With Xiao Yeguo's help, except for Tang Yuan and Li Shao, the other five major forces successfully crossed the line between sea and sky.
After crossing the line between sea and sky, we have reached the ridge with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. After passing through a mountain road, we officially enter the boundary of Taiyuan ruins.
From the angle where the few people were standing, they could already vaguely see the ruins behind the dense forest.
Thinking of the various legends about Taiyuan earlier, even a person like Cheng Bai who was used to laughing couldn't help but look serious and his expression became serious.
I don’t know whether it was because of the giant purple cloud, or because the altitude increased and the temperature dropped, but the bright sunshine when entering the mountain was no longer on the mountain road.
The sky was gloomy and dark, with an oppressive sense of dullness.
There were no green trees or red flowers around, and even the birds and other magical beasts were gone.
"There are forks in the road ahead," everyone walked all the way, and five forks appeared at the intersection ahead.
Five forked roads lie there quietly, and each of them looks exactly the same.
It seems that any road can lead to the top of the mountain, but it is possible that only one road can lead to the top of the mountain.
A strange feeling came to everyone's mind.
The village chief didn't say before that there was a branch road on the mountain.
These branch roads look very new, which is very contradictory to the ancient history of the Taiyuan ruins.
Why does it happen to be five?
It's like someone already knew that the five major forces would enter the mountain and specially prepared it for them.
No one made a rash choice. After all, whether the chosen route was correct or not was directly related to whether the Taiyuan ruins could be found.
The leaders of several major forces came out. After consultation, they decided to draw lots, and each major force chose a fork in the road.
After the lottery was completed, Blue drew the first fork on the left.
"Bai, Jiuxiao, we have to go our separate ways, please be careful," Ye Beiming, Cheng and Bu separated.
Yun Sheng also greeted Tianyi Yu, Huo Yu and others.
People from the five major forces have gone their own separate ways.
Two quarters of an hour later, the unlucky second prince of Tang Yuan, Li Shao, arrived with a group of Tang Yuan's magicians.
Ahead, there was only a lonely mountain road, with faint traces of people walking on it.
"Tsk, they are all gone as expected. Let's go, speed up and catch up immediately," Li Shao led the people and hurried forward towards the mountain road.
After choosing the fork in the road, Yun Sheng and his team walked forward.
Along the way, everything was normal. Both sides of the mountain road were covered with thick fallen leaves. It looked like no one had passed by for a long time.
But after walking all the way, Dugu Xiu suddenly stopped the team.
"There seems to be something wrong. It seems that the ruins of Taiyuan are very close, but after walking for two hours, it seems that the top of the mountain is still very far away." Dugu Xiu looked at the faintly visible white buildings on the top of the mountain and frowned.
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Not only Dugu Xiu, but Yun Sheng and several others also noticed it.
Obviously I kept walking, but the surrounding scenery and the mountain road seemed to be endless.
"It's getting late, let's take a rest where we are." The sky was overcast, so Lan decided to ask the students to stop and organize themselves first.
That night, twenty students and Hou Qin warriors rested in the open air all night.
When they got up in the morning, they hurriedly used some dry food and water and prepared to move forward.
"Hey," Unexpectedly, when counting the number of people, Lan suddenly discovered that one person was missing from the mainland elite camp.
"We are also missing a warrior," Dugu Xiu also checked his men and found that they were also missing.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
After some inquiries, Lan found out from the companions of the missing magician that the magician left the army in the middle of the night and went into the mountains and forests for convenience.
"The same is true for that warrior. He also left the army in the middle of the night," Dugu Xiuna said, and he had the same news.
The sky was still gray. If it weren't for the time hourglass, Yun Sheng and others would have had a hard time distinguishing between day and night.
"Let's go into the forest and see if we can find any clues. Don't spread out. Everyone should stay in the same formation as on the mountain road earlier," Dugu Xiu ordered his men and immediately lined up.
Yun Sheng and Lan followed in the middle, everyone's expressions were solemn.
After not returning home all night, the lives of those two team members may be...
Everyone left the mountain road and walked deeper into the forest step by step.
Taiyuan Mountain is very big, and because no one has cut down the trees for hundreds of years, the ground is covered with dead grass and dead leaves.
In the deepest place, even a tall person like Ye Beiming and Dugu Xiu would be submerged by grass and leaves if they fell.
Several warriors from the Later Qin Dynasty walked at the front, cutting down trees as they walked, and they walked for almost half an hour.
"Everyone, look at the front!" The warrior walking in front saw a familiar figure leaning against a tree with his back to everyone.
After finding the missing warrior, everyone in the Later Qin Dynasty, including Dugu Xiu, breathed a sigh of relief.
These people are all Dugu Xiu's personal guards. They have followed Dugu Xiu since he was a child, and the master-servant relationship is very important.
The clothes and build were that of the Hou Qin soldier who disappeared earlier.
"You kid, let everyone have a hard time," the leader of the warrior complained, and stepped forward to give the warrior a punch.
After hearing the sound, the missing warrior turned his head.
There was a weird rattling sound like bones moving.
After seeing the man's face clearly, the leading Hou Qin warrior screamed and stepped back a few steps.
Where is the warrior of the Later Qin Dynasty? It is clearly an inhuman skeleton. Half of the rotten face has exposed bones, and the other half of the face is covered with rotten flesh. The eyeballs in the eye sockets are turbid and yellow, and the eyeballs are hanging.
came out.
The skeleton warrior suddenly pulled out the saber on his waist and looked at the warrior at the front.
The leading warrior didn't take precautions, and with a roar of sword wind, he cut off his left arm with one strike.
Dugu Xiu and the warriors of Hou Qin were all shocked, "Zombies."
The Iron-Blooded Knights of the Later Qin Dynasty are indeed excellent teachers. At this moment, they showed extremely strong discipline.
Several people formed teams of three and three, with one team covering the injured warrior, and the other pair covering Dugu Xiu and Mrs. Chi Bi respectively.
"Bang"
Just when Lan and others were about to help, a fireball suddenly shot out from the jungle.
There was another person standing in the jungle. That person was the magician who disappeared in the middle of the night. He looked similar to a zombie warrior, half rotting corpse and half skeleton. He lurked in the forest and attacked everyone.
In just one night, the warriors and magicians who were alive and active earlier turned into zombies that were neither human nor ghosts. It was too weird.
"Chase," Lan said without hesitation, and immediately led a group of magicians to chase the zombie magician.