Snowy Hanging Palace Chapter 60 The Empty City
The first line of heaven here is easier to walk, and everyone quickly came to the end, and came to a clearing, looking at the Hanging Heaven Palace from the clearing, although the distance seems not far, but it can't go directly, quite a bit of a feeling that you are in front of me, but I can't touch you. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
This clearing is very small, against the cliff is a cave, facing out is a cliff, everyone dare not move out to look out, they are close to the place of the hole, for fear that their legs will be weak and fall off the cliff.
"Go to the cave, this should be the passage to the Hanging Heaven Palace!" Zhu Qi looked around, there was no way out, this cave should be the only passage. He was the first to enter the cave and beckoned everyone to hurry up.
Since the cave was pitch black and there was no light, he had to follow the light of the flashlight.
The cave was narrow and short, and it didn't take long to reach the end, when an upward stone staircase appeared, and after walking up the stone staircase, it took less than five minutes to reach a relatively wide passage.
This passage is square, the surroundings are relatively regular, there is only one passage at first, after walking a few steps, a hub appears, and several passages appear at once, among which there is one largest passage, which can accommodate several people at the same time, Feng Ling and the others entered the largest passage, and after a few corners in the passage, they finally entered the Hanging Heaven Palace.
The moment they entered the Hanging Heaven Palace, everyone's visual senses were shocked again, how could such a magnificent palace be built on this cliff! This kind of construction difficulty is also unprecedented and unprecedented! And the Hanging Heaven Palace is no different from those world-famous palaces, because the feeling of looking at the Hanging Heaven Palace from different angles is different. From a distance, the Hanging Heaven Palace is like a palace embedded in the rock wall, there is no depth in the height alone, but after really entering the palace, I found that it is only a visual angle, and the horizontal area of the entire Hanging Heaven Palace is actually very large, and the palace is surrounded by towering city walls, which looks like an ancient city built by mountains and rivers, rather than a lonely palace.
"Obediently, what kind of palace is this! It's clearly a city! Feng Ling looked at the city in disbelief, strictly speaking, such an area and building scale can definitely be called a large city, and it can really only be felt by being truly immersive.
Feng Ling and the others are at the entrance of the city at this time, the whole city seems very quiet, although the city wall is well preserved, but the mottling of the city wall and the moss on it, still can not hide its vicissitudes, the whole city is not dilapidated, nor can it be brilliant, the inside and outside of the city are surrounded by white smoke, everything looks so peaceful, blurry, looming, like a fairyland. But, strangely, it feels very yin here, and there is a huge contrast between sight and touch.
"It looks like a wonderland, but why do I feel a little eerie?" Feng Ling was a little puzzled, and pulled his hair together, this feeling is like the South Pole and the North Pole, the wind and horses and cows are not related, and when they get together, it is extremely uncomfortable.
"I also feel that if this is really the palace of the Queen Mother of the West, it can still be explained according to the legend. First, the Queen Mother of the West is the leader of the fairies, which is the incarnation of the wonderful qi of Xihua, which is condensed by the innate yin qi and dominates the yin qi; Second, it is also said that the Queen Mother of the West also mastered all kinds of plague and anger, and gradually transferred to the priesthood of Taishan Mansion in the later period, so the yin qi here will be heavier! The fat man really can't think of any other reason, so he can only move out of the theory of the metaphysical world to explain this situation, the status of the Nine Heavens Xuannu under the seat of the West Queen Mother is extremely high in the metaphysical world, and the newcomers to metaphysics must bow to the Nine Heavens Xuannu before they can be considered officially introduced, and the West Queen Mother naturally has a higher status, so the fat man naturally has a certain study of the West Queen Mother.
"Now this is not the palace of the Queen Mother of the West, and it is not sure whether there is the Queen Mother of the West!" Although the fat man was right, Feng Ling felt that this statement was a bit far-fetched, after all, the Queen Mother of the West was just a legendary character, too far from reality, and it was very inappropriate to explain another uncertain thing with one uncertain thing.
"The more gloomy place is generally that the yin qi is too heavy, and the fat man is not unreasonable! Regardless of whether this palace is related to the Queen Mother of the West, at least it is a big discovery for us! In fact, Zhu Qi has no bottom in his heart, and now he can only take one step at a time.
"Let's go, I'll find out when we go in!" Alice saw that Feng Ling and the three of them were puzzled, so she didn't want to be too entangled, and walked directly to the city with Tom and the others, because the gate of the city did not have a door panel, and everyone spent less effort to break the door.
As soon as you enter the city gate, you will find that the construction pattern of this city is somewhat similar to those ancient castles built on the mountain, the whole city is not flat, only there is a large square at the entrance of the city gate, and then there are layers of upwards, among which there are several upward stone steps, which look relatively steep.
The middle of the main square was relatively empty, and there was nothing but some weeds growing in the cracks of the stones and broken clay pots scattered on the ground.
Everyone walked through the square, shuttled on the stone steps, and almost all of them went in to check the buildings they encountered, but they checked almost all the halls, small halls, pavilions and pavilions along the way, and they were all empty and found nothing. After walking for hours on end, they finally stepped into the main hall at the top of the city, hoping to find something, but in the end everyone was disappointed, because there was still nothing but leaky windows everywhere.
"This city is so fucking interesting, is it built to see? Not even a single bird dropping! "After walking for so long, looking so carefully but finding nothing, the fat man began to be a little impatient, this huge Hanging Heaven Palace is like an empty city, just like it was built for decoration, it is simply extravagant and wasteful.
"Looks like it's just an empty city!" Alice's previous excitement also disappeared without a trace, replaced by a sad face, and the city that she had finally found was empty, which made people feel so depressed.
"Grandma's, I found such a broken place after looking for a long time!" Gao Jin and others were also a little unhappy, and they burst into foul language, only to blame the ideal for being very plump, and the reality being too skinny.
"I've always felt like it's not as simple as it seems!" Feng Ling remembered Zhu Qi's statement about the Yunxue Holy Realm, which was a place connected to the Nine Heavens, full of rare and exotic grasses, rare birds and beasts, like a fairyland. But since everyone entered the enchantment, including the empty city where they are currently located, they have not made people feel a trace of vitality along the way, let alone the holy realm that Zhu Qi said. Since the beginning of the expedition with the fat man and others, the experience of this period of time has told him that sometimes the mountains are mountains, sometimes the mountains are not mountains, everything can not only look at the surface, the most critical clues are often not so easy to find! The Yunxue Sacred Realm is a mysterious place, either what appears in front of everyone's eyes is just an illusion, or the Holy Realm that Zhu Qi said has not been found yet, but no matter what, this city must be a very important clue.
"Oh!" As soon as everyone who was in frustration heard Feng Ling's words, they all looked at Feng Ling, could it be that he found something?
"This city is either an illusion or just a transition, and maybe we haven't reached where we're really looking for!" Feng Ling boldly stated his assumptions, and this period of experience began to make him more bold.
"Feng Ling is right!" Zhu Qi agreed with Feng Ling's opinion, nodded at him, looked at everyone with a hint of encouragement and said, "Maybe this city is just a disguise at all, we haven't reached the real Cloud Snow Saint Realm yet!" ”
"What? You don't want to say that someone built such a big city just to fool us, right? This joke is not funny at all! "Uda never beats around the bush when he speaks, he says whatever he wants.
"Why are you so sure?" Zhu Qi and Feng Ling's statement may have some truth, but Alice is obviously still skeptical, her eyes are fixed on Feng Ling, and she always feels that what they say is unfounded.
"I'm not sure, it's come to this, and next, we have to be up and down, observe carefully, and maybe find something!" Feng Ling didn't dare to look directly into Alice's beautiful eyes, he turned his head to see the others, and he didn't know where he got his confidence, and he actually began to encourage everyone.
"Xiao Ling is right, the matter has come to an end, and it can only be like this, there is no endless road to heaven!" Seeing Feng Ling's confident face, the fat man nodded with satisfaction, expressing satisfaction with Feng Ling's performance at this time.
At this time, the position where everyone was was already the top hall of the city, and the previous palaces and pavilions had been inspected, and there were no substantial discoveries, and now they could only hope for this hall, looking forward to discovering.
The shape of this hall is a bit peculiar, it is a nine-sided shape, the area is quite large, there are nine huge stone pillars in the hall, corresponding to nine stone windows, and a mural is carved on the nine walls.
Feng Ling and Zhu Qi tried to calm themselves down and carefully studied the murals, in this case, they would definitely not let go of any relevant information, and these murals might be their breakthrough.
These murals vary in style, from beasts of prey to cordyceps birds. The first mural Feng Ling saw depicted a monster with a human head and nine tails behind it, standing tall on a mist-shrouded mountain peak, its eyes sharp and majestic, as if it were watching its surroundings.
"Lu Wu!" The first time Feng Ling saw this monster, these two words popped into his mind for the first time.
"What kind of monster is this, how is it a human-headed tiger body?" Tom asked, pointing to the mural.
"This is the Lu Wu Divine Beast, the legendary Kunlun Mountain God, is the West Queen Mother's mountain guarding beast, the head of the tiger and the nine tails, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Classic of the West Mountain" has a record: four hundred miles to the southwest, said the hill of Kunlun, is the capital of the Emperor Shiwei, the god Lu Wusi. Its god-like tiger body and nine tails, human face and tiger claws; It is the god also, the nine parts of the sky and the time of the emperor. Feng Ling introduced himself to Tom.
"Uh...... I don't understand the latter pair, but it probably sounds like the gods on Mount Olympus, right? "Tom doesn't know much about Chinese myths and legends, so he can only borrow from Greek mythology to help him understand.
"Although the mythological system is different, it can be said that it is also true." Feng Ling nodded.
"Wait, Mountain Keeper, that's right! It is the mountain guardian god of the Queen Mother of the West! Thinking of this, Feng Ling suddenly shouted excitedly.
Everyone's attention was all attracted by Feng Ling at once, and they didn't know what the hell this kid was doing, so they were shocked.
"Xiao Ling, did you find anything?" Seeing that Feng Ling was so excited, the fat man must have made a major discovery, so he hurriedly ran over to ask.
"Fatty, brother! There is a mention of the Queen Mother of the West in the parchment scroll, and the Lu Wu Divine Beast is the legendary Mountain Guardian God of the Queen Mother of the West, since there is a mural of the Lu Wu Beast here, then I think the place where we are still has a certain connection with the Queen Mother of the West! "Although Feng Ling is not 100% sure, at least this is a major discovery.
"Feng Ling is right, I also saw other murals just now, which are engraved with the Nine Heavens Xuannu, the Earth Divine Beast, the Qinyuan Divine Bird, the Phoenix, the Luan Bird, the Shatang, the Immortal Tree and other contents related to Kunlun and the Queen Mother of the West! I think there must be a connection to the Queen Mother of the West! Zhu Qi Jian's eyebrows were slightly raised, with a hint of pleasure, and his tone sounded very affirmative.
"Wait, you keep mentioning the Queen Mother of the West, is this person important to our operation?" Because Alice and her people had never seen the contents of the parchment scroll, and had heard Feng Ling and others mention the Queen Mother of the West countless times, they always felt that this Queen Mother of the West was a very key figure in their operation.
"She's not a man, she's a god! She really mattered to our operation! Feng Ling only mentioned the general point, and did not say all the contents of the parchment scroll, in his opinion, the relationship between them and Alice's team is still a little awkward, it has not been unclear, it is not clear whether it is friend or foe, as for what happened to himself and Alice, it is another matter, at this time, it is still necessary to be rational.
Alice obviously saw Feng Ling's concerns, but now that she has cooperated with them, she will follow them closely in the future, and she is not afraid that she will not be able to find what she wants.
"The question is, what if you know that? We still don't have any valuable clues! Gao Jin shook his head, thinking that what Feng Ling and Zhu Qi had just mentioned was worthless to them.
Hearing Gao Jin's words, Feng Ling couldn't help but fall silent, in fact, what Gao Jin said was not unreasonable, because even if they now think that this place is related to the legendary Queen Mother of the West, they really haven't found a key breakthrough.
The atmosphere at the scene cooled down again, Feng Ling and Zhu Qi didn't say much, but carefully studied the mural again.
"There are lakes, there are trees full of peaches, there are birds, there are beasts, there are palaces surrounded by clouds and mist......" Feng Ling looked at the last mural leaning against the side of the cliff and muttered, "This looks like a holy realm!" ”
"By the way, look at this mural!" Feng Ling suddenly shouted excitedly again.