Vol 2 Chapter 22: Tianhong City

Hongmeng is a city of ninety states, and this city is Tianhong City.
Located in the heart of the Hongmeng Lord Realm, on the shore of the vast inland sea, a city as a state that gathers countless elites from the Hongmeng realms. It has been standing in the world since the days of the Heavenly Demon King's Court tens of thousands of years ago, witnessing countless people The vicissitudes of life witnessed countless prosperity, witnessed the surging wind, witnessed the blood flow drifting, the light flowed by the old man has gone, only this greatest city in history still stands here, standing quietly.
On this day, it is dusk.
The setting sun sinks, reflecting the red sunset for a long time, reflecting on the blue inland sea water, reflecting the magnificent and alluring brilliance, dazzling, faint afterglow, shining far away at the one that can’t be seen. Giant seaside city.
When the golden light shines on the island again, the huge golden light with the breath of ancient recklessness erupts like a volcano. In that ancient teleportation array that has experienced many winds, frost, rain, snow, and time tempering, a group appeared people.
Shen Shi and Du Tiejian, and of course the inseparable little black pig, stood in the crowd, but around the two of them, other people were a little farther away from them, intentionally or unintentionally, for most of the reasons. It was all because of Du Tiejian, such a bald man carrying the black iron giant sword arrogantly.
Although most of the people who can ride the ancient teleportation circle are also monks, it's better to have more things than less when walking outside.
This ancient teleportation array was a channel dedicated to communicating the Heihe Realm and the Hongmeng Lord Realm. When the golden light gradually dissipated and the surrounding atmosphere stabilized, the crowds immediately dispersed. Shen Shi walked a few steps outside, turned his head and looked around, and found that he was on a large island that occupies a large area, in the shape of a crescent, in the inland sea. Along the edge of this island, there is an ancient teleportation circle every tens of feet. From a distance, although there are some subtleties or slight differences, in general, almost every magic circle covers an area of ​​20. The large array of about acres, the golden light flashes and flows, it is the luster of the magical golden embryo.
Even at the feet where they are stepping on at this moment, the semi-circular middle square surrounded by this large array of magic circles is shining golden, and all of them are stone seats made of golden stone.
The sea is blue and clear, and a "bo 　bo" gently rushes onto the beach on the edge of Jin Island and slowly recedes. Sometimes people can't help but wonder, has this place been like this for millions of years?
On Jindao Square, as Shen Shi and the others walked out, from time to time you could see the golden light in the circle of ancient teleportation circle around, as if you were in a fantastic and weird place, maybe it won’t be long before, when the breath of recklessness When he got up again, a group of monks from another world came here again, heading to the famous giant city not far away.
Yes, Tianhong City is not far away, or to be precise, Jindao is in the sea outside the city on the west side of the huge city of Tianhong City. A white jade-like long bridge spans several miles. The sea surface connects Jinjima and the coast like a white dragon.
Du Tiejian took Shen Shi towards the long bridge across the sea. The bridge was extremely spacious, with a length of more than tens of feet. I was afraid that even if there were thousands of people walking here, it would not feel particularly crowded. The beautiful relief paintings on the railings on both sides are lifelike. You can see that they are handwritten by masters. Wind, frost, rain and snow seem to be unable to lose their skills. In contrast, only the jade bridge decks that are stepped on by the feet may be due to the past. There are too many people, the signs of wear can be seen everywhere, and it looks old and dilapidated.
The afterglow of the setting sun falls on the Baiyu Long Bridge, and the sea tide gently surging under the bridge, beautiful as a picture, and like a person in the painting.
Du Tiejian took Shen Shi to one of the railings and looked at the handrails. The beautiful setting sun and the glorious afterglows said: "Have you been to Tianhong City before?"
Shen Shi shook his head and said frankly, "No, this is the first time I have come here."
Du Tiejian smiled and pointed to the distance, at the sunset at the end of the sea and the bridge beside him, said:
"Tianhong City is the number one city in Hongmeng. The city is endlessly prosperous, and it is also famous for the ten scenic spots of Tianhong. This'Dragon Bridge Sunset' is one of them."
Shen Shi nodded, looking at the beauty of the world, he couldn't help but admire: "It's really well-deserved, it's an eye-opener."
Du Tiejian smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder, and walked forward with Shen Shi, while saying: "When I was young, when I first came here, I felt almost in the same mood as you are now."
The two walked all the way, the light and shadow on the dragon bridge turned, and gradually a majestic city gradually appeared at the end of the distant bridge.
Tianhong City, this city with countless glory records and endless prosperity and prosperity, appeared in Shen Shi's eyes for the first time.
The first thing that catches your eye is the towering and majestic city wall.
It was a city wall that Shen Shi had never seen in his life, even if he had seen it in the books and classics when he was a boy, but he still couldn't imagine it.
It is more than a hundred meters high and stretches across thousands of miles.
There are two sentences in all the scrolls when describing the city wall of Tianhong.
But now, at this moment, Shen Shi finally saw it, and then, like every person who arrived at Tianhong City for the first time, was shocked by this extremely spectacular city that almost exceeded the limit of imagination.
As they got closer and closer, the city gradually became clear in the afterglow of the setting sun. The huge blue-gray city wall penetrated into the sky, and at the same time extended towards the surroundings, without seeing the end at a glance, as if it had stretched to this world. The end.
The entire sky and the sky seemed to be divided into two halves by this huge wall, half outside the city and half inside.
Du Tiejian's voice still echoed softly in Shen Shi's ears, with a flat, slightly lazy and sighing voice, casually telling him about the great achievements of this famous city and giant capital.
"The city wall was built tens of thousands of years ago by those demons in the Heavenly Demon King's Court. I don't know what methods they used in those days. In short, it still stands upright today. It is amazing. Desire, did countless incredible and weird things, this city wall is one of them."
"It stretches for thousands of miles, enclosing the entire Tianhong City that is as large as a state, hence the name'Great Wall'."
"The Great Wall..." Shen Shi stared blankly at the majestic city wall that shocked people's hearts. He only felt that he was as small and fragile as an ant under the city, and he thought of the building of such a miraculous building back then. The ancestors of the Yao clan felt a little complicated for a while.
Du Tiejian looked at this great city wall. Although there was admiration in his eyes, he gave a faint sneer and said: "Although the Great Wall is great, it has never really been able to defend itself, but It was the play of the demon kings of the Heavenly Demon King's Court of the past. Such a huge tower is just a display of fancy. The battle of the monsters was finally here. Although the Great Wall is strong and tall, the strengths of thousands of miles are full of loopholes, and there is no defense at all. , My human army directly rushed into the city and went straight into the Demon Palace."
Shen Shi was silent, Du Tiejian smiled as he said, leading him along the way, and then gave him a rough overview of the situation in Hongcheng that day.
The saying that one city in Tianhongcheng becomes one state has a long history, and it has been widely spread among the realms of Hongmeng, and it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It naturally makes sense. Although there are exaggerations, they are almost the same in general.
This famous city is indeed extremely huge, far better than all the cities in the world.
The Great Wall of China is bounded by the Great Wall, enclosing a huge amount of land to enter, and there are even two rolling mountains in it. Before the Heavenly Demon King's Court, most of the city was gathered by the King's Court Demon Race. Now it is naturally the world of Human Race. With the passage of ten thousand years, this city has not weakened, but has become more prosperous and prosperous. Countless human races have gathered here from all directions. It is no exaggeration to say that it has gathered the best of the world.
Today, the population living in this city of Tianhong is uncountable. Some people have even said that the population of this city is several times that of an ordinary state, and the densely packed houses are not only in the city of Tianhong, but even outside the Great Wall. In those places, there are now countless old and new houses spreading away, forming large and prosperous places.
For convenience, the human race roughly divided this huge city into four parts, named after the four phases of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. According to Du Tiejian’s introduction, Qinglong District is to the east of Tianhong, and the main body there is a tall and majestic Qinglong The mountain range was the place where the imperial palace of the demon clan was located in the days of the Heavenly Demon King's Court. Legend has it that because the wars in the past were too bloody, there were countless souls and ghosts, and the horrible spiteful blood curse was planted by the perished demon clan, so the entire Azure Dragon Mountain Range could not be inhabited. There are also various monsters and ghosts. It is said that there are countless treasures of heaven and earth in the monster palace in the past, and there are many rare treasures everywhere, so for thousands of years, I don't know how many human monks have come to explore treasure hunting.
In addition, the Baihu District to the north and the Suzaku District to the west are all prosperous areas, especially the numerous shops in the Baihu District, which gather together to form the world's most prosperous city, and even the main hall of the Hongmeng First Chamber of Commerce Shenxianhui The shop is also here. There are countless spiritual materials gathered here, whether you have heard of it or not, thought of or unexpected, everything can be found in this magical place, provided that you have enough spiritual crystals.
Legend has it that in Tianhong City, there is a saying that with Lingjing, everything is there.
In addition to these three places, the last place is the Xuanwu District in the south, but it is faintly different. It is said that there are many high gates and aristocratic families gathered here. The hidden dragons and the tigers are unfathomable, the scenery is quiet and beautiful, but the sky is beautiful. The quietest place in Hongcheng.
While talking, Shen Shi and Du Tiejian had already walked under the Great Wall.
Along the way, on both sides of the road outside the city wall, Shen Shi saw the continuous and lively houses and buildings, which was no different from the scene in an ordinary city. Obviously, the population was too large, and Tianhong was so vast. The city couldn't accommodate it, so I just lived outside the city.
And not far in front, a city gate that seemed to be open forever was open, and countless visitors came and went.
Shen Shi glanced at this huge city gate, and suddenly thought for no reason, how many people rushed into the city from here when the human army was besieging Tianhong City ten thousand years ago? Beside the city gate, the blue-gray stone wall was silent, and those vague and remaining traces seemed to have long been annihilated in the years.
In this way, in the afterglow of the setting sun, he walked into this city for the first time in his life and walked into Tianhong City.
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After entering the city, Du Tiejian led Shen Shi and did not go directly to the teleportation circle back to Haizhou. The magic circle built by the human race can only be teleported across the state. At this moment, the sunset is sinking and the sky is late. According to Du Tiejian, there is only tomorrow. Went again early in the morning.
Du Tiejian was obviously not the first time to come to Tianhong City. It seemed that they were familiar with this place. At this moment, they entered the city from the direction of Jindao Longqiao. From the perspective, they should be in the Zhuque district among the four districts of Tianhong. In the darkening twilight, Du Tiejian took Shen Shi and turned left and right on the street. He quickly left the main road and turned into a narrow and remote alley.
Shen Shi had some doubts in his heart. He brought the little black pig behind the brother Du, and saw that his face was calm, but his eyes gradually brightened. He seemed a little excited when he looked at him, and his steps faintly accelerated. , So that the little black pig groaned a few complaints behind him.
The floor of the alley is made of stone slabs. Although it is small, it is very clean. It is not dirty and messy with the sewage as imagined. There are not a few houses on both sides, but the high walls stand like the backyard of a large family. Just as Shen Shi was thinking and thinking, Du Tiejian stopped suddenly and stopped in front of a window.
There is no door, only a wooden window facing the alley, and it is still closed.
The surroundings were very quiet, and the sky was getting darker again, making the wooden window a little blurry.
Du Tiejian's eyes were bright, and when he walked to the wooden window, he carefully tapped on the window three times under Shen Shi's surprised gaze.
"Papa......" A low but clear voice echoed in this alley.
The wooden window did not move, and there was no response.
When Shen Shizheng was a little confused, Du Tiejian frowned slightly, and then reached out and knocked twice.
The wooden window is still motionless.
Could it be that the person Brother Du wants to find is not there? Shen Shi thought so in his heart.
Du Tiejian waited for a while, and found that the window still didn't respond. He thought for a while, put his huge black sword aside at will, and then with an astonishing patience, he began to tap the window over and over again.
Over and over again, he actually kept knocking it down like this, making Shen Shi wonder what was inside the window like no one else. In this way, the wooden window that Du Tiejian had been beating on arrived a dozen times or more than 20 times, and suddenly there was a creak, and the wooden window was slammed open.
A faint scent of strange fragrance suddenly diffused with the opening of the wooden window, filling the alley, and Chen Shi's face suddenly changed slightly. This breath actually seemed to be familiar to him.
That is the smell of wine.
An annoyed voice came from the wooden window, and said angrily: "Asshole, are you annoying, I don't know if I only sell alcohol during the day? I'm not doing business at this time!"
Du Tiejian, who has always been strong and incomparable in Shen Shi’s eyes since the meeting until now, suddenly showed a slight smile on his face, and smiled at the person in the wooden window: "I’m not going to be late. Already? Come, come, have known each other for so many years, then sell something?"
"Not for sale!"
Du Tiejian smiled and said, "If you don't sell it, I will knock until dawn."
"You..." The person in the window seemed to be angry, but he seemed to have nothing to do with the bald man. He whispered and complained for a while, to the effect that he was young and ignorant, and he knew you as a hapless person, a lifetime of ill luck, Du Tiejian Not angry, standing at the window grinning, took out a few spirit crystals from his arms and threw them in.
The person inside said in an angry manner: "What wine do you want?"
Du Tiejian obviously swallowed his saliva, and said, "The best one is here, Huadiao? Well, Ishii is also good, or..."
Halfway through, he suddenly heard the person in the window interrupted him and said, "I have recently made a new wine, which is quite new and different from the past. The taste should be excellent. I haven't sold it yet. Yes, do you want to..."
Du Tiejian leaned forward, overjoyed, seeing that even the bald head was a little brighter in the past, and it became more conspicuous in the night, with a smile: "If you want to, you guys can't do anything else. This brewing craft is absolutely unparalleled in the world. , Give me some!"
"Huh..." The person in the window snorted. Although it seemed to be disdainful, it was not difficult to hear that there was a bit of complacency in the voice.
After a while, a verdant green wine gourd was suddenly thrown out of the wooden window. Du Tiejian caught it, and eagerly unplugged the stopper. A fresh fragrance came out, even if Shen Shi stood a little far away. , I can smell it, faintly feel that the aroma of the wine is somewhat different from the previous wine, the mellow meaning is slightly reduced, the fragrance is better than it, although it has not been drunk, it is hearty, like the wind through the bamboo forest, a green, quiet and elegant, Refreshing.
Before I knew it, my mouth was full of sweetness.
Du Tiejian took a deep breath and closed his eyes slightly, as if he was half drunk before he heard it. The craft is getting better and better."
The person in the window sneered and said to himself: "Nonsense, you have to talk about it."
Du Tiejian smiled and said, "This wine is different from others, what name is it called?"
The man in the window paused for a moment and said:
"Zhuyeqing."