Bloodline Survival Guide

At midnight, Chen Zhen closed the "Poetry Collection of Tagore" in his hand.

The gardenia on the page of "The Only Light" has withered and turned yellow.

Chen Zhen kept thinking about that rainy night.

After that day, he sent three text messages to Shen Mingguang.

One was: "Shall we go to the gym together?"

did not return.

The other one is: "Do you think that my blood race is too strange and difficult to get along with, and you don't want to talk to me?"

did not return.

The last one, posted three days later, is: "Next time we meet, I will make you forget me."

Still didn't return.

Chen Zhen also didn't give himself a chance to let him and Shen Mingguang have another chance to 'meet next time'.why?

Don't ask, just don't know.

He looked at An Jing's mobile phone, sighed, and called Lilith.

When it was connected, there was the sound of a symphony.

Lily's voice was very low, "What are you doing? I'm listening to the performance, Vidal..."

Chen Zhen choked, feeling very upset, "Who took you out?! You ran out to play again!"

Lily didn't say who she ran out with, Chen Zhen heard her keep saying 'sorry'.It took half a minute for Lily's angry voice to come over: "What are you doing! Shouldn't you be sleeping at this point! It's midnight in China right now?"

Chen Zhen sighed, "I have an appointment later, I can't sleep today. Ma'am, I have something on my mind and I want to talk about it."

"It has something to do with the man from last time, right?" Lilith said in a taunting tone, "I'm trying to hide it for you. When you return to China, you have to bring me a gift. I want a cheongsam."

"Got it." Chen Zhen pouted, "I want to talk about it, Lily."

"Before you told me, I was curious about what you said before...that man, what's going on, how are you?" Lilith smiled, "Is he handsome? How tall? How old? What is his figure? Haha, Vidal, I used to think that you would be crooked, but now that I think about it, it’s really not surprising at all.”

Chen Zhen: "..."

"Handsome, not handsome..." Chen Zhen muttered something in Chinese, then switched to English, "Anyway, he is more handsome than the one you like. Just... a head taller than me, and his figure is okay... …I haven’t seen that either.”

He suddenly remembered the dream that night, Shen Mingguang and him on the plane...

Chen Zhen inexplicably felt a burst of hotness rising from his cold body.

"Is it a head taller than you? That's very suitable for kissing Vidal!" Lilith became excited instantly, "Have you done it? Is Vidal comfortable? How does it feel? How is the Chinese man?"

Chen Zhen: "..."

Afterwards, Chen Zhen failed to confide successfully, but was instilled a pile of yellow waste by Lilith's anti-general science popularization.

"No progress?" Lilith sneered, "Do you need me to ask Andre how to tease others?"

"I want to officially start with someone, not just want to sleep with him." Chen Zhen sighed, "But I think the other party seems... not very interested in me, I can't tell. Anyway, he treats me coldly for a while, and warm for me for a while. .”

"That is to treat you as a candidate, plan B." Lilith said with a firm tone, "Then what do you think of your own performance?"

Chen Zhen thought for a while, "Under expectation? It seems very bad. After all, I don't have enough experience."

"Don't pay attention to him." Lilith sighed, "You are so good-looking, he didn't even look at you, maybe you are a very demanding person, or you really don't like men. Little Vader, let's give up, I Let Andre recommend a few hunks for you to take a look..."

Chen Zhen hung up the phone when he heard the hunk.

After he hung up the phone, he sighed at the "Guide to the Survival of the Bloodline" next to the "Poetry Collection of Tagore" in front of him.

The page that opened reads: 'Don't fall in love with humans easily, the risks are high and the results will be painful. '

It seems to make sense.

When Chen Zhen closed the "Guide", he could only shake his head and temporarily forget about Shen Mingguang.

Let's do this first, let him think about it later.

Chen Zhen looked up at the time, sighed, and was about to go to the appointment.

When he arrived at the garage, he hesitated for a moment, feeling a little reluctant to drive.So he went back and changed into black clothes, put on a cloak, and planned to run directly there.

When he put on the cloak, he looked at his hair, and the dyed hair roots appeared silvery white again.Chen Zhen frowned and thought about it for a long time, but she always felt that dyeing her hair twice for three days was not the answer.

But it's going to be late, at least not today.

Chen Zhen put on the cloak hat again, opened the window, and blended into the night.

When he was outside the blood market, he knocked on the door, and the blood slave with dry skin saw him hastily lowered his head and handed over the parchment.

Chen Zhen glanced at it. There were quite a lot of fingerprints on it. He bit his finger and smiled, "There are quite a few people here today. Is there any festival?"

The blood slave still lowered his head when he replied, "It's not a festival. There are so many people today because from this week to next month, all blood sold in the blood market will be discounted by [-]%. There are full discount activities."

Chen Zhen frowned and pressed his handprint on it, looking at the back of Xue Nu's head with dark red and golden eyes, "Is your Liu family short of funds?"

The blood slave didn't dare to answer this question, and could only say, "I don't know, my lord forgive me."

Chen Zhen didn't care either.He lifted his cloak and walked slowly into the blood market.

Since he arrived in Sichuan, he has regularly come to participate in the blood market every week.Today's crowds, however, are estimated to be twice as high as before.

Some of them were faces Chen Zhen had seen and smelled, and most of them were smells from outside, strange smells from other cities.

There is a kind of echo among the blood races, and they can feel the smell of each other.Compared with appearance, stature and height, 'smell' is the label for them to identify others.

And this smell is also a business card of each blood clan's identity.

Ordinary vampires, pure blood vampires, ancestor vampires, the power in the 'smell' is different.Stronger bloodlines are inherently aggressive to other bloodlines and cannot be avoided.

This 'smell' is the 'blood spirit' of the vampires.

Chen Zhen would put away his blood spirit a few times before, but not this time.

As soon as he stepped into the blood market, as if a special button was turned on, the crowd fell silent for an instant, and the crowded street automatically parted a lane for him.

In Chen Zhen's eyes, it was like playing slow motion at the moment - on the left and right, these blood spirits of his clan seemed to have turned into strips of different colors, vying to float towards his position, Make a silent self-introduction to Chen Zhen.

This is a ritual for the blood clans to welcome their superiors.

Chen Zhen folded her hands behind her back and squinted her eyes to feel it.

Light red, the blood spirit is very thin, it should be a very gentle blood.Rose red, the blood spirit twists and turns, probably a tactful and romantic female blood...or a male.Big red, this blood spirit looks heavy and strong, maybe it is a male blood with a strong mind...

Surrounded by hundreds of blood spirits at a distance, Chen Zhen walked slowly.

He looked at it slowly and nodded, which is polite.

The blood races with different clothes and looks all clenched their fists on their left chests when he passed by, and bowed down to salute him silently.

Chen Zhen knew very well that this was not really respecting him, what they respected was Chen Zhen's lineage and the Ou headquarters behind him.

When Chen Zhen began to realize that the whole street was a little quiet because of his arrival, the atmosphere became a little weird.

He sighed inwardly, stopped, and snapped his fingers.

A cluster of bats flew out from the cuffs of Chen Zhen's cloak, and immediately scattered in all directions, landing in different places on the shoulders of different people.

He raised the volume a bit, "Everyone, don't be so restrained, I'm here to play too. Many clansmen may be seeing me for the first time, I'm sorry for disturbing everyone... The friend who stopped my bat on his shoulder, tonight's expenses Count it on my account, and I wish you all a happy day."

As soon as he said this, the crowd immediately burst into laughter.

A glamorous girl with a bat on her shoulder boldly threw a bunch of fresh frozen blood grapes, "Thank you for your hospitality, my lord, this is my return!"

Chen Zhen raised his hand to catch it, bowed slightly to the girl from afar, and then blinked at her, "You're welcome, and thank you ma'am."

After such a commotion, the surrounding atmosphere changed instantly, and someone threw messy things at Chen Zhen again.A burly man threw a blood ganoderma over and shouted, "My lord! I put the treasure at the bottom of the box, take it back and drink it!"

"My lord! This is my blood rose. I put my blood on it." A young boy with phoenix eyes and a slender face handed over a blood-red rose.The rose was probably raised with blood, it was so red that it was so red that when you pinch the petals lightly, blood would drip down.

The boy didn't leave after sending the flowers, he smiled and compared his heart to Chen Zhen, his eyes were full of ambiguity, "My lord, come to me anytime when you are lonely, there is my contact information on the petals."

"Who is Xiao Qin making a fuss about! You don't even look at who this is!"

The boy was pushed away by another tall, thin and neatly dressed girl, who took out a box from her bag two or three times and threw it towards Chen Zhen, "My lord, it's done! The blood ginseng I raised by myself is a boring little thing." Just eat and play! Also, my lord, you are so handsome!"

"My lord, don't pay attention to these two siblings! It's a mess!"

"Who are you talking about messing with Zhou Hai? Did you mess with your bed?"

……

Chen Zhen couldn't laugh or cry, and walked all the way, with their 'meeting ceremony' stuffed in the pockets of his arms and even the hat of the cloak.There were all kinds of messy things, most of which Chen Zhen had never seen.

He walked to the end of the long corridor, kicked the door with his toe, and the door opened immediately.

Liu Feng was obviously waiting for him here.He lowered his head to finish the salute, then raised his head, and when he saw the mess in Chen Zhen's arms, he was stunned for two seconds before saying, "Your Excellency is very popular, everyone likes you very much."

"Everyone is... unrestrained." Chen Zhen smiled and shook his head, "The atmosphere is good."

"My lord, there is an allusion called 'Pan An who throws fruit'. I don't know if you have heard of it." Liu Feng joked with a smile, "In ancient China, there was a handsome man named Pan An. Because of his handsome appearance and outstanding literary talent, he often Being surrounded by many women, in order to express their love, the common people will always throw food on his car, and even the old women are vying to throw fruit and food on his car to express their love, so every time he comes back, he is full of rewards. This It's called: Throw Guo Pan Lang, return with a full load. My lord is almost like this today, if I come a few more times, I'm afraid that these fellow clansmen will take out all the treasures at the bottom of the box and dedicate them to your lord."

"You're pretty good at flattering." Chen Zhen glanced at him, "You don't usually flatter others, do you?"

"My lord, I'm sincere, and I'm not lying." Liu Feng said, reaching out to pick up the thing in Chen Zhen's hand.

Chen Zhen gave him all the things in his arms, and left a light pink cotton candy that smelled like rabbit blood in his hand.He took a sip and it felt good.

Liu Feng gave the things to the servants, helped Chen Zhen take off the cloak, and led him inside.

When he entered the restaurant, Chen Zhen had finished his cotton candy.

He had just entered the room when he heard Bai Lin's bluffing voice, "Hey, my lord has finally arrived."

Just as Liu Changsheng and Yu Liang wanted to stand up, Chen Zhen pressed his hand and said, "Both sit down."

"That's right, don't beg for prayers, eat quickly!" Bai Lin walked over and pushed Chen Zhen to the top, and started a grand introduction, "My lord, you have been here in our Land of Abundance for almost three months, and it's only the first time." If you eat hot pot, I have to give you a good break."

Chen Zhen looked at the red, steaming pot in front of him, and smiled, "Okay, hurry up."

"Come on, listen up." Bai Lin folded his folding fan and pointed to the pot in front of him, "This hot pot is our Chinese specialty, with a long history dating back to the Warring States period. This hot pot is all about cooking while cooking." While eating, it is still steaming hot, and the soup is one. But our hot pot is not simple..."

Liu Changsheng felt that Bai Lin was talking too much, so he simply stood up and interrupted him, "Sir, what we eat is a little different from what humans eat. The hot pot in Sichuan usually uses blood as the soup base and then seasoned. Look here The side dishes on..."

Liu Changsheng pointed to the small plate on the table, "My lord, this is monkey blood."

"This is cow blood...that's rabbit blood, and the plate in your hand is human blood. The one in front of Patriarch Bai is our homemade blood sausage, and the staple food..."

Liu Changsheng pointed to the blood-red round thing in front of Chen Zhen and said, "That's the bloody steamed bun that the cook just got out of the steamer."

Chen Zhen nodded, then pointed to the small dish in front of him and asked, "Is this the dipping sauce?"

"That's right, my lord, it seems that you have read our "Guidebook" well!" Bai Lin smiled and helped Chen Zhen boil the blood sausage, and put the vegetables in his bowl flatteringly, "When it's cooked, just dip it in and eat it .”

It was a fairly peaceful meal.

Chen Zhen was half full after eating, and was perfunctorily chatting with Bai Lin, when he saw a bat flying towards Liu Changsheng's ear and stopped for a while. Liu Changsheng's expression changed, and he ordered Liu Feng behind him What, I told Chen Zhen that I had something to deal with and got up to go out.

"Patriarch Liu has been very busy recently." Bai Lin waved her fan and smiled, looking at his back.

Chen Zhen satirized him with a smile, "On the other hand, Patriarch Bai is very busy. Is there nothing to be busy in your territory? Running to the south every three days is because of the liu family's territory, but not your own. Or do you have any other ideas?"

There was something in Chen Zhen's words, and Bai Lin immediately covered her mouth in an exaggerated way, "My lord, don't talk nonsense! You think I'm willing to run to the south, isn't it because the wolf king is about to wake up, and I want to come and watch the fun too."

Chen Zhen paused with his chopsticks.

He froze for a moment, "Wolf King?"

Seeing Chen Zhen's expression, Bai Lin was also suspicious, "My lord, don't you know?"

Chen Zhen frowned, put down his chopsticks, "I don't know."

Bai Lin and Yu Liang looked at each other, seeing that the surprise on Chen Zhen's face didn't look like a joke, and they were also a little confused.

The three of them stared wide-eyed in silence for a long time.

It took a long time for Yu Liang to smooth things over with a smile, "My lord is probably obsessed with studying recently, and I don't know much about these mundane things. It's just... the wolf king of the southwest tribe is about to come of age."

Bai Lin also added on the sidelines, "It stands to reason that adults don't need to hear about the wolves here. It's really unnecessary. But this time it's not a small matter. You can listen to it as a story after dinner. ... Sigh, after all, it is the wolf king once in a thousand years. It is rumored in their wolf clan that the one who awakened this time is some kind of ancient wolf king. Just a little nervous."

Chen Zhen understood.

This is not the level that can be passed as a story.

According to legend, the wolves are guardians blessed by the earth, and their strength is closely related to the earth. The awakening of the wolf king will definitely disturb the atmosphere of the entire tribe.This will make many young wolves who have not yet transformed into wolves transform in advance, and it will also make the vampires in the same area... feel very uncomfortable.

"No wonder." Chen Zhen frowned, looking at the blood-red soup base in front of him.

Recently, he often feels that the air has become very smelly, and he can't control his temper.

It turned out that the wolf king was about to wake up.

But this matter, Ou headquarters, and blood shadow, no one told him about it.

Chen Zhen's heart sank.He glanced at Liu Feng who was standing next to him, "Then why did the Liu family hold a big sale recently to attract so many people, are they looking for help, or are they trying to cause a commotion?"

Liu Feng kept his head down.

Seeing him pretending to be dead, Chen Zhen called his name directly, "I'm asking you something, Liu Feng."

"My lord." Liu Feng raised his head and smiled, "I'm just a servant, I don't know anything."

This is no small matter.

Chen Zhen now needs to contact the headquarters immediately to ask for clarification, and then call Liu Changsheng out to have a good talk, although he has to go back to school in three hours.

"Let's eat here today." Can't delay.Chen Zhen stood up, strode out, and said goodbye to them.

He was very uncomfortable, there must be something wrong...he should not be completely ignorant of all this.

Bai Lin and Yu Liang stopped after seeing him at the door, while Chen Zhen walked sideways while putting on his cloak.

When walking out of the iron gate connecting the market corridor and Liu's headquarters, Chen Zhen noticed that a group of black clothes were trotting along the path on the right, carrying things in their hands, as if they had moved something.

Chen Zhen glanced over there.

wrong.

He was in a hurry, but suddenly stopped in his tracks.

This taste...

Yes……

He frowned and closed his eyes, followed the scent and walked over there, just about to sniff it carefully, when another stronger scent covered the faintly discernible one before——

Then a voice cut in.

"My lord, I will see you off."

Liu Changsheng stopped in front of him at some point, blocking Chen Zhen's way to explore.

Chen Zhen opened his eyes, frowned at him, looked at him for a long time, and then looked down at the things in his hand.

The source of that strong fragrance was a pot of mint in Liu Changsheng's hand.The mint scent is refreshing, with a bit of sweet blood smell, it looks like a rare good thing.

Chen Zhen only glanced at the mint, then raised his head to look at Liu Changsheng.

"My lord, this is the blood mint prepared for you." Liu Changsheng handed it to him with both hands, and explained in a deep voice, "A piece of this blood mint has a refreshing taste and was cultivated by my sister. It is the best It's a treasure. Take it home and eat it, just feed it with a drop of blood a day."

Liu Changsheng talked a lot, while still holding the pot of mint steadily in his hand.

Chen Zhen didn't answer or pick up.

The two stood there without embarrassment, Chen Zhen stared at Liu Changsheng, Liu Changsheng looked at him expressionlessly, his expression remained motionless.

The two people seemed to be confronting each other silently, the air was quiet.

They stared at each other for a long time before Chen Zhen didn't say a word, didn't say thank you, and took the pot of blood mint.

Chen Zhen patted the scattered soil on the edge of the flower pot, smiled at Liu Changsheng inexplicably, then turned around neatly, and flashed into the darkness.