Continuing to walk around in this humble bedroom, but there was no gain, Jiang Ling held the bone bottle and thought for a while, and muttered: "If you go out early, you may encounter some plots or battles with other players too early." If you go out later, you may miss out on items and other exploration factors that are powerful to you. ”

Jiang Ling briefly weighed the pros and cons, but still chose to walk out of the house, and encouraged himself: "Anyway, I am also one hundred and one on the list, and I am among the best under the base of 700 people, so I can't be cowardly." ”

Jiang Ling held the bone bottle in one hand and the sword of sin in the other, and carefully opened the door, and outside the door was a dim corridor.

"I can't see clearly, I don't even have a lighting tool." Jiang Ling stood at the door and looked at it, and found that he couldn't see clearly, and something five meters away was completely hidden in the dark. He pondered for a moment, using his telekinesis to strengthen his eyesight, and sure enough, he could see more clearly.

Jiang Ling walked out of the room and came to the corridor, where the end of the corridor was not far to the left, but there was no window there. Jiang Ling turned his head and walked to the right side of the room and walked forward along the corridor.

After walking two steps, I saw that there was a door on the same side as the previous bedroom, which was another room.

Naturally, there is no security door in the room in this ancient castle, and there is not even a handle on the outside, Jiang Ling tried to push the door, and easily pushed open a gap, indicating that this room can be entered.

Jiang Ling stood at the door and listened through the gap, there was no movement inside, so he pushed open the door and walked in. Even though Jiang Ling carefully and slowly pushed the door, the old iron-clad wooden door still made a creaking sound.

Jiang Ling stood at the door and looked in, and saw that the room was empty, but there was a layer of dried and rotten weeds on the ground inside, and a rancid smell also came out.

"The owner still raises pigs." Jiang Ling muttered and walked into the room.

It doesn't look like anything, but you should check it out. Who knew that Jiang Ling had just bought into the house, and suddenly felt a chill, he immediately turned his head to look, his scalp couldn't help but tingle, and his body suddenly tensed.

In the corner there was a man seated, but it was definitely a dead man, his clothes in tatters and a skeleton wrapped in it.

Jiang Ling tensed his nerves and looked at him vigilantly, even if he saw that this guy only had a pair of bones left, he didn't dare to be careless, I was afraid that this guy would suddenly stand up.

After waiting for a while, seeing that there was nothing unusual about the skeleton, he took two steps forward cautiously, took a closer look, and confirmed that it was just an ordinary male skeleton, and it seemed that this person had been dead for at least thirty years.

Jiang Ling guessed what clues there were on this skeleton, so he took a closer look, because this room didn't even have a window, the light was very dim, and he was almost in a state where he couldn't see his five fingers. Two minutes later, Jiang Ling confirmed two things, first, it could be seen that the tendons at the joints of this person's bones were not rotten, and they were even very strong and glued to the bones, which showed that this person was a martial artist with good strength before his death. Only the more powerful warriors have their bodies and muscles extremely solid, and even after being dead for so long, their tendons have not rotted.

Second, the man seemed to have died a terrible death.

The damage to his clothes, obvious marks of sharp weapons, and even scratches on his bones, can be seen that he was violently attacked before he died, and the other sitting shapes are not normal upright, his legs are stretched straight and bent, two arms are on his left leg, and the other is buckled to the ground, it can be seen that he must have been in great pain before he died.

And what made Jiang Ling a little puzzled was that a small section of the bone in this person's neck was dark red.

"What makes bones red?" Jiang Ling thought to himself.

Of course, it's not just worth thinking about, there are many things worth scrutinizing about this skeleton.

The first is the identity of this person, he may have something to do with the castle owner, such as the long-term worker or the guard in the castle or something. If so, then the cause of his death suggests that the castle may have been attacked by an enemy or that there was a fight within the castle.

But it is also possible that he was an outsider, such as a strong man who came to this castle thirty years ago to hunt for treasure, and he died in the castle, indicating that there was some kind of mortal danger inside the castle that killed him here.

It's just that Jiang Ling knew from the battlefield preview that this castle must be extremely dangerous, so these two unverifiable speculations are not of high value.

Jiang Ling looked up at the wall around the dead man again, and there were no obvious scratches or cracks on it.

Jiang Ling thought to himself: "A martial artist with good strength, who has been dead for about thirty years, although he was very painful before he died, there was no obvious sign of resistance, and his neck was inexplicably dyed red..."

Jiang Ling frowned and thought about it, but he felt that there were still too few clues, and he was afraid that he was missing something, so he observed this corpse again, and even stretched out his hand, and unceremoniously used the sin cleansing sword to flick the tattered clothes on this person's body.

With the flick of the sword of sin, a few pieces of rags fell from the tattered clothes, and then Jiang Ling's eyes lit up, and he saw that there seemed to be an object in this person's arms. He used his sword to pick out the egg-sized metal plaque.

This metal plate has a good texture, even after so many years, it has not rotted or rusted, Jiang Ling took it and looked at it, and the words [Nanyan Wuzong] were written on it.

"Nanyan Martial Sect?" Jiang Ling muttered, "I think it's a certain sect, so this person should be an explorer who came in from the outside." ”

At this moment, a slight system prompt sounded in Jiang Ling's mind.

【Get Side Quest: Inside the Castle】

【Difficulty: Hard】

[Mission content: Confirm the whereabouts of ten disciples of the Southern Yan Martial Sect]

[Mission Progress: 1/10]

[Reward: 40 points, 20 credits]

[Note: Thirty years ago, ten disciples of the seventh generation of the Southern Yan Martial Sect entered the Moon Demon Castle without telling their elders, but none of them went out from there. Now I ask you to confirm everyone's whereabouts in person. 】

"Huh?" Jiang Ling was stunned, he didn't expect that he had inadvertently triggered a side quest, and the difficulty of the task turned out to be "difficult", which can be said to be very difficult to complete. Moreover, just looking at the content of the task, it is required to confirm the whereabouts of the ten disciples of the Nanyan Martial Sect, that is, to see people alive and dead to see corpses, so far, it is very likely that they are already 'corpses'. If these ten people died in various parts of the castle, then Jiang Ling would be busy. After all, there are still nine players and some mysterious and powerful force in this castle, and it can be said that there are many dangers in the process of searching.

There is nothing new in the task reward, but 40 points and 20 silver coins are not a small amount, which is very tempting for African players like Jiang Ling.

"It's a side quest anyway, so if you can't complete it, forget it." Jiang Ling muttered to himself rationally, took a step back and said, even if this side quest could not be completed, at least the task content indirectly helped him confirm the identity of the deceased in front of him.

Now that the identity of this person has been determined, it is much easier to speculate.

"This martial arts master of the Southern Yan Martial Sect entered the Moon Demon Castle with his companions to look for opportunities, and then encountered the interception and killing of some kind of force, fled to this house in a panic, and was then quickly killed by the enemy." Jiang Ling dragged his chin with his left hand and scrutinized it, and then added in his heart: "It may also be that he fled to this house with serious injuries and then bled to death." ”

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling suddenly realized that something was wrong, he frowned slightly, glanced around, and said in his heart: "No, why is there no blood?" ”

Although it seems that this person has no traces of fierce resistance here, it is obvious that this person has multiple injuries on his body, since he has been injured, he will definitely bleed, but Jiang Ling was surprised to find that there is no blood around this person.

Although it has been decades, the human body has decayed, and the blood will naturally volatilize, but the blood is not water after all, and it will leave some black and red marks after volatilization.

But there was no blood on the man's clothes, on the ground under him, or on the walls behind him.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Ling didn't ignore this anomaly, but cared very much, and faintly felt that this information was the most important. He muttered again, "The blood has been sucked dry? Vampire's castle? ”

The vampire count lives in a castle, which is a common setting in many European and American film and television works, but it makes sense.

"Let's just think so." Jiang Ling thought for a while, and then looked at the blood-red on the skeleton's neck bone, because the light was too dim, he had the courage to take a closer look, and his head was almost attached to the skeleton.

But even so, Jiang Ling still couldn't see how this inch-long red trace was caused. Jiang Ling guessed blindly: "Poisoned? Bitten by a vampire? Birthmark? Do you have a birthmark on your bones..."

Jiang Ling couldn't figure it out for a while, knowing that this information was not something that could be understood at the moment, and after studying it up and down for a while, he felt that there was no useful information on this skeleton.

Jiang Ling had been squatting on the skeleton for five minutes here, and another point that made Jiang Ling wonder at this time was - why hasn't the main quest been refreshed yet?

Ten minutes have passed since entering the battlefield, and the side quests have been triggered, but the main quest has not been issued for a long time, and the battlefield information prompts the first three players who complete the main quest to win.

"It seems that you still have to explore a little more actively, otherwise you will trigger the main quest one step later than other players, and it will be considered a losing situation." Jiang Ling weighed in his heart: "And since there can be three people to win, then there is still the possibility of forming an alliance to fight, I hope to meet an acquaintance." ”

Jiang Ling glanced at the skeleton in front of him, and said in his heart: "Saying that I was face to face with a skeleton for five minutes, I was a little panicked when I thought about it. ”

He felt a chill all over him, wrapped himself in his clothes, and stood up again.

At this moment, Jiang Ling suddenly froze his figure.

There was a slight thud coming from the corridor outside the door, although the sound was small, but it was so obvious in the dark silence, as if it was striking Jiang Ling's heart.