You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?
Chapter 309: The Remains of the Capital
Chapter 309: The Remains of the Capital
Hu Wen had not had a good rest recently as he had been busy studying the stone gate in the mountains. Today, while lying on the boat, swaying back and forth, it was like a mother rocking her child’s cradle, which made him sleep well.
Finally, at noon the next day, the sun shone through the window on him, and the sound of wind and waves woke Hu Wen up.
Open your eyes slowly.
Half asleep, he noticed a figure curled up opposite his bed.
Ok…
That was a little girl.
……
Hu Wen leaned against the wall, his face pale with fear, his legs were weak, his heart was pounding, and his face was green.
He saw that there was a little girl in a white fluffy dress on his bed, with snow-white hair and bare feet. She was studying her hands and feet with great energy, and seemed very satisfied with her changes.
“You… why did you suddenly transform?”
Hearing Hu Wen’s question, Hu Ni looked at him and tilted her head:
“Honi, I don’t know.”
Hu Wen held his forehead with his hand.
Is Zhu Laoba making fun of me?
This transformation doesn’t look like it took a long time to prepare?
Fortunately, when Fox Girl transformed, she also created clothes together with her. Otherwise, Hu Wen wouldn’t know how to ask his men to prepare clothes for the girl.
“Can you change back?”
Fox Ni thought about it, and then there was a bang. Several fox hairs flew out into the air, and Fox Ni’s body turned back into the shape of a little fox.
Hu Wencai breathed a sigh of relief:
“Go and introduce yourself to your brothers and sisters, and transform in front of them to avoid any misunderstandings.”
“But Foxy is Foxy.”
The little fox obviously didn’t quite understand what Hu Wen was worried about, but she still muttered and then nodded obediently to show that she understood.
Hu Wen tapped the little fox on the head.
If he took the little girl out of his room directly, even if his companions would not say anything, there were other tourists on the boat.
If you meet a few gossipers, it will always have a bad impact on your reputation.
Not only to Hu Wen, but also to the little fox
Although the little fox certainly has no idea about this, as a guardian, Hu Wen has to try his best to avoid such things.
After taking the little fox out, Hu Wen gathered his entourage together and asked Hu Ni to change her shape in front of them.
After all, these people had followed Liu Quande before, so they naturally knew what transformation was.
They soon became addicted to teasing the little girl with their fingers, and seeing the little girl spinning around, smiles appeared on their faces.
Hu Wen watched all this from the side, and the embarrassment that had just arisen in his heart gradually disappeared.
If all the children in the world could be as carefree as Fox Girl, that would be the ultimate happiness.
……
It took four days on the boat and seven days on the road. When Hu Wen saw the city walls of Kyoto, he felt that this trip was really tiring.
This was only possible because the horse was riding at full speed, burning seven or eight talismans for a thousand-mile daily travel, and changing to a new carriage as soon as it arrived at the post station.
If you walk leisurely, it will probably take more than several months to get from Youzhou Pass to Kyoto.
After arriving at the main gate of Kyoto, Hu Wen and the others got off the carriage one after another. After such a long journey, they all looked tired.
Even Fox Ni had lost her transformed form, lying on Hu Wen’s shoulder, dozing off with her head down.
Hu Wen lit the message incense and told Zuo Chen that they had arrived at the tea stall next to the main entrance. Zuo Chen agreed and asked them to wait there for a while. The few of them were busy, so they found a tea stall nearby, ordered a pot of tea, asked for some snacks, and sat down to rest.
Not long after, they saw a few people dressed as scholars coming nearby and looking around.
Hu Wen immediately went up to greet him:
“Were you sent by Taoist Zuo Chen?”
After hearing what Hu Wen said, several scholars nodded immediately and took Hu Wen and the others towards the library.
“I’ve heard of the library’s reputation for a long time. I wonder what its current status is like?”
On the way, Hu Wen chatted with the scholar in front of him because he was not clear about the current situation in Kyoto.
When the scholar listened to Hu Wen’s words, his expression became a little strange.
He has been in the library for a long time, but has never made any achievements. He is the kind of person who usually helps the great scholars run errands and do housework.
After Taoist Zuo Chen cleaned up the library two days ago, he, with his clean identity, got an opportunity.
Although this was a good thing for him, the changes in the library were so huge that he found it difficult to adapt for a while.
Nowadays, when others ask me questions, I can only tell them everything I know in a somewhat stiff voice.
After listening to what Zuo Chen had done in Kyoto over the past two days, Hu Wen couldn’t help but sigh:
“As expected of a Taoist priest, you are so efficient.”
Scholar: “…”
I didn’t know how to respond, so I just shut up.
Ask again:
“What is the Taoist doing now?”
“The owner of this building is studying something recently and spends every day in the library. We can’t understand what he is doing, so why don’t we go ask him in person?”
Hu Wen also felt a little curious.
The few of them soon arrived at the library compound.
The scholar who led the way pushed open the door and gestured for invitation.
After entering the yard, Hu Wen saw a square wooden vehicle in the middle of the yard. Yan Wangsheng and Guan Jinping were sitting on it, driving happily. Hu Wen: “???”
He was so frightened that he stood there in a daze, but the fox girl who was hanging on his shoulder like a fur suddenly became alert!
She jumped off Hu Wen’s shoulder in a flash, and in the blink of an eye she turned into a little girl. She ran to the square and cheered:
“Interesting! Interesting! I want to play too! I want to play too!”
“This… this is not a toy.”
Hu Wen pulled Hu Ni over.
He had been immersed in the art of craftsmanship for a long time, so he could naturally see the magic of this box at a glance, and he couldn’t help but feel excited.
“Hu Wen, you are here.”
“Taoist Priest!”
Seeing Zuo Chen appear beside him, Hu Wen saluted hastily, then pointed at the moving box with eager eyes:
“Master, what is this?”
“I was just trying to tell you.”
Zuo Chen smiled and told Hu Wen about the effects of the two improved products. Similarly, he also shared with Hu Wen the problems he encountered.
Upon hearing this, Hu Wen also sighed:
“Everything that is created has its limitations. I will go back and talk to Liu Xianyan about this wheel. I will take my brothers to research it. If we can’t figure it out in ten years, we will research it for fifty years. If we can’t figure it out in fifty years, we will research it for a hundred years. We will eventually find a more suitable wood to make a wheel.”
Zuo Chen opened his mouth in silence, wanting to tell Hu Wen that the wheels of the future would be made of rubber instead of wood, but he finally closed his mouth and smiled without saying anything.
Perhaps, in the end, beams will indeed use a unique soft wood as wheels.
“I will give you the design of this thing later, and then I will hand it over to you craftsmen.” Zuo Chen smiled and said, “I can only provide a general direction, I am not very good at the more detailed things.”
“What are you talking about? If we don’t have this general direction, how can we create new objects?”
Hu Wen knew very well that if Zuo Chen had not pointed out the general direction, it would probably take him and Liu Xian fifty or sixty years to find the direction if they relied solely on research.
Suppressing his enthusiasm for research, Hu Wen took out a square box.
“Master, this is the key to the stone gate.”
Zuo Chen suddenly became alert after seeing this thing:
“This is the door you opened.”
“Yes.”
Hu Wen told Zuo Chen the whole process of Liu Xian opening the door, and also told Zuo Chen how to use this square:
The entire “key” uses the resonance method. You only need to inject spiritual energy into it, and the box will be able to change the fluctuations of the spiritual energy, allowing it to simulate the key to the door.
Zuo Chen took the square, and Hu Wen immediately said:
“Master, do you need us to follow you?”
When Zuo Chen heard this, his expression immediately turned strange.
First of all, Zuo Chen was not sure that his earth escape technique might not be able to be used by normal people, and secondly…
Zuo Chen could imagine that when Hu Wen arrived at the place, he would ask himself: “Master, where is this?”
How did he answer?
Under the Li family’s tomb?
Anyway, this key is not difficult to use, so you might as well go there yourself.
“That place is restricted. Others cannot enter, only I can enter.”
Zuo Chen lied and Hu Wen could only nod regretfully.
After arranging accommodation for Hu Wen and the others, Zuo Chen saw that it was still early, so he took the box, jumped up, landed directly on the ground, and sank quickly.
In the blink of an eye, he had arrived at the huge hole.
The huge door lay quietly.
Zuo Chen placed the box in front of the door, and according to the method Hu Wen had just taught him, he activated the spiritual energy and injected it into it.
Soon the box began to vibrate and make a buzzing sound.
Zuo Chen waited patiently.
“Boom boom…”
The gate trembled, and just as Hu Wen said, the stone gate roared and opened to both sides.
What appeared in front of Zuo Chen was a long, pitch-black path, so deep and so dark that one could not see one’s fingers.
Zuo Chen sensed carefully and did not detect any breath of the Sea of Bitterness, and then he went directly into the doorway.
This descent took a long time.
It was extremely long, so long that even though Zuo Chen used the technique of shrinking the earth into an inch, it still took him a long time to walk. It was so long that Zuo Chen even doubted whether he had arrived in another world.
Suddenly, Zuo Chen clearly felt that there was suddenly nothing under his feet.
Instinctively, Zuo Chen used his magic of levitation to prevent himself from falling.
When he came to his senses again, he found himself in a void of darkness!
Looking around, the view is endless, with stars twinkling in the pitch-black void, as if floating in the boundless Milky Way.
He stretched out his hand and grabbed in the direction of the stars, and soon the starlight fell into Zuo Chen’s hands.
They are just some bright magic floating in the air, not real starlight.
Looking down, there was a thick fog in the void below, gray and impossible to see through.
In this gray fog,
There is a huge ancient city.
(End of this chapter)