Chapter 42 - Red Haired Corpses"Ancient tomb? "What"s going on? Why is the origin of these demon corpses in an ancient tomb?"
Li Mu and Ren Xiaoyao became suspicious.
Di Yun explained: "According to my ancestor, that ancient tomb is the tomb of an ancient emperor. I don"t know how many years ago, a mortal emperor was buried there.
"Could it be the Thousand Year Old Corpse Transformation from the legends?" That"s not right, for normal mortal corpses, even if they underwent Corpse Transformation, they would at most be low-level demon corpses. Moreover, they would not be able to see the light of day.Ren Xiaoyao seemed to have understood all of this before, and asked closely.
Di Yun shook his head: "I am not sure, ever since the Patriarch and the other senior were severely injured, no one dared to easily go up the Green Cloud Mountain, the two of you are lucky, if we were to go over the Green Cloud Mountain at night, it might not necessarily be possible to see me now, so these demon corpses normally do not come out during the day, and only move at night."
Just like this, the three of them chatted as they travelled. An hour later, an ancient town that was no smaller than Sunset Cloud City appeared in their eyes. It was Qingyun Town.
Although it was already night time, the Qingyun Town was still brightly lit. At the entrance to the town, there were still dozens of armored warriors holding onto weapons standing guard.
"Greetings, Young Master Yun!"
Seeing Di Yun bringing Ren Xiaoyao to their side, the warriors that were guarding him immediately greeted him. Obviously, they treated Di Yun with utmost respect.
Di Yun laughed blandly: "It"s been hard on you, if there"s anything, remember to send a signal."The leading ranker nodded, and then opened up a path for Di Yun and the other two.
The Qingyun Town was very big. Even though it was only a town, it wasn"t too different from a normal small city. Under Di Yun"s lead, the two of them quickly arrived at the entrance of a heavily guarded mansion."This is my house, Brother Li, please enter!"
Di Yun led the two of them into Imperial Mansion, where the guards did not stop them, seems like Di Yun"s ident.i.ty was truly not ordinary.Bringing Li Mu and Ren Xiaoyao into a guest room, Di Yun instructed the servants to serve a large table of dishes and wine. Ren Xiaoyao was very satisfied with the order, and without being polite, he started to eat heartily.
Li Mu did not show weakness, he was already hungry, and crazily cleaned up the table.
"Oh right, I have yet to ask my two brothers, what business do you have in my Qingyun Town? Although I am not talented, but in Qingyun Town, I think I can still help out a little. "Looking at the way Li Mu and Ren Xiaoyao were eating, Di Yun smiled and asked.
"It"s alright if you don"t ask, young master. Now that you ask, I do have a small matter that I would like to ask you about."Li Mu swallowed a big chicken leg in two gulps, then said seriously: "Brother Emperor was born and bred in Qingyun Town, I wonder if there were any major events that occurred in Qingyun Town sixteen years ago?"
"Sixteen years ago? Big matter? "
Di Yun scratched his head, and after a while, shook his head: "Even though I grew up in Qingyun Town, sixteen years ago, I was only three or four years old.
"It"s like this. I once had an elder who travelled here sixteen years ago. However, for some unknown reason, he disappeared and I never heard of him again. Thus, I came here today to inquire about his whereabouts."Li Mu naturally would not say anything about Yu Hongyi, and he said this in a panic.
"So that"s the case, I have a way, Xiao Cui, go get Butler Zhao, tell him that I have something to ask him?"
Di Yun thought about it and came up with an idea.The little girl named Xiao Cui nodded her head obediently and ran out of the room. In the time it took to brew a cup of tea, Xiao Cui brought a man in his fifties or sixties into the room. Obviously, it was the butler Zhao that Di Yun had mentioned.
"Young Master, why have you summoned this old servant here?"
Butler Zhao bowed to Di Yun and asked slowly."Uncle Zhao, no need to be so courteous. It"s like this, do you know if there was any major event that happened in my Qingyun Town sixteen years ago?"
After Di Yun asked this question, he gave Li Mu a meaningful look.
Li Mu nodded and listened carefully.
Steward Zhao replied with a strange expression, "Sixteen years ago? Young Master, why are you asking this? Back then, you were still young. "
Di Yun"s expression became slightly unhappy as he said: "I have my reasons for this, just say it."
"Our Qingyun Town has always been calm. Aside from the few years of calamity that befell the demon corpses, there haven"t been many major events. However, speaking of sixteen years ago, there has indeed been a major event that occurred.""I remember that one night, in the Red Leaf Valley, which was located halfway between the Green Cloud Mountain and our Qingyun Town, there was a huge battle. The commotion was so loud that one could hear it in a radius of ten Li, it was definitely the work of an existence above the Innate Realm."
"Later on, someone went to investigate and found that Red Leaf Valley was broken into pieces. There were eyewitnesses who said that lightning and thunder were seen far away, and fierce flames overflowed into the sky. They even left a huge crack on the ground that was hundreds of meters wide!"
"I heard that it was cut out by a red-clothed girl with a single sword strike. Of course, these are only rumors. No one knows what exactly happened here."
Butler Zhao recalled and explained.
When Di Yun finished listening, he looked at Li Mu. He had never heard of this before, so he wondered if what Li Mu had asked him about was this matter.Li Mu did not reply, his expression was strange, one could not tell whether he was happy or angry.
"Wood, what"s wrong with you? Have you really come all the way here for this matter?"
Li Mu had never told him about his background, so Ren Xiaoyao did not know the true purpose of Li Mu coming to the Qingyun Town.
However, Ren Xiaoyao could vaguely guess that it was related to Li Mu"s background. After all, what Li Mu had asked about sixteen years ago was precisely the year Li Mu was born.
"Butler, did anything happen after that incident?"
Li Mu did not reply Ren Xiaoyao, but asked a little unnaturally.
Butler Zhao thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes. Later on, a large group of people from the Great Luo Sect came and searched our attachment no less than dozens of times. Those people are all powerful warriors, with the lowest cultivation level being at the Xiantian realm."
Li Mu asked anxiously: "What are they searching for? Have you found it? "
"I don"t know, but I probably didn"t find anything. That"s because when they left, they all had downcast looks on their faces."Li Mu heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. If he had guessed correctly, the Great Luo Sect should have searched for Yu Hongyi.
"Eldest Young Master!" Not good! Something has happened! "
A hasty call sounded out as a armored middle-aged man rushed into the room with an anxious expression.
Di Yun frowned and asked: "What"s going on? "You"re in such a hurry!""The town entrance has been attacked by a lot of demon corpses. A lot of the townspeople have already died!"
The middle-aged man hurriedly said."What!?" How is that possible? I just came back from outside the town, what"s the situation now? "
Di Yun was shocked, and immediately asked.When I came, the Shangguan Family had already led the guards of the other families to go to rescue them, but the situation was not optimistic. There was a red-haired demon corpse among those demon corpses, and its strength was extremely terrifying.
The middle-aged man"s face was full of fear, as if he had personally seen the red-furred demon corpse he spoke of.
"Red hair?" If his strength exceeded the Houtian realm, then he would be a Xiantian master! The only two Innate Rankers in the town are currently recuperating, how can they contend against them?! "
Di Yun was panicking, but suddenly, he looked towards Li Mu and Ren Xiaoyao, a pleading look in his eyes. He had personally witnessed Li Mu and Ren Xiaoyao"s abilities, with the help of the two of them, there was still a chance of survival.
"The two divine abilities are astonishing. Can you help us out, brothers?" We will definitely repay you in the future! "
Di Yun cupped his hands towards Li Mu and Fatty Hai and asked.
"I don"t have time, I"m busy. Who would have the time to help you beat the demon corpse?"Ren Xiaoyao shook his head, his face filled with unwillingness.
After hearing what Ren Xiaoyao said, Di Yun was so anxious that he wanted to vomit blood.
"Brother Xiao Yao, eating people makes your mouth short. Let"s go and take a look. If you can help, then help. If you can"t help, then I believe Brother Di can understand us."Li Mu prodded Ren Xiaoyao.
Ren Xiaoyao looked at the table full of leftovers and his face reddened slightly. He didn"t know if he felt that Li Mu"s words were reasonable, but he could only sigh helplessly.
"Let"s go!"
Li Mu smiled and patted Di Yun"s shoulders, Di Yun knew that both of them had agreed, he gratefully looked at the two of them, and then brought along a group of Di Clan guards, they rushed towards the direction of Qingyun Town"s town entrance.
"AHH!" Kill! "At the entrance of Qingyun Town, all sorts of shouts resounded through the sky as a large group of white-haired demon corpses fought with the citizens of Qingyun Town.
The ground was littered with corpses, and the smell of blood was extremely thick. Hundreds of people had fallen to the ground, and all of them were miserably dead.
"How could there be so many demon corpses? From the looks of it, there are at least a hundred of them!"
Looking at the intense group battle in front of him, Li Mu was extremely shocked. This was the first time he had seen such a large group battle, and in this kind of battle, individual strength was secondary."Roar!"
With a roar, a demon corpse tore a solid eighth stage young man into two halves. Fresh blood splattered all over the ground.
"d.a.m.n it, you guys attack!"
Di Yun waved to the Di Clan guards that he brought over, and the tens of Di Clan guards immediately joined the battle, the scene became even more spectacular.
"Help!"A desperate cry for help sounded out, Li Mu and the other two looked towards the direction of the cry, only to see a single eyed warrior of the Elementary Realm had his arm grabbed by a red furred demon corpse, and under the force of the red furred demon corpse, his arm was ripped off alive.
"Tsk tsk …"
The red-furred demon corpse grabbed the one-eyed martial artist"s arm and let out a strange human-like laugh. Then, it took the b.l.o.o.d.y arm and began to gnaw on it. The scene was dripping with blood.
As Li Mu saw this b.l.o.o.d.y scene, he could not help but gasp. This was simply too savage.
"Hand over your life!"Young Master Yun Di Yun shouted as he pulled out a large circular blade from his back and rushed towards the red-furred demon corpse.
Di Yun was at the late Houtian realm and his zhen yuan cultivation s were not weak. He immediately fought with the red-furred monster"s corpse.