Chapter 925: Corpse Land
Chapter 925: Corpse Land
"It's really strange. Could it be that the Heavenly Dao has been watching us all the time? Otherwise, the decree arrived just after we left. It would be too coincidental." Yun Qinghan looked at the sky vigilantly.
"The mountain god temple was conferred by the heaven, and all the villagers within a hundred miles know about it. I'm afraid we will never be short of incense in the future." Xie Xinyu said with a smile.
Only the corners of Changqing's mouth twitched. He clearly felt that the favor owed to him by Heaven was rapidly decreasing. This favor was what he was going to use when he was going to overcome the tribulation. Was this Heaven making the decision for him?
God, I will ****
Changqing cursed quietly in his heart, and the Heavenly Dao also felt it: How could the mighty Heaven allow a young boy to invade?
Soon, a red lightning bolt as thick as an arm struck straight into Changqing's forehead. Three bolts followed, paralyzing him and scaring the people around him.
"It's really... you... who's behind this!" Chang Qing said, his eyes rolled back, and he almost died.
Tiandao sneered, "You're so naive to play with me!" Then he left gracefully.
Fortunately, at this time a large group of wild donkeys came running over, raising a large cloud of dust. They bowed slightly and actually gestured for several people to sit on them.
"This mountain god is good and loyal!" Yun Qinghan smiled slightly and helped the half-dead Changqing onto the donkey. The group marched towards the west in a mighty manner. The handsome young men and young ladies rode on the donkeys and talked and laughed all the way. It was a strange combination that attracted quite a lot of attention.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed, and we had already traveled nearly a thousand miles, long before we reached the mountain god's range. It was Qingming Festival when we set out, and the rain had been increasing for several days, bringing a hint of sultry heat to the air.
The few of them also gradually reduced their dependence on spiritual energy. Doing things by themselves gave them an inexplicable sense of reality, as if this was the true nature of things.
Along the way, I looked at everything in the world from the perspective of the common people: clothes soaked by rain, the fragrance of grass and trees by the roadside, the rain scene in the dilapidated houses in the mountains, and the scent of soil brought by rain by the campfire.
But as time went on, his interest faded, and he became a little tired of the rainy scene. He could not help but complain like ordinary people that his clothes were difficult to dry even over a bonfire, and that the dry food he bought was soaked and moldy by the rain. His laughter gradually disappeared, and a look of sadness filled his face.
They no longer had any thoughts of appreciating the continuous rain. They headed westward, gradually moving from the plateau mountains of the Yuling Sect to the flat territory of Zilin Garden.
The bumpy mountain road came to an end, dispelling some of the irritability in everyone's hearts.
"Finally I'm out. Look at the flat land. It turns out that the Yuling Sect is still poor and barren!" Zhong Baixuan stretched lazily. He felt that his bones were almost rusted.
"After eating moldy dry food for a few days, I'm going to go to the restaurant and have a big meal!!" Yun Qinghan cheered.
Ling Yu sniffed his clothes and couldn't help but frown, as he always felt that they had a sour smell.
Seeing Changqing and Jie Xinyu silent, Yun Qinghan rode up on his donkey. Seeing their worried expressions, he felt they were a good match and tapped Changqing on the head. "What are you thinking about? Shouldn't you breathe a sigh of relief? Outside the Yuling Sect, the divine sense of a powerful being can only reach a maximum of ten thousand miles. You've finally escaped Li Yuesu's entanglement~~"
Chang Qing came back to his senses from his thoughts, raised the corner of his mouth, and looked towards the treetop behind him without hesitation: "Really?"
This gave Yun Qinghan goosebumps. He looked in the direction and saw only a swaying branch, which showed that something had just left.
"Hiss~ You think..." Yun Qinghan stopped talking, retracted his gaze, and swallowed his saliva: "It's really a dog-skin plaster."
Chang Qing's expression suddenly turned unhappy. He looked at Jie Xinyu and asked, "Did you notice?"
Yun Qinghan looked worriedly at the dark clouded sky and murmured "hmm" softly.
Yun Qinghan was completely confused by this. He felt that the two of them were not talking about the things on the treetops. He couldn't help but put his arm around Changqing's arm and said in a coquettish way that made Changqing feel nauseous: "Brother Qing, tell me what you found!"
Chang Qing, with goose bumps all over his body, said hurriedly, "Let's go. I'm afraid the journey ahead won't be easy."
Yun Qinghan felt bored and shook off Changqing's arm: You are so mysterious and mysterious. If you don't tell me, I won't listen!
However, Chang Qing and Jie Xinyu looked up at the sky, their brows furrowing even deeper. They glanced at the shadows of the jungle behind them, their eyes growing colder. They snorted and continued on their way.
According to the map on the purchased jade slips, Zilin Garden is a huge place with a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles. In front of them, the nearest place is a mortal village called Chiyuan Town, which is also the place where Yun Qinghan wants to eat a lot.
But after walking for a few miles, seeing that it was getting dark, the expressions of the few people who were originally ready to breathe a sigh of relief became more and more solemn, and the muddy and depressing atmosphere of the road suddenly became clear.
But it was not a good thing. All the grass and trees on the side of the road were broken and lying down, and countless broken wood and branches were piled up on the roadside to block the way. At a glance, countless trees fell in this low-lying area to form a wide road, as if a giant python hundreds of feet thick was pressing the trees forward.
The air was filled with a decaying smell, mixed with the scent of water and the condensed miasma.
Ling Yu took a deep sniff and finally understood what Chang Qing and the others hadn't said: "Is this the peak of the flood?!"
Zhong Baixuan reacted and looked at the still-incessant rain: "Flash flood? Junior Brother Qing, what about us..."
"Keep going, remember to look more and talk less, I'll show you around." He patted the donkey's butt, and the donkey started running, heading downstream. Ten miles away was Chiyuan Town.
The clattering sound of donkey hooves continued to echo. Before they had walked even a mile, Yun Qinghan and the others opened their mouths wide, their eyes filled with shock.
"Why are there so many dead bodies?"
Jie Xinyu covered her mouth, and Ling Yu's hands were clenched white as if they were nailed.
Zhong Baixuan sighed quietly: "The flood is overwhelming, the sun and the moon are sinking, and all living things are suffering and miserable."
Among the messy branches beside the road, corpses that had turned white after being soaked were lying face down in the mud on the roadside, with their palms bent hideously, like evil spirits. It seemed that they wanted to grab something to save their lives before they died. It was a pity that the wounds on Guan Qi's body must have caused him great pain.
There were some bricks, tiles and straw mixed in with the fallen wood and branches. It must be the village upstream that was completely destroyed by the mountain torrent. I wonder how many lives were lost.
The terrain ahead flattened slightly, but the scene was like hell on earth. Countless corpses, the overwhelming stench, and greenish corpse fluids were being washed downstream by the rain. As the sky darkened, the place became even more eerie.
Countless bloated corpses, all with expressions of fear, were entangled with tree branches like cages, trying to break free.
Yun Qinghan just took a quick glance and didn't dare to look again. He saw several corpses still in swaddling clothes. There were too many people, more than a thousand in total, who had fallen here.
Some were half-buried in the mud, some were running with their bodies swollen and horrified, and some had their eyes wide open in fear.
There are so many people who have died suddenly that even without mobilizing spiritual power, one can still feel the gloom around. The temperature here has dropped a lot compared to before, and the wind is howling like ghosts crying, which is creepy.
A pile of corpses!!
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