Chapter 246: The Living Sacrifice
People don't stand without faith, since they promised to wait for him to the little son who passed the word for Xingliuyun, Xiao Cong has to keep his promise, Xingliuyun has not appeared, he has to wait like this, but Xingliuyun really didn't appear for a long time, which made Xiao Cong a little confused, with Xingliuyun's anxious son, I heard that he Xiao Cong appeared, and he had to come to see him in a hurry, not to mention that the news still came from the mouth of his Xing family's fine son. Wild Sand Literature Network
However, Xiao Cong didn't think much about this, Xingliuyun was eccentric and scheming, his brain turned faster than him, and he had always been a master who did not suffer losses, it was difficult to take advantage of him, not to mention hurting his life and harming his safety? For this guy, Xiao Cong was very relieved.
Seeing that Xingliuyun was delayed, Xiao Cong, who was bored, somehow suddenly remembered the ancient city he passed by when he went to the near Yang Desert before, which was the place where the Dugu family was plotting against him, and most importantly, it was the boundary of Fengqi Country, how the lord of Fengqi Country dealt with this matter He still didn't know, this person who was more unscrupulous than Xingliuyun, Xiao Cong had always been obsessed with him.
Anyway, it won't take a day to go through the teleportation array, even if the star stream cloud is about to appear at this time, then he can't wait for this day? The fourth young master of the Xiao family has been waiting for this guy for several days.
Just do it, Xiao Congsuo, who was playing with Hongxiang on the edge of a small pond with thin stone chips, set up a high-level teleportation array on the spot, and when he stepped into the formation, he disappeared.
When they reappeared, they had reached their destination - near the ancient city of Fengqi Country that had been rebelled by the Dugu family, the two of them walked on the wide official road one after the other, and looked up to see that the city gate was already within sight.
From such a close distance, Xiao Cong was too lazy to open his purple eyes, but from a distance, there was not even a single guard above and below the city gate, a straight black background golden wolf pattern flag fluttered in the wind on the city head, and there were several red-eyed crows standing on the edge of the city wall, and the city gate was closed.
Xiao Cong and Hongxiang walked to the moat and stopped, Hongxiang gently tugged at the corner of Xiao Cong's clothes, raised his little face and whispered:
"Brother, something is wrong......"
The corners of Xiao Cong's mouth were slightly upturned, and he squinted his eyes and looked up at the golden wolf-patterned banner on a black background that was blown by the breeze on the head of the city.
"Let's go, there's nothing to see here. ”
After saying that, he turned his head and left. Hongxiang turned his head to look at Xiao Cong, who was slowly walking back, and then turned his face and looked at the big flag with a golden wolf pattern on a black background, his little face was slightly wrinkled, and he looked puzzled.
With a powerful spiritual sense, Xiao Cong has already understood the situation in the city, there is not a single living person in it, and the entire ancient city has been shrouded in a group of grievances, just with this grievance, you can also imagine how miserable the city is at this time, Xiao Cong remembered that Hongxiang was still young, and he couldn't bear to let him be so stimulated, so he turned away.
Rather than go in and check it out for yourself, it's better to go to a neighboring city and ask someone for a look. The two walked to another city, and saw that the overgrown and lonely city gate was similar to Fang Cai.
The resentment shrouded in the city was half a pound and eight taels compared to Fang Cai, Xiao Cong's cheeks were bitten out of a clear strip-like outline, and his fist bones were also clenched white, Hongxiang looked up at Xiao Cong's sudden silent indignation on the side, and was silent for a while.
There are at least hundreds of thousands of lives in one city, and the combined number of two cities is nearly a million lives, and whoever they provoke is going to suffer such a vicious hand! Xiao Cong felt furious, as a cultivator who cares about the common people in the world, this is really unbearable.
Standing quietly in front of the city gate for a while, Xiao Cong turned his head and left again, heading to the neighboring next city.
Approaching the city wall, seeing that the city gate was wide open, the rope bridge was lying quietly, there was no big flag on the city head, there were no red-eyed crows on the edge of the city wall, and there was no such monstrous resentment in the spiritual sense, Xiao Cong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said to Hongxiang without turning his head:
"Let's go, go in and have a look. ”
Stepping across the rope bridge and walking into the city, he saw that the street was empty dàng) dàng) The door was closed, and he walked along the street all the way in, Xiao Cong looked left and right, of course he knew that there were no living people here, maybe he wanted to see something else from it. After walking for a while, Xiao Cong stopped, Hongxiang also stopped, the two paused slightly, and walked into a grocery store side by side.
The shelves on the first floor were slightly messy, Xiao Cong looked around, and then went up to the second floor.
The room on the second floor was also disorganized, with ornaments scattered all over the place, and there was no valuables such as gold and silver jewelry.
Xiao Cong nodded slightly, changed careers and went downstairs. In this way, a few more shops were gone, and seeing that the situation was about the same, the matter was now very clear - the neighboring city had suffered misfortune, and when the city heard the news, it probably evacuated all the people in the city urgently.
But as for the reasons for the death of the other two cities, there is still room for scrutiny, but no matter how it is scrutinized, it must be inseparable from the dispute between the Dugu family and the Xuanzhen royal family.
In the next half a day, Xiao Cong and Hongxiang visited several other ancient cities one after another, the city was the same empty, and finally at nightfall, they were able to stay in a thriving inn, this city did not seem to be affected much, and the things under the neon Zhang Cai were no different from the memory.
At midnight, Hongxiang had already slept peacefully, Xiao Cong sat up from above, walked to the window after a moment of silence, jumped in the air, opened his star wings and flew out. The purpose of Xiao Cong's trip is useless to think about it, in addition to figuring out the reasons for the suffering of the two ancient cities, what else will it be? During the day, because he took Hongxiang, who was not yet an adult with a poor mind, it was really inconvenient to enter the city to investigate, but this matter appeared in his mind again and again, lingering, making him toss and turn and unable to sleep, although he knew that even if he saw the tragic situation, he might not be able to know the truth, but he still wanted to come and take a look, because he could feel at ease by looking at it.
Xiao Cong sneaked into the ancient city closest to him, and through the bright moonlight, he could clearly see the scene on the street, the black and purple blood stains spread under the moonlight, the corpse with strange shapes and dead eyes, Xiao Cong could even feel the undead who were hovering over the ancient city and singing in a low voice, as well as the more and more resentment when the moon was full
Everything made him feel a little breathless.
He walked forward step by step, and in order to avoid accidentally stepping on the corpse, he also opened his purple eyes, and he wandered around the main streets of the ancient city like a ghost, surrounded by the corpse with a miserable appearance, which looked even more strange and terrifying.
There seem to be a lot of dead people on the street, but in fact, it is far from enough, even if you add those who died in the house, it is estimated that it is less than four or five out of ten, but looking at the dead body in armor, Xiao Cong feels a little relieved.
Walk along the main street to the city lord's mansion located in the middle of the ancient city, see the Zhumen is wide open, and then step into the mansion, the huge courtyard, into the eye is a hill about a few zhang high, around the hill is a strange form of flags, close to the hill is a square table more than three feet long, there is a sacrifice on the square table, Xiao Cong fixed his eyes to see, the pile into a hill, turned out to be a corpse with gravity squeezing is no longer the same!
Xiao Cong's eyes were split, this tragic killing act not only made him angry, but also made him frightened, he knew that these people were driven here from the periphery of the city, because there was no blood on the bluestone floor, I think it should be a living sacrifice, this kind of pain when the soul is extracted from the body, it is not much better than the evil fire soul burned by the Dugu family to control the disciples when he was in the Holy City, but after all, these people are ordinary people who have no quarrel with the world, how can they bear such a poisonous hand on them!
He walked slowly around the hill and couldn't help but sigh,
"There are not many forces that can successfully hold such a ceremony, and there are probably not many people left in the entire Xuanzhen Realm, so what can you ask for......?"
After finishing speaking, he flapped his "wings" and left, came to another ancient city in distress, saw the same scene, and then flew back to the inn.
In this way, the person who is more unscrupulous than Xingliuyun has not been able to successfully resolve the crisis, but Xiao Cong faintly feels that there seems to be some other things hidden in it, it stands to reason that for those who perform this living sacrifice, such opportunities are naturally more and better, but since they have already risked the condemnation of the world, how can they stop at these two cities? Moreover, retaliating in this way is too extreme, this is not the style of the monarch......
There must be something wrong with this!
At noon the next day, Xiao Cong took Hongxiang to the largest restaurant in the city, and used to find a window table in the hall on the second floor to sit down, looking at the bustling crowd on the street with one hand on his cheek, and handed over the important task of ordering food directly to Hongxiang. Having a meal in the most prosperous restaurant in the city is Xiao Cong's usual means of inquiring about the news, but this time it seems a little difficult to make, the two have been in the restaurant for nearly an hour, but they didn't hear the people around them discussing the death of the two cities, it is really boring to sit like this, Xiao Cong looked at the endless street for a while, and left with Hongxiang to settle the bill.
For a whole morning, Xiao Cong didn't talk to Hongxiang much, depression was all written on his face, and the whole person looked listless and tired.
Hongxiang looked at it and couldn't bear it, but he didn't dare to ask more, with his cleverness, he naturally knew what Xiao Cong was depressed about, but it might be because some time had passed, so of
People have long lost interest in pastime, and of course they can't find out anything about walking around the restaurant.
But Xiao Cong has nothing to do about it, but it doesn't mean that he can't do anything, he knows that his brother Xiao Cong is just too lazy to deal with people in this matter, but in this matter, how can he do it without dealing with people?
So after returning to the inn with Xiao Cong, this kid changed into more elaborate clothes and walked out alone.