Xie Lian stared at the red-clothed youth.
"You …"
He wanted to say something.
However, now that countless eyes were looking at him, Hua Cheng's attitude was very ambiguous. It was as if he knew him, but at the same time, he didn't know him.
Xie Lian didn't know if he couldn't show that he knew him in the Ghost City.
He did it on purpose.
He didn't say much. He only said, "Thank you."
Lang Qianqiu said, "Why thank him? This place was owned by him.
He had bad intentions from the beginning. "
"…" Xie Lian said in a low voice.
"Your Highness, don't say anymore.
Let's go. "
If he stayed any longer,
He didn't know what Lang Qianqiu was going to say. Moreover, he still had matters to attend to.
Xie Lian couldn't stay any longer. He looked at Hua Cheng a few times.
He pushed Lang Qianqiu out. At this time, Hua Cheng said from behind him, "Wait."
Hearing this,
Xie Lian stopped again.
He turned around. A voice among the ghosts said, "City Lord, we can't let them go just like that!"
"This person's movements are suspicious and he has extraordinary strength.
His background is probably not simple. In my opinion, we should keep him and interrogate him. "
"That's right. Who knows, he might be a spy sent by someone to deliberately cause trouble in our territory!"
This last sentence was heart-wrenching. They were indeed from the Heaven Realm. However, their original intention was not to cause trouble. They were only here to investigate the situation. Xie Lian wasn't sure if Hua Cheng had seen the trace of spiritual light that Lang Qianqiu had revealed in a moment of desperation. He wasn't completely confident that he would let them go if he had seen it. His heart was slightly in his throat. However, he heard Hua Cheng say leisurely, "Aren't you going to leave the bet?"
Xie Lian was slightly startled. "Bet?"
Lang Qianqiu blocked in front of him and said warily, "Are you going back on your word again?"
Xie Lian thought to himself, "San Lang won't go back on his word if he promised someone. He probably has other intentions?" Thus, he stood out from behind Lang Qianqiu and said, "But, didn't I already win the bet just now?"
Hua Cheng said, "Brother did win against me just now. That's right. However, don't forget that you still lost before. "
Xie Lian stared blankly for a moment, then said, "But you said it's fine, it doesn't count."
Although it didn't count if he lost the bet, it only counted if he won the bet. This sounded rather shameless, but Xie Lian still asked shamelessly. Hua Cheng said, "Of course the bets you made with me didn't count. What I'm talking about is the first bet you'll make below. "
Only then did Xie Lian remember that Hua Cheng was talking about the time when he tried to compete with Xiao Xiao and threw two sixes.
Lang Qianqiu said in a low voice, "I already said that he had ill intentions and did not intend to let us leave so easily. I won't be locked this time. "
Hearing that he was ready to fight another round and was eager to try, Xie Lian hurriedly pulled him back and said, "It's nothing, don't be nervous. There's no need to fight again."
On the other side, Hua Cheng tilted his head and asked, "What do you think? Brother, do you admit it? "
Since he was willing to bet, he had to accept his loss. What else could he do other than obediently admit it? Thus, Xie Lian nodded his head and said, "I admit it."
Hua Cheng spread out his left hand and said, "Then, give me the stake we agreed on."
… … The stake we agreed on?
After hesitating for a moment, Xie Lian reached his right hand into his left sleeve and felt around. He fished out half a steamed bun. Unable to look at it directly, he braced himself and handed it over. "You're talking about … … this?"
Honestly speaking, when he fished out this half a steamed bun, Xie Lian felt that his face, which had never crumbled in eight hundred years, suddenly trembled a little and couldn't hold it in anymore.
The group of ghosts in the hall had long been speechless and could only watch quietly. This was the first time the City Lord had made a bet with someone, and the stake they agreed on was an unfinished steamed bun. That was fine. Perhaps the City Lord was just messing around for fun. However, the City Lord had actually asked someone to take back this half a steamed bun with a deadpan expression. Speechless, truly speechless. Some of the ghosts couldn't help but have a bold thought: either this half a steamed bun hid a shocking secret, or this person really was the City Lord's older brother!
Hua Cheng, on the other hand, accepted it with a smile. He lifted it up and gave it a glance before shaking it in his hand. "I received the stake."
Seeing that he really accepted it, Xie Lian didn't know what to say. After a long time, he finally said, "That … … it's cold. It seems, it's a little hard. "
Hua Cheng said, "It's fine. I don't mind. "
With his reply, Xie Lian didn't have any leeway to continue. He had already said all he could say, so he turned around and walked out. Just now, the group of ghosts in the gambling house had made way for him because they saw that he was the first one to step forward. He was a brave warrior. But this time, when they made way for him, they were all looking at him with reverence and curiosity. Xie Lian had only taken a few steps when he heard the ghosts behind him say, "City Lord, City Lord, where are you going next?"
Hua Cheng lazily replied, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'm going to the Extreme Happiness Square."
Hearing this, the entire hall erupted in cheers, as if it was a festive occasion. Xie Lian couldn't help but turn around to take a look. Coincidentally, he saw Hua Cheng also turn around. In his hand, he was holding the half a steamed bun. He tossed it up and down before casually lowering his head to take a bite.
Seeing this scene, the soles of Xie Lian's feet slightly paused. He didn't know why, but he felt that he really couldn't stay in this place for a moment longer. He quickened his pace, pulling Lang Qianqiu along as he ran out at lightning speed.
The two of them left the gambling house and madly ran for a long distance. On the way, they almost knocked down all kinds of peddlers' stalls. With great difficulty, they arrived at a slightly more secluded alley. Shi Qingxuan immediately emerged and met up with them. Shi Qingxuan fanned his fan wildly, causing his hair to fly in disarray. He said, "That was close, that was close. My mother, I was so scared just now that my face turned white."
Probably because he rushed too quickly, Xie Lian's heart was also thumping hard. Lang Qianqiu said, "Yeah, Wind Master, I feel that your face is also very white now."
Shi Qingxuan touched his face and laughed, "Is that so? Hahahaha, this isn't because I was scared, this is my natural … Cough! Cough, Qianqiu, in any case, you are also a martial god that oversees a region, how can you be so impulsive? This is the territory of the Ghost Realm. If you were to be caught and your identity was exposed, it would spread out that the Heaven Realm's Heavenly Officials had disguised themselves and sneaked into the Ghost City. Their actions were strange and they destroyed the peace of the Three Realms. How are we going to explain this to the Emperor? "
Lang Qianqiu lowered his head and admitted his mistake honestly, "I'm sorry, I was impulsive just now." He then raised his head and said, "But those gamblers are too crazy. If that man opened that cup, no matter if he won or lost, the result would not be good. Either his daughter would be unlucky, or his peers would suffer. I was angry for a moment, so I broke that cup. "
Shi Qingxuan said, "Then you don't have to rush out by yourself."
Lang Qianqiu was stunned and said, "Then Wind Master, what should we do? If I don't rush out, no one else will. "
He asked seriously. Shi Qingxuan used his fan to poke his temples in a bit of a headache and said, "This …"
Xie Lian smiled and said, "Forget it."
Lang Qianqiu looked up at him. Xie Lian continued, "I think that even if His Highness Tai Hua is captured, no matter how he is interrogated, he will not tell the other party his identity. However, in order to prevent the other party from finding out any clues from his words, Your Highness should be careful in the future and not be caught. "
Lang Qianqiu nodded and said, "Alright! I got it. "
Shi Qingxuan said, "Let's not talk about it anymore. Ah, by the way, Your Highness the Crown Prince … "
When he said "Your Highness the Crown Prince", Xie Lian and Lang Qianqiu turned to look at him at the same time. Shi Qingxuan said, "Oh, I'm calling the older one."
"…"
Xie Lian rubbed his eyebrows gloomily and thought to himself, "Older … Alright, I'm a little older, but not much older. Why do you always talk about me as if you're talking about an old man?"
Shi Qingxuan said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, have the two of you met before in the Divine Martial Palace? If you haven't met before, let me introduce you to each other. This is the Crown Prince of Yong An Country, Lang Qianqiu, the Martial God in charge of the East. This is His Highness the Crown Prince of Xian Le Country, Xie Lian. He is a Divine Official who is greatly relied upon by the Emperor. "
There was no need to say the word that he was stuck in. Xie Lian also knew what it was originally going to be. However, he forcefully changed his words halfway and did not even care about the flaws in his sentence. When Lang Qianqiu heard this, he looked at Xie Lian and asked curiously, "You are the Crown Prince who has ascended three times?"
It seemed that Lang Qianqiu had really slept from the beginning to the end in the Divine Martial Palace and did not even remember who he was. If it was anyone else who said this in front of Xie Lian, it would undoubtedly be a mockery. However, these words came out of Lang Qianqiu's mouth. Xie Lian completely believed that this child really only felt that it was very strange to have ascended three times. He smiled and said, "Yes, it's me."
Lang Qianqiu said, "Thank you so much just now! Otherwise … … "He thought of something and hurriedly lowered his head to put away his belt. He tied it tightly with a face full of lingering fear. He obviously did not think too much about the relationship between Xian Le Country and Yong An Country. Shi Qingxuan also felt that this introduction was more or less enough. He said to Xie Lian, "Your Highness, doesn't this Blood Rain Tanhua know you? Why did I pretend to be unfamiliar with you just now? "
Lang Qianqiu tied his belt and said, "Is that really Blood Rain Tanhua? Is it his original body? "
Before Xie Lian could open his mouth, he heard Shi Qingxuan say, "How could it be his original body? Hua Cheng must have changed more than a hundred skins. No one knows what his original body looks like. The last time I went to Ban Yue Pass and saw him, he seemed to be more or less like this. It must be a fake skin. Fake, fake. "
However, Xie Lian always remembered the words that Hua Cheng had said to him in Pu Qi Monastery, "The next time we meet, I will use my original appearance to see you". In his heart, he said, "It's true."
However, of course, he did not say this out loud. Seeing that everyone else was certain that it was a fake skin, only he knew that it was the true appearance of Blood Rain Tanhua. It was as if he knew an incredible little secret. Then he thought again, "San Lang's appearance is not much different from before. It seems like he is just a little bigger and a little taller. If that's the case, when he first met me, he was actually more or less using his true appearance. "Inexplicably, he felt a little happy.
On the other side, Shi Qingxuan said again, "Everyone says that Hua Cheng has a strange temper. It seems that he really is strange. He was obviously throwing the game for you, yet he still pretended to not know you with a straight face. I don't know what he's up to. Could it be to make us lower our guard? "
Hearing this, Xie Lian coughed a few times. Sure enough, everyone could see that Hua Cheng had thrown the game for them in the gambling house just now. It was no wonder. Rather than saying that he had thrown the game, it would be better to say that he had opened the floodgates. Only Lang Qianqiu could not see it. He frowned and said, "Did he throw the game? Why? "
The other two patted his shoulder and tacitly chose not to explain more to him. They left Lang Qianqiu standing alone in the same place, thinking about why Hua Cheng had thrown the game for Xie Lian. Was it because they knew each other? The two of them turned around and walked away. Xie Lian said, "Now that our whereabouts have been exposed, what should we do next? Change our skin and come again? I don't recommend changing our skin, but it's useless. With His Highness Tai Hua's palm strike, the Ghost City should strengthen its vigilance. "
Shi Qingxuan said, "To be honest, I thought that we would be exposed, but I didn't think that we would be exposed so quickly."
Xie Lian sighed and said, "I understand, I understand."
Shi Qingxuan said, "If you've been exposed, then so be it. Since you've been exposed, why don't you just come out in the open? "
Xie Lian faintly guessed in his heart what was meant by "in the open". Sure enough, Shi Qingxuan said again, "Right now, if you still want to cover up your lie, you can only go to Hua Cheng in the open and tell him that you specially came to see him this time. He knows that you are a Heavenly Official from the Heavenly Realm, right? If he knew, it would make sense that you brought a few Heavenly Realm subordinates. "
Unexpectedly, before Xie Lian could answer, Lang Qianqiu heard it and said, "No!"
Shi Qingxuan said, "Why not?"
Lang Qianqiu said seriously, "Your Highness Xian Le, do you know Blood Rain Tanhua? From what I heard, you and him can be considered friends. "
Xie Lian nodded. Lang Qianqiu said, "Of course not. Although I don't think that this Ghost King is a good person, he let you off because he treats you as a friend. Since that's the case, you can't lie and deceive your friends. "
Shi Qingxuan said with a headache, "Hey, Qianqiu, you're really stubborn!"
Xie Lian smiled and nodded, saying, "It's pretty good. His Highness Tai Hua said so. "
Lang Qianqiu smiled and said, "You also agree with me, right?"
Shi Qingxuan said, "What's good about it? At least we have three Heavenly Officials. If we come out and return empty-handed, they will definitely say that we are less efficient than Ling Wen Palace Hall. It would be so shameful."
Xie Lian smiled. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a burst of ghostly wails and wolf howls coming from behind him. The three of them couldn't help but turn their heads to look. They saw that outside the alley, a group of demons and ghosts were chasing and fighting as they ran over, shouting, "Where's that little masked guy? Where's that little masked guy? "
Xie Lian saw the other two people's vigilant expressions and said, "It's okay, they're not looking for us."