The villain's daily corpse collection

There is a different world inside Rongbao Tower, with nine floors, which symbolizes the nine heavens in mythology. Nine is the largest yang number among all numbers, and also means infinity.

A young jade master was introducing the structure of Rongbao Tower to the guests in front, and the guests gradually gathered together.

"Each floor is named after the Nine Stars, and all the floors are filled with various types of jade. Today, the fifth floor, which is the Five Stars of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, will be open for guests to visit."

After entering the building, Huo Feng inexplicably felt like he was at home.

The decorations are all based on folk mythological paintings, with gods from all directions coming, some riding on clouds and mist, and some riding on strange beasts. The gods hold supreme instruments in their hands, and look down at the sentient beings in the lower world with compassion.

The colorful paintings on the pillars and walls of the hall make it look like mortals exploring ancient celestial relics.

Huo Feng looked around curiously. The hall was a neatly arranged square with a huge round sandalwood table in the middle. Beside the table were eighteen stone-carved hollow drum stools, representing eighteen guests who would be seated today.

"The placement here symbolizes 'the sky is round and the earth is square'. The jade food that will be served to the distinguished guests later will be the dust from the stars in the sky." The jade master introduced the clever ideas of naming and displaying to everyone.

There is a bronze bell in each corner of the four squares. It has a simple appearance and the body of the bell is engraved with dragon, snake and cloud patterns, which looks very interesting.

This time, due to special circumstances of the two guests, one's invitation was melted and he was disqualified, and the extra seat was just right for Du Ximiao and Yuan Xiang.

Shi Yao went into the building to arrange matters, while Wang Wei began to wander around freely and search for the shadow of the artifact.

Wang Wei stood in the crowd, looking at the familiar scenes around her, and felt like she was being judged by the gods. Her expression was serious and alert, not filled with wonder and piety like the other guests.

How many of these gods had killed her, and how many had been killed by her, she... didn't want to recall the past. But these murals were vivid, and some broken and old pictures vaguely emerged in her mind.

The strong smell of blood, like a huge wave, instantly engulfed her. Her throat was choked by the fishy and thick blood, and her lungs twitched. She tried her best to endure it, trying to stay awake, and went to a corner to regulate her breathing.

Suddenly, someone hugged her from behind, making her feel like she was leaning against a warm wall.

"Master, how are you?" It turned out that Huo Feng had noticed that her expression was not right just now, so he hurried over.

"Just now... it was like I was in a nightmare. I don't like this place. Let's use our spiritual sense to quickly find where the artifact is, and then take the things away." Wang Wei's face was slightly pale.

Huo Feng stood behind her, using his body to support her from behind. The air around her seemed to become even colder, and he could not hide his worry.

"Go ahead." Wang Wei smiled at him easily.

"I didn't expect you to be here too. Was it Shi Yao who brought you in?" A familiar voice suddenly interrupted, breaking the dull air like a new bell.

Wang Wei turned around and found it was Rong Fei. The jade on her mask was particularly dazzling today, but Wang Wei felt that it was not as beautiful as the original lines on her face.

Rong Fei: "What's wrong with you?"

Wang Wei shook his head: "No problem, how about you, how did you handle yesterday's incident?"

Rong Fei was silent for a moment: "The dead cannot be resurrected, and the murderer is still at large...but many people cannot see the truth clearly."

"What is the truth? You don't tell me." Wang Wei snorted.

Rong Fei was silent again, her eyes drifting off into the distance: "I've told many people before, but no one believed me. Instead, I was drowned in dirty water. Today is the last day, and I don't care about the truth anymore."

Wang Wei thought thoughtfully: "Giving up so soon?"

"I never gave up. I didn't ask for much. I just wanted - forget it. You and I have no relationship. There's no need to say so much." After saying that, she went to greet other guests.

Huo Feng appeared from somewhere again. He was very puzzled by Rong Fei: "Master, is she the one who came up with the puzzle? She is not clear every time she speaks. If she needs help, why doesn't she ask for it? She acted like this on the street yesterday. If you don't explain anything, the misunderstandings will only increase."

Wang Wei raised his eyebrows: "Maybe it's just like she said, it can't be explained at all."

"Oh, forget it. We shouldn't have interfered with them too much. I just searched this floor and found nothing." Huo Feng brought the subject back to the main topic.

The two began to work separately, searching for traces of the artifact in the building. From the top floor, the Gold Sun, to the bottom floor, the Earth Sun, they could not find any traces.

"How could it be?" Wang Wei didn't understand. Wasn't the direction she had been directed to be the jade? But when she arrived at the place where the jades were born, there was nothing there. Could it be that she had made a wrong judgment from the beginning?

Huo Feng activated his spiritual sense and searched every corner, but still found nothing. He asked, "Could it be that it hasn't been taken out yet?"

Wang Wei sighed: "We are gods. There is nothing in this building that I cannot sense. Let's wait a little longer."

The fifth floor shows the development history of two jade families, Rong and Shi. They asked painters to record important scenes such as discovering mineral deposits, mining obstacles, and meticulous carving, and then add text introductions to let guests feel the difficulty of this journey.

There are also many exhibits placed in mahogany boxes and displayed everywhere, all of which are works of famous craftsmen of the Jade Association and have extremely high collection value. The rich and powerful people can no longer hold back and start asking about the purchase price, but the jade masters who serve them just say don't worry, there will be better collections to be unveiled during the auction.

"Boom-thump-thump-"

The large square bell in the main hall on the ground floor was suddenly struck, emitting a series of melodious and rhythmic hums that lasted for eighteen times.

"Dear guests, before the banquet begins, the Jade Chef has prepared a few appetizers for you to try first. Then, the Rong and Shi families will jointly present today's main dish, which is the best from the new mine near Fang Huai Mountain. Please enjoy it slowly."

Rong Fei's voice resounded throughout the Rongbao Tower. Her voice was normal in volume, but it spread throughout the entire building for no reason, like the voice of a god, returning to the void and into the whole.

Shi Yao stood aside, looking at everyone with a smile, not minding that the limelight was stolen by Rong Fei.

The banquet began.

A row of waiters came out carrying blue and white porcelain plates, each of them well-trained.

The leading waiter introduced the dish to everyone: "The first dish is called 'White Jade Reflecting Sand'. All of you are outstanding people. No matter where you are, you are as pure and flawless as this white jade. This jade comes from the Shaoxianshan Jade Mine of the Shi Family. It is made of unpolished jade of the highest grade. It is washed with Taochuan water for ten years, then baked in a sand pot, and ground into powder after cooling. It is then ready to eat."

Each guest sat on a hollow drum stool, and the waiter placed a porcelain plate in front of each person.

A male guest picked up some jade chips and questioned: "How can we eat this powder? It's so dry and astringent that it's hard to swallow."

The waiter patiently explained: "Of course you can't eat it directly. You have to pair it with Rongbaolou's secret drink before you can eat it."

Then, each person was given a cup of milky white drink in a celadon cup, with some crystal fragments sparkling like stars on it. It was named "Golden Wind and Jade Dew", revealing that the rare yellow jade of the Rong family had been added to it.

"There is an ancient poem that says, 'When the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless things in the world.' In addition to your own virtues, finding a good match is also a great blessing in life. The stars and the jade dew are just like a good match, which is a match made in heaven. Qu Fu also wrote in "Chu Ci" that the gods 'suck jade liquid to quench their thirst'. This product guarantees that you will be satisfied."

"You talk so convincingly. I want to see how it tastes!" Another male guest tried it first, but choked for a long time because he inhaled the jade chips too quickly, and his face turned red.

"Bah, what's so disgusting? It's choking me to death!" He cursed and overturned the delicate porcelain plate to the ground. Fortunately, there was a thick blanket on the ground, so the porcelain plate was not broken. His expression was extremely angry.

The guests nearby were surprised, thinking that this reaction was a bit excessive and really inappropriate, and they started to whisper. The waiter bowed and apologized, and Rong Fei was startled and had to hurry down from upstairs.

"In any case, it's the fault of our Rongbao Tower. Let's change a set of tableware for this distinguished guest." Rong Fei behaved like a real businessman and knew how to take care of the guests' psychology, which was comparable to the head of Fangqiu Liang's family.

While waiting, other guests began to taste the delicious food.

Wang Wei sat there, looking at the glittering gravel in front of her. She felt that these people gathered here just to make trouble. The man next to her saw that she didn't even touch the treasures on the plate, so he asked for some and started to eat with relish.

Huo Feng sat in the opposite seat, and he did not move. The dish in front of him was a little dazzling. For some reason, he felt an inexplicable creepy feeling in his heart.

He used cutlery to stir the jade fragments on the plate, and looked around with his peripheral vision, noticing that someone was staring at the center of the venue. He looked around, but found nothing unusual.

At the same time, there was another distinguished guest whose mind was not on the inexplicable dispute.

Du Ximiao stared at Huo Feng since she entered the room. She nudged Yuan Xiang with her elbow and asked, "Do you think he is?"

Yuan Xiang: "I don't think so. Maybe he is just a person with some strength like Feng Lie and I, not what you call... a god. Moreover, the secret letter from Youguan to you said that the caster's whereabouts are erratic. The last time he appeared, he only appeared at the edge of Siqian City. And the letter said there were two people."

"It's been so long, maybe Fang Qiu has already come? I just observed him and the white-haired woman in green clothes opposite, and they seemed to know each other. They seemed to be strolling around, as if they were looking for something. Maybe they are acting separately to hide their tracks. Apart from anything else, that woman is definitely not an ordinary person." Du Ximiao affirmed.

"These are all your subjective assumptions, Your Highness. You really want to find a god. Have you forgotten all the misunderstandings we have had along the way?"

Yuan Xiang felt that he could no longer persuade them, so he used his trump card, "If they really are... then we must not alert them, maybe they will find out their identities have been exposed and run away? This information is very rare."

"That makes sense. I'll observe it further." Du Ximiao nodded.

Changing one's fate is the top priority in Du Ximiao's life and there cannot be any mistakes.

As one of the rare people who can communicate with the top intelligence organization "Youguan", she trusts the information she gets very much.

Du Ximiao spent a huge amount of money to find an immortal. She specifically stated that she was looking for an immortal, not a charlatan or a monk.

If she wants to find a cultivator, she will go to Lin'an Sect or Cong Mountain by herself. If that doesn't work, she can take the time to find Tianhe Gate hidden at the intersection of the two cities.

However, the reality is that even monks cannot go against the will of heaven and are trapped in the same place. What help can this get them?

What she was looking for was the pure God from heaven.

The "Youguan" organization once owed Du Ximiao's mother, Concubine Yuan, a favor, so Du Ximiao took on the most difficult task in history as a task to repay the favor. After so many years, there is just a glimmer of hope now, and she must seize the opportunity.

Wang Wei had already noticed the strange duo who had been staring at her and Huo Feng from the side. They had previously used their power to "buy" the invitations, and were still staring at them now. Could it be that they were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge?

"Ugh--" Suddenly a guest grabbed his throat and fell to the side, vomiting a ball of milky white sticky liquid from his throat. The people around him didn't realize what was happening yet, and the jade master who was serving the guests nearby hurried over to take care of him.

The man sitting next to him took a closer look at the vomit on the ground, and the next second he was horrified: "What is this weird thing? Why is it moving? Ah! My eyes hurt!"

"What's moving? What is this! Ah——"

"What's going on? Why do I suddenly feel unwell?"

All the guests who ate the delicious food noticed something strange in some part of their body. A kind of translucent thread-like nematodes emerged from people's nine orifices, the most obvious being the eye sockets, mouth, nostrils and ears.

For a moment, the banquet became a living hell, and everyone was trying to escape from this smoky and foul place. However, when they finally reached the door of the building, they were bounced back by a strange force at the door and could not get close to the exit at all.

Someone remembered that there was a window on the second floor leading to the outside world, so everyone climbed up to the second floor together, but it was all in vain. There was no way out on the third and fourth floors.

People then gradually realized that they were completely trapped in Rongbao Tower. They shouted the names of Rong Fei and Shi Yao, but they never saw the two people who hosted the banquet show up.

Liang Pan stumbled down from the upstairs, temporarily losing his usual ease and composure. A closer look revealed wriggling silver threads hanging from his nostrils.

With a dark face, he shouted, "Stop arguing, the head of the Rong family is missing!"

Wang Wei frowned. Is this about to begin?

For some reason, she also felt a little uncomfortable.

The noise suddenly stopped, and the next moment all the lights in the whole building went out. Everyone crowded and pushed in the darkness for a long time, and a little light came in from the gaps between the tiles on the roof.

The beam of light just happened to shine on the round table, which was now empty. The mess of cups and plates disappeared out of thin air, and everyone's attention was drawn to it.

"Do you want to leave here?"

There was a voice coming to my ears, or to be more precise, countless voices. These voices sounded like those of a withered old man, tender children, and there were also gentle male voices and pretty female voices mixed in.

The sound was ethereal and seemed strange and unusual in the almost midnight environment.

Because no one has found where the voice came from.

"If you want to leave, play a game with us. If you refuse me, you will die. Thank you for your support."