Chapter 422 Morburg Conference
Lu Mingfei crossed a ravine and set foot on a road around the mountain. Finally, he could see the castle squeezed between a pile of stone walls.
This is not a luxuriously decorated and exquisite castle. At least at first glance, you will not think that the castle is inhabited by a pampered princess.
It collapsed, leaving only the scaffolding defensive wall, the remaining towers and gates, and the heavy and thick cylindrical main tower standing in the cold wind, desolate and dilapidated, like a ghost castle haunted by ghosts.
Yuan Zhennu led the way, leading everyone across the snow-covered road to the foot of the fortress.
"Morburg, a fortress built by the Secret Party in the 1st century BC." Angers, standing under the city gate, slowly walked over: "This fortress stands on the edge of the civilized world and has been forgotten for a long time. Very few people know about it. On the road to the castle, when the secret party had not grown strong, the dragon slayers were trained here. Every winter, they would come back from outside to celebrate the new year, and then leave again in the spring."
"Long time no see, Lu Mingfei."
"Long time no see, Principal."
Anger stretched out his hand to shake hands with Lu Mingfei, looking past Eli Yi beside him and scanning the three people behind him.
"It's great to see my old students again before the year is over."
"Old monster, you are still the same as before, unchanged at all." Giovanni walked over and hugged Angers.
"My hairline is getting higher day by day. I looked in the mirror this morning and counted my hair, and I lost two more hairs." Angers joked.
"It just so happens that I have recently learned a new haircut technique, which will help you never have to worry about your hair again," said Giovanni.
"If I want to experience baldness, I will find someone to make an appointment in advance."
The three people behind Lu Mingfei walked up and chatted with Ange like old friends.
Chu Zihang, who stood silently behind Ange, stared at the man on the right side of Ange.
He was wearing a military green cold-proof suit. Because he was walking in the snow and wearing black boots, he seemed to have suffered some injury on his leg. He was limping when he walked. He was still as unkempt as before, with a prickly chin. He had stubble, no energy, and was almost the same as the face in his memory.
The man seemed to have noticed Chu Zihang and raised his right hand high to greet him.
Ange smiled: "We all have a lot to say. Let's go to the lobby. No one will disturb us today."
Lu Mingfei took Eli Yi and sat down in the hall. As Ange said, no one would disturb them because there was no one in the castle.
There are spider webs under the city gate, and the rotten wooden bolts are pitted by ants. It is obvious that it has been abandoned for a long time and no one has maintained it for many years.
Only the hall was relatively clean, as if it had just been cleaned, but a missing piece of the wall still let in the cold wind.
"Aren't you going back to your mother's place to celebrate the New Year this year?" Chu Tianjiao was helped by Chu Zihang and sat on the seat.
"I told my mother that my senior brother in the laboratory and I have taken a break and will go back later." Chu Zihang sat next to him.
"Don't lie to her all the time. She's actually not as stupid as you think." Chu Tianjiao muttered: "She is still very powerful when she is serious. It's like she made up her mind to divorce me at that time and went to the dance class to sit on the stage during the day. , you have to dress up and go to the bar in the evening. If you are really a stupid woman, how can you take care of both sides? You have to be careful when making up excuses. If she sees the problem, she will pester you to no end. "
"Don't worry, I learned all my tricks to deceive her from you." Chu Zihang replied coldly.
Chu Tianjiao was suddenly speechless. After holding it in for a few seconds, he patted Chu Zihang on the shoulder: "Take good care of her. Don't let her worry too much."
"Yeah." Chu Zihang nodded.
Lu Mingfei shook his head at the father and son.
Angers clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.
"There are really a lot of things to do these days, and I didn't have time to make too many preparations, because you said you wanted to find a secluded place to meet, and I wanted to make an appointment in Aalborg before making arrangements for the New Year."
"This place was still very prosperous before, but when the Franks captured Cologne in 455, Morburg was also involved, and the Secret Party had no choice but to evacuate here. From that day on, this place has been deserted. So far, there are only single digits. People know its original location, although it is a little dilapidated, but after all, we are not here for a welcome meeting today, so I hope you can bear with it a little bit." Angers pulled up a chair and sat down in front of the long table.
"It's okay, principal." Lu Mingfei said, "I just don't want too many people to know about our meeting."
A few days ago, people all over the world remembered his face, and the video is still spreading wildly on the Internet.
He rode a dragon and forcibly broke through the siege of the army. For the hybrids of the secret party, the guys who accompanied the dragon were their enemies.
There were countless hybrids in the secret party who were hostile to him. Even Ange and Lu Mingfei couldn't figure out his current attitude.
If he showed up at the Angers faction's base camp, he might cause some trouble.
"That's the best if you don't mind." Angers glanced at his watch: "There are still three more guests to go. Today's guests are all here."
As he said this, footsteps came from outside the hall.
"Sorry, we were delayed for a few minutes due to traffic jam."
Minamoto and Uesugi stepped into the hall.
“New Year is here, so it’s normal for there to be more cars on the road.”
Behind the two of them, there was an old man dressed as a cowboy, Leonardo Flamel, the night watchman and vice-principal of Cassel College and known as Flamel's mentor. He was holding a lamp. The oil lamp came in. It seemed to be an alchemy item. The light of the oil lamp shone on Lu Mingfei's body, and there was a warmth immediately, and he no longer felt cold.
Lu Mingfei and Ange each had five people, and a total of ten people gathered on the stone table.
"Huhu." Leonardo rubbed his hands and took off the scarf wrapped around his nose.
"He is Koshi Uesugi, an old monster with royal blood. The two sitting over there are his sons, Minamoto Shosheng and Minamoto Sashimi, who are Uesugi Eri's brothers. The others, I think you can If it’s right, I won’t go into details.” Angers introduced.
After some exchanges, the meeting began.
Even though Eriyi was an outsider, she sat up straight and solemnly.
The more Uesugi looked at his daughter's face, Eriki raised her little hand and waved to him, and he suddenly had a kind smile on his face.
"Let's talk about the topic we are most concerned about first. What happened in the containment?" Ange's expression became serious: "On December 25, when that cross-shaped light beam lit up, we A person's golden eyes are activated, and all hybrids feel the call of blood, like the call of the 'Word Spirit Emperor'."
"No, it's different from 'Emperor'." Leonardo shook his head: "'Emperor' has no effect on hybrids of the White King's bloodline. The range of influence of that light beam is wider and deeper than that of 'Emperor'." .”
"Probably because the seal was lifted." Lu Mingfei scratched his head: "I think that beam of light appeared because I pulled out the 'gun'."
"Draw the gun? Is that Kungunir on the boy?" Angers asked.
"No." Lu Mingfei shook his head: "Kungunir was pulled out only after that. In fact, I entered the sea of souls."
"The sea of souls?" Leonardo stood up and squeezed Lu Mingfei's hand with some force: "The sea of souls gathered together, is that real? Lu Mingfei, can't you be mistaken? Well, don’t get confused?”
"Leonardo, don't get too excited," Angers said.
"Ange! Do you understand what it means if the 'Sea of Souls' exists?"
"Eri Yi and I both entered the Sea of Souls and later escaped from there. This is not wrong, but Vice Principal, what does this mean?" Lu Mingfei said.
"Don't call me Vice Principal, I have resigned from Kassel College." Leonardo took a deep breath and sat back down: "The alchemical world believes that the soul will disappear after it leaves the body, unless it is refined. Making the Philosopher's Stone as a condensed fifth element can prevent its demise. Only dragons can violate this rule, because they are species in the 'upper realm' and are more advanced spiritual beings."
"But if the sea of souls exists, this knowledge will be overturned. After death, the souls of all living things will merge into that sea. Can you imagine the sea formed by the death of hundreds of millions of years of life on this planet? What a terrifying collection it is!”
"Calm down, Leonardo, that's not what we have to consider now." Angers' tone rose slightly.
Leonardo was in a stalemate with him for a moment, and then fell silent.
Ange then asked Lu Mingfei: "You said the seal has been lifted? What do you mean?"
"." When Lu Mingfei mentioned the seal, he thought of the seemingly endless spiral staircase, and then thought of the oath he had made, and glanced at Eriyi on the left who was pretending to be serious.
Since leaving Siberia, they have been running around and have no time to rest, so until now, he has not fulfilled his vow.
Men must keep their promises and fulfill their oaths.
But it doesn't seem right to think about these things in such a formal occasion.
He quickly put his fantasy out of his mind and looked back.
After organizing his words, he said: "I saw the boy in the sea of souls. He had a spear stuck in his body. I pulled out the gun."
Angers put his hands on the table and lowered his head slightly so that his eyes could not be seen clearly: "In other words, you released an incredible existence, and just the awakening of that existence affected the entire world?"
"I just rescued the boy who was being punished." Lu Mingfei responded calmly: "He is my brother, and I have the responsibility to protect him."
"Brother?" Yuan Zhisheng turned his head and looked at Yuan Zhisheng.
"I'm not blaming you, I just want to ask you, why do you want to meet me?" Angers raised his head and looked directly into Lu Mingfei's eyes.
"In order to protect humans, in order to cut off the fate of dragons and humans, these are not reasons, they can only be called responsibilities." Lu Mingfei paused for a moment and said: "I met with the principal, just hoping that Eri Yi would be familiar with me. People, my good friends, my parents, they can be safe."
"For our son to say such things, we are really incompetent as fathers and mothers." Qiao Weini said solemnly: "Mingfei, tell them that matter, no matter what their attitude is, old Your parents support you."
"Is there anything else that will break our relationship if we say it?" Angers squinted his eyes.
"Actually, the main reason why I came today is for this matter." Lu Mingfei said.
Uesugi Yue felt the tense atmosphere and tapped his fingers on the table: "Ange, do you have any intention of taking action? Are you still unclear about what is going on now?"
"Of course I know." Angers still squinted his eyes.
Lu Mingfei didn't want to hide it anymore: "Principal, do you think the Dragon King is the enemy of mankind?"
"Dragon King?" Ange didn't understand what Lu Mingfei meant: "The dragon clan used to rule the world, and the dragon clan that ruled the world was ruled by the four dragon kings and the black king. Of course they are the enemies of mankind. Why do you ask this question?"
"I hope the principal can cooperate with Dragon King." Lu Mingfei said.
"Cooperating with the Dragon King? Is that black dragon who listens to you in everything?"
"Black Snake is just one of them. There are five Dragon Kings on my side plus him. I hope you, principal, can put aside your prejudices and let them help us."
"Five Dragon Kings!"
Except for Lu Lincheng and Qiao Weini, who had known about it for a long time, and Eli Yi who came to make soy sauce, everyone else opened their mouths with surprised expressions, and even Anger couldn't hold back.
"Actually, the two kings of bronze and fire have been resurrected, and I have also found the king of earth and mountain. When I exchanged blood for Eriyi, I used the blood of the mountain king, plus the 'black snake', there are five in total. I hope You can get along well with them." Lu Mingfei said.
"Use the Dragon King to exchange blood." Uesugoshi looked at Eri with a complex expression: "Is this how to solve the dragon transformation? This is really an unimaginable big deal."
"You said the Lord of Bronze and Fire was resurrected? But their dragon bones are still preserved in the ice cellar. If they were resurrected, how could the spirits on the dragon bones not dissipate!"
Leonardo frowned. Before he left Kassel, the keel was still active. How could the Fire King be resurrected?
"I don't know much about this, but they are indeed still alive, and I have already done their work and can join in at any time."
"Lu Mingfei, you really threw a depth charge for us." Ange took a long breath, "Five Dragon Kings? Are you saying that those five are willing to help humans?"
"They are all my friends and I have persuaded them."
"The threshold for being friends with you is really high."
"So principal, what is your decision?"
"Let the Dragon King be my partner. This is the first time for me, an old man who has lived for 130 years, to vote. Those who agree will raise their hands."
The meeting ended, and the final result of the vote was that 3 people abstained and 7 people agreed.
Angers, Leonardo and Chu Tianjiao abstained, and the rest raised their hands.