Chapter 127器灵的请求

A gale arose, stirring up fallen leaves and dust into the sky. The plants swayed like waves, making the whole zoo seem alive.

Amidst this eerie spectacle, Zhang Yuanqing once again sensed a "gaze," a dreadful observation from the unseen.

Unlike the last time, this gaze from the spirit harbored towering rage, as if a god had its sensitive scales touched by a mortal. The wild wind was a testament to the god's fury.

An unspeakable chill and trepidation surged into his heart. Zhang Yuanqing felt the tension of facing a wild beast with his bare hands.

The hairs on the back of his hands stood on end, adrenaline flooded his system, and the muscles in his legs and back silently tightened... His body was undergoing an intense stress response, automatically adjusting to the optimal combat state.

Not good, the reaction is a bit strong... Zhang Yuanqing clearly felt the surrounding temperature drop, as if countless eyes were spying in the darkness, and the night took on a dangerous aura.

The moment he called out Zhang Zizhen's name, he violated the rules.

Though the purpose of the Yin Corpse was to serve as cannon fodder, Zhang Yuanqing's mind raced. He had come to the zoo to extract information, not to deliver a Yin Corpse from thousands of miles away. He had to remedy the situation immediately.

He quickly came up with a solution, whispering, "I am Zhang Zizhen's son, I am Zhang Zizhen's son..."

With the mumbling, the howling wind ceased, and the spying eyes in the darkness quickly disappeared.

The night was dark and silent, as if nothing had happened.

Sure enough, it worked... Zhang Yuanqing felt a slight relief. The spirit had self-awareness, a rational existence that could be communicated with.

Then, as long as he revealed his identity, it would surely hear him.

As for why he didn't falsely claim to be Zhang Zizhen, firstly, based on the previous experiment, the spirit seemed to judge identity by bloodline, and the Yin Corpse was not the real body, making it difficult to impersonate.

Secondly, his father's relationship with the spirit was clearly unusual. Pretending to be Zhang Zizhen in front of the spirit would easily be seen through, which would anger the spirit and defeat the purpose of coming here.

"You are his offspring?" A clear, yet childish voice came, like a aloof young girl.

Zhang Yuanqing looked around, finally finding a small red-eyed rabbit in the bushes behind him. It peered through the gaps in the bushes, cautiously and curiously, examining him with coldness and displeasure.

The spirit is possessing a rabbit? Kind of cute. Judging by the voice, the spirit's consciousness is that of a young girl... Zhang Yuanqing tentatively asked, "Are you... the spirit of this park?"

"You are his offspring?" The little rabbit stubbornly asked again.

"Yes, Zhang Zizhen is my father," Zhang Yuanqing gave a definite answer.

The little rabbit gazed at him, seemingly measuring his truthfulness.

Zhang Yuanqing thought for a moment and said, "I came here last time, and you mistook me for him."

This was something only he and the spirit knew.

"It's you, I remember..." The little rabbit's three-lobed mouth twitched, its attitude softening noticeably. "You are that Night Wanderer. His offspring should indeed be Night Wanderers. Where is Zhang Zizhen?"

Its tone had also improved.

If I were to say that he returned to the Lingjing Xingzhe more than ten years ago, would it go berserk on the spot... Zhang Yuanqing decided to play it safe, shaking his head, "I don't know. He left when I was very young, saying he was going to do something important and never came back." This was an excuse he adapted from the conversation between Zhang Zizhen and the dog elder in the monkey enclosure, consistent with the spirit's understanding.

"You don't know where he is either?" The little rabbit's lips twitched slightly, its voice clear but tinged with disappointment, its tone turning cold. "What are you doing here? Do you want to gain my trust in Zhang Zizhen's name and then snatch me away from the little dog? Although you are his offspring, it's not a plus for me. On the contrary, your mother makes me very unhappy."

"You know my mother?" Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred.

"I don't know her, but I know that humans only have children with their closest kind, so I'm not happy," the little rabbit said matter-of-factly.

So you're jealous? Speaking of which, why does a spirit like you have such a strong possessive desire for your master... Zhang Yuanqing mentally complained while looking around, afraid of seeing a curly-haired poodle walking out of the darkness.

"No one will come over," the little rabbit peeped at him through the bushes, its voice having the crispness and clarity of a young girl. "Tell me your purpose."

Zhang Yuanqing had already prepared his answer. Hearing this, he said without hesitation:

"After becoming a Lingjing Xingzhe, I joined the official organization. By chance, I learned about Zhang Zizhen's identity as one of the Lieyang Twins. So I have been secretly investigating, wanting to find my father who has been missing for many years.

"During the investigation, I discovered you, discovered the relationship between the dog elder and him. And just today, I discovered that Ling Tuo, one of the Shadow Twins, has become the leader of an evil organization.

"I want to ask you about something. What exactly happened in 1999? What caused Ling Tuo's death? After the Xiaoyao organization obtained the core fragments of the Light Compass, what did they do?"

The little rabbit squatted in the bushes, its red eyes watching him without responding.

But Zhang Yuanqing wasn't worried at all. In his previous words, he had brought up "finding his father" as a prelude, which was exactly what the spirit longed for most.

Besides, as a son, it was only natural to look for his missing father. If the spirit wanted to find Zhang Zizhen, it had to rely on him.

Was there anyone in the world who wanted to know "Where's Daddy?" more than a son?

Sure enough, the little rabbit's voice, as cold as a young girl, said, "After obtaining the core fragments of the Light Compass, the four of them stayed in the park for a while, studying the core fragments all day long. The park was the Xiaoyao organization's secret base. They usually gathered here to discuss their plans. I didn't care about the Light Compass and didn't participate. I only knew that one day, they suddenly became very excited and said some strange things..."

"Strange things?" Zhang Yuanqing quickly asked, "What did they say?"

"It seemed like... keys, containers, solar branches, something like that. In short, they understood how to use the Light Compass fragments. Then Zizhen told me that he was going to leave for a while. During that time, the zoo would have no administrator, but I was a mature spirit and he hoped that I could learn to suppress the evil creatures myself."

My dad is such a pu... Zhang Yuanqing complained and said:

"Where did they go?"

"They entered the Lingjing Xingzhe, the four of them went together, saying they were going to unlock the ultimate secret of the Lingjing Xingzhe."

Entered the Lingjing Xingzhe? Zhang Yuanqing frowned. "They entered the Lingjing Xingzhe together... Relying on teleportation items?"

For most Lingjing Xingzhe, entering the Lingjing Xingzhe dungeon was a passive act, once a month, led by the Lingjing Xingzhe. Only teleportation items could break this restriction.

"They entered the Lingjing Xingzhe through the core fragments of the Light Compass." The little rabbit instinctively twitched its pink nose, sniffing randomly while making a cold voice:

"I forgot how long they were gone, but I will always remember the day they came back, because all the misfortune started from that day.

"They were in a mess when they came back, suffering serious injuries. After returning to the park, the four of them had a dispute, arguing fiercely, but I don't know the specific content. At that time, the sound was blocked by props. After that quarrel, Zizhen and them broke up unhappily. Then, there was a problem with his body."

"What problem?"

"He was cursed, a terrible curse, the most terrible curse I have ever seen. His body deteriorated day by day, and the power of the curse eroded his life, but Zizhen himself didn't care at all. He became taciturn and often spaced out alone. One day, he suddenly told me that he was going out to do something. He didn't leave for long that time and soon came back, but he also brought back bad news - Ling Tuo was dead. After Ling Tuo died, he moved with me and came to Songhai. Since then, he rarely went out, and sealed the evil creatures in the zoo with me every day, occasionally going home."

"He seemed to be hiding from something, and the other two never came to the park to find him again... Then, one day, he suddenly told me that Chu Shang was dead too."

"Chu Shang's death seemed to hit him hard. He no longer stayed in

the park, going out frequently, until one day he told me that he was going to leave for a while and let me follow that little dog."

"I never saw him again since then."

Zhang Yuanqing extracted two key pieces of information from it:

First, Ling Tuo did not die during the "operation" to unlock the secrets of the Lingjing Xingzhe, but after leaving the Lingjing Xingzhe.

Second, the core fragments of the Light Compass allow Lingjing Xingzhe to travel through dungeons, and it may be something like a key. He was a little disappointed, these information were important, but did not reach his expectations.

The cold and childish voice unconsciously added vicissitudes and ethereal: "In fact, over the years, I often think that he may have returned to the Lingjing Xingzhe, but the little dog told me that he just left and there is no evidence to prove that he is dead. What's your name?"

Zhang Yuanqing was so absorbed in listening that he didn't react for a moment. After hesitating slightly, he replied, "Zhang Yuanqing!"

"Zhang Yuanqing..." The little rabbit stared at him: "You will find him, right."

"I will," Zhang Yuanqing nodded.

After carefully digesting the information, he suddenly remembered the content of the conversation recorded in the monkey enclosure, and immediately asked: "I found out that the things imprisoned in the park are related to the secrets of the Lingjing Xingzhe, can you tell me about it?"

"That was a wrong exploration." The little rabbit squatted obediently and said: "They entered a relic, where evil spirits from ancient times were sealed. I heard Zizhen say that they are the souls of beasts who refuse to die, full of resentment and malice. Only the bodies of animals can carry them, so he used the materials brought out from the relic, and almost emptied his own pocket, and asked someone to create this prop, and integrated me into it, and refined it into a spirit."

"Wait, what do you mean by 'integrated me into it'? Weren't you a spirit born in the park?"... "I am a rule-based prop in itself, good at sealing."

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly realized, thinking that no wonder you are so dependent on Zhang Zizhen, but not close to the Xiaoyao Sanzi, it turned out that you were the dead ghost father's prop from the beginning.

"What does 'souls of beasts who refuse to die' mean?"

"It is the soul of the dead in a war in ancient times. You should know that war."

Why would I know? Zhang Yuanqing thought.

"There is an unyielding will in Guanghun, it wanders in the depths of the park, always roaring unwillingly: %￥#. Zizhen said, this sentence is..." The little rabbit stared at him, "Xuanyuan!"

Zhang Yuanqing didn't react at first, and after a few seconds, he exclaimed, "The Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan?!"

The little rabbit did not respond.

Damn it, so the language that sounds like a dialect from the Leather City is the slang of ancient times? The ancient war god's mouth shouted Xuanyuan, the legendary Yellow Emperor?

In this way, the identity of the ancient war god's obsession in the zoo is... A famous mythological and historical figure appeared in Zhang Yuanqing's mind.

Following Nuwa, two more legendary figures have been confirmed as Lingjing Xingzhe - the Yellow Emperor and Chi You.

Thinking back, the skill description of the ancient war god is a bit like the legendary Chi You, especially the Fog Lord... According to legend, Chi You was dismembered and beheaded by the Yellow Emperor, which is consistent with the incarnation of the unyielding will I saw... It turns out that Chi You is an ancient war god, no, that's not right, it's just a resentful thought after death, the main body doesn't know how terrifying it is...

So this war is the Battle of Zhuolu? I remember that historians have not found the location of the Battle of Zhuolu until now, could it be included in Sumeru Mustard Seeds... Or, it happened in Sumeru Mustard Seeds itself?

Hearing the secrets, Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts seemed to explode.

At this time, the little rabbit said in a clear and childish voice: "Go back, I won't reveal tonight's meeting to anyone, including the little dog. If you find Zhang Zizhen, let me roll back to see me."

After speaking, the rabbit turned around and was about to jump away.

"Wait!" Zhang Yuanqing made the classic gesture of retention of "Ziwei wait a moment".

The little rabbit stopped and looked back: "Is there anything else?"

"I want to know who the other Shadow Twin is?" Zhang Yuanqing said.

The known twins are Zhang Tianshi, Chu Shang and Ling Tuo, and the last one is very mysterious. It is said that outsiders have never seen the true face of this person.

Outsiders don't know, but the zoo's spirit must know.

Zhang Tianshi and Chu Shang have returned to the Lingjing Xingzhe, Ling Tuo has become a fallen, what is the end of the last member?

Did he return to the Lingjing Xingzhe like the first three, or did he become a fallen like Ling Tuo.

"I promised him not to reveal his identity, but since you are Zizhen's offspring, it's okay to tell you." The little rabbit said: "His name is Wang Shi Wu Hen."

A bolt from the blue!

Zhang Yuanqing was stunned on the spot!

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