Chapter 163: The Plague Swamp
The plague swamp is a different place in this swampy land, Yuan Xuan looked up at this high stone stele, carefully sensed the thick sealing power on the stone stele, and his face became a little weird, this is a seal formed by a mixture of various powers, including the unique Gu method in the witch road, and a trace of the breath of Buddhism, the people who want to seal here, there are many people, and all of them are masters. So many people are involved in this seal, this place, what is so special about that?
"What kind of place is this?" Ning Xin was puzzled, seeing such a frightened look on Ding Chu's face, he couldn't help asking.
In fact, not only she and Yuanxuan, but also other people don't know about this place, living in the wilderness for many years, and it is the first time that they have heard of such a place.
"Uncle Ding, what kind of place is this?" Han Yue also asked.
"I've also seen a record of this place in the clan fragments!" Ding Chu pondered for a moment and said slowly, "It is said that three thousand years ago, there was a terrible plague in the wilderness, and many people tried to find a way to save it, but to no avail, in order to restrain this plague, all the tribes united, drove all the people infected with the plague to a certain place, and set up a seal, and since then, this dark history has ended!"
"So, the Plague Swamp is the final resting place for those infected with the plague?" Ning Xin said.
"That plague is far more terrible than you imagined!" Ding Chu shook his head and said, "According to the fragments, once infected, it is not as simple as growing sores outside the body, but after a long time, people will lose their five senses and stiffen four limbs! Just like the walking dead! The most terrible thing is that once an infected person dies, the corpse will not decompose, but will be controlled by the plague, produce corpse transformation, and frantically bite the living! But anyone bitten by it will become the next target of transmission! Therefore, this plague is also called a corpse miasma!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone trembled, and unconsciously looked into the depths of the seal, and vaguely, in that reddish-brown land, they saw a pair of blood-red eyes, which looked extraordinarily infiltrating.
"Roar!" The roar in the distance got closer and closer, and seeing the beast tide composed of fierce beasts making a violent sound in the rear, everyone's hearts instantly became chaotic, the front was a dead end, and the back was a beast tide, which was almost a mortal situation.
"This seal is not unbreakable!" Yuan Xuan spoke, at this moment he was very calm, his palm slightly touched the stone tablet, and the spiritual power in his body rippled layer by layer on the seal.
"Brother Tai, no!" Ding Chu was shocked, the fragment recorded this plague so terrible, just to prevent future generations from pursuing it, the current situation, it doesn't matter if they die, but if this plague is allowed to reappear, it will be a disaster for the entire wilderness.
"I'm not trying to break this seal!" explained Yuan Xuan, "The best way for us to do it right now is to take refuge in this place for a while, and when the beast tide recedes, the idea will come out!"
"But what if we can't get out?" Ding Chu stared at the extinction, "Aren't we going to become walking corpses and be controlled by the plague!"
"Do you have a better way?" Yuan Xuan's eyes were very cold, staring at Ding Chu and asking rhetorically, "With our current strength, to deal with so many fierce beasts, it is undoubtedly not to hit a stone with an egg, rather than being trampled by these fierce beasts, it is better to fight, maybe we can survive!"
Ding Chu was silent, the statement of fate is true, but this kind of thing is not trivial, and no mistakes are allowed.
"Ahh
"Uncle Ding!" Han Yue was frightened, the first time she saw such a bloody scene, she was a little nauseated, but fortunately, Ning Xin gently patted her back on the side before she eased up.
"Okay!" Ding Chu struggled in his mind for a while, and finally nodded, "Then Your Excellency be careful, don't make any mistakes!"
Yuan Xuan nodded, flipped his palm, and secretly sent out a Taiji seal, sealing towards the seal. The seal was turbulent, seeing a small gap gradually expanding, and a melancholy smell of corpses poured out of the seal, Yuan Xuan frowned, this plague swamp is really not ordinary, it has been sealed for three thousand years, will there be any living creatures!
"Great Commander!" Wu Tu shouted, a group of people quickly approached this side, several huge beasts, chasing them, in a short period of time, seven or eight savage wrestlers were killed.
"Everyone, keep up!" Ding Chu gave an order, admonishing, "Protect your body with your strength! Try not to touch the things inside!"
The seal was opened, and Yuan Xuan and Ning Xin glanced at each other and stepped into this dusty place for a long time.
Ding Chu was helpless, although he had taboos about this place in his heart, but there was really no other way at the moment, so he had to take the remaining few people and follow the fate to step in.
Everything was as expected, seeing the seal slowly healing, the beasts in the outside world finally stopped, they seemed to be afraid of this place, even the roar became a lot smaller, one by one the fierce beasts opened their scarlet eyes, unwilling to watch the fate and others gradually disappear, never took a step forward, half an hour later, a low roar sounded from among them, a peculiar red calf, stood up, said that it was peculiar, because compared to the ordinary red calf, it was much smaller, the fiery red scales, covered with dense sigils, flashing with a strange ghostly light, above its head, a sharp small horn protruded, The ghostly light gathered in the runes is slowly flowing into the corners, which looks very strange.
"Roar!" A low roar, as if commanding, as if angry, where the little red beast went, the other fierce beasts consciously gave way until it came to the front, looking at this plague swamp with deep eyes, surprised, fearful, and even a little nostalgic.
The swamp was full of mud, and in the darkness ahead, red light flashed continuously, and the expression of Yuan Annihilation was solemn, and through various methods, it could already be confirmed that it was not an eye, but another substance.
"Don't move forward!" Ding Chu looked at the swamp with an ugly face, and proposed, "Let's go back and see, maybe those beasts have left!"
"It's not that I don't want to go back!" Yuan Xuan explained with a solemn face, "Have you noticed that in this place, our skills are suppressed!"
Ding Chu closed his eyes and was about to silently operate his skills, but he was suddenly stopped by fate.
"Don't use your luck!" said Yuan Xuan, "The air here is different from the outside world, if what you said before is true, then once we use the exercises, the breath in the body will inevitably be released, and the corpse miasma contained in this air will be inhaled into the body!
"You're right!" Ding Chu nodded, and hurriedly ordered Wu Tu to inform everyone.
"Brother Tai, according to what you say, we can't use our strength, so how can we break through this barrier?" Ding Chu asked.
"Let's go ahead and take a look!" said Yuanzhi, "This is also the point I missed, I didn't expect this place to be so weird!"
In the plague swamp, there is no road, the edge is in the forefront, can only follow the red light in the distance, groping all the way, fortunately, although this swamp is muddy, but not like the outside, people are careless, they will fall into it, can not extricate themselves!
Even so, Yuan Shi still felt uneasy, and finally, next to a withered tree, he saw a dried corpse.
"Didn't you say that corpses wouldn't decompose?" Ning Xin asked back.
"That's what the fragment says!" Ding Chu explained, "Maybe it's because it's been too long!
"Don't touch this corpse!" Yuan Xuan said lightly, his eyes were subtle, and he vaguely saw a small incision on this air-dried bone, this person probably did not die of the plague in his body.
Of course, this was just his speculation, and he didn't tell anyone, and continued to move forward.
"Ahh
"What people!" The rest of the people panicked, and the companions who were in the past died in front of them the next moment, and there was no wind at all!
Yuan Xuan stepped forward and observed the corpse, there was no abnormality on the surface, even the neck was intact, and he couldn't see any cause of death, but he died like this, which was really very strange.
"Everyone be careful!" Yuan Xuan opened his mouth, came to Ning Xin, and whispered, "Follow me!"
Along the way, nothing unusual happened, and everyone finally came to a place with red light.
"Ghost Stones!" Yuan Xuan frowned, these stones were very similar to the ghost stones he had seen in the Penglai Forbidden Land back then, but these in front of him were too bright red, as if they had been watered with blood, and they still exuded a disgusting aura.
"I've seen this kind of red ghost stone!" Ning Xin said, "It is said that in order to summon spirits, it can be arranged into a formation, and a complex passage can be arranged through which the soul of the dead can be attracted and used!"
"Harmful formation?" Yuan Xuan asked rhetorically.
"There is no good or bad formation!" Ning Xin winked at Yuan Xuan, "If you use this method to save people, it is not impossible!"
Yuan Xuan knew what Ning Xin meant, nodded, and saw a certain position in the distance, a red light appeared, and said: "It seems that we are very likely to be in this so-called soul conjuring array! I am curious, who arranged such a formation, and the final result will be fulfilled!"
"What person!" Ding Chu suddenly drew his sword in the back, and in a dark place, he saw a figure, through the red light of the ghost stone, gradually reflecting a familiar face, it was the wild man who died just now!
"Hehe!" a mysterious expression appeared on the big man's face, his eyes turned from pitch black to blood red, and he stared at them and let out a strange laugh.