In the shantytown of Nancheng, in a small building that looks dilapidated, this is where Tang Yao rents.

It's been a week since he came back from Beijun Temple, and Tang Yao still feels that everything that happened that day was a dream, but the injuries on his body would ache faintly at night, telling him that everything was true.

Early in the morning, Tang Yao, who had been on the night shift, was woken up by a knock on the door not long after he lay down, and he scolded with a bad temper: "Sick, don't knock." ”

opened the door and glanced out, there were two people standing at the door, a man and a woman, the man was very tall and burly, and the high-end suit could not hide his developed muscles, at least one meter nine tall, he looked like he was thirty or forty years old.

Behind it stood a young woman in a peaked cap, with long black hair and a very low-key black T-shirt.

"Is there anything wrong with you?" Tang Yao could see that these two were not poor people in this slum, as far as the man in front of him was concerned, the suit on his body would cost tens of thousands of yuan, not to mention it.

The man smiled slightly: "Are you Tang Yao?" ”

"yes, you're looking for me?"

"Excuse me, I want to talk to you, don't worry, we're not bad guys." After the other party said this, he gently pushed the door, and Tang Yao behind the door felt like he was pushed by a car, and he was knocked open in an instant, and the man and woman also walked into the house.

"My house is relatively shabby, so you can deign to sit on my bed for a while." Tang Yao said with some embarrassment, and after the two sides sat down to face each other, he immediately asked, "Is there anything you two are looking for me, I don't seem to know a rich man like you." ”

The tall man still said with a smile on his face: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Ao Tianchong, and this is my business card......"

While speaking, the other party handed Tang Yao a business card, and after Tang Yao took it, he looked down and looked at it, which read: Ao Tianchong, general manager of the Dead Bone Hall......

"We came to the door to ask, did you shoot the content of this short video?" At this time, Ao Tianchong handed over his mobile phone, and the short video that was playing on it was some of the pictures taken in the Beijun Temple that day, and Tang Yao was taken aback after watching it.

It turned out that Tang Yao left after sending Li Xiang to the hospital that day, and then he was busy with part-time work, so he didn't care about the short video at all, but he didn't expect Li Xiang to be discharged from the hospital and edit some of the content taken in Beijun Temple that day into a short video and post it on the Internet in order to become popular.

"I filmed it, but it's all special effects, not real" Tang Yao didn't trust the two people in front ......of him, so he didn't plan to tell the truth at all.

Ao Tianchong suddenly stood up and stepped in front of Tang Yao, before Tang Yao could react, Ao Tianchong grabbed his collar, and then easily lifted Tang Yao of one hundred and twenty pounds with one hand, and lifted Tang Yao's shirt with the other hand, revealing his entire abdomen, and at this moment there was a very obvious purple patch on Tang Yao's abdomen, which was the trace that appeared on the second day after being fed a poisonous insect called Worm by a mysterious person.

"What are you doing?" Tang Yao shouted angrily.

Ao Tianchong let go of his hand and retreated back to his original position and said unhurriedly: "Don't you want to tell the truth after you are poisoned, if you tell the truth, maybe I can help you." ”

This sentence made Tang Yao, who originally wanted to scold, immediately change his attitude, and he asked tentatively, "Who are you?" ”

"You first tell me if you made the content of this short video, and then tell me everything that happened that day in detail, don't hide it, it's helpful for you and me." Ao Tianchong said.

Tang Yao hesitated for a moment and said: "I took this short video, and Li Xiang and I went to Beijun Temple that day......"

At that moment, Tang Yao told everything that happened in the Beijun Temple at that time, and Ao Tianchong did not say a word throughout the whole process, and only after Tang Yao finished speaking did he speak: "The words of the insects are a little difficult to do. ”

"That mysterious person said that I can only survive for three years at most, and my health will get worse and worse, I have also gone to the hospital to ask before, but there is no big problem with the examination yet, that person should lie to me......" Tang Yao said nervously.

Ao Tianchong shook his head and said: "I didn't expect that there are still people who know how to cultivate insects, but as far as I know, there is indeed no problem in the early stage of being poisoned by insects, and it will not be detected until the toxin expands throughout the body, but at that time it is almost impossible to heal, and that person is right, you can only live for three years at most." ”

Suddenly being sentenced to death, Tang Yao's mind was blank at this moment, and after a few seconds, he suddenly sneered: "Hehe...... You're a clam clique, and you want to squeeze the benefits out of me, right, haha...... As you can see, I'm a poor bastard, you can't get a penny, get out of here before it's too late! ”

Tang Yao, who had lost his mind, was in a state of almost madness, and just as he was making a big noise, Ao Tian suddenly roared: "Calm down." ”

The sound seemed to have magical power, just like the bell ringing in the ancient temple, the moment it reached Tang Yao's ears, Tang Yao immediately calmed down and then bowed his head and said nothing.

"We're not liars, to put it mildly, liars don't look down on a poor boy like you, and I can't completely remove the poison of the insects, but I know that some ancient recipes can greatly delay the spread of the poison of the insects, and reduce the pain caused by the poison of the insects, maybe you can save this life."

His words gave Tang Yao hope again, and Tang Yao hurriedly asked, "How much do you need?" ”

"Several medicinal herbs in the ancient recipe are very valuable, with all due respect, I am afraid that you will not be able to afford a single piece of medicine on your terms."

Poverty is like a thorn stuck in Tang Yao's heart, he tells himself all the time that he must get ahead in the future, but now he doesn't even have the opportunity to work hard.

"Hehe, a poor boy like me doesn't even have the qualifications to live?" Tang Yao actually laughed as he spoke, but the young girl who was sitting next to Ao Tianchong at this time and had never said a word seemed to be touched, and whispered a few words in Ao Tianchong's ear.

"Have you decided?" Ao Tianchong seemed to have great respect for the girl, and the girl nodded solemnly.

Ao Tianchong sighed, turned his head to look at Tang Yao, and said, "I can buy the medicinal materials for you to delay the spread of toxins for you." ”

Tang Yao, who heard these words, did not have the slightest joy, but looked at Ao Tianchong with cold eyes and said, "I don't need other people's charity. ”

Ao Tianchong shook his head and said: "It's not charity, it's trading, you work for me, and the medicinal herbs are your salary." ”

I didn't expect Tang Yao's gaze to be a little colder and said: "I won't do anything illegal, let alone help you become a traitor, I'm just a freshman with two books, and I don't know anything." ”

"You can rest assured that the industry I am engaged in is not illegal, but there is a certain degree of danger, and whether you can join depends on your interview results."

This time, Tang Yao was a little tempted, and after thinking about it, he asked, "What kind of work is it?" ”

Ao Tianchong said with a smile: "You prepare, go to the address on the business card I gave you in three days to participate in the interview, you will know, and calculate the time, three days later, that is, the tenth day of your poisoning, according to the records in the ancient books, the ten-day period is the time of the first attack of the poison of the insects, I will prepare the first herbs for you, if you can pass the interview, you can take this medicine to reduce the pain of the poison." ”

After speaking, Ao Tianchong and the girl said goodbye and left.

That night, Tang Yao, who was cleaning in an Internet café, sat in front of an empty computer and took out Ao Tianchong's business card from his pocket.

"It's better to be careful, what if it's a pyramid scheme...... organization" Tang Yao was uneasy in his heart, and searched for the word "Dead Bone Hall" on the Internet.

Unexpectedly, there is actually the official website of the Hall of Dead Bones, and after clicking on it, I found that the business scope of the Hall of Dead Bones is quite complicated, such as collecting treasures, recovering lost objects, and protecting personal safety...... It has even expanded its overseas business, and the entire official website is quite high-grade, and it does not seem to be an illegal company.

Then Tang Yao clicked on the recruitment advertisement, and said to himself while reading it: "Accept frequent business trips, work has a certain risk, welcome talents with special skills to join the ......"

At the bottom of the page, there was a line of small characters that were barely noticed, but it attracted Tang Yao's attention, which read: Illusionists of various schools are given priority.

"What is an illusionist?" Tang Yao's heart was full of questions.