On the dining table in the bungalow, there were a few bowls and plates. Because too much time had passed, the food had dried up.
Judging from the furnishings and the tidiness of the house, when the devastating disaster happened in Taiyuan City, the residents of this house were eating.
"It doesn't look like a disaster happened," Yun Sheng pondered.
There were several theories about what happened in Taiyuan City. Some people said that it was a sudden natural disaster that caused all the villagers to be struck by lightning and turned into ashes.
But why were these houses still intact? Everything in the house was intact.
Another theory was that because Taiyuan City was close to the sea, it experienced a sudden shipwreck.
But Taiyuan City was located on such a high mountain, so a shipwreck was obviously impossible.
The last theory, which was also the most reliable one, was that Taiyuan City experienced a beast disaster.
As everyone knew, Taiyuan City was built by Taiyuan, the former Prince of Penglai. He was expelled from the country because he disobeyed the authority of the Zao State.
Some people said that the Zao State secretly sent a group of powerful magical beasts to kill the residents of Taiyuan City overnight.
According to the situation in the house, this possibility was very low.
Otherwise, if there was really a magical beast attack, the house would be a mess.
This made it even more difficult for Yun Sheng to guess what caused the destruction of Taiyuan City overnight. Could it be that the residents here were like dew, evaporating from the earth?
Yun Sheng and Lan found some fresh water in the house, and the food had been moldy and rotten. Other than that, there was nothing else.
The residents' clothes and bedding had been weathered and turned into powder with a pinch.
Yun Sheng and Lan saw that there were no clues, so they walked out of the house. The other major forces also came out one after another.
Everyone's discovery was the same as Yun Sheng and the others.
"There is nothing unusual," Ye Beiming and Dugu Xiu also came out of the other two houses.
The other major forces were already waiting at the intersection.
The entire ruin was very quiet, but in this silence, there seemed to be a hair-raising feeling.
Of the seven powers that had entered the mountain earlier, only Tang Yuan, Immortal Abode, and Wuji were left. Skywings, the Elite Battalion, Later Qin, Zhou State, Hunter's Guild, Law Temple, and the Medicine Emperor's Pavilion.
When they entered the mountain, each team had 20 people. But now, the Elite Battalion and Later Qin had the most people, with a total of 16 people. The other teams had around 10 people left, and Tang Yuan and Li Shao had the least people.
The total number of people had shrunk to sixty or so.
"The Taiyuan City Lord's Mansion is right in front of us." The team moved forward. After passing through a collapsed defensive wall, the Taiyuan Castle appeared in front of everyone.
Even though part of it had already collapsed, the magnificence and luxury of the Taiyuan Castle still attracted everyone's amazement.
However, no one was truly immersed in this beautiful scenery. It was very likely that there was a divine artifact of the Eight Desolate Lands hidden in this castle.
Because the entrance had been blocked by a large number of ivory stones, the major powers spent nearly half a day clearing the entrance.
The moment the entrance was cleared, Yun Sheng only heard a soft voice in her ear, like a sigh, but also like a call.
"You're here — —"
Yun Sheng quivered.
"What's wrong?" Ye Beiming saw that Yun Sheng's complexion was not very good and asked with concern.
"No, maybe I heard wrong." Yun Sheng listened carefully again, but the voice from before had disappeared.
"You must be too worried. After we go in, follow me." Ye Beiming's big hand held Yun Sheng's little hand. His eyes were so gentle that it could drown a sea.
Yun Sheng did not answer. Her mind was still filled with the strange voice.
Ye Beiming and Yun Sheng's actions fell into the eyes of the strange "magician" from Zhou State behind them.
"His" eyes flashed with a hint of venomous hatred like that of a viper.
The entrance to the Taiyuan Castle was an arched stone door, and inside was a corridor paved with white marble.
"Heavens, this is a statue carved from purple gold."
"This is a blanket made from the fur of a ninth rank magical beast."
In this corridor of about one hundred meters long, all the items from the time of the Lord of Taiyuan City were perfectly preserved.
The Lord of Taiyuan City came from Penglai, which is the country of summoners and magical beasts. Therefore, all the decorations in this corridor had a strong summoner's colour.
There was a statue of a magical beast placed every five meters in the corridor. There were statues of magical beasts from the first rank to the ninth rank, and even the commander rank. All the statues were made of purple gold, and the statues were vivid and lifelike. There were many different kinds of magical beasts.
Such a statue, even if there was only one, could be sold at a sky-high price on the mainland.
Although the warriors and magicians present were all experts carefully selected by the major forces, when they saw these purple gold statues of magical beasts, their eyes could not help but shine.
Just when everyone was sighing and even going forward to touch the statues of magical beasts, Yun Sheng felt a chill down her spine.
She always felt that these magical beasts seemed to be staring at them.
They were just some statues. How could they give off such a feeling?
Yun Sheng shook her head. It must be because she had experienced too much after entering Taiyuan Mountain in the past few days that she became paranoid.
"Look, there's a jade tablet in front." The only people who were immune to these sparkling purple gold statues of magical beasts were probably half-baked businessmen like Tianyi Yu and Zhou Qingchuan.
Both of them were born in wealthy families and had long been accustomed to this purple gold.
Tianyi Yu found a jade tablet.
Even Tianyi Yu, who was used to seeing top-grade treasures, could not help but sigh when he saw this jade tablet that was more than five meters high.
It was a piece of top-grade white marble. A jade tablet with such perfect cut and jade color was rare on the mainland.
The jade tablet was engraved with the structure of the whole castle. From the map on the tablet, the whole Taiyuan Castle was divided into several major parts: the Magical Beast Corridor, the Taiyuan Garden, the living room, the City Lord's Hall, and the underground palace.
On the stone tablet, the main purpose and function of these castles were also briefly explained.
Although the structure of the castle looked simple, it was actually as complicated as a maze.
There were more than 100 living rooms for guests, and they were all suites with complicated structures.
Needless to say, in the City Lord's Hall in the deepest part of the castle, there was a magic array that led to the underground palace.
The corridor where everyone was now was the Magical Beast Corridor on the jade tablet. It was 166 meters long and had a total of 22 magical beasts. There were two statues of magical beasts of each level, from the first level to the ninth level, and then to the Saint-level and King-level magical beasts.
"Did you notice that there are only two King-level magical beast statues missing?" Yun Sheng suddenly said.
"That's right, there are only twenty of them. It seems like we're missing two of the king level magic beast statues. Could it be that the statues grew legs and ran away?" Cheng Bai joked, but Yun Sheng didn't even have a trace of a smile on her face.
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