In the early morning of the next day, the group continued to fly westward with the sword, but Shangguan Yun's Thousand Feather Sword had another Red Hero. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The red sun is rising on the grassland, and it is a different scene, but everyone no longer has the freshness of yesterday, just silently watching the road ahead.

Three hours later, some wind and sand began to appear in the distant sky, and the grassland under his feet was no longer a flat green carpet, but more and more yellow patches were exposed, and everyone knew that it was about to enter the desert.

After saying hello to Cao Feng, everyone landed on the grassland, rested for half an hour, and then flew west again, only another hour of flying, the scenery in front of them has completely changed, becoming an endless Gobi desert, in addition to the barren beaches, all you can see in front of you are some dead poplar forests, dry riverbeds, and the bones of people and animals who have died for many years.

Flying silently for another hour, the outline of a city suddenly appeared in the distance, seeing that it was getting late, Shangguan Yun shouted to Cao Feng, and flew towards the outline of the city, landing on a section of the city wall that was still standing.

It is an empty city that has been abandoned for an unknown number of years, and the buildings in the city are gone, except for the weathered city walls.

"Let's rest here tonight!, be careful, it is said that there are a lot of poisonous insects in the sand!"

After Shangguan Yun explained to everyone, he flew up again and walked around the city wall to see that there was nothing unusual around, and then he flew back to the place where everyone was resting with confidence.

Fortunately, everyone in the group had the Tao in their bodies, and they didn't pay attention to the poisonous insects in the sand, and they all sat cross-legged and practiced at the moment.

When night fell, the wind suddenly blew in the Gobi, and everyone didn't care about it at first, but the wind blew louder and louder, and the wind sounded like a ghost crying wolf, and it blew up countless sand and stones, crackling everywhere, everyone raised their vigilance, and secretly protected their bodies with spiritual power, so that they were not injured by those sand and stones.

After two hours, the wind suddenly stopped, and the desolate Gobi suddenly became surprisingly quiet again, a full moon like a silver basin, I don't know when it had hung in the air, and the silver moonlight painted the empty city with a touch of cold brilliance.

"Brother Shangguan!", Chixia suddenly whispered, "I suddenly feel that something is wrong, as if something is about to come out!"

"Oh?", Shangguan Yun nodded, and said softly to everyone, "Everyone be quiet, don't move!"

After a while, clusters of vaguely patterned light flew out from all corners of the city, appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and finally condensed into buildings and figures, and the entire ancient city seemed to return to its former appearance in an instant, and even the original dilapidated city walls were restored to their integrity.

Shangguan Yun and the others all held their breath, watching this dead city, which had been silent for I don't know how many years, suddenly came back to life in the moonlight.

The people in the city dress differently from the Central Plains, but the prosperity of the city is no less than that of the Central Plains, the difference is that the city is smaller and the market is more simple.

Through his clothing, Shangguan Yun could distinguish which of those people were soldiers, which were merchants, and which were officials...... , but one thing is the same, that is, these people do not have a physical body, they are clearly souls.

The crowd in the city suddenly surged, and a group of people walked out of the palace in the middle and walked straight to Shangguan Yun and the others.

"Discovered?", Shangguan Yun couldn't help but touch the Thousand Feather Sword.

"Don't move, they don't have malicious intent, I can feel it!", Qing Xi suddenly said softly.

The group of men and horses went straight to the city wall, but the two men led up the steps to the city wall, or rather floated up the wall.

The two of them were both old men, the person walking in front was wearing a brocade robe, and the hat on his head was inserted with the feathers of an unknown bird, looking like a king, but the person who followed him was wearing a white robe, with a black belt around his waist, and a wise demeanor.

The two approached, suddenly knelt down, and bowed to Qingxi, saying something in their mouths.

"What did they say?", Shangguan Yun asked Qing Yi softly.

Qing Xi didn't answer, with a serious look on his face, he just stretched out his hand and motioned for the two to get up.

"They say, Great God, you're back at last!", Qingyi whispered.

"Can you understand?", Shangguan Yun looked at Qing Yi in surprise, who nodded slightly.

Qing Xi stood up and talked softly with the two people, only to see that the two looked excited, and there seemed to be tears flashing in their eyes from time to time, but no tears flowed.

Qing Xi talked with the two people for half an hour, and then the two turned around and retreated, and then the entire city and the characters in it dispersed like smoke, and in a blink of an eye, it returned to the appearance of a deserted city, and a touch of fish belly white appeared faintly in the sky.

"What the hell is going on?", Shangguan Yun asked softly.

"Let's let Sister Qingyi say it herself!", Qingyi shook her head, and Shangguan Yun noticed that Qingyi's eyes were red.

"The name of this city is Ye, and it has been extinct for nearly seven thousand years, and the two people just now, one is called Bang, who is the last lord of Ye City, and the other is called Pan, who is the last national teacher of Ye City. ”

Qing Xi said softly, "This Gobi, 10,000 years ago, was once like the Central Plains, rich and prosperous, with more than a dozen countries, large and small, and Yecheng is one of them. ”

"We, the Nine-Colored Deer Clan, were originally the guardians of this land, and Yecheng is a city-state that believes in our Nine-Colored Deer Clan. ”

"Ten thousand years ago, Kunlun was shocked, and the nine-colored deer clan originally based here moved away, and of course, the Qingyi and their nine-tailed fox clan moved away. ”

"So, you Nine-Colored Deer Clan and their Nine-Tailed Fox Clan are also slaves of the gods?", Shangguan Yun suddenly thought of something.

"Servant of the Gods?", Qing Xi paused for a moment, then nodded.

"Let's just say that, because we're not really gods, we're just guarding this place for the gods. ”

"After we left, the land was in the midst of all kinds of disasters, droughts, locust plagues, earthquakes, and the land became less and less suitable for life, and one country after another began to die. In the end, those who were able to leave left the place one after another, and they did not want to leave their homeland, so they chose to perish with the city, staying in the endless wind and sand, turning into ghosts that never look away. ”

"Only when the moon is full, they come out and perform ceremonies in anticipation of the return of their patron gods, and today is the full moon, and we have caught up. ”

"I see!", everyone suddenly realized.

Qing Xi sighed, and then said, "They beg me to use the power of the gods to restore the vitality of this land!"

"You promised them?", Shangguan Yun asked.

Qing Xi shook her head, "But I didn't refuse, because I couldn't agree, and I couldn't bear to refuse." ”

"Then what should I do, Sister Qingyi!", Qingyi asked puzzled.

"I don't know!", Qing Xi shook his head, "I'm not a real god, not to mention that our Nine-Colored Deer Clan has fallen to such a point now, even ten thousand years ago, my ancestors were afraid and couldn't do anything, we are at most a guardian, and we are not real gods." ”

Hearing Qing Xi say this, Shangguan Yun suddenly remembered the trials he had experienced in the Snow Mountain Temple, and he couldn't help but ponder.

"The saddest thing for me is that although these people didn't say it, I could feel that they thought they were so religious that God really shouldn't have abandoned them, but in fact, God not only abandoned them, but even us were forsaken!"

"Now the Kyushu Continent has long been a place abandoned by the gods!", Shangguan Yun suddenly remembered the words of Yue Miao in the Snow Mountain Temple, and couldn't help but feel faintly worried in his heart.

"Could it be that Kyushu will eventually become like Ye Castle?" (To be continued.) )