Chapter Ninety-Six: The Scorched Ginkgo Tree
"Nine Cities of China...... Why is it called Huaxia Nine Cities? Cheng Wulin asked.
"Because the Nether Mirror does not have the concept of a country, only the city-state system, there are a total of nine cities in this large area of our country, and it is customary to call them the Nine Cities of China later" Tu Tingting picked lightly, "But these nine cities are not necessarily within the scope of our country in the Nether, for example, the Snow Vast Plain is in Siberia." ”
"In this way, then we are already very familiar with Luotuan Valley, this time we came to Jingcong Garden, and we have already been to two cities."
"Three," Wang Luli interjected as he reminded, "Last time the two of us were brought to Baishading for treatment. ”
"Then I didn't leave the hospital room...... Didn't see anything......"
"Oh, hey, I saw it." Wang Luli's blade eyebrows floated.
"Hey...... I'll definitely go back next time. By the way," he looked at Tu Tingting, "Brother Said, Brother Wei Ying, and Sister Mengxin, how are they?" ”
"Brother? Gee...... It's so close ......."
"They are the benefactors who rescued us from the Upper Realm Mirror!"
"That's not what I told them to go!" Tu Tingting shook her head, "Little has no conscience, why haven't I heard you call me sister...... They're all right. The battle was over as soon as they came before, so they rushed over and took cinnabar and left. ”
"Oh, I still miss them a little......"
"Can you go faster! Swallow it slowly! Wu Xianming, who was already more than ten meters away from them, complained.
"Urging all day long! You're more verbose than my mom! Cheng Wulin roared back.
From under the raised roots to beyond the steel trees, the scenery here is much different from that of Elm Island.
The steel tree behind them was not on the highest point of the island, but near the outer edge of the island. At the top of the island is a volcano, but the perimeter of the volcano is golden yellow, and there are strange trees that look like they appear in autumn.
Halfway up the volcano is a majestic-looking domed building that covers two-thirds of the volcano.
A large road leads straight from the steel tree to the building, and on both sides of the road are rows of huge ginkgo trees, and the spiral staircase shape is carved into the trunk of the tree, and it is presumably inhabited by the inhabitants.
It's just that most of the remaining treehouses have been burned to black charcoal, and they protrude bare from among the other trees.
The lushness of Elm Island had already made Cheng Wulin forget that this place was still a battlefield between the upper and lower realms not long ago, and only when he saw these withered and charred trees on the main island could he feel the tragic situation before.
"This has been repaired very well...... Tu Tingting stared at the crowd of people on the side of the road who were carrying soil and fertilizing, "I came here before, and there was hardly a single intact tree here." ”
"Alas......" Wu Xianming sighed a little sadly, the owner of these ginkgo trees used to be his best friend, but unfortunately the other party had already returned to the lower realm in this battle, and he couldn't remember the other party's name and appearance anymore.
In the mirror world, no matter how important a person is, he will eventually be quickly forgotten, which is the iron rule of the world.
There is nothing left but this lingering sadness.
There were still small pieces of ash floating in the air, and a burning smell lingered on the tip of the nose, making people's chests feel stuffy.
Some passers-by stopped what they were doing and looked at Wu Xianming and his party who walked slowly with blank eyes.
Although Cheng Wulin and Wang Luli did not experience this war, they could also see the cruelty of the war.
They took some heavy steps towards the city lord's mansion on top of the volcano.
On the beautiful gravel road, where Cheng Wulin stepped on, there was a half-burnt ginkgo leaf, which rolled in the desolate air of Jingcong Garden, and lay quietly on the ground.
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The scene in front of the city lord's hall is still so dilapidated, since the last time Tu Tingting came, the broken front steps have not been repaired.
The guards standing next to the gate saw Cheng Wulin and his party, their eyes swept over Cheng Wulin and Wang Luli, and they stopped on Tu Tingting's face for two seconds, and finally landed on Wu Xianming's body.
"Who are you? What to do? He asked routinely.
"The city lord of Luotuan Valley, the deputy city lord and his subordinates have come to visit your city." Tu Tingting said politely.
Men...... Cheng Wulin sneered.
"Let them in." A majestic voice came from inside the hall.
The guards dodged to the side and let the four pass.
Du Ling was still sitting cross-legged in the groove of the huge banyan tree, looking down at the people who had entered the hall.
Sunlight poured through the glass skylight of the hall, casting two beams of light on the ground through the dense foliage of the banyan tree.
"City Lord Tu, you're here again." His lips opened slightly, and he said with his eyes closed.
"Yes, this time I brought the main lord to clarify with you his so-called 'betrayal of Jing Congyuan'."
"I don't have anything to say anymore," Du Ling slowly opened his eyes, turned a blind eye to Wu Xianming, and only stayed on Tu Tingting, and said, "I don't want to bother talking any more, expulsion is expulsion, this is already my greatest mercy." ”
"Do you want to be a dictator?" Tu Tingting's tone cooled, "What you are doing now has gone beyond the scope of a city lord. No other owners agreed......"
"Oh? Who says no? A familiar bewitching female voice sounded.
A few figures slowly emerged from the shadow of the banyan tree.
"Li Xiaoying! Wang Qian! Li Jianing! The three of you! Wu Xianming roared out angrily and was grabbed by Tu Tingting.
A small man among the three stepped forward, his hairline almost rising to the middle of his head: "Wu Xianming, did you do those things, do you think we don't know?" Do you think that you can continue to eat and drink spicy food here by pulling Luotuan Valley as a backer? ”
"Wang Qian, let me tell you that I have never done anything to be sorry for Jing Congyuan! You don't have any! Wu Xianming's eyes widened angrily, and his eyes were about to split.
"Manifest...... You'd better talk less......" Another gentle girl with two braids and a padded jacket couldn't bear to look away, "For the sake of our good friends......"
"No, I don't understand! What did I do, Li Jianing, you would be like this? ”
"What you did, you yourself know very well." Li Xiaoying snorted coldly.
"I really don't know, you tell me, what the hell did I do?"
"Alas......" Li Jianing sighed again and stopped making a sound.
"You really don't remember?" Wang Gan took a step closer, "Or are you pretending not to remember?" You hypocrite? ”
"What the fuck did I do?" Wu Xianming was not to be outdone.
"I can clearly see that you used laurel to split the ginkgo biloba in half!" Wang Qian gritted his teeth and said.