Chapter 25: Swords Like a Dream
In order to hold a good meeting of the heads of the world, Wukong has put a lot of thought into it.
For example, after everyone walked through the twenty-meter-high gate, they entered this magnificent building, which was not completed at all, was actually deliberately ordered by Wukong not to be completed in order to hold today's grand event.
The main building of the Nonjian Terrace is a semicircle, with both ends stretching into the surging river, gradually lowering from the middle to the two sides, and can accommodate a huge audience seat of 150,000 people.
A 500-meter-long arc-shaped stone beam, connecting the highest part of the main building, holds a circular stone platform with a diameter of 50 meters, stretching straight out to the river in the distance, making the whole stone platform stand proudly in the air at a height of 200 meters.
This is all the building that has been built, and since the pillars have not yet been erected directly below the round stone platform, it is now impossible to sit on the most noble round platform.
No, it can't be said that he can't sit on people, Shang Ruohuang is now alone, pitifully sitting in the center of the round platform, adjusting the carillon in front of him.
Hundreds of thousands of knights from the rivers and lakes, sitting on the brand-new seats, all looked at the round platform in the distance, pointed to Shang Ruohuang above, snickered and discussed, how stupid is the person who designed the stone platform, and how dangerous Shang Ruohuang is sitting in the center of the round platform, the stone platform will collapse in a few days, and he will be a hero to save the beauty and so on.
Listening to the fantasy-filled discussions around him, Wukong was not angry at all, because these imaginative warriors were actually the funders of this sword platform, but they didn't know it.
On the sword platform looks very good, but the labor, materials, and land prices ...... , and so on, all add up, in fact, it's just over 80,000 gold.
After all, some big stones, big wood, and the like are not worth anything at all, and the location of the sword platform is a low stone slope facing Shengtian City, which has no development value here, and the land price is outrageously cheap.
Therefore, just the ticket income, Wukong has not only recovered all the costs, but also, he has earned fifty or sixty thousand gold.
Therefore, for his well-intentioned investor, Wukong, the biggest beneficiary, was complained about by others, and he didn't care at all.
Not only that, Wukong spent so much effort and hollowed out his mind to build such a magnificent sword platform, but it was not to make a fortune and finish it, to build the sword platform into a multi-functional gold-absorbing monster, that is Wukong's ultimate goal.
The first step in achieving this goal is, of course, to make people aware of it...... , on the true charm of the sword platform.
"Huh, look, why are there a bunch of musicians in the middle of the venue?" asked a knight beside Wukong, pointing directly below the round platform in the sky, extremely confused.
"Cut, don't you understand this? When the big guys appear, they all have to be soundtracked, so it's more bullish. In my opinion, the first one to appear in a while is definitely the Zhu Sect Master of the Yin Kwai Sect!" another northern knight who had seen the world replied loudly with a proud face.
Shengtian City is the first city in the south, so his answer, of course, made a bunch of southern knights feel extremely dissatisfied.
"Nonsense! On the status of the rivers and lakes, on the character and demeanor, and on the level of cultivation, even if you calculate it, it should be the first Fan Zhai master of Cihang Jingzhai, right? Brother, am I right?" the third knight from the south asked loudly to the people around him.
After all, there are slightly more knights in the south than in the north, so as soon as his words fell, tens of thousands of people immediately agreed in unison, and the momentum was just like a well-rehearsed one.
All the knights in the north look at it, drink, you are a small sample, the size of your voice, right, then let's compare and see.
So, a big man rolled up his sleeves, stood up as soon as he made a move, and shouted with the greatest strength: "All the gentlemen in the north stand up and tell these grandchildren in the south ββ! who is the master of the rivers and lakes in our two statesββ!
As soon as his words fell, all the knights in the north stood up in unison with a posture of preparing to make a move, and shouted in unison like a tsunami: "Demon Gate Supreme...... , Wish-Jade-Yan ββββββββ!"
Zhu Yuyan, who was sitting on the highest seat, laughed in her heart when she heard this, not to mention how happy she was.
However, as a supreme of the rivers and lakes who knows the entire process of the conference, and has responsibilities, obligations, and demeanor and bearing, Zhu Yuyan of course smiled very modestly, slowly stood up, and said to everyone lightly: "The northern and southern martial arts are one family, and the famous heroes of the ages are respected together! I, like everyone, am just a chivalrous man who is adrift and righteous in our rivers and lakes." Everyone respectfully calls me the supreme of the rivers and lakes, and the little woman will never dare to be it. Brothers...... Speaking of this, she saw that all the knights below showed her sincere admiration for her, and immediately hooked the corners of her mouth slightly proudly, and continued to say to everyone.
"Today, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event in the martial arts of my two states! For the first time, almost all of our sects have gathered together. It is also the first time that all of us have let go of those bitter grievances and those sad feelings and hatreds, and gathered together happily! Therefore, I wish Yuyan today, I am really very happy and very moved! Here, in this sword platform, I hope that we can always let go of grievances, forget feelings and hatreds, and let this place become a pure land for our entire rivers and lakes! Everyone, you can satisfy the little woman's ...... , a small wish?" After Zhu Yuyan finished speaking slowly, she stood proudly at the highest place, looking down at all the Jianghu warriors below, waiting for their answers.
Whether it was a knight from the south or a knight from the north, after being slightly stunned for a few seconds, they all stood up at the same time, looked at Zhu Yuyan in the high place with great respect, and shouted out a good word in an earth-shattering unison.
Zhu Yuyan never dreamed that the most glorious moment of her life would happen in this sword-fighting platform that she originally despised so much, so after taking a deep breath and calming down her excitement at this moment, Zhu Yuyan bowed deeply and respectfully to all the knights below.
After getting up, Zhu Yuyan smiled and said to everyone: "Thank you for helping me fulfill my wish, thank you! However, everyone guessed wrong just now, the musician brothers below are not playing for us old guys." They are here for all of you! Next, please enjoy it with me, and the world's first singer - Shang Ruohuang. For all of our Jianghu guests, a song specially sung - sword...... , like a dream!"
As soon as Zhu Yuyan's words fell, Shang Ruohuang on the round platform in the air suddenly moved the strings of the trumpet bell like a cloud.
Then, accompanied by the moving sound of the flute and the majestic sound of the drums, Shang Ruohuang played the beautiful piano music while slowly singing: "I-sword, where to go? Love and hate, love and hate, it is difficult to love." I-knife, cutting through the sky, right and wrong, I don't understand it. I-drunk, hazy, enmity and resentment, illusion or emptiness? I-wake up, a spring dream! Life and death, everything, become-emptinessββ!" After the song of forgetfulness arrived, the piano and all the accompaniment all frantically accelerated the tempo.
As soon as the heavy drums fell, Shang Ruohuang sang loudly with tears streaming down his face: "Come in a hurry, go in a hurry, hate not to meet! Love is also in a hurry, hate is in a hurry, everything is in the wind! Laugh wildly, sigh, live happily, mourn for a lifetime, who is with me, life and death and ...... together? Come and go in a hurry, hate to meet! Love is also in a hurry, hate is in a hurry, everything is with the wind! Laugh wildly, sigh, live a happy life, mourn a life, who is with me, life and death and ...... together?"