Crossing the Continent of Kings: Under the Valkyrie Zhongli

There is no dedicated commercial street in Thousand Cave City, and the commercial markets are scattered in the residential areas, supplying the daily necessities of the city residents.There is a towering landmark stone pillar in the middle of the business district, which can be seen from all directions in the residential area.

In the past, when the countries in the cloud were prosperous, the main income of Qianku City came from the financial support of various countries. Later, when the countries were destroyed, the textile industry of Qianku City developed rapidly and became an important source of supporting the economy of Qianku City.But from time to time, I will also receive some gifts from Yucheng.

So here is bound to disappoint Shih Tzu, there are no weird treasures to buy here, and all the ones that can be sold here are daily necessities, especially textiles.

Although Xi Shi was a little disappointed, she quickly adjusted her mood and turned around happily.

Commercial buildings interspersed in residential areas have both business and living functions, and are usually divided into two floors: the first floor is used to open shops and provide rest for customers; the second floor is the living residence of the shop owner.

The main source of livelihood for Thousand Grottoes is the textile industry.People collect raw wool from yaks and animals, and through multiple processes such as pressing and threading, weaving, dyeing, and drying, they make colorful blankets and hang them in shops for sale.The rabbits and mice who sneaked in while helping out in the kitchen would be thrown into the rollers to power the spinning machines.

Therefore, nearly [-]% of the shops in the business district are selling all kinds of textiles. Xishi is dazzled by the various patterns. Finally, Zhong Fei waved his hand, buy!

Anyway, if someone from Daming Palace is responsible for paying the money, it is right to help Jia Luo drive the economic development of Thousand Cave City.

At this moment, in the Daming Palace, the Empress who was talking with Shangguan Wan'er suddenly had an itchy nose.He sneezed and blew the bill in front of him.

"Write a letter and tell Zhong Fei that if he dares to buy these messy things to be reimbursed by me, he will never even think about entering Chang'an City!" The empress growled as she looked at the various bills sent by Zhong Fei in front of her.

Among them, the bills for eating and drinking tea are fine, but even when Zhong Fei buys a strange-shaped stone on the side of the road, he has to ask the peddler to write a bill and send it to Daming Palace. This is simply prostitution with public funds!

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes lit up when she heard the Empress say that Zhong Fei would "never set foot in Chang'an City again", and asked, "Is this true?"

The empress also calmed down at this time, and said angrily: "Of course it's just threatening him! If he doesn't come back, why don't you go on an envoy to various countries!"

Shangguan Wan'er curled her lips in pity, and said, "I obey the order."

Turning his gaze back to Zhong Fei, his hands are now covered with all kinds of textiles that Xi Shi bought, and even she is still picking and choosing, muttering about various uses: "This piece of material is cute. My sister can change it into a quilt; this piece of material is simple and elegant, let’s make a dress for Sister Wan’er; this piece looks suitable for Sister Jing, buy it for her and let her choose her own use..."

It was the third time that Zhong Fei put the things in his hands into the system space, but his hands were still full of new products soon.

The bosses of the various shops almost laughed crookedly, and the news quickly spread among the bosses of the various textile shops in the business district. Soon everyone knew that there was a girl who was frantically sweeping the goods. As long as she entered the shop, nearly [-]% The inventory will be wiped out by her.

Zhong Fei could only helplessly follow behind her, numbly repeating the operations of taking out money, paying money, and sending bills. He finally understood why those people in the previous life said never to go shopping with women. I went back and forth between several stores, for fear that others would take advantage of it, and finally bought the one I saw first.

Soon, the frenzied sweeping of goods was stopped by Jia Luo who came after hearing the news. Although she also hoped that the merchants could make a lot of money in this business activity, after all, she still had to set aside a part of the stock for the civilians. Prevent the civilians in Thousand Cave City who really need it from being unable to buy it.

"Sister Xishi, don't buy these textiles. I'll take you to the warehouse of the City Lord's Mansion to have a look. There are the most exquisite textiles that are supplied to the City Lord's Mansion every year. You can go there and pick some of them. I will treat it as my gift for the city. The gift prepared by the regiment."

At this time, Xi Shi also reflected that her sweeping action just now was too crazy, so she said embarrassedly: "Okay, but I won't go to the warehouse of the City Lord's Mansion. If Sister Jialuo really wants to give some gifts, I can choose Give them some brightly colored ones!"

"I've bought enough today..."

Jia Luo nodded, and then brought Zhong Fei and Xi Shi back to the research area. Zhong Fei was relieved now. Even if there was another demon attacking the city and let him challenge it alone, it would be much easier than shopping with Xi Shi .

Back in the research area, Jialuo wanted to take them to the Shandu Building for a rest, but he didn't expect that it was already overcrowded, so he had no choice but to come to the Langshu Research Institute not far from their residence.

The Shandu Building is where teachers and students look up the collection of books, and many travelers and scholars come here after their tombs.In the classics area in the middle there are many rare books collected from all over the mainland, and the reading rooms on the left and right sides store slate inscriptions and scroll books respectively.Looking down from above, the outline of the entire library is spliced ​​with curves to form an "infinity" symbol, which seems to remind visitors that there is no limit to learning, endless knowledge, and good reading is a long-distance boat.

The Langshu Research Institute is a place for scholars to study and repair cultural relics. It is directly led by a university scholar, with scholars as the main body, supplemented by some craftsmen, who specialize in the study of cultural relics and the restoration of carved cultural relics.Every year, a large number of scholars will go to the depths of the cloud to travel around, bringing those historical relics submerged in the yellow sand and those murals (sculptures) that were damaged by wars and wind and sand erosion back to the Thousand Caves, and use the unique restoration technology of the Thousand Caves to restore these ancient relics The original appearance of the cloud allows people to glimpse the once splendid civilization in the cloud after thousands of years.

There are many sound-proof compartments in the Shandu Building for students to discuss, but there is no Langshu Research Institute, so if you want to talk here, you must lower the volume so as not to disturb the scholars who are doing delicate work.

After Jia Luo brought the two of them to the rest area of ​​the Langshu Research Institute, he lowered his voice and said:

"I... found the butterfly in the cloud!"

Chapter 139 Jinting Prince Lanling King

After arriving at the rest area of ​​the Langshu Research Institute, Jia Luo lowered his voice and said to the two of them, "I... found the butterfly in the cloud..."

Zhong Fei was taken aback for a moment, and just as he was about to say something, Xi Shi took the lead and said, "Butterfly in the cloud? What is that?"

Zhong Fei patted her head and explained: "The butterfly in the cloud is a kind of fetish raised by the clergyman Haiyue bestowed by Emperor Jun in ancient times. It can weave illusions."

Xi Shi was a little surprised: "Dijun's priest? Isn't that our enemy? Why do you want her things?"

Zhong Fei explained to Xi Shi the plan he had discussed with Jia Luo before, and after Xi Shi thought for a while, he asked, "Then Zhong Fei, can you follow them without being discovered by Haiyue?"

Zhong Fei shook his head and said: "There is no way, I can only go to the illusion for a while, and I can keep up with them after I break through the illusion."

After finishing speaking, she was afraid that Xi Shi would not understand, so she said, "It's like a mysterious place like the 'Dream in the Ring' played by Guixu Meng."

Although Xi Shi has become much more cheerful in her heart now, she still occasionally thinks of the shadows of her previous life in the Southern Wilderness, so Zhong Fei would not agree with Xi Shi to enter the Butterfly Illusion in the Clouds together.

Xi Shi also understood her own problem, so she said empathetically: "I know, I won't go in with you, I just want to say, why don't you bring Yao in, anyway, since he can pass" Dream in the Ring', then you should be able to pass 'Butterfly in the Cloud' too."

"And he is tough enough, you can use him to block damage when you really can't beat it."

Zhong Fei was a little ashamed, but Xi Shi was also concerned and confused, never thinking that Zhong Fei was much more resistant than Yao.

"Forget it, it's easier to move with fewer people." Zhong Fei said: "Don't worry about me, even if you can't beat me, I can still run."

As for why Zhong Fei is so persistent in going, because...

"Ding, the system breakthrough mission has been delivered! Help the League of Sand break through Haiyue's illusion, and successfully defeat Haiyue in the subsequent battles. The reward for completing the mission is to break through the current level limit."

"After the host reaches level 60, he will receive an upgrade task. After completing the upgrade task, he will receive an upgrade template reward. If the upgrade task fails, he will get a new upgrade task. After three consecutive upgrade task failures, the current level will be locked and the opportunity to upgrade will be lost. Please The host is cautious."

At the end of the original plot, if it wasn't for Wei Ye's containment and Sikong Zhen's activation of the five thunder drums to attract Haiyue away, the Sand Alliance would have been wiped out. If the alliance dies to the end, whether it can defeat Haiyue becomes an unknown.

But Zhong Fei still has a hole card. The Herrscher of Knowledge has already contacted him. The flow of time in the two worlds seems to be different. The stigmata project over there has been completely over, and Kevin’s 5 years of torture has come to an end. If Zhong Fei needs it, he can contact the Herrscher of Knowledge through the system to take a shot.

But there is only one chance, Zhong Fei still intends to try it himself first, if he succeeds, he can save his hole card of Zhibao to deal with Di Jun.

At this time, Sang Qi also rushed in. After seeing Jia Luo, he said loudly: "Sister Jia Luo, I have found a way to restore Zusang and the Mingsha tribe!"

Jia Luo hurriedly signaled Sang Qi to keep his voice down. Many scholars who were repairing the cultural relics had already looked over with some dissatisfaction. Jia Luo made an apologetic gesture to the surroundings and left here with a few people.

As soon as he left the Langshu Research Institute, Sang Qi said excitedly: "Jialuo∩, I heard a story today. It is said that there is a creature called 'Cloud Butterfly', which can help people realize all their wishes, and will soon Appear!"

Jia Luo sighed, and was about to tell Sang Qi that this was just a conspiracy, but was interrupted by Zhong Fei, and Jia Luo looked at him with some puzzlement.

"Indeed, I've also heard of this kind of thing." Zhong Fei said.

Regarding Yunzhongdie's plan, the fewer people who know about it, the better. Although Sang Qi has experienced many things, he is still a child at heart. If he knows about this matter, it will inevitably leave some loopholes for Haiyue. It will be bad if something goes wrong with the plan.

Jia Luo also understood, and echoed, "Yes, I plan to set off to search for it soon."

Sang Qi asked Jia Luo expectantly: "Can you take me with you?"

Jia Luo knew that the butterfly in the cloud was just a scam, but Sang Qi was a key part of the plan, so he could only say, "Of course it can!"

But Jia Luo was afraid that Sang Qi would have too many expectations for this matter, and in the end the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment, so he reminded him vaguely: "The story of the butterfly in the cloud is a bit miraculous, so I don't want it." It’s better to have too many expectations.”

Sang Qi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's okay, anyway, even if you don't have such a magical ability, it's good to meet the legendary gods. Anyway, the situation of the Mingsha tribe can't go from bad to worse, right?"

"By the way, Sister Jia Luo, brother Lanling King is here and wants to see Zhong Fei!"

Zhong Fei was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "His movements are quite fast! But that's right, it's impossible for him not to be interested in the Jinting Kingdom ruins."

In fact, the ruins under the Duhu Mansion are not the location of the ancient Jinting Kingdom. After the Great Wall Guards entered the Jinting Kingdom, some people chose to surrender and brought Jinting Kingdom's classics and treasures to settle in the Duhufu according to Chang'an's requirements.

This group of people was wiped out during the demon riot, and buried all the last relics of the Jinting Kingdom under the Protectorate Mansion, so it is said that there are the last relics of the Jinting Kingdom. As for the original location of the Jinting Kingdom, it is already a desert.

That's why King Lanling has always suspected that Chang'an sent troops to destroy the Jinting Kingdom, but in fact the original purpose of the troops of the Duhufu was to help the Jinting Kingdom quell the demon riots, but it was too late when they arrived, and the Jinting Kingdom had completely fallen. So they had no choice but to bring those survivors back to live in the Protectorate.

All of this is actually Jin Tingguo's own fault.Jinting City used to be the most developed city in the desert in the cloud, but the king pursued the supreme power by all means, which led to the leakage of the power of the magic way.Drought and war have turned the once prosperous country into a desert.

The carefree prince of Jinting, seeing the tragic scene and Chang'an's army, naturally thought that Chang'an sent troops to destroy the Jinting Kingdom. When he was sad, he was taken away by the mysterious old man in the mountains. The once noble prince is now lurking in the dark. The Grim Reaper, the ghost that hovers beside the Great Wall.

"I'll go and meet him. After the Yunzhongdie incident is completed, it's time to resolve the misunderstanding between him and Chang'an!"

Chapter 140 Ready to set off

When Zhong Fei returned to his room, he saw a ragged figure standing in the darkness by the window staring at him.

"This is not the way to treat guests," Zhong Fei said with a smile, "I always feel like you are going to throw a dagger at me the next second."

King Lanling frowned, walked out slowly from the darkness, sat down at the tea table, and asked, "What do you want me for?"

Zhong Fei smiled and said, "Why, didn't Jia Luo tell you? I need some information that only Jin Ting Kingdom has. If you don't know, I have to go to the Protectorate's Mansion to dig it myself."

"What information?" King Lanling frowned even deeper.

"Do you know the five thunders shaking the drum?" Zhong Fei asked directly.

"I've heard of it, isn't it the ancient artifact found by Chang'an Yuheng Sikong Zhen?" King Lanling asked with some doubts.

"Jin Tingguo should have recorded it, haven't you seen it?" Zhong Fei was a little surprised.

"No," King Lanling said honestly: "Before the Jinting Kingdom was destroyed, all the education I received was to make me a qualified ruler, and strength was secondary, so I was concerned about these things at the time." Not interested."

Zhong Fei smacked his lips, and said with some regret: "Then there is no other way, I can only dig under the Dufu Mansion by myself, do you want to come with me?"

King Lanling remembered the news he had received recently, and was about to refuse after weighing the importance, when Zhong Fei added: "It won't affect your search for 'Die in the Cloud', you can wait until you're done looking for it." .”

"How do you know about the 'butterfly in the cloud'?" King Lanling's eyes widened. He still got the news from an ancient book. Fei told the truth.

Although he doesn't believe in the ability of Yunzhongdie's ability to "fulfill all wishes", but it must have some magical power to be able to be said to be so miraculous. If he can get it, he will be one step closer to his revenge.

"Jia Luo and Sang Qi have both recently received the news of the butterfly in the cloud, don't you think it's amazing?" Zhong Fei said with a smile.

"You mean there is fraud in it?" King Lanling didn't understand, but he was sure that his information must be correct.

Haiyue gave them all the correct information. In a sense, the 'Butterfly in the Cloud' can indeed fulfill all wishes, but the price is to sink into the beautiful illusion it weaves forever.

"The news you got is correct, it's just that the butterfly in the cloud is about to be born soon, and there are more people discussing it." Zhong Fei explained.

"Will there be many people fighting for it?" King Lanling asked.

"Counting me, there are six and a half, and half of the tourists who came to travel have strayed into it." Zhong Fei said with a smile.

"Jia Luo, Sang Qi, I, you, there are already four people, does that mean there are two more people who will also participate in the competition?" King Lanling muttered, and then his eyes flashed coldly: "Why don't I go?" Get rid of them."

Zhong Fei was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "That's impossible, the butterfly in the cloud has a very special power, if you want to get it, the five of you have to become temporary teammates during the operation."

"Five of us? Aren't you going to participate too?" King Lanling was keenly aware of the loopholes in Zhong Fei's words.

Zhong Fei shook his head and said, "I'm just going with you guys, but I don't have any wishes for the butterfly in the cloud to fulfill, so I'm not interested in it."

Zhong Fei touched his chin as he spoke, and said thoughtfully: "But... I seem to be interested in the breeder of Butterfly in the Cloud...?"

"Keeping people?" King Lanling was taken aback: "Does such a fetish still need people to raise it?"

"It shouldn't be called a 'human', it's a family member of the gods! Only the purest and flawless glazed body is qualified to raise this magical creature bestowed by the gods." Zhong Fei said.

Haiyue, after accepting the transformation of the demon god Dijun, obtained a pure and flawless glazed body without any impurities. Only she can control the butterfly in the cloud, and no other moonborn can do it.

King Lanling didn't say anything more, but after thinking for a while, he bid farewell to Zhong Fei.

That night, King Lanling also stayed in Thousand Cave City.

In the middle of the night, Zhong Fei was woken up by the sound of a mechanism. When he opened his eyes, it turned out that a mechanism bird was outputting crazily to his window.