Chapter 51: The Astrologer Descends (Part II)
Night Fifteen Countries took out a roll of things from his arms and swung them in the wind, and a thin and tough golden bamboo mat appeared on the ground, "Come up." He beckoned, and thrust the staff into the bamboo mat, the sapphire at the top of the crooked staff that was not gold or wood emitted a faint blue starry light, and the surface of the bamboo mat also glowed with the same color, and the dust was blown up by the invisible wind, and the mat slowly floated in the air.
The partners of the pitchfork climbed onto the bamboo mat one after another, and the sixth-level astrologer increased the output power, "Hey, it's heavier than I thought." The Oriental man looked back suspiciously, "Let's go." Like the legendary flying carpet, golden mattresses soar into the air, and the tattered streets shrink in an instant, and the crowd cheers enthusiastically, looking like a swarm of noisy little ants. Smoke and dust were lifted at both ends of the street, and two columns of cavalry were galloping, the cavalry on the left was in gold armor and yellow helmets, riding chestnut horses, holding aloft yellow flags, and the cavalry on the right was red and red armor, riding white horses, holding ochre red flags, and the onlookers were savagely dispersed, and the two teams of cavalry, one gold and one red, met in the middle of the long street, and at the same time stopped, raised their heads and looked at the sky.
"Come after me!" the little grasshopper shouted triumphantly downward.
"I'm afraid of heights. Danny said with a pale face.
"Mr. Night, did you learn your anti-gravity star array from Mr. Koshava?" asked Jonah, "I can't see the structure of the star array, but if you guess from the fluctuations, there is only one output source, but it takes four Gilberto spirals to balance the forces? ”
Night Fifteen Kingdom turned around and patted him on the shoulder and said happily: "Sure enough, it's the old man's personal disciple, it's not easy! When I get to the headquarters, you help me study this star array, I always feel that there is room for improvement, but this starline is really difficult, and it feels a little unpredictable......"
"Ah, you're right!" Jonah exclaimed, "The word 'unpredictable' is a good one, 21-814 is a bit unpredictable, so the reason for the failure of my 'nuclear trident' may be due to the lack of stability of this part of the energy. ”
"What trident?" said the senior brother in confusion.
"I still want to ask you, what is a 'personal disciple'?" the senior brother scratched the tip of his nose.
As he spoke, the mattress floated up to the sky, the sun was dazzling, and the clouds were so close that he could reach out and touch them. Looking down on Suiyang City from this angle, you can feel the unique beauty of the ancient city, the whole city presents a upright octagonal outline, the wide city wall can accommodate two carriages in parallel, and there are arrow stacks every fifteen yards. Lookout holes and bunkers, eight corner towers are equipped with cold bed crossbows and cannons, two main city gates are built for defense of the regimental city, each block is separated by flowing water, the imperial city is surrounded by red high walls, inside is a magnificent and splendid Oriental architectural complex, but the biggest difference with the western castle is that these palaces are only two floors at the highest, it seems that the Oriental people are more concerned about the spread of the architectural pattern, and do not pay so much attention to the pursuit of height.
The tallest building in the city is a tall black tower located in the northwest corner of the city, which looks out of place in the style of the entire ancient city. "This astrology tower was originally the seat of the Oriental Continent Astrologers' Association, and was later requisitioned by the headquarters, and was built one hundred and fifty years ago, and it was built eighty years ago. "Fortunately, the Southern Shang Kingdom is the only one of the six ancient kingdoms that does not have the tradition of 'stargazing', otherwise astrology would not have been able to take root here." ”
The bamboo mat flies slowly, which allows the friends to observe the city to their heart's content, the grasshopper can reach out and touch the white clouds to play, and Danny can vomit to his heart's content. Elliott suddenly looked downward, "That is the Episcopal Church's magic array." ”
The square outside the south gate of the Imperial City was blocked by soldiers, and many white-robed monks gathered there, and intricate black lines were drawn in blood on the ground, "Oh, ten thousand weeping spirit arrays. The Oriental astrologer glanced at it and didn't seem surprised, "Three days ago, they started tinkering with these things outside the Nanhua Gate, and it is estimated that they are about to start." ”
"How did the Astrologer Guild react to the Episcopal Church's move?" asked the Rose Knight, "if we can see that this is a conspiracy, there is no reason for the powerful in the Tower to turn a blind eye." ”
Night Fifteen Kingdoms suddenly laughed, everyone didn't expect this serious-looking guy to laugh so boldly: "Haha, let these beam-jumping clowns be happy, the current Suiyang City is crowded with astrologers, and there is no room for another guild to intervene! Our vice president has already personally arranged the moon phase transfer star array, and any group curse imposed on this city will be forcibly returned to the caster, and it is impossible for the Ten Thousand Weeping Spirit Array to succeed." ”
"Ahh
Not only him, but four of the five masters live in the tower, except for the elusive elder, the big names in the astrology world are gathered here, my junior brother!"
The 17-year-old almost fainted with happiness. He hadn't thought about the significance of the astrologer's headquarters before, but now he found that the seniors who compiled the textbooks, established the astrology system, and became famous were not far ahead, and the excitement of the little third-level astrologer was beyond words. But he still has a small worry and a small hope in his heart: "So, is Mr. Koshavoy also coming to the headquarters?"
"Nope. The Oriental astrologer shook his head, "The old man hasn't contacted me for a long time. ”
Jonah lowered his eyes in disappointment.
As the conversation progressed, the golden bamboo mat slowly flew towards the black astrology tower, which was not much different from the astrology tower of the Red Clay Plain in terms of appearance, with a conical tower, irregular windows on the tower, a lookout platform at the top of the tower, a planetarium, A large number of equipment such as telescopes are familiar to Jonah, but the difference is that this tower is surprisingly thick, if the Babel Tower Tianxuan outside Suiyang City looks like a rope ladder from heaven to the earth, then the headquarters of the Astrologer Guild in front of him looks like the Pillar of Heaven that the creator used to support the cloud world, but unfortunately broke. - In fact, this is exactly the nickname of this astrological tower.
"Welcome to the Pillars of Heaven, friends. The Night Fifteen Kingdom led the people to slowly descend to the height, turned half a circle along the thick tower, and landed on the platform located in the middle of the tower. He carefully rolled the golden bamboo mat into a roll, folded it several times in succession, and the mat seemed to have no thickness and was compressed into a small stick, and disappeared into his arms. "This is my residence, on the sixth floor of the Pillar of Heaven, where you can take a break, and Jonah and I will report to the Guild's headquarters first, and we will be back soon. The Oriental astrologer pushed open the door at the end of the platform and led the group into a spacious living room, the walls of which were lined with well-made bookshelves of camphor wood, books, scrolls, Manuscripts and drawings filled the shelves, an astonishingly large case with all kinds of experimental equipment and observation equipment, a huge planetarium a head taller than a grown man sat in the center of the room, the steam power propelled the instrument to rotate, the illumination array illuminated the great ecliptic ring made according to all the laws of the stars that man had mastered, and the brass ball in the center of the instrument appeared countless colored specks of stars, each speck, representing the interstellar energy of a pair of stars.
"It's beautiful!" Jonah exclaimed, dumbfounded. Like his room, it was filled with the scent of pine, ink, and the unique smell of brass, which made him feel very comfortable.
"Well, I said, you must take a look at the three hundred and sixty star transfer instruments in the ground floor hall, that is the real treasure!" Night Fifteen Kingdom took the young man's hand with great interest and led him out the door.
The Rosenkavalier paced two steps around the room, bowing his head to prevent his head from hitting the delicate bronze chandelier on the roof, "Sorry, Astrologer......"
The two astrologers stopped together and looked back.
"We mean, Your Excellency the Night Fifteen. The knight realized his slip of the tongue and said apologetically, "This question may be a bit abrupt...... But are you a descendant of the Nanshang royal family?"
The Eastern astrologer was not surprised, "That's right, it's okay, I don't run away from my worldly identity. I am the Southern Shang Imperial Court Night Family A Country, twenty-one brothers of the same generation, I rank fifteenth, so my full name is Night Fifteen Kingdoms. Now in charge is my clan brother Ye Qiyu, said to be a clan brother, in fact, I and the seventh brother Ye Yu, the nineteenth brother Ye Tao was born of the same mother. The names of each generation of the Ya family are arranged according to the classics of the East......"
Long Ji suddenly spoke: "I know, it's "Thousand Character Text". The Haixian River is light, the scales are diving and the feathers are flying, the Dragon Master Fire Emperor, the Bird Official Emperor, the first writing, the clothes are clothes, the throne is given to the country, there is Yu Tao Tang. But your names don't quite fit that order. ”
Ye Fifteen Guo patiently explained: "Yes, the Ye family who died early will occupy the name, and the struggle for power makes the survival rate of the baby boy of the Ye family surprisingly low. ”
This calmness made the Pitchfork's friends respect him a little. At this time, a long horn sounded over the city, "The Ten Thousand Weeping Spirit Array is about to start!" The Eastern astrologer immediately turned around and walked to the balcony, "After reading the excitement, will you report again, junior brother?"
Jonah nodded. At this time, he suddenly found that from the beginning to the end, this senior brother did not ask about their fighting and killing in the center of Suiyang City. Not a word.