Chapter 2 The City of Atum

The blue sky was spotless, and the sun slowly disappeared into the horizon. The drowsy sand flew, and the world, which had been baked by the heat for a day, gradually disappeared into silence.

The sunset sandbar, the place where the sun is extinguished, is the place where the sun and the light are extinguished.

The river of gold bubbles into the end of the sunset, and the water is sparkling like pulp, cast golden by the sun. The waves rolled, making a majestic noise, and countless sediments were swept into the waves, injected into the end of the horizon, and merged into the heavenly river.

This river has been flowing on the sunset sandbar for tens of thousands of years, and it still flows. The prosperity of the Sunset civilization is the crystallization of this golden river for thousands of years. Leafy oases, busy streets, opulent palaces and majestic shrines all flow with the blood of the Golden River. Hundreds of millions of people depend on it for their survival, and along its banks you can trace the history of the prosperity of a tribe of people who call themselves God's people and revere the Golden River as a gift from God.

Although people may have never seen God, this does not affect their belief in God, even if it is blind reverence, but it does not affect the fact that the temple in every city is grander than the other most ornate buildings, even the palace of the pharaoh cannot be turned away.

No one questions God's authority, because there are real relics of God in this world, and no one dares to disobey God's will.

And the most believable belief in the existence of God is the eleven Xuantu that stands in the Lost Ancestral Tomb. Eleven Xuantu, also known as the Tower of Reincarnation of Tongtian, is an eleven pyramids of the gods that have been handed down from ancient times. No one knows how long they have been around, but they have stood like something new since the Sunset Civilization was recorded, as if it had not been eroded by time. They seem to stand on the banks of the long history of the sunset sandbar, silently watching everything, controlling the oracles and weighing the world. They are the miracles left by the Protoss in the world.

Eleven Xuantu can be said to be the oracles of the human world, and they have endless power - through the heavens and the earth. Every year, among the children who participate in the worship, there are always very few people who are recognized by the pyramid and have the power of runes. But these are not as good as auspicious light and feathers, but once recognized, then his life will be blessed by the gods.

The rune master is also called the son of God by the people of the sunset sandbank.

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Atum City, the capital of the sunset sandbank.

As the largest and most prosperous city in the entire Sunset Sandbank, Sunset City has a population of more than 10 million. It is located in the center of the Sunset Sandbar, occupying more than one-eighth of the central land of the entire Sandbar, with a profound heritage accumulated for thousands of years, and has experienced countless ups and downs, playing an important role in the history of the Sunset Sandbar, and has a position that can never be erased. The people of Sunset Sandbank call it "the capital of the gods" and also known as the "light of the desert".

The golden river runs through the city, and the waves roll, reflecting the splendor and brilliance. Silent sandbars, verdant oases, on the banks of the growing sedge river, spread out into an immortal picture of eternity and legend, hanging high on the top of the pointed pyramid.

In the Lost Ancestral Mausoleum in the center of the entire city of Atum, eleven pyramids are hidden from the sky. Each of them was hundreds of meters high, and the pharaoh's palace could not reach even a tenth of them.

How high are the clouds? as long as the eleven spires, and how long is eternity?

The earth gradually sank, and the chill of day and night was biting. The air was covered with frost, and the golden river turned from golden yellow to silver, but the huge city of Atum was brilliantly lit, if you look from the sky, along the golden river, the fire gathered into a brilliant galaxy, then the most gorgeous from a distance is the palace.

The most prosperous part of every city in the sunset sandbar is on both sides of the river, and the farther it is less populated, and farther away, only bleak and sparse remain. The moon wheel is like a crystal hanging in the sky, splashing white ripples.

In Atum City, where the lights and voices were intertwined, three figures wrapped in white robes stepped on this land. One of them was extremely thin, with a slightly rickety back, and it was obviously an old man. To his left, an equally thin figure walked softly, looking around curiously, and on his right, a jumping figure, looking around in a light leap.

"Look, Brother Mo Xuan, what is that?" the jumping figure spoke first, and in the excitement removed the package on his head, revealing the pretty girlish face and the long snow-white hair that was coiled into braids. Hearing the girl's voice, the figure on the left turned his head, and following the skewed moonlight, he could just see the slightly thin face hidden in the white robe, which looked quite immature because it had not been eroded by the world. And his eyes, looking in the direction of the girl's snow-white fingers, happened to see not far away, a person wearing a gorgeous beast robe, wearing a jade Luo white silk hat on his head, riding on a huge creature more than three meters high, with two big wings, strong limbs, and a lion's face, and it was this strange-looking giant beast that attracted the attention of the two. The man rode on top of the beast and walked between the paths, not dodging, but the people around him avoided him for fear of being hit by the beast.

"That's the Sphinx, one of the most powerful rune beasts on our Sunset Sandbank. On the Sunset Sandbar, only nobles are eligible to keep the Sphinx in captivity. The rickety figure in the middle laughed.

"But this person looks so annoying, just don't give way, and put on a stinky face. Mo Xuan's brows furrowed and he said. Grandpa smiled, patted his head, and said, "In the Sunset Sandbank, the power of the princes and nobles is unimaginable, and ordinary people are just as small as grass mustard in their eyes, so this is also normal." The Sphinx he rode was just a juvenile Sphinx with impure blood, and if it was an adult Sphinx with pure blood, even if it was lying down, it would be more than three times larger than this Sphinx. “

"I'm tired, grandpa, we've been walking for a day, and we've only arrived in Atum City at this time, why don't you find a place to rest for a while. The girl complained a little dissatisfied, and gently rubbed her ankle with her hand as she spoke, indicating that she was tired.

"Yes, grandpa, after walking for so long, I've arrived in Atum City anyway, and it's time to find a place to rest. Mo Xuan echoed.

Grandpa looked at the two of them, smiled, and said, "You two little guys, you sing and harmonize every time, so I can't help an old man." Okay, so let's find a place to stay. ”

"Wow, it's still the best grandpa!" Mo Xuan and the girl cheered together.

The three of them continued to walk forward, looking around as they searched for accommodation. For Mo Xuan and the girl, many of the things they saw in Atum City tonight were something they had never seen before. So in their excitement, they ran around and put aside the search for a place to live. And tonight's accommodation is also extremely difficult to find, they have found seven or eight inns back and forth, but there are no vacant seats. After a long time, finally, grandpa found an inn that still had vacancies, and walked in with Mo Xuan and the girl.

"Shopkeeper, bring us a room. Grandpa took out some silver coins and said to the white-robed boss in front of the counter with a smile.

"Okay!" the boss smiled and accepted the money, took out a key from under the cabinet, and said, "Old man, I'll find a room for you." Grandpa smiled: "Then there will be work." ”

The innkeeper walked in front and led the three of them up to the second floor. The inn is paved with large stones, lit with a few mutton fat lamps, and is slightly dark. Due to the dry climate, there is not a trace of moss climbing. The four of them climbed the stone steps, and the innkeeper turned back to his grandfather and smiled: "Old man, the purpose of your coming here is the ancestral tomb festival the day after tomorrow." ”

Grandpa smiled and didn't hide it, "At this time, about eight or nine times out of ten people who came to Atum City were for the ancestral tomb festival." After all, it is a visit to the pyramid, if it is chosen, it is a change of carp jumping over the dragon gate, but I didn't expect that the number of people in this year's ancestral tomb festival will be so large, and I have been to several inns before, but there is no vacancy. ”

The innkeeper sighed: "Yes, I don't know why, the number of people who came to participate in the Ancestral Tomb Festival this year is three or four times that of previous years. But thanks to this, otherwise my business would be quite deserted. I don't know who in your family is participating in this year's ancestral tomb festival, is it this son or this young lady?"

Grandpa smiled and patted Mo Xuan's head. "The girl is still a year away, and this year is this little ghost. Mo Xuan pouted, lowered his body slightly, and detached himself from his grandfather's palm. Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

The innkeeper said: "Then I wish Gongzi success! Alas, I think when I participated in the ancestral tomb festival, I was nervous, it was dark in front of me, but nothing happened in the end, and finally I was forced to helplessly, and I opened this inn with the whole family here, and I was probably able to make a living. But... It doesn't matter if you weren't selected by Xuan Tu, after all, there are still many ways out, come on, Childe. ”

I went up to the second floor and went to the end of the inn, where the innkeeper opened a door. The three of them entered it, saw off the innkeeper, and lay on the bed. Grandpa looked at Mo Xuan and asked with a smile: "Boy, the day after tomorrow is the ancestral tomb festival, do you have any ideas?"

Mo Xuan shook his head: "I don't know, anyway, let's take a look." ”

"Good boy, that's it. Grandpa laughed, "It doesn't matter if you weren't chosen by Xuantu, grandpa will teach you something else, and it's not much worse than the runes." ”

When Mo Xuan heard this, he knew that his grandfather was encouraging him, so he nodded and said, "I will definitely succeed." ”

"Well, Brother Mo Xuan is the best, Brother Mo Xuan come on!" the girl encouraged.

Mo Xuan smiled, his immature face slightly tilted out of the window. There, a bright moon hangs high, and the bright moonlight is sprinkled on this prosperous and fiery city. In the distance, several towering spire-like black shadows stood in the sky and the sea, as if they were oracles suppressed in the human world, and under the shaking of the moonlight, they showed a hazy and phantom like a mist......