Chapter 13
The electric rails run out from the energy tower and are erected in the blue sky.
The sky is like a mirror, reflecting every detail of the earth's surface. What connects this mirror to reality is a spire that towers into the clouds. The name of the building that cannot be seen under the spire is clearly visible in the reflection in four large characters: City of Hall.
Local residents gathered under the spire, staring at the platform in the center of the spire with different expressions. On the high platform, a swordsman in a short coat held high a sharp blade inlaid with gems and was carefully tracing the body of a young man in luxurious clothes.
Bai Zhou was covered in wounds and opened his eyes with difficulty: "I remember that the punishment my father requested did not include molesting me, Duke."
Lan Ji raised the hilt of the knife and placed it on Bai Zhou's exposed collarbone. The hard metal touched his skin, leaving a bright red mark. Lan Ji said coldly: "The fifth prince has been reduced to a commoner, and he still calls me father. Isn't that an act of usurpation?"
Bai Zhou lowered his eyes. Yes, he is no longer the high and mighty Fifth Prince. The warnings he issues now are nothing but intimidation without any deterrent effect.
Boom——
A faint bell sounded from somewhere. Bai Zhou looked up at the spire, his golden eyelashes almost transparent in the sunlight. He whispered, "Someone is coming."
Lan Ji pretended not to hear anything and sneered, "At this time, the Fifth Prince is still joking?"
Bai Zhou struggled violently: "No! It is written in the Book of Prophecy, 'When the bells of the spire ring, the Illuminator will come.' If you don't believe me, just listen to the bells of the spire!"
A trace of doubt appeared on Lan Ji's face. In this split second, a clear bell sounded from the platform, and everyone present looked up in surprise.
"The prophecy is actually true?" "Can the Enlightener really save us?" "The divination that the Fifth Prince said was actually correct..." "..."
The scene suddenly became noisy. Lan Ji's expression became gloomy. He stared at the top of the spire for a moment, then looked back at Bai Zhou in silence.
Bai Zhou shook his head and smiled bitterly. His slight movement caused him to cough up blood. He turned his head and rubbed the nail on the back of his neck in this position. His bloodstained lips were stained with silver threads, which had an indescribable temptation in the sunlight.
This was Bai Zhou's most embarrassing and humiliating moment so far, but now, a look of triumph emerged on his face. He shook his head and stretched out his dry voice to raise a noble ending, as if he had already sat down in the palace, and said to Lan Ji: "Duke, it seems that I will return to the position of prince again."
Lan Ji's eyebrows twitched slightly, he retracted his sword, and said coldly: "Your Highness, don't be too happy too soon, it might just be a flying bird."
Flying bird? Bai Zhou looked at Lan Ji's back as he turned and left, and laughed in his heart. How could it be a flying bird? That is the highest point in the entire city of Hall, the top of the spire, a bottomless vacuum abyss.
Not to mention a bird, even a human being wouldn't survive there for more than a moment.
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There was a sound of something heavy falling in the empty room, followed by a light gasp and then a curse.
"Zhou Yuli, can you be serious at this time?"
That’s right, Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli were teleported to a new world again on their way back to the dormitory. This time, Xiao Rui’s opening remarks were very simple.
[Hello host, in this copy "City of Hall", you are required to find the least favored fifth prince here, complete his request, and bring him back to reality. 】
"It seems that the person we are looking for this time is clearly the fifth prince. Zhou Yuli, where do you think...he is?"
Pei Zhao was just about to ask about the Fifth Prince's information when he saw Zhou Yuli's attention was suddenly distracted by something and he went to the inner room. Pei Zhao followed him in and saw that the man was attracted by a row of classical costumes and was holding one up and writing in front of him.
Pei Zhao looked at the towel-like clothes in front of him, his face full of helplessness, and couldn't help asking: "Is it time to change clothes now?"
Zhou Yuli acted as if it was a matter of course, and seemed not satisfied with this one, so he changed to another one that looked like a rag and said, "I have been to so many places and I still haven't adapted to them. When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
Pei Zhao thought so too. He still retained the habit of reading the questions carefully before doing them. He wished he could pester Xiao Rui for key points before taking any action. However, he didn't feel it was very complicated after just playing around the last two times.
Pei Zhao reached out and snatched the clothes from Zhou Yuli's other hand: "I want this one!"
Zhou Yuli grabbed it and said, "This is for men!"
Pei Zhao: "Just this one for men!"
Zhou Yuli: "You are wearing women's clothes!"
Pei Zhao: "Why? You can wear it if you want!"
Zhou Yuli: "You are more suitable!"
Pei Zhao: "How am I suitable??? You dead puppet, explain yourself clearly!"
Relying on his height, Pei Zhao naturally could not compete with Zhou Yuli, and could only reluctantly put on the towel... no, women's clothes. Then the two people who didn't know what to do next remembered the key.
Zhou Yuli: "By the way, what is this Fifth Prince you just mentioned?"
Pei Zhao felt very uncomfortable wearing this outfit, and said unhappily, "I don't know."
Zhou Yuli glanced at him out of the corner of his eye. He actually didn't hear what the system said just now, but Pei Zhao seemed to think he could hear it.
Pei Zhao is much thinner than his peers, with narrower shoulders. The European-style robe hanging on him not only shows his bones, but also makes him look elegant and gorgeous.
Zhou Yuli didn't even dare to take a closer look at Pei Zhao.
Zhou Yuli coughed and said, "Why don't we change it back?"
Pei Zhao was about to say something when a door that had been closed all the time was pushed open from the outside. Zhou Yuli subconsciously protected Pei Zhao behind him: "Who?"
The man was wearing silver and blue armor, with a cold face, like a cold god on a mountain. He was almost as tall as Zhou Yuli. He looked past Zhou Yuli and looked at Pei Zhao: "Enlightener?"
Pei Zhao felt his eyes unconsciously drawn to him. He shook his head and denied, "What Enlightener? We..."
Zhou Yuli stopped him, "Yes."
Pei Zhao looked at Zhou Yuli in shock. Zhou Yuli glanced at him, and Pei Zhao understood. He modestly came out from behind Zhou Yuli and replied coldly, "Yeah."
Someone hurriedly chased after him, but was stopped when he stepped into the door. The icy god frowned and scolded, "How dare anyone step into the spire? Are you trying to save your life?"
But the man was too fast. When he was stopped, half of his body had already rushed in. His face turned red quickly. After being pulled back, he gasped for breath with a look of fear after surviving a disaster: "Lord Lan Ji, the fifth prince has fainted!"
The person who came was Lan Ji. After hearing the news, his expression changed slightly, but he still maintained his noble demeanor. Facing Pei Zhao, he slowly knelt down and said, "Since you are the Lord Enlightened One, then save our city according to the prophecy."
Pei Zhao was silent for a long time, then he stretched out his hand to push Zhou Yuli away, stood up, and looked down at Lan Ji: "Okay. But I have a condition."
Lan Ji looked up: "What are the conditions?"
Pei Zhao: "Take your fifth prince in exchange."
*
The air in the underground city was turbid and cold. Zhou Yuli put his coat on Pei Zhao. Lan Ji was half a body length ahead of them and was a little surprised to see their actions.
Zhou Yuli noticed his expression, raised his eyes and asked, "Why, you haven't seen it before?"
Lan Ji was confused by Zhou Yuli's sudden hostility and looked away.
The three of them quickly passed through the narrow corridor and came to a wide stone cave. Lan Ji fumbled on one of the walls for a while and pressed down. A crack appeared in the center of the ground under the feet of the three people and pushed to one side.
Pei Zhao was shocked: There is a secret door here!
Until the whole ground opened up and a person was tied up underneath with his hands and feet tied. The lower half of his body was submerged in the water, the pool was large and there was a hint of ice on the edges. The man who was hung was shirtless and couldn't stop trembling.
Lan Ji's gaze stayed on him for only one second, and he looked at Pei Zhao: "The fifth prince you are looking for is right here."
Pei Zhao frowned, wondering: Why was the prince being hung here to suffer?
But he didn't ask, still with an indifferent look, and said: "I need to see it in person."
Lan Ji nodded, seemingly not surprised at all. He pressed something on the wall again, and a stone staircase gradually rose up and finally stopped in front of Pei Zhao.
Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli looked at each other and stepped forward together.
On the other side, Lan Ji also stepped onto a step. After a moment's silence, two stone steps sank at the same time amid the sound of huge machinery running.
After about two or three minutes, the three of them arrived at the edge of the pool at the same time.
Zhou Yuli looked around and asked, "How do we get closer?"
Lan Ji glanced at him and said, "Are you sure you want to get closer?"
Zhou Yuli and Pei Zhao looked at each other, and Pei Zhao said, "I need to verify something with the Fifth Prince in person."
Lan Ji lowered his eyes to think, and finally nodded after a moment: "Okay."
Lan Ji knelt on one knee at the edge of the water source, his blue and white coat almost blending into the water surface. Lan Ji stretched out his hand, and the moment it touched the water, the lake surface, which originally had only a little ice, quickly spread from the surroundings to the center to form a huge ice surface.
When the ice surface approached Bai Zhou, Pei Zhao frowned, "Stop!"
However, Lan Ji turned a deaf ear to him, with a barely perceptible smile on his face. The ice continued to spread at an extremely fast speed, and was about to touch Bai Zhou. A scorching breath blew towards him along the ice.
Lan Ji quickly withdrew his hands and spread them out in front of him, and an ice barrier rose from the ground. Through the transparent ice, Pei Zhao could see clearly that a huge flaming phoenix rose into the sky from the center of the water, and the newly formed ice was melting rapidly.
Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli looked at each other in surprise: Is this a fantasy world?
The ice surface melted back to its original state, and the person in the middle seemed to be asleep, without making any sound or movement from beginning to end. The fire phoenix seemed to be just a natural counterattack, not coming from him.
Until the fire phoenix's body gradually became transparent and disappeared into the air. Lan Ji put down his hand, and the ice wall disappeared. Lan Ji walked over and said, "The Fifth Prince is seriously injured, no one can get close to him. But," he changed the subject and looked at Pei Zhao sharply, "If it's the Enlightenment Master, then it must be possible."
Pei Zhao thought: It seems that this is the first test.
After Lan Ji finished speaking, he took a step back, as if giving the stage to you. Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli looked at each other, and Zhou Yuli nodded to him affirmatively.
Pei Zhao stood by the water where Lan Ji had stood, and looked down at the ice.
Lan Ji stared at his movements closely with deep suspicion. He heard the conversation between Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli in the spire from outside.
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