"Ao Tian? Long Ao Tian! What a good name."
Shu Guan praised him heartily.
"No dragon, just Ao Tian."
Ao Tian specifically corrected him.
Shu Guan smiled and said:
"Now, where are you going?"
Ao Tian turned his head and looked into the depths of the sea.
"I want to go home and see."
It said so.
"Where is your home?"
"It's deep in this sea, three thousand miles east of the East China Sea."
"Then I wish you a safe journey and a pleasant journey home."
Shu Guan still maintained a smile on his face.
Ao Tian was suddenly silent for a moment, then he lowered his head, bit off a scale from his abdomen with his mouth, and then put his head forward to bring the scale to Shu Guan.
"Boss Shu, if you have anything to do with me in the future, just put this scale into the seawater and tell the time and place, and I will be back then."
Shu Guan heard this and took the palm-sized dragon scale.
This is quite convenient. Although it is not as good as a mobile phone, it is equivalent to a pager from the ancient times of the world he traveled to.
Ao Tian, on the other hand, was still staring at him, with strong emotions welling up in his eyes.
It was an emotion mixed with deep gratitude and reluctance.
Although it died because of him in its previous life, it was by no means left alone.
But in this life, he was able to transform into a dragon again, but it was because of the person in front of him.
Ao Tian has always seen the guardianship of Zhongjiang and the painstaking planning for him all the way, and he was extremely grateful.
Ao Tian's head suddenly poked forward, and lightly touched Shu Guan's forehead with his horn.
This is the most intimate behavior among their dragon clan, and it can only be done between parents, children, and lovers.
Shu Guan didn't know how much gratitude and respect Ao Tian expressed for himself through this behavior, but he could understand the emotions in Ao Tian's eyes.
So he raised his hand and gently touched Ao Tian's horn, smiled and said:
"Go ahead."
So the four-legged snake turned around and swam towards the sea. Finally, after looking back at Shu Guan, the whole body was submerged into the sea.
Ao Tian entered the water like waves, which quickly disappeared. The sea surface was calm, leaving no trace behind.
In the vast sea, a dragon is just a drop in the ocean.
But only the sea is the true destination of a dragon.
Therefore, Shuguan has no intention of restraining Ao Tian to his side, not even in the name of friendship.
This is a different choice between him and the real Qixia five hundred years ago.
At this time, the scorching sun in the distant sky began to gradually move westward, and the sunlight filled this golden beach.
The sea breeze blew, and the leaves in the woods behind him made a sound like water flowing.
In front of me is the blue sea and sky.
At this moment, it seemed that he was the only one left in the world.
Shu Guan stood on the beach, enjoying the tranquility of his own.
This small island sounds really good.
If you want to be alone in the future, you can come here and sit.
By the way, you can also build your own cabin here, and then bring Rong Miao here, and the two of you can live on this island far away from the hustle and bustle for a few days... Shu Guan couldn't help but start to feel a little leisurely and fascinated.
The only troublesome thing is that this island is three hundred nautical miles away from the land, so it will be more difficult to get there.
Shu Guan thought so, then his expression suddenly changed, he hurried to the seaside, put the dragon scale that Ao Tian had just given to him into the sea water, and at the same time silently recited Ao Tian's name in his heart.
About two minutes later, a big wave suddenly surged on the sea in front of him, and Ao Tian's dragon head poked out of the wave.
It looked at Shu Guan with a strange expression, then looked at its own dragon scale in Shu Guan's hand, sighed and said:
"Boss Shu, I won't lie to you. This dragon scale can really contact me."
Shu Guan glared at it. The reason he did this was naturally not to verify the effectiveness of the dragon scale, but for another thing.
"You have to at least get me back to shore before you leave."
Then Shu Guan said something to Ao Tian so seriously.
Although he could go back three hundred nautical miles by relying on Huan Shu, it would be really strenuous. How could it be as comfortable as riding a dragon back?
…
Ten minutes later, Shu Guan set foot on land.
Ao Tian sent him to an uninhabited coast near the estuary outside Shencheng.
Shu Guan sat down on a rock on the shore, and after waiting for another ten minutes, Han Biao's figure dragging two suitcases appeared in the distance.
He is his corpse keeper, and there has always been some kind of special mental connection between the two. As long as the distance is not too far, both parties can sense the other's location.
Even if Shu Guan wanted to, he could control Han Biao's every move, just like in Shan Ji Guan, when Han Biao just woke up and faced the battle with the female shikigami in the celadon moon bottle, Shu Guan shouted When he said stop, Han Biao had no choice but to stop.
So Shu Guan stood up and went up to him, took a suitcase from Han Biao, and looked up at the huge city not far away.
"Let's go to Shanghai!"
He said this to Han Biao.
…
Shencheng is the largest and most prosperous city in the Republic of China and even the entire Eastern Continent. It is the veritable economic capital of the Republic of China.
But more than two hundred years ago, it was just a small county town on the East China Sea.
After the Gengshen Incident, because this was the best deep-water port on the east coast of Great China, it was requested by several powerful countries in the Western Continent to become one of the first treaty ports.
In the next two hundred years, driven by several powerful countries in the Western Continent, a large amount of money, manpower, and technology were invested. In just two hundred years, it developed into the largest city in Dahua and even the entire Eastern Continent.
Now that the president has taken over the power, he has even put forward the slogan of mobilizing the whole country to build Shanghai. Shanghai has experienced a golden decade. Before the battle of Shanghai broke out, Shanghai was not economically viable. In terms of strength and construction in all aspects, it is already comparable to the most developed metropolises in the Western Continent.
Here are gathered elites from all walks of life from the east and west continents, literati politicians, adventurers looking for opportunities to make a fortune, or local ruffians.
The Magic City of the East, a ten-mile foreign market, this is the best way to describe this charming city.
When Shu Guan and Han Biao walked into Shencheng, rain suddenly fell from the sky.
I don’t know if this rain has something to do with the thunder tribulation or Ao Tian’s transformation into a dragon, because before today, it had not rained in Shencheng for many days. During May and June, for such a seaside city, Say, it's a very unusual thing.
A lot of dark clouds came in the morning, and people in Shanghai prayed for a heavy rain, but the rain did not start, but a drizzle did start to fall in the evening.
The rain falls in small pieces and falls on people's faces and bodies, bringing a little coolness to this summer evening.
But the whole city of Shanghai was enveloped in an atmosphere of joy and enthusiasm at this moment.
Of course, it's not because of this long-lost rain, but because of a long-lost victory.
The news of the great victory that took place by the river at noon had spread throughout Shanghai.
The Chinese have seen such a hearty victory when facing foreign enemies for many, many years.
So walking on the streets of Shanghai, my ears were filled with bursts of firecrackers, and everyone I met had magical and excited faces. Notices were posted outside many restaurants and shops. To celebrate the great victory, today's stores Meals are always free.
Shu Guan and Han Biao walked on the streets of Shencheng, passing by the citizens who poured into the streets and waved colorful flags in celebration.
No one knew that the young man walking past them was the real reason for this great victory.
If Shu Guan hadn't signaled the four-legged snake to run to the Rising Sun Army to survive the thunder tribulation, given the battlefield situation of both sides at that time, I'm afraid it would be the expats in the Rising Sun Concession who are celebrating now.
However, Shu Guan didn't feel proud, but he was inevitably infected by the atmosphere of the people around him, and felt better inexplicably.
Then he stopped a rickshaw that was passing by and signaled the driver to take him and Han Biao to the Rising Sun Kingdom's concession in Shencheng.
The rickshaw driver looked at Shu Guan and Han Biao with strange eyes, then shook his head and refused, saying that the Rising Sun Concession was now under martial law and ordinary Chinese could not enter at all.
So after asking the coachman the general direction of the Rising Sun Concession, Shu Guan and Han Biao had no choice but to walk there by themselves. After all, they were not familiar with Shanghai's bus system.
When passing a bookstore on the road, Shu Guan went in and bought a map of Shanghai, and then discovered that Bookshelf Mountain actually had a set of Xuri Chinese learning materials.
So Shuguan also bought this set of textbooks. When buying the textbooks, he asked a question in his mind.
"How long does it take to master this language completely?"
"That depends on how fast you turn the book, brother. When you finish turning the book, I will learn it."
Xiaoyi replied playfully in his mind.
Shu Guan nodded with satisfaction.
It seems that he and the Black Dragon Society will be at odds for a long time in the future, so mastering their language is very necessary.
This is called knowing yourself and the enemy.
He can learn it himself, but it will take at least several months, and it is not as efficient as Xiaoyi. Although Xiaoyi is no longer an artificial intelligence, his artificial intelligence capabilities are still maintained. She can learn many things as long as she inputs them. Can master it.
And Xiaoyi learned the Xuriwen, which naturally means that he has learned it.
After buying the map and textbooks, Shu Guan left the bookstore, and then he and Han Biao followed the map, affixed the invisibility charm, and soon arrived outside the Rising Sun Concession.
The rickshaw driver did not lie to them. Martial law was indeed enforced outside the Concession of the Rising Sun Kingdom. There were many soldiers of the Rising Sun Kingdom standing with guns and ammunition, staring at the people around them as if they were faced with a formidable enemy.
At this time, there were many people surrounding the Rising Sun Concession, all citizens and students of Shencheng, waving the flag of the Republic of China in their hands, demonstrating towards the soldiers of the Rising Sun Kingdom, releasing their long-suppressed anger.
If this kind of thing happened in the past, the soldiers of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun would have started to drive them away with force. But today, these soldiers of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun who were arrogant in the past just held their guns silently and did not take any other action.
Because there are no other Rising Sun Army troops in Shencheng at this moment, and the Dahua Army is still at war with them. If things intensify, it is not impossible for the Dahua Army to enter their concession.
Shu Guan and Han Biao walked past the protesting citizens and students, and then walked past the Rising Sun soldiers who were armed with live ammunition. Shi Shiran walked into the concession.
Soon after, the two of them appeared outside the door of a rather luxurious hotel. This was a milky white seven-story building that looked very beautifully decorated from the outside.
If such a building were placed in Jingcheng, it would definitely be a landmark building. However, on the street where Shu Guan and Han Biao were walking, although this building was good, it was not the most conspicuous. .
This is the difference between Jingcheng and Shencheng.
The two cities may be similar in area, but in other aspects, Jingcheng is far behind Shencheng.
Regarding this point, Shuguan has felt extremely obvious along the way.
In Jingcheng, although there are some places that look full of modern city atmosphere, such as Tongxingli and Bell Tower Street, most areas are still ancient and outdated.
Unlike this city of Shenzhou, when Shu Guan walks on the street, the feeling is not fundamentally different from that of walking in the city of the era he traveled back to. It's just that Feng's style is a bit retro.
Shu Guan and Han Biao walked into the hotel door called Dongyang Hotel with their suitcases in hand. The hotel lobby was decorated with a strong Rising Sun style.
I don't know if it's the owner of this hotel or the customer base is mainly from the Rising Sun country.
Shu Guan went to the lobby front desk to register. In this era, there was not such a strict identity management system, especially in this kind of high-end hotel. You only need to register your name and pay to check in.
Shu Guan specifically requested a room on the seventh floor facing the street, completed the check-in procedures, and then got into the elevator next to the lobby with Han Biao.
Shu Guan once again sighed at Shencheng's advancement in all aspects in this era.
For example, there are absolutely no elevators like this in Jingcheng. After Shu Guan traveled to this world, he only sat in it once in the top entertainment venue in Jingcheng like Yinle City.
After taking the elevator to the seventh floor and entering his room, Shu Guan didn't bother to feel the comfort of high-end hotels in this era and the difference between it and the era he traveled to. He walked directly to the window and opened the curtains. Look out the window.
Outside the window, opposite the Dongyang Hotel, is a gray five-story building. It is a few floors shorter than the Dongyang Hotel, but it occupies a much larger area. Outside the gate on the first floor, there is also a Several heavily armed soldiers from the Kingdom of the Rising Sun guarded the place.
On the plaques on both sides of the gate, there are two lines of large characters written in Chinese and Rising Sun Chinese respectively.
"Consulate of the Empire of the Rising Sun in Dahuashen City"
Compared with the Consulate of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun in Jingcheng, the Consulate of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun in Shencheng is obviously much larger, and through some of the open windows, you can vaguely see many people in suits or kimonos running around anxiously. Go, or wave your hands excitedly and speak loudly.
A few hours ago, their army had just suffered a disastrous defeat. At this time, the consulate was naturally in chaos.
Shu Guan looked at the gray five-story building opposite in silence, thinking about a question in his mind.
...Is she there now?
The woman she was imagining was naturally the royal princess of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun, Minamoto Sakurako.
This time he came to Shencheng, in addition to helping Ao Tian to protect the law, he also had another important purpose, which was to find Yuan Yingzi and avenge his master.
Yuan Yingzi was not dead, and Shu Guan clearly saw her Nascent Soul escaping into a black hole that day.
According to the notebook and the telegram found in the Consulate of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun in Jingcheng, Yingzi should have come to Shencheng for another mission after the incident in Jingcheng.
Although he may not come now, if he wants to find Yuan Yingzi, he may still have to look for clues in Shencheng.
And now, Shu Guan was standing outside the Consulate of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun in Shanghai.
When she was in Jingcheng, Yuan Yingzi lived in the consulate in Jingcheng. If she were in Shencheng, she would most likely live here as well.
However, Shu Guan couldn't go in directly to find someone.
In the Consulate of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun in Shencheng, there must be practitioners at this time. For example, this morning, he shot and killed a powerful person in the Nascent Soul Realm of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun.
Shu Guan was not sure if there were any other Nascent Soul powers in the consulate at this time.
Although he is not afraid, Shu Guan is not willing to alert the enemy before confirming Yuan Yingzi's whereabouts. If Yuan Yingzi runs away again, he won't know where to find her next time.
So, how should we go into the consulate and check it out?
Shu Guan thought silently.
"Uncle Han, you stay in the room by yourself first, I'll go out for a walk."
Soon after, Shu Guan confessed to Han Biao, opened the door and left.
About two hours later, Shu Guan returned to the room, holding several pieces of paper with large ink characters in his hands.
"what?"
Han Biao, who was practicing boxing in the room, couldn't help but asked curiously.
"A few recruitment brochures."
Shu Guan smiled, then sat by the bed and carefully read the recruitment brochures he brought back.
