Bao Ping then left. Before leaving, he ordered Ghost Sword and the eight warriors accompanying him to obey Chen Zhi's orders.
Baoping said,
"You guys go with Team Leader Chen!!
No matter what the final result is, you must do your best to protect the safety of the Jiang clan leader. This is your mission.
As for what happens next...
If Patriarch Chen is willing to come back later, you can escort him back to Xiqi.
If Patriarch Chen doesn’t want you anymore, just come back on your own, and we’ll walk the final journey together.”
Bao Ping walked away alone, his figure floating lightly, getting smaller and smaller until he disappeared.
After he left, the atmosphere suddenly became very solemn. The warriors all looked sad, avoiding Chen Zhi's eyes and looking at the ground, as if they would shed tears at any time.
They escorted Chen Zhi for the rest of the journey and never said a word again.
Only Ghost Sword has always been close to Chen Zhi, getting very close to him.
The stone ladder turned into a black tower was very practical. After being put on the city wall, it immediately turned into a road leading inside.
Those of them who have been traveling through King Xiqi City for a long time are very good at walking around such buildings, climbing and jumping easily.
After jumping onto the stone ladder one by one, they began to walk quickly inside.
The stone staircases in Xiqi are like this. They are all made of large pieces of black stone, square and without any carvings.
It is said that this kind of stone could be found everywhere in Xiqi at that time and was very cheap.
Because the surface is too hard, it cannot be carved with patterns or platinum.
This was very different from the extravagant style of the Fox tribe at that time, so people of certain status in Chaoge City at that time would never look down on such black and bare stones.
Although this kind of stone is not expensive, it has always been favored by the Xiqi people and is used to build many military castles and even palaces. Because this kind of stone is very strong, it will not deform no matter how it is crushed, and its structural strength is very good. Once it is built,
Once a building is completed, it will remain as strong as ever.
The gaps in the stone stairs under their feet were very large, almost each one was more than half a meter high, so they almost jumped up the big stone stairs one by one, which was very exhausting.
After finally entering the city wall, we found that there was a very high slope below. Normally when walking in a place like this, you would tie a rope to your waist and run down it quickly.
All of their warriors were trained and there was no need to use auxiliary ropes. Under their escort, Chen Zhi and Fat Wei also ran down the slope on foot.
After entering the black castle, I found that it was exactly the same as the Xiqi King's City. Even the structure was so similar, with squares, horizontal and vertical lines, and simple and clear straight lines.
Ahead is a straight avenue that leads directly to the inner house, and then is the inner gate.
The journey after entering the inner house is a straight avenue paved with small black stones from beginning to end, leading straight to the depths of the inner house.
They had long been accustomed to the traps in the ancient tombs, so at the beginning, Fat Wei was still very vigilant in leading the way.
Be careful every step you take, and be careful of traps and hidden weapons that may be in the tomb passage.
And then he realized that this worry was unnecessary. If he wanted to describe it, this was probably the most unprepared ancient tomb they had ever seen.
Moreover, all the way forward, there are black and bare stones on both sides, and there is not even a piece of valuable metal jade. Even tomb robbers will not be interested here.
Because the light was very dark, they couldn't see any other branch intersections around them, but they could smell a very strong smell of blood.
This kind of bloody smell is very fresh, and it is also accompanied by the unique taste of internal organs, which makes people feel like their stomachs are churning.
It felt as if someone had just opened up my stomach here and blood was flowing all over the floor.
And walking further ahead, they saw the source of the blood...
I saw corpses lying very regularly on both sides of the road ahead.
Each of them wore armor, stabbed his own heart with the long knife in his hand, and died on the ground. The ground was covered with dripping blood, and his eyes were very red.
Gu Xiqi's armor is very distinctive. It is fine and strong in texture and heavy in color, but when stained with blood, it shines brightly!!
All the way forward from here is a road paved with armor.
Because of the huge corpses of gods, these buried soldiers did not turn into withered bones.
Their faces looked as if they were alive, with the emotions they had before death still on their faces.
Their expressions were resolute and calm, without any pain at all. It seemed that these people who were buried were not ordered to be buried, but they all committed suicide and chose to stay here.
Since both sides were full of buried soldiers, the road in the middle became much narrower.
All of them lined up in a long row and walked forward carefully from the middle of the armor~~
And the living faces of the corpses underground came to life one by one under their searchlights...
Human beings at that time were very different from now.
People of that era had relatively strong bones, rounded shoulders and arms, high foreheads, thick masseter muscles, and large and hairy mandibles.
Judging from today's aesthetics, these faces are not beautiful, even a little ridiculous.
But something on their faces was exactly the same as the current Xiqi warriors.
Dignified; steadfast, and not afraid of death.
"These are the first 3,000 dead soldiers...",
Ghost Sword whispered in Chen Zhi's ear,
"There are many legends about Xiqi. Some things are not recorded in Xiqi's files, so you may not know them clearly.
But these legends have always been circulated in the world of our warriors.
According to legend, the Xiqi warrior system is very ancient and was founded by King Wu Jifa himself.
It is said that Ji Fa, King Wu of Zhou, was not favored at first.
King Wen Jichang had many descendants, all of whom were somewhat related to the gods, but he was just the second concubine of Xiqi. His mother was a pure human being with a low status, and no one cared about his life.
Therefore, the Shang Dynasty at that time despised him very much. If he hadn't been good at boxing and fighting, he would have been captured and sacrificed long ago.
After that, he was asked to do some things that would lead to death, such as the dangerous battles on the border of Dashang and Shang at that time. He was the one who took the lead in many of them.
Although Ji Fa has a low status, he has an extremely strong and stubborn personality and is not afraid of death when fighting.
When he was very young, he had 13 playmates around him. These 13 people continued to practice martial arts with him and became the best brothers of the opposite sex.
Later, one time, he went to conquer a tribe under the order of the court...