On the appointed day, someone drove up to invite them. However, the cart was not pulled by horses, but by several huge animals with both scales and feathers. Probably some kind of monster unknown to them. These animals are not docile and have heavy, prickly shackles on their bodies. As long as they struggle a little and don't follow the prescribed direction, they will be injured. The driver of the car was holding a metal chain, also with spikes.
If this kind of car were given to any of them, they probably wouldn't be able to use it. The car was originally very spacious, but because the equipment was too heavy, it could not carry many people at one time. Five people were in two cars. Bai Ya, Qi Huan and Shuang Yuejun are together. Qi Huan was sandwiched between the two of them. Neither of them spoke. One was like wood and the other was like stone. They both had straight faces. He felt uncomfortable all over and felt that he was about to suffer from ADHD.
"Lao Bai, can you put away your knife?" Qi Huan carefully opened the blade on the bumpy road and almost cut his hand.
"If you have any objections, jump off the bus."
"Tsk, I won't let you talk." After the communication failed, he turned to Shura who was waving his whip in front and asked, "Brother! Er, Your Majesty, is she also traveling with us? Which car is she in?"
"The king wants to fulfill his duty as a landlord and sets off early."
With a "snap" of the whip, he drove faster, fearing that he would waste time and neglect the queen. Although this coachman brother is not very kind, he can still talk well. So Qi Huan chatted with him word by word. After a long time, he got tired of talking to his elder brother and simply ignored him. Along the way, the driver drove faster and passed Aoyan's car, as if he wanted to reach the destination quickly so that this person could shut up. But Qi Huan kept chattering, and even if no one answered, he didn't feel embarrassed at all. It wasn't until he asked a question that the coachman spoke again.
"Except for your king, I seem to have never seen any women among your Shura."
"unnecessary."
"No need? Then you... just, how, uh, how did you..."
Qi Huan glanced sideways at Bai Ya and found a line of words written on his face:
You talk a lot of nonsense.
"Here, there is no need to be a woman." He answered unexpectedly seriously, "At least not now. Most of the female Shura are charming and charming. When the country was first founded in the past few years, the foundation of the country was unstable, and there were female Shura to win over the people. Now all the people, old and young, know how important it is to have martial arts body protection. How can beauty alone stop foreign enemies? Only a tall and aggressive posture will work. Except for the king, all the women have gone back, and all those who came are men. "
"Hmm...?" Qi Huan was stunned for a moment, "Go back? Aren't you living in Wu Kingdom?"
"Go back to the Shura Dao." He said simply, "There is no need for female Shura now."
"okay……"
Qi Huan actually didn't understand much and agreed vaguely. He didn't know how they came or how they got back. Maybe there are six spiritual veins that can still be used somewhere in Wu Kingdom. Bai Ya and Shuang Yuejun suddenly looked past Qi Huan and quickly looked at each other. They were not interested in this topic, but they all understood the meaning of the current words.
They finally reached their destination. After getting out of the car, they immediately saw a majestic, almost pure white building in the distance. But what stood in front of them was a tall city wall that looked airtight.
"Feel honored!" said the coachman. "Most people can't come to this place and can only see it from a distance. Okay, get off the car and walk the rest of the way on your own legs."
While they were talking, Aoyan and Shenghan also got out of the car and joined them.
"Hurry up." One of the heavily armed Shura warriors stationed here said, "The king has just arrived, so don't waste time."
They looked at the door, and a wild-looking chariot made of twisted scrap metal was also parked there. I don’t know if it is the king’s car.
The thick iron door slowly lifted up, like a huge guillotine. After passing through the city gate, it immediately smashed down and re-embedded deeply into the ground. Before passing through the gate on the opposite side of the wall, they felt as uncomfortable as if they were in a cage. After that, there are still a lot of "uncomfortable" waiting for them.
This place is heavily guarded. Wall after wall is wall after wall. They are too lazy to count how many there are. The distance between each city wall is not far apart, about three walls thick, and the materials of the walls seem to be different, with stones of different colors. They were stop-and-go and had a lot of downtime. I even feel that the guards here are stricter than those in the Imperial City. e-book house
Finally, they came to the rumored Temple of War.
Just like the rumors, although they were mentally prepared, they were still shocked when the layers of buildings like large mausoleums appeared in front of them. As they got closer, they discovered that it was not all that white "brick by brick". Each bone has a slightly different color. If you look closely, some bones are yellow-brown and some are gray-white, which may be related to time or type. But after they had seen too many depressing and dark dark buildings, the palace in front of them was still eye-catching. It was dazzlingly white under the blue sky. The wall pillars, bricks and tiles are neatly arranged. If the materials are ignored, it will make people feel very grand. Different places are cleverly connected with bones from different species and parts, and they can't see a single nail. Years of wind and sun have caused tiny holes to appear on their surfaces. Even the famous Temple of War seems not to pay much attention to maintenance.
"Every bone has been specially treated - every one!" the guard leading the way said proudly, "Those processes are very important. They have all been baptized by witchcraft. This is the art of our Shura!"
They didn't dare to answer, they just looked around, looking for other guards. There are not many guards in the center. There are only two people stationed in front of the only door, one on the left and one on the right, like door gods.
It's airtight here and eerily quiet. They moved forward slowly, matching the breathtaking solemnity.
"Wow……"
After entering the temple, Aoyan and Qihuan couldn't help but let out small sighs. From the moment they entered, they only saw overwhelming bones. Even the stacked candlesticks suspended from the dome were made of bone. The floor is made up of round white stones, densely embedded in the soil. Lord Shuangyue suddenly squatted down and touched a stone with one hand.
"It's a skull."
Jun Aoyan jumped suddenly, and Qi Huan also felt his legs go weak. Although the reaction of others was not that big, they felt that the soles of their feet were somewhat hot and numb.
"All of them?"
"Yes... but they don't seem to be all from humans or monsters." Shuangyue Lord glanced over, "The sizes are uneven, and there are probably a lot of animals mixed in. Otherwise, it would be impossible to fill it up so well, and there wouldn't be so many - Jiutian Kingdom Even if all the residents are killed, it won’t be enough to pave the way.”
"Oh..." Qi Huan breathed a sigh of relief, but was still a little nervous. On the contrary, Jun Aoyan became a little angry.
"It's really outrageous... They actually mixed humans and animals together."
"From the bottom of my heart, I just treat the loser as prey or livestock." Bai Ya recalled King Shura's words at that time, "The cornerstone... Tsk, actually he is even more arrogant than Garuda."
"Shh, keep your voice down." Liu Shenghan lowered his voice, "It's not good for the leader to hear."
In fact, what they were amazed at at first was not the bones, but the furnishings that could be seen at a glance - the sculptures. They are all majestic, lifelike and lifelike. If you look closer, the angry faces look like they will come to life at any moment. These statues are much more exquisite than those on the street. They must be imitations carved by inferior stonemasons. Even if they are painted, they are incomparable with the ones here. Although the figures here are not painted, one or two of them look like living people. I don’t know how skilled craftsmen can make them.
They had no idea what the sculptures were made of. They didn't dare to touch it, and the guard who led them in warned them not to move. You can't be sure just by looking at it, maybe it's a stone special to Jiutian Kingdom. However, the guards' attention was not on their whispers at the moment. He looked around for a while, then suddenly turned to the door and asked something. After getting the answer, he came back with a complicated expression.
"The king was supposed to be waiting for us outside the palace." He frowned, "But... they said that the king seemed to have noticed something unusual and took his bodyguard to the depths in advance."
"How could it be?" Qi Huan was stunned, "Then, should we wait here, or -"
"His Majesty said that if a guest comes, he will be brought directly in to find her. Hmm...but don't let...something happen."
The second half of his sentence was mumbled and no one could hear it clearly. He was probably talking to himself. Anyway, they followed him inside. Along the way, some sculptures are just set up on both sides, some are displayed in a special small space, and some have been built into rooms. They just followed the guards and didn't dare to look at them. After all, the Shura monsters were extremely ferocious. Among the sculptures they had seen, there were very few humans.
Along the way, every time the guard scanned an empty room at the door, the worry on his face became more serious. Of course they noticed something was wrong. Looking at the increasingly nervous face, they were embarrassed to ask more questions and just followed. Every place and every sculpture was not given too long to visit, as if the purpose of coming here was to play hide-and-seek with His Majesty and the others.
Finally, they arrived at the deepest hall. The guard's pace became slower and slower, as if he was reluctant. The moment he arrived here, the guard froze, as if he was immobilized. Sweat dripped from his body like a river, but it was clearly so cold here. His body became stiff, and there was a suspicious clicking sound with every step he took.
What did he see? It seemed as if his eyes started to straighten the moment he saw something.
