Chapter 425 Open the Hidden Version

"Can you handle it?"

"Yes." Fu Shanyue immediately took out some of the evil spirit in her body and put her in Fu Shanji's carriage.

There was a long box, or coffin, on the carriage, with a magic circle attached. With a little adjustment, the girl could be basically isolated from the outside world.

The slave saw that his master had changed, and he served tea and water diligently, and served Fu Shanyue and Taozi very attentively.

He Lingchuan saw him hiding in a corner away from the fire and eating something, which seemed to be a bowl of porridge? Everyone else was sitting, but he could only squat or kneel.

"Hey." He greeted the man and threw him an apple.

The slave took the apple but didn't eat it. He first looked at the face of the Chiyan people. Seeing that the latter ignored him, he bowed three times to He Lingchuan, picked up the apple and shrank into the dark, and began to eat it.

The sound was very much like a mouse.

A Chiyan man saw it and laughed at He Lingchuan: "Don't look at him pitifully, this guy killed his wife and a daughter at home with his own hands."

After the caravan was settled, the moon was already setting in the west, and everyone took the time to rest, as tomorrow's journey was still long.

Of course, there were still people on guard this time.

He Lingchuan didn't plan to sleep, so he closed his eyes and adjusted his breath.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a light "clang" sound, which was actually a low sound from the scabbard of the precious sword.

Then the nearby sentry cried out in surprise.

He Lingchuan opened his eyes quickly.

The illusion appeared again!

The moonlight now was as abundant as it was an hour ago. Under He Lingchuan's gaze, the ancient city from more than 200 years ago appeared again.

But unlike the last time, it was silent and breathless.

There were people on the city gate, and soldiers holding long spears walked around to observe the surrounding areas, but they didn't need to fight bravely. Because it was quiet under the city gate, and there was no Lingxu army all over the mountains.

There was no smoke, no crying, no rain of arrows, and no flames.

Qianxing Ancient City, like people today, was peacefully bathed in the moonlight.

What was going on?

The curtain of the carriage opposite was lifted, and Fu Shanyue tiptoed down and asked He Lingchuan quietly: "Hey, go and have a look?"

So many things happened tonight, he couldn't be so carefree and sleep without waking up. His newly conquered subordinates were originally Fu Shanji's subordinates. Who knows if there is any loyal and lord who wants to plot against him?

"Let's go." He Lingchuan was very straightforward. Anyway, the eyeball spider responsible for stalking the camp has not been taken back, so let it continue to serve.

At this time, Shi Erdangjia also heard the voice of the sentry and sat up rubbing his eyes. When he looked outside, he was stunned: "What's going on? Why is the illusion different from before?"

"You haven't seen this scene?"

Shi Erdangjia rubbed the back of his head: "I heard that there is only one scene in the illusion, which is the fighting and killing just now. But this, such a quiet Thousand Star City, I don't think anyone has ever talked about it."

Is this a new scene unlocked? He Lingchuan is more excited.

But Shi Erdangjia is so sleepy that he doesn't want to go out to explore anymore. He just wants to fall asleep.

So the two people who are still energetic greeted the sentry in the camp and walked lightly into the depths of the illusion.

The city in the illusion is particularly quiet, as if it is also late at night. There are only two or three kittens on the deserted road. He Lingchuan also heard the sound of crickets, not knowing whether it is in the illusion or in reality.

It's hard to tell the truth from the false.

Since getting the fragment of the branch of the treasure tree king, the soul-catching mirror has been in seclusion recently. It hadn't eaten or drunk anything for hundreds of years, but suddenly it had Emperor's juice and Juluo tree branches in half a month, all very nourishing. It was a little full and needed to digest.

Otherwise, He Lingchuan didn't know how many times it would exclaim tonight.

This city is too big, and it's so quiet. Which direction should I explore?

Fu Shanyue thought for a while: "This kind of natural fantasy scene depends on the occasional combination of time and place. It may not have any important cause and effect. Maybe this is a very ordinary day in Qianxing City."

He pointed to the wet ground: "Look, it just rained in the city, and there is a bright moon in the sky, which just matches the weather we encountered tonight."

He Lingchuan exclaimed: "The moonlight is so bright, why are the stars in the east also bright?"

Generally speaking, the moonlight is brighter than the stars. Tonight's moonlight shines on the mountains and rivers, making the mortal world as bright as day, and the stars in the sky are eclipsed.

Except for a star in the east, it is shining with purple light.

It does not compete with the moonlight, but the moonlight cannot hide its existence.

He Lingchuan had never studied the stars, but this star was unusually bright.

Hearing his suggestion, Fu Shanyue also looked up and saw: "Why is Tianluo Star bright?"

"It's called Tianluo Star?"

"You don't know?" Fu Shanyue was surprised at his ignorance, "Tianluo Star is the tenth star of the Big Dipper. It is usually dim and difficult to see with the human eye. It only lights up a few times."

"A few times?"

"It seems to be after autumn every year, until early spring next year." Fu Shanyue looked up at the stars, "It's not even August yet, why is it bright? And, has it been bright in the first half of the night tonight?"

He Lingchuan shrugged: "I don't remember."

He has so many things to see, why would he stare at the sky for nothing?

For example, this one in front of him——"Hey?"

He Lingchuan quickly approached a high wall and reached out to touch the pattern on the wall.

This pattern was too familiar. He had seen it countless times on the south gate wall of Panlong City in his dream. That was——

Black Flood Dragon!

Although there is a huge sculpture behind the south gate of Panlong City, this is just a pattern like a magic circle, and even the dragon head is a bit cute, 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 means that there is some connection between Qianxing City and Panlong City.

These two cities, one in Beijia and the other in Xiluo, are tens of thousands of miles apart. Why do they both have black dragon totems?

Generally speaking, the carvings on such conspicuous avenues and official walls are all guardian beasts.

For example, the guardian beast of Xiluo is the golden bull, which was originally placed at the south gate of Panlong City, but was later changed to the black dragon by Zhong Shengguang's order.

But the problem is that the golden bull of Xiluo is real, visible and tangible. It guards the capital at ordinary times and can be released to defend against enemies in war.

But what about the black dragon?

He Lingchuan has entered and exited the Panlong dream so many times, why has he never seen the black dragon show up?

The black dragon in the ruins illusion cannot be counted, it is the residual soul of Zhong Shengguang who borrowed its image to appear.

Even He Lingchuan asked many people, including Hu Min and Xiao Maoliang, but no one had ever seen the black dragon in person.

In this case, why did Panlong City erect a statue for it?

What's more outrageous is that Qianxing City, which is tens of thousands of miles away, also did the same!

As one of the original twelve major demon countries, Yuan Kingdom did not set up any national guardian spirit beasts like human countries.

There are monsters everywhere here, and the powerful ones among them have to be high officials. Who wants to be a spirit beast? It's a self-degradation!

Even if there are two words "protect the country" in front of it, it won't work.

So Qianxing City painted the black dragon on the wall, which is itself a weird move.

He Lingchuan turned to look at Fu Shanyue, and he was also confused.

Obviously, this guy didn't know much more about Yuan Kingdom two hundred years ago than he, He Lingchuan.

Then the two continued to search, and sure enough, they found the black dragon pattern outside the official residence. This time it was a brick carving, with a dragon head protruding outwards, and the carving was very fine.

A brick was placed under the brick carving, and an incense burner was placed on top, with two residual incense sticks inserted in it.

The people were also worshipping it.

The last time they entered the illusion of Qianxing City, there were scorched earth everywhere. Who would pay attention to the patterns on the wall? Or maybe they had been destroyed by the war.

This time, he finally saw it clearly.

Fu Shanyue also stared at it and murmured: "Where have you seen it?"

"You have seen it?" He Lingchuan immediately asked, "Where?"

"I saw it in my father's study when I was a child. Which books were they in?" Fu Shanyue hissed softly, "A long time ago, I can't remember."

"Tsk. Really unreliable."

"Anyway, it's a banned book... No, it's a secret scroll file."

"Oh?" He Lingchuan was a little interested, "How old were you at that time?"

"Seven or eight years old?"

"How do you know that it is a banned book?" Really precocious.

"My father's study is divided into two rooms, the outer one, and the inner one is not for public viewing. There are books, files, letters, and some miscellaneous items." Fu Shanyue recalled, "I remember a palace servant knocked down two books while cleaning the imperial study. When he picked them up, he accidentally flipped through two pages, and then his head fell off."

The King of Chiyan was knowledgeable and had a long life, so it was not surprising that there were some secrets in his study.

He Lingchuan looked at the dragon head in front of him: "It is a taboo in your father's place, but it can be seen in the streets here?" The attitude of the King of Yuan was really resolute, leaving no way out for himself.

Another mystery.

"The palace city is further ahead." He stood up, looking at the tall palace walls and the building with a spire not far away, and muttered, "In the end, we still walked towards the palace city."

He couldn't explain what was going on, as if he was guided by something in the dark.

"Since we are here, let's go and have a look."

The two walked several dozen feet and were about to enter the palace gate guarded by soldiers, but they saw a carriage turning from the corner of the street, and the horse lamp emitted a pale yellow halo in the night.

The carriage was very low-key, but the horse was a good horse.

The carriage stopped in front of the dismounting monument at the palace gate, and a scholar in a long robe got off. He was young, handsome, and had a mole between his eyebrows.

He was not wearing an official uniform, but the guards recognized him: "The king has ordered that Lord Shao please go to the corner tower of the second west gate." After a pause, he said, "You are allowed to go by car."

There was only this carriage in the middle of the night, so He Lingchuan and the others had to follow it.

The carriage did not dare to go fast in the palace, and drove west along the wall. It stopped about half a quarter of an hour later.

This is the top corner of the palace city. With the help of moonlight, He Lingchuan and the others saw that there was indeed a corner tower standing on the city wall, and it was three stories high.

That Lord Shao got off the car here and climbed the wall and went up the steps.

He Lingchuan looked around and saw a tree about four meters high on the inside of the high wall.