Cloud Tower, a city of silk and gold.

Hundreds of years ago, it rose from the sea due to the turmoil of Dayuan, occupying the main sea transportation route between the East and the West, and it can be said that it choked the throat of the trade route.

Just existing, it is like a cash cow, as long as the waterway is still running, the money will be inexhaustible.

Regarding the extravagance and prosperity of Yunlou, Ye Qingxuan has long heard from many travelogues, businessmen, and smugglers.

It is said that half of the vast city was built in the sea, and the commoners and low-class people who had no property or status could only live in the sea, and the houses made of sampans and wooden boats lived on the walls and reefs like barnacles.

On the ocean where land is scarce, every inch of land is really valuable, every inch of land is eager to be filled, and the value of every square foot of space is exhausted.

In the end, the whole city is transformed into a three-dimensional labyrinth.

Behind the thick walls, the builders skillfully covered one floor with the building, stuffed in the lowest class of slaves, and then put on a layer of planks, and then a thin layer, and put in the propertied people, and so on and so on, layer after layer, until the ninth floor, the sun-lit high-rise was the top.

In the poet's mouth, the castle lord's mansion was extremely luxurious in the mortal world, brick by brick and tile by the hands of skilled craftsmen, and even the tiles on the roof ridge were decorated with lapis gold and jade.

The whole city is like a high-rise building built by skillful hands, and the city lord's mansion is the magnificent crystallization of the top of the high-rise building, and under the city lord's mansion, the city in the dark sleeps all night, and the lights are not extinguished for 360 days a year, and the crowd runs back and forth, climbing up and down along the wooden ladders and steel rails, swallowing goods and wealth.

Gold and jade were transported to the deepest part of the labyrinth, and until now, no one knows how much wealth lies beneath this city.

In all kinds of rumors, whether it is beautiful, or solemn, or weird, or gloomy, each Cloud Tower City has a mysterious attraction like a mirage, which makes people curious.

But Ye Qingxuan never thought that when he came to this city, it would be so depressed.

The Nomadic Mountains sailed through the silent sea, and everywhere they passed, all the decaying and decaying houses of the sea were lifeless, and through the fog one or two faint shadows could occasionally be seen moving in the layers of houses, but when they came near, there was no trace of them.

It's as if Chengxin is avoiding him.

The fleets that used to come and go were all gone, and even when they reached the gate under the Cloud Tower City, they didn't see anyone.

Although it is normal for the Great Wall blockade in the east to be followed by a depression after the closure of the shipping routes, the level of depression to such a hellish extent is too unexpected.

"Your Royal Highness, there's something wrong with this ghost place. ”

Yegor, who was at the helm, scratched his bald head: "It's terrifying." ”

Ye Qingxuan was amused, "The Lightless Sea of Leviathan didn't scare you, now it's just a little barren, it's not like this, right?"

"It's different. ”

Yegor organized the wording, and after brewing for a long time, he replied: "The sea of light is made by monsters, I am not afraid of monsters, I can live if I can fight, I will run if I can't fight, and if I can't escape, I will die."

But it's different here...... This is artificial. ”

"I'm more afraid of humans than monsters," he said. ”

Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing.

Yegor's philosophy of survival, although rough and rudimentary, always has a shining point.

"Rest assured, no matter what happens, I can protect you. He patted Yegor on the shoulder, walked to the front of the bridge, and stared ahead at the nomadic mountain.

Now they have come to the bottom of Yunlou City, and in front of them is the main gate of Yunlou City, a 10,000-ton sluice.

The main gate of Yunlou Castle is divided into two floors, and is isolated by two sluices at both ends of the gate, and it is said that the water level inside and outside the city is completely different, and the difference in altitude is like a cliff.

If there was no complete set of hubs to cooperate with the transfer, it would be difficult for Ye Qingxuan to enter even if he broke through the outer door.

But now that the ships have arrived under the city wall, Yunlou City has not reacted at all, in Ye Qingxuan's sense, on the huge city wall, there is not even a single person in the space that is wide enough for dozens of carriages to run in parallel.

The space behind the city gate is also silent, not like a city.

Now, the entire cloud building is like a double-layered iron coffin, sealing the corpse and the smell of the corpse, which is not revealed, but when you get closer, it makes people feel uneasy.

This is a city...... It's as if you're dead.

In the midst of the confusion, a roar erupted.

With the violent shaking of the sluice, countless turquoise rust spots and barnacles shook off the iron walls, and the sound of the turbulent water converged into the sharp sound of countless boulders colliding, and white foam gushed under the ocean, like a dead octopus spitting corpse water.

Eventually, the road to the interior of the city slowly opened.

Even now, no one has appeared in front of them.

Not even the lights that were used as a signal were not on.

"This ......"

Ye Geer looked at Ye Qingxuan hesitantly.

"I'll just go, you stay here. Ye Qingxuan stretched out his hand, took the windbreaker from the crew, put it on his body, and instructed the captain: "If there is any situation, don't worry about me, just retreat to a safe range." If necessary, I grant you permission to use Hephaestus. ”

Yegor stopped talking, guessing that his persuasion would not be useful, but he sighed and called the two crew members.

"Please let them follow you. Yegor looked at Ye Qingxuan, "As His Royal Highness, if you go out on patrol, there are no two attendants who can't talk about it." Even if they carry a bag for you. ”

Multiple people are better than fewer people, not to mention, no matter how bad they are, they can be used to block a knife and buy a little time.

Ye Qingxuan looked at the two knights who began to dress, did not refuse, and soon, stepped on the gangway and jumped onto the sampan. Facing the gloomy city, the sampan slowly sank into the depths of the city gate.

On the bridge, Yegor was smoking a cigarette roughly, and his expression couldn't help twitching:

"This is the place of the ...... It's so wicked. ”

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In fact, Ye Qingxuan didn't sail in the dark for long.

When his sampan docked on the pier, he saw the figure that had been waiting there for a long time, a girl with slender limbs and white hair like silver, and familiar eyebrows......

White Tide?

Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, and almost blurted out the name, but soon, he found that the girl's face did not have the same rebellious and playful smile as before, and there was not even any expression, like a puppet.

Just indifferent.

"Are you...... Cloud Tower Tide Moon?"

Ye Qingxuan thought of Bai Xi's rumored twin sister, but he didn't expect that the first time they met was in such a strange situation.

In the silence, the girl saluted him slightly.

"Please follow me. “

With that, he turned and led the way.

The gesture, as if he had known that he was coming, was not surprised or confused, nor dazed or afraid, his eyes were empty, and there was no emotional fluctuation.

It's like a puppet doll.

Walking in silence, Ye Qingxuan followed her footsteps, walking through the complicated and gloomy corridors and steps, from bottom to top.

There are no legendary lights, only a paper lantern in the girl's hand brings a faint light, which makes the whole dead city more and more gloomy.

Markets, districts, hospitals, storefronts...... Everywhere I passed, everything was silent, decayed, covered in dust, and I don't know how long no one had moved.

There was a relentless stench in the air, and bugs and rats could be seen crawling behind the tattered wooden planks, bringing only a little sound to the gloom.

The city...... Definitely there is a problem!

In the end, Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but ask, "Where are you people here?"

Yunlou Chaoyue walked ahead, and when she heard his words, she stopped, almost knocking Ye Qingxuan down. Looking back at him, a hint of confusion appeared on his lifeless cheeks.

I didn't seem to know how to explain it to him.

Soon, she replied softly, "Everyone is out of here." ”

"Leave?" Ye Qingxuan was dazed: "Why?"

"I don't know. ”

This time, Yunlou Chaoyue replied quickly, almost without thinking, "Father said they were scared. ”

"What ...... Fear"

Before Ye Qingxuan finished asking, his eyes had already seen the answer.

Corpse.

Lots of corpses......

After passing through the corridors and steps, Ye Qingxuan finally climbed to the top of the city, and saw the legendary magnificent and magical White Building.

But above the white building, there was a dense corpse hanging.

The corpses didn't know how long they had been dead, their shriveled shells swaying slightly in the wind, and after being exposed to the sun for so long, there was no rancid stench for a long time, but there was still no glimmer in the dark eye holes.

Just looking straight at them.

The knight subconsciously pressed his hand on the sword, creepy.

After Ye Qingxuan was silent for a long time, he sneered softly: "Your father's welcome ceremony...... It's really different. ”

Yunlou Chaoyue's footsteps stopped at the door, and looked back at the knight behind him, "They, stay here." ”

"Good. ”

Ye Qingxuan waved his hand, signaling his entourage to wait for him at the door, and then stepped into the bustling pavilion behind the gate, "I want to see what kind of medicine Yunlou Qingshu sells." ”

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As soon as I stepped through the door, I heard the sound of the piano.

The cold and elegant sound of the piano echoed throughout the city, not noisy, but reflecting the silence, which made people feel relaxed.

Between the pine and green bamboos in the courtyard, there is a curved water surrounding, the sound of water flows, and a strange charm is created in the square inch of land, which is exquisite and gorgeous.

It's like leaving the city in an instant, coming to the mountains and wilderness, and feeling at ease.

But the more I move forward, the more I feel the thick whitewash on top of this 'natural'.

He felt the earth under his feet spinning subtly, facing the sun, and the entire city lord's mansion seemed to be built on top of a cardinal, making the huge building rotate slightly all the time, ensuring that it was facing the direction of the sun.

Every rotation is a day and a night.

As Ye Qingxuan moved forward, the courtyard was also subtly undulating, whether it was a bamboo forest, a curved water, a pine or a white wall, it was just a part of this huge machine.

Countless pavilions emerged from the fork in the road with his footsteps, and after he reversed course, they slowly sank into the ground. Under the patchwork of countless buildings and decorations, the entire city lord's mansion seems to have a thousand different appearances, thousands of different postures and styles.

Even the faint sound of the piano is played by a music box-like device, and behind the dexterous rhythm are countless rotating gears and hubs.

Ye Qingxuan finally understood why there were contradictions in so many travelogues, because this city itself is amorphous, and countless modules rise and fall, and there are countless kinds of patterns.

In his hands, this is the most expensive and ingenious toy in the world.

Even if there are no traces along the way, Ye Qingxuan can still feel the beauty that permeates every inch of space.

It wasn't until he finally reached the top of the tall building that he finally saw Yunlou Qingshu at the highest point in the entire city...... Bai Xi's father, the man who once made him unable to contain his killing intent.

It's just that the current Yunlou Qingshu is not at all similar to what he expected.

It's like ...... It's the same as a different person.