One month later.

The endless swamp is filled with pools of turbid sewage. White skeletons can be seen everywhere in the water. They seem to be humans and animals. There is an unpleasant smell floating in the air.

In addition to sewage, most of the seemingly continuous green areas are swamp plants such as moss.

If you think these greens are the ground and accidentally walk on them, you will fall into a death trap, be swallowed by the swamp, and eventually turn into a skeleton.

At this time, under the gray sky, a white cloud flew slowly from a distance.

A black figure stood on the gas cloud.

It was Shi Mu.

The gas cloud soon began to dissipate, and Shi Mu's figure began to slowly descend.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Mu landed on a swamp with shrubs.

Where there are shrubs, the soil is generally harder.

Shi Mu looked around for a moment, then looked back.

According to the map, this is already within the territory of the ancient Xixia Kingdom.

But for some reason, this area always has a lifeless and depressing feeling, which makes it quite uncomfortable.

It has been five or six days since he entered this swamp, but the sky here has always been gray.

And when he was in the air, he always felt that there was a lingering yin energy around him.

The trouble is, in such an environment, Cai'er can't see much clearly in the air.

The swamp is very similar everywhere, so he still hasn't been able to get out of it.

"Shitou, I'm going to take a look to the west. There seems to be a village over there." Cai'er's voice rang in his mind.

"Okay, be careful, I always feel it's a bit weird here." Shi Mu responded with his heart.

"Don't worry!" said the parrot.

In the distance in the sky, a small black shadow rose higher and higher, and soon disappeared into the gray clouds.

An hour later, under the guidance of Cai'er, Shi Mu finally found a seemingly small village.

The entire village has only one main street running from east to west, with mostly thatched houses on both sides.

Shi Mu stood outside the village, frowning slightly.

This village is so quiet, there is no sound at all.

He looked at the sky again. It must be almost noon, but not a single house in the village was burning with smoke.

He couldn't help but feel a little more wary, and then walked slowly towards the village.

The scene inside shocked him. It was a large village, lifeless.

Counting from the entrance of the village, he had walked more than a hundred feet when he discovered the bodies of three villagers, two men and one woman.

He stepped forward and took a look. These corpses looked like they had been dead for three or four days. The wounds were black, and there seemed to be a gray yin around them.

Shi Mu suddenly turned around and walked out of the village.

At this moment, two gray claw shadows suddenly shot out from a thatched house nearby.

At the same time, there was a rustling sound everywhere in the village.

Shi Mu pointed a finger with his right hand, and a golden light rushed out of his body, instantly turning into a golden giant sword the size of a door panel.

Golden flames billowed on the sword, and it flashed towards the two gray figures.

"Hi!" There was a soft sound.

The golden flame ignited slightly, and the two gray claw shadows were reduced to nothingness.

The money sword remained strong and reached the sky above the thatched house in an instant, and then struck down with the sword like thunder and lightning.

A wave of hot air came first.

There was a loud "rumbling" sound.

The thatched house collapsed under the shower of sparks, and a zombie covered with white hair appeared.

It danced dozens of gray claw shadows from its two claws, and faced the golden giant sword.

As soon as the two touched, the claw shadow immediately collapsed, and the golden giant sword immediately cut it in half.

The wound was ignited by golden flames, and smoke immediately rose.

When Shi Mu saw this, a trace of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

After this period of cultivation, the money sword has begun to take on spiritual power. This is the first time I have used it to defend against enemies. I tried it on a small scale and the effect is indeed good.

At this time, two more skeletons holding bone knives rushed out from the thatched house next door and charged directly at Shi Mu.

Shi Mu waved his hand, and two red fireballs shot out quickly, flying towards the two skeletons holding swords.

The two skeletons kept walking and swung the bone knives in their hands to chop at the fireball.

Just as they were about to hit, the fireball suddenly drew a graceful arc in the air and hit their backs in a flash.

"Boom! Boom!" Two explosions.

The two sword-wielding skeletons were immediately blown to pieces.

At this time, a large number of skeletons and zombies poured out of the village. A rough calculation revealed that there were as many as two to three hundred.

Shi Mu frowned, his lips moved slightly, and a large white cloud suddenly surged out from around him.

At this moment, in a thatched house behind him, there were two more skeletons holding bone guns, one on the left and one on the right, rushing toward Shi Mu.

At this time, the money sword also flew back, turning its direction and slashing at the gun-wielding skeleton on the right.

Shi Mu opened his mouth, and a thick white air shot towards another skeleton, and at the same time, his figure rose from the ground.

Boom! Boom! Two loud noises,

The two skeletons were torn apart in the golden and white light.

In mid-air, Shi Mu stood on the white cloud. The money sword circled around and flew into the distance in an instant.

…

A few days later.

The sky is still gray, and the sunlight here doesn't feel much warm when it shines on people.

Shi Mu stood on a small slope. In front of it was a small town with about a thousand people.

There is a small river about two feet wide in the east of the town, and there are large areas of fertile fields along the river. At this time, the grains in the fields are hanging down heavily, as if it is almost time to harvest.

Seen from a distance, two to three hundred ordinary houses made of wood or brick are spread out along the cross-shaped road in the center of the town. Only in the center of the town is there a two-story attic, and some faint sounds can be heard inside.

There were voices of people and smoke rising from many places.

In addition, the entire town seemed to be shrouded in a gray veil, and the aura was not very powerful.

This is a simple protective formation.

Just when Shi Mu took a look, confirmed that there was nothing wrong, and was about to go in to take a look, there was a burst of noise at the entrance of the village.

Soon, seven or eight people dressed in ordinary people's clothing followed a flatbed carriage and stopped at the exit.

The crowd gathered around and the noise gradually became louder.

After a while, the crowd dispersed, the light barrier fluctuated, and the carriage slowly drove away from the town, with four people sitting in the carriage.

Shi Mu thought for a moment and realized that someone had died in the town and was now being dragged out of the town.

When the carriage passed Shi Mu, he glanced at the flatbed truck and saw two mangled corpses placed on the flatbed truck.

It seemed as if it had been bitten by some wild beast, but there was still some black air and yin energy left in the wound.

Shi Mu couldn't help but think of the village he went to a few days ago, and sighed in his heart. It seemed that this small town was not a peaceful place.

Shi Mu moved and prepared to walk towards the town.

This was the first inhabited village and town he encountered in the ancient Xixia Kingdom, so he decided to go in and find out more information.

He had just taken a few steps when his heart moved and he felt something was wrong.

"Boom!" There was an explosion.

The ground on the left side behind him suddenly exploded, gravel splashed down, and a white-haired zombie jumped out and rushed directly towards the flatbed carriage.

On the flat carriage, a thin young man next to the driver suddenly had a black wooden stick in his hand.

With a slight wave of his hand, a stream of gray energy shot out from the wooden staff, which changed in mid-air and turned into a bone-white shield, blocking the white-haired zombie.

"Bang!" There was a muffled sound.

The white-haired zombie hit a thick wall, paused, and then fell to the ground.

At this time, the flat carriage had stopped, and the other three people each held a sword and rolled up three balls of cold light to attack the white-haired zombie.

The white-haired zombie has a strong body and is so powerful that the three people surrounding it did not dare to touch it head-on.
To be continued...