Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Scenery in the Palace Is Very Good
The Ocean Palace is not just a palace, but a palace complex, covering an extremely wide area and having excellent feng shui.
At that time, the Holy Emperor specially invited some foreign craftsmen to work for three months in a row, and built a large palace outside the city. The palace cluster, the place is circled, named the Ocean Palace.
Just looking at the past from a distance, you can only feel that this palace complex is very down-to-earth, just like those cottages next to each other in the township in my childhood, a bit like a small town.
And the place where the prime minister really lives is in the center of this palace complex. The small halls and small gardens scattered in the core palace are said to be the places where the core generals of the sea expedition army lived.
After Lu Beichen left the city, he saw a large group of palaces appear in the distance. As the shopkeeper and Shang Lu said, when you go out of the city gate, it is not difficult to recognize the location of the palace.
He followed the path and came here in a few moments.
At the end of the road, there is a palace, but there is no road that goes straight to it.
Lu Beichen was a little strange, so he stopped to look around, and saw a stone staircase.
There is no moss on the stone steps, and it is so clean that it seems to be cleaned every day.
At the end of the stone steps is flat ground and is a gate.
Lu Beichen stood a few feet away, looking at the door, not moving forward, just standing quietly.
Because he hadn't approached yet, he felt a little wrong.
It was a domineering aura, a little terrifying.
And that breath came from behind the door.
The aura was somewhat oppressive, somewhat unusual, and somewhat animalistic.
That powerful breath fell on his clothes, on his eyebrows, into his skin, through his veins, into the depths of his viscera, and in an instant, it was gone.
The weeks of circulation did not bring him any harm, but it did make him a little cold.
It's not human breath.
Lu Beichen thought of his master's little dog when he was a child.
When the puppy was very young, he had a very fierce face, but he got along very docilely.
Thinking of this, he didn't retreat, didn't even tremble, just thought quietly.
The red sun sinks in the west, the elegant magpie rushes to the forest, the dusk is coming, and the evening breeze is gradually rising.
Lu Beichen looked around, and found that his location was a little strange, only to find that this should be the second floor of the palace.
"Why isn't there a doorway downstairs?" he thought for a moment, a little strange. However, this doubt only appeared, and did not lead to other conjectures, let alone any suspicions.
Because the smell of the crack in the door shows that it is not an empty room inside.
Lu Beichen walked forward gently, he wanted to go in and see what was going on.
But when he walked to the door, he found that it was not locked, and it seemed that he could push it open if he reached out.
"Giggle......
Lu Beichen didn't push the door open, but habitually knocked on the door.
The knock on the door echoed through the woods, but there was no response, just a noisy chirping of magpies.
He stood in front of the door, silent for a moment, adjusting his breathing until it was absolutely flat, and then raised his hands and landed on the door, pushing forward with a slight force.
"Squeak...... Squeak...... "The door slowly opened.
It seemed to be an old door, or a door that rarely opened, so loud that it opened.
Lu Beichen's heart trembled, for fear that this harsh friction sound would alarm something.
A ray of light spilled through the crack in the door.
As the crack in the door widened, more light overflowed, falling on him, shining clearly on the slightly frightened expression on his face.
Behind the door is not a room or anything like that, because there are no furnishings. It's like a one-story building in Baicao Building, but it's a little bigger, and then all the furnishings are removed.
The ground was some fine black jade.
It's hard to imagine anyone who would use black jade to make bricks. It's not that there is money, it is estimated that there is a problem.
Lu Beichen thought in his heart, and unconsciously forgot the breath just now, and stepped directly into these black jade floor tiles.
"Anyone?" A soft inquiry sounded in the quiet air, but there was still no response.
Lu Beichen was a little puzzled, followed by some surprise and even fear.
Because the breath that Fang had felt before opening the door had reappeared, and it was noticeably stronger, as it was getting closer.
The breath is approaching, and so are the footsteps.
"Roaring ......" A voice suddenly sounded, deafening, as if it had the momentum to shake the heavens and the earth.
Lu Beichen slowly turned around and saw a terrible scene!
"Roaring ......"
"Roaring ......"
"Lion!" Lu Beichen exclaimed.
"So it's really not a human here?"
"Where have I been?"
"Boom! roar......" The lion didn't pay any attention to any shock, and roared several times in a row, the iron-like tail, the cold tiger eyes, and the fierce appearance made people shudder to watch, and had to subconsciously take a few steps back.
Then, the whole hall was like a whirlwind blowing like summer suddenly turning into autumn.
The difference is that it is empty, and the wind is more powerful.
"What do you mean?" Lu Beichen thought to himself. When I was young, I often talked to mountain beasts, and over time, I was able to distinguish the meaning of some of the sounds and movements of mountain beasts.
But I am still very unfamiliar with lions.
He didn't hear the meaning of the roar, but he saw that the lion's eyes were like thousands of stars hidden, and the stars were shining.
There were several low whistles in succession, and the air suddenly fell silent.
Lu Beichen heard that the roar had stopped, so he looked around and asked softly, "This is the prime minister's palace, are you the gatekeeper here?"
He asked casually, but he said every word carefully, just like when he was a child comforting the little dog by the lake.
"Roar......" The lion did not speak the familiar human language, but continued with a repetitive roar, and then the fierceness in his eyes was fully revealed.
In this attic, with a low whistle, a gust of wind suddenly blew.
There is no lower howl of the lion, only the howling of the wind.
Lu Beichen's shirt was blown and then fell.
When the wind blows, the door closes in response to the wind.
Lu Beichen instantly understood that it turned out that Fang Cai's low whistle was not an answer, but was giving birth to this gale.
His whole being was blown up and forced into a corner.
The sudden whirlwind almost suffocated people to death. Lu Beichen pulled out the sword behind him with difficulty, stabilizing the position he was standing on, until he heard the bang, and then realized that he seemed to have entered some holy place by mistake.
"Stop!" Lu Beichen suddenly shouted.
The lion clan is domineering by nature, and naturally they will not stop those domineering behaviors because of what humans do. But for some reason, after hearing this stop word, the gale actually stopped.
For some reason, listening to that roar, he was a little uncomfortable, as if he had seen the loneliness of a certain period of time.
During those lonely years, I don't know if it was my own or the red lion in front of me.
I don't know if it was to suppress himself, or to suppress the indescribable emotions of this lion, he naturally shouted, but he didn't expect this sound to really stop the gust of wind.
Lu Beichen's brows were slightly thick, his expression was slightly shocked, and he was a little suspicious, "You are very lonely?"
The Red Lion did not answer, this time not even a roar, but was silent.
"Do you understand human speech?Are you the legendary immortal red lion?" Lu Beichen asked cautiously when he saw that it didn't answer, his voice trembling a little.
The immortal red lion is the wind and cloud clan of the demon clan. Most of the lion tribes are yellow-haired, and they take the direction of cultivating adults. But three hundred years ago, an incident happened that some lions did not follow the instructions of the family book and found another way to do the opposite.
Unable to cultivate to human form, but instead cultivated into an invulnerable red fur, what an earth-shattering event?
It is recorded in the book that those red furs are the symbol of their immortality, so those lions who do the opposite began to become the shining stars of the clan, and gradually have the title of immortal red lion in the world.
The red-haired lion in front of him is red all over his body, and his body length is about two meters, which is estimated to be the immortal red lion mentioned in the allusion of the hundred beasts.
The lion's eyes suddenly became a little brighter, and Fang Cai's fierce intent weakened a lot.
When Lu Beichen saw the details of those eyes, his psychology became less afraid, and he continued, "You have been here for a long time?"
After the lion heard Lu Beichen's voice, he tilted his head in a daze and made a strange sound.
The sound was like a weak breath passing through the throat, and then it simply came out without processing, and it sounded like a lament of the human world.
Lu Beichen thought to himself, with ** flow, it has never been words, but understanding. Just why, I hear a hint of sadness?
He looked at the lion, then cautiously continued, "I have heard that this is where the prime minister lives. Why, you're here?"
"Roar......" The lion had calmed down, but suddenly as if it had been stimulated by something, it suddenly howled, and in the deafening voice, there was infinite unwillingness and dissatisfaction.
The wind, which had just stopped, suddenly blew again.
Despite the discomfort of being tossed by this strange wind and the lion's roar that broke through the air, Lu Beichen gritted his teeth and endured the fine marks left on his face by the wind and sand.
For some reason, this firmness made him let go of his fears.
In the face of something powerful, it is natural for man to have a relentless and endless fear. It's just that Lu Beichen is different.
has long passed by one of the most terrifying and powerful beasts in the world, and has been tossed with the king of beasts on Chaisang Mountain, what is the red-haired lion in front of him?
Maybe he hasn't experienced much, but he still experienced it.