Chapter Twenty-Three: The Shadow Bell
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The sunset reflected the red world, the edge of the town, Di Shuye's home.
Ink sat cross-legged on the bare bed, healing. Smoke billowed from the kitchen, and Di Shuye was cooking dinner.
"Xiao Ye, even I didn't know that your "Nine Turns Crane Dance Skill" had reached the realm of the sixth turn!" Tianpai Shui stood in the thick smoke, his figure flickered, and he said with relief.
Di Shuye smiled bitterly, "Grandpa Shui, don't talk about you, I don't even know when it broke through inexplicably." ”
"Hey, are you burning down the house?" a cold voice sounded in the courtyard.
Di Shuye was stunned for a moment, rushed out of the kitchen, looked at Mo in surprise, and exclaimed: "I always thought that you healed small animals quickly, but I didn't expect you to heal your injuries so quickly, amazing, amazing." ”
Mo didn't answer, his brows furrowed, "Put out the fire, there is no food, no rice, nothing do you cook?"
Thinking about it, Di Shuye returned to the kitchen, extinguished the fire in the stove pit, stood up, couldn't help but think of his father-in-law again, stood for a long time, sighed and walked out of the kitchen.
"Turn to the center of the lake?"
When he came to the town, Di Shuye looked up at the three words of the iron painting silver hook on a huge plaque on the restaurant, and said in surprise.
"Lonely!" Mo snorted, walked into the hotel first, and booked a private room on the second floor.
Di Shu looked at this hotel at night, luxurious atmosphere, in the center of the hall hung a hollow stone carving, the stone carving is not big, but it is extremely luxurious, there are a total of eight raised round covers on the four walls, I don't know what it is.
The whole restaurant is divided into three floors, the third floor is the accommodation area, and the second floor is 12 private rooms, each of which is about ten square meters.
Although the area of the hall on the first floor is large, there are not many dining tables, only about 20 of them, which seems a little empty, and it is almost dinner time, and the merchants and local rich people have begun to gather here.
"When"
There was a sudden crisp sound in the middle hall of the wide hall on the first floor, and Di Shuye looked at it, it was a huge standing shadow clock, and the shadow hand of the standing shadow clock pointed exactly in the direction of six o'clock.
Standing Shadow Clock, is a great invention of the Broken Dragon Continent, people use the principle of immediate results, first made the "Sundial" this kind of clock, and at the same time "Sundial" evenly divided into 12 minutes, used to time.
Later, there were copper kettle dripping and other timing tools, but the 'sundial' is naturally useless in the absence of sun, and the copper kettle dripping is even more inconvenient to carry. Until people discovered a wonderful stone, something called "Moon Stone".
It is said that the essence of the moon stone is a stone, and it is a stone that can emit faint light. No matter what the weather is, if it is in the daytime, the moon stone will always face the sun like a sunflower, and at night, it will definitely face the moon.
With the help of this peculiar function of the moon stone and the principle that it can emit a faint light, people have made a standing shadow clock, the standing shadow clock is large and small, and it is made at will, but this is a luxury that belongs to the aristocracy, because the moon stone is not only scarce, it is extremely difficult to find, and it is extremely difficult to polish, and the natural price is extremely expensive, and a small standing shadow clock that can be worn on the wrist is worth thousands of taels of silver.
You must know that when Di Shu was young, if he had a few taels of silver at home, he could maintain the life of his father and son for two and a half years. What's more, this kind of standing movie clock is more often priceless.
And this 'Zhuanhuxin' restaurant actually has such a huge standing bell.
"In addition to Qinzong, this Liying Clock is the first one I have ever seen, what is the origin of this 'Zhuanhuxin' restaurant? "Di Shuye saw a palm-sized standing shadow clock in Qinzong.
The bell rang at six o'clock, and suddenly, the hall on the first floor was bright, especially the hollow stone sculpture hanging in the center of the hall, which was dim before, Di Shuye did not see clearly, and at this moment he saw that this hollow stone sculpture was like a snow-white maple leaf, and there was a night pearl the size of a fist in the groove in the center.
A round lid emerges from one side of the groove, and when the lid opens, the light of the Night Pearl also shines out.
The general lighting tool of the Broken Dragon Continent is the Night Pearl, of course, people like Di Shuye, whose families are extremely poor, sometimes do not even have candles, and at night, they can only smear their eyes.
The material of the stone carving is obviously also a rare precious jade, coupled with the huge night pearl, the things hanging on the top alone are amazing wealth. Looking at the eight raised dolls on the four walls, they had already slipped open at this time, and under each dome was also a night pearl inlaid in an almost transparent jade.
The night pearl that exudes a snow-white light, the blue-white jade, and the light that shines through the white with a cool feeling, make people feel a lot cooler in this hot summer, and the hall that was originally a little dim was bright for a while.
"It seems that the time of the standing clock controls the opening of these night pearls, what a big stroke, such a subtle mechanism!" Di Shuye exclaimed.
Bian Mo said coldly: "According to the change of seasons, both Baoyu and Mingzhu will be replaced, warm colors will be changed in winter, and cold colors will be changed in summer, which will meet people's inner feelings from the tone." ”
"Will it be replaced?" Di Shuye was shocked again, how much financial resources does this need?
The two walked up to the private room on the second floor, it was another scene, the light was abundant, the air was accessible, there was a small formation in the center of the second floor, when the formation was opened, the cool breeze blew, which was extremely refreshing.
"What is the origin of this 'turning the lake', to be so rich?"
Coming to the private room, Di Shuye hurriedly asked.
"Rich, this is rich?" Mo sneered and snorted: "This is just a small one, the people behind the 'Zhuanhuxin' restaurant are extremely mysterious, I heard that it has only emerged in the Broken Dragon Continent in recent years, in just a few years, the restaurants under their names have sprung up in the Broken Dragon Continent, and their names are unified, they are all 'Zhuanhuxin'." ”
"A force, or a rich businessman?" Di Shuye was shocked, in just a few years, the restaurants under his name are like peach blossoms, opening all over the mainland, whether it is a wealthy businessman or a big force, the strength behind it must be extremely strong.
"No one knows the specific identity of the owner behind 'Zhuanhuxin', but they only open a restaurant, and the rest don't interfere. Mo took a sip of water, looked out the window, and said coldly: "Let me tell you about our route this time!"
"Starting from Wuzhi Mountain, one route is through the junction of Qin Sect and Qi Sect, all the way north directly to the North Styx Sea, and then turn east to the Cold Snow Abyss. Ink dipped his fingers in water and drew a route on the table.
Di Shuye nodded, there are four major empires in the Broken Dragon Continent, the western continent has the Hanyang Kingdom and the Hanyin Kingdom, and the eastern continent is the Heavenly Blessing Country and the Heavenly Protector Country respectively. The distribution of the four empires is like the word 'Tian', the northwest Hanyang Kingdom, the southwest Hanyin Kingdom, the Northeast Tianyou Kingdom, and the Southeast Tianhu Kingdom.
The sects are located in the four empires, and the distribution of the four major sects of each empire is also a 'Tian' character due to the topography, which is orderly.
Qinzong is located in the northwest of Hanyang Kingdom, north of the foothills of the Broken Dragon Mountains, over the foothills of the Broken Dragon Mountains is the Yin Wind Canyon, after the Yin Wind Canyon is the Extreme North Wasteland, the Extreme North Wasteland is close to the North Styx Sea, and it is the northernmost part of the continent, no one knows where the end of the North Styx Sea is, because the North Styx Sea is too big.
Although this route is close, it is very dangerous, just the foothills of the Broken Dragon Mountain Range alone, there are many cloud beasts, and the Yin Wind Canyon is even more dangerous, not to mention the Extreme Northern Wasteland.
"The second route is to start from Wuzhi Mountain, go east, pass through Hanyang Kingdom, and go north along the Broken Dragon Mountain Range, which can reach the shore of the North Styx Sea from the periphery of the Broken Dragon Mountain Range! Ink drew another route on the table.
Di Shu was speechless, the second path seemed to be a simple walking route, but it was along the periphery of the Broken Dragon Mountain Range, and no one dared to guarantee that they would not encounter powerful cloud beasts along the way.
"If you start from Qinzong and go straight in the northeast direction...... Di Shuye swiped his fingers, but it stopped abruptly.
"You want to die faster!" Mo sneered.
Di Shuye was silent, indeed, moving in a straight line in the northeast direction, although it can reduce a lot of distance, and can also avoid many dangerous places, and the distance is also the closest, but out of Hanyang Country, if you want to continue to walk in the northeast direction, you must pass through Shenglong Road.
Thang Long Road, known as the Dead Sea, is certainly not the sea. It is the forbidden land of the entire Broken Dragon Continent, and it is listed as a forbidden place within a radius of hundreds of miles, and anyone who approaches the ten miles of the Shenglong Road will immediately be strangled by the extremely powerful Star Army on the continent, and it is said that it is protected by several holy beasts that have reached the peak of cloud beasts, of course, it is just a legend.
There are many similar legends, and the well-known one is that the responsibility of these holy beasts is to monitor the Star Army.
For countless years, no one knows the exact number of people who want to get a glimpse of the way of the dragon, because everyone who wants to enter the way of the dragon is dead!
"It's not going to work. Di Shuye shook his head, unless he really thought he was too long.
"Then there is only the second way, if you are lucky, you will not encounter powerful cloud beasts along the way, and there should be many adventurers and disciples of various sects on the periphery of the Broken Dragon Mountain Range. Di Shu pondered for a long time, and only the second one was the safest.
"Sect disciple training?" Mo's eyes lit up, this was a good idea.
Suddenly, Di Shuye raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "As you wish, there is really a team downstairs that is ready to practice." ”
"Oh?" Mo closed his eyes and probed with a unique secret method, and sure enough, he heard the following people talking about going to the outer periphery of the Broken Dragon Mountain Range to practice.
Raised his eyes and looked at Di Shuye deeply, "It seems that your mental power has also increased a lot!"
She knew in her heart that if she hadn't used the secret method of her family heirloom to investigate just now, she wouldn't have been able to detect the situation below, but Di Shuye easily found out, and only people with extremely strong mental power could assist in investigating the surrounding situation.
"It's just a slight increase......" Di Shuye smiled slightly, "Huh, even the disciples of the Qin Sect have it?"
After listening for a long time, Di Shuye frowned and said, "I don't think people will be with us..."
"Why?"
"They are the senior disciples of the four major sects of Hanyang Kingdom, led by four teachers, and they have been trained in a group. Di Shu understood before the night.
Mo frowned, and was about to speak, but saw Di Shuye's expression change greatly, and then his whole body trembled, and his face turned pale in an instant.
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