A month later.

The endless swamp was full of pools of turbid sewage, and the bones of Bai Sensen could be seen everywhere in the water, as if there were people and beasts, and a foul smell wafted in the air.

In addition to sewage, a large part of the seemingly continuous green is made up of swamp plants such as mosses.

If you think these greens are the ground, if you accidentally walk on them, you will fall into a death trap, be swallowed by the swamp, and eventually become a skeleton.

At this moment, under the gray sky, a white cloud flew from a distance.

A black figure stood on the air cloud.

It was Shi Mu.

The qi cloud soon began to dissipate, and Shi Mu's figure began to slowly decline.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Mu landed on a swamp with shrubs.

Where there are shrubs, the soil is generally hard.

Shi Mu looked around for a moment, and then withdrew his gaze.

According to the map, this is already the territory of the ancient kingdom of Western Xia.

But for some reason, there was always a lifeless, oppressive feeling in the area, which made it quite uncomfortable.

It had been five or six days since he had entered the swamp, but the sky had always been gray.

And when he was in the air, he always felt a yin aura lingering around him.

The trouble is that in such an environment, Cai'er can't see too much in the air.

The swamp was very similar everywhere, so he hadn't been able to get out of it until now.

"Stone, I'll go to the west and take a look, there seems to be a village over there. Cai'er's voice sounded in his mind.

"Okay, be careful, I've always felt a little weird here. Shi Mu replied with his heart.

"Don't worry!" said the parrot.

The sky is far away. A small black shadow rose higher and higher, and soon disappeared into the gray clouds.

An hour later. Under the guidance of Cai'er, Shi Mu finally found a seemingly small village.

There is only one main street in the whole village that runs from east to west. Most of the houses on both sides are thatched huts.

Shi Mu stood outside the village, frowning slightly.

The village was so quiet that there was no sound at all.

He looked at the sky again, and it was almost noon, and there was not a single room in the village that was lit with smoke.

He couldn't help but feel a little more wary in his heart, and then walked slowly towards the village.

He was taken aback by the sight inside, a village the size of the village, and it was lifeless.

From the entrance of the village, he has walked more than 100 zhang. The bodies of two men and one woman, and three villagers were found.

He stepped forward to inspect them, and the corpses had just been dead for three or four days, their wounds were black, and there seemed to be gray yin qi entwined.

Shi Mu suddenly turned around and walked towards the outside of the village.

At this moment, in a thatched hut next to him, two gray claw shadows suddenly shot out.

At the same time, a rustling sound of movement was heard everywhere in the village.

Shi Mu pointed with his right hand. A golden light rushed out from his body, instantly turning into a golden giant sword the size of a door panel.

The golden flames on the sword body rolled, and in a flash, it greeted the two gray shadows.

"Whew!" there was a soft sound.

With a slight flick of the golden flame, the two gray claw shadows were refined into nothingness.

The money sword is unabated. In an instant, he reached the sky above the thatched house, and then slashed down with a sword like thunder and lightning.

A scorching wave of air came first.

There was a loud "boom".

The thatched hut collapsed in the sparks, and a white-haired zombie appeared.

Its two claws danced dozens of gray claw shadows. He headed for the golden greatsword.

As soon as the two touched, the claw shadow immediately collapsed. The golden greatsword immediately slashed it in half.

The wound was burned by the golden flames, and the smoke immediately rose.

Shi Mu saw this. A look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

After this period of cultivation, the money sword has begun to have spirituality, and this is the first time it has been used to defend against the enemy.

At this time, in a thatched hut next door, two more skeletons with bone knives rushed out and killed Shi Mu directly.

With a wave of his hand, Shi Mu shot out two red fireballs, flying towards the two sword-wielding skeletons respectively.

The two skeletons didn't stop, and with a wave of the bone knife in their hands, they were about to slash at the fireball.

Seeing that they were about to be hit, the fireball suddenly drew a graceful arc in the air, and hit them in the back with a flash.

"Boom, boom!"

The two sword-wielding skeletons were instantly blasted to pieces.

At this time, a large number of skeleton zombies poured out of the village, and a rough calculation showed that there were as many as two or three hundred.

Shi Mu frowned, his lips moved slightly, and a large white cloud suddenly poured out around him.

At this moment, in a thatched hut behind him, two more skeletons with bone spears pounced on Shi Mu, one left and one right.

At this time, the money sword also flew back, and as soon as it turned its direction, it slashed at the spear-wielding skeleton on the right.

Shi Mukou opened, and a thick white qi shot towards the other skeleton, and at the same time, his body rose to the ground.

Boom, boom, two loud bangs,

The two skeletons were torn apart in two rays of golden light.

In mid-air, Shi Mu stood on the white clouds, and the money sword circled around, flying into the distance in an instant.

......

A few days later.

The sky is still gray, and the sun here shines on people, and there is not much warmth.

Shi Mu stood on a small slope, and in front of it was a small town of about 1,000 people.

There is a small river two zhang wide in the east of the town, and there are large areas of fertile fields along the river, and the grains in the fields are hanging down heavily, as if it is about to be harvested.

From here, from a distance, two or three hundred ordinary houses, wooden or brick, spread out along the cross-shaped road in the center of the town, only in the center of the town, there is a two-storey attic, in which some voices can be faintly heard, and there are curling smoke rising in many places.

In addition, the entire town seemed to be shrouded in a layer of gray light, and the aura was not very powerful.

This is a simple guardian formation.

Just when Shi Mu looked at it, confirmed that there was no problem, and was about to go in to take a look, there was a commotion at the entrance of the village.

Soon. Seven or eight men dressed in ordinary people's clothes followed behind a flatbed carriage. Stopped at the exit.

The crowd gathered around, and the noise grew louder.

A moment later. The crowd dispersed, the light mask fluctuated, and the carriage slowly drove away from the town, with four people seated in the carriage.

Shi Mu thought about it for a while, it should be someone dead in the town, and now he has to be dragged out of the town.

As the carriage passed Shi Mu, he glanced at the flatbed, and the two mangled corpses were placed on the cart.

It seems to have been bitten by some wild beast, but there is still a little black and yin qi left in the wound.

Shi Mu couldn't help but think of the village he went to a few days ago. sighed in my heart, it seems that this town is not a peaceful place.

As soon as Shi Mu's body moved, he was about to walk towards the town.

This was the first village or town he had encountered in the ancient kingdom of Western Xia, and he decided to go in and find out the news.

He had just taken a few steps when his heart moved and he sensed that something was wrong.

"Boom!"

The ground on the left behind him suddenly exploded, and debris splattered in all directions, and a white-haired zombie sprang out and pounced directly on the flatbed carriage.

on a flatbed carriage. A thin young man beside the coachman instantly had a black wooden staff in his hand.

With a slight swing, a gray gas shot out of the wooden staff, changing in mid-air. It turned into a bone white shield and blocked the white-haired zombies.

"Bah!"

The white-haired zombie crashed into a thick wall, and his body was stunned. And it fell to the ground.

By this time, the flatbed carriage had stopped, and the other three men each held a sword. Roll up three clouds of cold light and besiege the white-haired zombies.

The white-haired zombie has a sturdy body and infinite strength. The three besieging people did not dare to touch each other.

The emaciated young man danced his staff on the carriage, constantly emitting gray light, and as soon as he touched the white-haired zombie, his movements would become extremely slow.

The other three took the opportunity to attack closely, and the white-haired zombie was soon scarred, and was finally beheaded by a tall young man, and the soul fire in his eyes quickly dissipated.

Just as the three of them were packing up their weapons and preparing to return to the carriage, there were three strange noises on the ground.

The three white-haired zombies jumped out of the ground and pounced on the three of them, extremely fast.

The three of them advanced or retreated, each fighting a white-haired zombie.

Although the emaciated young man continued to release gray light, slowing down the speed of the white-haired zombies, the three of them quickly fell into disadvantage.

At this moment, a flash of red light flashed, and three red fireballs flew towards them, each of which pounced on the three white-haired zombies.

As soon as the three-headed white-haired zombie moved, its claws danced into a claw shadow, sealing the direction of the fireball.

At this moment, as if under human control, three red fireballs took a sharp turn in the air, and in the blink of an eye, they bombarded the white-haired zombie's head from the side.

"Boom" three explosions in a row.

The heads of the three white-haired zombies were immediately burned to ashes, and their bodies froze in place for a moment before finally falling down with a bang.

Seeing this, the thin young man felt relieved, and hurriedly walked towards Shi Mu with the other three.

When these four people were fighting with the zombies just now, Shi Mu could see their strength, except for the thin young man who was a warlock apprentice, the other three were just ordinary martial artists.

After the four of them thanked Shi Mu, they immediately returned to the flatbed carriage and went out of town.

Shi Mu turned to look at the entrance of the village, but found that a horse-faced young man in his twenties was greeting Shi Mu with a happy face.

"In Shimoda Matsu, Your Excellency must be the Lord of the Stygian Moon Sect invited by the town lord. Please come with me, sir. The horse-faced young man saluted respectfully.

Shi Mu was slightly stunned, and before he could speak, the horse-faced young man directly turned around and led the way in front.

Shi Mu glanced at the back of the horse-faced young man, put away the aura that belonged to the innate martial artist, and then followed him silently and walked towards the village.

The two soon came to the center of the town, in front of the two-story attic, Tian Song directly stepped forward and knocked on the door......

A moment later, Shi Mu was already sitting in a living room, and on the table in front of him, there was a cup of freshly brewed tea.

A moment later, an old man with a swarthy face walked in through the side door of the living room.

"The old man is Wang Ying, the mayor of Baifeng Town, who has seen Senior Mu. Speaking of which, in a poor and remote place like ours, it is the first time I have seen such a master of cultivation as Senior Mu. The swarthy old man said with a smile on his face.

He didn't sit on the main seat, and sat down directly opposite Shi Mu. (To be continued.) )