"The convoy can't drive into the castle, please forgive me and get off with the old man!"

Haoyi was still curiously looking at the large-scale, gray-covered ancient castle in the distance, and Xue Yue's slightly apologetic explanation sounded in his ears.

"It's okay, it's up to you! Hao is not an unreasonable person! Hao Yi put away the look of surprise on his face, turned around and smiled faintly: "Besides, this road is not far, the old general can walk, how dare the younger generation hold it!" ”

"That's good! Mr. Hao, please! While speaking, the two got off the locomotive, Xue Yue smiled heartily, turned sideways and said.

"Old General, please!" Haoyi hurriedly gave in politely, and the two strode side by side towards the ancient castle in the distance.

The road leading to the ancient castle is a smooth avenue more than a foot wide, all paved with bluestone one meter square. It is said to be smooth, but there are obviously uneven shallow pits on each piece of bluestone under the feet, which is probably the mark of the years left by the wind and rain.

The place where Haoyi and the others got off was hundreds of steps away from the tall arched stone gate of the ancient castle, and there was a considerable slope, which was indeed a bit difficult for ordinary people to walk. Haoyi, who has a strong body that God knows, naturally doesn't care about this rather difficult road. And to his surprise, the old Xue beside him, who was already over the age of six, walked up and didn't see the slightest hint of twilight. Xue Yue even introduced the origin of this ancient castle to Haoyi while walking, and there was no respite at all when he spoke.

"By the time we Ricktown people set foot on Lobito, the castle was already here! It is said that when our ancestors discovered it, it was like an abandoned castle, full of broken bricks and tiles. It took our ancestors years to renovate it and then use it as a temporary base camp. It was from this castle that we at Ricktown really put down roots here! It's fair to say that it's the birthplace of our Ricktown history! ”

When introducing the history of this ancient castle, Xue Yue's face was full of solemnity and solemnity, like a devout believer worshipping the holy city in his heart.

"For a long time, it was regarded as the capital by us Ricktown, and it was not until the city of Santa Fe was built that it gradually disappeared from the sight of ordinary people, and became an ancient castle with far more symbolic significance than practical significance! Probably more than 100 years ago, this castle was officially designated as a forbidden area by the government, and ordinary people were only allowed to enter the castle during some special and important festivals! To put it simply, it's actually a museum that represents the history of our ancestors in Ricktown! ”

"Museums?" Hao Yi was stunned for a moment, his feet couldn't help but stagnate, and his eyes were involuntarily attracted by a circular building similar to the shape of a fountain pool on both sides of the bluestone avenue. These strange round buildings, which appear on both sides of the avenue in pairs at intervals, look so familiar that Hao Yi even wonders where he has seen them.

"That's right, museum! The main building of the castle is divided into 9981 areas, and each area displays a number of objects representing the struggle of the people of Ricktown in a certain period! Hearing Haoyi's surprise, Xue Yue's old face suddenly bloomed with a very proud smile. However, the smile only disappeared for a moment, and the solemn and solemn color reappeared on Xue Yue's face: "Our ancestors gave this ancient castle a rather loud name, called Holy Spirit City!" ”

"Holy Spirit City!" Haoyi's tongue knotted again, but his heart couldn't help moving, and a vaguely familiar feeling quietly crept into his heart.

"Yes, Holy Spirit City!" Xue Yue subconsciously stopped, raised his white head and said in an unusually solemn tone: "In the minds of all of us Ricktown, it is like the existence of the Holy Spirit!" ”

"Ahem, according to what the old general said, is this castle still allowed to live in people?" Xue Yue's almost fanatical demeanor, seeing Haoyi, couldn't help but get goosebumps, and asked lightly in a low voice.

When Hao Yi led the task force into the Ricktown Star Zone and contacted Xue Yue for the first time, Xue Yue had vaguely mentioned that the mysterious queen who controlled the entire Ricktown behind the scenes wanted to meet with Hao Yi in person. And after leaving the Ricktown Army's supreme shogunate camp, although Xue Yue did not mention this agreement again, Haoyi knew clearly in his heart that he was going to take himself to meet the mysterious Queen of the Bright Moon Empire.

"Ordinary people are naturally not allowed to live in this castle!" Xue Yue was noncommittal to Hao Yi's doubts, just smiled mysteriously, then said no more, and continued to raise his feet and walk towards the ancient castle.

"Ordinary people? Well, that's right! Hao Yi's heart suddenly suddenly, shrugged his shoulders and walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Xue Yue, wanting to hear his introduction to this ancient castle again. However, for some reason, Xue Yue suddenly seemed to be out of interest, and just walked forward with a solemn step with an old face.

A moment later, Hao Yi and the others were less than twenty steps away from the giant arch of the ancient castle, which was two or three feet high. It was at such a close distance that the ancient castle, which was originally faintly shrouded in a layer of gray haze, suddenly became impressively clear.

"I'm his uncle, how do you look more and more like ......" When the outline of the castle clearly reflected Haoyi's eyes, his heart moved again. Hidden deep in the depths of his memory, there were sporadic pictures of the unique architectural style of the Star Spirit Clan, which unexpectedly overlapped with the appearance of the ancient castle in front of him, making Hao Yi a little distracted.

"Buzz click......" At this time, there was a jerky and weird sound, which made Haoyi's heart jump abruptly, but when he looked at it, the giant arch slowly opened on its own. Behind the door was dim and deep, and there was no figure in sight, faintly revealing a bit of treachery.

Seeing the door open, Xue Yue paused slightly, turned around and nodded to the adjutants and marines who were not far behind him. The young staff adjutant understood, and immediately beckoned the guards to stop advancing, and lined up on both sides of the avenue to act as temporary guards, but he did not intend to continue to protect Xue Yue.

"To take the liberty of it, Chief Hao doesn't have a weapon on him, right?" Haoyi was a little curious, and Xue Yue suddenly turned around and asked with a smile.

"Nope! How? ”

"Oh, that's right! This castle is considered a sacred place by us Ricktown people, and no one is allowed to bring weapons into the castle! Xue Yue explained with a smile.

"Understand, understand!" Haoyi suddenly smiled and said again and again.

"Chief Hao, please come with me! The passages in the castle are a bit complicated and can be a little confusing! With a meaningful explanation, Xue Yue led Haoyi and the two of them into the castle one after the other.

Behind the giant arch, there is a rather spacious hall, Hao Yi and the two have just passed through the giant arch, a cool wind suddenly blows, and a fixed oil lamp fixed on the stone pillar, jumping with blue flames, suddenly lit up one after another, making the originally dark and gloomy hall slowly clear. Except for the rows of stout stone pillars that lead to the vaulted roof, the hall is empty, and there is no other conspicuous thing to be seen. However, there seemed to be some strange lights faintly flickering on the four walls in the distance.

"Buzz click......" Before Hao Yi came back to his senses, the jerky sound sounded behind him again, and the giant arch actually closed on its own again.

This sudden change once again added a bit of weirdness to the castle, making Haoyi's brows subconsciously wrinkle slightly. However, seeing that Xue Yue in front of him was still walking forward without looking back, Haoyi had no choice but to follow quickly.

At the end of the hall, there are several wide stone steps, which meander to another level of space behind the hall. Xue Yue seemed to be quite familiar with the environment here, and without any hesitation, he led Hao Yi onto one of the stone steps and walked up step by step. After walking nearly a hundred stone steps, the two came to a long and spacious corridor, on each side of the corridor were closed stone doors, with some strange reliefs on the doors, and on each side were half-humanoid stone carved oil lamps, glowing with a faint blue light.

"This is probably the exhibition hall in the mouth of old Xue Yue, right?" Hao Yi swept over the strange text patterns on the stone doors, and secretly guessed in his heart.

After passing through the corridor, there was another hall that was slightly smaller than the previous hall, and there were also several stone steps leading to various directions, and without any hesitation, Xue Yue led Hao Yi to step on one of them.

In this way, the corridor suddenly turned into stone steps, and the two of them wandered around this labyrinthine castle for half an hour. After passing through another stone gate, Hao Yi suddenly felt that his eyes lit up, and he had come to a valley-like space. Above the valley was Lobito's clear sky, but the bright sky light did not seem to illuminate the valley, and the whole space was also shrouded in a hazy darkness.

"It's here, it's ahead!" Hao Yi was looking around curiously, and Xue Yue beside him suddenly raised his hand and pointed to an ancient hall in front of him that seemed to be carved on the cliff, and said to Hao Yi in a solemn whisper: "Forgive the old man for being rude, I can only send it here!" Mr. Hao, please go over by yourself! ”

"Thank you, old general!" Although Xue Yue didn't say much, Haoyi naturally knew in his heart that the mysterious queen Bixia, who held the power of the entire Ricktown, must be waiting for him in the ancient palace in front of him. Therefore, just looking back and smiling faintly, Hao Yi did not hesitate to raise his feet and step on a narrow stone bridge leading to the ancient palace.

Under the stone bridge is a bottomless abyss, and from time to time a gust of wind blows upwards, which makes people shudder. Not far away, the ancient hall standing on the cliff was like an ancient beast, looking down on Haoyi who was walking towards it step by step.

Although he knew that Xue Yue would never make a move that was unfavorable to him, for some reason, at this moment, Hao Yi couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. The stone bridge is not long, but Haoyi seems to have walked for a long time. When he finally came to the huge stone gate of the ancient hall, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"I'm X, this old guy ......" subconsciously turned around, but Haoyi unexpectedly found that Xue Yue, who was supposed to be standing at the other end of the stone bridge, was gone.

"Buzz ......" without warning, and the strange sound of the stone door opening by itself sounded behind him again, so that Haoyi, who had never been afraid of heaven and earth, was actually startled.

"Welcome, future Star Spirit King!" As soon as he turned around, before he could see the scene behind the stone gate, a cold female voice seemed to come from the void, and suddenly drilled into Hao Yi's ears, making his heart tense again for no reason......