Amidst the sound of gurgling water, Ling Xiao scrubbed away the stains on his body. He had walked among the piles of corpses earlier, and it would have been really dangerous if he didn't clean himself up.
The sound of washing could be heard not far behind. It was the girl washing herself behind another rock. According to her, she had been detained there for seven days. Girls love to be clean.
Being dirty would kill her. After Ling Xiao finished washing her clothes, she ducked into the bushes and changed her clothes.
Not long after, the girl had finished washing herself, and rustled in another bush not far away to change her clothes.
Ling Xiao sat under the tree, feeling refreshed and refreshed all over his body. Ling Xiao's Qiankun Ring brought a lot of clothes for change on the road, and the clothes Mo Lanxi and Zhu Siru bought in the city were also put in.
It was in his Qiankun Ring, but he later forgot to take it out, but now it comes in handy.
The girl changed her clothes and walked out of the bushes. Ling Xiao took a look and saw that the girl was only seventeen or eighteen years old. She looked like the girl next door who had grown up. She was different from Molan Xi.
The mature temperament is also different from Zhu Siru's cuteness. This girl exudes a completely different kind of delicate temperament. Although she is not a stunning figure, she is still an unforgettable appearance.
Seeing Ling Xiao's eyes, the girl's cheeks turned red and she said, "This dress is nice. Your wife must be a great beauty."
Only then did Ling Xiao realize that the look in his eyes just now was a little too straightforward, so he withdrew his look and said, "I'm sorry."
The girl sat on a clean stone in front of Ling Xiao and said, "If you want to ask anything, just ask first."
Ling Xiao turned his head and glanced in the direction of Xia Yuecheng, then turned his head back and said: "Who are you, what is your background, what is the matter with the walking corpses and plague in Xia Yuecheng, what's the matter?
Is there a solution?"
The girl nodded her head and said, "The words you asked almost completely describe the origins of Xia Yuecheng."
Ling Xiao nodded and signaled that he was listening. The girl spoke loudly and described what happened in Xia Yuecheng.
"This Xiayuecheng was originally a lively city, but because it is located a little remote and is not on the main business route, the development rate is much slower than other Daocheng. If it were not for the fact that Xiayuecheng is rich in a kind of
As for the kind of ore that Qiankun Imperial City needs, it should basically be ranked at the bottom of all Dao cities. The colorful glazed tiles refined from the ore are used to decorate the dome. At night, they are as beautiful as stars.
"
"The city lord of Xia Yue City is named Xia Ze. His ancestors have been in charge of this kind of ore since the beginning, which was used to refine colorful glazed tiles. At that time, his ancestor was just a businessman. Later, it was said that during the celebration of Emperor Qiankun, the ore presented to him came out.
Due to some quality errors, the entire dome of the banquet hall fell down. Although no one was injured or injured, it caused quite a stir."
"When the emperor was in danger, blood flowed like a river. Xia Ze's ancestors were all executed because of this incident. At that time, Xia Ze's great-grandfather shouted injustice and jumped into the casting furnace after receiving the order. The lord of Xia Ze City should have been around
When he was seven or eight years old, the red guards arrived, escorted all the Xia family members, and sent them to the outskirts of the city for execution the next day, starting with the older ones and continuing to the younger ones..."
When Ling Xiao heard this, he couldn't help but think of a scene. A young child stood on the edge of the execution ground. His parents, uncles, and retainers were beheaded one after another in front of him. Soon after, they would take their turn.
When it comes to myself...
Ling Xiao couldn't help but said with some confusion: "How did the Lord Xia Ze survive?"
The girl said: "This matter is really a coincidence. The ruins of the banquet hall were cleaned up at that time, and the broken glazed tiles were processed and moved outside the city by a small worker.
It is a remote border area in the southern part of Qiankun Continent.
A man named Ren found a lot of small holes in the glazed tiles. Then the worker inspected most of the glazed tiles and came to the conclusion that they were caused by a kind of gold-eating ants. This news was reported to the authorities one after another, and finally
Arrive at the person in charge."
"Then, the whole thing came to light. The gold-eating ants that migrated from nowhere made their home in the banquet hall. The colorful glazed tiles already contained metal, and then they corroded the colorful glazed tiles into that kind of touch.
In the same way, I later went to the banquet hall for a thorough investigation and found gold-eating ants as big as a table."
"The then Emperor Qiankun realized that he had wronged a good man, but at that time the news of the execution had already been sent out. Emperor Qiankun sent people to intercept, but unfortunately he didn't make it in time. When the guards finally arrived, the entire Xia family was
Xia Ze is the only one left, and the decapitating knife has been placed on Xia Ze's neck. The knife has been blunted, and the air is full of the smell of blood."
"The guard who issued the new order read out the order in front of Lord Xiaze. What surprised everyone was that Lord Xiaze didn't even cry. He stood up and came out to receive the order, and then passed out."
"Then Emperor Qiankun realized that he had killed a good person by mistake, so he issued a decree to train the young Xia Ze with all his strength. Then Xia Ze also came all the way, and later became the city lord of Xia Yue City by virtue of his own strength. In Qiankun II
When the king separated his family, he defected to the side of King Qian’s influence.”
Ling Xiao nodded his head. He finally understood why the city lord showed such hatred towards Emperor Qiankun when he sneaked into the palace that night. As the envoy of Emperor Qiankun, he naturally hated the city lord so much.
.
However, the previous Emperor Qiankun also regarded Lord Xia Ze as a loyal servant and even entrusted the Qiankun Mirror, one of the treasures of the universe. If Izumi knew what the Emperor Qiankun was doing now, I really don’t know what he would think.
"These are the antecedents, so what's going on with the walking corpse now?" Ling Xiao sighed softly in his heart and asked.
The girl frowned, as if she was trying to put some effort into answering the question. After a while, she said: "City Lord Xia Ze has always deliberately wanted to take revenge on Emperor Qiankun. The technique used to create this walking corpse puppet is
It's a vicious technique he got from nowhere, using the corpses of highly skilled people to create walking corpses that are worthy of fighting."
"But to make such a powerful zombie, in addition to the corpse of a powerful person as the zombie itself, a large number of ordinary corpses are also needed as refining aids. However, although there are many small wars breaking out around now
, but in the final analysis, there is no major war breaking out, and batches of walking corpses need to be produced, and there will be many ordinary corpses used for refining."
The girl sighed softly and said: "You saw it on the way here, right? A plague broke out in this city. In fact, the plague broke out half a year ago. Our family is a medicine family handed down from generation to generation.
It is our bounden duty to save lives and heal the wounded.
In our generation, I am the only daughter left. At that time, I went to the Forest of Giant Trees to find large quantities of elixirs, because under the guidance of our family’s medicine-seeking compass, the Forest of Giant Trees could be detected.
It contains an inexhaustible supply of elixirs.”
"Is it a cold pool under the water?" Ling Xiao thought to himself.
"But when I came here at that time, I almost lost my life here, so I returned without success. When I returned, I found that the plague had broken out several times more than when I left, and almost everyone in the outer city died.
Absolutely, only the people in the inner city are considered safe, and the doctors inside and outside the city have disappeared. It is said that they were summoned by the Lord Xia Ze to the City Lord’s Mansion to discuss the elimination of the plague..."
"Later I found out that it was a pretense to deceive people. City Lord Xia Ze was just a martial artist, and the technique of making walking corpses also required people with strong medical skills. He put all the doctors under house arrest in underground caves, and then used coercion and inducement
, some people who have no medical ethics just help the evildoers do evil."
Ling Xiao also sorted it out in his mind. This can be regarded as a smooth chain. City Lord Xia took the initiative to create this plague, and then released the news of the plague, attracting some doctors to come, and at the same time used the exquisite water heart as a way to save the city.
The magic weapon is placed there to attract heroes and heroes, and then the walking corpses are arranged there. The more heroes and heroes go there, the more brave men will die there. The more people die, the more powerful walking zombies can be made.
More, and so on...
"Then how did you get caught there?" Ling Xiao was still a little confused about this matter.
The girl said: "My father was also caught there. I was caught as soon as I returned to the city, and I knew the whole matter. My father originally refused to obey, but City Lord Xia took me as a hostage, so my father had to obey the Lord.
requirements.”
"Until one day, my father told me that I had done too many sins, and that was enough. He also said that during the time when he helped to make walking corpses, he had figured out how to use corpse poison and plague, and added a potion of blindness to the walking corpse potion.
, when the walking corpse encountered extremely strong flames, it was as flammable as kerosene, so I had to get out when I had the chance. Then my father died the next day, and he melted his body to the ground without leaving any trace.
In order not to be regarded as a refined auxiliary corpse..."
When the girl said these words, the expression on her face was also indifferent. Most people would have a fluctuating expression on their faces when talking about such matters, but this girl's face was full of indifference.
No, just like when she was in danger in the Forest of Giant Trees, her face had the same indifferent expression, unchanged.
"Then you..." Ling Xiao also had some questions in his mind: "Won't he force you to help refine the walking corpse?"
The girl said calmly: "My father has always been here to practice medicine. I have never appeared in front of others. After my father was placed under house arrest, he also said that I did not understand medicine. The Lord Xia Ze is also a suspicious person.
My father and I tested my understanding even before we met.
I don’t know medical skills. At that time, I gave you the hairpin and didn’t bring the Medicine King Cauldron with me. He asked me to distinguish poisonous weeds from good ones. I pretended not to understand and ate the poisonous weeds. I was taken to the hospital with only half a breath left.
I was rescued from my father, and from then on he thought I didn't know how to heal."
Ling Xiao's heart skipped a beat, this girl is really brave...
"On the second day after my father's death, I felt the jade hairpin. This jade hairpin is called Tonggu Jade Hairpin. It has the ability to point. As long as it has the aura or part of it that points to an object, it can be used as a guide.
"
"The hosta is connected to my heart, and when the host detoxifies after wearing it, I will feel it. I knew you were coming, so I guided you here with the idea of giving it a try, and then
You didn't let me down and rescued me."
Ling Xiao also thought to himself: "When I saved you, I saved myself. If it weren't for your hairpin, I would definitely have died there."