Chapter 123 Enter the Secret Realm
This is the gateway to the Yellow Dragon Secret Realm?
Du Rui is carrying a black wooden box, a bit like a guitar box in his previous life, he is not tall, and the black wooden box on his back is very conspicuous, from behind, you can only see the wooden box, you can't see his figure.
Du Rui looked ahead, frowning slightly.
Here is a basin, a long and narrow basin, similar to a human arm, in the middle of the basin there is a small river, about ten zhang wide, the water is very fast, spitting white flowers, strangely, but there is no rumbling sound of water.
On both sides of the river, this side is a low valley, and there are patches of metasequoia forests growing on the slope on one side, each metasequoia tree is dozens of zhang high, rushing straight to the blue sky, the highest is even a hundred zhang high, looking very majestic, so that Du Rui can't help but think of the telecommunication signal tower in his previous life, standing on the hillside, stabbing straight into the sky, and the scene in front of him is very similar.
On the other side of the river, there is a high mountain, a high mountain rising out of thin air, very steep, standing in the basin, looking up is not visible to the top of the mountain, there are some cedar trees and pine trees on the mountainside, and then there is nothing left, only a piece of snow.
The basin is narrow at both ends and wide in the middle.
The camp was also set up on a spacious ground, and the most striking thing was naturally the palace of Emperor Du Zhen, standing on a small hillside, shining golden in the sun, from which Du Rui had only walked out an hour earlier.
There, Du Rui met all his adult brothers, well, except for the crown prince Du Xian, whose body could not withstand a long journey, even with the blessing of the talisman array. In addition to these adult brothers, Du Yun, the king of Yan, and Du Hu, the ninth prince, were also among them, and only a few princes who were not even ten years old did not accompany them, and they stayed in Chang'an City.
Du Zhen summoned all the princes and said some clichés.
These words did nothing to motivate the princes, and in the case of Du Rui, there were at least several sets of words that were more uplifting than these clichés, but all the princes made a grateful expression, even the reckless Nine Emperor Prince, Du Hu.
In this, only two people's expressions are different from everyone else, one is naturally Du Rui, his eyes are the same as always, as if he understood Du Zhen's words, and as if he didn't understand at all; The other person is Yan Wang Du Yun, with a smile on his face, a light cloud, and no expression of gratitude, it seems that he doesn't seem to put his father Du Zhen in his eyes.
Du Zhen took in the expressions of his sons, the excited expressions of the princes did not make him happy, and the performance of Du Yun, the king of Yan, and Du Rui, the king of Handan, did not make him angry, he said vaguely, if he found something special, even if he didn't know it, even if he didn't know the purpose, if he could have a feeling of palpitations, it was best to pocket it, or there was an unexpected joy.
Fetish?
Du Rui naturally thought.
Since he heard this rumor, the other princes were even clearer, at that moment, the expressions on everyone's faces changed, even Yan Wang Du Yun was no exception, one by one with contemplation, only Du Rui, although the word divine object appeared in his heart, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, you must know that in Du Rui's previous life, the real actor would only be produced in the political arena, what Oscar, Cannes actor and the like are weaker than them!
They are always acting, always playing the role that others expect, and they have forgotten their true selves when they only have the existence of the role.
Among these actors, Du Rui is the best, not inferior to anyone in the court, so the expression on his face is the same as always, unchanged, as if he didn't understand Du Zhen's words at all.
Du Zhen took his sons' expressions into his eyes, he sighed silently, said no more, and finally said, take care all the way and return safely!
The river meandered forward and flowed into the end of the basin, where there was a white mist, and the river flowed into the mist, as if swallowed, and disappeared without a trace, and it was difficult to see again.
That mist is the gateway to the realm.
Ahead, from time to time, a team enters the fog and disappears.
In front of the fog, there are imperial guards guarding, and on the periphery of the basin, there is a guard of the Shence Army, the guard commander of the Guardian God Army is Fan Wuji's uncle Fan Tong, he sent a guard to send a gift to greet Du Rui, it was a late night on the way, the whole meeting process was sneaky, just like a thief, someone came to convey Fan Tong's apology to Du Rui, saying that it was related to his duties, and he did not dare to leave his post without permission to come to see His Highness.
The gift he gave was a box of runic jade.
In addition to this, Fan Tong's messenger also apologized for the previous incident.
He asked the shadow guard Ah Da to protect Fan Wuji, but he didn't want that guy to be mad, and he actually relied on peeping at the nobles, and everything he did was to blame, that Ah Da had no relatives, otherwise, Fan Tong would hand over all his relatives to Du Rui and let him dispose of them.
Fu Yu Du Rui accepted it, and as for what Fan Tong's envoy said, he only regarded it as a fart.
Throughout the trip, Du Rui has been excluded from the social circle.
Between the princes, between the sons and daughters of the gate valve, mutual exchanges, private negotiations are endless, there are alliances, there are opponents, there are well water does not violate the river water, they are involved in each other, extremely complicated, the simple person is only Du Rui, the whole more than ten days of travel, except for Fan Tong's messenger secretly came to the door, no one else took the initiative to visit, even the Zhao King Du Tao, who traveled all over the world like a spring breeze, did not extend an olive branch to him.
The temptation outside the gate of the Sword Palace made Du Tao angry, and he even took the risk to vent it, and then he returned to normal.
This time, Du Tao subconsciously avoided Du Rui.
For everyone, Du Rui and his party did not exist.
Of course, it's hard to say whether someone secretly has other ideas.
This time, entering the portal of the secret realm also has a sequence.
The first batch is naturally the prince, and Zhong Nanjun is the second prince, and he takes the lead.
As the grandson of the Jingzhao Gu clan, Zhong Nanjun had a large number of retinues, enough for hundreds of people to escort him into the secret realm, and after a period of time, the passage was completed, and the whole team disappeared into the mist, as if they had been swallowed. In second place is Du Tao, the king of Zhao, whose entourage is not much less than that of Zhong Nanjun, with nearly a hundred attendants guarding him, including innate martial artists and mages wearing Taoist robes.
Among the princes, Du Rui is at the bottom.
Before him, it was Du Yun, the king of Yan, compared with his biological brother Du Tao, the number of Du Yun's entourage was much less, only half of the other party, from this point of view, the Guo family's relatives treated the two differently. Although Du Yun is talented and intelligent, he has advanced by leaps and bounds in martial arts, but he is indifferent, he only likes to read and write and practice martial arts.
What's more, Yan Wang Du Yun is still young, only ten years old, and it is difficult to say what will happen in the future.
Now, the reputation of Zhao Wang Du Tao is very spreading, and the relationship with many court officials is very good, after all, he is also the son of the queen, and his biological eldest brother is difficult to protect the position of the prince because of his physical relationship, so it is logical for him to take over the eldest brother.
Guo Shi focused on Du Tao, which is the proper meaning.
Du Yun, the king of Yan, did not look back at Du Rui, let alone greet him, but Du Yun has always been like this, only ten years old, but he is like an old man who has seen through the world, very cold.
During this trip, Du Rui's camp and Du Yun's camp were not far away, even if Du Yun was very cold, after camping, there were still many people who went to visit Du Yun every night, even if they ate closed-door soup, they all left the gifts with a smile. Compared with Du Rui's side, there is a world of difference, Du Rui's entourage is already small, and there are no guests to come to the door, which is completely deserted.
Yan King Du Yun and his entourage quickly entered the mist, and there was about half a pillar of incense at intervals, and Linghu Xingzhi, who was waiting in front of the door, bowed to Du Rui with a smile and said softly.
"Your Highness the Thirteenth, please ......"
Du Rui nodded to him and took a big step forward.
Behind him, Wei Yue bowed to him and shouted loudly with a crying voice.
"Your Highness, please cherish it!"
Du Rui didn't look back, his footsteps didn't stop, as if he didn't hear Wei Yue's call, he went straight into the fog, the maid wearing a hat veil and a cyan robe followed closely behind him, and followed by Yue Chong, who was dressed in linen clothes and wearing a long sword, and finally entered Nie Yuan and four guards, this is Du Rui and his party.
Plus there are eight of them in total, it's too shabby.
His entourage is already very small, this time he entered the secret realm, and some people were removed, like Wei Yue, who was lowly in kung fu, there was no need to bring it in, and when he got inside, he couldn't show the interpersonal communication he was good at, it was better to stay outside, Wei Yue stayed outside, and arranged a few guards to help him, otherwise, he was alone and useless.
After the princes entered, the next thing was the children of the gates.
Just like the princes have a camp, the children of the gate valve also have a camp, once they enter the secret realm, they will move closer to their own masters, like the children of the Guo family will naturally gather around Du Tao, King of Zhao, and Du Yun, the king of Yan, and the children of other families in the alliance of the Guo family, they will follow the boss's actions. And Jing Zhaogu naturally followed Zhong Nanjun, and now, it seems that it is only Zhong Nanjun who can compete with Zhao Wang Du Tao for the dragon chair.
If Zhong Nanjun can gain the approval of the Gu Daoist in Huashan, even if the Guo family holds the military power and Guo Yuqi is the queen, these advantages can be neutralized.
In this world where martial arts are respected, the recognition of a great master is extremely important.
As for Du Rui, no one took him seriously.
What unicorn?
Even if he is no longer stupid, he is still crazy, a wild child with no rules at all, and he is not afraid!
Stepping into the white mist, Du Rui knew the sea, and the golden light shone.
His divine thoughts had a sense, as if they had passed through an invisible membrane, a little sticky, and there was no white mist in the eyes, but a small hillside with an abandoned temple on the slope.
Yan King Du Yun and his entourage, who entered the secret realm first, disappeared without a trace.
Looking back, there was a slope overgrown with flowers and plants behind him, and then the mountains and ravines were endless, and it seemed that there was not much difference from the outside world, except for the strange white mist that swam erratically.
Yue Chong and the others, who were supposed to appear behind them, were nowhere to be found.
Problematic!