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When Tang Ling heard this, she became anxious, "No, this isn't like sending a sheep into a tiger's den!"

"There are many points of doubt in this matter." Mu Xiaoling comforted Tang Ling, "Commander Hu's words have obviously been aimed at us from the very beginning. However, from the looks of the situation when we entered the city yesterday, Commander Hu is definitely not a person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong. However, our actions just now clearly confirm that we are the ones who did it."

Qi Tai was also confused. "So what?"

"This means that there is irrefutable proof of this, or there is someone who has absolute trust in Commander Hu and says that it was done by us. Since this Commander Hu is from the City Lord's Mansion, then the one that he can completely trust is naturally the City Lord's Mansion."

Mu Xiaoling pondered for a moment. "However, the mayor of this Immortal Yang City is already old and it's not possible for him to do such a thing. Maybe we should focus on the young master of the Mayor's mansion."

"Then that's it."

After they made their decision, the two of them quietly sneaked out of the Hundred Blossom House. With their big bamboo hats on, they walked into the darkness.

It was already late at night, and the surroundings were extremely quiet.

Gu Xiuhu put away his snow-white long robe and changed into a mysterious tight suit. Even without his robe, his movements were still graceful and elegant.

The two stealthily climbed over the walls of the City Lord's Mansion's backyard and flew up the long walkway.

At this moment, a person walked past the corridor. It was none other than Uncle Yu. Behind Uncle Yu were four servants, carrying a large box with much difficulty as they walked forward.

Uncle Yu said as he walked, "Carry it well and don't fall down. This is something that the eldest young master wants. If anything goes wrong, your family's lives won't be able to afford it."

Mu Xiaoling secretly looked at the box and saw a thick demonic energy emitting from the lid of the box. It was very similar to the one she had seen in the house. She then ordered Gu Xiu Hu to follow her.

The two of them followed closely behind, only to see that the box was not carried into a courtyard. Instead, it was carried directly into the garden, disappearing between the two fake mountains.

Mu Xiaoling secretly felt strange as she quietly slipped into the fake mountain. She immediately discovered that there was a small hole in the mountain that could only be entered by an adult.

"Master, I'll go in first." After Gu Xiu said this, he didn't wait for Mu Xiaoling to react and entered the cave.

Mu Xiaoling followed him inside.

After entering, he found that the inside was not as narrow as the outside. The two of them walked side by side without any problems.

After walking forward for about 20 meters, they reached the end.

Could it be that he had walked into the wrong place?

Mu Xiaoling instantly denied his guess. There was no other way out, it must be here.

Gu Xiu looked around, pointed at a rock, and said, "Master, look here. This rock is very similar to a demon beast from ancient times called the Blue Sand Beast. This beast is good at digging, but it has been extinct for a long time."

Mu Xiaoling looked at the stone that Gu Xiuhu had pointed at. The carving was extremely rough, the head was round and round, and the eyes and nose were no longer there, but it had a large mouth, a long, flat front foot, and a short back foot. If it weren't for Gu Xiuhu pointing out the name of the stone, she would have thought that it was naturally formed.

It wasn't just her. As long as she hadn't seen the original Green Sandstone Beast before, she probably wouldn't have noticed this crude looking sculpture.

"In ancient times, the demons loved to use the Azure Sand Beast as the opening mechanism, so opening the gate was not difficult." As Gu Xiu spoke, his hand twisted the two front claws of the stone carving.

The seemingly unitary claw really did move, and after spinning, the mouth of the stone sculpture widened, revealing a stone ring.

Gu Xiu pulled out the stone ring and a hole appeared in the wall.

Both of them went in and closed the stone door. There was a long corridor behind them. Both sides of the corridor were connected to stone doors. It was very crowded. Each of the stone doors had a small window which was inlaid with railings.

Mu Xiaoling followed the window and looked inside. She was surprised to see that there was a small square space inside. The space was small and the half-human, half-demon monster was locked inside with its eyes shut tightly. However, from its long breathing, it seemed to be sleeping.

This... What is this...

"Master, what happened to you?" Gu Xiu Hu held onto the pale-faced Mu Xiaoling with a worried expression.

"Monster." Mu Xiaoling took in a deep breath. She didn't know what to say other than being a monster. She didn't know what else to use to describe this kind of thing.

The demon dwellers were all corpses, so even if they didn't die, they would still die after turning into demon dwellers. The demon dwellers were still breathing, and only their necks had green scales, but they didn't have claws on their bodies.

Gu Xiu looked through the small window on the door. He was shocked at first, but then he became serious and indifferent.

Mu Xiaoling had never seen such an emotion from Gu Xiu Hu. "Do you know what that is?"

Gu Xiu shook his head. He didn't say a word and just walked away.

Mu Xiaoling followed closely to the sound of footsteps.

Both of them looked at each other and quickly pulled an empty cell to hide inside.

The sound of footsteps came closer and closer, then gradually faded into the distance. Finally, it disappeared at the end. There were four people who were carrying the box earlier.

Mu Xiaoling looked through the small window on the door to confirm that there was no one outside. Then, she and Gu Xiuhu walked out of the room and down the corridor.

At the end of the corridor, there was a stone room. The stone room's door was wide open, and the owner of the room didn't seem to be worried about anyone coming in.

Mu Xiaoling took a few light steps forward and tilted her head to look inside. Her pupils suddenly dilated.

It was a large stone room, and on one side was a bookcase filled with books. Facing the bookshelf was a long table, upon which various tools were piled messily, and on the other was a stone bed, on which lay an old man dressed in cloth, his entire body exuding a pitch-black demonic aura. Beside the bed stood two people, one of them was Uncle Yu, and the other was a man in his thirties.

Presumably, this person was the Eldest Young Master of the City Lord's Mansion, Fu Wanwu.

The next moment, Uncle Yu's words proved her conjecture.

Uncle Yu said, "Eldest young master, most of the beggars in the city have already been caught. We can only look for them now, but this is already the tenth one this month. If we catch more, I'm afraid it'll be dangerous."

"No way!" Fu Wan excitedly grabbed onto Uncle Yu's shoulder: "Absolutely not, I don't have much time left. I have to hurry. Uncle Yu, you watched me grow up. Could it be that you are willing to watch me die, I will definitely succeed."