Chapter 4: Three Thousand Palaces

Darkness, like a weak, yet ethereal hand, surrounds a heart, as if gently caressing, this tiny flesh that controls life.

Abrupt!

It's like a rage!

The black hand swelled, as if it had burst out with amazing power, clutching this throbbing organ tightly!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

[My king! You can't save anyone at all! Including yourself! 】

"Ahh

Khan appeared densely on Jack's forehead, and her screams seemed to disturb the people around her.

"What's wrong? Boy, do you have a nightmare? Emina hugged Erica, who was already asleep, and looked at him with some concern.

"I didn't ...... Sort of......" Jack's answer was strange. He wiped his sweat and held a wrench in his hand.

"You remember to rest early...... Is it really okay for a child to go to bed so late and wake up so early? Emina opened the door and walked out with some worry: "Erica's mental state is not as good as yours...... You should have told me sooner, or it won't be good if you catch a cold. ”

"Hmmm! I was negligent...... I fell asleep......" Jack nodded. He put the wrench down and drank a glass of water that had already been poured.

"By the way, your dad said that the old folks in Mousse Village are already discussing where you and Erica should go to school...... Your dad isn't going to be able to make decisions for you right now, so you can talk to him tomorrow. I would like you to come to the [Izuku Meeting]. Amina opened the door, and a bright light came into the room. The originally dimly lit room was instantly brightened.

"Good...... I see......" Jack nodded again and exhaled a long breath, completely childlike.

Amina looked at him, his front foot was already out of the door, and he stopped again and said, "Your father has already made you the glaucoma powder you want, on the table." Twelve o'clock must go to bed! Did you hear that? ”

"I hear you."

Amina left, closed the door, and the room began to be dark again. Jack set the glass and turned on the magic lamp in the room.

The light that seemed to be daylight illuminated the room, and he flipped a switch, and the various equipment in the room began to work silently. The blue mana transporter ran through the devices like a tiny river of rapid flow, and the end of the mana was a glowing orb of golden light.

Jack was born with a great creative talent, and has an amazing invention beyond imagination in the use of magic and the organic combination of mechanical steel, when Jack was three years old and finished almost all of Rajel's twenty-eight years of learning, Rajer did not feel strange about what Jack would do, and may be surprised at first, but after being shocked again and again, he can only be silent, and even have higher expectations for this little guy. Many of the mechanical and magical devices in the house seem to have been created out of thin air by him in a single day, and they are surprisingly useful.

As their son's behind-the-scenes little fan brother and little fan sister, Rajel and Emina are more concerned about Jack's growth, although Jack goes out every day, but when he is at home, he always stays in the warehouse and tinkers with these things, and one day he will be stuffed.

Jack watched the magic machines turn on and made sure there was no problem, then turned them off again, and the golden orb became dim.

Sighing, Jack used his magic to unfold a small magic circle, took out a small capsule from his waist, and threw it into the magic circle, and the capsule instantly turned into a small iron furnace in the clearing, like a small blacksmith shop.

This "blacksmith shop" is peculiarly boundless, with a hearth, iron gate, tongs, hammer, and water tower all with the pattern of a red tree, and a giant dragon hovering above the mangrove.

【bopu! 】

A flame seemed to wake up violently on the stove with its eyes open, it saw Jack, looked at him with some excitement and said, "Long young man! It's been a long time since you've summoned me! What weapons are you going to build today? ”

Jack rummaged through the bag around his waist and took out the white magic crystal of the Azure Multicolored Kite, which was extremely cold, and it didn't make Jack feel cold when he held it in one hand.

"The lady's three-foot sword, preferably a double cultivation sword that can penetrate magic. Atanis, this shouldn't bother you. Jack put a few pieces of iron that shimmered with gold in the stove, and the pieces of iron went into the fire, and the cold fire shook his spirits.

"Of course!" The fire confidently stretched out the flame hand and patted the belly of the fire.

"The gel of the boneless tree." Jack put a little droplet-like fluid into the fire, which swallowed it and put it in his stomach.

"The Black Scales of Norththorn." A blackened scale the size of a head was placed in the fire, and Artanis' burp slowly.

"Bai Ze's tail whisker." An inconspicuous white curly hair was thrown into the fire, and the eyes of the fire were now shining with gold and excitement.

"The magic crystal of the Azure Multicolored Kite." The crystal of the Azure Multicolored Kite was put into the fire.

"Azure multicolored kite?" Atanis was a little surprised.

"Yes, remember to scabbard your sword, it's too dangerous to have a sword empty...... This is a sword for little girls. Jack continued to rummage through the backpack around his waist.

"The Azure Colorful Kite has a spirit in the sky, and knowing that its magic crystal is fortunate to mix with these treasures to build a sword, it is really a blessing that it has cultivated for eight lifetimes." The fire took off the chilling crystal as if it was happy, and the moment it was swallowed, the white smoke from the fierce reaction between fire and ice billowed out, and the white smoke dissipated from Atanis's mouth when the crystal sank into his visible stomach.

"To create an extreme ice attribute weapon, the Azure Colorful Kite can indeed only be regarded as a defective product of high-level beasts. There are many ice-attribute divine beasts that are superior to it, but it needs magic crystals to forge it, and the Azure Colorful Kite is enough, after all, it is to kill. Jack scratched his head a little distressed: "Is it okay to have a blue multicolored kite?"

"Absolutely! Trust in Atanis' abilities! Even scrap metal can make a good sword! Not to mention Starfall Darkiron! ”

"It's better to build something pretty...... Girls love to be pretty......" Jack fastened his pockets and patted it.

"No problem!" Atanis takes a deep breath! Everything rolled violently inside him! The hammer thumped! It slammed into the iron sheet, and there was a clatter throughout the barrier. Slowly the red-hot piece of iron is repeatedly and violently hammered! Turn over! Quench! Other materials began to flow into the iron sheet like flowing water, and the magical flames of Artanis transformed everything into a stream of fireworks, without exception! It's a process of a lot of hammers, if not more, and Artanis has a lot of fun playing with it.

One hammer and two hammers whirring wind,

Three hammers and four hammers shook the heavens and the earth.

But his voice was only in the enchantment of the circle, and from Jack's point of view, it was a silent, under the hammer of flames. The sparks that popped out flew in the enchantment, like fire moths scurrying around.

Jack sat slowly on the floor of the warehouse, his legs crossed, as if he was meditating, he slowly closed his eyes, his ten fingers were clasped, separated, and then his index and middle fingers were clamped separately, and his thumbs were on top of each other. A golden circular mark rotates on the hands, and the lines on the mark are in conflict with Sanskrit, and the solemn lines make this mark more and more majestic.

"The god of kings! Three thousand palaces! ”

The imprint lines rapidly expanded, enveloping Jack's entire body, and quickly shrinking and condensing to a point.

A flash of gold!

In the empty warehouse, only Artanis, who was violently swinging his hammer in the formation, was left behind, and Jack disappeared.

Artanis didn't find it strange, but the more he hammered, the more powerful he became, and the starfall blackiron that had been fused together intersected with the flowing water of various magical materials, and began to gradually form the shape of a long sword.

Somewhere in the world, Jack was naturally there, and there was no need to worry, as long as Atanis picked up the hammer, no one could distract him.

【Three Thousand Palaces】

Jack walked up the golden stairs, he was not attracted by the splendid palaces, and looked inward, one after another huge palaces were full of unimaginable, strange and all kinds of treasures.

As the name suggests, there are naturally 3,000 such magnificent palaces, or even more.

Jack walked slowly, I don't know if there was a hidden restriction here, Jack didn't use anything, the long golden ladder that winded endlessly, a little too long.

Each of these palaces has its own name, some of which are as strange as the treasures they hide, and some of which are good names for the rules and regulations. What is Zhengyi Palace, Fengyue Palace, Zixia Immortal Palace, it seems that there is no pattern to the names of these palaces.

But there are traces of the treasures in these three thousand palaces. In this huge treasure pavilion, it is estimated that there is nothing that cannot be found.

The owner of this huge treasure trove is, of course, Jack. It's just that Jack has another original name, that is: Long Feather Maple.

A traverser.

The master of the Three Thousand Palaces.

Long-feathered maple.

It's just that he is not as flamboyant and domineering as all the traversers, but more of an incomprehensible calmness.

There is no sense of tiredness here, as if there is no time to follow when going up, the three thousand palaces came to the end, and when the stairs of the last palace of the three thousand palaces were raised, I looked up and saw a huge stout ancient tree on the high platform that seemed to have a dragon circling - that look at it was an old tree, not to mention thousands of years, the branches and leaves of the ancient trees stretched thickly, and the unknown flowers on the lush branches and leaves bloomed respectfully, and the vitality and beauty were integrated in an instant. The fluttering flowers fell leisurely, like goose feathers of snow, covering the people under the trees almost completely.

No...... Wait a minute...... Those...... The thing that surrounded the people under the tree seemed to be ...... Paper?

"Three with one! Three preserved eggs with one five! "A cute little lamb was holding a handful of cards with two little lamb hooves, and his face was covered with notes.

"On the money! Three old Kai with an eight! "A handsome old man, dressed in white, with a few notes on his forehead, his eyes fixed on the cards on the stone table, his mind must be racing calculations.

"Don't! The cards are so big! How to play! The little lamb disdainfully put away the cards, and blew the note with his mouth, revealing a pair of small bright eyes.

"I can't afford it too~Woo woo~" A petite little girl in a blue dress cried aggrievedly, she was about to drown in the pile of notes, surrounded by all the notes she wanted to paste. It seems that she must be the one who loses the most.

"Yes A!" The old man smiled lightly: "I'm just three cards!"

"Pair two!" As soon as the lamb put the cards, a pair of clowns came down.

"Lost again~" The little girl in blue blinked her big eyes with grievances, like a child who had lost candy.

"What kind of card are you, Xiaolan, why can't you afford what he does!" The little lamb threw the cards on the pile and laughed angrily at his teammates.

"I ......" the little girl named Little Blue put the cards in front of her and showed them to the little lamb. The lamb waved his hand, and Blue reached out from the pile of notes to shuffle the cards.

"You can't blame the little guys...... It's my cards that are too good...... Isn't it? Hahaha......" The old man laughed, leaning back and forth on the small stool.

"Damn! I didn't win you much! You must be out of the old heart! The little lamb watched the cards toss and turn in the little blue's hand, and did not look at the old man.

"It's all a little blue shuffle, isn't it?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The little lamb nodded again and again, blowing the note up with a bang. He was stunned for a while, looked at Jack who came up and said with some surprise: "We don't have to fight the landlord!" Let's play mahjong! ”

"Ah~" Xiaolan cried and put the cards away, as if the cards were washed in white.

"I'm tired and tired, you guys are playing cards here...... It's really hard! Chang Yu Feng walked leisurely on the platform, flying white fluttering around them.

"I'm protecting your sea of consciousness! You should be thankful for me. The little lamb crossed his waist and tore the note off his body.

"Little master~" Xiaolan pushed away all the notes with her hands, jumped out of the pile of notes, and flew behind Changyu Feng with a happy leap. She didn't have legs, she was floating on a stone bench covered with notes, but she could fly, and she could move freely without legs.

"Xiaolan, you also learned badly with them......" Chang Yufeng looked at Xiaolan with some slight blame, Xiaolan lowered his head, like a child who was scolded, and Chang Yufeng himself was just a five-year-old child.

"I ...... I...... Lord Shadow Seeker forced me to play! Little Blue pointed to the little lamb, a little cute and angry.

"Seeking the Shadow...... Why don't you play some games that little girls know! The handsome old man in white also began to hold back his laughter and blame the little lamb.

"There is no other game! I've been tired of playing for a long time! The little lamb jumped from the stone bench onto the table and put the deck of cards into the wool: "How are you doing, what are you doing here?"

"It's too weak...... The demonic beasts in the depths of the Dragon Forest are too weak, and they are gone with one sword, and there is no effect of sparring at all. ”

"Ah...... I think too. The little lamb touched his soft wool disdainfully: "Then go deeper into the Forest of Dragons, Wenti County doesn't seem to have many powerful magical beasts and steep mountains...... Although Julong Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is also rich in spiritual power. ”

"Hmm...... So I want to go deeper into the Dragon's Forest right away, [Dragon Bone Ruins] to fight. ”

"Dragonbone Ruins......" Xiaolan tilted her head to listen to the name. She is not qualified or capable of participating in the chat, so she only repeats unknown terms.

"By the way, isn't there a fallen dragon in Wenti County? I remember that she is the daughter of an ancient dragon, and you can probably practice with her, and she will never show mercy, which is good. The little lamb lay down comfortably on the rhizome of the great old tree, and the old man stood there without speaking.

"Is that okay? She's not resurrected yet, is she...... And I'm ready to venture deeper. The more complicated the situation, the better it may be for my cultivation. "Chang Yu Feng sat on the small pile of floating flotsam, and there was a very soft feeling that spread throughout his body.

"Well, since you have your own plans, just do what you say, don't worry, there won't be any danger for the time being."

"Didn't they move this time?"

"They can't find you again, of course there won't be any movement, but it's probably going to be soon...... Do you remember that time when we were killed without doing anything? The little lamb lowered his head and looked at Changyu Feng.

"Hmm...... We even want to keep a complete low profile. Chang Yu Feng nodded.

"So, my advice is to take your time and find some helpers...... Otherwise, we are passive every time, it is best to find some helpers in the empire, principality, beast country, and elf country, they are growth-oriented, and they must be almost meaningless, but if you guide them a little, they may become new human powerhouses. Just like your sister Erica. ”

"I'll pay more attention." Chang Yu Feng nodded again.

"In my opinion, it's pretty good that we're going to do it the same way we think of finding a companion this time. What do you think? The old man looked at Chang Yu Feng and was a little resolute.

"I'm not very good at relationships. How could they help me in the end. I can't explain everything. Chang Yu Feng still shook his head: "Erica is her own sister, and she is different from the person you said, besides, if we fail this time, it will definitely affect them."

"So what's going to happen...... It doesn't matter! You have to try everything, do you remember Tang Yibai's well-dressed beast? He specially found some people whose families were broken to help him. The little lamb said disdainfully, as if he had thought of something disgusting.

"We're not the same after all...... Let's take 10,000 steps back, and let them follow us to die without hesitation, how can it be so simple, we can't even beat Chu Chu who has determined the time of resurrection......" Chang Yufeng sighed a little.

"yes...... Who's to blame...... Chu Chu attacks with magic, and you don't have a shield against the heart, and it's so difficult to get close, it's normal to be unable to prevent death. The little lamb was even more disdainful, if it wasn't a joke, Changyu Feng estimated that the little lamb would have to buckle his nostrils to taunt.

"So, what are you here for?" The little lamb asked, "You're here to tell me what you think and then dismiss me?"

"Of course not...... It's just that I want to sleep here for a while, and I'm just groggy and asleep. Chang Yu Feng slowly soothed his body and lay on the bed naturally made of floating flotsam.

The fragrance is fragrant and charming.

"Nightmares again?" The little lamb asked softly.

"Yes......" Nagawa Kaede closed his eyes.

"Little master, have a good rest!" Xiao Lan floated around Changyu Feng and fanned the wind gently: "It's really hard for the little master this time......

"It's not hard...... Chang Yufeng's body was even more soothing, and he was completely relieved.

"Have a good dream...... Long Feather Kaede ......"

The voice of the little lamb became even softer, and on this boundless high platform, countless palaces of golden light echoed softly.

It seems that this situation has been seen too many times, and the three of them are silent, quietly watching him sleep.

No whispering, no embarrassment, no human reverie.

Only a tired heart.