23. Valley of the Emperors

There was silence, only the sound of falling snow sounded all around, and the wind would blow up bursts of snow from time to time, making the already snow-covered world whiter and colder. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Tao Ya walked in the depths of a snow-white Kunlai Mountain, here is the ruins of a palace, it may be the palace of a certain Mogu warlord who fell in time, but now only a bleak ruin remains, no one has been here for hundreds or even thousands of years, so the snow here also exudes a wild smell.

This snow-capped mountain is not as peaceful as it seems, in fact, in this inaccessible valley, there are many dangerous creatures, such as tigers, monkeys, and snowmen.

The snowmen of Pandaria are not quite the same as the snowmen of Azeroth, which can only scare ordinary people.

The snowmen here are true behemoths, usually reaching about 6 meters, covered in white or red fur, extremely powerful, and omnivorous, which means that they eat everything when they are at their hungriest, panda people, monkey dogs and even the mysterious Moogu people who roam the area.

Fortunately, snowmen generally don't haunt in this season, which makes Tao Ya also relieved.

Like ordinary Assassins, Tao Ya was not accustomed to multiple people acting together, and she scattered all the Pandaren Assassins under her command, constantly searching for clues in this area, while she went deep into the most dangerous areas alone.

Tao Ya likes to be quiet, since she was born, she likes to be alone, this is probably because she lost her family when she was a child, it was a buffalo invasion, in that dangerous place on the Mantis Plateau, this kind of thing is very common, in Tao Ya's hometown, in addition to the dangerous bison people, there are also vicious and cruel mantis demons and mysterious and cruel Mogu.

It was a real war-torn place, in a peaceful place like Pandaria, it was very rare, even the power of the Shadow Trace Sect was difficult to penetrate completely in the Praying Mantis Plateau, Tao Ya was wandering there for 2 years, and met Zhu Talan who went out on a mission, at that time she was hunting a dangerous yak alone, a small man, a malnourished body, and only a broken sword in her hand, but even then, Zhu Talan, who was hiding in the shadows, was shocked by the ruthlessness and grasp of the fighter plane unique to this red panda。

He brought her back to the Shadow Trace Sect and accepted her as a closed disciple, and in the next thirty years, Tao Ya grew up rapidly, although the panda people are not as good as the elves, but they also have a lifespan of 200 years, so the current Tao Ya, in essence, is still a half-old girl, but he is already the top assassin in Pandaria.

In addition, Zhu Talan is actually far from being as young as he looks on the outside, which is also the reason why Lao Chen respects him very much, this warrior monk with a resolute personality, has led the Shadow Trace Sect for one hundred and fifty years, and the warrior monk who cultivates true qi, after cultivating to a very high level, it is not impossible to prolong his life, see Master Shang Xi of Lost Island, in fact, Lili also said that some people speculate that Master Shang Xi is the first batch of panda people to go out with Liu Lang.

In other words, Master Shangxi's age is likely to be over 800 years old.

Tao Ya for Zhu Talan, is a kind of father-like feeling, she likes the Shadow School, although everyone doesn't like to talk much, but it is indeed her home, she is willing to give everything for her home, but for Dick, Tao Ya has an indescribable feeling.

I don't hate it, but I definitely don't like it, that person seems to be carrying a heavy shackle, just like Zhu Talan, and as long as he gets close to him, Tao Ya can feel some kind of indifference hidden under that smiling face... Even indifference.

He didn't seem to care about anything, but he seemed to be thinking about things that were extremely important to the common people.

It was a very contradictory feeling, and in short, Tao Ya didn't like it.

But this did not prevent her from fulfilling Dick's mission seriously, after all, Tao Ya was still a soldier, although Pandaria did not have an army.

Thinking about the mess in her head, Tao Ya did not stop searching, and after jumping lightly from a tree branch and disturbing a snow rabbit hiding in the snow, the assassin suddenly heard the sound of weapons clashing, which made her immediately alert, and only took a slight step forward, and the whole person disappeared in place.

The sound came from the edge of the mountain col ahead, and even a brave assassin like Tao Ya would not take the initiative to approach that place, because if he slipped a little, he would be buried on a cliff, and the difference was tens of meters, and the bottom was covered with sharp stone cones, especially this place was covered with snow.

But when Tao Ya fixed her body with her flying claws and hung it outside the mountain col, she saw an unexpected situation, under the cover of the mountain col recessed inward, there was a cave in the sky, a dark cave was embedded in the mountain wall, if it were not for Tao Ya, who was attracted by the sound of the impact of weapons, he would not have found it at all.

In Tao Ya's gaze, a Mogu soldier with cyan skin was carrying the corpse of a fierce tiger and walked into the cave.

Mogu, this is the giant race that once ruled Pandaria for tens of thousands of years, they once reached their peak when the first emperor Thor ruled, Thor subdued all the warlords in the entire Mogu clan, and established the most powerful empire ever, at that time, the Night Elves had not yet appeared, in the whole world, there were only two empires of Zandara and Mogu, Thor implemented dictatorship internally, unified writing, unified weights and measures, built the Great Wall, and resisted the invasion of the mantis demon once in a thousand years.

And it is the only powerful force recorded in history that can take the initiative to drive the mantis demon back to the Fear Wasteland, from this point of view, Thor is actually a great king, but after he has the world, he is not satisfied, and continues to covet the power of the gods, and went to the Origin Forge with the emperor of Zandalar at that time, trying to get into the huge energy left by the Titans, and was killed by the creator and the original Toville death squad, which detonated a small part of the Origin Furnace and was completely killed.

After Thor's death, the entire Mogu clan also declined rapidly, but his remaining power was still there, so Mogu's rule spread for thousands of years, and finally under the leadership of the hero of the panda people, the first warrior monk "Fist of Dawn" Kang, the entire enslaved race of Pandaria, including the savage lizardmen, began to fight back, and the Mogu dynasty finally perished.

Then came the era of the panda people.

In that counterattack, 80% of the Mogu were killed, but a small number survived, and they continued to multiply, and eventually the race flourished again, but it no longer had the authority it had before, and now it could only continue to live as bandits.

Tao Ya has killed more than one Mogu, she knows how difficult this giant creature is to deal with, their strength is great, and their skin is tough, they are also good at martial arts, some Mogu people will also use unique stone magic, but this cyan Mogu in front of her is different!

Tao Ya was sure that this could be seen from the delicate armor he was wearing, which was not the armor that the current down-and-out Mogu people could make, and the sharp decapitation knife that made people feel their scalps tingle at a glance, which was even better than the skill of the panda man blacksmith.

He was dressed in cumbersome things, as well as pendants and iron medals that represented his status, which were obviously not available to the Mokgu who had lost their culture nowadays.

"Grave Keeper!"

This thought jumped into Tao Ya's mind for the first time, this must be the tomb keeper of a certain Mogu Emperor, it is said that those emperors have mysterious alchemists around them, who can make the Moogu people enter the strange state of immortality for thousands of years, to guard their emperor forever, whether it is alive or after death, the panda people generally call that kind of existence "terracotta warriors".

Tao Ya felt that he had found the place Dick had spoken of.

But now we have to go!

The Assassin is not a warrior, she should leave when she finds a place, she can be skilled in assassination, but if she is surrounded by heavy troops, and it is a strange existence like the Demon Ancient Terracotta Army, then it will be difficult for her to escape.

Tao Ya silently noted down the direction, and then retracted her claws, but the moment she climbed the col again, a dozen cyan Mogu soldiers wearing delicate armor and looking like dead people had blocked all her paths.

At the forefront, a purple Demon Ancient Terracotta looked at her with cold eyes that were not mixed with emotion, as if looking at a prey.

Instead of holding the soldiers' beheading broadswords, he carried a bow and arrow made of steel, and a bag of fine steel arrows on his back, with a golden wrench on his fingers.

Tao Ya bared her teeth, like a female leopard who had met an opponent, she bent down, her hands in her palms and moved flexibly, this was the weapon that the Shadow Sect's master assassins had made for her, and she had been with her in the Praying Mantis Plateau, in the Wasteland of Dread, on the Great Wall, and today, it would accompany her in this silent valley.

Tao Ya knew that her chances of victory were slim, but she had to at least get the word out before she died.

Not for the heavy responsibilities that Dick shouldered.

Just because she's a soldier, just because she's on a mission, that's all.

The atrium of the White Tiger Temple, where the warrior monks trained, the panda people of Pandalia have developed the mysterious profession of the warrior monk to the extreme, each temple has a unique inheritance, and even every warrior monk family has the secret skills of the warrior monk.

Lao Chen's Hundred Split Claw is one of them, and it belongs to the secret technique of the Storm Spirit Family, but this kind of Azeroth's top martial art is nothing in Pandaria, and the warrior monk masters of Sunny Sun Peak, each of which has dozens of advanced martial arts that can be compared to the Hundred Split Claws.

The White Tiger Temple also has its own heritage, the panda people here are good at using the palm of the hand, Valera once said, Lao Chen fights like dancing, but when you really come to the White Tiger Temple, you see the posture of those female panda monks fighting with their opponents, and everyone knows what is beautiful and ferocious.

But soon, a bad news came to Dick's ears, he followed the monk to a secret room with a serious face, he looked at Tao Ya lying on the bed, this panda assassin he had met before, now desolate to the extreme, her abdomen was completely pierced by three arrows, her body was covered with scars, in fact, when the dying Tao Ya fell into the pool behind the White Tiger Temple, and soaked in the cold water for 2 hours, at this moment, this silent panda man assassin has entered the end of life.

Dick looked at the panda man in front of him, this was not the first person to die because of his order, and it would not be the last, he looked at Tao Ya's painful face in a coma, endless thoughts rolled in his mind, he thought he could ask those people to die for him with a blank face, because it all had a noble purpose.

But now, looking at Tao Ya, who was about to die, Dick suddenly realized that even the most noble goal was not worthy of these people who should have had a good life and life to die for him.

It should have been his responsibility!

But now it's on Tao Ya's back.

Dick stretched out his hand, trembling, somewhat frightened palms, and he sincerely hoped that what had happened to Liadline and Verinde would happen to Tao Ya again.

"Holy Light... If you can hear it, please send this life back, and please use your kindness to stop my soul from suffering!"

"O Light, please grant me this glory. ”

"Please give me... The power to change all this. ”

"Drop..."