The Royal Tomb Forest is located in the western suburbs of Shengming City. It is a vast mountain range. From a distance, it looks dark and gloomy.
There were layers of dark clouds over the tomb forest, completely covering the stars.
Before the collapse of the Shengming Central Empire, the royal tombs had always been a restricted area and were heavily guarded. No monks could even get close.
Eight hundred years have passed, and outside the tomb forest, it is covered with snow, fallen leaves, and overgrown weeds, giving people a sense of dilapidation and depression.
In fact, the Imperial City Tomb Forest is not only a forbidden area, it is also a forbidden area for murder.
The ancestors of the Zhang family of the royal family used emperor-level methods to arrange more than one emperor-level formation in the tomb forest to protect the tombs of past emperors.
When Shengming City was captured, there were creatures from the Holy Realm who wanted to break into the royal tombs and steal the treasures in the tombs.
However, without exception, no one can come out alive after breaking in.
As the prince of the Shengming Central Empire, Zhang Ruochen naturally knew how to enter the royal tomb forest and could avoid the attack of the formation by following some special routes.
"You must follow me closely and don't make any mistakes, otherwise, you will cause big trouble." Zhang Ruochen reminded.
Walking into the mountains where the royal tombs are located, the air becomes colder. In some areas, will-o'-the-wisps fly out from the ground and take the form of skeletons, dragons, snakes, and soldiers.
"That's not an ordinary will-o'-the-wisp, it's a flame condensed by an emperor-level formation. Even if a creature in the holy realm gets a little bit of it, it will immediately burn to ashes."
Hearing this, Tunxiang Rabbit's four legs were trembling, and his legs felt weak. He was so frightened that he followed the rules and did not dare to take a wrong step.
The area occupied by the royal tomb forest is quite vast, stretching as far as the eye can see. Zhang Ruochen and others walked for dozens of miles in a row, but they still only covered a small area.
The surrounding mountains, ravines, and jungles were all silent, in stark contrast to the bustling scene of Shengming City.
Suddenly, the monster Tunxiang Rabbit screamed, causing everyone to stop immediately.
"what happened?"
The holy energy in Zhang Ruochen's body surged rapidly, and he made palm prints with both hands, showing a defensive posture.
Tun Xiangtu pointed not far away and said, "There are footprints on the ground."
Qing Mo let out a breath. Just now, she was very nervous and thought she had encountered some kind of danger.
"Guo Guo, it's just a few footprints. Don't make a fuss. You almost scared me to death."
Qing Mo stuck out his tongue, pinched Tun Xiang Rabbit's ear hard, and almost lifted it up.
Zhang Ruochen did not relax his vigilance. He walked to the footprints and observed them carefully.
There are trees all around with thick branches and leaves, so the footprints are not covered by snow.
"The footprints are still very fresh. Someone must have come in within the past two days. Who is it and how could he enter the royal tomb?"
The footprints vary in size and depth and are not from the same person, obviously not Kong Lanyou.
"Everyone, be careful. There are probably some other people who may have broken into the royal tomb." Zhang Ruochen's face was quite serious.
You must know that the royal tomb forest is definitely a forbidden place for murder. It can avoid the emperor-level formations. The people who break into this place are definitely not ordinary people.
A group of people, continue moving forward.
Not long after, they found blood stains on the ground. Not long ago, there was a battle here.
The Tunxiang Rabbit sniffed hard, rushed to an open area, threw away the thick snow, and dug out a lot of soil.
Beneath the soil, six corpses were dug out.
The six corpses were burned black by the flames and turned into charred corpses, like six human-shaped charcoal.
Zhang Ruochen walked to one of the corpses and used Shen Yuan's ancient sword to scrape off the outer layer of the scorched corpse to reveal the bones inside.
The bones have a metallic luster, are extremely hard, and have wisps of pure holy energy gushing out. This shows that they must have had quite powerful cultivation when they were alive.
"Huh!"
Zhang Ruochen made a new discovery.
There were some strange lines on the bones of the corpse, emitting a faint golden light.
Huang Yanchen said: "Those are corpse marks. Only the monks of the ancient zombie exorcism clan and the Death Zen Sect know how to carve them. By carving corpse marks on the bones, skin, and meridians of the corpse, you can refine a powerful war corpse."
Zhang Ruochen's eyes were a little gloomy as he scraped away the charred flesh of the other five charred corpses and found corpse marks on the bones.
"They should be war corpses refined by the ancient zombie exorcism tribe."
Zhang Ruochen once saw the "Death Zen Buddhism" of the Death Zen Sect. The corpse patterns recorded in it had a Buddhist charm, which was completely different from the corpse patterns on the six charred corpses on the ground.
The ancient corpse exorcism clan has a very deep foundation and is proficient in many ancient secret arts. They can enter and exit various dangerous ruins and steal the corpses of the ancestors of major families.
Only by using more powerful corpses can we refine more powerful war corpses.
The ancient zombie exorcists not only robbed the tomb of the great sage, but it is said that during their heyday, they even broke into the tomb of an ancient god and took away half of the god's corpse.
"The ancient zombie exorcists broke into the royal tombs. Could it be that they wanted to steal the bodies of the Ming emperors of the Ming Central Empire?"
Apart from the emperor's corpse, there is nothing else that is worthy of the exorcism of the ancient clan and the danger of breaking into the royal tomb.
Zhang Ruochen clenched his fists tightly, and there were two balls of anger in his eyes.
The ghosts of ancestors should not be disturbed by others. The corpses of ancestors should not be used as fighting puppets for others.
What the ancient clan did to exorcise corpses was obviously more hateful than the Lingxiao Palace.
Huang Yanchen said: "The six war corpses on the ground should be made from the remains of creatures in the holy realm, but they were burned to pieces by a kind of flame. It can be seen from this that there should be an extremely powerful person in the royal tomb forest.
Gravekeeper."
"Gravekeeper?"
Zhang Ruochen immediately thought of Kong Lanyou.
Of course, it is also possible that it is not Kong Lanyou.
With Kong Lanyou's cultivation level, if he really took action, the six war corpses would probably have been turned into ashes. How could they be preserved so completely?
Moreover, there was no breath left by Kong Lanyou on the six war corpses.
Zhang Ruochen asked Tun Xiangtu and Demon Ape to bury the six charred corpses again, and said, "Only six damaged war corpses were found, but the monks of the ancient tribe who exorcised the corpses were not found. Where did they go?"? "Say
Not necessarily... they have escaped from the royal tomb." Qing Mo said cautiously.
"If that's the case, it would be for the best." Zhang Ruochen said.
Zhang Ruochen has already secretly recorded in his mind the account of exterminating the ancient clan. He dared to take advantage of the ancestors of the Zhang family, and he must make them pay some price no matter what.
As they continued to move forward, everyone's field of vision finally became wider.
I saw huge stone monuments and dense tombs among the high mountains.
Some of the mausoleums are actually higher than the mountains, exuding an intimidating power. The Yin Qi released in the mausoleums condenses into clouds, forming purple, silver, and golden brilliance.
Zhang Ruochen crossed a blue stone bridge and walked towards a relatively small mausoleum.
Even though it is relatively short, it is still dozens of feet tall and is made of huge rocks.
In front of the mausoleum, there is a simple stone tablet, which is a hundred feet high. Zhang Ruochen stands under the stone tablet, which is only as big as a grain of dust.
There is an inscription engraved on the back of the stone tablet.
On the front of the stele, there are only two vigorous and powerful words - Houling.
No exact name.
In front of the monument, there is an empty square. There are no fallen leaves on the ground. The falling snowflakes have not completely covered the bluestone. It is obvious that someone has just cleaned it.
"Mother, my child is unfilial. I haven't seen you for eight hundred years."
Zhang Ruochen knelt on the ground and knelt down to the mausoleum.
Huang Yanchen walked to Zhang Ruochen's right side, knelt down, and knelt down together.
Behind them, Qing Mo, Tun Xiang Rabbit, and Demon Ape all had solemn eyes, kneeling on the ground, facing the direction of the mausoleum.
Not far away, at the edge of the square, under a two-foot-diameter sycamore tree, a beautiful woman with white hair walked out of the tree hole.
It is Kong Lanyou.
Kong Lanyou's eyes were fixed on Zhang Ruochen, who was kneeling in the center of the square. His beautiful eyes were filled with extremely complex emotions, and crystal tears flowed from his eyes.
Even though she had received a letter from Zhang Ruochen a long time ago and knew that he was still alive, she still worried about gain and loss, and was very afraid that the letter was forged by someone else.
Therefore, Kong Lanyou has been waiting in front of his aunt's grave, never leaving even half a step.
Only when I saw Zhang Ruochen entering the royal tomb and kneeling in front of his aunt's tomb with my own eyes, could I be sure that he was his cousin and that he was still alive.
After Zhang Ruochen paid homage to his mother, he stood up again and looked towards the edge of the square, staring at Kong Lanyou.
Tun Xiangtu's eyes widened, and he was so frightened that he trembled for a moment, but then he pretended to be calm and said: "Someone actually broke into the royal tomb. Master Chen, please retreat first and let me go meet her for a while."
? Tun Xiangtu didn’t dare to deal with Kong Lanyou alone, so he dragged the Demon Ape with him.
Walking to the opposite side of Kong Lanyou, Tun Xiangtu clenched his fists with his claws, exuding a demonic aura, and shouted coldly: "Are you a human? Or a ghost?"
Kong Lanyou said nothing, staring at Zhang Ruochen who kept walking towards her with a pair of sad eyes, tears dripping down like a bead curtain.
"Do you think I can't do anything to you if you don't speak? You are forcing me to take action!"
Tunxiangtu didn't dare to take action himself, so he pushed the demon ape and let it test Kong Lanyou's cultivation.
The demon ape roared loudly, rushed forward, stretched out a huge palm, and slapped Kong Lanyou on the head.
"Boom."
The demon ape was like a huge rubber ball that hit an invisible wall, flew backwards, and fell onto the square with a bang.
Kong Lanyou still stood where he was.
Tun Xiangtu took in a breath of cold air and his teeth chattered. He realized that he was dealing with a ruthless character and immediately backed up.
"Master Chen, that's a master, what should I do?" Tun Xiangtu was ready to run away immediately.
Zhang Ruochen ignored it and walked straight towards Kong Lanyou. The distance between the two became closer and closer, ten steps, nine steps, eight steps...? Tun Xiangtu was very scared in his heart and shouted: "
Master Chen...be careful, the other party is really a master...don't underestimate your enemy..."