The night breeze is cool, blowing through the halls and pavilions of the Yuque Palace. The wind chimes on the cornices are swaying, and the melodious ringtones are blowing with the wind.

On both sides of those palace roads in the inner courtyard, strange flower buds bloomed in the ghost fog that had dispersed.

The thumb-sized flower demon awoke from the stamen, and immediately in the ghost mist, dancing and entertaining itself with the night breeze and flying fireflies.

Qing Lan walked side by side with the palace people sent by the Moon Wall Palace, holding a lantern in her hand to illuminate the palace road paved with white jade around her.

A little faint light and green in the octagonal lantern exudes an eerie coldness, and wherever it passes, the ghost fog will retreat by itself.

Under the movement of the palace lamp in the mist, a clear path gradually appeared.

Xiao Shizhu and the Ghost Mother followed.

In the back, it was Chen Ruo and several heavily armed forbidden soldiers.

"On this big night, the moon girl didn't sleep well in Yantai, it was like her butt was on fire, why did she call us over in a hurry?"

Even if he becomes a king, sometimes he still speaks without the market.

Lai Yueqi sent someone to invite him and the ghost mother, but he didn't explain why. Even the palace people sent didn't know anything.

This made Xiao Shizhu not much curiosity, but he seemed reluctant to walk around at night today. A large amount of official business during the day has made Xiao Shizhu physically and mentally exhausted today. At nightfall, he just wanted to lie comfortably until he fell asleep before he knew it.

Therefore, complaints are inevitable, and I can't help but complain.

The ghost mother was curious, and she didn't have any complaints, so she said to Xiao Shizhu: "It must be a big deal for the moon girl to find us in such a hurry, and it doesn't hurt to go." ”。

Xiao Shizhu didn't say anything, silently followed Qinglan and them, and walked towards the side of the Moon Wall Palace.

The Moon Wall Palace is not too far away from Juexiang Garden. However, after a little half a cup of tea, Xiao Shizhu and his party came to the palace gate of the Moon Wall Palace.

On both sides of the palace gate, two jade rabbit stone statues carved with white jade stand quietly in the night breeze. The three-legged golden crow sculpture on the door maintained its original appearance in the ghost fog, holding its head high, spreading its wings, and staring at the haze in the ghost fog in front of it.

The eyes carved by the golden house with moon halo stone shimmered with a soft blue light in the night, making the golden crow's eyes look extremely sharp.

After passing the palace gate, there is a palace garden lined with cinnamon trees with jade luster and textures.

When they passed through these laurel trees and came to the main hall, the ghost mother and Xiao Shizhu saw Lai Yueqi, who had been anxiously written on her cheeks for a long time.

As soon as Lai Yueqi saw Xiao Shizhu and them, she immediately couldn't wait to retreat from her side, including Qinglan and Chen Ruo, and she had no chance to stay in the palace.

Then, the door of the heavy hall was slowly closed, and only Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother were left in the hall, as well as Lai Yueqi.

For a while, Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother were even more confused and inexplicable.

Lai Yueqi didn't explain, but just took them to the bookcase with great interest.

Xiao Shizhu sat on the chair behind Lai Yueqi's book, and before he sat down, the ghost mother gently patted Xiao Shizhu's arm, motioned him to get up, and let Lai Yueqi, who was pregnant, sit.

Of course, Xiao Shizhu is accustomed to nature. He is in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and he sits on the throne wherever he goes, and he sits down without thinking about it on weekdays, and it has become a habit.

But he immediately understood, stood up, helped Lai Yueqi to sit down, and scratched his head and smiled at the ghost mother.

Lai Yueqi didn't care about anything else, opened the scroll that had been prepared long ago, unfolded another drawing on the table, and pressed the four corners with a paperweight to prevent it from being rolled up again.

That scroll was the scroll she had seen before. On the page of the book that was opened, it was also the page where the detailed content of the Thousand Miles Shadow Tower was recorded.

As for the unfolded drawings, she asked Xiao Shizhu to find them from the pile of books during this time.

It is also one of the many books that Xiao Shizhu brought back from Huangquan.

It is made of adult sea dragon skin with scales removed, which will not rot or rot for thousands of years, and can maintain toughness. The key is that the ink written on it never disappears.

This was one of the ways in which many ancient gods preserved their knowledge.

It is said that in ancient times, there was a slaughterhouse for skinning dragons along the coast of the underworld, just to make scrolls and design drawings for the ancient gods.

Xiao Shizhu looked at the scroll and was the first to see the five words 'Thousand Miles of Shadow Tower'. Suddenly, you know what it is. But there was still not much excitement and excitement.

But Lai Yueqi was still excited, and preemptively said: "Lord, ** sister, you see, this is a communicator made by the ancient gods. It allows two ghosts thousands of miles apart to see each other's phantoms through this artifact, and talk to each other through the phantoms. ”。

"What did I think it was?" Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother looked at each other and smiled, then turned their heads, looked at Lai Yueqi, who was still full of interest, and after interrupting Lai Yueqi, who was about to continue, she said in a calm tone: "This thing, when Xiao'er translated these books for you, she told me." However, I think this may be a whimsical design of the Old Gods, not necessarily reality. I have consulted a lot of ancient books and historical materials, but I have never heard of any record of this thing, and even in the many projects left by the ancient gods, there is no such thing and this research plan. ”。

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother are not as excited and excited as Lai Yueqi. Even when they saw the drawings and the manufacturing methods detailed in the books, the couple was in a calm mood.

After all, this is not something that the Demon God has ever made and mass-produced. And when it comes to the shadow, Xiao Shizhu always feels mysterious.

So he Xiao Shizhu was overjoyed when he knew about it, but after thinking about it and checking it carefully, he didn't take it seriously.

"There is no record because it was invented by the ancient gods in Huangquan. Lai Yueqi was not calm, she was still full of interest, and hurriedly flipped through the book and let go of the next page, which was still what Xiao Shizhu already knew.

However, Lai Yueqi was still excited, and continued to say to Xiao Shizhu and his wife: "You see, what is written here is that when the demon god was in Huangquan, he first made the assumption of shadow transmission based on the sound transmission, and then continued to develop and design it in this way, and finally succeeded." ”。

"If we have this tool and artifact, Qianli Messenger will no longer rely on the relay of germs, not only can it be better confidential, but also can deliver the message faster. After a pause, ignoring Lai Yueqi, who was already dry-mouthed, he continued to explain to Xiao Shizhu: "Even if it is across continents, you can pass the news in an instant, isn't it a good thing?"

Having said that, although Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother were not excited, they both fell into deep thought.

They began to think about Lai Yueqi's words carefully and carefully.

To be honest, although Xiao Shizhu felt that these things made by the demon gods in the ancient gods were mysterious, many of them were still practical, and Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother had seen the practicality of those things with their own eyes.

Therefore, although Xiao Shizhu felt that this Thousand Miles of Shadow Transmission Tower was mysterious, but after Lai Yueqi said this in a few words, it was mysterious, and he still thought about it seriously, whether to develop and manufacture this thing.

Anyway, Lai Yueqi asked him to come here, isn't it just for this matter.

Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother simply thought about whether to develop it or not, so as to give Lai Yueqi an answer.

Lai Yueqi didn't say anything more, just quietly waited for Xiao Shizhu's reply.

After a long time, Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother put away their contemplation together, and after looking at each other for a while, he took the lead and asked, "Moon girl, how sure are you that you can create this thing, and it is exactly the same as that made by the ancient gods, not bad at all?"

This is the key to whether to answer or not, Xiao Shizhu still thinks it is better to ask first.

If Lai Yueqi was not sure at all, Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother felt that there was no need to waste so much manpower and financial resources.

Lai Yueqi didn't rush to answer, but after thinking for a while, she nodded heavily, and said confidently to Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother: "Ninety percent sure, and as long as I can successfully manufacture such an artifact, I can immediately improve its transmission mechanism, etc., such as speeding up the transmission speed, the distance of the transmission, and so on." ”。

She Lai Yueqi has always been steady, and she is not open-mouthed, and she likes to boast about the soul of Haikou.

Not only that, Lai Yueqi is also a ghost who has always been cautious and rigorous in doing things. Her words and decisions are always the result of careful consideration.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to study sophisticated firearms.

Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother both know this.

Seeing Lai Yueqi's face firm, her tone was also full of confidence, and she had no heart, and after glancing at the ghost mother at the moment, Xiao Shizhu came to the case and decided the matter: "It's okay, even so, you are so confident, it doesn't hurt for you to study and study." ”。

Before he said this, Lai Yueqi became excited again, and a pleasant color instantly appeared on her face.

"Moon girl, what do you need?" asked the ghost mother slowly.

"I need your approval for funding and research groups, and I will select all the members, but keep them absolutely confidential. No one other than the panelists and you will know about the study. Lai Yueqi, who had already thought about what she wanted, said what she had already thought about and needed without thinking: "We also need a place that is absolutely confidential, a place where no outsiders can set foot in, a special transportation team, and specialized personnel to purchase materials." ”。

Don't look at Lai Yueqi just said a few things, but it's really not an easy thing to do.

It's okay to say that even if you use it more, Xiao Shizhu can let the treasury move it out. The problem is people, scientific teams and procurement personnel, as well as material transfer transport teams, and so on.

But Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother had made up their minds and decided to support Lai Yueqi's research, so they had no objections, and after nodding again, Xiao Shizhu asked, "How long." ”。

"About three years. Lai Yueqi silently calculated and said the deadline.

"Okay, let's go to the Yuque Hunting Ground. The place was absolutely safe and confidential. Xiao Shizhu, who nodded again, quickly chose a good venue for Lai Yueqi: "As for the rest, I will arrange it for you as soon as possible and within a month." ”......

The sea breeze at night continued to echo in the sea, and the huge waves that rolled up rushed to the sea outside the southeast area of Liutianzhou, and the large and small islands that stood in the waves.

They hit the shore of the island, the reef on the shore, or some of the cliffs on the shore, and after making a muffled thunderous sound, they could not escape and shattered into countless droplets, scattered back into the sea.

Now these islands no longer belong to the Northern Yin Dynasty, but to the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Although so, it is too close to Liutianzhou, which is tantamount to sleeping alone on the side of the couch of the Emperor Xudu, so that the Emperor Xudu who is far away on Luo Yu Mountain, or the Shangqing boy on the nearby coast, is unable to sleep and eat.

Especially after nightfall, all the works on the ground on the island stopped, and the night became one, and after falling into silence, the Shangqing boy on the shore of Liutianzhou on the opposite side would have a trace of inexplicable fear in his heart.

The reason must be investigated, perhaps because the Shangqing boy is in the dark night, and he can't know what the soldiers and craftsmen of the Nine Shadows Kingdom on the island are doing, right?

And on these islands, watchtowers have already been erected.

These watchtowers are more or less hidden among the dense towering ancient trees on the island, and some are even built on the huge and thick branches of the ancient trees.

Their role is self-evident, that is, they act as the eyes and ears of each island in the dark, and once it is night, they will be replaced by ghost soldiers who can see the demon eyes at night, and observe and monitor the surrounding coast on them to ensure the safety of the islands and prevent them from being attacked by sneak attacks.

However, this time, the Nine Shadows Kingdom didn't know what was wrong, and these watchtowers were all made of wood, abandoning the old method of arming these watchtowers with concrete and hard stone bricks. It's simple, but it's also sturdy.

This makes the Shangqing boy still puzzled.

And once it is nightfall, the air cavalry carefully selected by the Shangqing boy will take advantage of the darkness of the night to fly to the sea to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance of these islands.

Under the cover of night, these elite soldiers of the Northern Yin Dynasty will go like the wind in the future.

It can be seen that after a few days of secret investigation, the air cavalry of the Northern Yin Dynasty only found some sentry towers and those houses that are being built on the island, and they have not found any other doorways.

Even so, these air cavalry of the Northern Yin Dynasty still came day and night. Night and night are avoided when the moon rises and the sky is bright.

They are always in the dim clouds, quietly peering down.

On this night, a few more air cavalry from the Northern Yin Dynasty came to the sky over the nearby islands, hid in the clouds and spied out, and after no new discoveries, they left in a huff.

Before these air cavalry left, in a guard tower on the island below the clouds, two soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom who were standing guard chatted.

The demon soul soldier asked the human soul soldier who was slowly pacing back and forth on the top floor of the sentry tower with a fire gun in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Do you guess that these air cavalry of the Northern Yin Dynasty will come back?"

The human soul soldier stood still, and after a moment's thought, he replied, "In the early hours of the morning, maybe it will come." ”。

"Hey, hey. The Demon Ghost Soldier smiled again and nodded his head to indicate that he thought the same thing.

"Tell me, they're flying around, and we're not allowed to shoot them. After a pause, the demon ghost soldier continued: "How good it is to knock them down;

"As mentioned above, it doesn't hurt to let them see it, anyway, they, the air cavalry of the Northern Yin Dynasty, see only superficial engineering, so what's the matter?" The soul and ghost soldier of the Nine Shadows Kingdom smiled slightly, and said disapprovingly: "Let them, the air cavalry of the Northern Yin Dynasty, come again eight hundred times and eight thousand times, and they can't see the doorway under our feet." ”。

"That's the same, it's boring to beat down these air cavalry. The demon soul soldier thought about it for a while, and also praised the words of his comrades-in-arms, and no longer mentioned the matter of defeating the sneaky air cavalry of the Northern Yin Dynasty, and continued to stand guard seriously.