"… I've met their patriarch a few times. He should give me some face."
Zhang Tong knew that Chu Rui didn't mean to look down on him. On the contrary, he didn't want him to get involved. Because of this, how could a hot-blooded man like him back down because of such a reason?
"If that's the case, fine!"
Looking at Zhang Tong's resolute eyes, Chu Rui pondered for a moment before nodding and agreeing.
"Who are you? Stop!"
When they were 500 meters away from the dilapidated village, a loud shout suddenly sounded. At the same time, a faint murderous intent lingered, causing Chu Rui to stop in his tracks.
They looked up and saw two tall watchtowers in front of the dilapidated stronghold. At this moment, there were four people on the watchtowers who were drawing their bows and aiming at them.
"I'm Zhang Tong. According to yesterday's agreement, I've brought the Divine Dragon Holy Dynasty's envoy to seek an audience with the patriarch!"
Zhang Tong shouted loudly, indicating for Chu Rui to stop moving forward and stand outside the 500-meter boundary.
"Wait a moment, let me report!"
The four patrolling men on the opposite side gestured downwards, and the man guarding the gate immediately shouted and ran into the village.
Not long after, the man came back!
"The patriarch invites our honored guests, please!"
Hearing the messenger's words, the four archers put away their bows and arrows. Chu Rui and Zhang Tong stepped forward and entered the village under the guidance of the guide.
This was a very dilapidated village. Not to mention its civilization, just from the environment alone, it was no different from a primitive tribe. It was really too poor.
Chu Rui followed the guide as he observed the situation here. The people here, whether old people, children, women, or children, were all very strange. The old people didn't look like old people, the women didn't look like women, and the children didn't look like children. They just glanced at Chu Rui indifferently, then went on to do their own things. The entire village was extremely quiet, so quiet that it could be said to be very strange.
Rui couldn't help but furrow his brows. It was obvious that the strange situation here made him feel very uneasy!
If it were the elderly, women, and children, it would be reasonable. After all, they were all adults! However, if a child was naive, romantic, childish, and innocent, then it would be too strange and unfathomable!
Was this a stronghold?
Chu Rui asked himself silently in his heart.
It didn't look like it at all!
Looking around, Chu Rui suddenly thought of a place he had been to before. It was a place that was shockingly similar to this place!
Japanese military camp!
That's right, he had once carried out a mission to assassinate a high ranking Japanese general. At that time, he had almost failed. Even though he had used all kinds of methods to sneak into the military camp. However, that military camp was extremely strange. All the soldiers basically spoke no more than ten sentences a day. Regardless of whether it was training, eating, sleeping, or anything else, as long as the instructor gave the order, they would immediately move without saying a word. The intensity of the training there was definitely comparable to the training of the best special forces. The most frightening thing was that most of the people trained in that military camp were children. They ranged from eight or nine years old to 18 or 19 years old. That mission was one of the most difficult missions Chu Rui had ever completed. Even though the high ranking general wasn't very strong, the difficulty of assassinating him was really too high.
This place was just like that military camp. It was lifeless, like a walking corpse, without any vitality!
Something was strange!
Chu Rui's expression didn't change, but his heart was on guard! It was hard not to be vigilant in a place like this!
"The chief is inside, please come in!"
The person who led the way led Chu Rui and Zhang Tong to a wooden house and then left directly.
"Come on, let's go in!"
After what happened just now, Chu Rui didn't care about the strangeness of the person who led the way. He directly pushed open the somewhat tattered wooden door and walked in.
The wooden house was very big, but it was very quiet inside. From the outside, the wood looked tattered, but inside, it was a different world. Whether it was the decoration or the furnishings, they were all very exquisite. At first glance, one could tell that it was owned by a person with good taste.
In the wooden house, there was only one person sitting high above, looking indifferently at Chu Rui and Zhang Tong who walked in!
"You're the messenger of the Divine Dragon Emperor?"
That person completely ignored Zhang Tong, and only looked at Chu Rui indifferently. He didn't care about him at all, nor did he care about the Divine Dragon Emperor that he represented.
"You're the chief of the tomb guardians who guard the tomb of the first emperor?"
Chu Rui's expression was also indifferent. He didn't directly answer the question, but instead asked a question of his own. Language was also a form of art. No matter the situation, it would play a vital role. In the situation just now, if Chu Rui had answered him, he would have fallen into his language trap. If he continued to answer according to his train of thought, it would be very difficult for him to take back the initiative. Now, both sides were calm, and it was a fair conversation.
"Not bad. You have such strength at such a young age. No wonder the Divine Dragon Emperor is so confident in you."
The Guardian Tribe leader, who looked like a country bumpkin on the outside, but had an elegant and otherworldly aura, seemed to be an enlightened expert. He did not answer the question, but instead looked at Rui, evaluating him.
Chu Rui's pupils shrank slightly without leaving a trace, and he became even more vigilant. This guy could see through his strength at a glance. In such a situation, there were only three possibilities. First, he was just acting, but the probability of that happening was less than 1%. Second, he had a special eye technique like Rui, and could see through his enemies. Third, his strength far exceeded Rui's, which was why he was able to do this.
Chu Rui completely believed that this guy's strength was far beyond his. This was because he couldn't see through the chief of the tomb guardians, whose appearance and temperament didn't match at all. He couldn't see through him at all.
"Senior, please let me into the Founding Emperor Tomb!"
Chu Rui took a deep breath and didn't say anything else. He directly told the chief of the tomb guardians his purpose. For such an old monster, you would be courting death if you tried to coerce him. He would definitely ignore you if you tried to flatter him. The only thing that could catch their attention, other than the suppression of their strength, was that only they knew about it.
"Let you into the Founding Emperor Tomb? Haha … "
The chief of the tomb guardians gently stroked the chair wrapped in the white tiger's skin and laughed strangely.
"Senior, please allow me!"
Chu Rui didn't say anything, but Zhang Tong mustered up his courage and stood out. Even though he was still too weak in front of this strange aura. However, he stood out firmly and spoke up for Chu Rui.
"It's impossible!"
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