Chapter 6: The City of Seven Fowls
In the high air hundreds of miles away from Pingsha City, Jiao Qizheng sat on the fast-moving gourd in amazement, looking around. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe dark red gourd was several times larger than when Jiao Qi first saw it, like a small boat flying in the air. Jiao Qi sat in the middle of the two gourds like a horse, and the "gourd man" instructed him not to move after Jiao Qi sat down, and then sat cross-legged behind Jiao Qi and stopped talking.
When the "gourd man" took him to the access inn before, Jiao Qi, who was directly carried by the "gourd man" to the gourd, was still quite frightened. And this time, Jiao Qi was prepared, and after calming down the panicked mood at the beginning, he found that this gourd was flying extremely smoothly in the air. Jiao Qi looked around at the clouds close at hand, looking down at the ground where everything had become small, and gradually began to experience the fun of flying.
Jiao Qi thought to himself, "This is much more fun than riding a horse or something, but it's a pity that this gourd doesn't listen to me, and I will make one like this gourd myself and visit the whole continent." He was very interested in this gourd that could breathe flames, fly, and even change its size at will, and he had a lot of questions about this gourd that he wanted to ask the "gourd man". But when he turned his head to look, the "gourd man" sat behind him with his eyes closed and expressionless, not knowing whether he was resting or thinking about something.
The "gourd man" didn't say a word, closed his eyes and sat quietly, clearly putting on a posture of not disturbing the living. Although Jiao Qi wanted to ask him, Jiao Qi was worried that if he really ran to chirp crookedly, he might be thrown directly from the air by the "gourd man", and Jiao Qi didn't know what the "gourd man" was called. Jiao Qi only thought at this time that he had been deceived into coming to the gourd without even knowing other people's names, and he couldn't help but be angry, and at the same time secretly scolded himself in his heart for being stupid.
Jiao Qi ate the closed door, his heart was very uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but start thinking nonsense again.
Although it is said that the "gourd man" left Pingsha City with him, why did he take him away, and what kind of relationship should be between the two of them now. Is it a master and apprentice? But with his dark and thin appearance, Jiao Qi is more inclined to the "gourd man" because he lacks a servant.
This time, Jiao Qi fell into the same situation as the last time he was with the "gourd man". The "gourd people" do their own, Jiao Qi doesn't know what to do, he can only think about it, and the more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes. At this moment, the "gourd man" suddenly spoke: "I will soon arrive at the [Seven Birds City], I will go out to deal with some things first when I get to the city in a while, you pretend to be my servant, naturally someone will take you to the residence, and you will wait for me to come back at the residence." ”
Jiao Qi slapped his thigh in his heart: "That's really the case! I'll just say it! He's a trafficker, and it's not sure if he's a trafficker." On the surface, he didn't dare to squeak, and honestly agreed.
After flying in the sea of clouds for a short while, some cone-shaped spires emerging from the clouds could be seen in the distance, as if they were the tops of some kind of building. Jiao Qi was taken aback, he was so big, he had never even heard of a building that could be high enough to pierce the clouds. The gourd gradually began to descend, and after passing through a cloud, as the gourd quickly lowered its height, cities with huge towers appeared in Jiao Qi's field of vision.
Despite its proximity to the desert, the city is strangely surrounded by a large area of dense forest. Several towers stand tall in the center of the city, while the rest of the buildings radiate outwards around these towers, decreasing in height. The outermost part of the city is completely enclosed by a ring of tall, sturdy stone walls, as if a huge stone mother holds the whole city in her arms.
There are soldiers in standard armor patrolling the towers and city walls, and what is even more amazing is that there are many soldiers riding on giant birds in the air, patrolling around the towers in groups of three or five, and the whole city is heavily guarded and orderly.
Jiao Qi saw that those giant birds were all green, with long necks and pointed beaks, and like soldiers, they were also equipped with armor and equipment, he suddenly didn't want gourds, he thought it should be interesting to ride this giant bird. And not only those giant birds, Jiao Qi looked around, and found that there were many people like them, who also flew to the city on all kinds of animals, and they were all strange species that Jiao Qi had never seen and could not be named, and every Jiao Qi was eager to try it and wanted to take one back to play.
Before Jiao Qi could see enough, the "gourd man" had already dropped the gourd from the air. When looking down from above, Jiao Qi didn't feel how magnificent and majestic the city was. But at this time, when Jiao Qi stood in front of the city gate in person, all the things he had seen in the air were magnified I don't know how many times, and his thin body was like an ant who couldn't see clearly compared to the huge city wall. These stone walls are carved with a variety of patterns, but there is not a trace of gaps and cuts on the surface, as if they are a whole natural annular boulder, which makes people really admire the ingenuity of the builders.
Jiao Qi stood in front of the city gate and looked up at the gatehouse, there was a huge dark green plaque on the gatehouse, with the word "Seven Birds" written on it, exuding bursts of emerald green light. Below it, two rows of soldiers stood sideways by the city gate, and several giant birds several meters long were lying on the ground. Jiao Qi, as a poor child born and raised in Pingsha City, where has he seen these strange things, looking at the giant bird with curiosity for a while, and looking at the glowing plaque on the gatehouse for a while, everything really makes Jiao Qi, a native bun, speechless.
The "gourd man" led the "servant" Jiao Qi to enter the city, and just took a few steps forward, only to hear a scream in the air, a green shadow from far and near, an old man riding a giant bird. The old man in a green shirt rolled down from the giant bird, landed in front of them, and leaned over: "Master Jiao Er, Lord Lin Qiyu has been waiting for a long time. ”
The "Hulu Man" had expected this to be the case, and it was no surprise. He first bowed down to the old man in the green shirt and saluted back, then looked down at Jiao Qi again, and said to the old man: "This is my servant, the first time I come to [Seven Birds City], I will send someone to take him to my residence first." ”
The old man in the green shirt nodded yes, beckoned a young soldier who came to the city gate, and gave a few orders.
Jiao Qi kept screaming in his heart: "You are the servant, your whole family is a servant!"
"Don't wander around, stay honest and wait for me to come back. After the "gourd man" finished speaking, he and the old man in green shirts jumped onto the giant bird and flew towards the tower in the city together.
The little soldier who came to lead the way looked a few years older than Jiao Qi, although he saw that Jiao Qi was dark and thin, he still greeted Jiao Qi very politely: "Hello, my name is Mupu, I know me very well here, just follow me." ”
Jiao Qi felt that such a formal greeting was a bit restrained, not particularly comfortable, and replied awkwardly Hello and followed Mupu towards the city.
Mupu saw the scene of Jiao Qi and them coming at the city gate, and felt that Jiao Qi was a little talented, and he didn't neglect him along the way. And Jiao Qi is the first time to enter the city, and he has been holding back all the way before, it is rare that the "gourd man" is not around now, he and Mupu walked all the way and chatted all the way, which can be regarded as relatively pleasant.
Mupu introduced to Jiao Qi that the name of this city is Seven Birds, which is named after the city lord Lin Qiyu. As an important hub in the southwest region, [Seven Bird City] is the key to connecting the desert and the inland, and it is also the core of the southwest. City Lord Lin Qifowl is rumored to have seven powerful spirit birds of different kinds, each of which has supreme power. Not only that, but there is also a special cavalry unit in the [Seven Birds City] - the [Green Cone Bird Rider], and the sharp-billed giant bird that Jiao Qi saw at the door earlier is the standard mount of this cavalry team, the Green Cone Bird. In the past, the city lord Lin Qiyu took the green cone bird to fight in all directions, and he was invincible.
"It is said that no one has ever asked the Seven Birds City Lord to invite all seven spirit birds out at once. Mokpo said matter-of-factly.
"Is he so powerful?" Jiao Qi didn't know anything about marching and fighting, and he was even less interested in joining the army and fighting or anything, but hearing about Mupo's introduction still opened his eyes.
"Of course, the Seven Fowl City Lord has always been a role model for the younger generation of our Mu Clan, and the identity of the Blue Cone Bird Knight is a glory that countless people dream of. After this year, I will also be eligible to apply to join the [Green Cone Ride]. You have to memorize my name, and one day, I will become a hero like the Seven Birds, and don't be surprised when you hear my name. The words of this little soldier named Mokpo were full of pride and excitement.
Jiao Qi, a dumb melon with no ambitions, couldn't understand Mupu's heroism at all, and just followed Mupu all the way forward.
On the other side, Jiao Er, the "gourd man", has arrived at the towering tower in the center of the city with the old man, led by the old man himself, and the two of them have been unimpeded all the way to the top of the tower. In a room at the top of the tower, a middle-aged man dressed in a dark green dark striped robe was waiting, he was Lin Qiyu, the city lord of the [Seven Birds City]. Lin Qiyu looked like a scholar, his face was thin, his expression was serious, and there was a jade flute hanging from his waist, seeing that Jiao Er had arrived, Lin Qiyu hurriedly got up and bowed his hands: "This trip to Pingsha City has been hard, not long ago, Jiao Yi just came to the news that the fire life stone left in the fire hall by [Fire Gun Jiao Si] was shattered. ”
Jiao Er's face was solemn, "I already know about Jiao Si, it was I who found Jiao Si outside Pingsha City. After Jiao Si was defeated by me, he was persuaded by me to complete the investigation of the [Empty Ant] with me, and then return to the Fire Hall with me for trial. But in the process of investigating [Empty Ant], we encountered [Underworld], and Jiao Si blew himself up to cover my retreat. For some reason, Jiao Er deliberately concealed the facts and said without changing his face.
Lin Qiyu was still nodding and thinking when he heard the previous words, obviously Jiao Si's death was related to Jiao Er, and he had already expected it, but when he heard the name of [Immortal], he was shocked: "[Immortal] actually came in person!
Jiao Er's gourd spit out the ant corpse that had been included in it earlier, and then Jiao Er nodded and said, "The information of the [Empty Ant] has been confirmed, but it should still take a while to find the exact location of the [Empty Ant]." It seems that [Hide] has gone ahead of us, and we must not let the same thing happen again, and this time we must ask [Sen-sama] to take action. “
Lin Qiyu was also unusually decisive: "This matter is related to the rise and fall of the envoy clan, and the whole Mu clan must go all out, and report to Lord [Sen] in the next place." “
Jiao Er also gave it away: "I believe that Lord [Sen] will be able to turn the tide, and I will also have to bother the seven fowl brothers to borrow the earth fire." “
"Of course, Jiao Yi should have been waiting for a long time. Saying that, Lin Qiyu turned to the old man in green shirt who had led the way before, and said to him, "Uncle Tong, I want to trouble you to lead the way again." Then he said goodbye to himself.