Chen Qiye looked at the old man's excited face and wished he could crawl to the wall with his whole body, his ears pressed against the wall and listening, as if he had heard some shocking secret.
While listening, I smacked my lips, as if I had endless aftertaste.
Chen Qiye didn't say anything, just stood silently.
After waiting for a while, the movement on the other side of the window suddenly stopped.
The old man then returned to his previous appearance, with a look of unfinished expression.
"Oh, this young man's body is weak. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to fight him in the dark, with no light from the sun or the moon. What do you think, young man?"
Chen Qiye didn't despise the old man's behavior of listening to the wall, but he just found it quite interesting.
"With your ability, old man, it's not easy to get in. Why bother listening to the wall here? It's not enough."
Facing Chen Qiye's teasing, the old man looked a little disdainful.
"What do you know? This is called fun, this is called excitement! It's not a good thing for young people to be too direct!"
Chen Qiye obviously didn't know what to say about this old man's absurd reasoning.
This old guy is really...unruly!
"Okay, I've heard it all. If nothing happens, you should go back quickly, lest you lose your life in vain here, do you understand?"
Naturally, Chen Qiye would not listen to the old man's kind words. Instead, he sat down, looked at the old man, and said with a smile on his face: "Old man, why do you have to stay in this place? This is not a good place.
."
“Nice place?”
The old man looked lonely, but in a flash he said: "What is a good place and what is a bad place? You, a young man, still don't understand. There are good things here and bad things outside. Old man, I will stay here.
It’s comfortable here and you can enjoy excitement every day, what can you do?”
Seeing the old man pretending to be stupid here, Chen Qiye was speechless.
"You're enjoying the excitement here because you can't get out of this alley, right? Once you get out, those people outside will probably cut you into pieces."
Feeling the murderous aura outside the alley, Chen Qiye was naturally aware that there were many pairs of eyes outside, staring at the two of them.
To be precise, he should be staring at this old man. After all, he had just come to Junk Street and was not qualified to enjoy such good treatment.
The old man took a deep look at Chen Qiye and was a little surprised. It seemed that he did not expect that Chen Qiye could feel this, but he was only a little surprised and quickly returned to normal.
"So what? I can't get out, and they can't get in, so just let them stay outside like dogs. Old man, I'm happy to watch the show."
Chen Qiye glanced at the old man, his expression a little serious.
"If you want to go out, I will take you out. They promise not to touch a hair on your head, and you will not get bored if you stay in your own confinement? You are using the ground as a prison!"
"When did prohibition become a means of imprisoning oneself?"
When the old man heard Chen Qiye's clear words, he stared at him with a hint of vigilance in his eyes and said: "Boy, leave quickly before I get angry. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that I will treat you well."
Do something."
"You and I both know that you can't do anything to me. With your ability, maintaining this restriction is just right. If you attack me again, those people outside will probably attack you."
The old man looked at Chen Qiye and laughed.
"You're a smart kid. Well, if you don't want to leave, don't leave. Anyway, I'm an old man who's bored all day long. You can just talk to me here."
Chen Qiye shook his head and said: "I will be leaving soon, so I can only sit with you for a while longer."
"It's up to you. It's a pity that such a wonderful place is there. I sincerely want to share it with you. Since you don't want to, you can't blame me."
Chen Qiye smiled, this old guy is quite interesting.
"Did the official ask you to come to this garbage street?"
When Chen Qiye heard this, he realized that it was true! The other party was an official. Otherwise, those obscure auras outside would not have been able to attack an old man like him.
Those auras are all the auras of the demons, but they are hidden very cleverly. Even if he wants to find them one by one, it will still take some time. After all, the environment of Junk Street is very complicated. He is new here and he is not familiar with it.
If so, it would be difficult to find all of them in a very short period of time.
Moreover, these people are just acting as eyes to monitor the old man, and are not the real demon den.
And the old man has such abilities, behaves so strangely, and is stared at by so many demons. He is definitely not an ordinary old man. If he is not an official, Chen Qiye can't think of who else the other person might be, who can make the demons...
The clan takes it so seriously.
Chen Qiye shook his head and said: "Yes or no, I can only say that I was entrusted by an old friend to come and take a look. What about you? The official sent you here?"
When the old man heard this, his smile was a little bitter and a little self-deprecating.
"It's been five years..."
The old man's eyes were a little dazed, and he said slowly: "It's been five years, and I don't even know if I'm still an official. I guess so for the time being, but what does it matter? I can't go back anyway.
Already."
When Chen Qiye heard this, his expression was a little awe-inspiring.
"You've been here five years delivering official news?"
If this were not the case, Chen Qiye could not think of any other reason.
"Young man, you are very smart, but sometimes being smart is not a good thing. You said, if you recognize me at first, just pretend you don't know anything and leave here, maybe you won't be in any danger, but now
But I’m not sure. Don’t blame the old man for not reminding you to leave now if you can, otherwise, I’m afraid you won’t be able to leave.”
The old man looked at Chen Qiye and said seriously.
"It's been so many years, why don't you go back? The official side can't possibly ignore you, right?"
Chen Qiye knew in his heart that no matter how upright the officials were, they would never treat his own people like this. Although the old man was here, his life was safe, but what was the difference between being in jail?
The old man smiled and said: "I am a dying person. What's the use of going back? It will only become a drag. It's better to stay here well. If I die, I will die and I won't cause trouble to others."
When Chen Qiye heard this, he immediately frowned.
The old man smiled again, full of freedom and ease, and said: "Boy, don't look at it. My life is not caused by any disease or poison, but by inner demons. If I go out, I'm afraid I will really die."
I have become a demon, and I don’t know who can control me, so I might as well just stay here and fend for myself.”
When Chen Qiye heard this, he looked at the old man and felt a little heavy in his heart.
At first, he thought that this restriction was because the old man was afraid of death and was specially used as a last-ditch protective barrier to block the evil demons outside.
But now it seems that it is not the case. This restriction is indeed used to imprison the old man, but he does this not because he is greedy for life, nor because he is afraid of death!
Instead, he was worried that he would become a demon and hurt other people, so he trapped himself here.
"Old man, if you believe me, then follow me out. I may be able to eliminate your inner demons."