Chapter 43: The Gathering
The azure jade, carved into a slender cylindrical shape, is lovely to hold in the palm of a white hand. Gently swaying in the air, the air flow drilled into the holes in the jade, emitting a long sound, like a whistle across the sky, distant and ethereal. The Whistle of the Heavens, which is an ancient musical instrument unique to the Winged People, does not need to be played, the Winged People only need to carry it on their bodies, and when they fly, they are naturally played by the air current, and the sound quality is elegant and clear, as mysterious and deep as the sky.
This is the favorite musical instrument of the Winged Humans who can sing and dance, most of the Winged People love to carry the Sky Whistle with them, every festival day, thousands of Winged People fly out of the Sky City, and the sound of the Sky Whistle will be connected and resounding in the sky.
Originally, the Celestial Whistle was used as a ritual object in the ceremony of singing the praises of the god of the sky, but over a long period of time, the ritual object slowly spread to the people, faded its mysterious color, and became a secular object loved by everyone.
There is a whistle in the sky, and naturally there must be a ring of wind.
Several slender and shiny metal rings were entwined and set on the white ankles, and as the body moved, the metal rings collided with each other, making a crisp crashing sound, connecting into a light melody. The silver metal rings sparkle and dazzle in the sun, and the movements are fast and slow, the music is fast and slow, and the flashes are bright and flickering, grabbing the eyes of onlookers and their hearts.
The Ring of the Wind, the second of the three major musical instruments of the Winged Terrans, once said that whenever there are wings across the sky, there will be a crisp sound of the Ring of the Wind, which fully explains the popularity of this instrument in the Winged Terrans. At every large gathering, countless winged people dance in the air, and the ring of the glittering wind reflects the crimson sunset, playing a cheerful melody.
At that time, the sounds, flashes, and images of wings flying together all came together to form one of the most beautiful landscapes.
This is the top floor of a certain building in the depths of the city, a very inconspicuous place of business, which is said to be a 'place to eat', and if you understand correctly, it should be considered a special tavern.
Of course, there are taverns in the Bright City, not only taverns, but also workshops, shops, inns, temples, hospitals, and all the commercial and functional buildings found in the cities of the land race.
Tens of thousands of winged people live here, plus many visitors from the land race, how can it be done without perfect urban facilities, the city managers have already made a plan, so that the entire sky city can operate spontaneously according to normal business rules.
Although limited by the nature of the Winged Terrans, the service staff in all business establishments are often changed, just like these dancing female artists in the box, maybe half a year ago they were a dispenser in an alchemy shop or a receptionist in a certain store, and now they have become artists performing in the restaurant.
Frequent changes often make practitioners behave very unprofessionally, such as these winged people, dancing so happily that they have completely forgotten what they are doing, completely detached from the content that should be performed, and danced their favorite wing dance by their own temperament.
However, no one cares about them, the Winged People are so casual by nature, and they can't change anything, not to mention watching a few beautiful Wingman girls playing and dancing happily, and humming a short Winged Folk Ballad when they are interested, it can be regarded as a pleasing enjoyment, and if you care about it, it will be too dissatisfied.
Wait, how can there be a dance performance in a tavern box?
Of course there is, at least here, because this is not a tavern in the traditional sense of the word, no wonder Yulia would say that this is a 'place to eat'.
It's not so much a pub or a restaurant as an intimate club, with no signboards, no exteriors, and the entrance is just a small inconspicuous floor-to-ceiling window. After entering, there was no bar, no hall, no lively drinkers and diners, only four or five private rooms, and it was difficult to even see the waiters.
It's not like a place of business at all.
However, aside from the others, Shuer, Dack, and Marlene have all traveled a lot of places, and they are well-informed veterans, so they know very well in their hearts that this is indeed a 'place to eat', and the more it does not look like a place of business, the more unusual it is.
In fact, in some super-large cities of human beings, such as the Lion City and the City of Roses, there will also be one or two places of this size, which are not open to the public, and the vast majority of the people do not know about its existence at all, and only the top nobles in the city will choose this place when they need to meet privately.
Finally, the bearer of the Empty Drum, the third largest instrument of the Winged Terrans, couldn't hold back anymore and joined the sisters' frolicking, the waist drum wrapped around the waist was small and exquisite, but the sound was clear and loud, and in the empty sky, it could spread far outward and reach the sky.
Travelers who often travel in the wilderness are sometimes lucky enough to see several winged people flying overhead in the wilderness, their bodies flipping and drawing all kinds of strange shapes in the air, leaving behind a string of crisp laughter and cheerful drum beats, which is the melody of the empty drum.
Few people of other races can enjoy the scene when the three winged people play in an ensemble, and in a sense, it is also an experience to boast about, the question is......
Can you stop making trouble?
Yulia finally couldn't sit still, and angrily blasted the performers who were getting more and more noisy, including other unrelated personnel, out of the box, and the winged girls didn't show any fear at all, as if they were used to it, flying or running, giggling and running away, leaving only a feather on the ground.
Maybe in cities of other races, this is already a very serious service accident, especially this kind of special place for top customers will be stricter, and all those involved will be severely punished, but for the winged people, this is a racial characteristic, and it can also be counted?
"It's finally quiet. Yulia let out a long breath, even if she herself is a winged person, many times she can't stand the bad character of her kindred, of course, in fact, she herself is similar, "In order to make amends to our great priesthood, I invite everyone to have a simple meal, and there is nothing special, which can be regarded as a sign of my novelty." ”
Well, it's really nothing special, it's a very common food, at least in the original place of origin.
The Arctic Ice Sheet is endemic to the Wind-Rat, the hind-leg meat is the favorite food of the locals, and every year when the thawing season is about to end, the Icefield people will air-dry a large number of Wind-Rats to prepare for the frozen season. However, it must be admitted that compared to air-dried, fresh rat leg meat is chewy and springy, and it tastes more delicious.
The southern beach is warm all year round, the sun is shining every day, and the sea sand shells are large and thick, but the flesh is as soft and delicate as fine snow.
The western wilderness is windy and sandy, and the desert is cold for thousands of miles, and the perennial heat is like hell, but the tails of the sand-lined lizards that can be seen everywhere on the desert are indeed indescribable delicacies. Cut into pieces and stew in the pot for a long time, the meat seems to melt, with a mouth, the flesh and bone are separated, and the rough wasteland breath comes to the face, making people seem to look at the end of the desert and the blue sky.
The hamster fruit in the Maika Forest, the glittering algae in the depths of the Mermia Trench, the flame flower on the top of the Gulen Mountains, the voldevines in the Silida Wetlands, everything is a common delicacy, and most of the locals have tasted it and are accustomed to it, so there is nothing unusual.
The problem is, it's not something we take for granted to put all this fresh food together.
The vast majority of the food is produced from the Jade Empire and the Brilliant Capital, which are close to the middle of the continent, at least thousands of kilometers apart, and if you want to keep the food fresh and bring it to the table, it is beyond the ability of mortals, and it is not a problem that the powerful can solve at all. Even the emperors of the three empires would not have the opportunity to enjoy such a meal, after all, the distance is long and dangerous, and it is not operable at all.
However, this is the city of the Winged People, and the Winged People can fly.
In the state of full flight, the winged people worked hard, a day's voyage was about 1,500 kilometers, even the farthest Melmia Trench, after purchasing the ingredients, they would come back in three or four days, the ingredients were magically processed, and they could barely keep them fresh for three or four days, so only in the territory of the winged people could they have the opportunity to put the whole world on their plates.
Moreover, it will not be too expensive, hire a few ordinary mercenaries of the Winged Human Race, sell their physical strength to purchase ingredients all over the world, and the price of the ingredients is not worth mentioning after this meal, that is, the mercenaries will spend a little money.
Well, a small amount of two or three hundred gold coins, it's not expensive, it's not expensive, hahaha, it's not expensive at all, it's far worse than five hundred gold coins.
Five hundred gold coins? A meal of this specification, put it in other races, I'm afraid it will be more than a few thousand gold coins, now think about it, hehe, hehe, it seems that she really showed mercy at the beginning.
There was a lot of noise in the private room, especially a few leaders, who were noisy and shouting, which made the atmosphere extra lively.
In fact, everyone is a person with an identity, two temple delegations, a granddaughter of Duke Silver Fox, the official temporary representative of the Jade Empire, the prime minister of the empire, a fiefdom baron with the support of a powerful mercenary group behind his back, and a patriarch of the controlling family behind the scenes of the Bright Capital, which one of them can make the head of any country be cautious.
Such a group of people with status gathered together, in the imagination of ordinary people, should be quite solemn, full of tension, any word may decide the fate of countless people, sometimes even a look, can lead to a small country to be turned upside down.
Nonsense.
Most of them are old acquaintances who have suffered together at the beginning, not acquaintances can also indirectly get in touch with each other, it is just a gathering of friends, happily reminiscing, exposing each other's scars and making fun of the past, a simple party, no different from the gathering of ordinary people.
But is that really the case? Not necessarily.