Chapter 649: National Carnival

When the small world opens, the overlapping place of the two worlds will have law confusion, sometimes leading to landslides and ground cracks, but the dual-world barrier of the Grass Sea has always been gentle. As long as the Storm Gate is controlled, the rest is mostly just strange phenomena like water flowing to higher places.

Although he had heard Fu Shanyue talk about the principle, seeing the opening of the small world with his own eyes, He Lingchuan still felt shocked.

Two worlds that had nothing to do with each other, just like this, briefly opened up to each other?

It was not without reason that this small world was called "Fu Realm" by Lingxu City. Because he sat in the front row of the sandbar and had a unique view, He Lingchuan was lucky enough to see another strange scene in the center of the giant cyclone.

Outside, the wind was rolling and clouds were gathering, lightning and thunder, but there was a huge hollow in the center of the supercell. He Lingchuan only saw a beautiful blue-purple background, and the other world in the hollow seemed very dim, like the light after the sun set in the human world, about to enter the night.

He even saw stars in this world, but they were not very bright.

He Lingchuan asked Fu Shanyue: "Does the Fu Realm distinguish between night and day?"

Fu Shanyue shook his head: "I have entered three times, for as short as two days and as long as ten days; there are only stars there, no sun, and it is this kind of light every moment, neither darker nor brighter."

Therefore, the Fu Realm had neither seasons nor day and night.

He Lingchuan also saw several flashes of lightning in that world.

Eh, there were no cloud layers, where did the lightning come from?

At this time, after the reinforcement of the two National Teachers, the entrance to the small world had stabilized.

The Palace of Heaven's envoy struck the bell and chime again, and said loudly: "The Fu Realm has opened; all teams line up to enter, please pay attention to safety."

Immediately, one team after another went on stage, ten people per team, looking like outstanding practitioners or monsters.

The method to go to the Fu Realm was also simple and rude. They stood in the eye of the storm, and with a "whoosh," they were sucked up.

He Lingchuan counted, and more than sixty teams entered before and after.

"The Fan Demon Nation usually sends teams to participate." That would be thirteen teams, and the rest were teams formed by various families in Lingxu City. "Lingxu City doesn't limit the number of teams entering, only limiting that each family can only send one team in the first five days, and each team can only have ten people, so that it is fair competition."

The Chi Yan Nation of course also sent teams to participate. Fu Shanyue brought nearly a hundred guards to Lingxu City, including the participants of this Grass Sea operation.

The teams on the field entered the Storm Gate in an orderly manner, and the commoners here were also full of enthusiasm, throwing themselves into an activity He Lingchuan was very familiar with: betting.

Official and noble organizations forming teams to cross the border was their own fun.

Folk opening gambling markets was the fun of the masses.

With more than sixty participating teams, it was enough to open various markets, buying more or less, buying single or double, and even betting on various dazzling combinations.

It is said that the official didn't encourage it at the beginning, thinking that large-scale gambling would corrupt the atmosphere.

But soon an official proposed that they could open official gambling markets, collecting commissions while collecting taxes, killing two birds with one stone.

The commoners got fun, Lingxu City made money, everyone was happy, so what else was there to say?

So this became a long-standing tradition of four or five hundred years. The official specialized in a wide variety of varieties, and every winner had to pay a super-high tax of five percent when receiving the prize money.

Although there were complaints every year that the tax was too expensive, the Grass Sea scene was always red and fiery.

He Lingchuan asked someone casually, and this year's championship favorite was the Tongxin Guard.

Every Grass Sea event, Lingxu City would heavily reward the top five, based on the number of floating stones the team brought back from the Fu Realm.

Recently, He Lingchuan's hands were too busy with affairs, and he didn't have time to take care of other things, only knowing before the start of the competition that the seven floating islands in the upper Lingxu City could hang high in the sky because of the floating stones hunted from the Fu Realm.

The secret of the floating islands' suspension was the Suspension Bucket Stone, and the floating stone could recharge the Suspension Bucket Stone, just like a horse could only run after eating enough grass. If the replenishment wasn't timely, once the Suspension Bucket Stone's energy was exhausted, the floating island would...

Just imagining it, one knew it would be a catastrophe for Lingxu City.

Fortunately, such a terrifying scene had never appeared in five or six hundred years, because Lingxu City would send strong people into the Fu Realm every two years to hunt for floating stones.

This kind of strange stone was actually an ear stone produced by a monster called "Danao Beast," which grew in the skull.

The Danao Beast was a native of the Fu Realm, with many varieties and different strengths, and the energy contained in the ear stones was also strong or weak. Floating stones produced by powerful Danao Beasts could be dozens or even thousands of times stronger than those of weak peers.

Fu Shanyue mentioned that thirty years ago, an official team besieged a giant Danao Beast in the Fu Realm, and the harvested floating stones could be worth six hundred ordinary floating stones.

Every six hundred and eighty days, the Fu Realm and the human world intersect, and it will open for thirty days. Lingxu City has to take the opportunity to hunt more and hoard more floating stones.

Of course, it uses procurement to recover the floating stones in the hands of the teams. To motivate everyone, it also heavily rewards the top five who hunt the most stones.

After all, whether the official masters can continue to hang high above the commoners' heads depends on these teams.

The competition between teams also formed the basic market for betting.

Looking at it this way, the biennial Grass Sea event is of great significance, not only satisfying the upper Lingxu City's demand for floating stones, but the official also makes a lot of money through betting, not only satisfying the social needs of the aristocratic families, but also the peddlers earn money here.

As for the commoners, of course, they have seen enough excitement.

Three wins, only the Danao Beast of the Fu Realm is very hurt.

Fu Shanyue of course bet on his own team and asked He Lingchuan: "Which one do you like?"

"Not clear." He didn't even know which teams and who were participating, so throwing money in wasn't throwing it into the water?

For the smooth development of the Mount Xu operation, he also wanted to enter the Fu Realm, but not now.

At such a moment of great attention, if he entered rashly, he would probably bring about a killing disaster.

"Look there, the Palace of Heaven is retreating."

Fu Shanyue looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, he saw the Palace of Heaven delegation retreating, like the Duyan Envoy and Bai Ziqi were walking out surrounded by everyone, and the rest were pulling up camp, looking like only a few tents would be left on the spot.

"The opening ceremony is over, so they are going back; it's like this every time."

"This year is different." He Lingchuan saw Bai Ziqi's expression; at first glance, it was no different from usual, but his momentum was high.

He knew that this White Envoy had finally received a new clue and must be eager to try.

He asked Fu Shanyue: "Pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, do you think it's possible to investigate the Elixir of Immortality case to the end?"

"That depends on what the Heavenly God thinks and what the Emperor thinks." Fu Shanyue turned his head and said in a low voice, "Involving the Elixir of Immortality, the Heavenly God must want to investigate to the end and severely punish. But if the spearhead finally points to the Qingyang National Teacher, the Emperor might plead for her."

"You mean, the Emperor might want to smooth things over?"

"Among the four National Teachers, the Qingyang National Teacher has the deepest feelings with the two Emperors, and she supports all the Emperor's decrees."

He Lingchuan let out a long "oh."

This is the standard Imperial Party.

"What about the Frost Leaf National Teacher?"

Fu Shanyue reached out and pointed to the sky.

The Frost Leaf National Teacher is of the Heavenly God faction.

He Lingchuan nodded; no wonder the Emperor didn't like the Frost Leaf National Teacher, as he wasn't on the same side as him in the first place.

Now the Frost Leaf National Teacher wants to clean up the Qingyang National Teacher, which is equivalent to removing the Emperor's left and right arms, but the Emperor has no way to stop it.

Because the Qingyang National Teacher might have really committed a crime.

"This matter is tricky, not only involving the Qingyang National Teacher, but also many buyers." Fu Shanyue added, "If buying and selling are guilty of the same crime, the Royal Court will inevitably be turbulent; the last Elixir of Immortality case killed blood into a river; if it is handled lightly, small punishment and small warning, it will damage the majesty of the Heavenly God and the Emperor. How to warn others, how to deter the ministers?"

He Lingchuan added a sentence in his heart: Behind the Qingyang National Teacher, there must be other gods involved.

Otherwise, where did the formula and divine blood needed to make the Elixir of Immortality come from? This is probably one of the key points the Palace of Heaven wants to investigate.

Just like what Mitian said, the Heavenly Gods are not all harmonious.

Therefore, the most difficult part of this case is far from arriving.

Fortunately, the case has progressed to this point, and the subsequent development has nothing to do with He Lingchuan, and even Fu Shanyue can't intervene; they just have to watch the show.

It's just that I don't know if I can stay until the end of the show.

Just then, two monsters suddenly jumped out of the storm eye, and the onlookers on the sandbar gave a low exclamation.

These two monsters were a bit like gorillas, very large, visually at least three hundred jin, with bent bodies, thick limbs, but no hair, long teeth protruding from the lower jaw, the body was purple-black, the skin was rough like rock, and some parts even had stone ringworm.

The monsters had just arrived in the human world and seemed a bit confused. Human warriors could go over, and monsters of the Fu Realm could of course come over.

They turned around twice on the spot before roaring and fleeing outward.

There were already heavy troops guarding around the Storm Gate, and they immediately stepped forward to intercept.

"This is the Danao Beast?" He Lingchuan finally saw the monsters of the Fu Realm.

"Yes, but the rank is very low, at most it can contribute two small floating stones." Fu Shanyue said lightly, "Actually, the other side of the Storm Gate will also send guards, but if they judge that the monsters are not a great threat to the human world, they are likely to let them over. This can temporarily open new markets, and commoners have excitement to watch, so they don't feel bored waiting here."

Simply put, the entertainment of such large-scale activities is very important.

During the conversation, the two monsters were slaughtered in various ways, and the whole audience applauded.

This is really a good start.

He Lingchuan felt his heart sink, not out of sympathy for the monsters, but because the elite guarding the Storm Gate were decisive and powerful, and their cooperation was quite tacit.

He had been in Lingxu City for so long, and what he saw most was debauchery, almost forgetting how strong the foundation of Lingxu City was.

"These two monsters look a bit abnormal." They were exceptionally agile and fierce when they first came over, inconsistent with their appearance, and even the wild boar demon would bow down in front of them, but the guards withstood their attack.

The two monsters were bleeding profusely, and after a quarter of an hour, they became slower and slower, and were soon poked into a sieve.

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