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In the dark and spacious dungeon, there was only the shallow breathing of a person.

The man sat quietly behind the cell door with his eyes closed.The quietly guarding shadow beside him swayed gently with the candlelight.There were no other prisoners around, nor any guards. This place carried a dead silence that was almost abandoned by the whole world.

After an unknown amount of time, he seemed to feel something, and suddenly opened his eyes and listened attentively.

despair.

It was a person's footsteps, echoing constantly in such a closed place.

clatter.His face gradually became solemn, and he even heard a kind of calmness and a kind of strong self-confidence from the unhurried footsteps.He suddenly felt ill.The uneasiness in my heart gradually spread, and a pain of being completely controlled by others replaced all emotions.

clatter.Two more footsteps sounded, this time right in front of him.

As if he didn't hear anything, the body that was sitting peacefully suddenly fell down.He clutched his lower abdomen tightly, his body convulsed and twitched.His expression was extremely distorted and horrified, his eyes were about to split open, and his eyeballs almost rolled out of their sockets.He seemed to be in great pain.

That figure just stood there quietly, watching all his pain coldly.The flickering candlelight made his shadow lengthen and shorten, and his body seemed to be swaying like life, which looked very strange.

The hourglass slowly slid down, and after an unknown amount of time, the curled up figure slowly straightened up, and he raised his head in embarrassment, with even a trace of weakness that he had spurned in his eyes.However, when he saw the figure standing in front of him, he was stunned for a moment: "——It's you."

"Yes, it's me." The figure spoke slowly.

"Why did you come here?" His mind seemed to have not recovered from the experience just now, and he shook his head with a dullness, trying to make himself more aware: "Did you make those just now? Mind reading Pulse control technique? Why?"

"Hee hee, Master, his reaction is so strange." It was the voice of an immature child, soft and soft, and it sounded very comfortable.

He froze for a moment, and looked around the other party, but found nothing.But I heard the man say again: "Master, is he looking for me? Will Abu come out?"

He looked horrified, this time he heard clearly that the voice came from the shadow on the ground opposite.Seeing him looking over, the shadow swayed slightly, as if greeting him.

"Test," the person on the other side said, and he repeated coldly: "The one just now was a test."

Even knowing his strength, he couldn't help showing a little anger on his face. He stared at him with burning eyes, and asked through gritted teeth, "Why!"

Both the figure and the shadow couldn't help laughing lowly, as if his question was very funny.The figure didn't answer his question, but instead asked, "Are you confused? Do you really want to know what the truth is?"

His whole body was shocked, and he hurriedly asked: "You know?"

"I know," the figure said, "but if you want me to tell you, you have to agree to one condition."

He looked a little hesitant, and the figure continued: "I know that with your ability, it is not difficult to know these things. But it takes time for you to find out the truth, and what you need most now is time."

He finally made up his mind and said in a low voice, "Tell me—I don't care about any conditions."

The figure possessed him and whispered a few words in his ear.When he straightened up, he was still standing there in a daze, whether it was because of shock or other complicated emotions.

"Master," Shadow said curiously, "His reaction is so strange, it's not at all like when Master knew about these things."

He was shocked suddenly, and an unimaginable guess came to his mind, "Could it be, could it be that you are..."

The figure said flatly: "Okay, don't think too much. I've told you everything I need to tell you. After all, we are both...you should have the right to know these things. Remember my words, and then rot them forever In the belly, don't mention it to anyone."

The figure turned around and was about to leave, but he suddenly stopped him, looked at him deeply, and after a long time, said with a complicated expression: "You haven't said what the conditions are."

The figure was silent for a moment, as if thinking about something: "I want your time for a year, and I want you to help me protect a person."

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That night, Kong Zhu was not the only one who couldn't sleep.

The patriarch's house is not far from the Tongtian Pillar, and it is the tallest building on the top of Hanchuan.She was lying on the roof of one of the rooms.Looking down from the roof, with her eyesight, all the buildings on the top of the cold river, and the patrolling clansmen have a panoramic view.

"——" The sound of the door opening was extremely loud, and the person who walked out slowly had a cloudy expression on his face, looking at the direction of the dungeon in the distance, wondering what he was thinking about.

Kong Zhu couldn't help laughing, it turned out that she couldn't sleep either.She withdrew her gaze, lay down on the ridge of the house, and looked up at the night sky above her head.The light of the stars in the sky flickers on and off, and there is an indescribable mystery in the arc of walking.

The footsteps gradually sounded beside him, Kong Zhu didn't realize it, he pointed to the stars in the sky and said, "What did you see?"

"The emperor star is dim, and the Zhou star is ups and downs. The Seven Killing Star fell, and the Pojun Star was born in the sky. The world will be in chaos, and the new master will rise." Shi Sang lay down beside her, imitating her and putting his arms under his head, Looking at the bright stars in the sky: "Are you too nervous to fall asleep?"

It was rare for Kong Zhu to be a little awkward when he heard the words, and being poked into his heart, he couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "I want you to take care of it!" She had never been to other places except the imperial palace and the top of Hanchuan since she was a child.Going to another strange place suddenly, dealing with different people, and intrigue, although she is prepared, she is not afraid, but she is still a child after all, so she will inevitably feel a little uneasy.

Shi Sang chuckled and said, "You are my daughter-in-law, why can't I take care of it?"

Kong Zhu poked her cheek, and muttered in a low voice: "Aren't you still asleep?"

"Someone broke my enchantment and went to the dungeon, I'll come out and take a look." Seeing Kong Zhu's confused face, she added: "I set up an enchantment at the entrance of the dungeon, after all Xingkong is too dangerous. A strong man in the realm of nothingness, if no one restrains him, let him let go of his hands to kill, he can easily kill you. I have set up an enchantment to warn, and there is usually no one there except the guards will pass."

It may be that the night is too soft, or it may be because of the uneasiness about the unknown, the atmosphere between the two of them is very warm tonight.No one deliberately mentioned the taboo that cannot be touched.

"Then why don't you go and have a look? What if Xing Kong is rescued?" Kong Zhu lowered her head in discouragement. She thought that there were people who were as nervous as herself and couldn't fall asleep. But not because of nervousness.

"Forget it, even if it passes by, I probably won't see anyone. It's not ordinary people who can break my enchantment. How can they be caught so easily. As for Xingkong, I have a formation around him. Now the formation has not been touched." Shi Sang straightened up, moved her head to his lap, stroked her hair, and said with a smile: "Ah Zhu, how can you be so cute!"