Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Xiao Letian quickly snapped out of it when he heard Li Yuanzhao's shout.

He glanced at Mo Xiaohu, gritted his teeth, and ran towards the hot air balloon, nimbly flipping himself into the basket.

Li Yuanzhao grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, "A true hero! Just like me!"

Then he asked, "How do you use this kerosene?"

Xiao Letian smiled awkwardly, took the kerosene can from Li Yuanzhao's hand, and began adding kerosene to the ignition device.

Then, he took out a fire starter from his chest and lit the oil can.

Immediately, the hot air balloon began to grow... and grow.

Suddenly, the two felt a tremor beneath their feet, and a sense of panic arose in their hearts.

At this time, the hot air balloon had already risen a distance of one zhang from the ground, and Mo Xiaohu's face turned pale.

He turned to look at the surrounding people and said, "Keep a close watch on the ropes! Do not let the hot air balloon fly away!"

Immediately, someone ran to the mooring ropes and tied two more tight knots.

Li Yuanzhao clung to the edge of the basket, looking down with excitement.

During this slow ascent, he actually felt a strange sensation, a mixture of panic and extraordinary excitement.

Xiao Letian also kept licking his dry lips, looking around.

He only snapped back to reality when he heard a voice in his ear.

"Can it go up faster?"

Xiao Letian looked at Li Yuanzhao, feeling a burst of admiration in his heart.

This guy really has guts! He's actually complaining that it's rising too slowly?

"Yes! Young Master Li, there's a valve designed on this kerosene can that can adjust the fire's intensity. The greater the fire, the faster it rises."

As he spoke, Xiao Letian turned the valve, and the flames in the kerosene can suddenly surged again, and the speed increased accordingly.

Mo Xiaohu stood below, craning his neck and staring intently. Seeing that the ascent speed had actually increased again, he felt another pang of heartache.

Fortunately, before long, the ropes below tightened!

A brief, violent tremor in the hot air balloon basket caused the two to fall back into the basket.

Li Yuanzhao was already standing there dumbfounded...

Following his gaze, the mountains, rivers, lakes, and towns were all within sight!

Everything below seemed miniature.

Li Yuanzhao's heart was filled with fear, but also an uncontrollable ecstasy.

The vast world... all within sight!

"This kind of scenery... I'm afraid even Father Emperor hasn't seen it before," Li Yuanzhao murmured.

He didn't notice that Xiao Letian, who was beside him, already had a pale face and was constantly swallowing his saliva.

After sighing for a while, Li Yuanzhao looked at him and said, "Do you know how to control the direction of this hot air balloon?"

Xiao Letian shook his head violently, "I don't know! With the ropes tied below, how can we control it? We have to untie the ropes first, let it fly without restrictions, and then we can make some discoveries."

Fly without restrictions... untie the ropes.

Li Yuanzhao looked down, feeling a little dizzy.

"This... if we untie the ropes, won't we fall to our deaths?"

"It shouldn't happen, as long as we turn down the fire, we can slowly float down. Wasn't it flying quite steadily just now? Uh... but let's go down, Young Master Li, aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid! Me, afraid?" Li Yuanzhao instantly perked up, his fear lessened a lot, and he retorted, "If we come up here and gain nothing besides the scenery, wouldn't that be a wasted trip? Anyway, you know how to land, why don't we continue flying upwards?"

"Uh..." As he spoke, Li Yuanzhao glanced down again, and immediately regretted it in his heart.

He looked at Xiao Letian with anticipation in his eyes.

Say yes! Say yes, and this prince will go down with you!

Xiao Letian was also full of hesitation after hearing this, his right hand tightly gripping the rope, his fingers already turning white.

Young Master Li is right, if we can't make any discoveries, wouldn't it be a wasted trip?

But continuing to fly upwards... that's too...

As Xiao Letian thought, he looked up at the sky, and unexpectedly blurted out, "What do you think it will be like when we fly to the end? Is there a Heavenly Palace up there?"

Li Yuanzhao was stunned when he heard this, and also stared blankly at the sky.

"That's right... what is at the end?"

After a moment of silence, the two of them simultaneously snapped back to reality, looked at each other, and at this moment, their eyes were filled with fanaticism!

We can fly now!

This is simply a divine method... wouldn't continuing to ascend mean we could go to heaven!?

I am the son of the Emperor, having this opportunity today, shouldn't I go up to heaven and take a look?

Li Yuanzhao's heart pounded non-stop, he gritted his teeth, and shouted, "Damn it, let's do it! Follow me to heaven, do you dare!"

"Dare! Do it!" Xiao Letian also shouted excitedly.

We can't control the direction, but we can control its descent, what's there to be afraid of!

At this moment, the innate and extremely strong curiosity of mankind instantly overwhelmed all other emotions!

Without hesitation, Li Yuanzhao drew his sword and neatly cut the ropes that were binding the hot air balloon.

The hot air balloon shook again and suddenly rose higher...

Mo Xiaohu had originally relaxed after seeing the balloon hover.

Suddenly, he heard a few muffled sounds in his ear, and immediately looked down to where the sound came from.

This look caused his three souls and seven spirits to scatter completely!

His brain buzzed... a blank slate.

The surroundings were noisy and chaotic.

"Damn! They cut the ropes, damn!"

"These young people, they're too daring, damn!"

"It's skewed! It's skewed! They're drifting away, chase them!"

Mo Xiaohu instantly regained his senses, looked desperately at the sky, and saw that the hot air balloon had deviated from its direction and was flying into the distance, flying higher and higher.

Looking at the hot air balloon that had almost turned into a black dot, Mo Xiaohu shouted, "Quickly find fast horses! Chase after them for me! Neither of them can be allowed to have an accident!"

The people below immediately fell into chaos, some sprinting to chase, some going to find horses.

Mo Xiaohu grabbed a person at random, his eyes bloodshot, and said, "You! Immediately go to the capital and tell the master that Young Master Li has flown away in a hot air balloon, tell him to come as soon as possible! The sooner the better!"

That person nodded busy, obviously also aware of the severity of the situation, his legs churning in a circle, and ran to find a horse.

In the sky, Li Yuanzhao and the other two were already trembling, their eyes full of fear.

The hot air balloon soared into the sky, and after the curiosity passed, the two immediately regretted it.

Although the infinite scenery was within sight, being trapped in a small basket at this height... was really too terrifying!

The strong wind howled in their ears, and as the altitude increased, the sound of the wind became even more frightening.

The two only felt dizzy.

After a while, Li Yuanzhao said in a trembling voice, "Slow down, make it slower, the wind is too strong to open my eyes!"

Xiao Letian was shocked, "Can't open your eyes... right! Not being able to open your eyes is a problem, we need to make eye protection tools."

"What the hell are you talking about!" Li Yuanzhao turned his head and saw that he was trembling and actually took out another piece of paper from his arms, and was taking notes.

He grabbed Xiao Letian and shouted, "I'll help you write it down! The wind is too strong, we can't go up, we're afraid it's going to flip if we rise again!"

"Hurry, turn down the fire, let's go down and talk about it!"

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