Chapter 561: First Arrival in Lingxu

"Climb to the top of the Wolong Dam, and you can see Lingxu City." Revisiting the old place many years later, Fu Fu Shanyue raised his horse whip and pointed forward, not without emotion.

He had to use his true energy to speak, otherwise, he would be drowned out by the roaring water, and no one would be able to hear clearly.

A group of more than a hundred people were all walking on the embankment by the Wolong River.

The great river was surging, but after entering the "Z" terrain, the diameter narrowed significantly to more than 110 zhang, so the waves were like anger, rushing down the fault, creating a waterfall with a drop of more than 20 zhang.

Looking from afar, the waterfall was like a wide curtain.

The Wolong Dam, which was close to the river, was always shrouded in water mist. He He Lingchuan was riding on the back of a rock sheep, and could still feel the trembling brought by the raging waves hitting the dam.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly, reflecting two rainbows on the water surface.

This was the welcoming waterfall of Lingxu City.

No matter who walked here, they would first take a blow and feel their own insignificance.

The roads of Between Beijia were always wide and flat.

The crowd didn't spend much effort and climbed to the top of the Wolong Dam along with the vast flow of guests.

Even though he had heard Fu Fu Shanyue and Shao He Jian introduce it many times, the first sight of Lingxu City still made He He Lingchuan's heart tremble.

This was the number one spiritual city in the world?

He thought he had approached the landscape of Guilin. It was a plain, but countless strange peaks and rocks seemed to have been cut down from the top of high mountains by invisible great power and transplanted to the flat ground, so there were craggy small mountains everywhere, exquisite ones, strange ones, and zoomorphic ones. People didn't need to climb to the top to see all the mountains, enjoying the dangerous peak scenery.

It was a hilly area, but the open space between the mountains was clearly very flat, with countless buildings rising from the ground and countless streams winding in nine turns.

Coming to this world, this was the first time He He Lingchuan had seen a city without an end.

Other cities were mostly surrounded by farmland; but here, as far as the eye could see, it was either green forests or buildings.

This was also the first time He He Lingchuan had seen a city without gates and walls.

According to Bai Bai Ziqi:

"Lingxu City doesn't need protective walls."

If the scenery above belonged to a normal city, it was just a bit larger, then everything He He Lingchuan looked up and saw was far beyond the cognition of ordinary people: seven mountain peaks were floating in the sky, high and low, large and small.

The lowest one was only sixty or seventy zhang from the ground, while the highest was already in the clouds.

Each mountain peak was neither touching the sky nor the ground, yet they were frozen in mid-air, motionless, with lush greenery all over the mountains, and countless waterfalls and flowing springs.

Today, white clouds were coming out of the caves, all circulating between the floating peaks.

Beside the green peaks and white water, jade buildings and towers were hidden. The sound of bells and immortal music was often heard, drifting down to the human world with the wind.

Magnificent, majestic, mysterious, the immortal style of ancient times was nothing more than this.

He He Lingchuan had been through life and death several times, and his experience far exceeded that of ordinary people, but seeing this spiritual and magical scene for the first time, he was still greatly shocked.

Other travelers were even more so, with gasps and exclamations of admiration one after another.

Fu Fu Shanyue explained to He He Lingchuan: "The seven floating islands are collectively called the Upper Lingxu City; the ground city you see is the Lower Lingxu City. The royal palace, which is the Emperor's residence, is located on the highest floating island, Tianxin Island, called the Lingxiao Palace."

As the most powerful emperor in the human world, he naturally had to look down from above and overlook all living beings.

He He Lingchuan praised endlessly: "If one island is one heaven, the Emperor lives in the seventh heaven, overlooking the magnificent atmosphere."

Bai Bai Ziqi smiled on the side: "This statement is very much to the Emperor's heart."

"Such a divine and great spiritual city, it really deserves to be the number one in the world." Flattery didn't cost money, so He He Lingchuan opened his mouth and came.

He had done background research; the foundation of Lingxu City was the old site of the Dahan Sect. In other words, this piece of spiritual mountain and blessed land was originally the territory of immortals, later seized by Between Beijia, and after several expansions, it became the Upper and Lower Lingxu City of today.

Besides the main city in the center, the Lower Lingxu City also included four auxiliary cities around it, with a permanent population of over seven million.

And the seven floating islands of the Upper Lingxu City had a population of less than nine thousand, and if you counted the slaves and servants, there were twenty thousand.

Although he had heard the answer from Shao He Jian many times, He He Lingchuan still had to ask knowingly: "May I ask the Cloud Commandant, the floating islands are not connected, how do the residents pass through?"

Before Bai Bai Ziqi could answer, Fu Fu Shanyue laughed loudly: "Inside the magic weapon, naturally you can communicate with each other."

He deliberately didn't say this mystery beforehand, just to let He Xiao be shocked. This fellow was always calm, which was annoying to watch.

"Magic weapon?" He He Lingchuan showed a look of confusion.

Bai Bai Ziqi explained patiently: "The Upper Lingxu City itself is a magic weapon!"

Jiao Yu on the side was already dumbfounded, and He He Lingchuan gasped: "These seven floating islands..."

"Yes, the seven floating islands, plus the Chikan Shanfeng in the center of the Lower Lingxu City, combined into a complete magic weapon, I'm afraid there is no one else in the world!" If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for anyone to believe that there would be such a huge magic weapon in the world!

Leading these bumpkins to open their eyes, Bai Bai Ziqi could hardly not bring a tone of pride: "The magic weapon has its own system, and the ground and floating islands, and between floating islands, can all be teleported freely regardless of distance, called 'Jinghong Crossing'."

Even though He He Lingchuan had psychological preparation, he couldn't make a sound at this time.

If it were ordinary people, they would probably be worshipping at this time.

In fact, he could see by turning his head that many travelers who had climbed over the dam were kneeling on the side of the road, muttering prayers to the floating islands in mid-air, performing the five-body-to-the-ground ritual.

At least he couldn't do this step, his knees were too hard to kneel down.

After a long time, he asked softly: "Such a huge magic weapon, how many profound crystals does it consume every day?"

This was the point! He felt overwhelmed just managing a set of golden armor, and the Upper Lingxu City was so huge, the energy it consumed every day could make a gold-swallowing beast feel ashamed to death, right?

Bai Bai Ziqi smiled: "The foundation of the Upper Lingxu City is the Hanging Bucket Stone, an object not of this world, which could float in the air originally. Its charging has other ways, you will hear about it later; what really consumes energy is 'Jinghong Crossing', which depends on the number of people and goods entering and exiting, and it consumes at least five hundred catties of low-grade profound crystals every day, with no upper limit."

Extravagant, too extravagant.

Wasteful, too damn wasteful! He He Lingchuan remembered the three profound crystals on his body, which he had obtained from Fu Fu Shanyue after risking his life to investigate the case.

What a bumpkin with no experience, he should have asked for more back then! With the muddy water he was wading in now, he wouldn't have thought three hundred were too many.

Looking at Sun Sun Fuping again, he didn't have more than a few medium-grade profound crystals in his personal belongings until he died in the Panlong Desert.

That was the National Master of a dignified country.

Who could imagine that the Upper Lingxu City consumed five hundred catties of low-grade profound crystals every day, just to pay for transportation?

Looking at the emotion on his face, Fu Fu Shanyue was satisfied: "Let's go, enter the city."

Bai Bai Ziqi also smiled without saying a word.

This youth, no matter how smart and agile, was after all from a small country. How could his vision and experience compare to a real Lingxu City person? ￥￥￥￥￥

Looking from afar, Lingxu City felt huge, but when people walked in, they found themselves like a drop of water entering the sea, with a vast expanse before their eyes.

The four auxiliary cities were four major districts. After Bai Bai Ziqi led the people into the Nanli District, he said goodbye to Fu Fu Shanyue.

He had to escort the prisoners to the heavenly prison, and then rush to Xushan in the north before dark to report on his work. The itinerary was very tight. Fortunately, the Cloud Commandant had people to pick him up along the way. At this time, a mule beast carriage pulled over.

The prisoners got on the carriage, and the Cloud Commandant and his subordinates rode horses, disappearing in a flash.

He He Lingchuan also noticed that the spirit deer ridden by Bai Bai Ziqi had a pale gold plate hanging on its neck, and the carriages and horses on the side gave way to it one after another. Fu Fu Shanyue explained that this was the "Urgent Order" equipped for the vehicles of official personnel, and only those holding this order could speed on the main roads of the Lower Lingxu City, otherwise, all main roads would have speed limits, and exceeding the limit would result in punishment.

Even if it was an auxiliary city, the main road could accommodate eight carriages side by side. But the passenger flow in Lingxu City was too large, and the main road was bustling with traffic, with almost no gaps. Without an urgent order, everyone could only drive in order.

He He Lingchuan looked at Fu Fu Shanyue: "Don't tell me you don't have an urgent order."

He had only been in the city for a while, and he had already seen two or three groups of people with urgent orders, speeding on the main road, and everyone avoided them for fear of being hit.

Those were all young masters in fresh clothes and angry horses, surrounded by a group of slaves, laughing and coming and going, not at all like official personnel.

Fu Fu Shanyue laughed, took out a plate from his storage ring, and hung it under his mount's neck: "That's a must, drive!"

He He Lingchuan shook his head, and the rock sheep didn't need his urging to let go of its four hooves, following closely behind Fu Fu Shanyue through the traffic.

On the road, there was often a kind of pack animal coming and going: White-tailed Antelope.

This was actually a giant moose, with plate-like branched horns on its head, nearly eight feet tall at the shoulder, and exceptionally developed back muscles.

He He Lingchuan often saw two white-tailed antelopes pulling a carriage side by side, and the carriage was also a specially made long section, with hooks at the back, clearly capable of being hooked on.

Every few hundred zhang, a green wooden sign would be erected on the side of the road, with the place name written in white characters.

Beside the sign, there were often commoners with dull expressions and expressionless faces.

If there were people waiting by the wooden sign, the white-tailed antelope would stop and wait for people to get on. A carriage could carry twenty-three people when full.

Uh... He He Lingchuan was stunned, wasn't this public transportation?

He pointed to the deer carriage: "Can anyone sit in this?"

"Just pay the money, but you have to squeeze into a carriage with strangers. It probably takes about a quarter of an hour for one to pass the station." Fu Fu Shanyue took a look and was not surprised, "It's convenient for the mud-legged people to go out to work. They all leave early and return late."

The white-tailed antelope carriage only traveled on fixed routes and didn't need an extra driver. But the deer carriage only traveled within the same city. If you wanted to go to the main Lingxu City or other auxiliary cities, you had to transfer.

It was getting dark now, and He He Lingchuan observed casually, finding that the deer carriages on the road were basically full, and those who couldn't sit had to squeeze and stand.

Fortunately, the moose had great strength and good endurance, so overloading by ten or so people didn't count for anything.

For a giant city, an important part of planning and design was public transportation. Without this kind of deer carriage, how could the working people move conveniently across the city?

Seven million permanent residents, plus countless mobile personnel, constantly tested the carrying capacity of a city.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 562 =====