As they spoke, Wu Qiyi pulled Yang Kai backwards while Yin Guihua hurriedly followed.
With the sound growing closer, you finally heard it clearly; just as Wu Qiyi had said, it was indeed the sound of horse hooves!
But the problem was, right in front of you lood a wall. Could it be that those riding the horses intended to make their horses leap over it?
They appeared!
The first thing to enter your line of sight was astonishingly the head of an iron-clad war horse, which was actually passing through the wall!
Imdiately after, an imposing man clad in armor rode atop the horse, his waist adorned with a treasured sword, and a long silver spear fastened to his back!
"My God... Mmm!"
Yang Kai quickly covered Yin Guihua’s mouth, preventing her from screaming.
Under normal circumstances, if you encountered one or two ghosts, you might have a way to deal with them, but now, the only thought in your minds was—escape!
But, but at this mont both Yang Kai and Yin Guihua’s legs had turned to jelly; even though they wanted to run, their bodies were not cooperating, trembling from head to toe!
Because at that ti, the majestic man on horseback was slowly approaching you, and suddenly, an entire line of fully-ard black armored cavalry appeared behind him!
These black armored cavalry were lined up four abreast, marching in unison, their expressions stern and every one of them radiating a powerful murderous aura.
At that mont, a folk tale that had been circulating among the people flashed through your mind—The Underworld Soldiers Borrowing the Way!
"Old Shu, we’ve really done it this ti; why are they walking towards us? Should we run now, or should we run now?"
"Don’t move, don’t you dare move!" you urgently said, "They are Underworld Soldiers, soldiers from the Netherworld. Logically, they shouldn’t lay a hand on us."
"Underworld Soldiers Borrowing the Way?"
As a mber of the supernatural detective society, Yang Kai quickly understood.
"Should we make way for them?" Wu Qiyi seed to know sothing as well and whispered to you.
"No, don’t move just yet, I have a feeling that the general riding the horse is looking at us, and he is coming towards us."
Indeed!
Just as you had said, the imposing man on horseback was slowly approaching you, and the cavalry behind him kept coming endlessly. As they drew nearer, the rumbling of the horse hooves was deafening!
Suddenly, the imposing man raised his right hand high, and instantly all the troops behind him halted, even their horses stopped their hooves simultaneously and stood motionless, gazing forward.
"Old, Old Shu, what’s happening?"
Yang Kai kept swallowing hard, his legs suddenly feeling ice-cold.
"Just keep calm; they shouldn’t be hostile towards us."
At this point, you had already retracted your Sen Luo Eye. After all, the Sen Luo Eye also had a certain offensive power, and you didn’t want to give the impression that you were spying on them.
The formidable man slowly lowered his arm, then surprisingly leapt off the horseback. All the cavalry behind him also dismounted in a highly coordinated manner, holding the reins in their left hands and standing upright.
"What are they planning to do?"
Yang Kai’s legs had started to tremble.
In truth, you couldn’t mock Yang for being cowardly, because when faced with these combat-ready Underworld Soldiers, anyone would be intimidated by the terrifying aura that they emitted and concentrated.
That sensation was akin to standing on a major road with a fifteen-ter-long truck charging towards you at 100 yards per minute from the opposite direction!
Any person would instinctively feel fear.
"I don’t know either. I only know one thing: generals don’t usually dismount. If they do, it ans they are here to pay homage."
"Homage? To whom?" whispered Yin Guihua.
"How should I know?"
"Here they co. Here they co, don’t talk!"
As they were speaking, the heroic man took off his helt and strode up to you.
For so reason, just then Wu Qiyi took two small steps towards you and instinctively grabbed your right hand with her left.
You glanced at her, and from the look in her eyes, you seed to understand sothing.
The valiant man approached, stopped about nine steps away from you, knelt on one knee, and holding his fists together, he shouted, "The last general, Luo Cheng, ets the Emperor, the Heavenly Empress."
"Whoa!"
All the cavalry behind Luo Cheng knelt at the sa ti!
Their movent was as synchronized as a National Day military parade!
"Luo, Luo Cheng?"
You and Wu Qiyi looked at each other once more, both with a strange light in your eyes.
How shall I put it, actually, I’m not fond of people always ntioning my past life. After all, a past life is a past life, history, the past, and it has nothing to do with the current .
This is also why, previously, I helped the Empress deal with the Goddess. On this matter, the Empress and I see eye to eye; we just want to be ourselves and not be tied to our past lives in any way.
But now it’s a bit different. A famously renowned character from the tales suddenly appears before us, and as an Underworld War General at that. It’s a curious feeling to see such an impressive figure kneeling before us on one knee.
Wu Qiyi’s reaction was slightly better than yours; she lifted her hand slightly and said to Luo Cheng, "General Luo, you are now a War General of the Netherworld, and we have beco ordinary mortals. Please, there’s no need for such formalities."
However, the appearance of Luo Cheng still made you curious. You have always thought that Luo Cheng was just a character from the tales of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, without a concrete historical figure. But now, here he is standing before you, formally addressing you and showing great respect, clearly indicating his real historical existence and significant status.
"The two of you have granted a favor of rebirth, and that kneeling was my gesture of gratitude," he said.
With that, Luo Cheng slowly rose to his feet, and with a wave of his hand, all the cavalry behind him stood up in unison!
You looked at Luo Cheng and asked, "General Luo, may I ask you a question?"
"Your Majesty has a question, and the last general dare not refuse to answer," he replied.
You were a bit embarrassed by Luo Cheng’s mannerisms, scratched your head, and said with a smile, "That is, is there sothing special about this Fengwei Town? Why do Underworld Soldiers need to pass through here?"
"Reporting back to Your Majesty, Fengwei Town is a strategic station for the Underworld Soldiers and a necessary route on their way to Fengdu," he answered.
"Fengdu? Oh, I see now. No wonder, as soon as I entered this place, I felt surrounded by a strange atmosphere." You nodded and said to Luo Cheng, "Thank you, General Luo, for solving my doubt."
Luo Cheng nodded, "I have urgent matters to attend to and must depart."
With that, Luo Cheng turned and left without further delay.
He mounted his horse in one fluid motion, the cavalry behind him moved in sync to mount their horses, Luo Cheng then saluted you from horseback and then led his horse away at a walk.
Luo Cheng’s troop was long, and the four of you stood on the side, watching as if viewing a National Day military parade. From start to end, it took them nearly half an hour to slowly disappear from your sight.
"Oh my gosh, that scared to death!"
Yang Kai’s legs trembled, and he plopped down on the ground.
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