With a trembling in his heart, Ning Yue asked, "You said that no one came back?" Could it be that they came back but you didn't notice it. ”

Shopkeeper shook his head and replied: "Impossible, this Divine Relic Town is located on the only road connecting the Guihu Ruins with the outside world, if they come back, any of them will be a team of more than a dozen people, so that no one in the town will find out." Don't look like I've been lying here lazily, but in fact, I go out every day to find someone to chat. Anyway, no one in the whole town noticed that anyone was leaving. Besides, when you come out of that hellish place, can you not go back to this town to resupply and rest before leaving?"

"There is no other way out except here?" Su Qian asked, if the last three groups of people did not come out after entering, this journey may be really dangerous.

"The Guihu Ruins are surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountain walls are steep, unless you are strong in the Venerable Realm, it is difficult to cross it with your own strength. On the other side is the Dead Lake, which is even more impassable. The other end of the Dead Lake is said to be the border of Xuanwu Prefecture, an ownerless barren land between the demon territory and the human territory. Of course, it is possible to fly Warcraft over these obstacles. It's just that if those people have flying monsters, why should they go in when they come? But let's say it first, since the house money has been paid, it will not be refunded. ”

With that, the shopkeeper stretched his waist and got up and walked outside the inn.

"I'll help you lead the horses to the backyard, and you'll be pleased." ”

"Now, how?"

Horiyuan looked at Ning Yue, waiting for him to speak, but she never knew why Ning Yue had to come to this place.

Ning Yue replied without thinking: "If you want to quit now, I will not stop you." Now that I'm here, it's impossible not to go in. Su Qian, you too, I won't stop you if you want to go. ”

"Cut, what do you think of me? As you said, I've come here, how can I go. Besides, it sounds a little more interesting now. Horiyuan snorted and smiled, with a hint of cruelty in her smile.

Su Qian's answer was even more direct and firm: "In the entire Xuanwu Prefecture, I only know you, where can I go if I leave?"

"It seems that you have two good companions. It's a pity that I didn't, but fortunately I met you with the same destination, otherwise I would have to fight alone. ”

patting Ning Yue's shoulder, Fir sighed deeply, and a shallow envy flashed in his eyes.

Ning Yue punched him in the chest with his backhand and said, "No, you used to have." It's for him, for that friendship, that I'm here, isn't it?"

"Yes, I used to have ......"

......

Time flies, and soon night falls. With something in his heart, it was difficult to sleep, and it was not until the shopkeeper came to knock on the door that he covered his somewhat dizzy head and got up, and Ning Yue found that he couldn't remember how many times he tossed and turned, and finally fell asleep.

After asking the shopkeeper to replace the hot water brought with cold water, he washed his face, he felt a lot more sober, and when he walked to the hall, he found that the other three had already begun to eat steaming noodles, just waiting for him to arrive.

The night wind still carried a little chill, and the four of them jumped on their horses and galloped away through a dark street. The houses on both sides were silent, and only a few were still lit. Looking at their backs as they disappeared into the night, the shopkeeper shook his head and sighed lightly as he closed the door of the inn.

"I'm afraid, there is no return. Every year, there are always batches of such people coming, and how many will come back after they go back?"

By the light of the stars and moon, I could barely see a hole in the mountains on the horizon, and it was the only road that could be passed. At a glance, the crack gap was like a giant axe falling from the sky in the mountains, and a line went down vertically.

Crossing the gap and continuing forward, Ning Yue and the three of them gasped even more, the ground in front of them was actually sunken into a bottomless deep pit canyon, only a natural stone bridge in the middle connected the two ends, the length is probably three hundred meters, and the width is less than two meters.

In the canyon, it was pitch black, and it was impossible to see anything clearly, and the whistling wind that echoed in it was faintly like some magical beast roaring, and it was like a dead soul crying, which made people's backs secretly chill.

"Don't look down, or you'll be scared even more. Speaking of which, every year, many warriors stop here, and I don't know if it's their luck. I'll go ahead, and you follow. But remember, keep the spacing a little wider, otherwise it is easy to get into trouble. ”

With that, Fir stepped forward. Facing the narrow and terrifying stone bridge, the hunter wind horse, who had always come and go quickly, also slowed down his pace and walked slowly, and a dull gasp sounded from his nose from time to time.

Looking up as much as possible without looking down, Su Qian muttered softly, "If it weren't for this hunting horse, I might not dare to take such a path." ”

"The most terrifying thing is not to start walking, but to go halfway, and if you want to go back, you can't take a step, right?" Horiyuan smiled cheaply, as if she had adapted to it.

After walking about half the way, suddenly, the fir stopped, quickly raised his hand, and signaled for the latter to stop.

"What's wrong?"

"As the intelligence says, strange corpses. ”

As he spoke, Fir jumped off his horse and stood on the stone bridge, leaning over to reach out again. Behind, Ning Yue leaned sideways, and vaguely saw a black shadow lying on the ground motionless under the other party's palm.

"You two wait here, I'll take a look. ”

After leaping forward, he stepped in front of him to hunt the wind steed, and then borrowed his strength together, and after another tumult, he landed in front of the firs, and finally was able to see the dark shadow on the ground. At that moment, I finally understood why the corpse was called weird.

The clothes were still fresh, but the corpse was already decaying, and only the last layer of dried flesh was left on the bones.

Tapping the corpse's neck, Fir said in a deep voice: "Before he died, his neck was locked tightly, but it doesn't seem to be the direct cause of death. I flipped through the intelligence report from two years ago, and it was written like this. The neck was locked and left scars on the cervical vertebrae, and the flesh and blood were drained by unknown forces, leaving only a dry corpse with skin and bones. Brother Ning Yue, have you ever had something similar in your previous experience?"

"There are some similar, but not too similar. I've heard Master Zun mention that some evil martial arts can devour people's essence and suck the living into a dry bone in a moment. While Ning Yue replied, he secretly thought in his heart, if it was just like that, the Spirit Devouring of the Dark Xuan Ancient Sword would also be able to achieve a seven-point similarity.

Fir sighed and said, "If someone does it, what will be the origin of that person?" He really needs to absorb the essence of a living person to strengthen his foundation, and it is obviously more convenient to choose an uninhabited wilderness to start, and it is not easy for people to find traces. This Guihu Ruins is located in the middle of nowhere, but every year there are many sects fighting its ideas, and even disputes arise. It's not wise to do it here. ”

"I think that the person did not choose to do it here, but had to do it here, and there should be a reason that we don't know about at the moment, and there should be a reason that is restraining that person's actions...... Most likely, it has something to do with the amber ruins themselves. Be careful about the rest of the road, maybe at this time, we are already being targeted. ”

With that, Ning Yue turned around and walked back to his mount, and was about to get on his horse, when suddenly his movements froze, and his eyes locked tightly to the other end of the stone bridge, where they came.

In an instant, Horiwon realized, quickly turned his head to look, and at the same time shook his right wrist, and the condensing sword blade spewed and condensed.

Almost at the same moment, a black shadow rushed out from the entrance of the stone bridge, and soon disappeared into the vast night.

"What is that? It looks like a person, but it's more like a monster in its movements. ”

Muttering in a deep voice, Hori-won turned her head to look ahead, such a distance and night, even her eyes could not identify the target.

"Leave him alone and move on. If that guy really has something to do with the dried corpses here, I think we'll meet again when we get to the ruins. Again, be careful. ”

Continuing to move forward, there were more than a dozen similar dried corpses on the road, judging from the way they dressed, they should have come from three different sects, and what they said to the shopkeeper. It's just that this number of people is still a lot worse.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, Fir said: "The people of the three sects, that is to say, it is not the people of these three teams who hurt the killer, there is another one. But when did they get here?"

Ning Yue speculated: "It should have been not long ago. As you said, there is a risk in entering the Guihu Ruins, and it is known that fewer people return each time than enter. Then, a team that had been here left a few people behind, and if they left, it would not arouse the suspicion of the people in the Divine Relic Town. ”

Fir continued: "However, there is no water source and food on the Guihu Ruins, so it won't survive for long. ”

"Didn't you notice that although these dead corpses were armed with weapons, they had no other luggage? If it were just a few people, a few teams of more than ten people, and the food and water they carried together, they should be able to last for a long time. But again, the question comes back to square one, why do those people, or that person, do they do it here? What does he want from the Guihu Ruins?"

At the end of the stone bridge, the ancient and dilapidated stone pillars on the wilderness come into view, and surrounded by countless broken walls, a quaint palace is faintly visible. Farther away, the rumored Dead Lake, a wide lake where no living creature can inhabit.

"The Hunter Gallant can only stay outside, and no Monster mount can enter the ruins in any case. It's as if they're invisibly afraid of something. ”

When he looked back at the order, Fir suddenly found that the figures on the three hunting horses behind him were missing, only Ning Yue and Su Qian were left, and Horiyuan at the end did not know where to go.

"Hey, why is that girl gone?"

"Shhhh

Ning Yue raised his finger and pressed it to his mouth, signaling silence.

After a while, with a few traces of wind breaking through the sky, a figure appeared in front of the three of them, it was Horiyuan. The ragged refractive cloak flicked up, and in her small hand, she threw out a piece of charred charcoal with sparks.

"Found in an inconspicuous corner, judging by the rest of the traces, someone has been here for many days. Moreover, more than one person. ”

Nodding, looking at the ruins and stone pillars laid out like a labyrinth in front of him, Ning Yue said in a deep voice: "Then, another new hunt is about to begin." The truth will begin to emerge when we encounter the enemy head-on. ”

On a stone pillar in the distance, a black shadow flashed and disappeared, and it was not discovered by Ning Yue and the others at all. In the void, there was still a snort.

"Interesting. Although there were fewer people coming this time, it seemed to be more valuable than the previous ones. ”

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