Chenghe Wanli was startled, and then asked: "Is there a barrier set up? But aren't those crows able to come and go freely?"
Baili Taohua said: "The black crows are the messengers of Queen Black Jue. They can enter freedom for the first time, but you can't."
The big ship slowly sailed into the black water city gate, and the black iron door opened with a creak. The whole place was suddenly dark, the silence inside was frightening, and the surrounding air suddenly became much colder.
The lamp hanging on the mast suddenly lit up, and the warm yellow light illuminated the entire corridor. The deep corridor was filled with stars, and blue fireflies were flying left and right.
Han Ziyue's eyes trembled slightly, and she praised: "It's so beautiful! Here, it's like entering another illusion."
"Another illusion?" Ye Zhenfeng was startled, and couldn't help but think of the illusion he saw that day. The "Moon God Curse" brought him back to the ancient city of Heijue more than 7,000 years ago.
At this moment, they are about to pass through the Shengmen and enter this mysterious Heijue ancient city. What is hidden in this Heijue ancient city?
The boat moved slowly, as if it had really entered another time and space. It took only a stick of incense to travel, and everyone saw a little light appear in front of their eyes. Their originally anxious hearts suddenly relaxed.
The ship slowly sailed into the city. Only the ruins of the ancient city were left. Huge trees were wrapped around the city wall, with lush leaves and black crows on them. Each one stared at the people coming in. , just like the guards of Heijue Ancient City.
There are green vines hanging from the ancient trees into the water, green lotus leaves floating on the water, and amazingly large blue-purple lotus flowers.
Han Ziyue sighed: "This lotus is so big, I have never seen such a big lotus!"
Jun Xuelou said: "This kind of lotus is called the Imperial Lotus. It is very rare in the world. It blooms only once in a hundred years. It blooms all year round. It blooms for thirty years and then withers. It seems like it starts over and over again."
Lan Zuiwu sighed: "It's so magical!"
The big ship stopped in front of the steps, and everyone got off the big ship and came to the stone steps.
Snow fell all over the steps, and the entire steps became extremely white. There were blue fruits in the thorny shrubs. The fruits are like gemstones, and there is a watery spirit in the blue, as if they are full of water after taking a bite.
Lan Zuiwu smiled and said, "Master Jun, these fruits are so beautiful. What are their names?"
Junxuelou smiled and said: "This fruit is called Shilanguo. It is said that it is only found in the ancient country of Heijue. Its fruit is plump and the juice is sweet and edible. Back then, people in the ancient country of Heijue used it to brew fruit wine, which was very popular."
"Really?" Lan Zuiwu happily stretched out her hand, ready to pick one and try it.
Jun Xuelou said, "Be careful, Miss Drunk Dancer. Although the fruit is not poisonous, the thorns on the shrub are poisonous. Being stung by it will make people feel dizzy, just like being drunk, and it will last for several hours."
"Ah!" Tian Susu on the side was accidentally pricked by the thorn of the stone blue fruit. She hurriedly put her hand in her mouth and started sucking.
Qin Yuan on the side said hurriedly: "Susu, are you okay?"
Tian Susu was obviously still angry with him, so she said, "You don't have to worry about it!"
Lan Zuiwu carefully picked a few stone blue fruits and gave a few to Han Ziyue. Then she put them in her mouth and chewed them carefully. She felt that the fruits were really sweet and delicious, and they were very thirst-quenching.
This fruit, which looks like a blue gem, can only attract the attention of women.
, what those men long for is the treasure of the Seven Kingdoms Alliance.
Everyone continued to move forward.
Han Ziyue looked at the stone blue fruit in her hand and whispered to Ye Zhenfeng: "This stone blue fruit is also blue, so does the blue bird in the blue bird habitat refer to the stone blue fruit?"
Ye Zhenfeng frowned slightly and said, "You mean the blue bird is not really a blue bird, but something that represents blue?"
Han Ziyue nodded.
Ye Zhenfeng thought for a while, and then said: "Your idea is not necessarily wrong, but the stone blue fruit is a plant after all, and plants will die. They are far less durable than stone sculptures and the like. I think we Pay attention to the blue stone sculptures, maybe that’s where the blue birds are.”
Han Ziyue said: "It is not difficult to find blue things in Heijue Ancient City, because as far as the eye can see from here, there are only black and white. Apart from the original colors of the plants, the construction of buildings in Heijue Ancient City is much lifeless. "
Ye Zhenfeng nodded.
Baili Peach Blossom looked at the tigers surrounding the top of the city wall and muttered in a low voice: "The tiger goes down the mountain at sunset, the dragon raises its head when the water falls, and the clouds appear over the stream, carrying the east wind." I think the first sentence of the riddle, the tiger goes down the mountain at sunset, is probably related to This is related to the tigers on the city wall. Please pay attention to the tigers around you and see which one is different."
Ye Zhenfeng stood in the crowd and looked around. There was not much time left before sunset. They had to find the first artifact before sunset, otherwise they might miss the opportunity.
After everyone heard this, they started looking around.
These people were either standing under the city wall observing the tigers, or they were spreading their soul wings and simply flying to the city wall to carefully inspect the tiger statues. In short, they were all busy.
Seeing everyone's frantic search, Jun Xuelou expressed confusion and asked Baili Taohua: "Master Xiaoyao, what are these people looking for?"
Baili Taohua smiled slightly, and then said: "Young Master Jun, to be honest, in order to find the treasure of the Seven Kingdoms Alliance, you must first collect four artifacts, and these four artifacts were hidden by Queen Heijue in the ancient city of Heijue. Among them. But she left four riddles before her death. The meaning of these four riddles must be deciphered before we can find the key artifact."
Jun Xuelou was shocked and said: "I see, why don't you ask Mr. Xiaoyao to tell you the four riddles? Maybe I can be of some help."
Chenghe Wanli was startled and looked at Junxuelou uneasily.
Jun Xuelou still looked calm and elegant, and said: "Oh, anyway, now we are already grasshoppers on the same rope, sharing weal and woe, why not trust each other? Besides, there is only half an hour left before the sun sets. Well, if you don’t find the answer within this half hour, you will miss the best opportunity.”
Baili Taohua nodded, and then said: "Master Jun, as you just heard, the first sentence of the four riddles is that the tiger goes down the mountain at sunset, then the water falls, the dragon raises its head, and the clouds appear in the stream, carrying the east wind. "
Jun Xuelou frowned slightly, opened a white folding fan painted with orchids, fanned his chest casually, and whispered: "The tiger goes down the mountain at sunset, the dragon raises its head when the water falls, the clouds appear over the stream, and the east wind blows up."
Jun Xuelou suddenly took a breath, as if he thought of something.
Baili Taohua said hurriedly: "Did Mr. Jun have something in mind?"
Jun Xuelou said: "If these four riddles represent the location of the four artifacts, then the first artifact should be related to the tiger statue on the city wall, and the second sentence of the water falling and the dragon raising its head is probably related to water and dragons. According to As far as I know, both
There is only one place where there is both water and dragons in the entire ancient city of Heijue, and that is the fountain in the backyard of the palace, and the water in that fountain will fall for a quarter of an hour when the moon sets. At that time, the giant dragon hidden under the water The sculpture will be revealed. "
Lan Zuiwu said: "So, after the sun sets, it will not be far from the moon rising. We need to get to the fountain as soon as possible!"
Jun Xuelou nodded.
Baili Taohua said to Zeng, Chenghe, Wanli and Yunniang: "Chenghe, Yunniang, you two stay here and continue searching. Mr. Jun and I will go to the fountain to have a look."
Tie Changqing said: "In that case, Hong Yin and Bing Zhang, you two can bring some people to follow Young Master Jun to the fountain."
"Yes, father!"
"Yes, father!"
Tie Hongyin and Tie Bingcai said goodbye and took a dozen people from the Wine Villa to follow them.
Everyone saw that Jun Xuelou and the others were going to look for the magic weapon hidden under the fountain, and half of them followed. Chu Mubai and Lan Zuiwu also decided to go to the fountain to have a look, while Ye Zhenfeng and Han Ziyue Stay under the city wall and search carefully.
Ye Zhenfeng walked around the city wall and looked around. He noticed that the shadows under his feet began to change rapidly as the sun set. The shadows when the sun set changed faster than at any time.
And he was not the only one who noticed this, there was also Tie Muyun who was sitting in a wheelchair. There was a dead silence on his pale face, his mouth was pursed tightly, and his eyes were looking sharply at the tiger shadow. Variety.
Tian Susu on the side raised her eyes and looked at Qin Yuan who was far away, feeling a little worried in her heart.
She lowered her head and looked at Tie Muyun, who was slowly moving forward in a wheelchair. Seeing how focused he was, she said, "Brother Muyun, did you find anything?"
Tie Muyun said: "I am observing the shadow of the tiger after sunset."
"Shadow...Is there anything wrong with Shadow?" Tian Susu asked in confusion.
Ye Zhenfeng stepped forward and asked, "Does the young master also think that the riddle is related to the shadow?"
Tie Muyun looked up and saw that the person who came was Ye Zhenfeng, and said: "Yes, the sunset tiger comes down the mountain. There are two key words in it, one is sunset and the other is tiger. Why do we have to wait until sunset? It's just because of sunset It will cause changes in the shadow, so I think the key to solving the puzzle lies in the shadow."
Han Ziyue stepped forward and said: "What the sunset changes is not only the shadow, but also the refraction of light."
"Refraction of light?" Ye Zhenfeng, Tie Muyun, and Tian Susu all looked at her, and they saw her looking up at the tiger on the city wall.
Han Ziyue said: "Have you noticed that although the tigers are carved from stone, the tiger's eyes are blue, and isn't that blue stone exactly the same as the eyes on the mask of Queen Hei Jue?"
Ye Zhenfeng was startled and said, "Do you think the tiger's eyes will change due to the change in light, don't you?"
Han Ziyue nodded, and everyone's attention shifted from the shadow under the city wall to the tiger's eyes. In order to see it clearly, Ye Zhenfeng simply unfolded his soul wings and flew up.
Because of the posture of a tiger descending from the mountain, those tigers were all looking at the bottom of the city wall, as if the people under the city wall were its prey.
Ye Zhenfeng turned to look at the area where the tiger was looking, and said to Han Ziyue beside him: "Ziyue, if your guess is correct, then when the tiger comes down the mountain at sunset, what we want to see is not the tiger, but the tiger The place you look at.”
