"Okay." At that moment, Fu Shanyue removed part of the evil spirit from her body, and then put her into Fu Shanji's carriage.
There is a long box, or coffin, in the car, with a magic circle attached inside. With a little adjustment, the girl can be basically isolated from the outside world.
When the slave saw that he had changed his master, he diligently served Fu Shanyue and Tao Zi with tea and water, and served Fu Shanyue and Tao Zi very attentively.
He Lingchuan saw him hiding in a corner away from the fire, eating like a bowl of mush? Everyone else was sitting, but he could only squat or kneel.
"Hello." He greeted the man and threw him an apple.
The slave didn't bite the apple when he got it. He first looked at Chiyan's face and saw that the latter was indifferent, so he bowed three times to He Lingchuan, picked up the apple, shrank into the dark, and started chewing.
The sound sounded like a mouse.
A man from Chiyan saw it and smiled at He Lingchuan: "Don't look at how pitiful he looks. This guy beat his wife and a daughter to death with his own hands at home."
After the caravan settled down, the moon had already set in the west, and everyone took the time to rest. Tomorrow's journey was still far away.
Of course, there are still people watching this time.
He Lingchuan didn't intend to sleep either, so he closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing.
I don't know how long it took, but there was a soft "clang" sound, which came from the scabbard of the sword.
Then a nearby sentry let out a small cry of surprise.
He Lingchuan quickly opened his eyes.
The illusion actually appeared again!
The moonlight is as abundant now as it was an hour ago. Under He Lingchuan's gaze, the ancient city of more than two hundred years ago reappeared.
But unlike the last time, it was silent and breathless.
There are longing figures on the city gate, and soldiers holding spears are walking around to observe the surrounding areas, but there is no need to fight bravely to kill the enemy. Because it is quiet under the city gate, and there is no Lingxu army all over the mountains and plains.
There was no smoke, no crying, no hail of bullets and no flames shooting into the sky.
The ancient city of Thousand Stars is just like today, bathing peacefully in the moonlight.
How is this going?
As soon as the curtain of the carriage opposite was lifted, Fu Shanyue jumped down quietly and asked He Lingchuan in a low voice: "Hey, are you going to take a look again?"
With so many things happening tonight, it was impossible for him to stay awake calmly and boldly. The men he had newly conquered were originally Fu Shanji's men. Who knows if there is any loyal and loyal man who can't think of anything and must plot against him?
"Let's go." He Lingchuan was very happy. Since the eyeball spider responsible for watching the camp has not been taken back, let him continue to serve.
At this time, Master Shi Er also heard the sentry's voice, rubbed his eyes and sat up. When he looked outside, he was stunned: "Here, what is going on? Why is the illusion different from before?"
"Have you never seen this scene?"
Master Shi Er rubbed the back of his head: "I heard that there is only one scene in the illusion, which is the one about the fight and killing just now. But this, such a quiet Qianxing City, I don't think anyone has ever heard of it."
Is this a new scene unlocked? He Lingchuan is even more excited.
However, Master Shi Er was too sleepy and did not want to go out to explore anymore. He just wanted to fall asleep.
So the two people, who were still full of energy, said hello to the camp sentry and walked lightly and skillfully into the depths of the illusion.
The city in the fantasy was extremely quiet, as if it was late at night, and there were only two or three kittens on the deserted road. He Lingchuan also heard the cry of crickets, not sure if it was in the fantasy or reality.
It’s hard to distinguish between true and false.
Since getting the fragments of the branches of the King of Treasure Trees, the Soul-Calling Mirror has been in retreat recently. It has not eaten or drank for hundreds of years, and suddenly within half a month, it has been filled with the Emperor's liquid and the Juluo branches. It has been greatly nourished.
I'm a little full after eating and need to digest it.
Otherwise, He Lingchuan would have to listen to it and marvel at it many times tonight.
This city is too big and quiet. Which direction should we explore?
Fushan thought more and more: "The framing of this natural fantasy depends on the coincidence of the right time and place. There may not necessarily be any important cause and effect. Maybe this is just an ordinary day in Thousand Stars City."
He pointed to the wet ground: "Look, it has just rained in the city, and there is a bright moon in the sky, which is consistent with the weather we encountered tonight."
But He Lingchuan exclaimed: "The moon is shining brightly, why are the stars in the east also bright?"
Generally speaking, there are few stars in the moon. Tonight's moonlight illuminates the mountains and rivers, making the world look like daylight, and the stars in the sky are eclipsed.
Except for one star in the east, shining with purple light.
It does not compete with the moonlight, but the moonlight cannot conceal its existence.
He Lingchuan has never studied astrology, but this star is really unusually bright.
Following his prompt, Fu Shanyue also looked up: "Why is Tianluo Star bright?"
"This is called Tianluo Star?"
"You don't know?" Fu Shanyue expressed surprise at his ignorance, "Tianluo star is the tenth star of the Beidou. It is usually dim and difficult to see by the human eye. It only lights up on a few occasions."
"A few times?"
"It seems to be after autumn every year, until early spring next year." Fu Shanyue raised his head to gaze at the stars, "It's not even August yet, so why does it shine brightly? And, did it shine brightly before midnight tonight?"
He Lingchuan shrugged: "I'm not impressed."
There are so many beautiful things for him to see, so how come he has nothing to do to stare at the sky?
For example, the one in front of me - "Huh?"
He Lingchuan quickly approached a high wall and stretched out his hand to caress the patterns on the wall.
This pattern was so familiar. He had seen it countless times on the wall of the south gate of Panlong City in his dreams. That was——
Black dragon!
Although there is a huge sculpture behind the south gate of Panlong City, it is just a pattern like a magic circle, and even the dragon capital is a bit Q version, but He Lingchuan is very sure that this is the black dragon!
The sudden appearance of this pattern shocked He Lingchuan more than the illusion itself, because it meant that there was some connection between Thousand Stars City and Panlong City.
These two cities, one in Bejia and the other in Shiluo Kingdom, are tens of thousands of miles apart. Why do they both have black dragon totems?
Generally speaking, on such conspicuous avenues and official walls, there are sculptures and paintings of spiritual beasts that protect the country.
For example, the country-protecting spiritual beast of Xiluo Kingdom is a golden bull, which was originally placed at the south gate of Panlong City, but was later changed to a black dragon by Zhong Shengguang's order.
But the problem is that the golden bull of Xiluo Kingdom is real, visible and tangible. It guards the capital in peacetime and can be released to defend against enemies in war.
But what about the black dragon?
He Lingchuan has been in and out of the Panlong Dreamland so many times, but why has he never seen the black dragon appear?
The black dragon in the illusion of ruins cannot be counted. It was the remnant soul of Zhong Shengguang that borrowed its image to appear.
He Lingchuan even asked many people, including Hu Min and Xiao Maoliang, but no one had ever seen a black dragon with their own eyes.
In this case, why did Panlong City erect a statue for it?
What’s even more outrageous is that Qianxing City, which is tens of thousands of miles away, is doing the same thing!
As one of the original twelve demon kingdoms, Yuan Kingdom does not have any spiritual beasts to protect the country like human countries.
Monsters are everywhere here, and the most powerful among them all want to be high officials. Who cares about becoming a spiritual beast? Degrade yourself!
Even if there are the words "protect the country" in front of it, it won't work.
Therefore, Qianxing City painted the black dragon on the wall, which is a weird move in itself.
He Lingchuan turned to look at Fu Shanyue, who also looked confused.
Obviously, he doesn't know much more about the Yuan Kingdom two hundred years ago than He Lingchuan does.
Next, the two men continued to search, and sure enough, they found the black dragon pattern outside the official residence again. This time it was brick carving, with the faucet protruding outwards, and the carving was very fine.
A brick was placed under the brick sculpture, and an incense burner was placed above it, with two sticks of residual incense inserted in it.
People also worship it.
The last time they entered the fantasy world of Thousand Stars City, there was fire and scorched earth everywhere. Who would pay attention to the patterns on the walls? Or maybe they had been destroyed by the war.
This time, he finally saw it clearly.
Fushan Yue also stared at it and murmured: "Where have you seen it?"
"Have you seen it?" He Lingchuan immediately asked, "Where is it?"
"I saw it in my father's study when I was a child. In which books was it probably in?" Fu Shanyue said softly, "It was so long ago that I can't remember."
"Tch. It's really unreliable."
"It's a banned book anyway... No, it's a secret file."
"Oh?" He Lingchuan became a little more interested, "How old were you then?"
"Seven or eight years old?"
"How did you know it was a banned book?" How precocious.
"Father's study is divided into two rooms: an inner one and an inner one. I won't talk about the outer one. The things collected in the inner room are not shown to anyone. There are books, files, letters, and some random objects." Fu Shanyue recalled, "I remember there was a palace man.
I knocked down two books while cleaning the imperial study room. When I picked them up, I accidentally flipped through two pages and then lost my head."
The King of Chiyan is well-informed and has a long life, so it is not surprising that there are some secrets in the study.
He Lingchuan looked at the dragon head in front of him: "It was taboo in your father's place, but it can be seen in the streets here?" King Yuan's gesture was really decisive, leaving no way for him to escape.
One more mystery.
"Further ahead is the palace city." He straightened up, looked at the tall palace walls and the buildings with exposed spires not far away, and murmured, "In the end, we still walked towards the palace city."
He couldn't explain what was going on, but he seemed to be guided by something.
"You're all here, let's go and have a look."
The two of them walked several dozen feet and were about to enter the palace gate guarded by soldiers when they saw a carriage turning the corner of the street, its lanterns emitting a light yellow halo in the night.
The car is very low-key, but the horse is a good horse.
The carriage drove to a stop in front of the dismounting monument at the entrance of the palace, and a scribe in long robes got out. He was young and frail, with a delicate face and a mole between his eyebrows.
He was not wearing official uniform, but the guard recognized him: "Your Majesty has an order, Master Shao, please go to the corner tower of the second west gate." After a pause, he said, "You can go by car with permission."
This carriage was the only one seen in the middle of the night, so of course He Lingchuan and the others had to follow it.
The carriage did not dare to go fast in the palace, and drove westward along the wall, stopping after about half a quarter of an hour.
We have reached the top corner of the palace city. Through the moonlight, He Lingchuan and the two men saw that there was indeed a turret standing above the city wall, and it had three floors.
Mr. Shao got off the car here, climbed onto the wall, and walked up the steps.
He Lingchuan looked left and right and saw a tree on the inside of the high wall, about four feet high.