Chapter 1407 - 1403:

As for Xuan Chu’s request, the Little Paperman didn’t feel this was a sign of distrust at all, and nodded.

It reached into the black cloak it had placed beside itself and fumbled around; very soon it fished out a palm-sized Iron Token.

"Here, this is the key to the archive. With this, you can go in and look up all the information. There are even many family secrets in there!"

It wasn’t the Little Paperman bragging—under this sky, there was probably no collection more complete than the one it had gathered.

Looking at the Little Paperman now, so meticulous in every aspect, Xuan Chu’s chest suddenly felt inexplicably stifled. Just how many losses had it suffered to become this prepared on all fronts.

"Alright, leave it to me. Anything you’re not convenient to come forward for, leave it all to me!"

Hearing this, a smile immediately surfaced on the Little Paperman’s face. This was the first time in so many years that someone had come to have its back.

Wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu...

"Right, you said Er Dan is asleep. Can I go see it?"

It hadn’t been easy for their group to reunite; naturally, they should gather everyone they could.

"Of course you can. I’ll take you there right now!"

With that, the Little Paperman put the cloak back on, and soon only a pair of eyes was left exposed.

"This cloak..."

Xuan Chu found the cloak somewhat familiar and subconsciously asked.

The Little Paperman answered very naturally, "Oh, this? This is what my master left behind back when she disguised herself as those Black Robed People. I had people treat it with a special process so it can be preserved for a long time..."

Some words weren’t spoken to elicit pity, yet when they entered one’s ears, they still made the rims of the eyes burn.

Just how much must the Little Paperman miss Yun Ran, to preserve the black robe Yun Ran once wore so well? No wonder he found it familiar.

Now it also seemed easy to understand why, even though the Little Paperman could enlarge its body, it still only had a height of about 170.

Clearly, it was to fit into the cloak Yun Ran had left behind!

Xuan Chu took a deep breath before pressing down the suffocating heaviness in his heart.

The core area of the City Lord Mansion really was different; the environment was exceptionally quiet. They walked a long stretch without seeing a single person.

Everything before their eyes seemed normal, calm even, yet Xuan Chu couldn’t help feeling a bit uneasy.

He couldn’t stop his mind from drifting toward conspiracy.

"Has the City Lord of this City Lord Mansion ever had treacherous thoughts over the years?"

It wasn’t that Xuan Chu begrudged the Little Paperman its good fortune; this was simply human nature.

After a thousand years, would City Lord Ma’s descendants really still be content to obey the Little Paperman?

"Of course there have been. But those with treacherous thoughts were all dealt with by me before they ever ascended to the position of City Lord!"

Over these years, having suffered quite a few losses, the Little Paperman no longer trusted people so easily.

There were also some who started with an innocent heart, but were later blinded by profit; in the end, they still couldn’t outlast the Little Paperman’s longer lifespan.

So the Little Paperman had never feared people harboring ulterior motives. Whoever laughs last is the real winner.

Over these more than a thousand years, the authority of the City Lord Mansion had remained firmly in its grasp.

Xuan Chu opened his mouth, then suddenly didn’t know what to say.

But no matter what had happened in all of this, Xuan Chu’s trust in the Little Paperman was still deeply rooted.

If it were someone else, having gone through a thousand years of waiting and loneliness, and a thousand years of searching and power struggles...

They would likely have long lost their original heart and become unrecognizable.

But the Little Paperman was different, because it had been refined by Yun Ran with Essence Blood, and was itself bound by the Prohibition of Qingfeng Temple.

The City Lord Mansion before them was actually not much different from a branch hall of Qingfeng Temple.

Sure enough, the next second he heard the Little Paperman speak with a hint of pride: "My master is the Young Master of Qingfeng Temple—how could I let others trample on my head?"

The familiar tone, belonging to Yun Ran, slipped out just like that.

Xuan Chu nodded very naturally. "Mm!"

There really weren’t many who could take advantage of Yun Ran. Even he himself had fallen into Yun Ran’s hands, and willingly worked for her.

The Little Paperman being this domineering was perfectly normal!

The two of them, one in front and one behind, walked to a fake mountain about the size of a house.

"Er Dan is right underneath. When we first built Moonlight City, I specifically found people skilled in Arrays to preserve that natural Purification Array!"

Speaking of this, the Little Paperman couldn’t help raising its voice a few degrees; it was clearly showing off a bit.

"Let me tell you, back when we arrived in that Dream Realm world......."

Even though they hadn’t seen each other for a thousand years, after just ten-odd minutes together, the Little Paperman quickly forgot the caution it had developed over these years.

It reverted to that chattering Little Paperman who couldn’t stop talking in front of Xuan Chu and the Dragon Spirit.

Xuan Chu listened the entire time without any intention of interrupting.

From the Little Paperman’s words, he seemed able to reconstruct all the scenes from when Yun Ran and the others first entered that Dream Realm.

He learned that those Black Robed People’s organization was called the Dark Hall; Yun Ran had actually mixed her way into becoming a Divine Envoy and taken in quite a few followers...

As he listened, a smile touched Xuan Chu’s eyes. As expected, no matter where Yun Ran went, she was always someone who could stir up a storm.

The Little Paperman chattered on, but its hands didn’t slow down in the slightest.

Very soon, the densely packed Arrays around the fake mountain the size of a house all lit up.

"Boom!"

The heavy sound of stone shifting rang out. What had appeared to be a single solid fake mountain...

Split directly down the middle, and the ground suddenly revealed a huge opening.

Standing outside and looking in, it was pitch black, as though some monster had opened its giant maw.

After the opening was revealed, two completely different air currents met, yet no particularly foul smell emerged.

"Is this cave alive?"

Only caves with flowing air would not emit a nasty stench the moment they were opened.

The Little Paperman answered as a matter of course, "Of course. This place has a natural Purification Array that runs by relying on Moonlight Power.

If it were sealed off, the Array would be ruined. I only had people hide this Array, that’s all."

Er Dan had been sleeping inside for many years. If this place were sealed, Er Dan would have been buried alive.

"Let’s go!"

The Little Paperman held a Demon Core in its hand to lead the way. In such a vast, dark space, the Demon Core’s glow seemed very faint.

But fortunately, that light was enough for them to see the road under their feet.

In fact, if the Little Paperman were alone, it wouldn’t need any light at all; it could walk as if on flat ground with its eyes closed.

As soon as Xuan Chu set one foot inside, a gentle yet slightly yin aura rushed directly toward him.

"Is this the natural Power of Purification?"