On one hand, Du Feng wanted to avoid arousing suspicion, and on the other hand, he didn't want the girl to rely on him too much. It wasn't that he was cold-hearted, but this dependence would turn into a sense of responsibility, which would hinder his progress.
"Big Brother, will you leave soon?"
After helping his sister prepare the things needed for the medicinal bath, the little boy also came to the third floor underground. At this moment, his mood was a little down, because from all of Du Feng's actions, he wouldn't be staying here for long.
"Yes, I'm here to look for someone."
The purpose of Du Feng coming to Cloud City was to find his father, the Alchemy Emperor, and also to find Shanghai Yun to clarify the past. After these things were clarified, he would leave Cloud City. This was because this place made him feel very uncomfortable. Under the flourishing surface, there was hidden danger that no one knew about.
"Who are you looking for? I can help you."
The little boy and his sister depended on each other, and his sister was seriously injured, so he did learn many survival skills. From the point that he could tell that Du Feng was a good person at first sight, this stinking brat's eyes were quite accurate.
"I'm looking for an old grandpa, he's good at alchemy."
Originally, Du Feng didn't want to mention the matter of looking for the Alchemy Emperor to anyone. But for some reason, he trusted the little boy very much. Although he didn't mention the relationship between him and the Alchemy Emperor, he gave the old man's portrait to Xiao Hui.
"Okay, I'll remember!"
The little boy was really too smart, after seeing the Alchemy Emperor's portrait, he burned it immediately. He could only remember it in his heart, but he couldn't bring it with him, in case others found it. This matter of big brother must be kept a secret to the outside world. Otherwise, he wouldn't need to be so sneaky, he could just put up a notice, that way it would be faster to find him.
This child was really sensible. Seeing Xiao Hui's obedient look, Du Feng couldn't help but nod. Since there were three floors to live in, he might as well let his sister Qin Siling live on the first floor, Xiao Hui live on the second floor, and Du Feng live on the third floor, the lowest floor.
Each floor had a bedroom, living room, kitchen, training room, and other different rooms, even if Du Feng went upstairs to go out, he wouldn't disturb Qin Siling in the bedroom. After everything was arranged, it was already dark. Since there was a curfew in the Cloud Capital, he might as well not go out tonight. It wouldn't be too late to ask around tomorrow.
"Bang, bang, bang …"
Since last time, the Netherworld Eyes that Du Feng had set up outside would explode after midnight. There would be no sign and no sign of the Netherworld Eyes would explode. The explosion of the Nether Eye meant that the monster had come to the outer city again.
"Big brother, do you know what's outside?"
The little boy seemed to have gotten used to what happened every night, so he wasn't afraid. However, he was very curious and wanted to chat with Du Feng.
"Do you know?"
Du Feng didn't answer. Instead, he asked back. Since Xiao Hui grew up in Cloud Capital, he might know something different. In the end, he did hear something unexpected.
From Xiao Hui's point of view, the thing that came out to eat people was not a ghost like in the legends, but some kind of demon beast. But because he was very strong, no one could catch him. The men in the inner city obviously had the strength, but they didn't care about this. So Xiao Hui had a wish, that was, when he was strong enough, he would kill the demon beast that ate people at night.
Of course, this was just his wish, because even an Ascendant Realm martial artist would be eaten by that unknown monster. Xiao Hui didn't even want to Cultivation in the Powang Realm, it was simply a fantasy to kill it.
In fact, Xiao Hui's view was not unreasonable. The so-called demons and ghosts were just a cover to fool people. Anything that lived in this world had to rely on strength to speak. Whether it was a demon beast, a ghost, or some special monster, or a fierce beast, it was nothing more than a stronger combat power. As long as the strength of human martial artists surpassed them, then all the monsters and ghosts could be crushed.
Even a child understood this truth, how could the old residents of Cloud Capital not understand it? Some of them had lived in this land for decades or even centuries, and this kind of thing had long been common. No one had ever tried to kill that man-eating monster, allowing it to wreak havoc in the city. Just how big of a secret was hidden in it?
Xiao Hui also proposed another theory, which was that the monster was too strong, even the masters of the inner city couldn't kill it. So they reached some kind of agreement, allowing it to come in and eat people every night from three to five, and the higher-ups of Cloud Capital would pretend not to see it. As long as it didn't invade the inner city, everything would be fine.
Thinking about the walls of the inner city being so high, this theory seemed to make some sense. If it wasn't to defend against the monster, why would the inner city walls be so high and thick? In any case, the demon beasts in the forest wouldn't rush over. With the Black Dragon River as a barrier, the demon beasts in the forest wouldn't be able to rush over.
"What kind of strength do you think, to kill that monster?"
Du Feng continued to chat with Xiao Hui, wanting to hear more of his opinion. According to Xiao Hui's analysis, it would take at least an Ultimate Emperor Realm Cultivation cultivator to be able to fight against the man-eating monster. This was because in the Cloud Capital, Ascension and Ascension realm cultivators had all been eaten by the monster, but there had never been an Ultimate Emperor Realm cultivator being eaten.
This meant that there were two possibilities. Either the monster wasn't strong enough to eat an Ultimate Emperor Realm cultivator, or it had reached some kind of agreement with the higher-ups of Cloud Capital not to attack Ultimate Emperor Realm and above cultivators.
The outer city of Cloud Capital was very large, and it would take a long time for the monster to walk around the entire city at night. As such, Du Feng suspected that there was more than one man-eating monster. However, all the people who encountered it died, so no one could figure out just how many man-eating monsters there were.
Tonight's commotion was much quieter than last night, because many newcomers who didn't understand the situation had taken the risk to wander the streets, only to be eaten by the monster. Tonight, they were much more well-behaved. At most, they would hide in their houses and observe from the windows. As such, even if the monster came out in the middle of the night, it might not always be able to eat a living human.
"Crack! Crack! "
Just as Du Feng was chatting with Xiao Hui, the sound of the ruins being moved suddenly came from above. The ruins were located in an alleyway with many twists and turns. Most monsters would rarely come here. In people's minds, the monsters were usually very large and only walked along the main road. As such, the first to suffer were the inns and shops along the street.
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