Jiang Lu said nothing, but just pointed to the family motto on his own plaque, pointing to those sentences that promoted excellent moral character word by word.

“What do you mean?” Lucifer was puzzled.

“Do I dare to go home?” Jiang Lu asked back, “I have never done anything according to these things. If my mother knew, she would slap me to death. You don’t know how much damage a child’s original family can do to him, right?”

Lucifer was silent for a moment: “No, I know.”

Jiang Lu suddenly realized.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with saying this. After all, Lucifer was forced to run away from home by his original family and turned into a demon.

Jiang Lu could only sigh: “We are both people who have been stranded in this world.”

Lucifer also sighed: “Don’t talk about this, it’s useless to talk about it now, let’s see if the things are still there.”

Although all signs indicate that the thing may have been taken away by Nyarlathotep, Jiang Lu still firmly believes that the thing is still there.

Because in the spiritual realm of Yinjing City, Jiang Lu did not see any fluctuations that looked like ancient artifacts. Only in Huangquan did he see something strange enough that matched Nordens’ description.

This means that the ancient artifact is still in the underworld. Perhaps for some reason, Nyarlathotep did not find it or did not choose to take it away.

But no matter how you look at it, the current situation is still somewhat suspicious. If Nyarlathotep was also sure that the thing was here, why didn’t he send people to guard it?

Thinking of this, Jiang Lu suddenly frowned.

At this moment, someone suddenly said, “Are you…looking for something?”

Jiang Lu and Lucifer turned around and saw the homeless man standing by the door with a simple and honest look, staring at them eagerly.

Jiang Lu immediately figured it out. He winked at Lucifer, who was stunned for a moment before finally understanding what he meant.

“Yes, we are looking for something very important. Do you have any idea?” Jiang Lu asked.

The homeless man thought for a moment and said, “When the Jiang Family Courtyard was open to the public, they had an exhibition hall to display the treasures they collected for people to visit. Although it was later closed and most of the things in the exhibition hall were taken away, it seems that there are still some things left here that cannot be taken away. I came here when I was a child and I know where it is. Why don’t I take you there?”

Jiang Lu nodded: “Okay.”

“Come with me.”

So, the homeless man walked in front, Jiang Lu and Lucifer followed behind, and the three of them kept a distance of one body length between them.

Perhaps because he felt the atmosphere was too depressing, the homeless man took the initiative to ask: “Why did you two come to Huangquan?”

“Come to play.”

“Come and have fun.” The homeless man understood, and then asked enthusiastically: “I know some fun and cost-effective places, and I also know a little about where the most authentic foods on the must-eat list are. Do you want me to introduce them to you?”

“No, I can’t stay long.”

“That’s a pity.” The homeless man said with some regret: “I have experienced many good places over the years, and I wanted to show you the way as a reward.”

“Aren’t you showing us the way now?”

“Oh, that’s nothing.” The homeless man laughed. “I just want to save you the trouble. With your knowledge of every plant and tree here, it’s only a matter of time before you find the exhibition hall.”

“Oh? How do you know I know this place?”

“Because you circled over my head.”

Before Jiang Lu could figure out what was going on, the homeless man stopped and pointed at the dark stairs in front of him that used to be a well but had now been turned into a passage leading underground:

“Here, we’re here.”

Chapter 467: A drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water

“Wait a minute, what did you just say is spinning over your head…”

Jiang Lu took a step forward and was about to ask more questions, but the homeless man entered the cave without saying a word and went down the stairs.

“I always felt something was odd, but I never realized what it was.” Lucifer followed, his eyes never leaving the back of the homeless man in front of him. “Wherever we go, all living things should be exposed, but we didn’t notice the guy hiding in the cable car. Until just now, he appeared behind us without us noticing… Not easy.”

“It’s probably someone Nyarlathotep arranged to guard here.” Jiang Lu had already guessed: “He said we circled over his head. I’m afraid he was aware of what we did in the spiritual realm, but he wasn’t sure it was us at first. It wasn’t until we started looking around that he was sure and brought us here.”

“So what do you say, go down?” Lucifer asked.

“You have to go.” Jiang Lu sighed helplessly: “If anything goes wrong, you will be the one to cover us. I will find a way.”

“Okay… ah?” Lucifer was nodding when he suddenly realized something was wrong: “Why am I the last one to leave?”

“We are all brothers, why divide it between yours and mine?” Jiang Lu said, dragging Lucifer to follow.

Following the steps all the way down, the two soon reached the bottom, about ten meters below the ground.

This is a suspended platform, fixed to the vertical rock wall only by chains as thick as arms. All around it is a dark abyss. Although there are guardrails on the edge, the rusty fences look like they will fall down if you lean on them, and there is no sense of security at all.

In front of the platform is a stone door embedded in the rock wall.

The stone gate is very simple and seems to be formed naturally. Only after simple polishing and carving by craftsmen can it be barely seen as a door.

Rather than a door, it was more like a heavy stone blocking the way.

At this moment, it had been pushed open a crack, and although it was only a crack, its width was less than one-tenth of the overall width of the stone door. Looking closer, it was actually large enough to accommodate four or five normal-sized adults walking in side by side.

At this moment, Jiang Lu had countless question marks in his mind.

In his opinion, it is almost impossible that this cliff was carved by humans, because even if such a huge project could be completed by manpower, its implementation would be extremely complicated. It would be tantamount to digging a hollow hole in the middle of Huangquan Mountain. How to dig it and how to transport the dug out through the steps just descended are all insurmountable problems.

There is no need to say more about this stone gate. It is also impossible to be transported from outside. Even if it is carved out of the rock wall, it would be extremely difficult.

And the most important point is that there is no need at all. If it is just to build an exhibition hall, why spend so much effort? Wouldn’t it be more convenient to just clear out a larger room to use as a museum? The Jiang family compound has no such conditions at all.

Therefore, Jiang Lu guessed that the so-called exhibition hall, that is, the space behind the stone gate, had existed from the very beginning. When the Jiang family compound was rebuilt, only a road connecting the outside to here was opened.

In other words, this hollow part may have existed since the moment Huangquan Mountain was formed, and it may even be older than the Jiang Family Courtyard.

Perhaps he saw the doubt in Jiang Lu’s heart, so the homeless man standing by the stone gate said, “I just said that there were many things that could not be taken away. If those things were brought here from outside for exhibition, how could they not be taken away? Of course, it’s because they were originally in here.”

Hearing this, Jiang Lu felt that the person in front of him was more dangerous: “Who are you?”

“I just said this. I’m just a poor soul hiding here because I owed a debt.”

The tramp smiled and replied:

“Don’t be nervous, I mean no harm.”

Bad people never say they are bad people. Jiang Lu knows this very well. Just like he has a rich emotional life, but he always tells others that he suffers from serious emotional disorders and has lost the ability to love.

So he didn’t believe it at all.

“I don’t know whether you have any ill intentions or not, but your master has some grudges against me, so let’s be frank. How long have you been waiting for me here?” he questioned.

“Master?” The tramp shook his head and laughed, “I don’t have a master. I am free. I don’t know who you are talking about.”

Jiang Lu remained silent and just rolled his eyes.

“But if you mean someone who is also interested in the things here, then I do know a thing or two.”

The tramp said meaningfully:

“I don’t know what the Yin Emperor has gone crazy for. In the first few years after he came to power, he not only had the Jiang Family Compound sealed off, but he also lived here for a while. I don’t know what he was researching. Although he left after that, he still left a lot of spies hidden in the underworld, perhaps they were monitoring something.”

As expected…Jiang Lu thought to himself.

In fact, Nyarlathotep had already discovered the antiquities, but for some reason, he did not take them away. Instead, he left them here and arranged people to wait for them.

It seems that the other party also believes that he will be resurrected one day.

and many more…

Jiang Lu suddenly thought of something.

Doesn’t that mean…

At this time, the tramp continued: “But you can rest assured, as long as I am here, they can’t monitor this place. In their eyes, at this moment, this place is still empty like every day in the past.”

For some reason, looking at the faint smile on his face, Jiang Lu always felt that he seemed to have a bit of bad taste, as if he was waiting for him to panic first before he was willing to explain everything.

Lucifer looked at Jiang Lu, who seemed a little overloaded because he received too much information at once, and asked the homeless man: “Then why did you help us?”

“because…”

The tramp thought for a moment:

“I owe this family a favor, so I have to help them protect this piece of land so that their descendants will not return empty-handed when they return.”

After a short pause, he showed a trace of reminiscence and emotion: “A drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water. This is the truth he taught me…”

But Jiang Lu didn’t care about the homeless man’s true feelings, but his expression suddenly became a little stiff: “What…what do you mean?”

This family…isn’t it our own family?

Their descendants… Could it be that…

“After I die, my parents…” Jiang Lu opened his mouth with difficulty: “Give me a brother or sister?”

The unfathomable smile on the tramp’s face suddenly stopped.

“Is there something wrong with your brain?”

Guilt

First of all, I want to say that I’m very sorry. I went home for the New Year some time ago. I had to take a taxi because I was with the Silver Horn King. As a result, I caught a cold on the way. I didn’t take it seriously at first, but I started to have a fever as soon as I got home. It was confirmed that I had influenza A. Because I have already asked for leave twice this month, I was a bit embarrassed to send another leave application. I thought I could take a day or two off and update quietly as if nothing happened. Unexpectedly, I felt sore all over for several days and couldn’t get out of bed. In the end, it has been delayed until now.

I haven’t dared to read the comments or the groups these days. I can almost foresee that there will be a lot of parents scolding me. But they do deserve to be scolded, and it is indeed my fault. I will stand at attention when I am scolded.

However, as everyone has said, this book has been seriously messed up by me up to this point, but I will definitely finish it from beginning to end. This is the first time I have written such a long number of words, and there is no reason to stop it now. I hope you have trust in me and thank you for your support.

Finally, I have to say that I can only blame myself for not taking my health seriously. Boys are all like this. They think that minor illnesses and pains will pass by just enduring them. I didn’t expect them to be delayed to such a serious extent. So I would like to remind everyone to take it seriously immediately if you feel unwell. The weather has been cold recently, and it is a time when influenza is prevalent. I hope everyone can have a healthy new year.

I wish you all a happy new year in advance and good health to your family~

over!

Chapter 468 Finally Met the Real One

Of course, the homeless man could not understand the shock of an only child after hearing the news that he might have a younger brother or sister. Although Jiang Lu’s family did not have any property to inherit, and he himself did not care much about fame and fortune, he was still a little overwhelmed when there was suddenly one or even several more people in the family.

Although he is better than Yuanshi Tianzun as a brother, his strength is limited, and he knows this clearly.

This made him think about what kind of example or role he should play as an older brother, and whether he should make some changes in his lifestyle.

But fortunately, such worries are unnecessary for the time being, because the homeless man does not refer to Jiang Lu’s brother or sister, but himself.