."

The young man seemed to relax a little, "So that's how it is..."

Shen Qiao took in all these emotional changes. She guessed that the young man in front of her was afraid of their identity as cultivators, which was probably related to the Western Abyss magic that Cui Hongjin knew. After all, whether in the fairy world or the mortal world, such magic was strictly prohibited.

"If you really want to investigate what's happening in this restaurant, you can go directly to the backyard." The young man followed Shen Qiao's words.

"There is a restriction in the backyard of the restaurant. Only those with a specific token or under the guidance of a special person can enter Chang Xu's wine cellar. Ordinary people who force their way in will only be killed by the guarding spirits inside because they take the wrong path. You are cultivators, so you should have a way to break it."

"Have you been in there?"

The young man suddenly fell silent, as if hesitant.

Shen Qiao looked at him, but the more he looked at those crimson eyes, the more he felt... strangely familiar. However, Shen Qiao didn't take it seriously, thinking it was simply because he had read the description in the book and had formed a mental image of him, hence the familiarity.

"That means he has been in." Shen Qiao answered for him.

"Why did your city lord also want to attack this Fenyan Tower?"

The young man pondered the question for a moment and felt that it was possible to answer it, so he organized his words and began to speak.

"It's common knowledge that people often disappear from the Fenyan Restaurant. The City Lord has investigated the case numerous times, both covertly and overtly, but with little success. Although the case has been shelved, the City Lord hasn't given up on the investigation. He's sent people in disguised as artists to infiltrate several times, but unfortunately, none of them have ever emerged."

"Then how did you know there were two spaces hidden in this backyard?"

It seemed that he couldn't hide it for much longer. The young man frowned and hesitated for a moment, then had to admit that he had entered the backyard wine cellar.

"I... didn't enter from the outside. I originally came out from the inside, so I've seen the situation inside. But now Chang Xu has changed the way to enter, and I can't find the specific location of the wine cellar."

These words surprised the three people present.

Zhang Zhi couldn't help but speculate, "Are you also a victim of this?"

The young man lowered his head and said nothing.

Shen Qiao looked her up and down carefully, and finally asked tentatively, "Are you really the black snake demon in the mural?"

The young man was horrified, his eyes clearly filled with shock. He even unconsciously took a half step back and moved to the window. "How did you tell that? I clearly don't have any ability."

What was going on? Even if he truly was some kind of spirit, there was no need for him to be so afraid of them, the monks. They specialized in killing spirits.

Shen Qiao deliberately changed the subject of his identity and asked, "So this mural of Water City is in this Fenyan Restaurant?"

"Hmm," the young man replied, calming down a bit. "Originally, the wine at the Fenyan Restaurant was brewed using the water flowing from that mural. During that year's drought, if it weren't for the water from the mural, everyone in the city would have died of thirst. However, five years ago, the water from the mural suddenly stopped flowing."

"Having lost the most crucial raw material for brewing wine, Chang Xu had to start trying other brewing methods."

At this point, the young man paused briefly and sighed, "Actually, life in Bishui City is now many times better than before. The wine brewed with this ordinary water and ingredients is even more fragrant than before. But Chang Xu is almost obsessed with recreating the taste of the wine he used to have. He even goes to extremes, kidnapping people into the building, luring them to the wine cellar, killing them and bleeding them, insisting that this is the taste he wants."

"Although the city lord knew of his plan, due to the fact that the Fenyan Restaurant has always been a place where murals are preserved, and the prestige of the previous owners in Bishui City, it is difficult to act without actual evidence. Until last time, the city lord's secret agent sent a message saying that an artist seemed to have escaped from the restaurant. Chang Xu was furious because of this. So we speculated that this person who escaped must know something."

Zhang Zhi, who had been sorting out the news, suddenly understood. He clapped his hands and said, "Oh! I was wondering why your city lord chose you, brothers. Maybe it's because of this hidden clue that the person who escaped has returned?"

The young man nodded, "That's right."

At this point, the relationship between the two forces in Bishui City and the current situation are basically clear.

"But I still have a question." Zhang Zhi asked.

"Since you are the black snake demon carved on the mural, let me ask you, do you know why the mural is not flowing?"

The young man fell silent again.

Shen Qiao noticed that his hands on the window were getting tighter and tighter.

Now that the young man's background has been made clear, and the fact that Cui Hongjin knows tricks is also out in the open, Zhang Zhi's question is just a curious inquiry. Why does this young man look so fearful?

Could it be that there are other secrets that cannot be known in the murals of this water city?