Chapter 21 Huayin City
The strange Huayin City, shrouded in a kind of death corruption, the sky is full of sand and dust, the sun, moon and stars are not visible, the people walking on the street are faintly shimmering like walking corpses, fluttering and flickering, everyone is wrapped in a strict sand scarf, an empty city near no one, a ghost city full of horror.
Four people who were also wrapped in scarves wandered the vast streets, they found a few inns and all the people went to the empty buildings, flashed and knocked on an inn with a half-closed door, and walked out of an old man tremblingly.
The old man was dressed plainly, dressed in cyan, with a plain white sweat towel around his waist, and his face was full of traces of time, but he had a mouthful of white teeth.
"Can I stay at the hotel?" asked Dot Flash.
"Whatever, if you want to stay, you can come in. The old man looked at them with a blank face and said something strange.
Xu Yao nodded, and the four of them entered the house.
"The first floor is the dining room, the second floor is the guest room, you can choose a few empty rooms to live in! Carry your own water, eat on the next floor." After the old man finished speaking, he went about his own work and ignored them.
Everyone ignored him and went upstairs, where there were three rooms with bright lights, indicating that there were already other guests staying at the hotel. So they put their minds at ease and also chose three rooms that were adjacent to each other, and under Xu Yao's instructions, Yuhan and Meiyun lived together in one room for personal protection.
This city is not very large, it used to be quite lively, because it is close to the desert and the closest to the Tianluo country, although the desert is difficult to travel, but there are still many merchants' camel caravans passing through it, this is their starting point and end point, since the Demon Capture Society, this place has gradually become a hell on earth.
Most of those who remain in the city are old people and their ancestors who live here and can't bear to leave. Xu Yao and the four of them ate a simple meal casually, and then went back to the room to rest.
That night, they walked almost all over Huayin City, and found nothing but the dilapidated and desolate streets, shops, and houses.
The 100,000-strong army is advancing according to the designated route in an orderly manner, and along the way, the third prince Xu Yao always walks in front of the team on the "Black Pearl", but he wears a mask, and he often wears a mask when he goes out, which is a habit of his. There are very few words, and ordinary things are done by Busu and Wolongsheng.
On this day, the troops marched quickly to the turning point around the desert, and according to the plan, they made a detour to Utopia. First of all, a team of Tianluo Kingdom came to welcome the reward, they left cattle and sheep, water and wine, and the general Hameda led by him visited the three princes and the marshal of Busu and left in a hurry.
Then came two envoys from the Utopian country, who also paid a visit to the third prince and the marshal Busu, and also received a letter to return to China to report the news.
The troops are still moving in the direction of Utovia.
In the afternoon of the next day, there was a long-lost drizzle over Huayin City. At dinner, the innkeeper, the old man, brought them good food and a jar of good wine for the first time, and said that this wine was his daughter Hong, who had treasured it for ten years, and he said with tears that his ancestors had lived in Huayin City for generations, and now that the city has become like this, he was heartbroken.
At night, Xu Yao's four soldiers searched the whole city in two ways, and with full of anger, they vowed to find out.
In the dark streets were two men in black hurrying along. I saw them come to an abandoned and dilapidated house, slowly remove the lid of a coffin placed on the left side of the house, and get in. Then a puff of green smoke rose and vanished, and the coffin lid returned to its original position.
Xu Yao and Yu Han saw all this clearly, and also learned from the two people to remove the coffin lid, and a deep hole appeared, Xu Yao clenched the long whip, Yu Han also pulled out the rainbow sword, Xu Yao held her hand tightly and walked in slowly.
After walking for a while, suddenly, there was a faint light in front of me, and someone was talking.
"Everyone should pay attention, in eight days, the Demon Devouring Ancestor will be out of the customs, and there must be no mistakes during this time, no one can afford it. ”
"Yes, Elder Lei, don't worry, we'll be careful at all times. There seemed to be as many as ten people answering.
"Well, that's good. Elder Lei said happily, "Prince Gaji, please go to the Prison Rock Soul Hall and sit down! ”
"Okay, Elder Lei, this time your sect has successfully returned to the Taihan Kingdom from the desert land, which is gratifying!"
"It's all because of the support of your Tianluo Kingdom and Hong Guoshi that we are here today! The Sect Master also said that from now on, we will be the strongest and best allies. ”
"Ah, you're welcome, after all, your operation also successfully provoked a war between the Taihan Kingdom and the Utopian Kingdom, and you have contributed a lot!"
"Our sect was hunted down and killed by various sects of the Taihan Kingdom thirty years ago, leaving only the young sect master and the four major guards to flee into the desert, and with the support of your country, they survived, and now the young sect master is on the throne of the sect, and our four major guards have also become the four elders, with more than 500 disciples, this hatred is time, it's time to report, we have waited for thirty years!"
The two walked away as they spoke.
Xu Yao asked Yuhan to stay still, and swept forward in a flash. After a while, a man in black came quickly to the hidden place of Yuhan, Yuhan clenched his long sword and prepared to attack, the man in black waved his hand at her, and threw down a set of black clothes of the witch devouring door, it turned out that this person was Xu Yao.
Yu Han put on his black clothes and whispered, "Are you going to find out where those eight hundred people have gone?" ”
"Well, it's huge, and there are a lot of guards, and we only have people dressed as them to make it easy to move. ”
At the end of the passage there was an empty chamber, and there were also five openings in the wall, each of which was guarded by two men in black. That's where the call came from.
Suddenly, two other black-clothed people came out of one hole, and they nodded to the guards and went into the other hole, it turned out that Xu Yao was the one who killed the two black-clothed men patrolling the passage and got the clothes.
They also learned from the two just now, nodded with the man in black guarding the entrance of the cave, and walked into another cave.
At the end of this cave also appeared an empty chamber, in which there were five more openings, and they chose one of the wider ones, and came to a stone gate, which was closed, and the smoke inside was black, and from time to time it emitted red light, and there was a buzzing sound, and there was no one to defend it, and there was a pile of white bones at the entrance of the cave.
"Could it be the Demon Devouring Ancestor they call a retreat practice? Yuhan said softly.
"Quite possibly," Xu Yao's face showed murderous intent.
Yuhan tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Don't be impulsive, don't startle the snake." ”
They retreated into the open space and entered another cave, and at the end of it was a ruin, and they had come out of the cave, and were about to leave, when suddenly someone said, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
They had been stopped by four men in black, led by a tall, lanky man with a long sword in his hand.
"What are you two doing? How did you get here? Why didn't you patrol the cave, how did you get outside. The other black-clad asked.
"Take out the sign, what is the name, whose subordinates are it. The man in charge continued to ask, "You will be severely punished for leaving your post without permission. ”
Xu Yao reached out and took it into his arms, as if looking for a sign: "We are under Elder Lei." ”
"Captain, they say it's Elder Lei's man. A strong man repeated Xu Yao's words.
"Okay, since it's Elder Lei's person, let's go back, we're about to go back and report to him, brother, isn't it uncomfortable to be stuffy underground, and want to come out to breathe. The tall and thin captain leaned over to Xu Yao.
Xu Yao gave Yu Han a look, Yu Han hurriedly flashed behind the wall next to him, and in an instant, Xu Yao made a move, and the long whip flew like a dragon, Yu Han clearly felt a strong wind passing through his ears, and there was a sound of air being punctured, and the four of them didn't even have time to snort, and they all fell to the ground and died.
Although Yu Han had also seen him make a move, she still felt frightened, feeling fast, accurate, ruthless, and that domineering power and icy chill.
He pulled a handful of rain and flew out, back into the street, the drizzle drifting on his face with a cold cold.
Suddenly, a dozen or so people holding black umbrellas came to them, and their figures were like ghosts, blocking the way ahead.
Xu Yao exuded a powerful killing intent all over his body.
The leader asked, "Where did you come from, and what are you doing here?" I have been observing you for a long time. ”
Yuhan was shocked, this was clearly the old man in the inn, it turned out that they had always been under the control of others.
"How's it going? Tonight's wine and food taste good, right? I just put a little bit of Hua Gong in the wine. The old man smiled.
Yuhan didn't have the power of internal strength, and she didn't drink much, so she didn't feel it, and when this sentence came out, she obviously saw that Xu Yao's back was good.
The old man raised his hand, and the ten black-clothed people flew over as light as a swallow and surrounded Xu Yao in the middle.
Xu Yao waved his long whip to fight everyone, these ten people obviously had much higher kung fu than the four just now, even so, they were still not Xu Yao's opponents.
After a few rounds, two people have fallen.
The faces of the other eight changed, they had not encountered such a powerful opponent for a long time, and only then did they understand why the old man had to do so much, trying his best to apply poison, and they were more careful and more crazy to attack.
After a long time, Xu Yao gradually felt that the internal force could not be raised, which may be the effect of the poison that the old man said. Xu Yao scolded in his heart: "Damn, damn old man, it's really hard to guard against, otherwise, these ten or so people are not enough for me to stroke." ”
The old man turned his head and stared at Yuhan with compassion, his eyes were glowing green, and there was a sneer on his lips, and he slowly walked towards Yuhan, Yuhan drew his long sword, but the white light flashed in front of him: he seemed to see Xu Yao's eyes wide open in the siege, so anxious, so angry, and the familiar and cold stronger killing intent.
All of a sudden, everything stopped, and the rain became heavier and heavier......