Guilongchao: I played the domineering CEO to the bone.

"The sheet music... the sheet music is gone..."

When Min Moyou and Yu Bing encountered the carefree female ghost in the middle of the road, it was during the time when Tong was helping to find the sheet music.

Xiao Ran is a female ghost; her clones share the same memories and are omnipresent...

It's too late to say, then soon!

The griffin saw a ghost and swung its sword, but failed to kill it?

Let's do it one more time!

"Wait, wait! Please wait! She can talk, she's not a dragon skeleton, is she?"

Seeing this, Yu Bing quickly stopped her.

Having finally encountered a female ghost with whom one can communicate, one should keep her around to learn more information.

Seeing Min Moyou nod, the griffin continued to focus on clearing away the endless army of dragon skeletons in front of it.

Seeing that the female ghost showed no aggression—because she didn't know it was a female ghost and only assumed it was another dragon descendant entering the Dragon Realm—Yu Bing stepped forward and asked her politely:

"Hello, ma'am. I am Yu Bing from the Wu Li Yu clan. Have you seen my second grandfather? How is he now? Oh, when my second grandfather came out, he was leaning on a cane, looked to be in his sixties or seventies, a little hunched over, and wearing a top hat..."

"........"

The female ghost remained silent, only idly playing the pipa she held in her arms.

"How can you be like this? Don't you have any manners? Why aren't you saying anything? Did you do something to my second grandfather?!"

Sister Fengfan's strict and demanding personality is back in action.

But "this lady" didn't even glance at her, just stared blankly ahead, continuing to mutter to herself:

"The sheet music... the sheet music is gone..."

"What?! Why are you acting like you can't understand human language? What sheet music? I'm asking about..."

Yu Bing frowned, suddenly feeling a sense of powerlessness in the face of the human-machine interface.

"Is it possible that she isn't human?"

Min Moyou stepped forward and pointed out Yu Bing's predicament of being unable to "transfer to artificial intelligence".

"?!"

Yu Bing gasped and silently hid behind Min Moyou.

In fact, the so-called ghosts and resentments, according to the Dragon's Blood Realm, are just dragon remains or dragon shadows existing in a special form.

But Yu Bing was unaware of all this.

"How much do you know about what happened to your family's property—Linglong Pavilion—back then?"

"All I know is that there was a big fire... My uncle and great-grandfather never told me any of this."

"Judging from her musician's attire, she must be one of the victims of the fire at Linglong Pavilion back then?"

"Ah? Is that so? Well then..."

"By the way, why were you hiding behind me (laughs)?"

"Who, who's hiding? It's just a mere female ghost; we Yu family members aren't afraid of her..."

"I didn't say you were scared, did I? (Laughs)"

"...In short!"

A force called a sense of responsibility compelled Yu Bing to step forward! She stood before the ethereal female ghost once more.

"Since you are a long-time employee of the Yu family, if you have any requests... just say them! I... I, Yu Bing, the current head of the Yu family, will resolve them for you!"

Seemingly moved by Yu Bing's profound understanding, the female ghost's response this time seemed somewhat different.

"Sheet music...the sheet music was missing...the sheet music has been found..."

Actually, it was Hitomi who found the sheet music at the same time.

Yu Bing, however, believed that she had overcome her fear of the female ghost. Her responsible speech moved the female ghost, a long-time employee, so the female ghost decided to stop making things difficult for her.

The so-called "missing sheet music" is actually a way of waiting for a member of the Yu family with a strong sense of responsibility, like the head of the main family, right?

"Now that you've found your sheet music, could you tell me if you've ever met my second grandfather...?"

The female ghost glanced at Yu Bing blankly, devoid of any life or emotion, before her figure gradually faded away.

It was as if the strength that sustained her was about to run out, or as if she had realized that Min Moyou and his group were not the ones who could give her answers, and she was unwilling to waste any more energy on them.

"No? How could you be like this—! Is this the kind of quality my long-time employees at Yu's are?"

"Is this unnecessary and redundant?"

The griffins had already traveled quite a distance. Min Moyou took Yu Bing's hand and led her forward.

In fact, Yu Bing is a very strong-willed girl. She always felt that in the whole affair of finding her second grandfather, she was like a transparent piece of trash who was just carried along by Min Moyou.

This feeling made her very uncomfortable.

So she always wanted to show herself more, to increase her sense of participation, and to make herself feel better.

"Speaking of which... since that female ghost was a former employee of my Yu Clan, is this Dragon Domain a recreation of the Linglong Pavilion from back then?"

"Hmm, maybe."

Min Moyou remained noncommittal.

"Truly worthy of being the property of my Yu Clan! Even the dilapidated scene displayed in the Dragon Domain is so magnificent and grand!"

"You're getting all proud of yourself? Do you want me to tell you how 'glorious' your Yu Clan's Linglong Pavilion was back in the day?"

"Okay."

..........

Because Yu Bing was with Min Moyou, unlike in the original storyline, her uncle didn't call to boss her around or tell her to stop investigating the truth behind the Linglong Pavilion fire.

They even sent a member of the family's dragon lineage into the Dragon Domain, attempting to bring Yu Bing back to the Yu Clan from those two shady characters in the Dragon Tide Pavilion.

In fact, Yu Bing's uncle, who was far away in the Wuli District, had the idea of ​​calling to stop Yu Bing after hearing the news that Yu Bing had entered the Dragon Domain through the secret spell tool that Yu Bing was developing—a positioning little spirit eye worth about five or six Linglong Pavilions.

After all, it's a less-than-honorable aspect of the family, and Yu Bing, as a tool for marriage and a puppet family head, doesn't need to know that much.

But as soon as he picked up the Little Spirit Eye, Yu Youming pressed it down.

There was no other way; the pressure from investigating the Min family's apparent strength was simply too great.

Fearing that she might accidentally anger Young Master Min, she snatched Xiao Bing's little magic eye and said to them:

"My woman, Min Moyou, is none of your business, you old geezers! If you don't want to live anymore, I can be merciful and let you be buried early!"

...............

Master Zhu was struggling, recklessly and desperately making his way deeper into the Dragon Realm.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Tong encountered a small dragon carrying a gong.

The first thing it said upon seeing Tong was:

"You're here to rescue Yu Lao Er? The Yu family is full of scoundrels! Yu Lao Er must experience what it's like to be trapped in a cage! Brothers! Charge! Beat her up!"

Then the dragon skeleton holding the gong turned and went through a door. Tong vaguely heard an aged voice coming from inside: "Let me go..."

Then several dragon skeletons surrounded him, and one of them, in a particularly uncivilized manner, attacked Tong alone.

Tong: No? Are you being reasonable? This director isn't from the Yu family... There's not a single good person in the Yu family, why are you hitting me? ??

After battling the dragon skeletons for a while and eliminating several of them, Tong discovered that two keys were needed to open the door leading to the smaller dragon skeleton, so she turned around to find the keys...

After navigating a long series of mechanisms and puzzles, Director Tong obtained two keys, opened the door, and saw the phantom image of Yu Youquan.

Then they were ambushed by a dragon skeleton, and it took them quite a bit of effort to get rid of it.

Tong: What a tricky place the Dragon Realm is...

In short, through continuous puzzle-solving, Tong broke through several barriers, retrieved a few pages of paper with poems written on them, and arrived at a poetry gallery, where she discovered that the poems were written by Yu Youquan in her youth.

These poems activate new mission guidelines!

Xiao Ran then went on to say things like "lighting sky lanterns" and "if you want to know everything, come find me on the top of the pavilion," and so on.

Then, after Tong finally finished lighting the sky lanterns, she arrived at the top of the Linglong Pavilion's Dragon Domain, where she recreated an illusion of the Linglong Pavilion burning down. There, she encountered the ethereal female ghost who jumped out and said:

"...This is the price the Yu family has to pay. Yu Youquan will never be able to leave this place!!!"

Then came another mystery-solving session. After meeting Xiao Ran, he was forced to watch a torturous video of the old man Yu Youquan's phantom. He then fought with Xiao Ran and discovered that Xiao Ran was the collective resentment of the musicians who died on the day the Linglong Pavilion caught fire.

Hitomi: Is this right? Is this right?! Isn't this request a bit too complicated and tiring?!

Tong defeated Xiaoran's illusion at the cost of minor injuries and exhaustion. She pondered that now that she had defeated the Lord of the Dragon Realm, everything should be over, right? Then she'd see if she could find that missing old man, Yu Youquan...

Huh? Why isn't the Dragon Realm moving at all?

The longevity lock appeared at this time!

After mocking Tong for going to great lengths to defeat a self-proclaimed fake Dragon Lord, he told Tong that the true Dragon Lord was Yu Youquan, and that he needed to collect three pieces of evidence against the Yu clan to see him...

After doing all this, the longevity lock disappeared again, nowhere to be found.

Tong: Why do I feel like I'm just a tool in this director's game?

But for the sake of that small commission fee, Hitomi decided to suppress her uneasy thoughts and continue searching for evidence...

So troublesome, so troublesome, so troublesome!!!

But if I don't complete this task, this director really won't be able to afford to eat!

No money for food or anything... No way!!!

In conclusion, after a great deal of unraveling mysteries, Director Tong finally pieced together all the evidence against Yu Shi and revealed the truth of what happened back then:

Yu Youquan, the second son of the Yu family, is of noble birth, but his talent is mediocre. As a member of the family, he is required to stay in the study every day to study until he has the ability to support the family.

Xiao Ran, a musician, was confined to a painted boat called "Ni Chang Yue Fu" from childhood. She was trained as the top musician and required to practice singing and playing the pipa every day. Then she was asked to perform, and she had no freedom at all.

"Lighting the Sky Lantern" is a ceremony in which families in the Wuli District demonstrate their strength. The winning family can have musicians from the "Rainbow Music Hall" come to perform for them.

Yu Youquan, as one of the representatives of the Yu clan, also participated in that ceremony. Without exception, the winner was also from the Yu clan. However, Yu Youquan felt disgusted by the lavish banquets, the intrigue and deceit, so he wrote a poem yearning for freedom on paper and used his magic to transform it into a bird and release it into the air.

The bird inscribed with the poem was picked up by Xiaoran, a musician from the Ni Chang Music Bureau who was invited to play music at the Linglong Pavilion of the Yu Clan Industry. Feeling a resonance between their thoughts, Xiaoran immediately began to play.

Her playing was heard by Yu Youquan, and the two met and became close friends. They often found opportunities to compose poems and sing together, enjoying themselves immensely.

Yu Youquan liked this kind of life. He wanted to break away from the Yu family and escape with Xiaoran!

Just as he was making his plans, he overheard a conversation between his elder brother Yu Youming and the person in charge of Linglong Pavilion. The conversation was about how the new laws at the time did not allow powerful families to enslave and sell musicians, but the Yu family was still doing so in private in order to make money.

Yu Youquan, like a foolish boy, was used by those who wanted to target the Yu clan to collect the testimonies of musicians enslaved by the Yu clan as evidence, hoping to expose the Yu clan, bring them down in one fell swoop, and elope with his confidante, playing music for him without restraint from then on.

(Actually, the fox feels that Yu Youquan's sacrifice of his family to pursue his own happiness is quite beastly...)

However, on the day Yu Youquan and Xiaoran agreed to escape, Yu Youquan did not show up, and the best opportunity to escape had been missed. Xiaoran had no choice but to return to Linglong Pavilion to continue her "work".

It turns out that Yu Youquan's attempt to expose the Yu family's crimes was intercepted by Yu Youming.

When Yu Youquan fled, Yu Youquan secretly followed him...

Quan: "Who goes there? Come out!"

Ming: "It's me, your older brother."

Ming: "Youquan, where are you going at this time?"

Quan (frightened, she took a step back, but still made up her mind): "I...I'm sorry, brother, I want to leave the Yu family and live the life I want!"

Ming: "The life you want? Heh, with that carefree musician?"

Quan: "How did you know—!?"

Ming: "I know more than that... Look at this complaint, the handwriting looks so familiar."

(Seven or eight musicians, beaten beyond recognition, were brought up by Yu's servants and pinned down in a shadowy spot within Yu Youquan's line of sight...)

Ming: "Yu Youquan! You wrote this, didn't you? You want to ruin the Yu family's reputation and then escape with the musicians in the chaos? What a wonderful plan!"

Ming: "Unfortunately, you underestimated the Yu family. Countless people want to see the Yu family fall! Among them are many powerful and influential families. How could we let a mere bunch of rats succeed?"

Ming: "She, they, are nothing more than a bunch of parrots kept in cages for people to watch... You betrayed your family for them?! You betrayed me?!"

Ming: "Do you remember what our father taught us? Everyone has their own role, destiny, responsibility, and obligation... Some people are born to be commanders! Some people are born to be caged and watched!"

Ming: "A person can only realize their value when they are in their proper place. Yu Youquan! Don't you know your destiny, your position, and your value?!"

Quan: "What... exactly are you trying to say...?"

Ming: "Don't you understand? Everything you desire! Everything!! Is impossible!! Because your destiny, your position, your value, everything you have! All belong to the Yu family! And can only belong to the Yu family!"

Ming: "You'll spend your whole life just like us, locked in the cage of the Yu family, making it stronger and stronger, more and more unbreakable!"

Ming: "Do you think it's unfair? But this is how we, our people, our parents, all live. You are no exception, so don't even think about escaping."

Ming: "Besides, what makes you think you're so great?! Because you're a piece of trash?"

Quan: "Then... what about them? What about Xiaoran?"

Ming: "Today, a great fire will ignite Linglong Pavilion, and everything, including the caged birds and the evidence of Yu's crimes, will be reduced to ashes!"

Ming: "It's a waste of all the years of cultivation that the Yu family has put into them... It's just a pity that they have such disobedient mouths."

Ming: "And you, Yu Youquan! You've dragged them down! And there's nothing you can do but obediently fall into a deep sleep. When you wake up tomorrow, you'll spend the rest of your life repenting for the foolish things you've done."

Quan: "No—!! No!! This is...my sin—!!!"

(Yu Youquan was suddenly struck hard on the back of the neck and lost consciousness.)

.................