CHAPTER IX

"Mu Lian is disrespectful, why don't you let me teach everyone in the Mu family a lesson?" a man in black beside Shui Yuan said coldly, with a terrible scar on his face. This person's surname is Gongsun, his name is killed, he is good at using the sword, he is a wanted criminal in the Divine Dynasty, and the Shui family shields Gongsun to kill him, and even makes him a guest, which is also harboring evil intentions.

"The Mu family has existed since the reign of Emperor Kaizu, and it is deeply rooted in the north of Wangji, and its strength is unfathomable. Mu Lian is mysterious, can become the confidant of the head of the Mu family, how can he bow down and pat the horse? I just observed that there is also a swordsman in the Mu family's southbound group, it should be the sword on the second avenue, this person is not weaker than you. Shui Yuan knows about the Mu family's southbound group, "However, Mu Lian is too deceitful, if I am given a chance, I will definitely make them look good." A fierce light flashed in Shui Yuan's eyes.

The Mujia southbound group found an inn, and everyone decided to recuperate in the bowl for a few days, praise their energy, and the future southbound journey will be more difficult.

The fat man was delicious, and when he walked to a place, he wanted to taste the local delicacies, and he went out early.

Zhen Zheng heard that there is a famous place in the bowl, called the Pilgrimage of the Hundred Beasts, which has existed for thousands of years, and no one knows its origin. Zhen Zheng wanted to take a look, and An Guqi also went with him.

The Pilgrimage of the Hundred Beasts is located in the west of the bowl, almost out of the town, the area is not large, and it is actually a group of stone sculptures. As the name suggests, carved a hundred different fierce beast stone statues, worship a huge monster, the monster is dozens of meters high, there is a single horn on the top of the head, the head is like a lion, the body is like a unicorn, the claws are like a dragon, the tail is like a Xuanwu, it is actually a Pixiu. Zhen Zheng knows that Pixiu is a kind of rui beast that can swallow all things, symbolizing wealth and treasure, and also symbolizing brave warriors.

"It seems that this was built by some powerful tribe in ancient times, and Pixiu should be their symbol. I just don't know where that tribe is now?" Anguqi concluded.

Zhen Zheng looked left and right around Pixiu, and was amazed. Suddenly, a sharp arrow shot at Zhen Zheng's eyebrows, An Guqi slammed Zhen Zheng down, and Zhen Zheng escaped a catastrophe.

"Who is it?" Zhen Zheng shouted angrily. He felt death pass by him, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Yes, the response is not slow. A figure walked out from behind a stone statue, and his words were naturally addressed to An Guqi.

"You are from the Shui family, why did you sneak attack us?" An Guqi recognized this person, it was Gongsun Ji next to Shui Yuan.

"Kill these two guides, I'm afraid the Mu family's southbound group will be trapped in southern Xinjiang, right?" Gongsun Ji touched his chin and muttered to himself. He didn't seem to have the two of them in mind at all.

Suddenly, Gongsun Ji pulled out his long sword, and a sword qi sprayed out, An Guqi pulled out a thin sword from his waist, which could block the sword qi, and his body was forced to retreat more than ten steps, hitting the statue of Pixiu.

"You go quickly, we are no match for him. An Guqi shouted to Zhen Zheng.

Zhen Zheng conjured up a wooden sword and stood in front of An Guqi, "Abandoning friends and living alone, is it the work of the eldest husband?" Another sword qi struck, Zhen Zheng did not flinch, and met the sword qi of Gongsun Ji, and the sword qi dissipated in vain when it touched the wooden sword. Gongsun was shocked, and looked at the black wooden sword in Zhen Zheng's hand, as if he had found a clue.

"It turned out to be a sword, I thought you were a master of the Condensation Realm, I don't know what kind of sword you use, wait until I kill you, get the sword in your hands, and then study it carefully." "Gongsun Guess's Ten **, Zhen Zheng did rely on the treasure to break the sword qi, but it was not a sword.

Zhen Zheng approached An Guqi, "You use my black wood ring to fight him, I won't use a sword." ”

"Okay!" It was a matter of life and death, and An Guqi did not shirk it, took the black wood sword and put it on his right hand, and fought with Gongsun Ji. Gongsun Ji didn't have the advantage of sword qi, and he couldn't help An Guqi.

An Guqi flashed and moved, and his body was ingenious, and he almost made Gongsun Kill suffer a big loss several times. Gongsun Ji stopped his attack, "Let you go this time." He was about to leave, but suddenly turned back and stabbed towards Zhen Zheng quickly.

A three-foot blood light splashed on the Pixiu stone statue, Gongsun Ji looked down at his chest, only to see a black wood spear piercing out of his body, he didn't understand, how did the black wood sword become a spear.

An Guqi stood a few meters behind Gongsun Ji, and a spear connected the two of them, and it was the black wood ring that became a spear.

Gongsun killed without turning a blind eye. Zhen Zheng was also frightened, and after a while, he met the Grim Reaper twice, and he felt that after traveling south, his ability to bear it had become significantly stronger.

"Thank you Brother Gu Qi for saving your life. Zhen Zheng patted his chest, still a little afraid.

An Guqi returned the black wood ring to Zhen Zheng, "The black wood ring is really magical, I also want to thank my brother for not leaving first, otherwise I will be in trouble." ”

When the two were polite, the blood on the stone statue of Pixiu slowly seeped into the stone statue, Pixiu's eyes suddenly opened, looking at the two people in front of him, but Zhen Zheng and the others did not notice that the stone statue was resurrected. Pixiu opened his huge mouth and swallowed Zhen Zheng and An Guqi in one gulp. A corpse was left above the ground, and Pixiu reverted back to the form of a stone statue, as if nothing had happened.

Zhen Zheng and An Guqi still don't know why, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, and it was still clear just now, why did it get dark in an instant. Surrounded by moist dirt, the two seemed to be deep in an underground cavern.

The two of them noticed a light in front of them, so they walked by the light and came to a huge square. On the stone pillar in the center of the square, there is a huge night pearl, exuding gentle light, Zhen Zheng was surprised, such a big night pearl, I am afraid that there is no central imperial tower. Zhen Zheng found that the original square was a hall, nearly 100 meters in circumference, about seven or eight zhang high.

There were patrolling soldiers walking by in the square, wearing leather armor and holding copper knives, and the most strange thing was that they did not have a shadow. "It's a ghost soldier!" An Guqi said in a low voice.

There were still many ghost soldiers practicing in the center of the square, and the spears in their hands had long since decayed, and they repeated the same movements, repeating the same movements, over and over again. There is a word printed on the leather armor of the ghost soldier, Zhen Zheng can't recognize it, there is only one reason, this is the font thousands of years ago, before the unification of the script of Emperor Kaizu.

"It's the word 'ancient'. Anguqi recognized it.

"In other words, these ghost soldiers are all soldiers of the ancient clan?" Zhen Zheng asked.

"Yes," Anguqi said, "maybe I know the history of these ghost soldiers. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, these ghost soldiers should all be from the original from it," An Guqi's first sentence shocked Zhen Zheng. "They are all soldiers of the Gu tribe, the Gu tribe is the tribe that ruled the Central Plains a thousand years ago, and then the Gu tribe declined, and the strong tribes fought against each other. The Mingong tribe of the Emperor Kaizu sprung up and swept through the tribes, but Gu Xiu, the younger brother of the ancient patriarch Gu Xue, was born with divine power and led the Gu tribe to make a comeback, and fought Yecheng three times with the Mingong tribe. In the end, the Gu clan failed, and they have never been known since. ”

"And Pixiu is the symbol of the ancient people. Anguchi added.

Zhen Zheng thought of the history he had read in the prison tower, and felt that it was indeed possible. Emperor Kaizu unified the Divine Dynasty, why he first conquered the most difficult to unify southern Xinjiang, I am afraid that it was to clear the remnants of the ancient clan and prevent its resurgence.

"But what kind of place is this Gu Clan?" Zhen Zheng asked again.

"Ancient Imperial Tomb!" An Guqi affirmed.

Zhen Zheng felt a chill down his spine, thinking that he was not a professional tomb robber, just an ordinary southbound traveler, how could he meet so many graves along the way, and now he is even deeper into the mausoleum, it seems that he is really fated with the dead.

"These ghost soldiers are all martyrs of the tomb owner, and the burial system of the ancient clan is very cruel, which is also one of the reasons why the ancient clan is unpopular and defeated Min Gong. An Guqi continued, "Later, Emperor Kaizu strictly forbade the burial of living people, and this custom gradually disappeared. ”

Zhen Zheng looked at the huge night pearl and thought to himself that it was worthy of the tribe that ruled the Central Plains thousands of years ago, it was really rich. Although they were defeated and retreated to southern Xinjiang, their strength was still strong, which is called the foundation.

Although they had a general understanding of the surrounding situation, Zhen Zheng and An Guqi were trapped in the mausoleum and could not get out. Anguqi took out a fire barrel from his cuff, pulled out the plug cover, and a blue ghost fire burned. Zhen Zheng felt chills all over his body from the light of the fire.

"It's Netherfire that can hide the vitality of living beings. Follow me, let's go to the center of the square and see if we can find a way out. An Guqi said solemnly.

Zhen Zheng followed An Guqi closely, almost sticking to him, An Guqi turned around, saw the face close at hand, and said with a strange face: "You don't have to stick so tightly, just be exposed to the fire." ”

Zhen Zheng passed by the ghost soldier and saw that the ghost soldier had hollow eyes, a withered face, and looked like a skeleton. Zhen Zheng saw that the ghost soldiers turned a blind eye to the two of them, and his courage gradually grew.

The two of them came to the central stone pillar and found a hole with a stone chamber inside.

Entering the stone room, Zhen Zheng felt the temperature plummet. By the faint light of the fire, Zhen Zheng saw a sarcophagus, the sarcophagus was huge, about four meters long, An Guqi put the candle flame close to the sarcophagus, groped around the sarcophagus, and found that there was an inscription on the north side of the coffin, which was still an ancient font.

Zhen Zheng looked at the top of the coffin, and almost screamed in fright, he saw a person, ten feet long, holding a giant sword, wearing heavy armor, dignified appearance, majestic. Zhen Zheng was cold, he didn't dare to make a sound, and pushed An Guqi hard, An Guqi frowned and said dissatisfied: "What are you doing?" Zhen Zheng made a silent gesture and pointed to the top of the coffin, An Guqi looked at it, but there was nothing.

There's obviously a giant there, why is it gone?," Zhen Zheng muttered in his heart. An Guqi ignored Zhen Zheng, continued to look at the words on the coffin, his brows became tighter and tighter, and muttered: How can this be.

A team of ghost soldiers patrolled here, and suddenly, the coffin lid suddenly opened, and the yin wind gusted, and it actually blew out An Guqi's fire pipe, and the ghost soldiers felt that there was life in the stone room, and prepared to come in to search.

Oops! The two of them were shocked. An Guqi also seemed to have lost his usual calmness, and Zhen Zheng didn't know what to do.

"Quick, hide in the coffin. You go in first!" Anguqi said in a low voice.

"What? Hide in a coffin! Lie down with a dead man? I won't go in, who knows if there's a ghost in there, I'm going to go to you. Zhen Zheng refused.

"If you don't go in, forget it, wait a while for the ghost soldiers to catch you, just don't point me out. An Guqi jumped and hid in the coffin. Zhen Zheng saw that the ghost soldiers were getting closer and closer, and he gritted his teeth and jumped into the coffin.

Boom! The lid of the coffin was closed again.

It was pitch black inside the coffin, Zhen Zheng felt that the bottom of his buttocks was soft, and he couldn't help but pinch it with his hand, thinking that this dead body was so well preserved, and there was a bullet surname.

"What are you touching!" Anguqi exclaimed in a low voice.

"Uh, sorry. Zhen Zheng sat aside. The space in the coffin is not small, dry and there is no peculiar smell, there are only two people, Zhen Zheng and An Guqi, that is to say, this coffin is empty.