Chapter 14: Prosperity (Part II)

Ao Long's explanation made me dizzy, I guess he really thought I was as knowledgeable as the scholar in my previous life, but listening to his description, I couldn't help but think of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Forbidden City also has an obvious central axis, built symmetrically on the left and right. In front are the three major halls that deal with government affairs, behind are the emperor's bedrooms, and on the left and right are the residences of concubines and servants. If you compare it carefully, you will find that it seems that the model of the Forbidden City is really the same as this Heavenly Court, but this Heavenly Court is several times larger than the Forbidden City. This is also very understandable, although the emperor of the mortal world controls the world, how can he be compared with the emperor of heaven, even the emperor still holds a ceremony to worship the heavens on the mound of the Temple of Heaven every year, praying for good weather and good weather.

"Brother Xian, you have already made great achievements in your previous life, if you work harder in this life, maybe you may have a chance to really rank in the immortal class." Ao Long's tone was a little relaxed. "It's just that I don't really recommend you to come here, it's really not as free and happy as the world, after all, it's not cold in high places."

I smiled wryly twice. "Big brother, don't be sarcastic about me, I don't have any skills now."

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the stars in the sky seemed to be blown away, and in an instant, the entire heavenly court was like a small boat floating in the galaxy, swaying and drifting into the distance. I looked down and saw through the glass an unobstructed starry sky, a bottomless starry sky. She is beautiful, but she is an iceberg, this great heavenly court, at the moment is surprisingly quiet, so quiet that you may only hear the echo of the dream in your heart.

The waves are shallow in the sea of starlight, in the moonlight, in the clouds and smoke, and the deep heavenly city.

The breeze blows through the bustling land, under the eyebrows, on the hearts of people, blowing close but silent.

"Brother Ao, why is this heavenly court so beautiful, but why is it so quiet?"

"We are now in the Qianchao District, this is the place where those immortals in the immortal class deal with government affairs, during the day it is bustling with people, but in the middle of the night it falls into dead silence, this is normal, you don't have to be afraid, behind any prosperity is silence." Ao Long stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance. "If you want to see the bustling night market of Heavenly Court, you need to go all the way north, walk along this central axis, pass through the Thirty-six Heavenly Palaces and Seventy-two Treasure Palaces of the Heavenly Realm, and then pass through the North Heavenly Gate to reach the downtown area of Heavenly Court, where there are singing every night and fairies are like clouds."

I looked in the direction of Ao Long's finger, this is really an endless central axis, permeated in the vast sea of smoke, although all are transparent glass, but because it is too far away, the layers are stacked, the line of sight will still be blocked, I can vaguely see that the end is indeed a cluster of colorful lights.

"Can you see the highest palace on this line?"

There is indeed a palace on this axis that is far above the other buildings, quite a little bit of a view of the mountains, it is surrounded by a field of stars that can be touched at hand, because it is still far away, so I can only see its ridge clearly, the most typical nine-story heavy eaves of the palace, the eaves poetically point to the sky, and thirty-six carved pillars, each of which seems to have a golden ribbon entangled. Such a scale can not be replicated in the mortal world, even the front of the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City has only twelve pillars, and it is only a two-story heavy eaves on the top of the palace, which shows that the status of this palace is small compared to the Taihe Palace.

How can an earthly emperor be compared to heaven?

"That palace is the Lingxiao Palace, it is the place where the Emperor of Heaven deals with affairs, and it is also the most noble place in the Heavenly Court, we will go there as soon as it dawns tomorrow, accuse the corrupt Xuan Ming, and give my father justice!" Speaking of this, his expression, which had been relieved for a moment just now, became solemn again.

"What should we do now?" I also feared for him for tomorrow's judgment.

"Brother Xian, I have to go to the Incense Hall again in the middle of the night, I will try my best to find more information for tomorrow's trial, this kind of dangerous thing, you are inconvenient to go with me. If you are tired of walking, you can lead a Pegasus in the corner, these Pegasus are all publicly owned, everyone can ride, if you have a gentle attitude, they may also give you a guide. But Brother Xian, you must pay attention to the time, we will meet in the Lingxiao Hall as soon as it dawns tomorrow, okay? ”

Ao Long is an upright person and will never lie, since he said that it is inconvenient for me to go, I don't have to force it, I nodded again and again, and readily agreed. "No problem, I'm going to go to the downtown area of this Heavenly Court to have a look."

Ao Long shook his head slightly, revealing a smile that he had never had tonight, a smile with a hint of sympathy and a hint of disappointment, and that smile was really complicated. "Brother Xian, if you go, you have to be mentally prepared, and when you return to the mortal world, you will write a story about what you see and tell it to other mortals."

He turned and walked to the right, disappearing into a cloud of mist.

I am fortunate enough to be able to go to Heaven in this life, and if I don't take a good look at it, I will indeed regret it for life.

Now that I'm alone, it's imperative to find a Pegasus, because the downtown area is so far away that I guess it won't be dawn before I walk there. But this palace is endless, and it is deserted, and there is no trace of horses at all? Otaki told me that there were Pegasi in the corners to ride, but I walked through several palaces and searched for hidden corners, but there was nothing but the bare transparent walls, not a single tree or grass, let alone a Pegasus.

At this moment, Ao Long has already gone away, I can only rely on myself, the aura flashed in my head, and I have the impression that in those martial arts movies, the hero generally whistles and his mount will come when he hears the sound, and now there is no other good way anyway, you might as well give it a try.

I don't know how to whistle, and although whistling is simple, it's hard to make a pleasant melody without training, so I can only pinch my lower lip and try to squeeze out a few leaky sounds.

Woohoo. The ugly whistle was very loud in this empty heavenly court.

There was actually a horse flying in the sky, with a gust of wind and a melodious neigh.

It is snow-white and spotlessly clean. Even in this dim night, you can still see it clearly, like a white exercise. Four hooves danced gracefully in the air, the green mane on the neck swayed in the wind, the fluttering ponytail gently stroked the night sky, and the two large white wings on either side of the torso waved rhythmically. The whole body outlines a powerful curve, every muscle, every tendon, is so clearly visible.

It searched around in the air, and finally saw me in the palace, like a lightning bolt falling from the sky, like a wave coming head-on, and the sound of horses' hooves as clear and crisp as a drum came from the floor.

It came to my side in an instant, gently rubbing the fluff on its head as a gesture of friendship, and then a warm female voice sounded in my ears. "Come on."

I was pleasantly surprised that she could really speak, and I grabbed it and tried to jump on its back, I had never ridden a horse, and my movements were very clumsy, and the Pegasus was much bigger and taller than ordinary horses, and I didn't climb up with great effort. Tenma got a little impatient, leaned down and dragged me to my back, and flew back into the sky in the blink of an eye.

"Where are you going?"

"Trouble...... Downtown. On the north side. "I was so nervous that I could only say a few words.

"Are you coming to Heaven for the first time?" Tenma shook her head and told me that her voice was so magnetic that if you saw her with your own eyes, you would think she was a dignified woman.

I nodded, and hurriedly lied that I had just been ranked in the Immortal Class.

"Don't lie to me, I've already brought too many great gods in the immortal class, you are different from them, you are mortal." Tenma is very calm.

Being a prophecy, I naturally have nothing to say.

"You don't have the same pompous smell in you as they do. I love it. "Pegasus is flying faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, it has passed dozens of palaces." I used to come from the world, and I miss the life of that time, I used to have a master who loved me very much, but those are long gone. ”

"Do you like Heavenly Court?" I stroked her mane and asked gently.

"I don't like it." Tenma replied crisply, without the slightest hesitation. "What about you?"

"I think it's so beautiful here, it's much more beautiful than the mortal world."

Tenma shook his small ears and smiled bitterly, saying nothing more.

Pegasus flew as fast as the wind, and after a while came to the northernmost point of the Heavenly Court, the North Heavenly Gate, which was far from the grandeur of the Southern Heavenly Gate, it only had a doorway, and there were no guards to guard it, the crack in the door was hidden, and the colorful neon was slightly exposed inside.