Chapter 233: Mockery

It was already five days ago to repair the border barrier, but Lu Qi had completed an important task, and now what these people had to do was to find Shenyin Village as they had said.

Despite this, in this vast continent, it is really a needle in a haystack to find this village, but fortunately, everyone has a confused direction, and what can be determined is that Shenyin Village is the southernmost part of the continent.

During the five-day trek, Lu Qi and his party passed through eight villages and towns, large and small, and when they eliminated some of the remaining enemies, they did not forget to inquire about the news of Shenyin Village, except for shaking their heads, the rest of their eyes were full of ridicule, and some people even called them delusional.

A long time ago, the legend of the Heavenly Capital circulated on this continent, but for many years, no one had ever heard of coming back from the Heavenly Capital, and over time, this legend was gradually forgotten by people, and the legend has always been a legend.

The further south you go to the Empire, the fewer villages and towns you see, which may be a place that the Empire cannot take care of!

After two days of walking, another city appeared, and from a distance, under the glow of the bright sun, the city in front of it looked like a dreamy white city.

Closer to the city gate, the city is not as beautiful as it was before, and it is just ordinary houses, and there are no tall buildings in the city.

But looking at it, the roof of the whole house is still shining, Lu Qi looked at the word "Yancheng" written on the plaque of the city gate, and realized that the roof of this piece of house is sea salt.

As early as above the sky, they could already see the vast blue sea less than five kilometers away, and standing outside the city, could they feel the sea breeze full of salt.

Only then did they realize that they had come to the southernmost tip of the empire, and there was no small island to be found on the vast blue sea, and the city in front of them was the last city at the southern end of the empire.

Although it is a city, there are no soldiers here, walking into the city, walking on the streets, most of the people you see are in their twilight years, gray hair, but they are walking like flying, and from time to time you can see some middle-aged men and women, for children who are the same age as Lu Qi, it is even rarer, and people can't help but be really curious.

The weather is hotter there, but some of the trees in the city can be used as a good place to cool off, and people are particularly lazy, and most people drink tea and chat in the shade.

Lu Qi and his party walked through the streets, as if adding some life to this lazy city, but they did not forget the purpose of their trip.

When you arrive at a place, the first thing you need to do is to fill your stomach, and quickly look for a restaurant, this city is not like other cities, there are specific places, most of the houses here are only used for residences, but eventually I found a restaurant, but in fact, it is a teahouse, and the teahouse is different from other surrounding buildings, all made of special wooden planks.

Stepping into it, the most conspicuous thing was still the elderly, drinking tea, chatting in that hoarse voice, so leisurely, Lu Qi's entry made them gather their eyes.

The tables around were already full, except for a bar in the middle of the room, facing the door, with four high stools in front of the bar, as if specially designed for them.

Lu Qi and his party sat down.

"Four, do you want to eat, or do you want to drink tea?" The boss is a middle-aged man, thin in size, with bright eyes but very polite.

"Uncle boss, just give us four copies of what you are best at here!" Lu Qi was also very polite and said with a smile.

"Okay!" Soon, the boss instructed the kitchen to do things, and then he quietly wiped the teacup and teapot alone.

The teahouse was full of the chattering voices of old men and women, and it was a bit noisy.

Lu Qi felt that it was okay to be idle, and after thinking about it for a while, he called out to the boss, "Uncle boss, I have a question, I want to ask you." ”

Hearing this, the boss stopped wiping the cup in his hand, turned to look at Lu Qi, smiled slightly, and said, "Little brother, if you have any questions, you can ask!"

"Uncle, I heard that there is a village in the south called Shenyin Village, I don't know if you have heard of it?" Lu Qi asked lightly.

At this moment, the old men and women who were drinking tea and chatting around stopped chattering, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and it seemed that they could hear even a needle dropping clearly.

The sudden silence around made Lu Qi feel puzzled, glanced at it, and muttered, "What's wrong?"

"Do you also want to go to the Heavenly Capital?" the boss asked seriously.

Lu Qi nodded and said, "Yes, uncle, how do you know?"

Hearing this, the people around him suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! It seems that this legend has deceived many people! Nowadays, there are still people who believe that the appearance of a city in the sky is just some strange phenomenon, like a mirage or something, these phenomena can be explained, and you actually take it seriously. In the tea drinking team, an old man laughed.

"Hey, little brother, why did you think of going to the Heavenly Domain?" The boss didn't look at Lu Qi and the others with a sneering look like everyone else, but said with a blank face.

"Uncle, you just need to tell me where Shenyin Village is, and if you are willing to tell me how to get to the Heavenly Capital, we would appreciate it very much. Lu Qi said.

"Little brother, why are you so determined? Countless ships that went to the Heavenly Capital have been swallowed by the sea, no matter who they are, those behind you have already come here decades ago to go to the Heavenly Capital, but in the end, they gave up. The boss persuaded.

Hearing this, Lu Qi was stunned, looked at the group of white-haired old people behind him, swallowed his saliva, and said, "These people ...... Are they all people who failed to get to the Heavenly Capital?"

"Hmm!" the boss nodded silently and said in a low voice, "It's not just these people, it's most of the people in the whole city. ”

Hearing this, Lu Qi suddenly realized that the elderly account for the majority on the streets of this city, it turns out that this is such a reason, this city does not have any natural advantages, along the way, I have not smelled much of the breath of the strong, and these people seem to have long been tired of the struggle in this world, and they are not so interested in the improvement of financial power, because the four seasons are like spring here, and even regard this city as their retirement place.