After reading Long Chen's letter, the empress said: "It seems that the return date is uncertain."
When Long Chen's letter arrived, Di Yuwei thought Long Chen would be back soon. Unexpectedly, the return date was uncertain, and he felt disappointed: "Men like to hang out outside and never come home."
Long Chen did not go to the Western Regions alone. He brought two beautiful beauties from the Western Regions with him. Di Yuwei felt uncomfortable at first.
The empress handed the letter to Di Yuwei and said: "The Crescent Kingdom was rebuilt, the Wus Kingdom was destroyed, and Shen Wanjin and those traitors were doomed. He got some news in the Wus Kingdom, about the vampires, maybe with the ghosts It’s related to the origin of the clan, and he wants to find out.”
After Di Yuwei finished reading, he sighed quietly: "If this is really the case, it would be hard to urge him to come back."
Both Long Chen and the Empress said that the origin of the ghost clan does not seem to be in the Central Plains.
The ghost tribe in the ice field did not exist from the beginning, and the snow beasts are the inherent ethnic group in the ice field.
Therefore, if Long Chen can find the origin of the blood clan, then the origin of the ghost clan can also be found.
This is a big deal, and Di Yuwei can't rush it.
"Let him go, he will come back eventually."
The empress said to Di Waner: "Paddle to the center of the lake, where there are the most fish."
Di Waner ordered the boatman to drive the flower boat to the middle of the lake to watch the fish.
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Dole Mountains.
Long Chen and Mo Lin searched for more than a month in the ice and snow, looking for many shepherds and listening to many legends, but could not find any trace of Tong Ya.
"Sir, why don't you forget it?"
Mo Lin touched the tobacco bag and found that it was almost finished.
"The last place is Tongtian Castle. If it's not there, we'll go back."
Long Chen sat down, grabbed a handful of snow and swallowed it.
Tongtian Fort was told to Long Chen by the shepherd here. It is said that it is the place where Tong Ya, the ancestor of the blood race, made a deal with the devil.
"Let's go."
The two of them finished their rest and started heading west.
There was ice and snow along the way, and occasionally there were tall coniferous forests. Long Chen and the two would stop along the way to hunt in the woods to replenish food.
After walking for more than half a month, we finally arrived at the legendary Tongtian Fort.<
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"Is it the highest mountain?"
Mo Lin pointed to the highest mountain and said.
Tongtian, which means close to the sky, should be the highest mountain.
Long Chen nodded and said: "Probably, let's go."
Looking at the highest mountain peak, it took me another whole day to reach the foot of the mountain.
"Wangshan is a dead horse."
Mo Lin touched the tobacco pouch on his waist and found it was gone.
"Take a rest, find something to eat, and then go up again."
Long Chen estimated that it would take him a long time to climb to the top of the mountain, so he looked for food at the foot of the mountain.
There was nothing in the ice and snow, so I managed to catch two rabbits, lit a fire, roasted them and ate them.
"It's convenient to eat dried meat, but it's better to use a half-ghost body."
Mo Lin threw the bones aside and remembered that when he was fighting the ghost tribe, he didn't feel anything without eating or drinking for several days.
After turning back to a normal person, my body is too fragile.
"I feel so too."
Long Chen smiled.
After eating and drinking, the two climbed up.
After climbing for a long time, he finally reached the top. Long Chen carefully checked the top of the mountain and found nothing.
"Is it a mistake? Or is this legend simply false?"
Long Chen was sure that there was nothing wrong with the mountain at his feet, and there was no place to hide here.
Tong Ya, the ancestor of the vampire clan, is definitely not here.
"The legend of the shepherds cannot be taken seriously."
Mo Lin laughed dryly and looked around, feeling that the scenery here was very interesting.
With dark clouds covering my head, I felt like I could really communicate with the sky.
Long Chen raised his hand and grabbed at the void. He felt the same as Mo Lin, feeling that he could touch the sky.
"Forget it, go back."
Such a result is not
It was unexpected, and Long Chen didn't feel disappointed either.
The two sat for a while, then got up and walked down.
After walking a few steps, Long Chen suddenly pointed to a frozen lake at the foot of the mountain: "Old Mo, what do you think of that lake?"
Mo Lin looked at it carefully and said, "It's so weird. Is it empty underneath? But if it's empty, how could it be frozen?"
The peak at the foot is the highest one, and there are many other peaks around it. In the middle is a valley. A huge piece of ice covers the valley, but it is like a vacuum underneath.
"Maybe the water is too clear. It looks like there is no water, but actually there is."
Long Chen could only guess this way.
How is it possible to freeze the surface if there is no water underneath?
"It's so weird."
Mo Lin felt that the valley bottom was very deep and strange.
"Go down and have a look."
Long Chen suddenly flew up and quickly hit the ice cap at the bottom of the valley.
boom!
Long Chen knocked his head down, and his true energy exploded. The ice cap on the surface was smashed into pieces, and the ice cap collapsed. As expected, it was empty underneath. A warm and moist air flow emerged from the ground, and white mist steamed up.
Mo Lin understood that there was a deep hole at the bottom, and the ice cap on the surface was formed by the fusion of water vapor and ice and snow.
That's why there is an ice cap on the surface, but it's empty underneath.
Mo Lin jumped up and slowly fell into the hole.
The hole is very deep. When you reach the bottom, it is dark and cold, and there are faint fluorescent lights flashing around. When you reach the bottom of the hole, the surroundings suddenly light up.
Luminous gems are inlaid around it, and the cold light illuminates the space at the bottom.
There is a passage ahead, and at the end is something like an altar.
"What a deep hole."
Mo Lin fell down and looked up. There was only a little bit of the entrance to the cave.
"Do you think this cave looks like a castle?"
Long Chen raised his head, and Mo Lin also raised his head to look around, and said in surprise: "Like, it turns out that Tongtian Fort is not talking about mountains, but
Is it a cave?”
Long Chen looked at the altar at the end and said, "You are here, I will go there by myself."
Mo Lin nodded. He knew that his cultivation was not good enough, so it was best to wait outside. If something changed, he would fly out immediately.
Long Chen walked to the end, and a circular altar appeared in front of him. There were many skeletons hanging in front of it, and there were many bowl-like objects at his feet, which may have been objects used in ceremonies at that time.
I didn't see anything special around, so Tong Ya couldn't possibly be hiding here.
Looking up at the top, I saw a mummy dangling as if it had been hanged.
The bottom is not cold, but even a little hot, as if there is a hot spring underneath, or it may be geothermal.
In such a place, this mummy is not rotten?
Is the mummy Tong Ya?
With the thought, Long Chen jumped up and chopped off the mummy with one sword.
boom!
The mummy fell to the ground, black blood flowed out, and the bones quickly turned into powder.
"There's actually blood?"
The upper body was still hanging in the air, blood was dripping down, and the bones turned into powder and fell to the ground.
This mummy is definitely not Tong Ya, the ancestor of the vampire clan. How could it be so fragile?
After a careful inspection, Long Chen carefully knocked on the stone wall again and found nothing unusual.
He raised his foot and stamped it. The altar was not empty. It should not be under it.
"Weird, abandoned?"
Long Chen was sure it was not there and slowly exited the altar.
Returning to the entrance of the cave, Mo Lin asked: "Did you find anything?"
Long Chen shook his head and said: "It's a secret altar, but nothing was found. Tong Ya is not here."
Mo Lin was a little happy, but also a little disappointed.
"Forget it, wait until you get up there and bury it here!"
Long Chen had the same idea as Mo Lin.
"Let's go!"
The two of them jumped up and slowly flew upwards.
