I saw a haggard old man sitting in the corner of the earth building, with white beard and hair, and wrinkled face. It seemed that he was at least close to an octogenarian age.
And on his wrist, a deep bloody gash could be seen.
The blood was still flowing out one by one.
Monk walked up to him and was stunned when he saw this situation: "Wizard, you are—"
Nanyan took a deep breath.
Unexpectedly, this old man was the wizard mentioned by Munch several times before.
However, how could he do this
The strong bloody smell was still continuously drilling into his nose, and the old man raised his head, and when he saw Munch, his face, which was completely pale as paper due to blood loss, flickered a little.
He whispered: "Your Majesty..."
After speaking, the whole person shook and fell back.
Monk rushed forward and caught him: "What's going on?!"
Nan Yan also hurried to his side, knelt down to look at the wizard, his breathing was already very weak, and he said in a dying voice: "We were blocked on the road, everyone died..."
"..."
"The few remaining people can only reluctantly retreat into the deserted city."
"..."
"But those people refused to give up, and were still chasing us. In the end, I was the only one left."
"..."
"I have no choice but to hold on until the emperor arrives here, so I can only use the forbidden technique to form an array here."
"..."
"They can't come in."
Nan Yan was startled.
Since the founding of the country by Emperor Gao, the Yan Kingdom has prohibited the common people from disseminating and using magic techniques, including the technique of disgusting victory that was discovered in the palace before. Once found out, they will be beheaded.
Therefore, there is no such thing in Yan Kingdom.
However, the absence of Yan Kingdom does not mean that there are no other places. For example, in Tan Kingdom, wizards directly obey the emperor's orders, and even participate in important activities such as worshiping ancestors.
And grandmother Tong Yuhua, who traveled far and wide in the past, has seen a lot of the world, Nan Yan followed her, and in her few words, she heard some rumors about spells.
Forbidden techniques are very evil, unlike some ordinary techniques, they are all about life and death.
The forbidden art formation set up by this wizard obviously uses his own blood as a sacrifice.
That's why she smelled such a strong smell of blood outside just now.
However, after bleeding so much, I'm afraid he won't be able to last long.
She whispered: "Have the people outside been taken away by you?"
The wizard raised his eyes and glanced at her.
"Who are you?"
Monk hurriedly said: "She is the one I mentioned in my letter, Si Nanyan, the imperial concubine of the Yan Kingdom. She may be Princess Tana's daughter."
"oh… "
The wizard let out a long breath, and looked at Nanyan without blinking.
After a long time, he said, "It's you."
Said, smiled.
Nan Yan never thought that this person could still laugh at this time, so he frowned and said, "What are you laughing at?"
The wizard said: "This time I came back for you, I never thought I could see you before I die."
"..."
"It's also a beginning and an end."
I don't know why, there was a bit of sadness in his words, but Nan Yan only felt the creeps when he heard it.
For their own affairs, so many people have died before the matter even started.
Is your life experience really that important
Hearing her asking this sentence, the wizard seemed to be taken aback for a moment.
With Monk, turned to look at her.
In this earthen building, there was only a faint light of fire in the wizard's hand, and everyone's faces looked a little cloudy because of the flickering fire.
After a long time, Munch said in a deep voice, "Of course it's important."
"..."
"Don't you want to know where you came from?"
"Of course I do."
As Nan Yan spoke, she smelled the strong smell of blood in her nose and felt bitter on the tip of her tongue—but, because of her life experience, so many people died.
And, it's just the beginning.
It's not that she hasn't seen dead people, and it's not that she hasn't experienced war, but this kind of thing still makes her hard to accept.
At this time, the wizard sighed softly.
Then he said: "The emperor is here, that's right."
Monk looked down at him.
He said: "I thought that I couldn't wait for the emperor to come, so I am going to write the technique of determining blood relationship here."
"..."
"I'm just afraid. If I write it here, more people will know about it."
Nan Yan heard it, and then looked at the flame in his hand, only to see that on the dirt wall beside him, there were indeed a few words written with blood, but it was crooked.
No wonder I saw fire in the distance just now.
It should be that he lit a fire, found this place, then extinguished the fire, and wrote these words in secret.
However, the flash of fire at that moment still attracted them all.
The wizard said: "She can pass through this formation, which has already explained a lot of problems, but for the sake of caution—"
Monk said, "Of course."
"Your Majesty, I know that time is running out, so I can only tell you the secret technique to determine blood relationship."
Monk frowned, took a look, then slowly lowered his head, bringing his ears to his mouth.
"you say."
The wizard's voice dropped.
Thinking about it, it should be that this kind of secret technique is a method that is not passed on to the royal family of the country. In addition, he himself is so angry that his life is hanging by a thread, and his voice is of course not too loud.
After a while, he finally finished his last word.
Then, he said to Monk: "Remember, remember!"
Monk looked down at him and said, "Okay."
After saying this, the wizard let out a long sigh of relief, as if his whole body had relaxed. It was Nan Yan, who looked at him, and said to Monk, "Can you find a way to heal his injuries? Maybe there is still a glimmer of life?"
Monk didn't speak.
On the contrary, the sorcerer seemed to have reached the point of life and death, and he seemed very calm: "I, it's my fate."
Nan Yan said: "You can kill so many people outside, how could you just die like this?"
The wizard smiled wryly and shook his head: "If I had such ability, I wouldn't be forced to retreat to this deserted city by those people."
"..."
"The forbidden technique can only make me stay here, and - because of the heavy rain, the effect has been much weaker."
"..."
"They are only temporarily captured, and after a while, they will naturally wake up."
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment, then said: "Then, how do we—"
Those people just fainted even the strong Temur, why did the two of them not faint even though they felt unwell.
The wizard glanced at them and said, "Both of you are people with strong mental power."
"..."
"The dragon and the phoenix among people are naturally unstoppable by evil spirits."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of heavy footsteps outside.
A tall figure appeared at the door of the tulou.