Chapter 103: A City on the Water
Han Xiao's eyes were still in a straight line, and the scene of the imperial capital had successfully stunned him.
"Is this the city?" After looking at it for a long time, Han Xiao finally asked again.
"Hmm...... How to say it, I can only say that this is the imperial capital. Pang Ying also said a little vaguely.
Of course, at this time, it wasn't Pang Ying who wanted to hide anything, it was indeed the situation in the imperial capital that made him unable to answer Han Xiao's question too accurately.
The imperial capital of the Huating Empire should naturally be a city, but to be precise, it can no longer be said that it is a city, or it would be more accurate to call it a fortress. This should be an inland lake, but this lake is too big and too big, at a glance, Han Xiao can only see the small piece of land where he and Pang Ying are now, and the rest of the place is all water, if it weren't for Pang Ying telling him that this is a man-made inland lake, Han Xiao even thought that he saw another piece of sea.
Now Han Xiao finally understands why Pang Ying has not been worried about Qingpu entering the imperial capital before, this so-called imperial capital is a huge inland lake, and if you want to "walk" in the imperial capital, you can only rely on a boat, of course, if there is a person like Han Xiao with a smart body, you can also try to swim directly over.
In the port where Han Xiao and they appeared, Pang Ying generously directly chartered a sea ship, this sea ship is a real passenger ship, passenger ships have always been much larger than war ships, Qingpu disappeared directly after boarding the ship with them, which made Han Xiao very satisfied.
This big guy began to get lazier and lazier, and he would often fall asleep directly when he was in a hurry, and now that he finally had a boat to get on, he naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity, and when Han Xiao got on the boat, he found that Qingpu's big eyes had been completely closed.
The passenger ship sailed smoothly on the channel of the imperial capital, and until now Han Xiao still could not calm his excitement, especially in the center of the imperial capital, Han Xiao couldn't help but grow his mouth.
The entire imperial capital is a huge inland lake, but this inland lake is not empty only with flowing water, on the contrary, the lake is full of all kinds of buildings. All the buildings are actually boats, but some of the boats are so big that they can't even see the appearance of the boat, and it is precisely because of this that Han Xiao saw one building after another that almost seemed to be floating on the water out of thin air.
This is a city on the water, all the buildings are on the water, and all the people are naturally staying on all kinds of boats.
"How are these teahouses and liquor shops completely fixed on the water?" After looking at it for a long time, Han Xiao asked, pointing to the neat rows of buildings.
"Oh, it's said that it's just by the magic circle, I'm not very clear about the specifics, I'll ask you when I get back. Pang Ying said indifferently.
Han Xiao nodded and continued to read. He never thought that there would be such a city in the world, there was no such thing as a city wall, there were only ships in the imperial capital, all kinds of ships. However, with the exception of the boats that sailed on the prescribed waterways, almost all the other buildings were completely fixed to the water, which is why the huge inland lake, though full of boats, looked very neat.
Rows and rows of seagoing ships are neatly arranged, thus forming a series of water streets, and all the moving seagoing ships are also sailing on a fixed channel, without the slightest collision with the fixed buildings.
Han Xiao thought that this was amazing enough, and it was extremely difficult to make all the ships on an inland lake so orderly. But when he followed Pang Ying into the central waters of the imperial capital, he was once again stunned by the scene here.
The first thing Han Xiao saw was a super big ship, how big was that ship Han Xiao didn't see clearly at first glance, it was too big and big, Han Xiao even mistakenly thought that what he saw was a mountain instead of a ship.
"Oh, that ship is called the Glory, and it's the base camp of the Glory Legion. Following Han Xiao's eyes, Pang Ying naturally explained to Han Xiao: "This ship, three hundred and sixty zhang long, eighty zhang wide, with five floors above and below, was once supposed to be a super battleship, and there were no less than 100 gun bays in the cabin. ”
"Ever?" Han Xiao was already a little dumbfounded when he heard Pang Ying's introduction, he had never seen such a big ship, just thinking about what Pang Ying said at the end, Han Xiao was still a little puzzled.
"It used to be a battleship, but now it has no use value, except for the unsinkable, this so-called Glory has nothing to be strange about, let alone want to go into battle, and now it is difficult to get it moving again. After speaking, Pang Ying pointed to the location of the Glory and said: "Don't you see that the place where it stops is very eye-catching, this thing strictly affects the cleanliness of the central waters, we have more than once asked the people of the Glory Legion to theorize and let them dismantle this old antique, but unfortunately they just don't do it." ”
"Tear it down......" Han Xiao rushed to the impact again, and simply didn't plan to communicate with Pang Ying again. After coming to the imperial capital, Han Xiao finally understood what it meant to live in vain, the Han family was definitely a big family in Tianning Kingdom, and Han Xiao thought that he had seen many good things in Shuanglong City, but compared Shuanglong City with the imperial capital, that city really had the feeling of a small village.
Han Xiao didn't ask doesn't mean that Pang Ying didn't say it, he didn't shut up along the way, not to mention that now that he has come to his territory, how can he not show it well. From Pang Ying's narration, Han Xiao learned that many super warships in the waters in the center of the imperial capital, and some strange but large exaggerated buildings, were brought out from the ruins of the battlefield of gods and demons. When he heard the news, Han Xiao was stunned for a while, but then he confirmed that there was indeed a road leading to the ruins of the battlefield of gods and demons in the imperial capital, and it was still a waterway.
The most important thing is that there are not too many strength restrictions to enter the gods and demons battlefield ruins from here, anyway, until now, the powerhouses of the Tongxuan Realm often enter the gods and demons battlefield ruins for the first time, except for their own death in battle, there has never been an inexplicable death.
Hearing this, Han Xiao's mind suddenly began to come alive. Although he had been separated from Brahma, the Flood Desolation Returning Technique had been completely taught to him by Brahma at the beginning, and Han Xiao also liked the cultivation method of devouring the bones of the Void Beast very much. The method of water escape is because of devouring bones, and if there is a chance to encounter a large number of Void Beasts, Han Xiao thinks it is quite good.
On the way afterward, Han Xiao saw many incredible but real buildings, compared to the small islands filled in by manpower in the central waters where top sea ships gathered, it was already quite low-end. However, this kind of low-end storage is inevitable after all, after all, even if it is the imperial capital, even if it is the central waters of the imperial capital, not all of the people gathered here are big people who have the strength to take things out of the ruins of the gods and demons battlefield, but more of them are some families with considerable strength, but there is still a certain gap from the top.
Shuttling between various man-made islands and top-level sea ships, Han Xiao and their ship finally stopped in front of a ship that could no longer be said whether it was a ship or not.
Roughly, this should be a ship, after all, the main part of the ship is still quite obvious, the size of this ship is slightly smaller than the Glory, but it is also three hundred feet long. But the most amazing thing is that this ship has seventeen floors, and in addition to the four layers of the main hull, there are thirteen huge decks erected above this ship. This is an extremely spectacular and complex structure, Han Xiao at first thought that the thirteen decks were flying in mid-air, but after a closer look, he found that the other thirteen decks were all connected to the main mast of the hull, and in addition to the main mast, there were more than a dozen auxiliary masts that also supported the thirteen decks.
The thirteen decks that poked out from the main hull, the location of the highest layer was already nearly a hundred zhang from the water, although he knew that these decks were fixed in mid-air by masts and countless chains, but when he looked up, Han Xiao still thought in a trance that the top decks had actually flown up.
"How did this come about?" Han Xiao asked with an exaggerated expression as he looked at the behemoth in front of him.
"Oh, this ship is called Pompeii, it is the family crest of our Pang family, and only the people who have been in power in the Pang family are eligible to board the Pompeii. When Pang Ying introduced the Pompeii, the whole person was no longer frivolous before, and his words were a little more solemn.
Han Xiao looked up at the decks in the sky a few more times, and said with a dry smile: "My question is, what are you bringing me here for." ”
"Get something done. Pang Ying shrugged and said casually.
"What are you going to do......" Han Xiao wanted to continue asking, but suddenly felt a chill coming from behind, Han Xiao's face immediately changed and flashed to the side, and King Zhuge flashed to the side cautiously, with a hostile expression.
The moment Han Xiao just turned around, he had already seen a bloody mouth pounce in front of his eyes, and the sudden change made Han Xiao couldn't help but let out a strange scream, but the movements of his hands were not slow, and he completely subconsciously punched out fiercely, and hit the other party with a solid punch, only to hear a scream of "woo", and a black shadow flew out upside down in front of Han Xiao. Seeing what was knocked away by himself, Han Xiao saw clearly what was impacting him just now.
It was a big black dog, and I have to say that the coat color of this black dog was indeed very beautiful, but now its mouth has been rotten, and it looks miserable, and it has no past majesty, and can only continue to wail on the ground.
Han Xiao clearly judged that this was a demon beast and not an ordinary big dog, and the anger in his heart became even stronger when he saw this. I was just standing here, but the other party was quietly rushing towards me, if I hadn't reacted fast enough just now, half of my face would have been torn off now.
Han Xiao understood that it was up to the owner to beat the dog, and he quickly set his eyes on a group of people not far from the black dog, which was a group of young monks who were all dressed very gorgeously, and they were all about twenty-five or sixteen years old, I have to say that everyone was extremely handsome, coupled with a gorgeous spiritual armor, although these monks were all men, but when Han Xiao saw them, the word "demon" also came to his mind.
However, seeing the teasing looks in the eyes of these people, Han Xiao's face became even more gloomy. He just wanted to have a seizure, but was stopped by Pang Ying. Han Xiao looked at Pang Ying suspiciously, walking towards the group of young monks with a stern expression, obviously those people were just cultivators of the Yuan Spirit Realm, but on Pang Ying's body, Han Xiao felt some fear.
"Pang Cheng, they are my guests, and you must not be rude to them. Pang Ying looked at a young man led by the opposite side very seriously and said.
The young man named Pang Cheng still looked at Pang Ying with a wicked smile, Han Xiao looked at the young man's smile from the side, although he knew that the occasion was wrong, he still couldn't help but sigh that he was worthy of being a family, this young man's evil smile was very similar to Pang Ying's usual laughter.
But it is precisely because of this that Han Xiao has become more curious now, obviously he is a family, and it is clear that Pang Ying is above the other party in terms of seniority and strength, but he seems to be a little weak, and even faintly looks a little afraid, which is what Han Xiao is most puzzled about now.
Pang Cheng did not back down in the slightest because of Pang Ying's concession, but after seeing Pang Ying's attitude, he became more tough and said: "Guest?
"Presumptuous!" Pang Cheng's attitude finally angered Pang Ying, and he couldn't help but roar angrily.
After all, he was a powerhouse in the Xuan Realm, and Pang Ying's roar frightened Pang Cheng's whole person couldn't help but shudder, and he looked very funny. However, after Pang Cheng came to his senses, his face instantly became extremely hideous, and then he said viciously: "Do you dare to be so rude to me even if you wear a sinful body? Do you really think that what you are doing is very secretive? Do you think that we are all fools? I want to ask you now, where are the three ocean-going ships that you took away, and where are the monks who went to sea with the ships? Also, is it time to fulfill the promise you made three years ago? ”
Pang Cheng spoke extremely fast, but every sentence seemed to carry a lot of weight, Pang Ying's face changed very frequently, and finally became iron-blue, and he didn't say a word.
"Say, you say. Seeing that Pang Ying didn't say a word, Pang Cheng instantly became more aggressive, and finally said disdainfully: "Waste Lao Tzu gives birth to a waste son, Lao Tzu is embarrassed outside, and the son knows that he is a loser." In my opinion, it was the right decision to get rid of you. ”
"Shut up for me!" Pang Ying couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly raised his hands angrily, and the moment he raised his hand, the two huge battle axes had already appeared in his hands, and before everyone could even react, he had already cut them out angrily.
In an instant, a dazzling cross light splashed out from his double axe, flying towards Pang Cheng with an astonishment, Han Xiao was secretly speechless, the strength of Pang Ying's attack, which had already recovered from his injuries, was really amazing. But thinking that he was so cautious before, but now he directly kills people, will it be too reckless.
Fortunately, the final direction of the matter saved Han Xiao's worry, and Pang Ying's offensive finally sped away against Pang Cheng's body, except for a gust of wind that blew Pang Cheng down, there were no casualties.
The cross axe finally slammed into the Pompeii, but the Pompeii didn't even shake slightly, and it looked like a small mosquito had hit it.
Pang Cheng, who was sitting on the ground, seemed to have water stains on his crotch, and Pang Cheng was in a panic for a long time before he jumped up from the ground, pointing at Pang Ying's nose and was about to scold, but after seeing Pang Ying's extremely cold eyes, all the words were swallowed back.
After shocking Pang Cheng with his powerful combat power, Pang Ying's face did not show the slightest smug look, but his expression became more solemn, and his eyes were slightly lonely.
Han Xiao looked at Pang Ying with some embarrassment, after the incident just now, Han Xiao also saw a general idea of something, and it could be seen that Pang Ying didn't seem to be very popular in the Pang family, and the root of this matter came from his old man. Even though Han Xiao didn't want to inquire about others, he couldn't help but wonder what Pang Ying's Lao Tzu had done, which would provoke the Pang family to want to remove them as a whole.
However, after thinking about his life experience in the Han family, Han Xiao only had a wry smile on his face, although the Han family did not make such a decision, but what about the actions of those big guys of the Han family. He is obviously from the Han family, but after his parents disappeared inexplicably, he no longer has the privileges that his children should enjoy in the Han family, and even if it weren't for the help of the third uncle over the years, he wouldn't even be able to receive those few pitiful resources.
"Alas, everyone envies the wealthy, but how can the wealthy be so easy to mix. Han Xiao suddenly muttered with emotion.
Pang Cheng pointed at Pang Ying and stared at the old man viciously for a long time, and finally didn't dare to say anything cruel, but said dryly: "Hmph, I want to see how you explain to the elders later." After speaking, Pang Cheng walked into the Pompeii with a group of people behind him.
Han Xiao originally wanted to stay on the passenger ship and wait for Pang Ying to come down, after all, Han Xiao was really not interested in the Pang family's family infighting, and even if he wanted to interfere, he was not capable at all. It's just that Pang Ying repeatedly asked them to follow him on the ship, thinking that Pang Ying's temper may not be very good now, Han Xiao can only accompany King Zhuge on the Pompeii.
Walking on the Pompeii, all the nerves of Han Xiao began to tense again, Pang Ying would always say that the Huating Empire established the country by force, Han Xiao didn't have much impression of this before, but he felt that there were indeed many ships in the imperial capital, but after boarding the Pompeii, Han Xiao really understood the meaning. The Han family can already be regarded as a belligerent family in Tianning Kingdom, but compared to the Pang family, it is really insignificant.
None of the Pompeii had a smile on their faces, nor were they vicious, but each face was almost identical, tense as if it were a stone sculpture. As soon as he boarded the ship, the oppressive atmosphere on the ship made it difficult for Han Xiao to accept for a while.
Pang Ying couldn't see the slightest frivolity on his face, and he also walked slowly to the upper deck with a tense face. Han Xiao and King Zhuge were very surprised by this, and they were very happy along the way. Finally, after boarding the third deck, Pang Ying spoke: "We have arrived. ”