Embers of Sword

Chapter 217 Big Moon Country

The pitch-black fog slowly dissipated.

A figure in black walked slowly, holding an umbrella and sword.

Xie Xuanyi raised his head and looked at the collapsed walls around him that were buried by wind and sand because they were too old.

"I didn't expect that..."

"In the second level of this secret realm, there is actually a complete 'ancient city'."

The evil energy is a curse.

But in a sense.

This is also a kind of protection.

Thousands of years have passed, and this ancient city, shrouded in evil spirits, has not been destroyed by human beings.

Xie Xuanyi stopped and stood.

He saw a huge mural.

This mural has been damaged, with only vague traces left from carving with knives and axes.

The content carved on the wall is the history of this ancient city.

Many people knelt before the throne and bowed down to the figure on the throne...

then.

A gigantic dragon-born demon cultivator revealed his true form and descended above the city.

The fire is burning.

Life is extinguished.

The tall figure on the throne waved his sleeves.

All the cavalry came out.

Next came the scene that Xie Xuanyi had seen in the fog before.

"Was this an ancient country?"

Xie Xuanyi was a little surprised.

He understood the mural and some of the words on it, and had even read them in the Lotus Peak Taoist Canon.

This ancient city, buried in evil and resentment, was an independent "ancient country" thousands of years ago.

Big Moon Country.

On the mural, the towering figure admired by countless people is the ruler of Dayue Kingdom.

The Great Moon Kingdom was originally peaceful and tranquil, until one day, this descendant of the dragon arrived and broke the peace...

This dragonborn wreaked havoc in the country of Dayue.

The entire ancient country rose up in resistance, which led to the final "dragon hunting" scene.

“This mural…”

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes, touched the mural, and murmured, "It seems to be incomplete. Is it not finished yet?"

The mural is only half painted.

The outcome of this battle was not depicted.

Maybe it was because the stone wall was blasted to pieces...

However, what Xie Xuanyi was interested in was the scene of the dragon descending on the Dayue Kingdom.

Such a powerful demon creature suddenly came here and started killing and looting... There is obviously a "hidden story" behind the scenes.

According to legend, there existed "real dragons" thousands of years ago.

From that evil dream just now.

Xie Xuanyi saw with his own eyes the giant dragon trapped by the sword energy chains. It must be said that the pressure was far greater than that of the Vermillion Bird demon from the Jin'ao Peak of the Dasui Sword Palace.

millennia ago.

This is most likely an existence beyond the "Yang God"!

"Is this guy trying to become a true dragon?"

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes, his thoughts suddenly disturbed by a strange sound at the end of the stone wall.

Buzz!
The sword rang and trembled, and a golden light instantly flashed out from between the eyebrows.

After the previous battle with the Black Evil Cavalry, Xie Xuanyi became wary of this ancient battlefield and his spirit was tense to the extreme.

Not a single movement can escape his eyes.

The next moment.

The serious illness suddenly stopped.

A girl's face, covered in dust and dirt, looked over the top of the wall, carefully revealing half of her head, and looked in the direction of Xie Xuanyi.

The golden light of the flying sword almost illuminated the entire broken wall.

The girl's cheeks were illuminated by the sword light, her slender brows were knitted tightly, and she closed her eyes as if she had accepted her fate.

Fortunately, the flying sword stopped in front of her forehead in time.

"Li Mei?"

Xie Xuanyi put his hands behind his back and frowned slightly.

The reason why the flying sword did not fall.

It was because Xie Xuanyi saw the face of the person who came clearly. The girl in front of him was not a "living person" in the traditional sense. She was just a wandering soul, and her breath was extremely weak. She posed no threat to him at all.

When I met Ao Ying before.

Xie Xuanyi felt something strange in his heart... He guessed that Ao Ying might be a wisp of spirit left over from the Ghost Ridge.

If the three souls and seven spirits have any resentment, it will not dissipate.

Let’s look at it now.

This ancient battlefield of Ghost Ridge does have some spirits left, forming a mysterious charm.

Also.

This ancient city was burned down by the Dragonborn, and all the people of Dayue Kingdom died. The resentment must have been overwhelming. The ancient battlefield was also surrounded by evil spirits, so it was reasonable that there were ghosts wandering around.

"Crack" sound.

The girl, who was originally lying on the wall, fell heavily to the ground.

Strange to say.

It was clearly a wandering soul, but when it fell to the ground, it still made a dull thud.

Xie Xuanyi walked over.

The little girl, her face covered in mud, covered her buttocks and grimaced.

"Li Mei also feels pain?"

Xie Xuanyi found it a little funny. When he traveled around the world in his previous life, he had seen many monsters.

I have never seen anything like this girl.

"..."

Of course there is no answer to this question.

Seeing Xie Xuanyi approaching, the little girl rubbed her buttocks and stood up. She ignored the pain and carefully looked at Xie Xuanyi from a safe distance, her eyes full of curiosity. Although her face was dirty, her facial features were still pretty, and her eyes were especially clear. However, when her eyes fell on the black box under Xie Xuanyi's arm, she revealed a trace of fear from the bottom of her heart.

"Huh? You're afraid of this thing?"

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows.

He twirled the black box with dragon pattern and was about to show it to the girl.

The latter was horrified and stumbled away, instantly disappearing in the depths of the ancient country's fragmented fog, like a rat, and sneaking into an alley.

next moment.

Xie Xuanyi understood the reason.

"Den!"

"Den!"

At the end of the long street, the sound of horse hooves could be heard.

Even from a very long distance, one can feel the solemn and murderous aura coming from the distant fog.

Xie Xuanyi quickly restrained his breath, found a dark place, hid himself, and observed quietly.

After a while.

A team of solemn and murderous cavalry slowly marched through the long street.

These cavalrymen are no different from the ones he fought with in the fog.

The evil spirit takes shape.

This is also a kind of existence of ghosts and monsters, and residual souls.

"This Great Moon Kingdom, logically speaking, has been completely destroyed."

Xie Xuanyi frowned and watched the cavalry team leave.

He was a little puzzled.

The war between the ancient country and the dragon race has ended, and judging from the results, both sides suffered losses.

If the Dragonborn win, this ancient kingdom will surely be destroyed.

If the Dayue Kingdom had won, this ancient city would not have been buried underground and remained desolate for so many years.

"Why do these cavalrymen have such strong resentment... and are they still patrolling the streets and maintaining order?"

He looked at the black box in his palm and fell into deep thought.

next moment.

There was a soft sound behind me.

The dirty girl who had gone away came back tiptoeing out from the end of the alley, cautiously stretched out two fingers, and tugged at Xie Xuanyi's sleeve.

all of these.

They are all within the range of Xie Xuanyi's spiritual perception.

Xie Xuanyi did not resist, nor did he summon his flying sword.

He did not scare the child, but turned around silently and looked into her eyes, gazing at the girl's eyes that were as pure as a lake.

"Are you... a citizen of the Great Moon Kingdom?"

Xie Xuanyi squatted down and spoke softly.

The little girl just stood there calmly, neither nodding nor shaking her head.

She stretched out a hand and pointed in the direction where the cavalry were going away.

then.

She gestured with her hands and made a cross gesture. Xie Xuanyi could see that what the girl wanted to express was... that these Dayue Kingdom cavalry were very dangerous and that they should never be contacted.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?"

Looking at the little girl's confused eyes, Xie Xuanyi already had the answer in his mind.

Just when he was feeling regretful, he suddenly remembered the "ancient history" recorded in the Lotus Peak Taoist Canon.

The era thousands of years ago was extremely turbulent and exciting.

In that era, people from all countries used "classical Chinese" to communicate.

Xie Xuanyi tried to say a few words in ancient Chinese: "What about now?"

This time.

The little girl's eyes were no longer confused. She looked at Xie Xuanyi with some surprise, her face full of disbelief.

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "Are you a citizen of Dayue Country? Is there anyone else here?"

The little girl seems to be mute.

She understood what Xie Xuanyi meant, but couldn't answer. She just made gestures and jumped around.

Xie Xuanyi tried to understand.

here……

There should be others.

She can take me there, but the prerequisite is that I need to throw away the black box.

The little girl's gaze finally fell on the box in Xie Xuanyi's arm, and the expression on her little face became particularly determined.

"Is this box a bad thing?"

Xie Xuanyi was a little confused.

Seeing this, the little girl stopped explaining. She pulled Xie Xuanyi's sleeve and trotted in the direction where the cavalry left.

Xie Xuanyi stopped talking and just followed the mute girl silently.

Because of the battle to kill the dragon.

The Great Moon Kingdom has been shattered by more than half.

All I could see were broken walls and ruins.

The girl was very familiar with the terrain. She jumped up and down, took Xie Xuanyi through a shortcut, and arrived at the road that the cavalry had to take in advance... This was a long, deserted street with thick fog and a sense of death.

Xie Xuanyi remained silent.

How many people died in Dayue Kingdom because of this war?
The deathly aura in these streets is so thick that it is appalling. Even the place where evil cultivators practice cannot compare to it.

Even someone as powerful as Xie Xuanyi felt a chill in his heart.

In this long and deserted street.

Xie Xuanyi saw quite a few wandering souls… These were the former citizens of Dayue Kingdom, wearing ancient standard cloth robes, in tattered clothes, unlike this girl.

These wandering souls have lost their consciousness over the long years.

They are real "lonely ghosts".

Wandering in darkness and fog.

"Den!"

"Den!"

The sound of iron hooves rang out, and the patrolling cavalry tore through the fog and stepped into the dark street where lonely souls wandered.

The little mute held his breath, pulled Xie Xuanyi's sleeve, cast a nervous look at him, and signaled him to hide well...

Xie Xuanyi looked silently in the direction of the long street.

A wandering soul was attracted by the sound of the cavalry and changed its direction.

He took the initiative to turn around and "slowly" met the cavalry.

next moment.

"His!"

A brilliant flash of spear light burst out, and the tall cavalryman sitting on horseback pierced through the void with a spear, directly lifting up the body of the citizen of Dayue Kingdom.

"???"

Xie Xuanyi frowned as he watched this scene.

The wandering soul blocked the road and was shot through.

The next moment.

The big gun cut across.

This poor unconscious wandering soul was torn into two pieces!
What's going on? Aren't the Dayue Kingdom's cavalry hunting dragons to protect their own people?
After all, he was a protector, could he just be “killed” like that?

Is it because too much time has passed, and the order and laws of the ancient country have been distorted under the cover of the black evil fog?
"..."

Xie Xuanyi turned his head and saw the little mute silently clenching his fists, his face full of fear.

obviously.

The purpose of bringing herself here was to tell herself that... the Otsuki Kingdom's Iron Cavalry were not "good people".

The people of this country who sacrificed their lives in this war have become wandering souls.

It is not the object protected by the Iron Cavalry.

The cavalry left, and the long streets were filled with wandering souls...

The little mute looked at the wandering soul on the other side of the long street with some reluctance. She just wanted to pull Xie Xuanyi away.

"Green carp!"

A low, angry roar sounded behind Xie Xuanyi.

The little girl turned pale with fright again and subconsciously hid behind Xie Xuanyi.

"You're running out again. You're crazy. You're risking your life!"

Xie Xuanyi didn't know much about the ancient texts from thousands of years ago, and could only vaguely hear that it was a scolding.

He turned around.

In front of him was an extremely tall young man. His facial features were different from those of the people in Da Chu. He had deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, and eyes as sharp as swords.

The young man was holding a lantern, but he could not cast any shadow.

This is an extremely powerful Li Mei.

The two looked at each other.

"People...living people?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, looking at the black-robed boy in front of him in disbelief.

He held the lantern, lifting it higher.

A long shadow fell on the ground.

Xie Xuanyi's long dark shadow spread all over the ground. The little girl called Qingli hid behind the shadow of the black robe.

These few words.

Xie Xuanyi understood.

This mute little girl had no ill intentions towards him, he could sense that...

This young man Li Mei knows the little mute?

This is a good thing, at least I have someone to communicate with.

Xie Xuanyi looked at the young man Li Mei in front of him with a smile and nodded as a friendly gesture.

Before I could even open my mouth.

next moment.

The lantern fell to the ground.

The young man Li Mei took a step forward and punched Xie Xuanyi!
Xie Xuanyi's smile remained on his face.

He slightly turned sideways to avoid a punch, then lightly put his hand on the young man's arm.

The practice of Li Mei is not as good as that of humans.

After all, they are the result of resentment after death, and are born to be "inferior to others".

This young man looks strong, but his actual aura is only at the Foundation Establishment stage of the human race... If they really come to a fight, even a hundred young men put together would not be his match.

In an instant, the picture was frozen again.

Xie Xuanyi pressed the young man's shoulder and smiled, "Is this the way Dayue Kingdom treats guests? After the destruction of the ancient country, they are so hostile to living people?"

"..."

The young man Li Mei gritted his teeth and didn't say a word. He just exerted his strength silently and continued to compete!
No matter what.

This energy was like a mud cow entering the sea. After it poured into Xie Xuanyi's clothes, it completely dissipated.

"Aba Aba!"

A small figure appeared between the two of them at some point.

Qingli's face was covered in sweat. He pressed his palms in front of his body, trying hard to move the two mountains away.

It's a pity that this little bit of effort is just a drop in the bucket.

Xie Xuanyi didn't mind playing with Li Mei any further.

only.

The sound of iron hooves that disappeared at the end of the long street returned again for some reason.

"Den!"

"Den!"

Accompanied by the sound of iron hooves.

The surrounding environment became depressing again!
The heart-pounding murderous atmosphere filled the long street again!
"Are you going to continue?"

Xie Xuanyi smiled.

"Woo!!!"

Hearing the sound of iron hooves, Qingli became obviously anxious.

She had seen Xie Xuanyi's flying sword and knew that the two were not opponents of the same level at all. In the current situation, it was completely Xie Xuanyi who was letting her win.

The little mute quickly clenched his fists and pulled down the young man's thighs, signaling the latter to let go.

Perhaps out of stubbornness, the young man Li Mei still refused to stop exerting his strength.

But his complexion was visibly paler.

How did Li Mei die? She must have a lot of resentment... She is just a stubborn person...

Xie Xuanyi glanced in the direction of the long street, put away his smile, and said faintly: "I'll give you three breaths, stop it quickly, or I'll throw you out on the street."

(End of this chapter)