Lin Ye gently shook Zhu Zhuqing, who was still confused in his arms, awake, and they jumped out of the carriage one after the other.
The moment the soles of his feet landed, Lin Ye's brows suddenly wrinkled.
A fishy smell hit your face, mixed with the smell of low-quality alcohol and tobacco, making your throat tight.
As far as the eye can see, there is a dilapidated town.
Crooked wooden houses, tattered signboards, and narrow streets littered with broken bottles and stains of unknown origin.
People in twos and threes squatted against the wall or leaned on the door frame.
Everyone's eyes revealed a kind of cold and numb hostility, looking at them like staring at prey.
Zhu Zhuqing subconsciously leaned closer to Lin Ye.
"Boy, this is Slaughter Town."
Chrysanthemum Douluo walked up to the two of them, put away his usual feminine smile, and his expression was more serious than ever before.
"There is a tavern not far ahead, and the entrance to Slaughter City is inside."
He pointed to a dilapidated building with dim lights at the end of the street, and then looked at Lin Ye.
"The next path depends on you."
Chrysanthemum Douluo's eyes swept back and forth between the two of them, and his tone became a little darker.
"Be sure to remember what His Holiness the Pope said, everyone here is a sinner."
"Never sympathize with anyone, and never trust anyone."
"In Slaughter City, kindness is the biggest weakness."
Lin Ye nodded seriously after listening.
"Thank you Chrysanthemum Elder for escorting us all the way. Leave the rest to us."
"Hmm."
Chrysanthemum Douluo looked at him, hesitated to speak, and finally just reached out and patted his shoulder,
The strength of that hand was much heavier than usual.
"Boy, you must come back alive."
Then Lin Ye smiled confidently and said:
"Chrysanthemum Elder, when have you ever seen me suffer a loss?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo looked at his smiling face and shook his head.
He's quite tough on words, but he does have the strength.
In the end, he said no more and turned around to walk towards the carriage.
"Let's go, brat, I wish you good luck!"
The four Soul Sages all clasped their fists in a salute and then got on their horses.
The sound of horse hooves faded away, and the dust quickly dissipated in the wind.
Lin Ye withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing beside him.
"Let's go, Big Cat."
He stretched out his hand.
Zhu Zhuqing put his hand up without hesitation.
The two of them intertwined their fingers and walked towards the dilapidated tavern at the end of the street.
The door of the tavern was made of wood and was in a state of decay. It was covered with marks from knives and axes.
The moment the door was pushed open, the hinges made a harsh creaking sound.
The tavern is not big, or rather, it is more shabby and narrow than Lin Ye imagined.
Dim yellow oil lamps hung on the roof, emitting bright and dim light.
Several crooked wooden tables were scattered in the corner, stained with dried wine stains and unknown dark stains.
The air was filled with a rusty smell, mixed with the choking smell of cheap tobacco, which was nauseating.
There were seven or eight people sitting in the room.
The appearance of these people... can only be described in two words,
That's obscene.
A bald man with scars covering half of his face;
Sitting next to him was a thin man with a deer head and rat eyes, his fingers unconsciously stroking the dagger on his waist;
There were two or three gloomy-looking guys in the corner, talking in low voices from time to time.
As soon as Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing entered the door, everyone's eyes swept over them.
When their eyes fell on Lin Ye, most of them were scrutinizing and wary.
But when their eyes fell on Zhu Zhuqing behind Lin Ye, their eyes changed instantly.
I saw Zhu Zhuqing wearing a well-fitting black outfit, with a slender waist and slender legs.
Although his face has always been cold, his elegant and exquisite appearance and exquisite figure,
For these depraved people who live in the company of killing and crime all day long, it is simply a perfect temptation.
The eyes of those people were instantly fixed on her.
In the corner, the bald man with a scar came close to the ear of the thin man next to him, and chuckled in a low voice.
"Look at that little girl, she's really a top performer..."
"That's right, that's right..."
"Look at that slender waist, those beautiful legs... I wonder what it's like to play?"
As he spoke, Scar Baldhead licked his lips.
"Tsk, tsk, if you can drag it to the bed, it will definitely be very comfortable..."
"Why are you so anxious? Let's kill that Xiao Bai face later, then put the woman back and play with it slowly."
Their voices were kept very low, and their laughter was unrestrained.
And Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing have already reached the bar at this moment.
I saw an expressionless middle-aged man standing behind the bar, with greasy hair and sunken eye sockets, as if he had crawled out of a coffin.
"Hello." Lin Ye put his hands on the bar and spoke calmly,
"We are going to Slaughter City, please open the channel."
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of ridicule in the tavern.
"Pfft..."
The bald man with the scar was the first to burst out laughing, and his nose almost flew out.
"Hahahaha! Are you fucking right?"
He slapped the table and stood up, looking up and down at Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Both little brats who don't even have full hair, want to go to Slaughter City too?"
"Hey, did I hear you correctly? Are people so desperate now?"
The thin man with a deer head and rat eyes next to him also started to cheer.
"What's going on? You got tired of playing in the Soul Master Academy and you came here to die?"
"Hahahaha..."
Seven or eight people laughed together, and the laughter was full of contempt and malice.
Lin Ye didn't even move his eyebrows.
Zhu Zhuqing didn't even bother to look at them.
The middle-aged man behind the bar had no unnecessary expression. He bent down and took out two cups from under the bar and placed them on the counter.
The cup was filled with dark red liquid, with a layer of fine foam floating on the surface and emitting a strange fishy smell.
"It's okay if you want to go to Slaughter City."
The middle-aged man's voice was a little hoarse,
"But the premise is that each of you drinks a glass of Bloody Mary."
"This is the rule."
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes fell on the two glasses of dark red liquid, and he frowned slightly.
Then she reached out to pick it up, but Lin Ye held her wrist down.
Zhu Zhuqing looked up at him with doubts in his eyes.
"Big Cat, you can't drink this."
Lin Ye's voice was so low that only two people could hear it.
"Why?"
"Because this is called Bloody Mary,"
Lin Ye glanced at the two cups and his tone became colder.
"Not only is it poisonous, but drinking it will make people gradually lose their mind."
He paused, and then said:
"And, this thing is made of human blood."
Hearing what Lin Ye said, Zhu Zhuqing was instantly shocked.
"Human... human blood?"
She subconsciously retracted her hand and looked down at the cup of dark red liquid, feeling a surge of nausea rushing straight into her throat.
That fishy smell just now... turned out to be the smell of blood.
If Lin Ye hadn't stopped her just now, would she have...
Zhu Zhuqing's face turned a little pale.
The middle-aged man behind the bar had a flash of surprise in his eyes, but his facial expression did not change at all.
"The rules are the rules. If you don't drink, you can't get in."
Lin Ye ignored him.
However, at this moment, an obscene voice came from behind.
"Hehehehe... girl, you can't even drink Bloody Mary, but you still want to enter Slaughter City?"