After passing through the giant door, Yun Xinyao saw a vast and solemn hall.
The main hall covers an area of more than 10,000 square meters. There is a wide walkway in the middle, with a row of giant dragon pillars on both sides. There are a large number of ancient utensils scattered on the ground, surrounded by the same style as in front of the giant door. Huge sculptures of immortal warriors or exotic animals. Looking up along the wall, hundreds of meters of mountain are also covered with reliefs. Dragons and phoenixes dance, beasts contend, the scene is grander, the momentum is more unparalleled, and it even gives people a great pressure.
"This..." Yun Xinyao was almost stunned. It took him a while to come back to his senses and take stock of the situation in the hall.
At this time, about ten people were cleaning up the messy items on the ground, which seemed to be mostly ritual artifacts. However, the most eye-catching thing about the entire hall is undoubtedly the altar in the center, on which stands a huge Biguituo imperial monument.
The monument is ten meters high, and there is a ferocious beast on the left and right sides of the monument. The entire stele is well preserved, but the strange thing is that there is not a single word or symbol engraved on it. There is a rope fence around the monument to prevent outsiders from approaching.
"Our personnel are sorting out the artifacts found," Yun Cheng explained. "Initial estimates should be of great value. However, the space here is too large. We currently don't have enough manpower, so the progress will be slow."
"Is this the only hall in the entire ruins?" Yun Xinyao didn't care about the value of the cultural relics. The most important thing was whether there really was a "miraculous medicine" that could cure grandpa. However, judging from the current situation, there might not be such a thing.
"Yes for the time being. We have found no other passages and no special mechanisms."
"Then what is the significance of building such a huge palace in the mountain?" Yun Xinyao thought in his mind.
"Okay, Uncle Yuncheng, I will apply to send more manpower to help, you..."
"That won't work."
Before Yun Xinyao finished speaking, a ghostly voice came from above, followed by several sounds of the air being torn apart.
"Be careful!" Master Liang rushed forward and crossed his hands in front of Yun Xinyao, feeling a tingling sensation in his arms. Looking down, he saw a few leaves stuck in his arm.
"Picking leaves hurts people?" Master Liang's expression darkened. This is to infuse inner strength to turn the softest object into a murderous weapon, and what he mainly practices is the hard work of body training. The other party can hurt him so easily. I am afraid that he is also a martial arts master like himself, or even stronger.
"Oh? It's not all just a show," suddenly a figure in black robes was seen landing from the sky on top of a sculpture, and said in a joking tone, "I wanted to wait until you unearthed the secrets of the ruins before taking action, but It won’t be easy to handle if too many people come, so I can only deal with you now.”
"You are also here for the ruins?" Although she was still a little shocked, Yun Xinyao still forced herself to calm down and said, "Then you can cooperate with our Yun family..."
"Haha, Mr. Yun can hardly hold on any longer. What value does the Yun family have in cooperation?"
As soon as these words came out, both Yun Xinyao and Master Liang's expressions changed.
"Brother, when did our Yun family ever offend you, and you had to do this?" Master Liang had a few drops of sweat on his forehead. Apparently he also knew the inside story of Mr. Yun's illness.
"In the final analysis, the foundation of the Yun family is unstable, the abilities of the children are insufficient, and the grandchildren have not yet achieved success. Once Mr. Yun passes away, I am afraid that it will not be long before he is disintegrated and divided by other families," the man in black folded his arms, looking calm and composed. , "As for us, we are just following orders, and it is useless to say more."
"You guys?" Master Liang was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted quickly, "No, retreat quickly!"
Before it was too late, Master Liang grabbed Yun Xinyao and quickly retreated. At the same time, several black shadows suddenly rushed out from the dark corners around the hall, firing countless hidden weapons and flying towards everyone.
"Ah!!!" The scene was suddenly filled with screams. Those who took action were obviously professional killers. A dozen staff members participating in the scientific examination were killed on the spot before they could escape. The escorting bodyguards quickly raised their firearms and started shooting. A series of sparks and gunshots flashed and erupted in the dim space. However, the environment here is too dark, and the people in black move incredibly fast, making it difficult to aim. On the contrary, the opponent's hidden weapons were faster and more accurate, and in just a few breaths, several bodyguards fell to the ground.
"Uh-huh!" Suddenly, Yun Cheng couldn't dodge and was hit in the chest by a dart.
"Uncle Yun Cheng!" Yun Xinyao exclaimed.
"Miss, don't move around, hide behind me!" Master Liang led Yun Xinyao to the wall and used his body as a shield in front of her. Although he also wanted to save other people, his priority was to ensure Yun Xinyao's safety at the moment. His arms were like steel, whistling like wind as he waved, knocking down all the flying hidden weapons, making bursts of clanging sounds.
"Everyone else is gathering towards me!" Master Liang yelled. The ten surviving bodyguards gathered in his direction. The enemy's actions are unpredictable, so we can only join forces to look after each other and fight against each other.
"It's just a mob." The leader in black robes waved his hand, and six men in black emerged from the darkness and rushed forward, intending to tear the crowd into pieces with close combat. Most of the opponents were just ordinary people and there was no way they could resist. .
However, at the moment when the fight was about to come into close combat, one of the bodyguards suddenly threw away his firearm, swung his hands forward and pressed down on one of the men in black.
"Poof!" The man in black spurted out a mouthful of blood and was knocked back about ten meters and fell to the ground. His body twitched and then lost his breath.
This scene made all the men in black stunned for a moment, and they immediately pulled away and did not dare to advance any further.
"Oh?" The leader of the black robe was a little surprised, but he quickly understood the situation, "Mr. Yun really has some tricks up his sleeve, and he actually secretly let so many masters pretend to be sneaked into the ranks of ordinary bodyguards."
"Hmph, how could the head of the family not have thought that there might be some evil person trying to cause trouble?" Master Liang said coldly. Even so, he still did not dare to relax. The remaining ten people are all martial cultivators secretly deployed by Mr. Yun, and their strength is ahead of the Wuzong. And based on the feeling of the fight just now, these people in black are probably all at the martial arts level, but the problem is that the leader is probably a peak martial arts master or even a military general!
If this is the case, even if there are more people on your side, you will even be at a disadvantage in a real fight. Although he is not afraid of death, if the young lady is killed, how can he face the head of the family!
"It seems that I still need to take action personally." The man in black robe jumped down from the top of the statue and walked slowly towards the crowd. Although his actions seemed casual, the pressure he brought was greater than that of all the other men in black.
"Don't worry, I won't kill Yun Xinyao. After all, she is still needed to contain Mr. Yun." As he spoke, he took out the knife from his waist. The blade shone with an eerie silver light in the dark. "You can go in peace now." ”
"..." Master Liang's face was ashen, but he was speechless. Even he didn't know what to do now.
However, at this moment, neither party noticed that the blood oozing from the dead body lying on the ground was quietly flowing to an inconspicuous corner of the hall.
And in this corner, there is a mummy huddled together! At this moment, the gurgling blood gathered under his body and was slowly absorbed by his body. At the same time, the already dry body gradually became fuller, as if it had regained its vitality.
"Dong...dong...dongdong..." As the blood continued to be injected, the pulses became more and more clearly audible. It wasn't until the next drop of blood was absorbed that the mummy suddenly opened its eyes!
"Hahahahaha!!! I finally recovered!!!" A wild laugh resounded through the hall.
"What?!" The two teams, Yun Xinyao and Hei Paoke, were startled and looked towards the direction of the source of the sound.
"Hehe, hehe..." Accompanied by a burst of hoarse laughter, a figure shuffled in front of the two groups.
It was an old man with a withered face, eyebrows like scimitars, dark eyes, a huge aquiline nose, withered skin showing a strange brown color, wearing a shabby dark red robe, and a sickle-shaped line on his forehead. mark.
"Really, I heard a lot of noise in my ears as soon as I woke up," the old man said with a weird smile, "Why, you didn't kneel down when you saw me?"
"Humph, where did this lunatic come from?!" The black-robed man frowned, and then slashed with his sword, striking the old man head-on with a fierce sword energy.
Master Liang's expression changed. If this knife struck him, he might not be able to withstand it.
However, the old man didn't dodge, he just raised his hand casually, and a black barrier suddenly opened in front of him to block the sword energy.
"It's bad, it's hard to survive. You have to force me to take action." The old man shook his head, and with a tap of his fingertips, the black barrier turned into a tentacle, piercing through the black robe man like lightning.
The black robe's eyes widened, obviously not expecting this result, and he couldn't even make a sound. He only heard the tentacles making a gurgling sucking sound before sucking up all his blood.
"Woo!" Seeing this horrific scene, Yun Xinyao covered her mouth with her hands and almost collapsed with fear. She still can't understand what happened after she was inexplicably attacked by the man in black?
Of course, not only her, but everyone present was also in panic.
"Alas, a group of trash fish has no meaning in existence. Let's deal with it." The old man sighed and waved his hand, and the dark tentacles suddenly exploded and split into dozens of them and attacked everyone.
"Miss!" Master Liang threw Yun Xinyao down in time. A large blood mark was drawn on his back, but at least he was not killed.
Others were not so lucky and were all pierced to death by the tentacles. The scene was immediately filled with a heavy smell of blood.
"Well..." The old man thought for a moment, then walked up to Yun Xinyao as if nothing had happened, and asked calmly, "Little girl, I want to ask you, what year is it today?"
"Today, this year..." The tragic situation in front of her made Yun Xinyao almost unable to help vomiting, but she knew she had to stay calm if she wanted to survive.
"This year is...2021..." Yun Xinyao forced herself to answer intermittently.
"Tsk, has it been ten years..." The old man frowned.
Ten years ago, he was chased by his enemies and accidentally escaped into this ruins deep in the mountains. He was seriously injured at that time and had no choice but to use the blood secret technique to turn himself into a mummy to preserve the last bit of vitality. He would only be able to recover after being nourished by blood in the future.
However, this trick is also time-limited. If the blood source cannot be replenished within ten years, he will really die.
"Haha, it seems that my life should not be cut off..." The old man narrowed his eyes and smiled, and then his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he noticed something.
"Hey, I just discovered that you, a little girl, seem to be very talented. Do you want to become my teacher?"
"Become a disciple?" Yun Xinyao's mind was still confused, and he didn't even know what the old man meant by becoming a disciple.
"What do you want to do, don't touch Miss!" At this time, Master Liang, who was lying on the ground, struggled to grab the old man's ankle.
"Hey, you troublemaker!" the old man cursed, raised his hand and prepared to kill Master Liang.
But at this moment, a huge and complex silver magic circle quietly unfolded on the ground of the hall. Before the three of them could react, a dazzling bright light flashed through, and their figures disappeared from the hall.
