Chapter 20: The Imperial Capital of Longrui
In the early morning of this day, outside the west gate of the North Underworld City, Long Yan stopped Chi'er on his shoulder, and there was a silver-white unicorn standing beside him, leading Wan Xiaofeng and Gao Zhan to say goodbye to relatives and friends, and then flew up and jumped on the unicorn, turned around and bowed again, and the unicorn hissed and its four hooves lit up like a gallop, and disappeared into the distance in an instant.
This unicorn is a strange beast used by the nobles of the nine countries of the human world for long-distance travel, and it can travel thousands of miles a day, and it is said that it is a low-level spirit beast captured and domesticated by the nobles of the nine countries in the territory of the demon clan. Jiang Xian specially selected it from the treasury of the Northern Hell Marquis Mansion and gave it to Long Yan and the three of them to travel.
Before leaving, Long Yan went to the Bei Hell Marquis Mansion to see his grandfather Jiang Sheng, Jiang Sheng was under the careful treatment of the imperial doctor at this time, although he was still asleep, his face was already ruddy, and it was only a matter of time before he woke up. There are also all kinds of Peiyuan solid pills of Dansheng Wan Qingfeng, and the cultivation can not only be recovered, but also very likely to break through, which makes Long Yan completely relieved.
The unicorn carried Long Yan, Wan Xiaofeng, and Gao Zhan out of the Northern Underworld City, and galloped west along the Dongyi River, heading straight for Long Rui City, the capital of the Dragon Pavilion. Calculating the distance, it will take about ten days to rush to the Longteng Station in Longrui City, and meet with more than 10,000 new students from the fiefdom of the one hundred and eight marquis of Longrui to participate in the grand entrance ceremony of the triennial.
Along the way, the three of them sometimes raised their whips at the peak to point to the country, sometimes stopped in the countryside and towns to have fun, and slept at night to talk about Xianwu Avenue, which was very enjoyable.
At this time, the nine kingdoms of the human race in the Tian Yuan Continent had been established for millions of years, and except for the occasional war in the border with foreign races, the other regions were peaceful and peaceful.
Millions of years of cultivation and construction have greatly developed the power of martial arts and immortal cultivation based on families, and each country has established its own academies at all levels and top royal academies to cultivate batches of warriors and priests, and constantly enrich and strengthen their military strength.
According to historical records, a shocking war must break out in the Tian Yuan Continent every million years, and the specific reason is unknown. Later, it was discovered that every shocking battle must be accompanied by one of the Ten Sacred Weapons of the Yuan Gu Jade Wall on the list of Yuan Gu Jade Wall Divine Weapons.
When Long Yan activated the Nine Dragons Jade Pendant, the Nine Kingdoms immediately had a premonition that the peace of millions of years was about to cease to exist, and the great war was together, the lives were devastated, and the blood stained the sky, I don't know how many warriors and priests fell, and I don't know how many countries in the Nine Kingdoms can be left alone, and how many countries are wiped out by the earth.
But one thing is certain, the stronger the strength, the more confident he is of surviving the disaster. Therefore, the Nine Nations did not hesitate to cultivate reserve forces in order to protect themselves.
However, these news are still at the top secret level, and only the princes above the king level know, and the princes below the king level and the families only faintly feel that there is something abnormal, but they can't say anything wrong.
When it comes to the existence of Long Yan and their level, they don't feel anything at all, especially when they leave the Northland Frontier and go further inland, the more peaceful and peaceful they become.
On the way, Long Yan and Gao Zhan once again asked Wan Xiaofeng about the system of the exercises they had cultivated before, and this time Wan Xiaofeng did not have Wang Gu to talk about him, and revealed a major secret to the two, and this secret was also soaked by him from Wan Qingfeng last night.
It turns out that in addition to the two recognized cultivation systems, there is also a third system in the Great Thousand World, but this system is too ethereal and unbelievable, not only is the cultivation conditions very demanding, but its cultivation process is also difficult and abnormal, and if you are not careful, you will die.
However, if the cultivation is successful, its power is incredibly great, and one of the important characteristics is the instantaneous development of skills and techniques. It's just that this system has been slowly broken off for millions of years due to its extreme difficulty in cultivating, and now it's just a legendary existence, which is not recognized today, and no one has ever cultivated it.
If it weren't for the fact that Wanyuan Pavilion has a sea of books, including ancient and modern, and Wanjia itself is a very ancient hidden family, it would really be impossible to verify this matter.
There is another important feature of the third system, but it is hidden in the existing two systems, and that is the selection and level of exercises.
It is generally believed that the exercises practiced by the current two major systems can be divided into two categories: innate exercises and acquired exercises, and the innate exercises are divided into five levels: mortal, medium, high, superb and superb, all of which were created by the masters of the previous life, and gradually passed down in a complete set of systems after the polishing and correction of countless geniuses in later generations, and the types are very rich.
However, the origin of the innate exercises is extremely mysterious, no one knows who created it, and it is speculated that it is divided into five levels: general, excellent, jie, zhuo, and perfect, but no one has seen the true face since the record, let alone cultivated and handed down.
According to the predecessors who wrote that ancient book, it is very likely that the innate exercises were born specifically for the third system.
According to these characteristics, it is very likely that the cultivation of Long Yan and Wan Xiaofeng is this mysterious third system, and the exercises may also be the legendary innate exercises. This made Gao Zhan extremely excited, Gao Zhan had a nickname called "Martial Idiot", and he was extremely enthusiastic about cultivation, there was such a magical system in front of him, how could it not make his heart itch.
When asked about the name of the exercises that Wan Xiaofeng practiced, Wan Xiaofeng smiled and did not answer, but vaguely said that it was from a broken ancient book passed down from the family, and it was inconvenient to pass it on due to family regulations.
Long Yan didn't hide his secrets, and immediately taught Gao Zhan's "Enlightenment Sutra" the first-order exercises. However, to Gao Zhan's frustration, yes, he was completely unable to cultivate. Wan Xiaofeng also tried it curiously, and it was the same result, which made Gao Zhan's heart balance a lot.
According to the current system, the acquired exercises and spirit attributes match, the three people's spirit attributes are different, and it is normal to be unable to practice other people's exercises, from this point of view, Long Yan and Wan Xiaofeng's cultivation is not like the third system and innate exercises.
Now the three of them are still in the foundation realm, and there is no difference between the innate and acquired exercises in the foundation realm, they are all ninth-order. Therefore, the three of them discussed for a few days, and in addition to determining the instantaneous occurrence of techniques and techniques, they did not come to other specific conclusions, and the rumors about the third system and innate exercises were gradually put down.
Five days later, the three of them gradually left the densely populated place and marched into a vast and boundless wasteland, according to Wan Xiaofeng, this wasteland is called Jiuyuan, accounting for about one-fifth of the territory of the Dragon Pavilion, with countless different types of demon beasts, minerals and elixirs, and it is a treasure land for the training of various martial cultivators and immortal cultivation families.
In the middle of the wasteland is the Black Forest, one of the famous Nine Secret Realms of the Tian Yuan Continent. This Black Forest is dangerous and abnormal, it is only opened once every three years, and it is the ultimate trial place of the Dragon Teng Academy, and the students of the Dragon Teng Academy can only be regarded as truly graduating if they pass the ultimate trial of the Black Forest.
On the outskirts of the Black Forest, there are eighteen small secret realms, which are divided by the nobles of the Dragon Inlay Country, and are the testing grounds for the children of the nobles.
However, among the three of them, Wan Xiaofeng, a brother with family roots, is equivalent to having a living map and database, and the three of them, under the leadership of Wan Xiaofeng, urged the unicorn to run around these secret places like a familiar car.
The journey was safe and sound, and finally arrived at the Longteng Post at the appointed time, and joined the team belonging to the territory of the Northern Hades. Since there were still three days before the entrance ceremony, the team leader Longdong announced that everyone could play in the imperial capital at will, and they should not cause trouble.
Due to the unfairness in this examination and the suspicion of accepting bribes from Jiang Chen, the former Marquis of the Northern Netherworld, and the four major families, Longdong was demoted from a high-ranking inspection envoy to an ordinary tutor of Longteng Academy, and became the leader of this group of new students.
For Long Yan, the initiator who caused his demotion, although Longdong was calm and abnormal on the surface, he hated it in his heart, so he only told the three of them that they could play in the imperial capital at will in the past three days, but he did not explain the rules in the imperial capital in detail like other new students.
Long Yan and the other three came to the imperial capital for the first time, and after settling down, they happily went out to play together to see the magnificent style of the imperial capital.
Longrui City is the capital of the Dragon Pavilion, and it is also the largest city among the seven hundred and twenty cities in the nine counties of the Dragonstain Country. It is located in the middle of the dragon mosaic country and has a population of about 10 million.
The whole city is hexagonal, with four gates, south, east and west, and a wide post road extending into the distance. The center of the city is full of golden splendor, and the jade buildings of Qionglou are layered on top of each other, which is the place where the imperial city of the dragon inlaid country is located.
The city is basically divided into five major areas, the central area is the imperial city, the southern area is the residence of various government offices and institutions, the western area is the gathering area of nobles and wealthy merchants, the northern part is mixed with middle and low-class residents, and the eastern part of the city is the commercial area of the whole city.
The imperial city faces south and back to north, and there are also four gates, and there is an official road paved with bluestone that leads directly to the post road outside the city gate. Between the south gate of the imperial city and the south gate of Longrui City, there is a square square with a radius of thousands of zhang, all paved with huge bluestone slabs.
In the middle of the square, there is a hexagonal nine-layer white jade altar with a radius of dozens of zhang and a height of about 100 zhang, and at the top of the altar stands a hexagonal treasure tripod with six sides, three legs, three ears, purple mangs all over the body, and mixed body full of thunder and lightning cloud patterns, which is the purple thunder tripod of the treasure of the dragon inlaid country.
At this moment, in the endless crowd outside the square, three teenagers flashed out, one was wearing a cyan robe, a silver belt around his waist, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a strange bird on his shoulder, a white robe and a gold belt, with a delicate face, and a black robe and red belt, burly and tall, it was Long Yan, Wan Xiaofeng, Gao Zhan and other three.
The three of them looked at the altar and the treasure with curious eyes. It is rumored that this national treasure Purple Thunder Ding has always been kept in Longteng Courtyard, but unexpectedly placed in this famous Longrui Square.
However, Long Yan noticed that the Nine Dragons Jade Pendant hanging around his neck did not react in the slightest in front of this huge Purple Thunder Ding. Secretly said in his heart, it seems that this Purple Thunder Ding in front of people is still an imitation, or a very low-level kind, but it is just a similar shape.
The three of them watched it for a while, and then went to the southern part of Longrui City to visit the Longteng Academy as originally planned.
But the strange thing is that they searched all the official offices and institutions in the south of the city, and did not find any buildings similar to the academy, and asked the pedestrians on the street, either shaking their heads and not knowing, or laughing and not answering, or Wan Xiaofeng, who is known as the kaleidoscope, is also confused.
According to the information that Wan Xiaofeng had before, Longteng Courtyard is located in the south of Longrui City, covering a vast area and having a grand scale, which is the landmark building of the southern city of Longrui City.
In the end, Gao Zhan still had a way, and spent a hundred purple gold to ask for some information from a small tea stall guy on the side of the road. It turned out that the dragon temple mysteriously disappeared one night two months ago, and it is rumored that it was relocated in its entirety, and no one knows where it moved, and there was also an order in the imperial city that it was not allowed to discuss and spread the matter in private.
The guy also told me because they were the new students of the Dragon Teng Academy, otherwise no matter how much you spend, you won't reveal anything.
This made the three of them a little excited.
After noon, the three of them casually ordered some wine and food in the restaurant on the side of the road, filled their stomachs indiscriminately, and under the leadership of Wan Xiaofeng, they went straight to Wanyuan Pavilion, which is located in the bustling area of the central business district in the east of the city. As the most well-informed organization, Wanyuan Pavilion should know about the relocation of Longteng Temple.