Before Zheng Qing fell from the Soul Returning Poplar, he had always felt that today's Forbidden Demon Festival was not wasted.

Not only participated in the youth tour required by the school, but also listened to the whispers between the two witches, and witnessed the battle between the rat and the five poisonous insects.

As for why he appeared on top of Colmar and the rat immortal, it starts with the quiet and fierce battle between rats and insects.

At that time, as a third party on the battlefield, the black cat squatted on the branch and watched the whole battle - he saw three rats beat a toad violently, and the toad's eyes burst out, and he also saw a golden scorpion break the claw of a mouse with a large claw, and the painful mouse squeaked, and he also saw the red-eyed rats abandon their tools, and tear together with the insects with their fangs and claws, and the juice flew in all directions.

In short, after a hard-fought struggle, the Rat Army won a complete victory. Dead insects are unshelled and directly buried on the spot. The living captive bugs were guarded by the rats and escorted into the depths of the Silent Forest.

As a cat, especially a curious cat, Zheng Qing naturally wouldn't watch those mice leave with the insects. So he quietly joined the team.

As the saying goes, rats have rat paths, and insects have worm paths. When rats and insects are mixed together, the roads are different and can only compromise with each other. So the mice didn't draw a black hole directly on the ground and leave with the bugs, which also gave the black cat a chance to track.

The team walked around the forest for a long time, and when the black cat was already a little impatient, he suddenly found that the large group of rat troops that had been walking in front of him suddenly disappeared!

Even the insect captives who were escorted disappeared without a trace!

Because of the tracking, the black cat is about two or three hundred meters away from the rat army. This distance is almost nothing under the black cat's keen sense of smell and hearing, and it can be completely ignored. But it was precisely the blind spot created by the distance of two or three hundred meters that made the mice that led the way disappear for a long time before they were detected by the black cat.

The black cat had not yet reacted to the squirming of the rat army as it marched first, and the scent of the rat army disappeared in a lush bush.

The black cat's footsteps stopped in front of a gold-leafed privet.

It was surrounded by unfamiliar bushes and trees, and there were no caves, caves, or other places to hide.

The black cat looked left and right, shook its beard, trotted a few steps, sprang out of the bushes, and climbed up the thick trunk of the rejuvenating poplar to the top of the tree.

In contrast to the gloomy and dark scenery of the woodlands, the views above the canopy are exceptionally refreshing and pleasant. Although it is only March, the forest is already full of life. Dark green, emerald green, light green, different shades are stacked on top of each other, shimmering in the breeze, and the golden sunlight evenly smears on it, making the whole forest lively.

The black cat tugged at its ears and squinted around.

Far away at the foot of the mountain, the tall and heavy walls of the Jiuyou Academy sat serenely, and the silent river half-bypassed and disappeared into the lush trees. To the left of the school, there are several rolling hills, and there is a pale green clearing next to the hills, through the gap between the hills, you can see the blue-black sea. The closest building to the Black Cat is a strange ruin.

There it is.

When things go wrong, there must be demons. The disappearance of the rat army is abnormal, and the appearance of a building ruin in the forest is also abnormal.

Zheng Qing raised his paw and gestured the distance between himself and the ruins - hmm, about four or five hundred meters? The black cat flicked its tail uncertainly, no longer hesitated, jumped off the canopy, and ran all the way in the direction of his memory.

After enrolling in school for so long, he didn't know that there was such a ruin in the forest - of course, it shouldn't be strange to Zheng Qing that there was anything in the Silent Forest, he was a man who had seen time go back - besides, the ruins didn't look like they were dangerous, maybe it was a trace left by the history of the school?

Just a glance at the way, anyway, I ran fast.

Zheng Qing convinced himself in his heart.

Of course, to be on the safe side, the black cat climbed back into the canopy of the tree while still some distance from the ruins, and stalked high above with the help of the interlaced branches and the cover of the leaves.

The footsteps start and fall, run and walk silently, as a walker in the shadows, the cat is a qualified passerby.

Soon, he was near the ruins.

Then his gaze slid over the ruins, and he sighed.

The outermost part of the ruins is a torii-like building, which is made of rough rock, and there are some traces of wooden structures around it, but it has also decayed and broken under the ravages of time. In the middle of the archway, the yang seal is 'Lingxing Gate', around the big characters, you can also faintly see some traces of the Yin carved talisman.

Passing through the stone gate, there is a dry pool. The bottom of the pond is littered with strange-shaped rockeries, and the messy weeds grow luxuriantly, guarding these fallen stones. There is a broken stone tablet by the pool, on which only the character "Pan" remains. Not far from the stele, a quaint arched bridge spans the pond and leads into the depths of the building.

Before he could finish admiring the landscape, he noticed the arrival of the Rat Immortal Ride, the abominable hamster he had once named 'Fat Rui', and the Sorceress Colmar who had been in the shadow of the trees like a sculpture.

Then he unconsciously eavesdropped on a whole bunch of conversations again.

Zheng Qing didn't know if the rat immortal knew about his existence from the beginning, or if he heard the rat immortal mention 'the violent fluctuations in time and space during winter hunting', or 'the sharp changes in his mood when the eyes of Satogua were blown out', which were related to him, and the drastic changes in his mood were caught by the rat immortal.

In short, as a black cat, he was honorably arrested.

It's a shame on the black cat sheriff's face.

As for the role of Colma's 'guide', it is not just a flash of inspiration, but also a deeper reason.

Because according to the rat immortals, the newly born secret realm was created by a brief but violent fluctuation in time and space. Then there is no doubt that Zheng Qing can conclude that the so-called 'short and violent fluctuations in time and space' was produced when Mr. Wu turned his pocket watch and turned back time.

Therefore, Zheng Qing judged that he could have enough clues to find that secret realm.

On the other hand, he was very curious about what Colma and Yelena wanted to do, and he had been worrying about how to break into their interior and listen to them - before being forced to be a 'guide', Zheng Qing was still thinking about whether it would be more appropriate to use the identity of 'Yelena's boyfriend' or the consultant status of 'who had done odd jobs for Colma's magic array career'.

Well, now, the rat fairy has given him a better identity.

A collaborator.

And it's a collaborator who won't reveal his identity in front of the two witches.

I was simply dozing and sent a pillow.

Originally, there was still a little reluctance, but after coming back to his senses, Zheng Qing felt a burst of joy in his heart.