Chapter 19: The Great Spiral Corridor
Among the five districts in the north, there are wild areas, basic areas, central administrative districts, teaching areas, and the last area, which is the reading area, which is located in the library of Frey State, which has the richest collection of books in the entire north, and its name is the Great Spiral Corridor, with a collection of more than 85.7 million volumes, second only to the Mimir Library in the middle border. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Lan Ruo could see this magnificent building from a distance, it was a towering and quaint giant tower, about sixty or seventy meters, that kind of height, it was simply standing out among the buildings of the academy, and it was extremely conspicuous. It was surrounded by a tall wall, like an impregnable city, and the wall was not ordinary, Lan Ruo could feel that it exuded strange fluctuations, probably written with the alchemical formula of protecting this precious library.
Lan Ruoyu showed his student ID, and the bald uncle with a vicious expression at the door of the wall let him in.
From the outside, the tower resembles a slender nine-angulate pyramid, narrower and narrower as it rises, and the top has been flattened to form a dome made of rare powder-blue marble. Walking into the giant door of the world tree carved in dark gold, Lan Ruo was shocked, the inside of the tower is through, a total of eight floors, each floor is placed against the wall a circle of tall bookshelves, above the bookshelf is a circle of transparent rose colored glass, dark blue, light blue, dark red, orange red, goose yellow, turquoise, all kinds of broken glass spliced together, extremely magnificent.
The second to eighth floors are circular structures, with two golden wooden spiral staircases running through the center, which lead to the top floor, and there are branch staircases to each floor, and the top floor is a bright dome of colorless glass.
Lan Ruo stepped on the dark blue glazed bricks on the ground, and walked towards the stairs, the stairs are not known to be made of wood, the touch of the handrails is very delicate, there are openwork carvings of tulips on the railings, and the more the books on the upper floor, the more unpopular and biased, and the glass dome on the top floor is like the gate of heaven, sprinkling the brilliance of gold, which is in stark contrast to the darkness at the bottom of the library.
The sixth and seventh floors were empty, and Lan Ruo expected that the eighth floor should be the same, so he climbed up from the seventh floor and poked his head out of the staircase to look. He was stunned for a moment, this eighth floor, where is the library, it is clearly a carefully cultivated garden, countless plants are planted in a continuous flower bed, emerald green overflows the vision, these plants, most of Lan Ruo has never seen it, and it is also an extremely precious variety, the floor tiles are black and white staggered brocade tiles, Lan Ruo is also stunned.
At this time, Lan Ruo saw a young man sitting on a wooden chair under a huge white parasol, and there were several chairs and a table in front of him, on which was a small tea stove, and there was a purple clay teapot on the stove, and several cups next to it. This young man was sword-eyed and heroic, with pale blonde hair over his ears, combed quite neatly, and wore a snow-white shirt embroidered with an elegant and feminine vine pattern embroidered with gold thread, and the pattern of the vine was blue as if it were familiar.
"Hello, I'm Lola, the student in charge of this little garden." The youth said.
"My name is Lan Ruo, and someone asked me to tell you that a traveler has come back and asked you to prepare a room for you to live in." Lan Ruo said.
Lola smiled and said, "Thank you for speaking for me, Senior Brother Lan Ruo." It's rare for you to come here, come, sit here and have a drink, the water in my teapot is almost boiling. ”
Lan Ruo did as she was said and sat down on the chair opposite Lola.
Lan Ruo sat in the verdant green, bathed in the sun, and couldn't help but sigh: "Sitting here reading and drinking tea is really a joy in life!" ”
"The person who built this library had a dream, he wanted to be surrounded by plants and the sun, while drinking black tea and reading his beloved books, but unfortunately he died not long after the library was built, but it was cheaper for future generations." Lola tilted her head slightly and said with some emotion.
It didn't take long for the water in the teapot to boil, he lifted the lid, took out a small paper bag from his pocket, took out a piece of black tea paste and put it in the teapot, closed the lid, shook the teapot gently, and then slowly poured the tea into the two cups, the tea was red and brown, very clear. Lan Ruo blew the herbal tea and took a sip, this tea revealed an elegant ripe fragrance, refreshing and sweet, although Lan Ruo didn't know how to taste tea, but he also knew that this tea was not ordinary.
After drinking three cups, Lan Ruo said goodbye to Lola. Lola looked at Lan Ruo and said, "Goodbye to the Third Academy, Senior Brother Lan Ruo." ”
When he went downstairs, Lan Ruo suddenly thought that this library should have the materials of the Yinyu Lan family, since he came, why not take a look?
Lan Ruo searched for a long time on the second floor, and put a stack of geography and history books on the desk, where there are many desks placed on each floor for people to use, because there is no sunlight on the ground floor is very dim, there are expensive light magic stone lamps on the desk instead of candles, because the library strictly prohibits fire. Many of the books here were yellowed, and some were even starting to become brittle, so Lan Ruo had to follow the precautions posted on the wall to open the books at 90 degrees and carefully flip through them with her fingertips.
The collection of books in the Great Spiral Corridor is indeed very large, Lan Ruo does not feel that he can read all the relevant books at all, and almost all the books here have a more detailed description of the country of Silver Rain, a country that has been shrouded in rain all year round, is the most powerful country among all the countries in the East, and once led the "Hundred Years of Bloody War"......
However, the word "Lan Family" is rarely mentioned in any book, as if it is a forbidden word or a nihilistic existence. Lan Ruo can see from just a few words in the book that the Lan family is a very mysterious family that rarely involves the world, and it used to be the most famous spiritual cultivation family in the world, however, that's all.
Lan Ruo sighed, returned all the books according to the number, and then climbed the ladder (the bookshelf here is extremely high, you need to shelve the ladder to get the top books), to find out if there are any other books worth consulting, a poorly bound white paper came into his eyes, "Travel Painting......" Lan Ruo couldn't help but read aloud, he looked at the author, it was written in a beautiful font "Aoki Yu", this is not a printed book, but a handwritten manuscript, he opened the book and was attracted, so much so that he read it on the ladder.
This is a travelogue, which writes about the author's experiences around the world, extremely detailed, more interesting and easy to understand than other books, and also comes with the author's hand-drawn drawings, this person named Yu Aoki has really great painting skills, and a few strokes can outline the scene, which makes people feel immersive.
Lan Ruo looked at the book page by page with hunger, completely immersed in the scenery, and even forgot his original purpose, suddenly, his body stiffened all of a sudden, the clouds and rain filled with mountains painted in the book surrounded the lake, and the vermilion door-like building could be seen from the foot of the mountain on the mountain, which stretched all the way, it was a thousand torii gates, there seemed to be a looming palace in the depths of the mountain, and he stroked the words on the book with his index finger, and unconsciously read it softly: "The country of silver rain, the Lan family ......"
There are still very few introductions on the side, but they are completely different from the vague statements in other books: the forces in the shadow of the country of silver rain have been hidden since ancient times, and a hundred years of battles were born, and the countries were terrified of it, and then disappeared.
Lan Ruo suddenly understood, perhaps, it was because of the particularity of the Lan family, so Asura did not easily tell him about his life experience, although he didn't understand it very well, but this family didn't seem to be so easy to recognize, Lan Ruo could feel the unknown and dangerous aura revealed in the words in the book.
Lan Ruo flipped through all the books he found, but he couldn't find any useful information, so he left the Great Spiral Corridor.