Chapter 2, Section 67 The Giant Tree of Withered Glory
The conversation was tireless, and the time soon came to the third day of the appointment with the Eight Monks.
"Sure enough, he is a man of faith. The leader of the Eight Tribes stepped out of his roadside hideout.
"Take good care of Brother Gamen, if the Gamen know that they have lost him a little, that's it. Wei Jingshan swung a stone axe and cut off a fist-thick plant on the side of the road.
The leader of the Eight Wolves said disdainfully: "What a big thing to say, it's just a defeat for your subordinates..."
"What to say!" all the people of the Resisting Axe Clan who came to see him off shouted angrily, "If you hadn't tied up Wei Ziling, you mothers-in-law..."
Lin Feng saw that the scene was not good, and hurriedly shouted to the people who refused to resist the axe: "Thank you for sending you off, since everyone has said it before, don't hurt the peace for words, I'll go with them, don't worry, we... We'll see you again. Lin Feng originally wanted to imitate the novel, saying that "the green mountains do not change the green water and the long stream" to play handsome, but he was afraid that the people who refused the axe would not understand, so he had to give up.
Wei Jingshan stepped forward and patted Lin Feng's shoulder, but did not speak, but only made a slashing gesture with his hand on his neck. The other people who saw off the axe clan also stepped forward to say goodbye to Lin Feng one by one. Somehow, although they had been together for a short time, Lin Feng's eyes were slightly red. Maybe the Axe Resistors are a little rougher, but their emotions are more sincere and frank.
The escorted fast boats could no longer be used, and the Ba Clan and their crew only grabbed some necessary goods ashore, and according to the reformulated plan, they took the dry road to the royal capital. At first, the leader of the Eight Tribes was still very wary of Lin Feng, after all, when the ship was wrecked, she had lost the Sunfall Scatter given by the Grand Duke of the Silver Dahu Clan, and if Lin Feng wanted to find an opportunity, it would be easy. But after many secret snoopings, the leader was sure that Lin Feng had no intention of resisting or escaping, so he slowly relaxed and secretly praised Lin Feng's trustworthiness. At the same time, she was also very glad that when Lin Feng negotiated with her, she made the right decision, if she had vented her evil anger to kill the Axe Resistor at that time, then she would definitely not be able to complete the task now. If you lose the trust of the Ao Ling Clan and the Silver Dahu Clan, the Eight Men Clan is afraid that they will collapse from now on.
Under the leadership of the leader of the Eight Tribes, the group climbed mountains and mountains, climbed mountains and waded through waters, passed through unknown valleys and culverts, and flowed through dangerous mud swamps and grasslands. The people of the Eight Circles are accustomed to traveling the rivers and lakes, and the routes they take are all remote paths, which not only saves a lot of distance, but also slowly chases back the delayed time.
It's another night of hurrying. When he was young, Lin Feng and the others stumbled out of a dense vine bush and went onto a wide and smooth avenue. The sky is exceptionally open and clear, and the scenery from all sides is in full view.
"Brother Lin, look, what is that?" You Boyun's exclamation sounded, this way to the strange area, You Boyun didn't know how many times he sighed, Lin Feng was a little numb. However, this time, looking at You Boyun's fingers, Lin Feng was immediately shocked by the wonders in the distance.
The moon sat like a silver platter in the night sky, surrounded by stars, spreading in all directions. Beneath this deep and quiet starry sky, another layer of silver starry sky swayed in the middle of the sky. They are staggering and flickering, ranging from large to small, and even of different colors. With the movement of the wind and people, sometimes spread out into a small star, sometimes hugging together, sometimes showing a silver rainbow, sometimes gathering into a straight silver bridge, sometimes blooming a dazzling silver flower, sometimes forming a unique silver bowl, silver plate, silver box, silver column. It looks like the ground is a streamer and soft glow, clear and elegant, as if the fairy mansion god realm.
I thought it was already beautiful, but when everyone went on another journey, the moon turned back and the stars turned, and a majestic palace really slowly appeared in the sky. It is wrapped in billions of silver rays, and from a distance, it looks like a crystal palace built in the Milky Way, and it is like an exquisite model cast by stars. It's so strange that it's so beautiful that you can't breathe, it's incomparably strange, and it's breathtaking. More unfathomable than the pyramids, more brilliant than the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, eclipsing the Alexander's Lighthouse and eclipsing the Taj Mahal.
"That's the royal capital, the withered giant tree. Xiao Sheng looked at the bright spark, his eyes were complicated.
As the first light of dawn leaped out of the horizon, Lin Feng walked under the canopy of the Withered Giant Tree. Although they had already experienced its incomparable style last night, when its mountain-like figure gradually revealed in the dawn, everyone still couldn't help but feel heartfelt awe and emotion for its sheer size and majesty.
It is an ancient locust tree that has gone through the vicissitudes of life, and the canopy of the tree covers the sky like dark green mountains and the sea, and if it were not for the gray-brown, tower-like trunk below, people would think that this is a world of the Holy Spirit floating in mid-air. However, it is a small world. The crown of the tree is nearly 800 zhang wide, the top of the tree is more than 500 zhang from the ground, the upper hall is grandiose, the temple is magnificent, the road is repaired according to the branches, the bridge is made by the leaves, there are the golden top, the silk screen, the jade corridor, the genus of the Qiongchi, the hanging tower, the grass house, the mud wall, the view of the thatched eaves, the smoke and clouds, the suffocation and the clouds, the wind and rain, the clear rainbow and the clear light. What's more, it presents different scenery of the four seasons on all sides. The east side is the verdant and vibrant spring atmosphere, the south side is the summer image of the deep forest and the forest, the west side is the golden glow, green and yellow autumn shape, and the north side is the winter state of withered leaves and branches. The withered giant tree is really well deserved.
Directly south of the giant tree is the main road where Lin Feng and his party came. The Eight Men were discussing the procedures for entering the royal capital to hand over the prisoners, when they saw dozens of figures in the sky gliding quickly like arrows from the string.
"Goldwing!" said the child.
"Goldwing, I think I've heard it somewhere. "You Boyun said.
Xiao Sheng said: "They are the guards directly under the king of the Ao Ling League, and they only obey the orders of the king of the Ao Ling League. ”
You Boyun said: "Then are they very powerful?"
Xiao Sheng said: "Yes, they are all carefully selected warriors, and all of them are extraordinary in martial arts. ”
As he spoke, the Goldwings had already swept closer. They were dressed in gold armor and armor, with a pair of large golden wings hanging from their backs. I don't know what material the wings are made of, and they look tough and light. They circled twice over the heads of Lin Feng and the others, then retracted their wings, and with the help of parachute-like props, they landed steadily in the distance.
Quickly dressed and lined up, the golden-winged guards walked in front of Lin Feng with a majestic figure. Lin Feng couldn't help but curse secretly: "It's really a narrow road!" It turned out that this person was none other than Gao Xuan, the chief of the Golden Winged Guard who had gone to the Xuanyi tribe to capture Lin Feng.
Gao Xuan still looked high and arrogant, it seemed that Lin Feng's escape last time did not have any impact on the cronies of the King of the Ao Ling League. He looked at Lin Feng carefully, and said to the leader of the Eight Wolves clan without looking back: "Leave it to me, you can go." ”
The leader of the Eight Tribes was a little unresponsive, "Hmm... My lord, you say... Can we go?"
Gao Xuan's tone did not have the slightest wave, "If the person is handed over to me, you can leave, I, I don't want to say it a third time." ”
The leader of the Eight Wolves Clan hesitated for a moment, but still stubbornly said, "My lord, this is not appropriate, we have received the task of handing over the prisoner to the king of the Ao Ling League. ”
Gao Xuan tilted his head slightly and took out a crystal phoenix-shaped token from his waist, "This is the order of the alliance king, seeing it is like seeing the alliance king." ”
The leader of the Eight Tribes had yet to reply. Xiao Sheng grabbed and said: "This is indeed the order of the alliance king." You'd better go, and we'll go with them." ”
The leader of the Eight Clans frowned, staring at the token with a wistful eye.
Yue Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to her, accepted the token, and ordered: "Go, let them change it." ”
A golden-winged guard got the order, took three sets of clothes, and handed them to Lin Feng, You Boyun and Xiao Sheng.
"Put it on. Yue Xuan said in a commanding tone.
Lin Feng and the three of them didn't know what to do. But looking at these clothes, they are all delicate silk satin dresses.
Xiao Shengqi said: "Isn't this the dress that the VIP wears when he meets the king of the alliance?"
Gao Xuan couldn't help but glance at Xiao Sheng more, "That's right, it's indeed a VIP dress." ”
You Boyun said excitedly: "These clothes are so beautiful, are they really for us?"
Gao Xuan said coldly: "Give it to you, just put it on, the alliance king is still waiting for you." ”
The three of them were shocked when they heard that the king of the Ao Ling League was waiting for them, but they knew that asking Gao Xuan was also asking in vain, and whether it was a blessing or a curse would have to be faced sooner or later, so they simply put on the dress and went with him.
The vegetation under the giant tree and its surrounding area within five kilometers is all tender green knotweed, and the grass has just reached the ankle of the person, and it is neat and soft at a glance. There are also some tall trees growing under the shade of the giant trees, but they are much shorter compared to the giant trees. In addition to the Ao Ling tribe, there are many people from other tribes who live above them. Ropes are roped from the canopy of tall trees and vines are pruned to make way for passage up and down. Some tall trees are even equipped with a winch, like an elevator, and people and goods are packed in a half-wooden and half-metal frame, and the labor on the canopy shakes the winch to pull the frame up the tree steadily, which is very convenient.
Close to the trunk of the withered giant tree, there is a circle of stone built two people high city wall, the wall section is trapezoidal, every few zhang stands a high spire, the spire erects a peacock open screen-like flag, the flag is embroidered with a nine-tailed phoenix color map.
Gao Xuan took Lin Feng and the three of them through the special passage and crossed the city wall. Facing is a wide granite square, the square is full of strange flowers and plants, a large pool in the center, a gold-inlaid bronze phoenix in the pool, standing proudly in the posture of the golden rooster, and other bronze birds, all greet the phoenix with a posture of submission.
Passing through the square, he finally stood under the incomparably thick trunk of the Withered Tree. Around the trunk of the tree, there is a wide road that spirals upward, made of vines clinging to the giant tree. This vine road was for the common people to use up and down, and the Golden Winged Guard took Lin Feng and the others to the southwest of the giant tree. This side is close to the lake, which is connected to the sea. There are many boats moored in the lake, different sizes and styles, including the imposing bird-shaped warships of the Oling tribe, the various cargo ships of the silver mrigal tribe to transport goods, and the operation boats used by the Oling people to collect aquatic products.
They walked through a large, heavily guarded tree hole with a beautifully decorated winch ladder guarded by golden-winged guards. Seeing that it was Gao Xuan coming, the golden-winged guards guarding the ladder raised their hands to him and saluted. Gao Xuan gestured, and took Lin Feng and the three of them straight up to the lifting frame. The frame is so large that it can accommodate dozens of people standing. After Gao Xuan's team stood firm, the golden-winged guards outside pulled a few ropes in a disorderly manner, signaled, and the frame slowly rose.
It took a total of five frames to change during the entire ascent, and it took about four pillars of incense to finally reach the crown of the Withered Giant Tree. It's still some distance from the palace of the King of the Ao Ling League, but the scenery is also very beautiful. The white stone paved roadway is lined with neat flower stands and sculptures, and two crystal clear streams bubbling through the side of the flower platform. In the distance, all kinds of houses as far as the eye can see are like new, although there are good and bad levels, the side of the white stone road is uniformly planted with flowers and vines, at a glance, such as in the flower town jade lane.
Walking up the three-story stone staircase, the outline of the Ao Ling Palace was impressively displayed in front of Lin Feng. It is located in the center of the withered giant tree, with a heavy and huge bluestone as the base, the famous wood Xiangnan as the temple, a total of four into, take the meaning of the four seasons. The main gate of the south is called "Chaofeng Gate", the wall door, the gatehouse has three floors, more than ten zhang high, decorated with all kinds of copper phoenix, there is a pivot in the phoenix, it can be automatic with the wind. Behind the Chaofeng Gate is the largest palace of the palace - Fengtian Palace, the main body is a huge platform with eaves and corners, the front is short and the back is short, the two sides are flat, like a bird with wings spread. There are more than a dozen pavilions built around the pavilion, and the stars hold the moon as if around. There are four steps to the south of the Fengtian Palace, His Majesty, and there are stairs and chariots on both sides and north to lead to the back of the palace. On the east side of the back, there are 20 palaces such as the Divine Comedy, Supu, Yutian, and Dougong. The west is the garden area, in which the mountains and stones, the pond are all complete, and the boats and vehicles and the degree of use are all uniform. The north side is the sacrificial area, with a temple, a bell tower, a drum tower, and an altar.
However, the most conspicuous thing in the entire palace is the Fengluan Pavilion at the highest point. The attic is cast in bronze, there is a huge phoenix stone carving inside, three feet high and six feet high, the shape is graceful and luxurious, the whole body is inlaid with gold and silver, crystal, white jade, agate embellishment. The Ao Ling tribe also specially opened a light channel in the canopy of the tree, so that the sunlight can shine directly on the stone phoenix from all directions, and then refracted by the gem, so that this phoenix seems to be alive in the gorgeous light and shadow. In addition, there is also a mechanism in the phoenix's body, if the king of the Ao Ling League has something to gather the various Ao Ling tribes, the phoenix will make a loud and pleasant chirp, and the officials and subordinates will prostrate in front of the throne of the Ao Ling League when they hear the news, and wait for the king of the alliance to give instructions.