"Master Chang is overly praised. Our host also admires Master Chang very much."
This city is like a dead city. Although it no longer has the feeling of death before, the whole city is still shrouded in a gray feeling.
Walking on the street, except for a few pedestrians passing by in a hurry, the whole city was eerily silent.
"Snapped!"
At this time, there was a sound of whipping in the distance.
"hurry up!"
someone shouted.
Pedestrians passing by heard the sound, ignored it, and just quickened their pace.
At the end of the road, a young man in ragged clothes and covered in bloodstains pushed a cart of bronze and walked slowly towards Chang An.
From time to time, after a brief pause, the man in black would use a whip to severely leave a new blood mark on his body.
The young man walked a few steps, and at the corner of the road behind him, he followed a few more people. They were all in ragged clothes and covered in bloodstains, pushing carts.
Chang An looked at this scene displeased.
"etc."
When the man in black saw a stranger coming across from him, he said arrogantly.
"Who are you? I've never seen you before."
Just as Chang An was about to speak, a black shadow jumped down from a high place and landed between the two of them.
"Master Chang, we meet again."
Chang An took a closer look and saw that it was the old man who had been hiding in his house as a gardener before March.
"It's you. I still don't know which building you are the owner of."
The old man had a smile on his face and inadvertently glanced at the Sword God's Sword in Chang An's hand.
"Snake Tower, others call me the Hundred Steps of Divine Walking, but in front of Chang Family Master Ta Xue Wuhen, it is naturally not worth mentioning. I am also the chief steward of this twelfth floor. In Youzhou, Chang Family Master can also be called that. I."
Chang An raised the sword in his hand and asked
"The sword has arrived, where is Miss Chu family?"
The butler waved his hand
"There's no rush. Since the Chang family has arrived, how about I take the Chang family to visit the twelfth floor?"
Chang An frowned slightly, what the hell was this old man doing? He played so many tricks to get the Sword God's Sword in his hand, but in the end, he was no longer in a hurry?
Could it be that their boss is gone and their subordinates are beginning to fail?
But the more this happened, the more interested Chang An became in the twelfth floor.
"That's fine. I've never been to Youzhou anyway, so I just want to take this opportunity to visit."
Immediately, the butler signaled Chang An to move out of the way.
"I know that Master Chang must be very interested in why we need to collect such a large amount of bronze."
Chang An nodded.
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"In that case, I'll give the Chang family head a tour."
What makes Chang An feel quite strange is that when the men in black who supervise the work see the big housekeeper, they don't seem to be very respectful in their behavior.
"Snapped!"
The man in black cracked his whip again.
"Where are we going?"
Chang An looked into the distance. They had been walking for a quarter of an hour, but they seemed to have not reached their destination yet.
The butler smiled and said
"The construction supervision office of the Five Cities."
Chang An was surprised. He didn't expect that the big housekeeper was so frank and had no intention of hiding anything from Chang An.
The butler seemed to have seen through Chang An's thoughts and smiled.
"Don't worry, Master Chang. When you come in, you will naturally be honest with me."
Chang An said
"According to ancient records, during the First Emperor's period, five cities and twelve towers were built to wait for the gods and men in the East China Sea. Could it be that the twelve towers were intended to rebuild the five cities of the past?"
The chief steward nodded slightly, glanced at the two pieces of silk books on Chang An's waist, and said
"Indeed, whether it is the ancient royal manuscripts or the Penglai map, there are records about the 12th floor of the Five Cities."
"Actually, the reason why the Twelfth Floor is called the Twelfth Floor has something to do with this, but it's not that exact."
"Oh? What's that for?"
Chang An looked at the butler with interest.
The chief steward hesitated for a moment and then said
"To return to Penglai."
"return?"
Chang An said doubtfully.
"Is it possible that the owner of your building is originally from Penglai?"
The butler nodded
"The owner of the building said so himself. His purpose of creating the Twelfth Floor was to recreate the Twelfth Floor of the Five Cities."
"Master Chang should have already been to the Chu Family Villa and seen Gu Donghai."
Chang An nodded.
The butler continued
"According to the owner of the building, there are two ways to enter Penglai. The first is to pass through the top level of the Bridge of Sighs after death, and the second is to cross the Bridge of Sighs above the East China Sea."
Chang An said
"So, you carefully planned the disappearance of the boy in the capital, and secretly built a stronghold under the cliff of Chu's Villa."
The butler explained
"The missing boy case in the capital is to find the missing main soul of Li Qingchou through the Magpie Bridge. As for who this Li Qingchou is, the Chang Family Master must have guessed it after experiencing the Chu Family Villa."
Chang An nodded
"Then Li Qingchou should be the reincarnation of Penglai God of War Xingtian, right?"
The butler continued
"That's right, in today's world, masters in the realm of gods are no longer found. The Bridge of Sighs, the bridge between heaven and earth, is almost impossible to break, unless the God of War Xingtian can be recalled."
Chang An said
"When you found out that Li Qingchou was the reincarnation of the God of War, you thought of using him to recall Xingtian's soul from the underworld. On the other hand, you set up plans at the Chu Family Villa to liberate Xingtian's body."
The butler sighed
"It's a pity that Li Qingchou failed to recall Xing Tian, but he was lost in the underworld."
Chang An smiled
"But you still have a backup plan, or in other words, you didn't think that Li Qingchou could bring Xing Tian back from the beginning."
The butler praised
"As expected of Chang An who can kill the sword god. Indeed, these five cities and twelve floors were built for this purpose. The first emperor built five cities and twelve floors to wait for the god on the bank of the East China Sea."
Chang An understood, and suddenly pulled out the Sword God's sword, carefully measured it, and said with a smile.
"The sword of the Sword God uses the divine realm as the sword bone, and is supplemented by the legendary Five Cities and Twelve Floors. It is like the brightest light in the darkness, passing through the fog that hinders Xingtian, and leading the old gods to return. I guessed it right. no?"
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"Indeed, as long as you have the Sword God's Sword and the Twelfth Floor of the Five Cities, it will be enough to guide the soul of Xingtian who is lost in the underworld and return to the world. When the time comes, the Twelfth Floor can use Xingtian's power to enter the legendary world. In Penglai, the divine realm, you can enjoy eternal life from now on.”
"It's a pity that your wishful thinking has been shattered now."
Chang An said.
The butler smiled bitterly
"The owner of the building died in the capital. What's even more surprising is that Penglai was destroyed long ago. Now, everything is in vain."
Chang An shook his head and looked to the horizon. He suddenly recalled the unprecedented battle he saw on the ancient East China Sea that day.
"No, even if you get to Penglai, you won't be able to live forever."
The butler said in surprise
"Don't people in Penglai have a way to live forever?"
Chang An shook his head
"I am almost certain because the Sword God once visited Penglai."
"What!"
The big housekeeper kept his mouth open. Even they had never heard of such a thing.
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"I was on the East China Sea that day, or because the seven most powerful men were reactivated, I saw the unprecedented battle that year. The Sword God once appeared and took the opportunity to break into Penglai."
"I don't know how many years have passed. When the sword god returned to the world, he once said that the Queen Mother has passed away for an era."
"Even the Queen Mother is dead..."
The butler's voice continued to tremble, and then he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"What's the use of talking about it now, Penglai is in such a dilapidated state."
The two of them were walking and chatting. After about a quarter of an hour, the labor team in front stopped, and so did the butler.
"Here we are."
Chang An was stunned. They had just passed a building and looked forward.
In front of it was a huge forest. The butler jumped high into the sky and jumped to the height of the building behind.
Chang An followed closely behind. Looking down from a high place, the forest was extremely vast and formed a huge ring-shaped landform.
Below, the laborers lined up like ants, walking towards the forest one by one.
"There is such a vast forest in this city. This forest alone is just bigger than an ordinary city."
Chang An exclaimed.
The butler looked down quietly and said
"Didn't Master Chang just want to know where we are going? This is the destination."
"The legendary reincarnation of You Mansion."
Chang An looked at the nearly endless forest below with fear.
"Is this the reincarnation created by the Sword God?"
The chief steward was not surprised when he saw his appearance.
"It's really amazing. This forest is the legendary reincarnation."
"That is the reincarnation created by the Sword God."
Chang An smiled bitterly
"It's really surprising. If outsiders came here rashly, they probably wouldn't even think that this is the legendary reincarnation."
"I guess, after You Mansion was destroyed, this is the reason why it can be preserved to this day."
At this moment, his eyes gradually shifted to the side. In the open space around this huge reincarnation, densely packed laborers were working non-stop, and from time to time there were men in black holding whips urging them on.
"Didn't you say you were going to the construction supervision office in Wucheng?"
Chang An asked.
The butler's hand pointed slightly, and Chang An looked at it intently.
The workers who had just arrived here slowly walked towards the reincarnation place, and they were automatically divided into five paths, forming an arc shape and spreading along the edge of the reincarnation.
Only then did Chang An notice that outside of reincarnation, there were five areas of such intensive labor, divided into five large areas outside of reincarnation. On the streets behind, a steady stream of bronze was continuously transported to these five large areas.
Each area is at least a hundred miles apart and is in the shape of a semicircle, like a giant dumpling wrapper that wraps half of the circular forest.
"These five large areas are divided into red, black, green and yellow, which correspond to the five cities after they are built, and also correspond to the legendary Five Emperors. Facing us, at the end of this street, is the Red Emperor City."
"Facing Red Emperor City, spread to the left and right. The first city to the right is White Emperor City, and the first city to the left is Black Emperor City."
"To the right of Baidi City is Huangdi City."
"To the left of Black Emperor City is Qing Emperor City."
"The foundations were built with bronze. After each city was built, it stretched for hundreds of miles from north to south, and the five cities echoed each other."
The chief steward introduced their plan to build these five cities to Chang An.
