Chapter 53: The Pillar
"Have you heard, what kind of sky-high is that?"
Even though every corner of Fangyuan City was full of weirdness, it couldn't affect the gossip in the teahouse. Whether it is good or bad, if the rumors are really gone, the world seems to have lost its color.
"What is the Heavenly Road Ascension? I've heard of the Heavenly Path. The speaker poured a cup of tea, pinched two peanuts, and prepared for a tirade.
"Then you first tell me about your 'road to heaven' and I'll listen to it. β
"Legend has it that our Fangyuan City - hey! Why should I say it first! If you want to say it first, I'll listen to you first!" the speaker slapped the table as if he had been deceived.
"This time I can't help it?"
Legend has it that this lake in Fangyuan City is actually an eye to the sky! The eye to the sky, as the name suggests, leads to the sky! But this eye to the sky does not exist. It's not that it doesn't exist, it's that we mortals can't see it. Do you remember the strange movement on the lake two days ago? Good fellow, it was like the day turned upside down! I heard thatβthat was a sign that the road to heaven was about to appear! Otherwise, who would have made such a big move?"
"Listening to what you said, how can it be so similar to my Heavenly Ascension?" the speaker twisted his few mustaches, turning his mind to ponder the truth of this.
"What are you doing with these things? What's the matter, you're not even a cultivator, and you still want to fly into the sky and become an immortal?" the speaker couldn't help but sneer.
"Who can not have a dream of becoming an immortal? If one day I can really attain the Tao and ascend to heaven, I will definitely take you, a fox friend!"
"Thank you for remembering me so much!" the speaker gestured, but could not hold back the smile on his face.
The two were talking nonsense in the teahouse like this, but there was a sudden commotion outside, and the two couldn't help but look out the window.
"Hey, brother, what's going on, why are so many people running there?"
"Don't you see, the big pillar that has been erected!" the man pointed to the distance, and where he pointed, a huge pillar stood in the midst of a group of buildings.
"When did such a pillar be erected, and I didn't even know when I stayed here every day?"
At this time, the people in the teahouse also gathered in front of the window and began to discuss.
"Wow! In the blink of an eye, such a big thing has risen, like that fairy casting a spell!"
"This big pillar is really big and a little scary!"
"What am I talking about? The Heavenly Road Soaring is not without evidence, isn't it? Who just now, who still said that I was talking nonsense? Come out, come out and take a good look! The pillar of heaven is seven feet and three feet high, but it is three feet wide, but it is poured with iron juice, and the whole body is cast? I have seen the drawings with my own eyes!"
With the strength of ordinary people, it is simply impossible to erect a huge pillar of cast iron, but it is not difficult for a cultivator. Not to mention the heroic Emperor Wu's feat of building "light and heavy", that is, during the period of Emperor Wen, he used the power of the state to gather cultivators to build defensive walls, which derived a large number of cultivators and craftsmen. To this day, the ability of a practitioner can be said to be used in all aspects of life.
"You said that drawing, but is it true?" I don't know who it is, and there was a bit of seriousness in his tone.
"Naturally! Only the person who built this pillar of heaven will have the opportunity to ascend to heaven! And this pillar of heaven must be built in strict accordance with the drawings! If he can ascend to heaven and become a true immortal, those cultivators are far from being able to compare! After all, isn't that the ultimate in cultivation also pursuing to become an immortal immortal? At that time, nothing will be a matter anymore!" said the previous speaker proudly, as if he knew more and was a cut above the people around him.
"I'll go home and build it!"
"Do you want to build the pillars of heaven, and you have to build them in a specific place to be effective! Even if you build ten pillars of heaven, what is the use of not being in the exact location?"
"Then how do you know that the location is not on my house's ground?"
"It is rumored that the location of this pillar of heaven is arranged according to the celestial signs, and there should be a specific map. β
"Do you know where that picture is?"
"Ask me, why don't you go and ask the owner of the big pillar!"
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While everyone in the teahouse was talking, many people had already run to the giant pillar that had been erected, looking up at the giant pillar through the high wall, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
"Even for cultivators, it is not easy to erect such an iron pillar, not to mention that if you want to stand firmly, it is impossible to simply pestle underneath, there must be corresponding measures. In this way, this thing is no less than the money of a building!"
"Who would really believe that rumor and erect such a big pillar when they are full?
"This pillar is very eye-catching when viewed horizontally and vertically! It's better to pick up an axe and cut it down directly!"
"Keep your eyes open and take a good look! Don't be crushed by an axe when the time comes!"
As he spoke, a streamer flew in from a distance, hitting the pillar with a loud sound. When the light dissipated, it was a richly decorated flying sword, buzzing in front of the pillar. The crowd of onlookers was shocked and fled in all directions.
"This kind of vitality fluctuation, at least see the mountain realm!"
The impact dissipated, and the flying sword flew back upside down, disappearing without a trace, the giant pillar did not move at all, and the position where the flying sword hit just now did not leave any traces.
"Actually...... Didn't you leave a trace on this iron pillar?"
The big man, who was still talking about cutting the pillar with an axe just now, was suddenly stunned, and hurriedly turned around and ran, never thinking that this pillar was an eyesore again.
"It seems that this pillar is not a simple cast iron, and it is also engraved with quite powerful formations!
"There is someone who is willing to spend such a big price to erect such a pillar! The rumor of Lu Feisheng in this day really has to be pondered. β
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The small building where Fang Yuan's Mansion was located had not yet had time to be repaired, and it was still crumbling, and the wooden stakes on top of it below creaked from time to time, which made people worry that it might not be able to support it in the next moment, and it would collapse directly, leading to the collapse of the entire building.
Bai Yishi stood by the window on the top floor of the small building, looking far away to the east, and could vaguely see the huge pillar that had just been erected.
Xu Ji walked to Bai Yishi's side and said respectfully, "Lord Bai is really like a god!"
Bai Yishi turned around, saluted and said, "Governor Xu, don't call me an adult anymore, I should call you an adult!"
Xu Ji pointed at Bai Yishi and himself, and said with a smile: "On the surface, I am the prefect, but in private I still say the same sentence - I am willing to go to the soup for Lord Bai, and I will not give up!"
After Zhao Xincheng and the others fled from Fangyuan City, Xu Ji originally thought that the vacancy in this prefect must be on top of Bai Yishi, but he didn't expect to appoint himself in the end. After thinking about it again, Xu Ji was even more convinced that this was Bai Yishi's means, or the arrangement of the forces behind Bai Yishi.
The current Bai Yishi is just a weak crown age, it is not a good thing to be in the limelight at this age, and Mu Xiu's truth that Lin Feng will destroy it will never go out of style. With the introduction of Xu Ji to serve as the prefect, Bai Yishi was able to hide himself. At his current age, he is still in the stage of learning, and he can't fall into the whirlpool of power in the court too early. Thinking about the vision of the forces behind it, it can be said that it is quite long-term.
"Lord Xu, can you see the first pillar erected?" Bai Yishi pointed out the window.
"You can see it. Clever calculations, strategizing, these words are not enough to describe Lord Bai. Xu Ji said from the bottom of his heart.
Lord Xu praised it falsely. This is just our first step, and we have more to do. If you want to build this heavenly road smoothly, there is a long way to go. β
Just relying on the spread of the legend of "Heavenly Road Ascension" is far from being able to erect a bridge in Fangyuan City. Except for those who are really desperate and will be skeptical and give it a try, almost no one will believe it, let alone spend so much money to do it. In order for people to believe, more "legends" and "visions" and "fulfillments" are needed.
"Lord Bai, just arrange!"
When Xu Ji saw Bai Yishi for the first time, he sent someone to check the details of the other party, but he didn't find anything worth noting. And now, he gave up the idea of continuing to investigate, and became more and more determined to follow Bai Yishi.
Building a bridge over Fangyuan City is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to do. The first thing to do is what people can do. The complexity of the topography of the place where the mountains and rivers meet, can not be explained by a few words, if you want to erect an iron pillar on which it is several times heavier than the building, you need a fairly good bearing capacity, and the site selection can not be concluded without a ten-day and half-month field survey and to discuss with experts. Even if Bai Yishi was surveying after entering Fangyuan City, but it was only a few days, and he alone was able to determine the location of the entire bridge, and he could determine the size and structure of the support columns.
Xu Ji doesn't know much about architecture, but he also understands the simplest doorway. Bai Yishi hasn't been in contact with anyone in the past few days, and in such a short period of time, he can come up with the general map and detailed drawings of the "Heavenly Road", and this ability has to be admired. What is even more shocking is the formation pattern on those support columns, what kind of person can come up with the formation pattern? And with Xu Ji's vicious eye, he also found that the formation pattern is only a part, and the entire bridge is connected to a large array! Only in this way can we ensure that the entire bridge can still stand under any external force after it is established!
Just ask a young man with supreme ability and a huge force behind him, who wouldn't want to follow? Xu Ji originally wanted to only spend half his life in Fangyuan City, but now he completely changed his mind. Follow Bai Yishi, and his name may be on the history books a hundred years later!