Verse 424: Pilgrimage
The altitude of Lin'an is extremely high, and it is already covered with snow from the mountainside, and the top is completely frozen.
The caves all over the Lin'an Mountain are also scarce as they go up, and at the very top, there is only one huge cave that opens alone on the mountain. And above this huge cave, is the top of Lin'an's mountain, a huge platform.
This platform must have been deliberately trimmed, unusually smooth, like a mirror. And this place is obviously blessed by magic, it should be completely frozen here, but there is no trace of ice and snow, revealing the brown mountains below, which forms a sharp contrast with the frozen snow-white scene at the edge.
The top of the mountain should be the narrowest part of a mountain, but because of the huge body of Lin'an Mountain, even the narrowest part of this mountaintop platform is unusually wide, enough to accommodate dozens of dragons to gather on it, and now it is indeed such a scene: dozens of dragons are scattered on it, roughly showing a fan-shaped, and at the center point of the fan-shaped, are Ji Ruoxi, Fang Xiangru and other key figures of the dragon clan.
Of course, the other dragons present were also important figures in the dragon clan - didn't you see that there were so many dragons under the mountain who were not qualified to come here at all?
And thanks to his current identity, Norman was also able to stand by Ji Ruoxi's side and accept all kinds of eyes from the dragons present.
Surprised, surprised, confused, hostile...... These were the meanings revealed in the eyes of the dragons present, condescendingly throwing at Norman.
It's no wonder that if this place were to be changed to Santa Vita, Randall was about to be crowned on the throne when a dragon stood beside him, which attracted no less attention.
But two of them are distinctively gentle.
That's Chen Qinghe and Huang Kun.
These two dragon friends who were separated during the teleportation also came here, standing in the dragon group, and judging from their extremely high position, these two are not low in status among the dragon family.
Seeing old friends in this strange alien territory, not to mention how warm it was, Norman also wanted to go up and catch up, but now this occasion is obviously not suitable, so he had to continue to stand obediently beside Ji Ruoxi like a mascot and remain motionless, looking at his nose and nose.
Although there were many dragons on the platform, they were all silent, and only the voice of a dragon could be heard.
"When I was flying with the prime minister and Zhou Fu, I suddenly felt an inexplicable blood throbbing in the direction of Fei Lengcui, and then the prime minister ordered, and we immediately rushed to the north......"
It was Qin Hao who was talking, he was originally following behind Ji Ruoxi with Norman and his party, but at this moment, he came out alone and spoke in front of the dragons on the scene.
He was reporting to the dragons on the scene.
Not only Qin Hao needed to report on his work, but Fang Xiangru also needed to be the prime minister, and even Ji Ruoxi needed to state what happened in Fei Lengcui at that time! Not only that, in the process of their statement, there were still dragons in these dragon clans present who raised questions, and they also needed to answer this.
Qin Hao and Zhou Chengzhuo are also forgotten, after all, they can only be regarded as Fang Xiangru's followers, and many of the dragon clan members present may have higher identities than them, but Fang Xiangru and Ji Ruoxi are different, they are the prime minister and the new emperor of the dragon clan!
Norman could not have imagined such a situation in Santa Vita where the great nobles would question the emperor, and he felt the difference between dragons and humans: unlike the strict hierarchy of Augustus, the social system of dragons did not seem to be so cold. They have a strong sense of individual existence, and the difference between their identities seems to be more reflected in the difference in position than in the difference in rank, which is probably why Ji Zheng was killed by his subordinates, and the old king of Augustus, Edgar, was killed by Adrian.
Norman thought idly.
In fact, he's really doing nothing right now.
After learning that this human being was actually a descendant of the dragon clan personally certified by the First Emperor's manifestation, and was personally named by the First Emperor, the dragon clan at the scene was very riotous, and many dragons obviously did not want to believe it, after all, the human beings in front of them were obviously a living human being, and they were also famous human saints, how could they be the descendants of the dragon clan who had been blessed by the First Emperor? But Ji Ruoxi's personal endorsement alleviated this suspicion a little, and Chen Qinghe's personal admission was the authenticity of the matter completely sitting down.
"The Heart Sutra was taught to Long Aotian by me, because I wanted to learn his vulgar language in exchange, but I never expected him to actually succeed in getting started. ”
"I've always wondered why he was able to successfully cultivate the Funeral Heart Sutra, after all, other races other than the dragon clan really can't practice the Burial Heart Sutra, even Verun and Adrian are no exception, and if he is a descendant of the dragon clan, this can be explained......"
Chen Qinghe's status in the dragon clan is indeed special, and his exit guarantee throws out ironclad evidence, which greatly reduces the doubts in the eyes of the dragon clan at the scene, and finally looks at Norman one by one when he has nothing to do, which greatly reduces Norman's pressure.
After that, the dragon clan shifted the focus of the topic to other aspects, and discussed some dragon clan matters at this stage, such as whether the dragon emperor should be succeeded by Ji Ruoxi, who should succeed the Taiwei after Xiao Bonian's death, and so on. It's just that the relevant issues are too big, and the interests of all parties are involved, resulting in a lengthy meeting, and it seems that the meeting will not be resolved for a while, and Norman has therefore entered a state of idleness.
The succession of the new emperor has never been a simple matter, especially in the case of the sudden death of the old emperor without leaving an edict, it is even more troublesome, all forces want to take advantage of this opportunity to obtain the maximum benefits, and it will naturally not be decided for a while, so this court meeting has been held until it is dark and has not been able to make any decisions.
According to human habits, when it is dark, everyone must retreat to eat and rest first, recuperate, and continue to discuss tomorrow, but the biological differences between dragons and humans lead to dragons not accepting this set of human rules.
The dragons were far from being comparable to the great nobles of Augustus in terms of physical and mental strength, so after illuminating the mountaintop platform with magic, the festival went on without rest in between, and there was no time to eat. Thanks to the help of Norman with the "Heart Sutra of Catching the Sea" and the "Heart Sutra of the Funeral Day", he was able to temporarily avoid eating and resting, and he also stood on the top of this mountain with them to blow the cold wind and listen to their nonsense - when it comes to the distribution of benefits, these dragons can be as entangled as humans.
Then the meeting lasted until dawn, then dark, and then dawn, and after three days in a row, after the sun had set on the fourth day, the festival finally came to an end.
Of course, there is still no definite outcome on any of the issues.
And after the meeting, from the eyes that looked at Norman when the dragons left, it could be seen that they basically had no doubts about Norman's identity as a descendant of the dragons.
After four days and three nights without eating and sleeping, he is still in good spirits and does not need to excrete, this guy is obviously not human.
Norman was the last to leave the hilltop platform.
According to Fang Xiangru's instructions, Zhou Chengzhuo was about to take him to the cave where Liu Mengsheng lived before his death, which would also be his next temporary residence, but before he could take off, a gentle voice came.
"It's up to me to lead Long Situ there, and Zhou Servant will go back to rest early. ”
Norman looked up in a blink of an eye and saw Chen Qinghe standing beside them, looking at him with a smile on his face.