Chapter 553: First Visit to Lingxu

"Climb to the top of Wolong Dam, and you can see Lingxu City."

Revisiting the old place many years later, Fu Shanyue raised his whip and pointed forward, sighing.

He had to use his true strength to speak, otherwise he would be drowned out by the roaring sound of water and no one could hear clearly.

A group of more than a hundred people walked on the embankment beside the Wolong River.

The river was surging, but after entering the "Z"-shaped terrain, the diameter was greatly narrowed to more than 110 feet, so the waves were like rage, rushing down the fault, and hitting a waterfall with a drop of more than 20 feet.

From a distance, the waterfall looked like a wide curtain.

The Wolong Dam, which was close to the river, was always filled with water vapor. He Lingchuan, riding on the back of the rock sheep, could still feel the trembling brought by the raging waves hitting the dam.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly, and two rainbows were reflected on the water surface.

This is the welcoming waterfall of Lingxu City.

Whoever comes here will first be intimidated and feel his own insignificance.

The road in Beijia is always wide and flat.

Without much effort, the crowd climbed to the top of Wolong Dam with the huge flow of tourists.

Even though he had heard Fu Shanyue and Shao Jian introduce it many times, the first sight of Lingxu City still shocked He Lingchuan.

Is this the world's first spiritual city?

He thought he was approaching the Guilin landscape. If you say it is a plain, countless strange peaks and rocks seem to be cut off from the top of the mountain by an invisible force and transplanted to the flat ground. Therefore, there are rugged hills everywhere, some are exquisite, some are strange, and some are pictographic. People don't have to climb to the top to see the small mountains and enjoy the scenery of the dangerous peaks.

If you say it is a hill, the open space between the mountains is obviously very flat, countless buildings rise from the ground, and countless streams and rivers are winding.

Coming to this world, this is the first time He Lingchuan has seen a city without end.

Other city-states are mostly farmland; but here, as long as you can see, it is either green forests or buildings.

It was also the first time that He Lingchuan saw a city without gates and walls.

In the words of Bai Ziqi:

"Lingxu City does not need walls."

If the above scenery still belongs to a normal city, but the area is a little larger, then everything He Lingchuan saw when he looked up was far beyond the cognition of ordinary people:

There were seven peaks floating in the sky, high and low, large and small.

The lowest one was only sixty or seventy feet above the ground, and the highest one was already in the clouds.

Each mountain peak was neither above the sky nor below the ground, but it was frozen in the air and motionless, with lush green mountains and countless waterfalls and springs.

Today, white clouds came out of the mountains and flowed between the floating peaks.

Beside the green peaks and white water, there were hidden jade buildings. Often heard the music of bells and chimes, floating down to the world with the wind.

Magnificent, majestic, mysterious, the style of the ancient immortals was no more than this.

He Lingchuan had been through life and death several times, and his experience was far beyond that of ordinary people, but he was still shocked when he saw this school of spiritual and sacred scenery for the first time.

Not to mention the other travelers, who were gasping and praising.

Fu Shanyue explained to He Lingchuan: "The seven floating islands are collectively called Lingxu Upper City; the city on the ground you see is Lingxu Lower City. The palace of the royal city, that is, the residence of the emperor, is located on the highest floating island, Tianxin Island, called Lingxiao Palace."

As the most powerful emperor in the world, he naturally has to look down on all living beings from a high place.

He Lingchuan was full of praise: "If one island is one heaven, the emperor lives in the seventh heaven, overlooking the scenery of Huanghuang."

Bai Ziqi smiled and said: "This statement deeply wins the emperor's heart."

"Such a majestic spiritual city is indeed the best in the world." Flattery is free, so He Lingchuan said it without hesitation.

He had done a background check and found that the foundation of Lingxu City was the old site of Dahuan Sect. In other words, this piece of sacred mountain blessed land in front of him was originally the territory of the immortals, but was later seized by Beijia. After several expansions, it became today's Lingxu Upper and Lower Cities.

In addition to the main city in the middle, Lingxu Lower City also includes four surrounding auxiliary cities, with a permanent population of more than seven million.

The seven floating islands in Lingxu Upper City have less than nine thousand residents, and if you count the servants and servants, there are two hundred thousand.

Even though he had heard the answer from Shao Jian, He Lingchuan still had to ask knowingly: "Excuse me, Envoy Bai, the floating islands are not connected to each other, how do the residents get through?"

Before Bai Ziqi answered, Fu Shanyue laughed: "The inside of the magic weapon can naturally communicate with each other."

He deliberately didn't say this mystery in advance, just to shock He Xiao. This guy always looks calm, which is annoying.

"Magic weapon?" He Lingchuan really looked confused.

Bai Ziqi patiently explained: "Lingxu Upper City is a magical instrument in itself!"

Jiao Yu beside him was already dumbfounded, and He Lingchuan lost his voice: "These seven floating islands..."

"Yes, seven floating islands, plus the Chikan Peak in the middle of Lingxu Lower City, are combined into a complete set of magical instruments. I'm afraid there is no one better in the world." If it weren't for seeing it with their own eyes, it would be hard for anyone to believe that there would be such a huge magical instrument in the world!

Opening the eyes of these country bumpkins, it was hard for Bai Ziqi not to speak with pride: "The magical instrument has its own system inside. The ground and the floating island, and the floating islands can be freely transmitted regardless of the distance. It is called 'Jinghong Ferry'."

Even if He Lingchuan had prepared himself mentally, he couldn't say anything at this time.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably worship him at this time.

In fact, he could see as soon as he turned his head that many travelers who came over the dam knelt down on the side of the road, muttered prayers to the floating islands in the air, and performed a great ceremony of prostrating themselves.

At least he couldn't do this yet, his knees were too stiff to kneel down.

After a long while, he asked softly, "How many black crystals does such a huge magic weapon consume every day?"

This is the point! He felt overwhelmed by managing a golden armor guard. The energy consumed by such a huge magic weapon in Lingxu Upper City every day would make the gold-eating beast ashamed to commit suicide, right?

Bai Ziqi smiled and said, "The base of Lingxu Upper City is a suspended stone, which is not from this world and can float in the air. It has another way to charge, which you will hear about later; the real energy consumption is the 'Jinghong Ferry', which depends on the number of people and goods entering and leaving. It consumes more than 500 kilograms of low-grade black crystals every day, and there is no upper limit."

Luxury, too luxurious.

Waste, too damn wasteful!

He Lingchuan thought of the three black crystals on his body, which he got from Fu Shanyue at the risk of his life to investigate the case.

What a country bumpkin, he should have asked for more at the beginning! With the muddy water he is wading in now, asking for 300 pieces is not too much.

Looking at Sun Fuping again, he only had a few pieces of medium-grade black crystals in his belongings until he died in the Panlong Desert.

He was still the national teacher of a country.

Who could imagine that Lingxu Shangcheng consumed more than 500 kilograms of low-grade black crystals every day without fail, just to pay for transportation.

Seeing the emotion on his face, Fu Shanyue was satisfied:

"Let's go into the city."

Bai Ziqi also smiled without saying anything.

No matter how smart and clever this boy is, he was born in a small country after all. How can his vision and experience compare to those of real Lingxu City people?

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Lingxu City looks huge from a distance. When people walk in, they find that they are like a drop of water into the sea, with a vast expanse in front of them.

The four auxiliary cities are four large districts. After Bai Ziqi led people to enter from the Nanli District, he waved goodbye to Fu Shanyue.

He had to escort the prisoners to the Tianlao, and then rush to Xushan in the north to report before dark. The schedule was very tight. Fortunately, Du Yunshi had people to pick him up along the way, and a horse-drawn carriage stopped by.

The prisoners got on the carriage, and Du Yunshi and his men rode away in a flash.

He Lingchuan also noticed that Bai Ziqi's mount Linglu had a light gold sign hanging on its neck, and the carriages and horses beside it gave way to it. Fu Shanyue explained that this was an "urgent order" equipped for the official vehicles. Only with this order can one drive at full speed on the main road of Lingxu Lower City, otherwise the main roads are all speed-limited, and exceeding the speed limit will be fined.

Even in the auxiliary city, the main road can accommodate eight carriages in parallel. But the passenger flow of Lingxu City is too large, and there are so many cars on the main road that there is almost no space. Without the urgent order, everyone can only drive in order.

He Lingchuan looked at Fu Shanyue: "Don't say you don't have an urgent order."

After entering the city for a while, he saw two or three groups of people and horses with urgent orders, running fast on the main road, and everyone was trying to avoid them.

They were all young men in bright clothes and riding horses, with a group of servants in front and behind, laughing and walking around, not like people on official business at all.

Fu Shanyue smiled, took out a sign from the storage ring, and hung it under the neck of his mount: "You must have it, go!"

He Lingchuan shook his head, and the bighorn mountain sheep let go of its four hooves without his urging, and followed Fu Shanyue through the traffic.

There is often a kind of pack animal running on the road:

White-tailed elk.

This is actually a giant moose, with a plate-like forked horn on its head, a shoulder height of nearly eight feet, and exceptionally developed back muscles.

He Lingchuan often saw two white-tailed elks pulling a cart side by side, and the carriage was also specially made to be longer, with a hook at the back, and it was obviously possible to add more.

Every few hundred feet, there is a green wooden sign on the roadside with the place name written in white.

Civilians with dull and expressionless faces often stand next to the sign.

If there is someone waiting next to the wooden sign, the white-tailed bear will stop and wait for people to get on the car. A full carriage can carry 23 people.

Uh... He Lingchuan was stunned. Isn't this public transportation?

He pointed to the deer car road: "Anyone can take this?"

"Just pay, but you have to squeeze into a car with strangers. There will be a car passing by every quarter of an hour." Fu Shanyue took a look and was not surprised. "It is convenient for the mud legs to go out to work. They go out early and come back late."

The white-tailed bear pulls the car only on a fixed route and does not need an additional driver. But the deer car only runs in the same city. If you want to go to the main city of Lingxu or other auxiliary cities, you have to change.

It was almost dark at this time. He Lingchuan observed casually and found that the deer carts on the road were basically full. Those who couldn't sit had to squeeze and stand.

Fortunately, moose are extremely strong and have good endurance, so overloading a dozen people is not a big deal.

For a giant city, public transportation is an important part of planning and design. Without this kind of deer cart, how can workers move across the land conveniently?

Seven million permanent residents, plus countless migrant workers, always test the carrying capacity of a city.