Chapter 983: Arriving in Langcheng
Shi Jiu and Luo Xiaopang did not announce their departure in public, they nodded very naturally and came to the outside of the teaching building of the Battle Star Academy together, in the crowd of joyful gatherings, only Luo Changfeng saw the backs of the two of them when they left, and when he chased them out of the teaching building, there was no trace of Shi Jiu and Luo Xiaopang.
Luo Xiaopang left the teaching building with his front foot and dragged Shi Jiu's arm into the bamboo forest behind the academy, and he asked excitedly as he walked: "I have long heard that you can fly in the sky, since we are on the same road, are you going to fly with me?"
"It's thousands of miles away from Langcheng, even if a BMW Liangju doesn't have ten days and half a month, he can't even think of arriving there!" Shi Jiu smiled: "If you don't fly over, will you still walk to Langcheng?"
Luo Xiaopang laughed and said: "Wowhaha~! Lao Tzu is also going to experience the feeling of flying in the sky!"
Shi Jiu asked the little fat man to grab his arm and not let go, Luo Xiaopang muttered in a low voice: "You must not let go when you reach the sky in a while!"
Shi Jiu smiled slightly and stretched out his arm, Luo Xiaopang hesitated for a moment and hugged the letter suspiciously in Shi Jiu's arm, the doubts in his heart had not yet been spoken, Shi Jiu had already jumped into the air with Luo Xiaopang more than a thousand zhang high, in Luo Xiaopang's frightened eyes and admiration, the two of them moved all the way to Langcheng, the gambling city outside the Zhongzhou Empire.
Luo Xiaopang leaned against Shi Jiu's side for fear of falling from the air, his mouth never closed from beginning to end, and when the clouds passed under their feet, Luo Xiaopang always let out a series of exclamations. In Luo Xiaopang's long and short exclamations, the two of them flew in the sky for less than an hour, and they had already reached the top of Langcheng.
Along the way, Luo Xiaopang's mouth arched out of a circle, and he kept screaming, his amazement and surprise made him a little carried away!
Seeing that a border town was in the mist and rain, Luo Xiaopang's waw wow exclamation finally stopped, and he even couldn't believe that he was already in the sky above Langcheng.
"So fast, is Langcheng under our feet?" Luo Xiaopang lowered his head and looked hard at the town shrouded in a thin smoke, "Why is it that the distance of thousands of miles seems to be at the snap of a finger?"
Shi Jiu nodded and smiled: "This is the benefit of flying in the sky!"
"It's good, it's good, but I'm not enjoying it yet!" Luo Xiaopang shook his head and said helplessly: "I don't know what year and month Lao Tzu will have such an ability!"
Shi Jiu slowly lowered the altitude of the flight, and he smiled: "We can see your ruthlessness and hard work, so I believe that your efforts will definitely pay off, of course I mean not only money, if you are rich alone, you have succeeded!"
"Lao Jiu, you must not be like Brother Scar and Popa, you won't make fun of me, right?!" Luo Xiaopang grinned: "Hehe~!Actually, I know that you are the only one among all who will not make fun of me because of my figure!"
Shi Jiu said with a smile: "How could I make fun of such a motivated person?! Just because of your determination to volunteer to come to Langcheng, you are worthy of everyone's admiration!"
"Hehe~!I know this is your heartfelt words!" Luo Xiaopang smiled happily: "With your words, I will be more motivated in Langcheng!"
Shi Jiu pointed to the increasingly clear outline of Langcheng, at this moment the streets and alleys of Langcheng showed their figures from the mist, Shi Jiu said: "This is the notorious gambling city, and gamblers here are not the most hateful people!"
"Hmm~!Lao Tzu has worked hard to declare all the investments here failed, even if you don't talk about the particularity here, I have a very good understanding!" Luo Xiaopang smiled bitterly: "I have long known that there are several underworld forces hidden in Langcheng, but today Lao Tzu is here in person, and he must find a way to clean up this piece of sewage!"
Shi Jiu gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "Awesome~! Shi Jiu sincerely admires!"
"Don't just admire!" Luo Xiaopang pouted and said, "Anyway, you have already accompanied me to this place, why don't you accompany me to see the so-called Sin City again?!"
Shi Jiu couldn't help laughing and said, "Actually, if you don't say that I must accompany you for a turn, after all, this place is also a revisit for me, and there is a sinister and cunning guy in Langcheng, I wonder if the guy who has created a lot of obstacles for you is this person?"
"Hahaha~!" Luo Xiaopang smiled happily: "My little fat man's luck has always been good, and it still seems to be the case today!"
Shi Jiu said with a smile: "But I can't stay here with you for too long, so I can only help you deal with the problems that can be solved in front of you!"
"Mmmm~!It's enough for you to help me deal with it!" Luo Xiaopang clapped his hands and smiled: "The rest of the things will naturally be solved by me!"
Shi Jiu's gaze swept over Langcheng and said, "If the general knows that I come to Langcheng again, I'm afraid he will have the heart to die!"
Although Luo Xiaopang has long known that Shi Jiu's strength is far from being comparable to the past, it is only now that Luo Xiaopang really realizes Shi Jiu's strength, and Shi Jiu's position in his mind has changed drastically.
"It's really a blessing to have classmates and brothers like you!" Luo Xiaopang couldn't help but say: "If the Battle Star Academy in Langcheng is successfully established, at least half of the credit belongs to you!"
Shi Jiu saw Luo Xiaopang's envy and said with a smile: "Actually, you don't need to envy me at all, let alone give me the credit, as long as you continue to work hard to improve your combat power, I believe it won't be long before you can achieve or even surpass my achievements~!"
"Hehe~!I hope so!" Luo Xiaopang smiled awkwardly, he had been immersed in cooking and business for a long time, and his cultivation of the power of the Battle Star was indeed not as diligent as in the past, Shi Jiu's words made him feel that it was necessary to re-understand his combat power in the future, and the period of preparing for the establishment of the Battle Star Academy was just enough to make good use of it.
Luo Xiaopang couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, this harmless teenager had also grown up unconsciously.
Shi Jiu and Luo Xiaopang jumped off the clouds and stood on the bustling streets of Langcheng, where there was still a steady flow of people and businessmen as always, and a large number of passengers still poured in from outside the city, they had their own dreams, and everyone's faces were full of hope and joy, as if every day Langcheng would stage a once-in-a-lifetime drama.
Joyful people are in groups, and lonely people are alone!
Joyful people pin their hopes on illusory luck, and they fight for the so-called glory with the livelihood of a family or a family, but the truth is always cruel, and when they turn from radiant to downcast, they do not believe that their so-called luck is just a scam.
Happiness is not something that everyone can have, just like those lonely figures in the north gate of Langcheng.
Although Langcheng is located in a remote area, it was once a necessary place for trade between many countries, so the small Langcheng was filled with various styles of buildings thousands of years ago, including many high-end and exquisite courtyards, such as the General's Mansion that Shi Jiu once visited, which is a building with great characteristics in scale and form among all courtyards.
Due to the special geographical location of Langcheng, its overall scale is not large, and it can even be said that it is medium to small compared with other state capitals of the Zhongzhou Empire, and there was a period of time because of the war here for many years, until the first batch of fugitives who fled here fell on their heels, and it suddenly became a paradise for criminals.
The small Langcheng has four regular gates, three of which can be seen with a steady stream of gamblers all day long, they are the East Gate, the West Gate and the South Gate!
There was never a mournful face in the three gates, only a string of laughs and curses, all of which had a similar expression as they walked through the east gate or the south gate or the west gate with a swaggering look. These people are all ambitious, and they have only unparalleled hope in their hearts before they go through the baptism of the casino.
The fourth gate of Langcheng is located on the north side, and everyone calls it the North Gate!
The north gate is a dark, low gate, which is too shabby and dilapidated compared to the other three gates!
Echoing the shabby and dilapidated North Gate were some dejected fellows, perhaps they had been the ones who had been talking and laughing from the other three gates one day before!
Only at the north gate of Langcheng can there be such lonely passers-by, their dejected appearance is reminiscent of the water dogs fished out of the water. These people have forgotten the high spirits of the past, and they have forgotten the joy and longing of the past, and the ruthless reality has imprinted the scars on their life path that can never be erased.
It is not difficult to imagine that these people are the losers of the casino, and that there are as many of them as the gold diggers who poured into the other three gates, except that they are no longer swaggering and laughing, and even these people rarely gather together and leave at the same time, perhaps the unforgettable lesson will only be revealed after leaving this magical casino, and perhaps the pain will be repeated again and again after a few days or years.
Shi Jiu had also seen some small gambling houses in his hometown of Jicheng when he was very young, and he had seen similar scenes more than once, which was the performance of gamblers after losing all their family assets.