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The scene was chaotic, the dozen or so guards were no match for Fang Lu and the two of them, and they were beaten to the brim. Just when Lu Danxu stepped on the guard lying on the ground and was about to rush over to beat up the man in green, a voice Gao Drink: "Everyone stop!"

It turned out that someone noticed the conflict here and called Zhao Ting in time.

The two sides parted temporarily, and the beaten bruised and swollen guards got up groaningly, but there was a gloating expression on their faces-it would be easy to handle when the castle owner came, as we all know that the eldest lady is his darling, let the newcomer If you are favored more, you will probably be severely punished.

Sure enough, Zhao Ting looked around the man in green with great concern, and asked nervously, "Ah Ran, are you injured?"

Ji Ran glanced at him, and said stiffly: "No."

Zhao Ting heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "What happened, why did you make a move? Did Mr. Shen bump into you?"

Ji Ran said coldly: "Whether he bumps into me or not, I will set up rules for him as a newcomer. Is there any problem?"

Zhao Ting shook his head: "No problem. But you misunderstood, Mr. Shen is just a craftsman hired by me, and has nothing to do with it."

Ji Ran obviously didn't believe his words, and sneered, "So you are determined to protect him, aren't you?"

"Aran, don't be willful." Zhao Ting said in a helpless tone, "Young Master Shen is my distinguished guest."

Ji Ran didn't speak any more, looked at Zhao Ting with undisguised disappointment and anger, turned around without saying a word and strode away.

Zhao Ting said to Shen Budu apologetically: "Your offence, I will take Aran to apologize to you some other day." Then he chased Ji Ran away.

Lu Danxu was a little surprised, and leaned close to Shen Budu and muttered: "I didn't expect that the castle owner is very kind to his eldest lady."

He originally thought that Zhao Ting was just a pervert full of waste, but he didn't expect that his attitude towards Ji Ran was gentle and patient, with a look of attaching great importance to him.

One of Zhao Ting's confidants knew Shen Budu's status was noble, so he tried to flatter Shen Budu, and explained in a low voice: "Young Master, I don't know, the eldest lady met the Castle Master when she was young, and the relationship is very good, so the Castle Master values ​​him very much." he."

Fang Shaojun couldn't understand at all: "Since the relationship is good, why do you have to marry so many concubines?"

"Men, how many are not lustful? Naturally, the more beauties around the better." The confidant whispered, with a slightly ambiguous look on his face, "Besides, the eldest lady has not been in good health for the past two years. ...It is not enough to satisfy the castle owner, so the castle owner will naturally go to pamper others."

Shen Budu had been thinking about it all the time, at this moment he heard the words and asked: "Madam is not in good health?"

"Yes, I don't know what kind of strange disease I have, and the doctor can't see anything." The confidant said, "So the castle owner pays great attention to his safety, and always has many people to protect him when he goes out. Madame, the castle master will be furious."

At the end, I did not forget to flatter you: "Today, you did not criticize Mr. Shen half a cent, which shows how much the castle master attaches importance to you."

Shen Budu was noncommittal, and took Lu Danxu and the others back.

Lu Danxu didn't pay too much attention to this matter, and whispered to Shen Budu: "Master, then Zhao Ting should be comforting his eldest wife at this time, or I will take the opportunity to search his residence for a search?"

"no need."

Several people were taken aback, looking at him puzzled.

"I have a conjecture," Shen Budu said softly, "I need you to follow me to verify it tonight."

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Ji Ran sat at the table, staring at the dancing candles in a daze.

"Ma'am, are you still angry?" The maid serving in the room thought he was still worrying about the day's affairs, so she came over to comfort him and said, "If you want me to tell you, that vixen surnamed Shen won't be arrogant for long, look at the castle master." He stayed here with you all night before leaving, he clearly still cares about you the most!"

"Is it."

Ji Ran smiled lightly, his expression no longer had the cold and arrogant expression of the day, but showed a bit of boredom and exhaustion: "Go down. I want to rest."

The maid hurriedly retreated, and Ji Ran sat at the table for a long time before finally standing up, rubbing her brows and walking towards the bed.

However, when he turned around, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black figure in the corner of the room. He was startled and was about to call someone, but the other party quickly covered his mouth.

"Although you may not believe it, I really have no malicious intentions." Shen Budu whispered in Ji Ran's ear, "Let's talk."

After he finished speaking, he let go of his hand, and Ji Ran sneered, his eyes sarcastic and disdainful: "What do I have to talk to you about?"

But he didn't call out immediately, as if he wanted to see what kind of tricks the person in front of him was trying to play.

"Are you a demon?" Shen Budu cut to the chase, paused and then added, "Snake demon?"

Ji Ran's pupils shrank, and his contemptuous expression immediately changed. His eyes were full of astonishment, and his tone was angry and unbelievable. Every word was filled with overwhelming anger: "Zhao Ting told you!?"

"Don't get me wrong," Shen Budu laughed, "I'm not that familiar with him."

Ji Ran calmed down a bit, and after thinking about it, he felt that the possibility was unlikely, and stared at him with great vigilance: "Then how did you know?"

"I am quite familiar with the smell of demons." Shen Budu said.

As for why I can definitely know that it is a snake demon...

It's because there used to be a fox that liked to catch snakes as snacks. He had seen a lot of them, and he had an impression of the smell of snakes.

But there is no need to explain this to Ji Ran.

Ji Ran looked at Shen Budu in surprise.All monsters that can transform into human form have been cultivated to the extreme, and they can basically hide the monster aura perfectly, not to mention mortals, even monks can seldom be aware of it from their appearance.

But the person in front of him could see through his identity at a glance, how did he do it?

At this moment, he will never confuse this person with those vixen who seduced Zhao Ting.

Shen Budu continued: "As far as I know, demons are very strong physically. Except for being injured and dying in battle, they basically don't suffer from illnesses like ordinary people. But I heard that your health has not been very good in recent years... Have you thought about why?"

Of course Ji Ran thought about it, and was especially confused.

His cultivation base is very high, and he was a good fighter in the clan when he was young. Later, he met Zhao Ting and concluded a soul contract with him.Logically speaking, his cultivation base should rise with the tide, but the fact is just the opposite, his body is getting weaker and weaker, and his cultivation base is not advancing but retreating.

He knew that Zhao Ting had set up a forbidden spirit array in Zhaojiabao, but Zhao Ting had specifically lifted the prohibition against him, and he was able to mobilize his spiritual power at ordinary times.

But his spiritual power was still exhausted day after day, as if he had a strange disease that could not be cured.

He saw Shen Budu's gaze while his thoughts were in confusion, and found that there was some regret and pity in it, and he felt irritable and flustered in his heart, he gritted his teeth and said, "What are you trying to say? What do these things have to do with you!?"

"I want to leave Zhaojiabao, I have to break the forbidden spirit formation." Shen Budu didn't give a shit, and said directly, "So I came to you to find the formation."

"Eyes? I don't have any eye here!" Ji Ran subconsciously denied.

He really didn't know where the eyes of the Forbidden Spirit Formation were.Zhao Ting relied on the Forbidden Spirit Formation to seal the obedience and obedience of Zhaojiabao's rule, and to firmly control everyone in his hands.The eyes of the formation are the deepest secrets he has hidden, even if he is as close as Ji Ran, he has never revealed them.

Shen Budu didn't speak, his eyes fell on him quietly.

At first, Ji Ran just felt inexplicable, but gradually realized something from that gaze, a thought suddenly popped up in his mind, like a sledgehammer knocked him unconscious.

"...What do you mean? You don't want to tell me that I am the eye of the Forbidden Spirit Formation, do you?" Ji Ran almost laughed absurdly, but the hairs on his back couldn't be restrained, "Impossible! I He has a soul contract with Zhao Ting, he can never do that!!"

He resolutely denied it, but he couldn't help recalling some details in his mind.

He has a soul bond with Zhao Ting, so it is absolutely impossible for him to betray him. Why did he ask the forbidden spirit many times, but the other party always smiled and perfunctory?

Zhao Ting was not that powerful at the beginning, but later he used the Forbidden Spirit Formation to control the Zhao Family Fort in an airtight manner. Anyone who entered his territory, no matter how high their cultivation level was, had no room for display and could only be slaughtered by Zhao Ting. Zhaojiabao has only grown stronger year by year.

But in the year when the forbidden spirit array was set up, he began to feel exhausted, his spiritual power was rapidly drained, and his body was depleted day by day...

"Impossible, this is impossible..." Even though his heart was close to panic, Ji Ran still couldn't believe this absurd fact, and kept repeating nervously, "I have a soul contract with him... We have known each other for 16 years It's..."

The process of him getting to know Zhao Ting was actually very clichéd.

He was only sixteen at the time, and he was a troublemaker who caused headaches for the elders of the snake tribe. He usually led a bunch of little snakes to fight everywhere, and he was a little overlord who made other monster teenagers frightened.

It's a pity that one day he bumped into an iron plate and was followed by an old vulture demon.He fled to the river bank covered in bruises. He thought he would lose his life, but he met a human youth in his twenties.

That is Zhao Ting.

At that time, Zhao Ting was young, handsome, and soft-spoken. Ji Ran was inexperienced, and was quickly coaxed into a daze by Zhao Ting. He even concluded a soul contract with Zhao Ting despite the fierce opposition from his seniors.

Because the other party swore that he would treat him well for the rest of his life, would live and die with him, and would never let him down.

The Snakes are so straightforward, Ji Ran never imagined that human beings often don't take promises seriously.

He left his hometown and followed Zhao Ting to Beihuang, and worked hard with him. From having nothing to building the Zhaojiabao with his own hands, Zhao Ting has always been very kind to him, but with the arrival of status, power and money, the person who said he would be devoted to him began changed.

Ji Ran couldn't believe it at first, and even got into a fierce fight with Zhao Ting, but the other party coaxed him with a good temper and said that everyone else was just acting on the spot, and the only person he loved in his life was Ji Ran.

Until Zhao Ting got into the concubine in the first room, things got out of control later, and the second room appeared...the third room...

Ji Ran would be furious at first, and would argue with him hoarsely, but then gradually became desperate.

He found that he couldn't stop Zhao Ting.

And for some unknown reason, his health is not as good as before. Once he gets too angry, he will feel dizzy. Numb and indifferent.

He also asked Zhao Ting to terminate the contract in frustration and let him go home.However, Zhao Ting refused gently and forcefully, and his tone was even harsh: "Ah Ran, the soul contract cannot be canceled. Didn't you say that you want to stay with me forever?"

yes.Ji Ran thought, but you also said at the beginning that you would love me alone and never betray you.

In the soul contract, if the human beings do not agree, the monster race is not qualified to unilaterally terminate the contract.Ji Ran had no choice but to stay in Zhaojiabao and spend his days wasting away.

One day he saw himself in the bronze mirror. Although his face would not age due to his monster physique, and even his facial features became more beautiful and enchanting, his eyes were numb and almost hollow. His eyes were like two dark dry wells, and the lifelessness inside made him feel so sad. He himself felt terrified.

Is this face really Ji Ran?

Sometimes he can still recall his appearance when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, full of vigor and vigor, and he liked to lead his younger brothers to run wildly in the wilderness and jungle after winning the battle, even the wind behind him couldn't catch up with his speed.

So free, so willful, so proud.

But now?

He was trapped in a back house, and he would get tired and cough if he walked two more steps. The only thing he could do was to fight with Zhao Ting's dozen or so concubines, and order the servant girl to slap those vixens.

He actually became like this.

It became the appearance of the former self who didn't even bother to look at it.

Big drops of tears fell down, and there was no need for Shen Budu to remind him, Ji Ran had already fully understood the fact that he was unwilling to admit——

He has been ruined by Zhao Ting.

Totally ruined.

Looking at the young man who was crying bitterly, Shen Budu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He was still thinking earlier, would a person like Zhao Ting, who is so dissolute and greedy, really have such a deep friendship with his first wife?Only now did I realize that Zhao Ting was so worried about Ji Ran's injury that so many guards guarded him when he went in and out, not to protect his safety at all, but to protect Ji Ran from being damaged.

The eyes of the Forbidden Spirit Formation usually choose living things with aura, such as springs, vegetation and so on.But no matter how flexible and flexible these things are, they are not as easy to use as humans.

But very few formation masters would do this, because the formation eyes must provide the core strength for the entire formation, and it would be exhausted after a long time. If people were used as formation eyes, it would be deliberate to kill people.This Zhao Ting actually uses his lover with whom he has a soul bond as a front to eradicate enemies and plunder beauties, it is really——

Not as good as animals.

"It's not too late for you to see Zhao Ting's face clearly now." Shen Budu whispered, "You are still young, and the lifespan of the demon race is long. As long as the soul contract is released, you are still free."

Ji Ran shook his head, "Zhao Ting won't agree."

There was strong sarcasm and resentment in his eyes, he hated the other party's poison, and even laughed at his own stupidity: "Since he uses me as an enemy, he intends to consume me to death, how could he be willing to let me go?"

"It doesn't matter if he is willing." Shen Budu said, "When a person dies, the contract will be terminated naturally."

Ji Ran paused.

Shen Budu asked lightly: "Reluctance?"

Ji Ran smiled slowly, and a thrilling hatred and madness appeared on her beautiful face.

"how is this possible?"

"Zhao Ting once said that he would live and die with me, but now he wants my life, how can I let him miss the appointment?"