Qin Yao led the girl carrying a long sword, carrying the afterglow of the setting sun, walking through the long street with hurried pedestrians, and stepped into the Jieyou Inn where the fragrance of wine was faintly floating.
"Dongdongdong."
Slowly arriving at a room on the second floor, Qin Yao raised his hand and knocked on the wooden door. Bai Rourou followed him quietly.
"Card."
In the room, Ah Xing opened the wooden door with both hands and greeted respectfully: "Master."
"Are there any guests?"
Qin Yao looked up at the square table in front of the large window, but on the square table, he saw a kind uncle with a slicked back hair, gold-rimmed glasses, and oval cheeks, sitting opposite Uncle Jiu, wearing a long black coat.
The silver cross pendant hanging on the chest gives the whole person a gentle and elegant atmosphere.
Needless to say, just with this outfit and this temperament, Qin Yao instantly determined the identity of the other party - the most mysterious person in the entire "Pawn Shop No. 8" besides the black shadow, Father Bai!
In the original work, although he looked more like a behind-the-scenes villain than the shadow with his always smiling face, there was no shocking twist until the end.
He is a good guy, and his main mission seems to be to prevent others from going to pawn shops, but his record is really impressive.
He didn't save any important people, which caused the audience to have endless conjectures.
Some viewers of conspiracy theories even believe that he and the shadow are one white and one black, two sides of the same body, and that he is the shadow.
Otherwise, this record cannot be explained at all, and the persistence for many years is more like a joke.
Qin Yao was not sure whether this conspiracy theory was true in the current time and space, but what he was sure of was that Father Bai and he were not the same people.
"Let me introduce it to you."
At this time, Uncle Jiu slowly stood up with Father Bai, pointed at Qin Yao and said: "Father Bai, he is my third apprentice, Qin Yao."
Father Bai smiled warmly and nodded slightly at Qin Yao.
"Qin Yao, this is the person in charge of the Yau Ma Tei Catholic Church branch, Father Bai." Uncle Jiu said again.
Qin Yao bowed his hands and saluted, and said meaningfully: "Father Bai, I have long admired your name."
A flash of surprise flashed through Father Bai's heart, but it didn't show any trace of surprise on his face. He smiled and said, "Talk about Cao Cao. When Cao Cao arrived, Taoist priest Lin and I just talked about you."
"What did you say about me?" Qin Yao asked curiously.
"Priest Lin said that he guarded this place because of you. I'm very curious about the cause and effect between you and Pawnshop No. 8, but he didn't tell me." Father Bai said.
Qin Yao was silent for a moment and asked Youyou: "Why is Father Bai interested in this matter?"
Father Bai: "Because Pawnshop No. 8 is the enemy of our Bai family, and the Lord of Darkness is my mortal enemy. I came here this time just to unite all the forces that can be united and seal the black shadow."
"seal?"
"Exactly!"
Father Bai said: "As far as I know, as long as people's hearts are still greedy, the black shadow cannot be eliminated. It can only be sealed again and again. The longer it is sealed, the better."
Qin Yao raised his eyebrows and asked bluntly: "As for sealing the black shadow, I wonder if Father Bai has any plans in mind?"
Father Bai glanced at the girl standing behind him, hesitated to speak, and then asked: "I wonder if this girl is..."
"She is the director of my inn, Bai Rourou, one of my own." Qin Yao said calmly.
"The surname is Bai...it's my own family."
Father Bai chuckled and nodded to Bai Rourou in a very friendly manner.
Bai Rourou bowed and saluted, and said generously: "I have met Father Bai."
Father Bai waved his hand and said with a smile: "Come and sit together, the four of us can discuss it."
The two of them followed each other as usual, sitting on the other two sides of the square table one behind the other. Brother and sister Ah Xing and Ah Yue were waiting beside them, serving tea and pouring water.
"Based on my understanding of Pawnshop No. 8, the Lord of Darkness cannot directly conduct transactions with customers. He must go through an agent, and this so-called agent is the pawnshop owner.
And in order for the pawnshop owner to carry out his work, the Lord of Darkness will inevitably give part of his authority to the pawnshop owner.
Based on this premise, can we influence the pawnshop owner and use the pawnshop owner to restrict or even seal the dark master?" Father Bai said.
Qin Yao shook his head and poured cold water on him mercilessly: "Impossible, you overestimate the status of the pawnshop owner in No. 8 Pawnshop.
In Pawnshop No. 8, the Lord of Darkness is the creator of everything, and the pawnshop owner is just his slave. The slave can eat the young master, but cannot affect the hero at all. Your plan is destined to have no results. "
He vaguely remembered that in the original novel, Father Bai tried every possible means to influence Han Nuo. Once, he did awaken Han Nuo with family affection and led him to the church.
Unfortunately, just as he was about to succeed, Ah Jing suddenly ran out. His calls instantly brought Han Nuo back to reality. He forcefully broke away from Father Bai's embrace and teleported back to No. 8 Pawn Shop.
Therefore, if the direction is wrong from the beginning, the harder you work, the worse you will make.
Father Bai was slightly startled, and a look of deep thought appeared on his face.
Qin Yao pursed his lips and said, "If you don't have a direction, I can provide you with one."
Father Bai woke up from a dream and said quickly: "Please speak."
Qin Yao: "Pawning is a business, and the Lord of Darkness is the largest investor. It is impossible for investors to go on to discuss business with their shirts off, so they need a boss.
The boss contacts and negotiates with customers, but he does not search for customers all over the world. Therefore, the dark master must still have a group of salesmen.
This group of salesmen searched all over Hong Kong Island and even the world for suitable candidates, and delivered the invitation letters from Pawn Shop No. 8 to them.
If you want to check and balance No. 8 Pawn Shop, instead of focusing on the pawn shop owner, you should focus on these salesmen. Blocking them is equivalent to blocking the customer flow channel of No. 8 Pawn Shop."
Father Bai's eyes gradually brightened, and suddenly a suspicion arose in his heart. He couldn't help but ask, "How do you know so much about Pawn Shop No. 8?"
Qin Yao said calmly: "Because I am the best candidate for the pawnshop owner that Heiying prefers."
Father Bai: "..."
After a long time.
Father Bai, who had red cheeks and smelled of alcohol all over his body, was sent out of the inn by Uncle Jiu and his disciples. He walked towards the night covered in moonlight, one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"You don't seem to like him very much." Looking at the direction where his back disappeared, Uncle Jiu suddenly said.
"I'm a man, so of course I can't like a man." Qin Yao said.
"Don't act poor." Uncle Jiu glared at him and shouted softly: "Speak properly."
Qin Yao's expression became serious and he said solemnly: "If someone is not of my race, his heart must be different. How can I like a person who devotes his body and soul to God?"
Uncle Jiu: "The Lord of Darkness is very powerful, and Pawnshop No. 8 is also very powerful. We need to rely on his power."
'Maybe not.' Qin Yao said silently in his heart when he thought of the system's saying that one night is one world.
When he completes transformations again and again in the "Night World" and returns as the king, the black shadow who may still have a chance to fight will kneel down and beg for mercy and call daddy, making him deeply regret having provoked him.
Qin Yao secretly looked forward to that day coming soon, but before that, he had to have a good game, phew, a good brush with Uncle Jiu...
"Master, what do you think you lack most now?"
"Grandson." Uncle Jiu said.
Qin Yao was slightly startled and said hesitantly: "Grandpa?"
Uncle Jiu's face darkened, he raised his leg and kicked him on the butt: "Get out of here."
Behind the two of them, Bai Rourou looked strange, and the two disciples couldn't help laughing and their shoulders twitched.
"No more fuss, no more fuss. Seriously, what do you think you are missing now? Except for your grandson!" Qin Yao said.
Uncle Jiu: "I have food, drink, a place to live, and there is no shortage of things to do. I feel like I lack nothing."
Qin Yao twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "You have to pursue something... Well, I mean, you have to have a goal, or something you want, right?"
Uncle Jiu: "I didn't."
Qin Yao: "..."
After a long time, he sighed helplessly, waved his hand and said: "Forget it, if not, then there won't be anything. Master, I'm going to the underworld on a mission."
Uncle Jiu nodded silently and reminded: "The underworld is no better than the underworld, there are so many great powers that can be seen all over the place. You should go early and come back early, and don't cause any trouble..."
A few days later.
The underworld, the punishment for evildoers, and the Ming Palace.
Zhong Kui summoned the underworld officer and took away the husband-killer and prostitute sent by Qin Yao. He stood up and stretched his body and said casually: "Didn't you ask me earlier if I knew Li Zhao? Now that the investigation results are out, it doesn't count.
In this place, in the Fengdu system alone, there are more than 300 undercover officials named Zhao Li, which one are you talking about?"
Qin Yao pondered for a moment and said: "The Zhao official I am talking about is the reincarnation of an eminent monk and has the root of wisdom."
Zhong Kui shook his head: "No. Generally speaking, the reincarnated spirits of eminent monks go to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."
"Forget it if you don't have it. It's not destined to happen, so there's no need to force it."
Qin Yao spread his hands and saw that there was no one around, so his behavior became much more relaxed. He summoned the white jade official seal with a flip of his hand and retrieved the details of recent evil virtues:
Destroy the demon fetus and gain 188 Yin Virtue points.
Kill forty-nine low-level zombies and gain 680 points of moral virtue.
Kill the mutant bronze-armored corpse and gain 890 points of Yin De.
Ferry the water ghosts and resentful ghosts, and gain 200 Yin Virtue points.
Total: one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight points.
The current total Yin De balance is: four thousand seven hundred and three points.
Looking down at the harvest of nearly two thousand points, Qin Yao didn't have much joy on his face.
Probably because he knew very well that this was very likely to be his last shining moment in the human world.
If you want to have such explosive gains in the future, you can only go to those horror movies to work hard.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly asked: "System, if I die in those horror stories, can I still be resurrected in Uncle Jiu's world?"
【cannot!】
[A solemn reminder: You are not playing a game. You only have one life. If you die, your soul will be scattered. And across time and space, even Lord Sanmao cannot summon your soul back. Please cherish your life.]