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It seems to have had a long, long dream. The dream was dark and lightless, and a somewhat gray figure walked in front of it. Keep walking and walking, and never look back. The emaciated figure has the lonely taste of a lone traveler. Xia Ye subconsciously called Chu Chengde.

The person in front suddenly turned his face, and the face like Chu Chengde was expressionless. She was overjoyed, and just as she wanted to pounce, the man's face suddenly fell off, falling inch by inch, and soon turned into a skeleton.

"Ahh Xia Ye screamed and woke up from her dream in a sweat.

"Are you awake?"

It's the boy's voice! With a slight side of his face, the young man's face appeared in front of her, still a little gray and not very healthy, but Xia Ye still found that the young man's eyes seemed to be more energetic.

The boy was holding a glass of water from a hollow cup made of bamboo: "Drink water." ”

Natsuba drank obediently. The two briefly introduced themselves, and the young man said that his name was Jimo and he was from Qi State.

"Qi Guo?" Xia Ye was surprised and surprised, she was worried that there was no place to find Qi Guo, and the people from Qi Country were automatically sent to the door. Then ask, "What is this place?" ”

"The top of the clouds." Jimo said lightly.

"What the hell? Haven't we escaped from the top of the clouds? How can it ......? "Got in?

"As I said, there are many places on the top of the clouds. Aren't you looking for that ancient tomb called the Top of the Clouds? We are destined to rush here. ”

"Really?" Xia Ye was overjoyed. Hurriedly sat up and observed the situation around him.

It looks like a mountain col, a long river runs through, both sides are quite high slopes, Meishan is far away in the distance, and the sun rises in the east. It's just that it's really remote here, and there are no people around.

"Where are the tombs?" Natsuha wasn't too happy and felt like she was being tricked.

"Hehe, how can you see the ancient tomb if you want to see it? This place belongs to the top of the clouds, but the ancient tomb is hidden under the belly of the mountain, how can it be casually let you see it. ”

That's right.

Natsuba decides to rest and then look for a way into the mountain to dig a grave.

After eating some wild fruits left by Jimo, I felt that I had regained some strength. She got up and went to the river to get some water and wash her face.

Just then, something fell. Xia Ye screamed, and reflexively jumped down to fish.

It was the cloud box that her mother had left her.

She can't afford to lose it.

"I'll come." Jimo grabbed her, and he took off his shirt and threw himself into the water.

After searching repeatedly, I finally found the cloud box in the water.

When she took it in surprise, she found that there was a long wound on Jimo's hand, which was soaked in water and turned white, deep into the flesh.

"Are you hurt? Got hurt when you picked up the cloud box? Xia Ye frowned slightly, there are no medicinal herbs here. Fortunately, the wound is only on the hand and is not fatal.

Jimo nodded: "There seems to be a broken bowl in the water, and I was accidentally cut." ”

"Broken bowl?" There are no people here, how can there be bowls?

She also plunged into the water, and after looking in the water for a while, she found what Jimo said. Scoop it up and check it, it is a bowl with a blue and white porcelain pattern, it seems that it has been some years, and it should belong to some ancient cultural relics such as burial goods.

Funerary goods? Antiquities!

Under this water or in the water source, there are ancient tombs hidden?

Xia Ye suddenly became excited: "Jimo, this blue and white porcelain must have been washed out of the tomb of the ancient gods, we will definitely be able to find it if we enter the mountain along this waterway!" ”

Jimo's horror is even worse than being chopped into meat sauce: "I'd rather be chopped into meat sauce than go to that hellish place!" ”

"Why? Are tombs scary? Xia Ye asked again.

But this time Jimo didn't reply to her at all. I found a tree trunk and rested on my eyes.

Xia Ye didn't give up, how terrifying can the hellish place be? Is it scary than being chopped into meat sauce?

She didn't believe it. Now that it was getting dark, she was going to go to the mountains to pick up some branches, and tonight she would rest on the fire to prevent wild beasts, and tomorrow she would go out along the river to try it.

A peaceful night. Xia Ye was worried and finally stayed up until the next morning. But Jimo is gone.

He once leaned against the trunk of the tree where he was resting and carved a line of words: "Sister, don't go, I escaped from there, believe me." ”

Gone on your own? Natsuha was a little speechless. In this wilderness, I don't know where Jimo went alone. But no matter what, she must go out along this water source.

At the end of this water source is actually the moat outside the city defenses.

However, the river is inside the city, not outside the city. The city walls are very high, and you can't see how many zhang there are when you look at them, and you always feel like they are towering into the sky. The sky here is gray and there is no trace of the sun shining brightly, just like the modern haze, giving people a cold and dull feeling, and I always feel out of breath.

It's just weird.

Natsuba felt like he was in a dream, and he went straight into the city.

There are many high-rise buildings, and there are many restaurants and teahouses on both sides of the street, and these buildings are no different from other countries, and it is a very typical commercial street. There are even many stalls on the side of the road. But whether it is a seller or a consumer, it is a silent gesture without much enthusiasm.

She wandered on the road, and the folk customs of this Qi country were different from other places. The people here are very simple, very plainly dressed, and everyone seems to have a layer of wind and frost on their faces, and their skin is very dark and rough, and all men, women, and children are all spared...... They looked like they were poisoned, their faces were expressionless, they were stiff, their eyes were blank, and their movements were slow, as if time was slow, and she could surpass at least twenty people by walking casually.

She always felt a chill down her spine, as if something had been following her all along, but she looked back and saw nothing.

What the hell is going on? She couldn't find anyone to ask, and her heart beat violently involuntarily.

She always had the feeling of being in a ghost town.

It would be nice if there was a stronghold of Cloud Palace here...... Unfortunately not.

She casually picked up a jade pendant on the stall and asked the boss, "How much." ”

"A penny." The boss sounds like a zombie.

Xia Ye was stunned: "A penny? She saw that although the color of this jade pendant was not very good, it was better than the pure quality of the jade, and it was still made of a whole piece of jade, and the price was at least more than 100 taels in other countries! The jade jewelry she wore when she was engaged in activities in the Yueshi Country was not in good condition, and it was sold for more than five hundred taels.

That's it...... A penny? "Don't you want to be so outrageous!"

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