Chapter 297: Jiaohuang City
The breeze came slowly, Zhao Qing and Qinghe stepped into the air together, and the land of the demon clan was full of verdant color, not as prosperous as the human race, but also without losing the real original style.
The mountains and rivers at the feet are vast, and the continuous mountains are bordering each other, like a giant dragon lying on the vast earth, rushing into the distance.
On the top of the mountains, there are various colors of fairy mist circulation, and at this moment, under the illumination of a round of scorching sun, it presents colorful colors.
Zhao Qing traveled all the way, and was also deeply shocked by the vastness and beauty of this demon clan's realm, it was like an isolated fairy, standing quietly between heaven and earth, with an ethereal and ethereal diffuse.
As he got closer and closer to this destination, Zhao Qing's eyes became brighter and brighter.
The black line connecting heaven and earth finally became clearer, and the dignity of Jiao Imperial City was also completely displayed to Zhao Qing for the first time.
It was blackened, cast from unknown black rocks, and slung atop a huge peak that had been cut off at the waist, and although it was surrounded by towering majestic mountain ranges, it had completely lost its grandeur and splendor in front of the city.
The city is shrouded in a thousand rays of light, and although it is a city, it is impossible to see its scope at all.
Jiaohuang City is backed by mountains on three sides, and the main gate is a roaring and rushing river, among the sparkling, there are countless water tribes shuttling among them, these are not real demon clans, they can only be said to be the spirits of the spirit.
Three white jade bridges connect the city gate and the outside road, and the bustling figures on the bridge are crowded, which is very lively.
It is said to be the imperial city of the Jiao clan, but it does not restrict the entry and exit of demons of other races, on the contrary, the real Jiao clan is rarely seen.
The jade bridge is very wide, this is because the shape of the demon clan is different from that of the human race, some like to transform into a human form to walk, and some demon clans directly manifest the world with their bodies.
Just what Zhao Qing saw. There are already no less than dozens of behemoth demons entering and leaving the Jiaohuang City.
The two of them have come outside the giant city, and the closer they get, the more they can feel the spiritual shock brought by the entire extraordinary city, its majestic atmosphere is incomparable, even if you look at it, it will make people's blood boil inexplicably.
"This is the imperial city of my Jiao clan, and according to legend, it was built by the first generation of Jiaohuang. It is not only the holy land of our clan, but also the famous place in the entire demon clan. ”
Qinghe saw the shock in Zhao Qing's eyes, and he was more or less proud in his heart.
Zhao Qing nodded, and after staring at it for a long time, he admired from the bottom of his heart: "It is worthy of the handwriting of the Jiaohuang Emperor, such an atmosphere is really rare in the world." ”
The wall of the imperial city is hundreds of zhang high, like a black moat blocking Zhao Qing's sight, and the majestic and magnificent city wall is carved with two hideous giant Jiao on the left and right. Their posture is like a mountain range, and they can only see the image of two huge heads at the city gate, and their tails are not visible, but looking like this, they should have surrounded the entire Jiaohuang City.
The huge and sharp claws are like a heavenly knife cutting through the sky, don't look at it as just a stone carving, but there is a terrible coercion in the permeats, which makes people's hearts shake.
"These two stone carvings have a very ancient origin. One said that the first generation of Jiaohuang personally carved it with supreme mana, and it is also rumored that the two great powers of our clan who followed the first generation of Jiaohuang personally integrated themselves into this city. Protect the prosperity of our Jiao people for generations. ”
"It's no wonder that at first glance, I always feel that these two stone carvings seem to come to life in my eyes. Zhao Qing said solemnly.
For some reason, in front of this Jiaohuang City, Zhao Qing faintly felt a long-lost joy in his heart, as if the qi and blood in every vein on his body were rolling and jumping.
Maybe. It should have something to do with the soul of the Seven-Star Tiger Striped Jiao in his body, Zhao Qing didn't know why it came to him, but he was also a member of the Jiao clan, and it was not surprising that he must have arrived in front of this imperial city.
Qinghe led Zhao Qing onto the jade bridge. Said bluntly: "You can't control the sky in the imperial city, otherwise there will be a great disaster, and there will be a peerless formation to envelop the imperial city, and you will be afraid of three points even if you are a true immortal." ”
This is natural, after all, it is the land of an imperial city, if you can let the cultivators fly in and out at will, then what dignity is there, unless the Jiao clan decays to an extremely tragic point, and even the luck left by the Jiao Emperor cannot be suppressed, then there can still be others in this imperial city to make a fortune, otherwise anyone who dares to offend the prestige of the Jiao clan will not have a good end.
Jiao Imperial City has gone through thousands of years of simplicity and vicissitudes, it has witnessed the rise and prosperity of the Jiao people, if there is spirituality, it is an incomparably precious book of Jiao history, the value of the content is immeasurable.
It sits here so quietly, watching the changes of the wind and clouds, like a wise old man with a divine light overlooking the rise and fall of everything in the world.
At the tall city gate, there are majestic Jiao clan guards guarding, all of them are tall, and the aura surging on their bodies is strong, and those demon clans who manifested their bodies arrived here, and they also lowered their posture without complaint, and walked into the city one by one in a well-behaved phantom form.
"It turned out to be Qinghe girl!" Some Jiao clan guards couldn't help but greet Qinghe after seeing Qinghe's figure.
Qinghe is friendly and good-looking, so he naturally wins the admiration of these young people, and among the younger generation of the Jiao people, Qinghe is very popular.
At that moment, Qinghe also smiled slightly and said, "Everyone has worked hard!"
"Where, guarding the imperial city is the duty of the last general and others, but the recent 'Twelve Clans Conference' is about to be held, and the Qinghe girl has a lot of work to do for this, and it is not easier than us!" The Jiao clan general led by him said with a smile on his face.
"General Qian is polite, I won't bother Qinghe much if he has something important to do today, and he will talk about it when he has time!"
Qinghe smiled and waved to the soldiers, she was now in a hurry to take Zhao Qing to meet the elders, and she really didn't change to talk more.
"Please!" the general knew the general idea, and said no more, pointing to the incomparably crisp way in the city.
As soon as I entered the city, I was greeted by an aura of acquaintance, although it was the city of the demon race, but all kinds of things in it seemed to be no different from the city of the human race.
The streets are full of demon clans after transforming into human forms, and the crowds are very lively, and there are many shops on both sides of the road.
"Come on, come on, take a look, the best elixir, the price is cheap!"
"A treasure of sharpened iron like clay. Whether it's for self-defense or gifting to others, it's a good choice, come and take a look!"
"This objective inside, please, our store is a thousand-year-old brand, and you can choose from the wine and delicacies to ensure that you are satisfied!"
The shouting and shouting filled Zhao Qing's ears and eyes. If it weren't for Qinghe by his side, he would almost have wondered if this was the Jiaohuang City, how could it feel similar to the city of the human race.
On both sides of the street, the golden restaurant is full of guests, there is an attractive aroma of ingredients wafting in the void, and there are also many people in the elixir shop, and you can smell the fresh medicinal fragrance from afar.
However, all this was still not enough to attract Zhao Qing for too long when he came back to his senses. The corners of his mouth were full of smiles, and he squeezed through the crowd with Qinghe's footsteps.
Both of them had seen too much of this scene in their respective worlds, and they hardly felt any surprise, only Zhao Qing was a little surprised when he came to Jiaohuang City for the first time to see this scene.
It's just that the only thing Zhao Qing didn't expect was that after passing through the bustling business district, towering ancient trees appeared around the two again, several tall peaks appeared in front of them, and the spiritual stream flowed at the foot of the mountain. A huge lake gathers up.
The shallow waves of this lake reflect the sun's rays in the breeze. The heaven and earth were shining with golden light.
From time to time, the arowana jumped out of the water, bringing bursts of splashes, and the golden figure appeared to be extremely bright in the sun, drawing a graceful arc and then returning to the lake again.
The water in the distance was tumbling, and hundreds of golden rays of light rushed out of the water, spitting out the aura between heaven and earth. These Xiu Peaks were surrounded by a large array, and the aura in the air was obviously richer and purer than the rest of the Imperial City.
Zhao Qing's eyes lit up, staring at those dragonfish in a daze.
This is an unusual species, it is a form derived from a gifted fish after absorbing the essence of the dragon here, like a dragon but not a dragon. Fish-like non-fish.
The head of the dragon fish has a faint image of a dragon, but the body is still a fish, which is a rare tonic between heaven and earth, which can not only nourish qi and blood, but also be of great benefit to the cultivator's Taoism.
The reason why Zhao Qing stared at these arowanas so hotly was because he remembered an anecdote when he was a child.
There are countless spirit beasts in the beast valley in the back mountain of Haoyun Immortal Sect, and the magic medicine is everywhere, and this kind of arowana also has it, but it is not so huge, most of them are only half an arm long, where have I seen a huge arowana that has reached about one zhang like here.
When he was a child, Zhao Qing was fortunate enough to eat half of the Arowana, and the taste will never be forgotten in this life, and the deliciousness almost swallowed his tongue.
After so many years, seeing the figure of the arowana again, it suddenly brought the long-dormant gluttonous worm in Zhao Qing's heart to life, if it weren't for being in Jiaohuang City at this moment, Zhao Qing would have rushed into the lake and grabbed a few arowana to feast.
"You hateful fellow, what kind of vision is this, these arowanas are not for food!"
Qinghe on the side jumped to his feet, and an unkind look appeared on his pretty face, warning Zhao Qing loudly.
"Oh, it's okay, there are so many arowanas here, it's not a big deal to invite me to eat a few once in a while!" Zhao Qing also knew that these precious arowanas couldn't be eaten casually, but he still wanted to get over the addiction first.
But of course, this is just talking, standing by the lake, while looking up, Zhao Qing can feel that there is danger hidden under this peaceful lake.
There was a terrifying and moving aura circulating, as if there was a giant beast sleeping under the water, and when Zhao Qing said just now that he was going to eat a dragonfish, this terrifying aura was even more obvious.
"Sure enough, it is worthy of the Jiao Clan's Imperial City, and there are such masters here!" Zhao Qing thought secretly.
Qinghe was annoyed and funny by him, and immediately began to tease him, saying: "You think the dragon fish here is used for eating, it is the treasure of my clan, they are not known how many times older than you and me, a drop of blood is extremely precious, only the elders occasionally take out a few drops when refining medicine, you still want to eat, I see that you may not see enough when you go down to feed the fish!"
Zhao Qing pursed his lips and said with an unhappy face: "It's really stingy, what do you say, I was also teleported here by heaven thousands of miles away, and I am reluctant to eat a fish, and besides, I haven't eaten it!"
Qinghe showed exaggerated disdain, thinking that Zhao Qing was talking nonsense, how precious the Arowana in this world is, it is very distressing to take a drop of blood from it on ordinary days, let alone eat Arowana, which is a luxurious treatment that is unimaginable.
When the two of them were raising the bar. Suddenly, the void trembled, and a wisp of divine sound flew through the air, echoing in the ears of the two of them.
"Xiaoyou came from thousands of miles away, this arowana is too precious, the old man can't afford to entertain him, but it's okay to drink a few cups of thousand-year-old tea!"
The voice was old but loud. For example, Huang Zhong Dalu struck between heaven and earth, the sound wave was not strong, but it stirred in the void and changed the color of heaven and earth, as if a golden decree landed in front of Zhao Qing.
Hearing this, Qinghe's previous complexion changed suddenly, she stood aside with great dignity, and said respectfully to the top of Xiufeng: "Qinghe disturbed Elder Qingxiu, it is really panicked, and I hope to forgive my sins!"
"Kids. You've done a good job this time, so why blame it, bring your little friend up!"
"Yes, according to the will of the elders!" Qing He replied with an incomparably straight face, pointing at Zhao Qing towards the peak.
"Please!"
The peak is hidden in the clouds and mist, although there is a vast spiritual light, but the view is not very real, only feel that there are several fairy palace-like pavilions looming in the glow.
Zhao Qing was shocked. Listening to the meaning of Qinghe's words, the person who opened his mouth turned out to be an elder of the Jiao clan. But how did he know he was coming to this place.
Thinking of this, Zhao Qing also felt very uneasy in his heart, because he couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, but he could only bow to the peak from afar, and said loudly: "That junior is so disturbed!"
Walk on the stone steps leading from the foot of the mountain to the summit of the palace, and climb all the way up the stairs. Qinghe seemed to be a different person, and he didn't take the initiative to speak, and his jade face was no longer free and comfortable before.
Zhao Qing was puzzled by this, and asked softly, "What's wrong with you, you seem to be afraid of this elder?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I just don't want you to offend the elders, but when you meet them, remember to be respectful, or you won't want to go back to where you came. ”
Zhao Qing suddenly realized, leaned into her ear and said, "It won't be so bad, then you have to tell me about this elder's temperament first, otherwise how do I know how to convince him?"
Qinghe gave him a fierce glance and said: "This is the 'Zhixing' elder of my clan, he doesn't move around much on ordinary days, but he has a very high status in the clan, and his old man can see you specially this time, I'm afraid it is also a blessing for you to cultivate." ”
Qinghe is honestly speaking, with the respect and awe of a young clansman for the elders of the clan.
But Zhao Qing was not very comfortable when he heard it, and muttered: "Isn't it just to meet, why are you still blessed, I hope that you elders are not the kind of old-fashioned old man!"
This sentence is transmitted with divine thoughts, and in the face of a peerless demon who does not know how high his cultivation, even the slightest sound can reach the ears of the other party.
It seemed that he was angry with Zhao Qing, Qinghe gritted his silver teeth, stretched out his lotus arm and pulled Zhao Qing's sleeve fiercely, suggesting that he had better not talk nonsense.
This Xiufeng is very high, but the stone steps seem to be imprinted with the formation of shrinking the ground into inches, and after hundreds of steps, Zhao Qing and the others came to the top of the peak.
Amazing to see, the top of this peak, there is a huge stone hall, the stone hall is very high, most of the part is still hidden in the sea of clouds, can not see its true appearance, the surrounding place, several stone platforms rise from the ground, the stone platform is carved with a lifelike dragon statue.
Or lying cross-legged, or vacated, or roaring, or whispering, each is different, but all are charming, as if at a glance, these stone carvings are alive, a dragon shuttles in the clouds and mist, it is really shocking.
Moreover, the aura in the air is very pure, and it is almost substantial, unlike other places, there is a strong Jiao clan aura in the aura of heaven and earth here.
As far as the eye can see, there are many elixirs around this mountaintop realm, and each plant is swallowing the essence of the sun and the moon, giving birth to a glittering light, which is impossible to see.
"Xiaoyou is from afar, and he can be regarded as a distinguished guest of my clan, but the old man is a little lazy!"
Just as Zhao Qing was looking around, the old voice from before sounded again, and a ray of divine light flashed in the corner of his eye.
Immediately after that, the surrounding fog dispersed in an instant, and a stone table appeared out of thin air, and an old man was looking at Zhao Qing with a smile. (To be continued......)