Mortal Bones

The Qingtong Evil Lord, who had been impatient for a long time, put down his arms and said with a straight face:

"Yunhe, lead the way."

True Lord Yunhe nodded and said:

"Follow me, everyone."

While leading the way, he also reminded everyone:

"Luoyunpo is the closest teleportation array to thatched cottage village. Even if you rely only on your feet, you can reach there in at most one stick of incense."

Everyone immediately followed the footsteps of True Lord Yunhe and quickly walked out of the house.

But Xu Taiping always felt that things might not be as simple as True Lord Yunhe said.

"Pap, tap..."

Just as he was thinking this, the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground interrupted his thoughts.

Looking around, I saw that the blood-and-bone soldier with only the upper part of his shoulders left was trying to hold himself up with his two arms.

Xu Taiping looked at the remains of the bloody and bone soldiers not far away, and curiously asked True Lord Yunhe in front:

"Senior Yunhe, don't you ignore the remains of this bloody and bone soldier?"

True Lord Yunhe shook his head and said:

"After being eroded by the power of the demon species, these skeleton soldiers have become very different from humans."

He looked back at Xu Taiping, pointed at his head, and then smiled:

"For example, they no longer think about problems with their heads, but rely on the blood core in their chests."

Immediately, he looked at the remains of the bloody and bone soldier, and then continued:

"The blood core of this bloody bone soldier has been crushed by the killing array at the entrance of the village. Now it is just waving its limbs instinctively. It does not pose any threat to us."

"Rather than risk erasing it completely, it's better to leave him to his own devices."

Xu Taiping nodded.

While they were talking, they had already arrived at the remains of the bloody and bone soldier.

Everyone followed his words, ignored him, and walked past him one by one.

As for Xu Taiping, perhaps because Liantong's words made him realize that this trip would never go so smoothly, he couldn't help but take a closer look at the blood and bone soldier.

At first glance, just as True Lord Yunhe said, there is nothing unusual about the remains of the blood-and-bone soldier.

Xu Taiping couldn't even feel a trace of aura fluctuations on his body.

This is a completely dead thing.

But just as he was thinking this, a little Ping'an hiding in the gourd suddenly sent a message to Xu Taiping:

"Brother, brother, these bones are talking!"

Xu Taiping was shocked, and immediately slowed down and asked Ping An in his heart:

"Peace, what is it saying?"

Ping An replied:

"He kept repeating a few words."

Ping An continued:

"General Ran, if the flag is with the people, but if the flag is gone, the people will be dead. We dare not forget, we dare not forget!"

"The day will come again when we step on the sea and we will return home."

"Where's the flag?"

"Where's our flag?"

When Xu Taiping heard this, he was very confused and said:

"Flag? What flag?"

At this time, the Qingtong Evil Lord in front suddenly urged Xu Taiping:

"Boy, what are you dawdling about? Come on, catch up!"

Xu Taiping looked up and found that Qingtong Xiejun and others were already standing on the edge of the bridge.

Xu Taiping immediately followed quickly.

After confessing to several people several times, Xu Taiping crossed the bridge with everyone and asked in a low voice to True Lord Yunhe:

"Senior Yunhe, are there any relics from that army in this barrier?"

Among this group of people, True Lord Yunhe has the mildest temper and knows the most.

"The relics of that army?"

True Lord Yunhe thought about it carefully, and then as if he had recalled something, he looked at Xu Taiping beside him with a smile and said:

"The only relic left here is a memorial inscription carved on a huge stone by General Ran, the former commander of this army."

The owner of Yizhu Tower also turned around and said:

"It's said to be a memorial inscription, but it's actually more like a tombstone. All the soldiers' names are engraved on it."

True Lord Yunhe nodded and said:

"That's right, there are more than 38,000 names engraved on that boulder."

"So we suspect that General Ran carved their names on the stone in advance because he knew that there was no chance of survival in this battle."

Hearing this, Xu Taiping frowned and said to himself:

"This seems to have nothing to do with the flag that the blood-and-bone soldier mentioned."

And just when he was full of confusion, Elder Lou, who had never talked much, suddenly said:

"I remember, wasn't there a flagpole standing next to the stone?

Hearing this, Xu Taiping was shocked.

True Lord Yunhe seemed to have recalled it, and immediately nodded and said:

"Yes, there is a flagpole next to the stone monument. The flagpole has not decayed to this day. I think it was originally used as the flag of the army."

The owner of Yi Zhu Tower said:

"There is indeed a flagpole stuck there. I remember that the word 'Treading the Sea' is engraved on the flagpole. I think it should be the name of this army."

"This should be an army of a big country on the seaside that has been at war with the Dragon Clan all year round, before the Sea of ​​Dry Stones dried up."

"But it's been too long. I checked many classics later, but I couldn't find it."

The conversation between the three people and what Xiao Ping An heard from the blood and bone soldier all matched up.

"Sea-Treading Flag, the flag that the Blood and Bone Soldiers are looking for should be the Sea-Treading Flag."

"And this army should be called the Treading Navy."

After trying to calm down, Xu Taiping calmly asked Yunhe Zhenjun:

"Senior Yunhe, do you know where the flagpole is now?"

Hearing this, Yunhe Zhenjun raised his hand and pointed to the hillside in the east, then smiled and said:

"Isn't it there?"

Xu Taiping looked in the direction of Yunhe Zhenjun's finger, and saw a huge rock standing on the hillside covered with jade bone grass in the distance, and next to the huge rock, a lonely flagpole was vaguely visible.

But immediately, Xu Taiping asked Yunhe Zhenjun in confusion:

"Why has no one taken the flagpole after so many years?"

Xu Taiping immediately added:

"Perhaps there are other secrets in the flagpole and the stone tablet."

Yunhe Zhenjun smiled helplessly and said:

"It's not that we haven't tried it, but every time we approach that place, we will definitely attract an army led by black crystal bone-level monsters, without exception."

"The risk is high and the reward is small, and gradually no one mentioned it again."