Xia Fan came to the rocking chair and sat down, reached out and pulled the little cat, which made the struggling little cat instantly collapse.

"Don't...don't..."

The little cat cried out weakly.

"Nothing happened in the imperial city during the ten days I left, right?

Xia Fan asked inadvertently.

"No! What can happen to the imperial city? It's just..."

The little cat said subconsciously.

"What is it?"

Xia Fan raised his eyebrows and said.

"Just... Bah! You want to get this king's words again!"

The little cat said abruptly and stopped halfway.

Then he said angrily.

"Actually, even if you don't tell me, I will know that it's just a matter of time."

Xia Fan did not think about it.

"Hmph! If you are willing to ask me, I can tell you!"

The little cat said in a tone full of stinginess.

"I think you have to be cleaned up recently!"

When Xia Fan heard this, he immediately increased his efforts to pet cats.

"Meow--"

The cat, who was strongly stimulated, suddenly glared at her eyes, and then the whole cat became like a dried salted fish.

"Get out and play by yourself!"

Xia Fan saw this.

He picked up the back of the little cat's fate and threw it out of his arms.

The little cat came to his senses in the air, quickly adjusted his balance and landed steadily on the ground.

"you!"

The little cat was about to scold Xia Fan angrily.

But I saw Xia Fan sitting in a rocking chair leisurely taking out a book to read.

I kept my anger back for a while.

"...Bad villain! I ask you, there is no interesting thing happening in the exam room these ten days, right?"

Silence for a moment.

The little cat squatted down and pretended to be nothing, licking its claws and said.

"No, this big test is calmer and smoother than I thought."

Xia Fan was absent-minded while looking through the books in his hand.

"After all, the Jade Ding Dynasty didn't know how many major tests it had held. It was very experienced in this area, and it was normal that there was no unexpected situation."

"Is that..."

The little cat nodded thoughtfully and said.

"In exchange, should you tell me what happened in the Imperial City these ten days?"

At this time.

Xia Fan suddenly looked at the little cat with a smile and said.

"Hmph! Actually, it's okay to tell you!"

The little cat snorted.

"On the third day after you went to take that boring exam, the Demon-Suppressing Department suddenly dispatched a large number of guards, and it seemed like they were catching someone. There was still a lot of noise at that time."

"Since it's the Demon Suppressing Department that is taking action, it's probably related to your demon clan, right?"

Xia Fan thought for a while.

"How can I know!"

The little cat said irritated.

"Don't forget that I am also a demon. If the people from the Demon-Suppressing Division discover me, do you think you can still see me now?"

"Don't worry, under the restrictions I imposed, there are only a handful of people in this world who can see through your true body."

Xia Fan downplayed.

"Then why didn't you say it earlier!"

The little cat glared at Xia Fan angrily.

"I said, will you believe me?"

Xia Fan shrugged.

"...Bad villain! If you know something then, don't forget to tell me! Okay! I ignore you! Let's go!"

After saying that.

The little cat turned around and climbed the eaves along the wall, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"It seems like I missed something during the big exam. Well, let me see what's going on."

After the little cat leaves.

Xia Fan put down the books in his hand and muttered to himself.

Then he closed his eyes and seemed to fall into deep thought.

at the same time.

There is an inn.

The corner location next to the window.

"Brother Dou! What is the result of the investigation?"

Xia Mingyuan looked at Dou Yao who was exhausted in front of him.

At a glance, I knew that Dou Yao had just returned to the imperial city.

"Didn't your people report to you as soon as possible?"

Dou Yao glanced at Xia Mingyuan, picked up a thick bowl full of wine and drank it all.

"They naturally said everything they should say, but I want to know the results of Brother Dou's investigation."

"Actually there is nothing to say. The other party is cunning and decisive than we imagined. After realizing that they were deliberately letting go, they abandoned their tribe members without hesitation."

Dou Yao said calmly.

"I chased them all the way from Gyeonggi to the westernmost Huangsha County, and I can no longer find their whereabouts."

"Is Huangsha County..."

Xia Mingyuan silently muttered this place when he heard this.

Huangsha County is the westernmost county in the Yuding Dynasty.

The name of Huangsha County is entirely because Huangsha County is bordered by a vast desert sea.

This desert sea is very vast.

It is said that the local ecological environment was directly destroyed in the war between the demon race and the powerful humans thousands of years ago, and the result was that this area, which was originally the original forest landform, turned into a desert.

therefore.

Huangsha County is the most barren county in the Yuding Dynasty.

"Brother Dou, do you think their base camp will be located in that desert sea?"

"This possibility is not ruled out."

Dou Yao nodded and said.

"You and I know that the desert is deserted and the vast sea is deserted, and the thousands of miles are filled with yellow sand. If the other party set up the base camp there, without the guidance of the traitor, the possibility of our goal is to find the location of the other party's base camp is very small."

“…”

Xia Mingyuan couldn't help but fall into silence when he heard this.

"what's on your mind?"

When Dou Yao was full of wine and food, he didn't see Xia Mingyuan reacting at all, he couldn't help but frown and asked.
To be continued...