Chapter 42: The Rite of the Holy Spirit
Time flies, three days later.
With the opening of the Holy Spirit Festival, the Holy Spirit Heavenly Capital has officially begun to be completely open to the outside world. In just a few days, countless foreigners from all over the Hundred Spirit Realm flocked to it, squeezing the huge Holy Spirit Heaven to the brim.
And within a thousand zhang of the sky above the Holy Spirit Heavenly Capital, you can see air ships that cover the sky like locusts, and in addition, there are thousands of strange flying beasts dragging vehicles that can fly in the sky from all directions.
Lu Ling, who lives on the mountain behind the palace, can see this breathtaking and spectacular scene every day, and the fiery atmosphere in the heavenly capital spreads for thousands of miles, even the palace that is quiet and quiet on weekdays has been covered by the frenzied atmosphere that keeps going all night at this moment.
A few days ago, the Holy Spirit Heaven can be said to have become a pot of porridge, due to the continuous surge of merchants and travelers from all over the world, disputes and conflicts are naturally unavoidable, and there have been several large-scale firefights due to some ethnic discord in the past few days, if it is not for the fairy royal family to send an escort team in time to arrest and expel the perpetrators, I am afraid there will be more unpredictable losses.
In order to maintain the order of the Holy Spirit Heavenly Capital, the Immortal Royal Family not only sent almost all the troops in the palace, but even mobilized a large number of troops from the surrounding supermarkets to carry out the defense work in the Heavenly Capital.
At the same time, the royal family ordered the implementation of a flow restriction policy to limit the number of people entering the Holy Spirit Heavenly Capital every day, and it was under the effect of this policy that the daily fullness of the Holy Spirit Heavenly Capital was barely alleviated.
But in any case, holding such a huge scale of an event and carrying it out in such an orderly manner, I am afraid that only a super clan like the fairy spirit clan has the ability to do these two things!
By the way, due to the lack of manpower, even the members of the White Dragon Paladin, who had just returned from the mission, were also sent out to maintain law and order, and Fang Hai and the others were also full of displeasure, after all, as the most elite and powerful army of the Immortal Spirit Clan, they were naturally dissatisfied with this order to kill chickens with knives.
But the royal order is indisobedient after all.
And the paladins did play an unexpected role, they were in charge of the most prosperous and most trafficked area of the Holy Spirit Heavenly Capital, where there were hardly any conflicts.
On the one hand, it was because the White Dragon Paladins were so famous that the good deeds did not have the courage to make a mistake in front of them, and on the other hand, most of the foreigners had great respect for this righteous army that had conquered all directions and eliminated countless evil parties, and when they saw that the members of this army were all young people of about twenty years, their admiration was even more overflowing.
There were even many merchant travelers who hoped that their daughters would be favored by the paladins and offered them courtesy. Of course, this is just a different kind of trouble for the paladins.
At this time, Lu Ling was strolling through the bustling streets, he looked at the interested girl walking in front of him, and sighed helplessly.
That girl is the deputy commander of the White Dragon Paladin's "Desertion", Nine Nights. Even on the street where there are many beauties of all ethnic groups, Jiuye's appearance is also extremely outstanding, attracting the attention of many passers-by.
She had long been full of expectations for the Holy Spirit Festival, but the Holy Spirit Heaven was crowded with people a few days ago, and it was really not suitable to travel, so after implementing the current restriction policy, she couldn't wait to pull Lu Ling out with her.
"Don't get lost! I've got a lot to buy. Jiu Ye glanced back at Lu Ling, who pouted: "I'm not a child. ”
As he spoke, he swept his gaze to the makeshift shops that lined the streets.
A large number of these shops were opened by foreigners with the permission of the royal family, so they sold a variety of strange and dazzling goods, and Lu Ling, who was unfamiliar with them, was both strange and curious.
At the same time, he also found that the most popular business was undoubtedly the shops that sold holy medicines, and they were often sold out in a blink of an eye after the goods were put on the stage.
After all, the Holy Medicine was the greatest contributor to attracting these people to the Holy Spirit Heavenly Capital.
Just as Lu Ling was looking around, he suddenly accidentally bumped into someone else's body.
"Ah, I'm sorry. He rubbed his nose, but quickly furrowed his eyebrows, for he found himself seemingly enveloped in shadows.
Lu Ling looked up, and his eyes almost fell off in shock.
What appeared in front of him was a creature made of gray blocky rocks, and from the sturdy body that was nearly a foot tall, the human form could barely be seen, and on the huge head of the rock creature, the facial features were also made of small stones.
"Be careful, little thing, I don't want to stomp you to death. After the rock creature finished speaking in a very low and loud voice, it continued on with the sound of "dong dong dong" footsteps.
Lu Ling's face twitched, and he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses: "What is that?!"
Jiu Ye was amused by the boy's funny appearance, and then said: "That's the rock elf in the elf clan, don't look scary, in fact, they are very gentle." ”
"Elves?"
"Well, this is just a general term, in addition to the rock elves, there are also ice elves, fire elves, etc., they are born with only one elemental power, but the degree of control over that element is far greater than that of other races. Jiuye said, "And there are other races that have come to the Holy Spirit Heavenly Capital." ”
Lu Ling looked around and did find many pedestrians with strange appearances, but they could still be accepted by Lu Ling, but the rock elf just now really scared him.
"That'...... Will the Demon Shadow Clan also come?" Lu Ling asked after thinking about it.
And Jiuye just shook his head: "Only races that are friendly with our fairy clan or in a neutral position can be allowed to enter, and hostile races like demon spirits and shadow spirits will be directly wiped out if they dare to come." ”
Lu Ling let out an "oh", he believed that those races would not do this kind of death.
"Found it, over here!" Jiu Ye beckoned to Lu Ling excitedly, and then ran towards one of the shops. Lu Ling hurriedly followed, and there seemed to be a lot of people gathered around this shop, or rather, a lot of men.
Their eyes seemed to be drawn to something.
Lu Ling quickly discovered the reason.
It turned out that the owner of this shop was a pair of young and beautiful women, and the two looked somewhat similar, and it seemed that they should be a pair of sisters.
After seeing the two of them, even Lu Ling had to admit that his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
Both sisters were extremely beautiful, with a charming smile in their big watery eyes, a sickly white skin, and their long black hair adorned with a blue pendant in the shape of ice crystals, adding to their flattery.
The two women are tall and slender, the blue skirt ripples like water waves, the thin dress can't hide the plump figure at all, I don't know whether it is intentional or unintentional, their placket is slightly open, revealing a snow-white chasm that makes people's blood swell.
As soon as the sisters saw Jiuye, a shockingly beautiful smile appeared on their faces, and the people around them couldn't help but exclaim in unison.
"Sister Nine Nights, you're really here!" said the woman on the left with a smile, and it seemed that the two of them were waiting for Nine Nights.
"This time, my sister specially left good things for you. After the woman on the right finished speaking, the crystal storage bracelet on Hao's wrist flashed blue light, and then several ice-blue square crystals appeared in the empty space on the shop, they looked like ice cubes, and they also emitted a cold air visible to the naked eye, bringing some coolness to the surrounding fiery atmosphere.
Jiuye's beautiful eyes flashed with surprise, and she took out a big bag of immortal coins: "Haha, I want them all!"
"What is this?" Lu Ling stepped forward curiously, and was about to stretch out his finger to touch one of the hedrons.
Then he smelled a fragrant wind that was enough to make people feel enchanted, and a small, cold jade hand gently grasped his wrist. Lu Ling's heart trembled, and he raised his head in surprise, only to see two women staring at him with sparkling peach blossom eyes, and the owner of the jade hand was one of them.
"Hehe, little brother, this is Xuan Bingjing, if you touch it with your hand, it will freeze to death!" said the other woman in a soft and intoxicating voice, and even stretched out a cold little hand, gently caressing Lu Ling's face, spitting out a cool and fragrant breath to him.
"Are you a friend of Jiuye? It's the first time I've seen you~~"
The woman's actions made Lu Ling's head seem to be frozen, and he couldn't think at all, but his face gradually warmed up and became hot, and this wonderful feeling made Lu Ling unable to say a word.
But he soon came to his senses, for his other hand had been shaken, and the same soft hand had squeezed him very hard.
Jiu Ye, who had already taken the Xuan Bing Crystal into his pocket, squeezed Lu Ling's palm hard, squinted slightly and smiled at the two women with a somewhat dangerous smile: "Yes, can we go?"
The two women smiled meaningfully at Jiu Ye, then withdrew their hands and said, "Please go slowly." ”
Jiuye didn't reply, but pulled Lu Ling, who was still confused, to quickly turn around and leave, and before leaving, Lu Ling seemed to feel the malicious gaze of the surrounding crowd on him......
“...... Who were those two people just now?" Lu Ling asked as he rubbed his hand, which was a little numb from Jiuye's pinching.
Jiuye said: "They are the ice elves I mentioned to you before, and the women of the ice elf clan all have the beauty of the city, so don't let them take their souls away." ”
Lu Ling coughed dryly, smiling bitterly and not daring to speak.
"The Xuan Ice Crystal just now is a material used to strengthen my sword, and I have to go to the Fire Elf's shop to buy some of these materials. Jiu Ye said to himself, Lu Ling nodded, naturally he would not object.
Soon, Jiuye bought a few pieces of metal like red-hot iron, and those fire spirits with fiery red hair and pupils, and a fiery and straightforward personality also left a deep impression on Lu Ling.
Jiuye sat on the bench and looked back and forth at the fiery red metal blocks, a satisfied smile on her fair little face.
Seeing the girl's appearance, Lu Ling smiled with interest and asked, "Is Sister Jiuye planning to buy it and give it away?"
"I bought it for that stupid guy in Cangwu, that guy buys a lot of these materials at the Holy Spirit Festival every year, and I'll buy them for him when he's not here this year. Jiuye said nonchalantly.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and Jiuye looked up and saw Lu Ling looking at her with a meaningful smile.
The girl's pretty face instantly flushed, and she raised her little fist and cried out through gritted teeth: "What are you laughing at! Don't think nonsense!"
"Hahaha!" Lu Ling laughed.
Then, he noticed that Jiu Ye's face suddenly became solemn, and she was looking up behind Lu Ling.
"What's wrong?" While questioning, Lu Ling turned around.
He saw that not far in the sky, a huge ship with a vermilion body and wing-like sails on both sides was slowly approaching in the direction of the Holy Spirit Heavenly Capital.
"That's the Blood Demon Royal's Sky Leaping Ship. The girl's soft voice came into his ears from behind Lu Ling.