Only by rising can you reach the fantasy city ————from "Wonders of the Northern Wilderness - City on the Top of the Clouds"

Jian Death and Gu Cuo rode all the way from the north, wearing cloaks and dust, tightening the reins on the traveler's hills on the border of the imperial capital.

"We have arrived, the imperial capital of Tianji, Fujun City. The sword unveiled his cloak, his face full of beards, his bloodshot sharp eyes looked into the distance, and the giant mountain of the apocalypse pierced the sky.

There is a towering giant carved on the wall of the black mountain, which is created by the stone emperor to commemorate the ancestors, the giant is the same height as the mountain, and the limbs are stretched out to support the heaven and earth, the momentum is magnificent, like a god.

There are a total of four such amazing giants, distributed in the four directions of the Apocalypse Mountain, holding up the sky.

The world's largest fall, the Shikawa Falls, cascades down from the top of the mountain to the west, with a drop of 3,538 meters, and merges into the sickle-shaped harbor with a majestic momentum, stirring up an infinite mist.

Fujun City also has the reputation of the city of clouds and the source of all waters.

The entire Fujun City was divided into three areas, the Lower City, the Upper City, and the Imperial City.

The lower city was built on the Tiantuo Plain at the foot of the giant mountain, and the buildings were stipulated to be no more than three floors.

Low buildings are densely packed across the plain, like stars surrounding the moon and a giant mountain of apocalypse.

The Wangmu River is like a silver tree root, deeply rooted in the city, transporting nutrients and feeding the people of Xiacheng District.

Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu four million military camps are located in the periphery of Xiacheng District, guarding the four directions, but now there are three military camps pouring out, recruiting troops along the way, going to the White Oak Plain to fight with the Wanchen army, only the Xuanwu battalion is left to garrison Fujun City.

Uptown was built on the Apocalypse Mountain, where the rich and powerful lived.

High-rise buildings are lined with neon lights, shops, inns, blacksmiths, restaurants, auction houses, and more.

Fujun City is the center of the world, and all kinds of people from all over the world come to the imperial capital to pan for gold, trade, and roam, making the entire Shangcheng District the most developed place in the world.

Finally, there is the Imperial City, which is located at the highest point of the Apocalypse Mountain. The famous white walls hold up the glittering golden city, the palace of the emperor of heaven, earth and man.

Even the tiles of the Emperor's palace are gilded, and as long as the sun and moon are in the sky, you can see the dazzling light reflected by the golden roof behind the white walls from any angle.

"The imperial capital will always be like this, extravagant and intimidating. Gu Cuo used his hand to rake the disobedient miscellaneous hair, which was a small action he had cultivated all year round.

The sword sniffed the air. "The smell is still the same unpleasant, rotten, cloudy. ”

Gu Cuo smiled: "This is the most prosperous city in the world, what you want to say is the fragrance." ”

"The brightest light is accompanied by the darkest shadows. ”

"You always speak so profoundly, it reminds me of my teacher, but he talked to the robber and was stabbed five times, I don't know if the reason worked, maybe there were ten knives. Gu Cuo sighed and looked sad.

Jian Jie laughed at his friend's words. "The lower city is a labyrinth, the upper city is a shield, the imperial city is a treasure, the true image of the metaphor, the three parts make up the Fujun City, the city is impregnable, from ancient times to the present has experienced countless wars, but because of its unique natural danger defense line, it was only broken once in the first Xianfan War a thousand years ago. ”

"Then we'll make our way through the labyrinth, break the shield, and steal the treasure. Gu Cuo said.

His friend's words raised the corners of his mouth, and he stretched out his arms, his bones rattling.

The purpose of his trip was behind the White Wall, and according to reliable rumors, a few hundred meters below the Imperial City was where the treasury was, and what he wanted was there.

"Let's go, let's make a big fuss. The sword beckoned to his old friend and drove the horse down the traveler's hill.

Entering the lower town, all low-rise buildings are crowded on both sides of the river, most of which are shops.

The remaining space is occupied by small traders, leaving only narrow aisles, along which the vendors sell all kinds of strange and strange things, attracting outsiders to stop.

Because of the Queen Mother River, the waterway here is more developed than the land route, so the two saved time, found the pier and changed to a small boat, and went to the shift gate at the foot of the Apocalypse Mountain.

The boat traveled along the intricate river for half a day, getting closer and closer to the statue of the giant on the mountain wall.

Looking up at the giant, the pressure suddenly increased, and the carved mountain was a young man, wearing armor, his hair draped over his shoulders, and his eyes were blazing and threatening, making those who came in awe.

"It's your first time in the imperial capital, isn't it? There is still some time before the destination, why don't I tell you the story of the statue?" the boatman accosted him warmly.

Gu Cuo threw a copper baht to the boatman, which was the boatman's fishing, and he would be rewarded with a copper baht if he told a story to the guests on the boat to relieve his boredom.

When the boatman received the money, he immediately opened the conversation. "Let me introduce that the City of Clouds is held up by four giants, which is the intention of the Stone Emperor to create the stone sculptures. ”

"We are currently located in the north, the giant in front of us is the first generation of sword that helped the Founder Emperor to fight the world, the sword is a name, the mysterious defender, whenever the imperial power alternates, a new sword will appear, inherit the mantle of the previous generation to assist the new emperor, eradicate the most dangerous enemy for the empire, the name of the sword, only the strongest in the Tianji Empire can inherit. ”

"Carved on the eastern wall of the mountain is the Founder Emperor Yingtian, who, with the help of his best friend Sword, unified the troubled times, brought peace to the people, and founded the Wastewind Empire, the predecessor of the Tianji Empire. ”

"The west wall is the father of the Stone Emperor, the fourth Emperor of Heaven and Earth, during his reign, he killed all the foreign tribes in the Northern Wilderness, and called him the Crazy Blood Emperor, and the Stone Emperor wanted to use him to deter foreign enemies. ”

The boatman paused for a moment, and saw that the two had not spoken, "Why don't you ask me who is to the south?"

"Emperor Stone? He couldn't leave himself behind after so much effort. "Gu is wrong to guess.

The sword passed away. "The statue in the south is a woman, the first leader of the Desolate Wind Regiment of the Tianji Empire, Shui Wan, the defeat of the first Xianfan War, led to the death of the Emperor of Winning Heaven, and the mortals of the Northern Wilderness became slaves again, Shui Wan used the twenty-four broken spirit land martial arts left over from the ancient times to win Guang, the grandson of her husband's founding emperor, won the second Xianfan War, helped her husband regain the empire, liberated the Northern Wilderness, and since then the Desolate Wind Empire has been renamed the Tianji Empire, and the martial artist who holds the twenty-four broken spirit earth martial arts established the Desolate Wind Regiment, becoming the highest force in Tianji, balancing the immortal cultivators; , the grandmother of the Stone Emperor, there are scholars who have spent their lives studying the three stone carvings of Tianqi Mountain are the direct family members of the Stone Emperor, why is it an outsider in the north. ”

Jian Death said a lot in a row, and Gu Cuo wanted to applaud next to him.

Jian Afterlife continued: " A large part of the birth of the Tianji Empire is the credit of the first sword, but some people speculate that it is because the Stone Emperor discovered the secret history of the Empress Shui Wan and the first sword, which is also the reason why the first generation of the sword can tolerate a woman with a foreign surname to ascend the throne of Tianji, the first sword is the only person in history who accompanied the three human emperors, until the death of the empress, the second sword took over the first generation, some people say that the royal family of the Ying clan was broken as early as the bloodline of the mad emperor, so we are in front of the statue of the first sword, not the second human emperor, of course, this is a forbidden book in the wild history. ”

The boatman opened his mouth and closed it again, he had wanted to arouse the curiosity of his guests and earn a little more tips, but the other party was obviously more knowledgeable than he thought, and even the wild history was studied so thoroughly.

Is it a warrior or a scholar? The boatman looked at the beautiful hilt of the sword at his waist and secretly decided that it must be an ornament.

"I'm not going to give you back. The boatman finally squeezed out a word.

The corners of the sword's mouth raised.

In the afternoon, the boat made a leisurely turn and entered the straight river.

They could see the shift door at the giant's feet.

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