Chapter 9: The White Emperor City (1)
A moment of time passed, but it was as if countless years had passed, and the surroundings became pitch black.
The torch had been extinguished, there was no air here, and the feeling of suffocation made Bai Nian feel a kind of despair that was on the verge of death, and his heavy eyelids slowly closed.
When he woke up again, Bai Nian found himself lying on a stone platform, he got up and shook his head, feeling very dizzy. At this time, there was a soft touch in his hand, and he lowered his head, and found himself pressed in a very awkward place. With a pinch of his hand, his full chest rises and falls like a wave. Lin Qingyue was pillowed under him, and Bai Fan was lying in the distance.
Lin Qingyue's curled eyelashes blinked, and her eyes opened, just in time to see this scene.
"Ahem. Qingyue, are you okay?" Bai Nian hurriedly took his hand away, turned his head and didn't dare to look at Lin Qingyue's face.
"You ......" Lin Qingyue was a little angry, a touch of redness reflected on her pretty face, she didn't know what to say, and finally gritted her teeth and said: "Rogue embryo!"
"Don't, Qingyue, I didn't mean to, I woke up like this, it's none of my business. Bai Nian held his forehead and hurriedly explained.
"Hmph, where is this?"
The stone platform in front of him was exactly the same as the one at the time of teleportation, and it was also located under a huge pavilion, and the four thick pillars were exactly the same as the moire. However, the surrounding scene is at two extremes from before, one is a dilapidated and gloomy wasteland, and the other is a valley with birds and flowers.
It is surrounded by flowers and trees, and a mountain surrounds the pavilion, forming a small valley.
"It's so rich in heaven and earth aura, it's comparable to the cultivation holy land of some top forces. Lin Qingyue took a big breath, and the air was mixed with the smell of moist earth after the spring rain and the fragrance of several flowers, which was particularly good.
Before Bai Nian could sigh, a young man walked somewhere in the distance, he was slender and extremely handsome, and he looked the same age as Bai Nian, but there was an unruly meaning in those eyes, giving people an extremely extraordinary feeling.
"Do you dare to come back?" said the young man, domineering. After saying this, those unruly eyes turned to Lin Qingyue, and after looking at them carefully, they unabashedly showed an intoxicated look.
Lin Qingyue turned her head and unconsciously walked behind Bai Nian, blocking the gaze that made her sick.
"Your Excellency, may I ask what kind of place is this?" Bai Nian also felt a little disgusted with this young man in his heart, but listening to this young man's words, he should know something, and it was best to understand it first in such a strange place.
"Did I ask you, you are qualified to talk to me as an ant. The handsome young man was a little angry, and looked at Bai Nian, who was blocking Lin Qingyue, extremely displeased.
Hearing this, a flash of sharpness flashed in Bai Nian's eyes, and he clenched Bai Fan's hand and slowly calmed down.
"Your surname is white?"
Is this the ancestral land of Bai Village? But what is the matter with the wasteland full of graves? What is the secret of Bai Village? A series of questions flashed, Bai Nian let go of the hand holding Bai Fan, clasped his fists together and bowed slightly.
"In Xia Bai Nian, this is my younger brother Bai Fan. ”
The young man glanced at Bai Nian and said with great disdain: "Come with me to see the elders! ”
Passing through a quiet and pleasant forest path, the young man led Bai Nian and the others to a city, and the valley where the teleportation was located was in the city. This is a very ancient city, granite streets and alleys, blue bricks and tiles, heavy buildings are tightly locked, revealing a kind of antique atmosphere. But along the way, I didn't meet a few people at all, this is an empty city, and under the bustling buildings, there is always a sense of dilapidated and desolate.
Along the way, the young man didn't speak, but he always skimmed Lin Qingyue from time to time.
Bai Nian frowned and asked, "Your Excellency, what kind of place is this?" After a pause, his tone turned cold and continued: "Also, please pay attention to your own behavior. ”
"This is the White Emperor City. Let me warn you, what are you, and dare to talk to me like that?" the young man turned his head, his eyes glinting with disobedience.
At this time, Lin Qingyue, who had not said anything along the way, stood in front of Bai Nian and confronted the young man. The white-clothed Shengxue faintly revealed a murderous aura in a cold temperament.
"You'd better stay behind a woman or I'll kill you." The handsome young man said lightly and continued to walk forward, as if he didn't bother to shoot at the weak at all in his capacity.
Seeing that Bai Nian was a little hesitant, Lin Qingyue patted him on the shoulder in fear, and said in a low voice: "Since the village chief asked you to come here, it will definitely not harm you, and it will not hurt us to follow him." ”
Bai Nian nodded and followed the young man. In fact, he wasn't afraid of this young man, but the young man's words touched him a little, if Lin Qingyue hadn't stood up, maybe the other party would have slapped him to death, after all, he was too weak.
Through the dense stone alley, the road becomes wider, and it is a city within a city, and a plaque on the city gate vigorously writes the three ancient characters of "White Emperor Palace", giving people a sense of slaughter. The city is a complex of palaces, these palaces are magnificent, and the carvings are extremely luxurious, revealing the majesty of a noble royal family.
After entering the White Emperor Palace, there were gradually more people, most of them were wearing shoulder armor and being fully armed, as if they were patrolling. Still others simply wore rudimentary cloth clothes and walked from palace to palace, two completely different styles inside and outside the city. But there are still too few people, and it doesn't correspond to the pattern of the city at all.
The young man led Bai Nian into a palace, there were many people sitting in two rows in the hall, the first one was a white-haired old man with his eyes closed as if he was sleeping lightly, until the moment Bai Nian walked in, he didn't open his eyes, as if he had been waiting for a long time, his eyes were full of tiredness after vicissitudes.
"Sit. The old man spoke, his voice small, as if he had used all his strength to say the word.
There were only two positions left, one in a row, and the young man who led Bai Nian to arrive chose one, Bai Nian could only sit in another seat, and Bai Fan and Lin Qingyue stood behind him. The maid stepped forward to change a cup of tea for him, took a sip, and Bai Nian looked at the old man, waiting for an explanation.
But the old man closed his eyes again and did not speak. A middle-aged man sitting at the head of the old man looked at Bai Nian and said, "Is the letter talisman in your hand?"
Bai Nian touched his chest with his hand, but found that the piece of red jade was missing, if someone hadn't asked at this time, he wouldn't have even found it.
"We came here through the Letter, but the Faith seems to be missing. Bai Nian replied with his chin propped up, the piece of red jade had disappeared since they teleported here, and it had only passed in a moment in the void turbulence, but it was such a short period of time that made him feel like he was dying.
"Gone, ridiculous!" said the other man who sat at the head of the old man, an old woman, with her back bent and wrinkled, who looked older than the old man in the first place.
"It's really gone. Bai Nian opened his mouth lightly, his eyes were close to the old woman, and at this time he was also a little unhappy in his heart, since he came here, he was passive everywhere, as if the people here looked down on his identity.
"Also, what the hell is this place? ”
"You don't know what kind of place this is? Your surname is Bai, you don't even know what kind of place this is?" the old woman was furious, obviously disliking Bai Nian.
"And how did you get the Messenger? and who told you how to get here. The middle-aged man in the other position spoke, he was as calm as a mountain, and his temperament was as restrained as a mortal.
"I am a person from Bai Village, Bai Village was slaughtered and exterminated, and only me and my younger brother were left. Before he died, the village chief asked me to take the letter to find an altar, and after finding the altar, we came here......" Bai Nian told the story of the Bai family, but he skipped about the man in black chasing and killing Lin Qingyue. He looked at the expressions of the men, and they showed no grief, most of them were surprised.
"Extermination, have the road guards become so weak now?" the middle-aged man sighed, but didn't ask too much.
"Keeper?" Bai Nian was puzzled and repeated the word in a low voice.
"It's rare that the roadkeeper didn't tell you anything?" the middle-aged man frowned, his tone was steady, but he suddenly gave people a great majesty.
"Ahem. At this time, the old man sitting at the top of the house coughed eagerly, he opened his eyes, and said slowly: "Bai Yin, take them down!"
The young man sitting opposite Bai Nian stood up, glanced at Bai Nian, and walked out.