"Here we are, right here."
Lu Xiu stood by the river with an expressionless face, and Wei Qing stood beside him.
There is indeed a fork in the road in front of us.
If you want to get rid of the border barbarians behind you, you can only run separately.
The road is already in front of you, just look...
How did the Chu family choose?
Chu Tiankuo looked at these two roads and remained silent.
Chu Zhongtian walked out at this time. He first glanced at the spear and shield in Wei Qing's hand, snorted coldly, then looked at Lu Xiu and said, "You choose first."
Along the way, both Lu Xiu and Wei Qing showed great abilities, especially their understanding of these frontier barbarians. They could even roughly guess their marching route.
It has to be said that the fact that there are still more than ten people left in the Chu family really depends on Lu Xiu and Wei Qing's accurate judgment time and time again.
Otherwise, it’s hard to say whether there would still be ten Chu family members left.
After hearing Chu Zhongtian's words, Lu Xiu and Wei Qing looked at each other. Neither of them spoke, and Wei Qing just nodded.
Lu Xiu pointed to the road on the left that looked more dangerous.
Because the flowers, plants and trees there all present a strange black color.
All the plants are in a state of dying but not drying up, which is very strange.
The other path is completely different.
There are shades of green trees and even many colorful butterflies, making it look very peaceful.
Chu Zhongtian couldn't help but frowned when he saw that Lu Xiu actually chose such a path.
Wei Qing said: "I'm going with Lu Xiu, you guys go another way."
After saying that, the two of them stepped forward.
At this moment, Chu Zhongtian suddenly stopped the two of them!
"etc!"
Chu Zhongtian smiled coldly, "I suddenly changed my mind. Our Chu family is going this way, and you... go to the other way."
Chu Tiankuo stood aside and never said a word.
But at this moment, no words are the best words.
Obviously, Chu Zhongtian couldn't make the decision on this kind of thing. Since he said so, he must have been secretly instructed by someone.
There should be no need to say more about who this person is.
Lu Xiu and Wei Qing stopped at the same time. Lu Xiu turned his head and asked, "Are you serious?"
Chu Zhongtian sneered, "What? Could it be that this road can only be taken by the two of you?"
Wei Qing suddenly sighed. He glanced at Lu Xiu and said, "Forget it, let's go another way."
Seeing Wei Qing acting like this, Chu Zhongtian even sneered.
After spending so many days together, everyone has seen Lu Xiu's ability with their own eyes.
How could such an experienced person choose a dead end for himself?
Obviously, the path Lu Xiu chose was the safest one!
The reason why Chu Zhongtian let Lu Xiu choose first was because he guessed that he would definitely choose the safest path!
This Lu Xiu has no connection with the Chu family, so why should he leave us a safe path?
Chu Zhongtian couldn't help but feel a little complacent. Ever since the last birthday party, his father had been very caring to Chu Mengli, and even talked about it often in the past few days!
This makes Chu Zhongtian jealous! This time I finally found a chance to prove myself!
Lu Xiu and Wei Qing walked to another road, and Chu Zhongtian sneered again and again.
He quickly walked to Chu Tiankuo and said, "Father, although this road seems to be full of dangers, since Lu Xiu dared to choose this road first, there must be something fishy in it!"
"He is a Soul Condensing Realm monk who dares to leave. Now that our Chu family has you in charge, are we afraid that we won't be able to get through?"
Chu Tiankuo narrowed his eyes. He was still a little unsure, but what Chu Zhongtian said made sense.
If Lu Xiu is not related to the Chu family, why would he leave them a way to survive?
And go to a dead end by yourself?
This makes no sense at all. Although this road does seem to be full of dangers, appearances should not be deceived.
Inside, it can’t be said to be a paradise!
Thinking of this, Chu Tiankuo no longer hesitated. With a wave of his hand, the Chu family and his entourage walked in!
On the other side, Wei Qing turned to look at Lu Xiu and asked, "If the Chu family doesn't take the initiative to speak, will we really take that road?"
Lu Xiu said expressionlessly: "As his sword attendant, I have saved the Chu family many times, including this time."
"I left them a way to survive, but they insist on seeking death. What can I do?"
Wei Qing laughed dumbly. After a while, he slowly said: "Should I say that you are as wise as a fool, or that you are very scheming?"
Lu Xiu raised his right hand, and a butterfly landed on his hand.
Lu Xiu looked at the butterfly and said, "I'm just doing what I should do, that's all."
Wei Qing stopped talking. Just now he sighed, sighing for the Chu family.
The path Lu Xiu chose at the beginning was a dangerous road of death. He indeed left a way of survival to the Chu family.
But the Chu family didn't believe it, so they really couldn't blame others.
Wei Qing actually still felt that Lu Xiu did it on purpose because he had asked himself a few days ago.
"What should the Chu family do to Luo Yi?"
Wei Qing said at the time: "Except for Miss Mengli, the life and death of everyone else has nothing to do with Luo Yi."
…
Imperial mausoleum.
Luo Yi led Chu Mengli into the fork in the road. Chu Mengli kept her eyes closed.
Because from her perspective, Luo Yi was leading her into a wall.
But when she opened her eyes again, the scenery in front of her suddenly changed!
After the Shinto, there turned out to be... a stele pavilion!
Chu Mengli's eyes widened. She looked around with disbelief on her face.
"This...are we coming out?"
Luo Yi nodded, but kept staring at the stele pavilion in front of him.
"Stay where you are and don't move. I'll go over and take a look."
With that said, Luo Yi walked towards the stele pavilion alone.
Chu Mengli couldn't help but warned: "Be careful!"
Luo Yi didn't look back, but waved his hand with his back to Chu Mengli, telling her not to worry.
Luo Yi walked to the stele pavilion and his expression became a little more solemn.
In this stele pavilion, there is a black stone stele as tall as a man.
This kind of stone tablet is also called the tablet of divine merit and virtue.
Not everyone can erect this kind of monument. Without some great achievements, no one would dare to erect this monument.
Luo Yi looked at the inscription and his face became more solemn.
According to the inscription, this imperial mausoleum is the tomb of an ancient corpse emperor.
This emperor founded a dynasty called... Shigu Kingdom.
He proclaimed himself emperor and named himself the Ancient Emperor.
It's just that this Zhigu Kingdom only existed for a short period of time. In other words, this Zhigu Kingdom only lasted a short period of sixty years from its establishment to its demise.
"No wonder..." Luo Yi muttered to himself.
For such a short-lived dynasty, not to mention official history, even unofficial history is probably rarely mentioned.
Luo Yi continued to look down, but the more he looked, the more frightened he became.
It is rumored that there is no living person in this ancient kingdom of corpses, all are dead.
Even the ancient corpse emperor was a dead corpse.
The tens of thousands of people in the Shigu Kingdom are all corpses!
Even this imperial mausoleum was built by corpse craftsmen!
Luo Yi frowned deeply.
Is this... nonsense?
Build an imperial mausoleum with corpses? In a country, all the people are corpses?
Unlikely, if it is true, then who wrote this inscription? Was it also written by a corpse?
Luo Yi suddenly wanted to laugh. He roughly knew who the Corpse Ancient Emperor was.
It is estimated that he was an emperor of a small country who lived in a corner. After his death, he was unwilling to give up and used the efforts of his country to build this living tomb.
Trying to "resurrection"!
He was nagging along the way, but he was just making up a lie.
Even the monument of divine merits and virtues only records some strange and unfounded things.
Luo Yi shook his head. This emperor definitely had evil intentions.
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something.
This time, we can no longer blind our sight with one leaf.
He used his obsidian Dharma Eyes and looked at the stele of magical achievements and virtues. This sight made Luo Yi's hair stand on end!
Under the gaze of the obsidian Dharma Eyes, there were some bloody big words on the jet-black stele of divine merits and virtues as tall as a man!
"If anyone comes here in the future, they will definitely live a narrow escape."
"If you want a life, you should go to the divine treasury."
Even Luo Yi couldn't help but take half a step back.
These words were obviously written with blood by someone.
And in order to prevent others from seeing it, a blinding method was specially used, and it was not visible to the naked eye at all.
If Luo Yi didn't have obsidian eyes, he would definitely not be able to discover it!
But...who wrote this?
Luo Yi's heart couldn't help but sink. It seemed that this imperial mausoleum indeed had many secrets.
Coming in this time, I don’t know if it’s right or wrong.
Luo Yi slowly left the stele pavilion, while Chu Mengli stood motionless.
Luo Yi recalled that sentence, if you want to survive, you should go to the divine treasury.
God Ku Luoyi naturally knew what it meant. It was the place where the sacrificial vessels were stored in the imperial mausoleum.
What did this person who carved words on the stone tablet with blood leave behind in this treasury?
Otherwise, why would you guide yourself to the divine treasury?
Luo Yi's thoughts were a little confused for a while, but if he didn't go to the divine vault, he would seem to be scurrying around the imperial mausoleum like a headless fly.
You can't go to the underground palace and lift the emperor's coffin, right?
Furthermore, Chu Mengli also said before that since this is the tomb of life, it has the effect of bringing people back to life.
So, did the old emperor who proclaimed himself the Ancient Corpse Emperor succeed?
If it hadn't succeeded, it would probably be rotting in the coffin by now.
If he succeeds, he will probably be gone long ago, or he may be sitting on the coffin in a daze now.
Luo Yi rubbed his eyebrows, glanced at Chu Mengli, and said: "There is a small problem with that stone tablet. Someone left a sentence on it. The general meaning is, let us go to the divine library. I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse. You What do you think?"
Chu Mengli lowered her head, as if squinting at the ground. After Luo Yi finished speaking for a while, Chu Mengli said, "You can't go, go to the underground palace."
Luo Yi was stunned, "Go to the underground palace?"
Are you really going to lift the old emperor’s coffin?
Unexpectedly, Chu Mengli said these six words to him, and then she didn't know where she got the strength to hold Luo Yi's hand, dragging him away while repeating those words: "Go to the underground palace. "
Luo Yi frowned, and he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He held Chu Mengli's shoulders, and at the same time, he instantly activated his obsidian eyes.
Seeing this, Luo Yi's heart sank instantly.
The person in front of me is not Chu Mengli at all!
But a corpse! !
The eyes of this corpse were ectropioned and all were white, and the upper and lower jaws, which had long since rotted, collided back and forth, saying that sentence repeatedly.
"Go to the underground palace."
"Go to the underground palace."
Luo Yi did not hesitate, he raised his sword and lowered it, his head fell to the ground.
The body fell to the ground with a thud.
But that head was still "looking at" Luo Yi.
"Go to the underground palace..."
"Go to the underground palace..."
Luo Yi looked gloomy, stepped forward and trampled the head to pieces!
He looked around anxiously, but it was completely dark, and Chu Mengli could not be seen at all!
"Damn..."
These corpses are different from those on the Shinto murals just now. The corpses on the murals can be seen but cannot be touched.
Something like a shadow.
But this corpse, the corpse whose head was decapitated by Luo Yi, can actually be touched!
Luo Yi used his obsidian eyes to look for Chu Mengli everywhere.
Luo Yi didn't even dare to stop the Obsidian Dharma Eye anymore. Everything here was too weird.
But this imperial mausoleum is so big, and Chu Mengli doesn’t know when it disappeared. How should she find it?
The more Luo Yi thought about it, the more irritated he became. At this moment, Luo Yi was suddenly stunned.
"Underground palace?!"
The corpse just now kept saying to itself, go to the underground palace...go to the underground palace...
If Chu Mengli also encountered the same problem, does it mean that she has already gone to the underground palace at this time?
There are no clues about these corpses with the naked eye.
Because just now when Luo Yi looked at the corpse with his naked eyes, it turned out to be that of Chu Mengli!
So Chu Mengli disappeared suddenly. Is it possible that there was a corpse that took the form of himself and took Chu Mengli to the underground palace?
Thinking of this, Luo Yi suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
He didn't care much and hurried towards the underground palace.
Luo Yi had a guess in his mind, but he was not sure yet.
As mentioned in the previous inscription, the citizens of this ancient corpse country are actually corpses.
This sentence... is probably not a lie.
Because ordinary people can’t tell whether it’s a corpse or not!
Even Luo Yi wouldn't be able to detect it at all if he didn't have obsidian eyes!
In the eyes of outsiders, even if someone accidentally enters this ancient corpse country, they will never be able to tell that these people are actually corpses!
It’s hard to say that they can still communicate with others normally!
but……
Maybe there was someone later who saw through all this.
That person is the person who carved the words on the stone tablet with blood!
Luo Yi seems to already know the identity of this person who can inscribe on the monument of divine merit and virtue.
The person who carved the words, the person who asked them to go to the divine treasury, was the craftsman who built this living tomb!
In other words, he is the only living person in the entire Zhigu Kingdom!
After figuring this out, Luo Yi became even more worried. These corpses "inviting" them to the underground palace were definitely not good at all!
Luo Yi quickened his pace, and finally, when he was approaching the underground palace, he saw Chu Mengli! !
At this moment, Chu Mengli seemed to be talking to someone.
But in Luo Yi's view, she was clearly standing next to a hideous-looking corpse, talking to herself!
