Chapter 24

The more he acted like this,

The more Xie Lian felt the danger,

"Everyone, back off. Don't get close to it, and don't pay attention to what it says."

Everyone hurriedly listened to him and scattered in a panic. That Buried Face tried his best to laugh as he said, "Sigh,

Don't go,

Why do you guys have to do this,

I'm also a human, I won't harm you guys! "

Xie Lian said in his heart, "You're thinking too much,

You're not like a human at all like this! "

Who knew,

At this moment, a strange change suddenly occurred,

A merchant probably thought that no matter what, he still had to take some herbs back to save people,

He stealthily took a few steps forward and bent down, wanting to pick up the good moon grass that he had thrown away in fright just now. That Buried Face's eyeballs rolled around,

A bright light flashed in his eyes.

Xie Lian cursed in his heart and rushed over, saying, "Don't pick it up! Come back! "

However,

It was already too late. Buried Face suddenly opened his mouth,

A bright red thing slid out from his mouth.

What a long tongue!

Xie Lian grabbed the back of the merchant's collar and retreated repeatedly.

However, the thing that flew out of that Buried Face's mouth was incomparably long. With a "chi" sound, it jumped into one of the merchant's ears!

Xie Lian felt the body under his hands tremble violently,

That merchant let out a short scream. His limbs twitched incessantly as he knelt on the ground on both knees. That long tongue quickly pulled out a large bloody thing from his ear and retracted back into the Buried Face's mouth. That Buried Face chewed and laughed at the same time, chewing until his mouth was dripping with blood. He laughed so hard that he almost overturned the roof of this dilapidated Imperial Palace. He screamed, "Hahahahaha! Delicious, delicious, delicious, delicious, delicious! Delicious, delicious!! I'm starving to death, I'm starving to death! "

This voice was sharp and piercing, and that pair of eyes were bloodshot. It was truly disgusting!

This person had been buried here for more than fifty years. He had already been assimilated by this Demon Country and completely turned into something else!

Xie Lian released his right hand that was holding the merchant's collar. Just as he was about to strike this disgusting thing with his palm, he suddenly heard that Buried Face scream again, "General! General! They're here! They're here! "

He only heard a cry that was even more ferocious than that of a wild beast. A black shadow fell from the sky and landed heavily in front of Xie Lian.

The moment this black shadow landed on the ground, almost the entire ground trembled from its stomp. When he slowly stood up, everyone was shrouded in his huge shadow.

This "person" was simply too big and tall.

His face was as dark as iron, and his facial features were fierce and rough, like the face of a beast. Its chest and shoulders were covered in armor, and it was over nine feet long. Rather than calling it a human, it would be more accurate to call it a giant wolf that walked upright. Behind him, there were one, two, three … more than ten "people" jumping down from the roof of the palace.

These "people" were all tall and strong, with similar figures. They were all carrying a mace with sharp teeth on their shoulders, giving the illusion that a pack of wolves had turned into humans. After they landed, they surrounded the people in the garden like a circle of huge iron towers.

Half Moon Soldiers!

These soldiers were emitting waves of black gas. Of course, they were no longer living people. Xie Lian's entire body tensed up, Ruo Xie ready to strike.

However, when the Half Moon Soldiers saw them, they didn't immediately rush forward to kill them. Instead, they let out earth-shattering laughter and shouted loudly in the language of the other races. Their pronunciation was very strange and tricky, and their tongues were twisted. It was the language of the Half Moon Kingdom.

Although it had been two hundred years and Xie Lian had mostly forgotten the Half Moon Language, he had studied it with San Lang at the General's Tomb just now. In addition, these soldiers' voices were like a great bell, and their words were crude and simple, so it wasn't hard to understand them.

He heard all the Half Moon Soldiers call the first Half Moon person "General," interspersed in their conversation with words like "take him away" and "not kill him for now." He took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Everyone, don't panic. These Half Moon people won't kill anyone for now. They seem to be taking us to another place. Don't act rashly. I can't guarantee that we can beat them. Let's play it by ear. "

These soldiers looked extremely difficult to deal with. Each one of them had rough skin and thick flesh. Even with Ruo Xie in his hands, it would take a while to kill one. Dozens of them had come at once, so it wouldn't be easy to deal with. There were also a few ordinary people present, so he could only wait and see.

San Lang didn't say anything. The others didn't have any ideas to begin with. Even if they wanted to act rashly, they didn't know how, so they nodded with tears in their eyes. Only the buried face continued to scream, "General! General! Let me go! I've helped you keep the enemy. Let me go home! I want to go back! "

When he saw this group of Half Moon soldiers, his expression was extremely agitated. He screamed and whimpered, and his words were mixed with some half-baked Half Moon words. He must have randomly learned them during the fifty or sixty years he was here as fertilizer. The nine-foot-and-a-half-moon man who was addressed as "General" saw something writhing and screaming in the soil and seemed to find it disgusting. He swung his mace and several sharp spikes pierced through the head of the thing buried in the soil. The buried face screamed and lifted again. The spikes embedded themselves in the face of the buried face, uprooting him and bringing him out of the soil, fulfilling his wish to "let me go."

However, what broke out of the ground under the buried face's neck wasn't a human body at all. Instead, it was a pile of ghastly white bones!

Several merchants cried out in fright when they saw this terrifying scene. Meanwhile, the buried face's head fell off from the spikes of the mace. His face was covered in blood, and when he saw his own body, he seemed to be scared stiff. He sucked in a breath of cold air and said, "What is this? What is this?! "

Xie Lian reminded, "This is your body."

It was obvious. This person had been buried in the desert for fifty or sixty years. His flesh and blood had long since transformed into nutrients for the good moon grass. All that was left of him was a skeleton.

The buried face still refused to believe it. "How is this possible? My body isn't like this. This isn't my body!!! "

His voice was incomparably mournful. This scene was both terrifying and lamentable. Xie Lian shook his head. San Lang sneered and said, "Now you can't stand this body of yours? Then what was that thing that came out of your mouth just now? Do you think there's no problem? "

The buried face immediately retorted, "What problem is there! It's just … just a little longer than an ordinary person's tongue! "

The corners of San Lang's eyes were full of ridicule. "Mm, not bad. It's a little longer. Haha. "

The buried face said, "That's right! It's just a little longer! That's only because I've been eating flying insects and crawling insects for so many years. I've slowly stretched my tongue longer and longer to become like this! "

When he had first been buried in the ground, he might still have been alive. And in order to survive, he had tried his best to stretch out his tongue to eat those flying insects and crawling insects. Gradually, he was no longer human. His tongue grew longer and longer, and the "food" he ate also changed from flying insects and crawling insects to something even more frightening.

But because he had been buried in the ground all this time, he hadn't been able to see what his body looked like for so many years. He simply couldn't accept it, nor was he willing to believe that he was no longer human. The buried face did his best to explain, "There are also people whose tongues are longer!"

San Lang smiled. Looking at him, Xie Lian felt an indescribable chill in his heart. This youth's smile really made one feel as if they were about to peel off the skin of another person's face.

San Lang said, "Do you think you're still human?"

After being asked this question, the buried face seemed to feel a sense of crisis. He suddenly became irritated and said, "Of course I'm human. I'm human! "

As he shouted, he did his best to move his hands and feet that had already turned into white bones. He wanted to crawl on the ground. Perhaps it was because he had finally come out of the ground, but he felt sincerely happy. He laughed wildly and said, "I'm going back, I can go back! Hahahahaha … … "

"Crack!"

His laughter was too ear-piercing, and it finally annoyed the Half Moon General. With a stomp, the buried face's skull instantly shattered. And his screams of "I'm human" could no longer be heard.

After that 'General' stomped on the annoying buried face, he shouted at the soldiers. A group of Half Moon soldiers brandished their mace and roared at this group of people. Then, they began to drive them out of the Imperial Palace.

Xie Lian walked at the very front, and San Lang continued to follow behind him. Even when he was being escorted by a group of fiendish Half Moon soldiers, this youth's pace was still neither fast nor slow, as if he was taking a stroll. Since just now, Xie Lian had been looking for an opportunity to talk to him. After walking for a while, he saw that the group of Half Moon soldiers had started chatting with each other again and didn't pay much attention to them. Thus, he said in a low voice, "They call the leader of the Half Moon 'General'. I don't know what kind of General he is. "

Sure enough, when he asked, San Lang still answered. He said, "When the Half Moon Country was destroyed, there was only one General. His name, when translated into Chinese, is' Ke Mo '. "

Xie Lian said, "Ke Mo?"

This name was really strange. San Lang said, "Correct. It's said that because his body was weak when he was young, he was often bullied by others. He vowed to become stronger, so he used the stone millstone to train his strength. That's how he got his name. "

Xie Lian couldn't help but think to himself, "That can also be called Da Li … …"

San Lang continued, "It's rumored that Ke Mo was the bravest General in the history of the Half Moon Country. His body was nine feet long, and he had extraordinary strength. He was the loyal supporter of the Half Moon Country's State Preceptor."

Xie Lian said, "Even after death? Right now, he wants to send us to where the State Preceptor is? "

San Lang said, "Maybe."

If there were even more Half Moon soldiers there, how would they escape? What about Nan Feng, who had lured the two away? Now that the Good Moon Grass was in their hands, how were they supposed to deliver it to the poisoned people within twenty-four hours?

Xie Lian pondered as he walked. He discovered that General Ke Mo was taking them to an increasingly remote area. Finally, he brought them to the edge of the Half Moon Country before stopping. Xie Lian stopped and raised his head to look. An incomparably tall yellow wall stood in front of him, like a giant.

Their destination was actually the Sinner's Pit.

Although he had lived near the Half Moon Country for a period of time, Xie Lian actually didn't often enter Half Moon City. Of course, he had never approached this Sinner's Pit either. Looking at this Sinner's Pit up close, his heart inexplicably palpitated.

There was a staircase on the outside of the yellow wall. As they slowly climbed up this simple and crude staircase, Xie Lian looked down and constantly observed with his naked eyes. Finally, he understood why his heart was palpitating.

It wasn't because he thought that this place was used for torture, so he shuddered. It wasn't because he was worried about whether or not this group of people would be pushed to the bottom of the pit. Rather, it was a kind of palpitation that came from sensing the existence of a magical array.

The terrain and layout of this Sinner's Pit had been deliberately set up into an extremely powerful array.

And this array only had one function — to make people who fell into this pit never to climb up again!

The so-called 'never to climb up' meant that even if someone put down a rope or put up a ladder, and the person below seized this chance to climb up, halfway up, the array would be activated and that person would be knocked back down again. Xie Lian calmly placed his hand on the wall. After walking for a while, he roughly understood the material of this wall. He discovered that this wall looked like soil from afar, but it was actually incomparably hard stone. Moreover, it might have been imbued with some kind of incantation, so it would definitely be very difficult to break.

And when they climbed up the stairs and came to the top of the Sinner's Pit, standing on the yellow wall's eaves, the first scene that they saw could only be described as' shocking '.

The entire Sinner's Pit was surrounded by four high walls. Each high wall was more than thirty feet long and more than twenty feet high. Each wall was about four feet thick, standing tall and awe-inspiring. In the middle of the four walls, there was a huge square space. There wasn't any platform or crossbar to stand on.

It was already late, and the giant pit was so dark that they couldn't see the bottom at all. Only bursts of cold air and the smell of blood drifted up from the bottomless darkness from time to time.

The crowd stepped on the eaves of the high walls without any guardrails and walked in the air dozens of feet above the ground. Few people dared to look down. And after walking for a while, they came across a long pole in front of them. There was a corpse hanging on the pole, which was the one they saw below before. The corpse was very small. It was a black-clothed girl, her clothes were tattered, and her head was hanging down.

Xie Lian knew that this pole was specially used to hang the sinners who the soldiers wanted to humiliate maliciously. Usually, the jailers would strip the sinner's clothes and hang them up naked, leaving the prisoner to starve or die of dehydration. After death, the corpse would sway with the wind, be exposed to the sun, rain, and wind, and the limbs would rot and fall down. The corpse's state of death was extremely ugly.

The girl's corpse had not rotted yet, so she must have died not long ago. Perhaps she was a nearby resident. This group of Half Moon Empire soldiers actually hung a girl's corpse in a place like this. It was extremely cruel and vicious. When Ah Zhao, Tiansheng, and the others saw this scene, their faces all paled, and they stopped in their tracks, not daring to move forward. Fortunately, Ke Mo did not chase them away. He turned and gave a long, loud shout towards the bottom of the sinner pit.

Xie Lian was puzzled, "Why did he shout like that?" In the next moment, his question was answered.

As if in response to his shout, a series of roars came from the bottom of the pitch-black pit. Like tigers and wolves, like monsters, like tsunamis, there were hundreds and thousands of them, and it was deafening. The people on the eaves were so shaken by this roar that they almost couldn't stand. Xie Lian could even hear the rustling of sand and gravel. It was extremely clear.

Only criminals would be thrown into the sinner pit. Could it be that the response was the souls of the sinners at the bottom of the pit?

At this moment, Ke Mo shouted again. Xie Lian listened carefully. This time, it was no longer a meaningless roar, nor was it a curse. On the contrary, it was an encouragement. Xie Lian was very sure that he heard one word — — "Brothers."

After Ke Mo finished shouting, he shouted at the Half Moon Empire soldiers who were holding Xie Lian and the others. Xie Lian heard this sentence clearly.

He said, "Only throw two down."

Although the others didn't understand what he was saying, they could roughly guess what he was going to do. Their faces all paled. Xie Lian saw that they were so scared that they almost couldn't stand, so he took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Don't be nervous. If anything happens later, I will go up first."

If he had to go down later, then he would brace himself and go down first. In any case, it was nothing more than uninteresting poisonous snakes, fierce beasts, and evil spirits. Since he couldn't be thrown to death, beaten to death, bitten to death, or poisoned to death, then as long as it wasn't lava or poisonous water, it shouldn't be too ugly for him to jump down.

Moreover, he still had Ruo Xie. Even if he couldn't use it to climb up due to the formation, if these Half Moon Empire soldiers threw themselves down again, he could still pick them up. When Ke Mo said "take care of the others", it meant that the others would be relatively safe for the time being. After all, it wasn't easy to capture people alive in the Gobi, so he couldn't eat them all at once. He probably wanted to hoard them and eat them slowly one at a time.

He thought this through clearly, but who knew that there was someone beside him who couldn't keep his cool.

Ever since they climbed to the top of this sinner pit, aside from Xie Lian and San Lang who had their usual expressions, everyone else was trembling, especially Ah Zhao.

Perhaps he felt that he would definitely die, so he might as well fight to the death. Ah Zhao clenched his fists and suddenly launched an attack. He buried his head and rushed towards Ke Mo!

His charge seemed to be filled with the determination to perish together with his enemy. He was aiming to knock down Cui Mo along with him. Even though Ke Mo's stature was tall and sturdy like an iron tower, he was still knocked back three steps by Ah Zhao's suicidal charge and almost lost his footing. He was enraged on the spot. With a loud roar, he flipped his hand and pushed Ah Zhao down.

Seeing that young man fall into the dark pit, everyone screamed in unison. Xie Lian also shouted, "Ah Zhao!"

At this time, cheers came from the bottomless pit, as well as the sound of extremely cruel biting. It was as if evil spirits were fighting to devour each other. Just by listening, they knew that this young man named Ah Zhao had no chance of survival.

Xie Lian also didn't expect this kind of development and was greatly stunned.

He originally suspected that Ah Zhao was a subordinate of the Half Moon Imperial Tutor and that he was responsible for tricking those who passed the trial into entering the Half Moon Ancient Kingdom. He also suspected that the person whom Buried Face said he had met fifty to sixty years ago was him as well, but he didn't expect this young man to be the first to be killed. How could he still survive after jumping down like this?

Could he have faked his death? But right now, they were already prisoners of the Half Moon Ancient Country's soldiers. If Ah Zhao really was a subordinate of the Half Moon Imperial Tutor, he could completely tear off his disguise and act arrogantly now that he had the upper hand. Why would he need to fake his death in front of them? This was completely meaningless. But why did Ah Zhao rush towards Ke Mo? Wasn't this also a meaningless death?

Xie Lian's mind was still in a mess as the Half Moon Ancient Country's soldiers began to look for the next living person to push down. Ke Mo raised his hand and pointed at Tian Sheng. One of the Half Moon Ancient Country's soldiers extended his hand and came forward to grab someone. Tian Sheng was so frightened that he shouted, "Ah! Save me! Don't grab me! I'm … … "

Xie Lian didn't have time to think anymore. He stood up and said, "General, wait."

Hearing him speak, and also in the Half Moon language, Ke Mo's dark face showed a shocked expression. He waved his hand to stop the soldiers and said, "You can speak our language? Where are you from? "

Xie Lian warmly said, "I'm from the Central Plains."

He didn't mind lying and saying he was from the Half Moon Ancient Country, but this wasn't feasible. He didn't know how much of his Half Moon Ancient Language was used. If he talked with Ke Mo for too long, he would eventually be exposed. Moreover, from his appearance, it was obvious where he was from. The Half Moon Ancient Country hated people who lied and cheated. If he was exposed, the consequences would be even worse.

Ke Mo said, "Central Plains? Descendants of Yong An? "

Xie Lian said, "No. Yong An has long been destroyed. Now, there are no Yong An people. "

However, for the people of the Half Moon Ancient Country, as long as they came from the Central Plains, they were all the same. They were all relatives and descendants of Yong An. They had been destroyed by the army of Yong An. As soon as he heard where Xie Lian came from, Ke Mo's dark face flashed with fury. The soldiers of the Half Moon Ancient Country also began to clamor. Their shouts were full of curses and derogatory words. When Xie Lian heard them, it was nothing more than things like 'despicable', 'liar' and 'throw him down'.

Ke Mo said, "Our country has disappeared from the Gobi Desert for more than two hundred years. You aren't from our country, but you know our language. Just who are you?"

Xie Lian couldn't help but glance at the calm and composed youngster beside him. He hoped that if he couldn't make up for it later, he could just brace himself and ask San Lang to save him. He was ready to start talking nonsense. At this moment, an earth-shattering roar came from the bottom of the pitch-black pit.

The things down there seemed to have finished eating Ah Zhao's corpse. However, they were still hungry. Together, they used this roar to convey their desire for fresh flesh and blood. Ke Mo waved his hand as if he was going to grab Tian Sheng again. Xie Lian then said, "General, I'll go first."

Ke Mo had definitely never heard of anyone asking to go first. His eyes widened like copper bells as he asked in astonishment, "You go first? Why?? "

Of course, Xie Lian couldn't truthfully answer that it was because he wasn't afraid. He chose a standard answer and said, "General, these are all innocent passing merchants. There are even children among them."

When Ke Mo heard this, he sneered and said, "When your Yong An army massacred our country, you didn't think that there were also many innocent merchants and children here."

The destruction of the Half Moon Ancient Country had already happened two hundred years ago. By now, both sides had long since changed dynasties. However, they were people who had died a long time ago. Their hatred wouldn't fade with the change of dynasties. Ke Mo then said, "You're very suspicious. I want to ask you something. You can't go down. You'll embarrass other people! "

Then there was no other way. Xie Lian was about to go all out and jump first as a sign of respect when he saw San Lang take a step forward. His heart skipped a beat as he turned his head around.

That youth had his arms crossed. With a careless gaze, he thoughtfully sized up the bottomless pit of sinners.

A bad premonition rose in Xie Lian's heart. He said, "San Lang?"

Hearing him call out, San Lang turned his head around and faintly smiled. He said, "It's nothing."

He took another step forward. His entire person was already standing in an extremely dangerous place. Xie Lian's heart and eyelids jumped wildly. He said, "Wait, San Lang, don't move for now."

High up in the sky, the hem of that youth's red clothes fiercely fluttered in the night wind. San Lang glanced at him and smiled. He said, "Don't be afraid."

Xie Lian said, "You … … come back first. If you come back, I won't be afraid. "

San Lang said, "Don't worry. I'll leave for a while. I'll see you again very soon. "

Xie Lian said, "Don't … …"

Before he finished speaking, that youth maintained his posture of crossing his arms and took another step forward. With a light leap, he instantly disappeared into the unfathomable darkness.

The moment he jumped out, Ruoxie flew out from Xie Lian's wrist. Transforming into a white rainbow, it wanted to wrap around that youth's figure. However, the speed of the fall was too fast. That white silk didn't even manage to catch a corner of the youth's clothes before it dimly retracted. Xie Lian suddenly knelt on top of the high wall and shouted down, "San Lang!!!"

There was no longer any sound.

After that youth jumped down, there was no sound at all!

Beside him, on top of the high wall, many of the Half Moon Empire's soldiers shouted at each other. They were all extremely shocked. What was going on today? In the past, they had to grab and throw him down before they could throw him down. Today, they were taking turns to jump down. If they weren't allowed to jump, they would jump down themselves?

That General Ke Mo shouted for them to calm down. When Xie Lian saw that Ruoxie didn't manage to catch San Lang, he didn't have time to think. He put it away and jumped down into the sinner's pit. Unexpectedly, when his body was already in midair, the back of his clothes suddenly tightened and he was suspended in midair. Xie Lian turned his head to look. It turned out that General Ke Mo had seen him jump down as well, so he stretched out his long arm and caught him, not letting him fall down!

Xie Lian thought to himself, "It's fine if you want to come, but it's better if we go down together." With a thought, Ruoxie was like a white snake. It swiftly coiled around General Ke Mo's arm and climbed up. With a 'shua shua shua' sound, it wrapped around his entire body. When General Ke Mo saw that this white silk was strange and unfathomable, as if it had a spirit, the black veins on his forehead bulged and the muscles on his body instantly swelled up several times. It was as if he wanted to forcibly break apart Ruoxie who was binding him. Xie Lian was in a deadlock with General Ke Mo when suddenly, he noticed something extremely strange from the corner of his eye.

The corpse hanging on the long pole suddenly moved and slightly raised its head.

The group of Half Moon Empire's soldiers also noticed that the corpse had moved. One after another, they loudly shouted and brandished their mace towards the corpse. After that black-clothed girl moved, it was unknown how she untied the rope that was hanging her, but she suddenly jumped down from the pole and quickly rushed over.

She was like a black wind blowing past the eaves of a high wall. Both fast and evil, the soldiers were instantly blown away by this evil wind and fell down the high wall while screaming. Seeing his soldiers being swept down and falling into the sinner's pit, Ke Mo furiously cursed. His curses were extremely vulgar and probably used a lot of street slang. Xie Lian didn't really understand. However, he understood the first sentence. Ke Mo was cursing, "It's this slut again!"

In the next moment, he couldn't curse anymore because Xie Lian suddenly used force and dragged him down the sinner's pit.

A sinner's pit that one couldn't climb out of once they fell!

As they fell, Ke Mo's angry roar almost pierced Xie Lian's eardrums. He could only put away Ruoxie and conveniently kick Ke Mo to keep him a bit further away to protect his ears. Immediately after, he urged Ruoxie to jump up, hoping to grab onto something to cushion his fall. At the very least, when he landed, he wouldn't fall too miserably.

However, this sinner's pit was very powerful, and the array was also very powerful. Not only was Ruoxie unable to explore higher, but he also had nowhere to rely on in this high wall. Just when he thought he was going to fall into a flat human patty like the countless times before and be embedded in the ground for several days without being able to dig himself out, suddenly, in the darkness, a silver light flashed.

In the next moment, a pair of hands lightly caught him.

That person accurately caught him head-on. It was as if he was waiting for someone to catch him. One hand went around Xie Lian's back and wrapped around his shoulder, while the other hand grabbed onto his knee. Xie Lian's fall from the sky was easily averted by this action.

Xie Lian had just fallen from a high place when he suddenly stopped. He was still a bit dizzy, so he subconsciously raised his hand and tightly held onto the other person's shoulder. He said, "San Lang?"

Everything around him was dark, so he couldn't see anything clearly. Of course, he also couldn't clearly see who this person was. However, he still blurted out those two words. The other person didn't answer. Xie Lian felt around his shoulder and chest a few times, wanting to confirm. He said, "San Lang, is that you?"

He didn't know if it was because they were at the bottom of the pit, but the smell of blood here was so heavy that it would make people faint several times. Xie Lian didn't know what was going on either. He randomly felt all the way up, but when he felt that person's hard Adam's apple, he suddenly woke up with a start. In his heart, he said, "You're San Lang, right? Are you alright? Did you get hurt? "

After a while, he finally heard that youngster's reply. It came from a place extremely close to him, "I'm fine."