As the group of four, or to be exact, three people and one ghost approached the mass grave, the surrounding temperature became lower and lower.
There was a faint rancid smell in the air.
The woman's cries became clearer and clearer.
"Who are you? Come out!" Tang Fengyi, who was leading the way, shouted "bravely" after they arrived at the mass grave.
The crying stopped abruptly.
Tang Fengyi said with a sad face, "Taoist Bai Wenzi, the mass grave is here, but I really don't dare to go near it."
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. He could feel that the spiritual particles near the mass grave were slightly different from the spiritual particles around Jiangdu City.
The mass grave was like a piece of ice that would not melt for thousands of years. When the surrounding cold air flowed through the mass grave, it absorbed a trace of Yin Qi. As a result, the mass grave itself became more and more bone-chilling, and the surrounding airflow became more and more stiff and cold.
"Lord Tang, please wait a moment. Let me summon the puppet soldiers and test it out."
Bai Xiaowen kept calling himself "Poor Taoist". He was becoming more and more skilled at pretending to be a swindler.
He raised his hand to summon the shadow assassin and threw it into the depths of the mass grave. Bai Xiaowen closed his eyes and observed the situation around the mass grave with the help of the shadow assassin's vision.
Li Shuyi and Cecilia, one on the left and one on the right, tacitly protected Bai Xiaowen.
…
The shadow assassin maintained its stealth state and moved slowly step by step.
There were starving people everywhere. Although there was no way to smell them, Bai Xiaowen could roughly guess that there must be a rancid smell here. Fortunately, the mass grave was cold. The cold temperature was like a natural refrigerator, preventing the starving people here from further rotting.
There were a few white flames flickering in front of him. It was the phosphorescence on the white bones.
Bai Xiaowen controlled the shadow assassin and walked toward the phosphorescence.
Suddenly, a burst of cold mental power swept across the shadow assassin's body and directly grabbed the shadow assassin in its stealth state.
Bai Xiaowen was shocked. The shadow assassin took out its daggers and was ready to fight.
However, a woman's voice was then heard. It was anxious and anxious.
"How … how can you come in? Who, who are you? "
In the Shadow Assassin's field of vision, he could see two female ghosts dressed as palace maids near the will-o '-the-wisps. The reason why he could tell that they were ghosts at first glance was because they did not disguise themselves. They just floated above the will-o' -the-wisps as if they were weightless.
Bai Xiaowen was mentally linked to Shadow Assassin. Apart from sharing his vision, he also inherited Shadow Assassin's hearing. He heard the other Ghost Palace Maid say,
"They don't seem to be bandits from Jiang Capital. Bring her to Her Highness and ask Her Highness to make a decision. "
The ghost palace maid raised her hand, and a slender gray light chain shot out.
Bai Xiaowen was unable to dodge in time and was instantly bound by the Ghost Palace Lady's chains. He was trapped, and then it was a Mental Resistance.
If Bai Xiaowen was here in person, he would have no problem with the Spirit Judgement. However, he was only in the state of Spirit Link. He could only use the pitiful Spirit of the Shadow Assassin to resist the Spirit Judgement of the Ghost Palace Lady! The Shadow Assassin was not good at Spirit, so he failed immediately.
Bai Xiaowen felt the Shadow Assassin's body become light. Then, the Ghost Palace Lady dragged him away with the slender gray chain like a sack.
"That's good. I can take this opportunity to see who the owner of the mass grave is. Looking at the situation, it seems that the mass grave and Jiang Capital are not in cahoots? "
The mass grave was not big. Bai Xiaowen was brought to the destination not long after.
"Kneel down." The Ghost Palace Lady who used the gray light chain raised her hand, and the Shadow Assassin was thrown forward like a ball.
"Li 'er, Shu' er, where did you go?" A gentle and pleasant female voice sounded.
"Reporting to Her Highness, I heard voices outside, so I went out with Sister Shu 'er. We didn't find the bandits of Jiang Capital, but we caught a stranger. I don't know where this ghost came from, but she was able to come in. "
The Shadow Assassin controlled by Bai Xiaowen immediately raised his head and looked at the so-called Empress.
The Empress was wearing a plain dress. With her back facing Bai Xiaowen, she knelt in front of a lonely grave. There were no words or tombstones in front of the grave. There was only a piece of white silk hanging, which fluttered in the wind like a Soul Summoning Banner.
"This Empress should also be a ghost. Could she be the wife of Emperor Yang of Sui, Empress Xiao?" Bai Xiaowen searched through the information in his mind. The information he had memorized before coming in came in handy.
The Empress said, "Li 'er, it's useless for you to catch this little ghost. Instead, you've exposed our location. This foreign little ghost is just the eyes and ears of a powerful cultivator. "
"Ah? I've sinned. Please forgive me, Your Highness. "The Ghost Palace Lady Li 'er quickly knelt down. Then, she said with a trace of anger," It seems that the bandits of Jiang Capital even invited a Daoist to deal with Your Highness. They really don't give up their evil intentions. This servant will immediately beat this little ghost to death and scatter her soul. "
"Stop."
The plain-dressed Empress stood up and turned around.
Bai Xiaowen took the opportunity to look. The Empress didn't wear any makeup, but her face was beautiful and charming. Perhaps because she was a ghost, her skin was as white as snow, which added a bit of seductive charm.
The Empress and the Shadow Assassin looked at each other. That pair of sad eyes seemed to penetrate the eyes of the Shadow Assassin and looked at Bai Xiaowen, who was several miles away.
"During this time of great changes, you can still enter the territory of Jiang Capital from outside. It shows that your cultivation is profound. The widow is here to pay her respects to the Daoist priest. Long live the Daoist priest. "
There were so many things to complain about that Bai Xiaowen didn't even know where to start.
The widow? You're already dead.
Besides, shouldn't the Empress call herself I? Or should she call herself I? Bai Xiaowen wasn't sure either.
However, he could put aside his complaints. Bai Xiaowen's real focus was how the Empress knew that he was an outsider. Wasn't he a Daoist priest who lived in seclusion in Jiang Capital? It was as if she had determined that Bai Xiaowen had entered the isolated Jiang Capital from outside.
It would be too fake to say that the Empress was very familiar with Jiang Capital when she was alive. The Empress should have lived in the depths of the palace and couldn't see outsiders at all. Moreover, this was Jiang Capital, which was just a place for Yang Guang to visit before his death, not the capital.
Seeing that the Empress had lowered herself to pay her respects, Bai Xiaowen didn't care so much. He controlled the Shadow Assassin to return a nondescript bow.
The two ghost palace maids seemed to be a little dissatisfied, but they both abided by the rules. Before the Empress showed her dissatisfaction, they didn't dare to interrupt and reprimand Bai Xiaowen for being disrespectful to the Empress.
Seeing that Bai Xiaowen had returned the greeting and that there was a possibility of communication, the Empress's face lit up. "Daoist priest is indeed a man of noble morals … Please be careful not to be deceived by the demons and ghosts of Jiang Capital! Although the widow has become a ghost, there's a reason for it. If you don't find it annoying, the widow is willing to tell you the ins and outs of what happened here in detail. When the time comes, you can decide on your own what to do. "
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