After hearing Lei Xiao's words, Ariel's fair face was full of excitement and she nodded heavily.
Then, the two people's eyes moved, looking at the door at the end of the flame-colored hall, and then took their own steps.
When he got closer, Lei Xiao noticed.
This door leading to the depths of the earth is engraved with exquisite textures of the cold flame holy lion, which looks lifelike.
Directly in front, there are 20 huge charging bases similar to those of the Earth Guardians arranged in sequence, presumably where the Holy Lion Puppet is produced.
"Lord, my subordinates are going to open this door."
Ariel swallowed involuntarily, her delicate face already filled with solemnity and sublimity, mixed with a hint of nervousness.
You must know that what leads to behind this door is the biggest secret passed down from generation to generation by the Leng Yan royal family, and it is also a truth that only the king of a country is qualified to know.
"Let's get started, I can't wait to find out the answer."
Lei Xiao's eyes were piercing, and a look of expectation could not help but appear on his face.
After receiving Lei Xiao's permission, Ariel took a firm step forward, touched the huge door in front of her with her slender fingers, and the closed door slowly opened.
Listening to the rumble of the heavy door opening, Lei Xiao noticed.
What appeared in front of him was a spacious passage that went straight downwards. The two walls were also flashing with mysterious flame patterns, and he could not see the end at a glance.
"It seems that this underground space is deeper than I thought."
Looking at the new road ahead, Lei Xiao and Ariel looked at each other, and then they both took their own steps.
The sound of ethereal footsteps echoed in the passage. After walking downward for more than ten minutes, the two of them suddenly became clear again.
What caught Lei Xiao and Ariel's eyes was an extremely vast underground space.
The walls and the ground here are still covered with deep flame-colored magic textures, but they are not deep space.
Instead, it emits blue cold light. This scene where flame and cold colors blend together gives people a very special feeling.
"Perhaps the word "cold flame" in the Cold Flame Kingdom refers to this scene, right?"
Lei Xiao looked at the flaming cold light that seemed to be dancing and continued to observe.
The flaming cold light reflected the neatly arranged pure white stone pillars. There seemed to be hundreds or even thousands of them, giving the entire space an extremely sacred feeling.
"Lord, this seems to be an underground temple."
Ariel's starry eyes were full of surprise, and she said in disbelief: "I didn't expect that there would be such a scene in the depths of the Lion King's Palace."
"It's definitely a bit surprising."
Lei Xiao's eyes passed over the pure white stone pillars in front of him, and he nodded slightly.
What is different from other temple ruins that I have experienced before is that this place is extremely new and spotless everywhere, as if it had just been built not long ago.
"I have to say, I am becoming more and more curious about the hidden functions here."
Lei Xiao looked at the path left between the two rows of stone pillars, nodded slightly to Ariel and said, "Let's keep going. As long as we understand the environment here, we may be able to find clues to the hidden functions of the Lion King Palace."
After that, Lei Xiao and Ariel walked towards the depths of the underground temple.
As he walked, Lei Xiao noticed further.
The original plain white stone pillars on both sides were transformed into lifelike human sculptures.
I saw that each humanoid sculpture was the size of a normal human being and looked lifelike.
The most eye-catching thing is that although these sculptures have different shapes, some are male and female, some are wearing hair robes, some are wearing armor, they are also different.
But the only thing they have in common is that they all wear an exquisite and solemn lion crown on their heads, which is exactly the same as the one on Ariel's head.
"Lord, these statues are all the kings of my Lengyan royal family!"
Ariel stopped in front of a queen wearing a robe and a graceful face. Her starry eyes were full of surprise and she said: "This is the last Cold Flame Queen, the fifteenth generation of Cold Flame Lord Rose King Esther!"
After Ariel's reminder, Lei Xiao immediately responded.
Yes, the characters depicted on these statues are exactly the same as the portraits of kings that were hung in the hall on the day of Ariel's coronation ceremony.
In surprise, Lei Xiao and Ariel took further notice.
Next to the statues of the kings, there is also a merit tablet, which writes the king's corresponding chronicle and great achievements.
In front of all the sculptures, at the end of the underground space, is an extremely large altar.
The altar was guarded by eight statues of cold flame holy lions, and it was filled with metal candlesticks burning with flaming cold light.
On the wall directly above the altar is engraved the coat of arms of the Leng Yan royal family, a lion with its head held high.
Looking around, the whole space gives people an extremely sacred feeling, as if speaking loudly is disrespectful to the kings of the past.
"Lord, this seems to be the Hall of Heroes of the successive kings of my Lengyan royal family."
Ariel's face was full of awe, she tightly held Lei Xiao's arm and said, "I can even feel the supreme majesty brought by my ancestors."
"It really gives people a sense of oppression."
Lei Xiao looked at the statues of kings who were either holding swords and looking into the distance, or holding staffs and strategizing, and sighed and nodded.
Among the Lengyan kings and monarchs in the past dynasties, although there were some weak and incompetent people, the vast majority were wise and powerful beings, and among them there were also some who were powerful at the national level.
It's just that most of the monarchs of the Cold Flame Kingdom are known for their bravery and wisdom. Even on the battlefield, they never lag behind others.
This resulted in many monarchs either dying in battle or sacrificing themselves to save the people.
For example, the eighth-generation monarch, Saint Queen Sophia, broke into the dimensional storm alone and solved a shocking disaster, but also lost her own life.
Another example is that the 16th-generation monarch, King Alfred the Roar, once fought against a green dragon that attacked a border town, and eventually died of serious injuries.
There are also many monarchs who suffered backlash because they failed to advance to the fifth level of power, and had to choose to abdicate in favor of talents.
All in all, the experiences and deeds of the Lengyan Lords of the past dynasties alone can be called a magnificent epic masterpiece.
"Lord, my subordinates discovered something strange."
Just as Lei Xiao was recalling the past events of the Cold Flame Kingdom that he knew, Ariel's confused voice rang out.
"What's wrong?"
Lei Xiao gathered his thoughts and walked towards where Ariel was.
"Lord, there are a total of 17 statues of kings here, starting from the second-generation monarch, the brave king Thor, to my grandfather, the eighteenth-generation monarch, the war-avoiding king Karin."
Ariel stood under the altar, looking at her ancestors solemnly, with a trace of confusion on her face.
"Since this is a Hall of Heroes that honors the cold flame monarchs of the past generations, it is quite normal that my father, King Burdett of Steel Arms, as the 19th generation king, is not among them. After all, my father is still recuperating in Wolong Castle."
"But why is my first ancestor, the King of Heroes, not among them? This is simply unbelievable."
After hearing Ariel's question, Lei Xiao pondered and nodded.
Observe carefully, there is indeed no statue of Wang Xi's old boy here.
"This old boy Wang Xi is a maverick and sleeps in Luolong City far away from the royal capital. Is this related to this?"
Lei Xiao gently rubbed his chin and began to think secretly in his heart.
Perhaps this is not only a Hall of Heroes to worship the cold flame monarchs of the past generations, but also a place where the cold flame monarchs of the past generations sleep.
In this way, everything can be explained clearly.
Wang Xi's sleeping place is not here, so naturally there will be no statue of Wang Xi.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao told Ariel his thoughts.
"So that's it. You are worthy of being a lord."
Hearing the sound, Ariel suddenly nodded and said: "If you think about it carefully, this place is deep underground, almost the same depth as the sleeping place of the royal family. Judging from the location, it is very likely that it is really next to the sleeping place of the royal family.
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"Inside the sleeping place of the royal family is the resting place of the monarchs of all generations. Perhaps the two are connected in some form."
After saying that, Ariel tilted her head in confusion and said: "But the Lion King's Palace is a miracle building, why is it also used to secretly worship the monarchs of the past generations?"
"There is only one answer, and it must be related to the hidden function of the Lion King Palace."
Lei Xiao expressed his opinion without hesitation and raised his eyebrows: "It's just that we haven't reached the necessary conditions to trigger the hidden function yet."
"I understand, my subordinates, but whether it is the Hall of Heroes or the place where the ancestors sleep, what kind of hidden functions will there be?"
Ariel thought for a moment, and finally shook her head without realizing anything and said: "It's impossible to let the ancestors reappear in the world, right?"
"This is hard to predict. After all, your first ancestor does still exist in the world in a sense."
Lei Xiao smiled slightly, and soon became curious.
The most important thing is that this miraculous building has two hidden parts. What can appear is really curious and exciting.
"Well, now that we have learned the secret deep in the Lion King Palace, we should be very close to knowing the other two hidden functions. After all, the Cold Flame Kingdom is now in a real crisis."
"Just think of it as an unknown trump card. Maybe it will play an unexpected and huge role soon."
Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao didn't think about anything else. He nodded to Ariel and said, "Okay, since we are all here, let us pay our respects to your ancestors and then leave."
"As you command, Lord."
Ariel caressed her chest and bowed, then she began to pray with her eyes closed.
After everything was completed, Lei Xiao returned with Ariel and finally left the Lion King Palace.
Returning to the queen's bedroom in the Lion's Castle, the two of them washed up and quickly extinguished the illuminated light crystal.
A night of silence.
It was still dark the next day, and when Lei Xiao opened his eyes, he found that Ariel, who had gotten up early, had already handed him a cup of hot tea.
Today is the last day before the five-pronged army approaches the city, Lei Xiao can clearly feel it.
Although the young queen in front of her tried her best to remain calm, her long eyelashes were constantly trembling.
It's no wonder, after all, this kingdom that has lasted for more than six hundred years is about to face an unprecedented life and death crisis.
"Don't worry, we have tried our best to do everything. The goddess of victory always favors those who are prepared."
Although Lei Xiao himself was unsure, he still smiled and touched Ariel's head, and then drank the tea at a suitable temperature in one gulp.
Facing such a large number of enemies who can destroy the country, it is indeed difficult to walk on thin ice every step of the way.
Especially for the rainforest fortress that is currently the weakest in defense, once Operation Eckhart fails, the consequences will undoubtedly be disastrous.
After that, as usual, Lei Xiao returned to the territory to deal with daily matters, while Ariel and Orr and others dealt with palace matters in the royal capital. Soon the early morning sunshine filled the earth.
Lei Xiao had only one mission during the day today, which was to complete the uniform change of the border garrison troops in the five directions, and to boost morale with Ariel.
During this process, Lei Xiao specially prepared a strong team headed by the White Knight, and secretly mobilized all the cavalry units of the Yorkman family to prepare for Eckhart at any time in the rainforest fortress.
As for the evening, Lei Xiao still has an extremely important task.
That is to go to the Fortress of Never Falling, and together with Caroline, Chiduo, Bing Lao and others, use the teleportation advantages of the two divine places of "Crystal Blue City" and "Ice Stone City" to face the main force that is about to enter the ice field.
The Pars Empire army launched the attack first.
Currently, among the invading enemies from the five directions, only Fuluo Fortress has the ability to attack the enemy first. Lei Xiao will naturally not miss this opportunity.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that this battle was crucial.
Not only can it catch the Pars Empire by surprise, it can also delay the opponent's attack, but it can also knock down mountains and shake tigers along the way, making other armies fearful to a certain extent and increasing our morale.
Time flies by.
It was night, when Lei Xiao, who had successfully completed a comprehensive change of clothes, led a group of main subordinates to the command hall of Buluo Fortress.
Caroline, Hilda, Kido, Xion and other generals, as well as Bing Lao who could not leave "Ice Stone City" too far away, have been waiting for a long time.
"Your Royal Highness Prince Holy Lion, Your Majesty the Queen, you have come at the right time."
Seeing the figures of Lei Xiao and Ariel, the leader Caroline took a step forward and said seriously: "According to the latest intelligence, the Pars Empire's leading force of 100,000 snow cavalry have all entered the snowfield, and the main force to follow
The troops are also marching in an orderly manner."
"It's very good. Once you enter the snowfield, it will be our home court."
A murderous intent flashed through Lei Xiao's eyes, and he smiled and said, "Let this enemy, who is trying to bring war and blood to us, have a taste of death first."
