Chapter 188: Death in Order
But seeing that outside the flower god hall with glass as the wall, countless white bones have been piled up into hills, almost blocking the magnificent temple door. Looking further in, the statue of the flower god standing in the center of the temple has also been submerged in the remains of the corpse.
The entire temple is no longer the most beautiful it used to be, only full of devastation.
Looking at the hill full of corpses and bones, Feng Huanling said on a whim: "You say, is it possible that there are one or two survivors who escaped by luck in this mountain of corpses?" ”
Zhilan pursed her lips and didn't speak, and one of the monks stretched out a hand to the pile of bones in the hall, and closed his eyes as if he was quietly feeling what he was seeking.
After a cup of tea, he brushed down his sleeves, and a strong wind opened a path in the pile of bones, leading to the flower and stone path at the front base of the flower demon statue.
"Got a living mouth?"
Feng Huanling saw that the soldier nodded, so he stepped on the path between the corpses first, until he stopped in front of the statue, but when he looked around, he still saw white bones.
The biggest difference between standing here and standing outside is that the cold and eerie aura felt in the corpse mountain is heavier, and even the stench mixed with various odors such as the smell of blood is a little stronger.
"There's a mechanism under this idol."
The accompanying summoning sect leader stretched out his hand and moved slightly towards the statue of the flower god as he spoke, and then heard a muffled sound of the machine.
"Be careful, get out of the way!"
With Feng Huanling's reminder, everyone had just separated from each other when they saw several poison darts shot out from the mouth of the pitch-black hole that was randomly opened by the statue of the god.
After waiting for a long time and there were no other organs in danger, Feng Huanling approached the entrance of the secret passage and shouted, "Everyone inside should come out, it's all fine." ”
The words fell for a long time, and there was still a dead silence in the temple, but if you have good enough ears to listen carefully into the secret passage, it is not difficult to hear some uncontrollable light gasping breathing.
"Come out, it's really okay, we are the envoys of the Divine Dragon Kingdom, and we are here to save you." Feng Huanling couldn't help but add, "It's a survivor of the Flower God Kingdom?" Your Prime Minister Gadai and I are old friends, and we will not harm you. ”
Jia Dai was the flower god envoy who went to the Shenlong Kingdom under the pseudonym Pei Qing, and Feng Huanling was jealous of Long Yucang for having too much intersection with her, but she didn't want to use other people's names to win trust for herself.
There was a long silence, and I don't know if the people inside were too frightened to trust anyone, or because they were seriously injured or had not drunk or eaten for too long, and they didn't have the strength to speak.
"Outside, but Miss Fengsi?"
Just when Feng Huanling couldn't help but ask again, a very weak voice finally came out of the secret passage, although it was a little hoarse, it could still be heard as a woman's voice.
Miss Wind Four?
She hadn't heard anyone call herself like that for a long time, and she thought that the people inside were unsure of her identity, so they deliberately asked her like this to test her.
Feng Huanling also asked tentatively: "It's Sister Peiqing inside?" ”
"Exactly." The voice of the man inside was obviously stirring up with excitement, "Sister Huanling, save me." ”
Without the master's instructions, Zhilan walked into the secret passage with a short body, and in a moment, she took out a woman who was covered in blood and had been skinny to the bone, and her pale and withered face had been out of shape.
"Gadai, is it really you? How could you...... Don't be afraid, it's okay now, I'll definitely get you back. ”
Seeing that the old man had become such a terrifying appearance, Feng Huanling didn't care about asking anything, and hurriedly turned back to the Lingzhou with people, so that the accompanying imperial doctor could heal Jia Dai as soon as possible.
The prime minister of the Flower God Kingdom, who was almost only his last breath when he was found, took the elixir and rested for three full days before he could cheer up some spirits to speak, but the whole person was still described as withered so that the people who saw it were frightened.
During this period, Feng Huanling arranged several teams of people to conduct several intensive search and rescue in the city, but no survivors were found. In fact, there are two other people in the secret passage where Jia Dai was discovered, but unfortunately they didn't survive until the rescue came, and they had already died of anger and their bones were cold.
Later, after listening to Jia Dai's intermittent narration when she was in good spirits, they learned that the two women who hid with her under the statue of the Flower Demon were the Empress of the Flower God Kingdom, and the Vice Prime Minister Yufu, who was almost inseparable from the Prime Minister.
The royal nobles and important ministers in the capital of the Flower God Kingdom were all wiped out, and the alliance had to be put on hold for the time being.
Different from the leisure when he entered Yuanling Mountain for the first time before, there is now a tense preparation situation inside and outside Xianshan, and the access control to enter and exit Xianshan is stricter than ever.
Feng Huanling should not enter the mountain with all the people who are full of spirit boats, so she only takes the clouds that Jia Dai personally came out to greet into the mountain.
After everything was settled, and Cangyun also saw Jia Dai, Feng Huanling sat in front of her couch and asked, "Sister Dai, why did Jincheng become like that?" ”
"Not long after Your Majesty sent the team to participate in the Yuanling Mountain Fighting Law Conference, the Jincheng City ushered in that terrifying nightmare." Jia Dai's complexion was much better than before, and her voice was no longer so weak, but her expression was still pale and haggard, "I remember that day, it was originally a cloudless and good weather, but suddenly the weather changed at three poles above the sun, and the sky was so dark that it seemed to be splashed with thick ink. ”
At that time, the ministers led by Jia Dai were discussing state affairs with Her Majesty the Empress of the Flower God Kingdom in the court, and the sudden drastic change in the sky sent them all out of the main hall to look.
A group of demonic beasts appeared in the rolling sky of the lead clouds, although only a few people controlled them, but they were so powerful that ordinary people had never seen before. The slightly more timid civil officials fell to their knees one after another, and Jia Dai and His Majesty both saw the horror in each other's eyes, but they still managed to remain calm and composed.
"Listen, the Empress of the Flower God Kingdom, you are limited to surrender to Lord Demon Venerable before the sun sets today, otherwise it will be the end of the entire Jincheng after dark!"
Jia Dai recognized that the person who spoke was Yushu, who had served by Feng Huanling's side, and the one standing proudly on the body of the fierce beast Qiqi was Long Jingming, who should have died, and she thought that the Divine Dragon Kingdom had fallen under the iron hooves of the demon army before she knew it.
At that time, the news that the Xuanwu Kingdom was invaded by the demon army, and the adjacent Flower God Kingdom already knew that the Flower God Empress originally wanted to focus on the overall situation, first pretending to surrender to the demon army and then think of another countermeasure, but after learning that after the surrender, the whole city must take the "Demon Pill", she decided to fight to the death.
"Since we refused to surrender, Long Jingming and them washed the city with the blood of a group of demonic beasts that night." Recalling the tragic situation of that night, the strong Jia Dai couldn't help but redden, "They used the candle dragon and other murderous and bloodthirsty demonic beasts to open the way, Long Jingming personally drove the poor Qi and then followed the team, and then followed the soldiers and generals of the team, but they were all 'demonic beasts' who had taken the magic pill." I can see that some of them are elite soldiers of the Xuanwu Kingdom, and some are just ordinary people, but they have all been forcibly captured and filled into the demon army, and they have to be loyal to the new master due to the mysterious medicinal properties of the Demon Pill. ”
Thinking that Zhong Xiu might be among them, Feng Huanling's heart felt as heavy as being crushed by a boulder, "That demon is actually no longer Long Jingming, just another person who still uses his body...... Or should he call it a god, he is the winter god Xuan Ming who has fallen into the demon path. ”
"Xuanming?"
The well-informed Gadai was naturally no stranger to the name of the Winter God, so much so that she was speechless for a long time.
"As far as I know, after Long Jingming died and awakened the Xuanming Yuan Shen, he first went to the Xuanwu Kingdom to take away the Xuanzhuo throne in order to pour all the Xuanwu Kingdom for his use. While opening the Blood Altar to open the passage of the Demon Realm into the Human Realm, he quickly annexed many island countries scattered in the Beiming Sea north of the Xuanwu Kingdom, and then the small countries and other ethnic groups near the southern border, and the ultimate goal was naturally to let the entire Guiyuan Continent be controlled by him. ”
Feng Huanling felt that Xuan Ming's plan was actually somewhat similar to theirs, both of which were to summon the guardian spirits of various countries, so as to grasp more power that reasonably existed in the human world, but was far stronger than that of ordinary human races.
It's just that Xuan Ming also has a more insidious and powerful demon pill, which can make mortals quickly become demons, but they don't have a way to make mortals become immortals in one day.
"That night, I saw for the first time the power of the demon army, and the ordinary human race was as small as ants in front of such a powerful existence." Gadai waited for a moment to recover before continuing, "Those who are obedient live, and those who rebel die, this is the only standard that the demon king treats us. He has no humanity at all, he slaughters hordes of people like trampling swarms of ants without care, not to mention those beasts and monsters, for them, slaughtering the city is like enjoying a gluttonous feast. Wherever they passed, people did not have the slightest chance to resist, and in an instant, the living people were devoured into bones. ”
Speaking of this, Jia Dai coughed weakly, and drank a few sips of ginseng soup with the help of Feng Huanling's hand to barely get better.
"He wasn't human in the first place, so how can he talk about humanity? You're right, in his eyes, we mortals are indeed no different from ants. Feng Huanling sighed lightly and put Jia Dai back on the couch to lie down again, "You are tired today, and the rest of the matter, it will not be too late for me to come back from the Tiger Roaring Country." ”
Jia Dai struggled before falling into a coma: "If you can meet my country's Protector Divine Beast, I hope you can find a way to save it back." I'm sure I'll ...... Definitely going to ......"
If it weren't for Jia Dai mentioning it, Feng Huanling wouldn't have dared to ask about the Flower God Kingdom's Protector Divine Beast, judging from the means he had heard about Xuan Ming's conquest of the Northern Lands in Long Yucang, the Flower Demon should have been summoned by him.
It's just a flower demon, how can it compete with the Fallen God Demon Venerable?
As for this kind of useless "guardian spirit", Xuan Ming is usually only used as a furnace to promote cultivation after being summoned, and when it is no longer worth the furnace, it will be discarded like a piece of decay and reduced to a delicious meal for demonic beasts.