Chapter 1: Demon City(1/2)
The southern continent is clear and clear.
On the clouds, three huge warships nearly a hundred feet were sailing slowly.
The sails bulged into an arc in the wind, and the huge oars stretched out on both sides, stretched out like fish's fins. The dragon head hits the corners, and the gold-embedded hull is gorgeous and majestic.
The highest point is a huge flag, written in hieroglyphics. Between the teeth and claws, the giant dragon holds the dragon ball and swallows and spits flames.
"Turn the rudder-!" With the shouts of the shrimp soldiers on the mast, the soldiers of the three warships shouted neatly, exerted force together, and swung the sails.
The battleship tilted slightly, colliding into the sea of clouds like a giant whale entering the water. The next moment, these three battleships had already crossed the clouds and pulled the clouds out of a long arc.
What is revealed before your eyes is the boundless earth.
The stretching mountains are covered with white snow, the clear stream flows among the mountains, and among the dense trees, wild beasts slowly look up.
In the distance, a huge black plain appeared in the sky. In the middle of the plain is a black, high-rise volcano. Even at such a distance, you can still see the heat rising from the crater. On the edge of the volcano, there are countless dish-shaped land floating. The closer you get to the crater, the more pumice stones. Between the pumice stones, there are countless black shadows like bees traveling back and forth.
As the three warships slowly moved forward, countless gray and black buildings were slowly revealed on the pumice stones.
Not only on the pumice stone, but also on the ground. The reason why the plains are black is not because they are originally black, but because within dozens of miles surrounding the volcano, they are covered with black buildings!
Countless figures shuttled through the scattered streets.
With his cheeks leaning against the porthole, the Halloween Princess Nuannuan in the cabin was obviously shocked by this scene.
Looking up again, she suddenly found that countless ships were floating around the fleet. The "bee swarm" I just saw in the distance were all hanging ships...
Unlike the warships in the Dragon Palace. The ones in front of you seem rough and simple, and the only decoration is the totem of the demon clan with fangs and claws. If you say that it is not as good as the Dragon Palace, it is not as powerful as the Dragon Palace, but... the number is so large that it makes people feel numb...
After a long time, Princess Halloween, who was confused, could only put three words in his eyes: "So amazing..."
"Is it better than our East China Sea Dragon Palace?" A gentle female voice came.
Turning back, Princess Halloween looked at Ao Tingxin, who was wearing a blue long dress sitting in front of the dressing table.
This is a woman like water, with a picturesque face, and every move exudes a gentle and bright atmosphere. Her impeccable clothes have an indescribable nobility.
Two maids beside her were carefully helping her dress up.
Pupped, Nuannuan sighed softly: "Tingxin Sister, this is different. Dragon Palace is expensive and beautiful, here is..."
"atmosphere?"
"Yes, yes, magnificent!" Nuannuan nodded quickly, but became puzzled again, and said, "But, I don't quite understand why they are all black? Do other colors not look good?"
Ao Tingxin took a sip of rouge paper and said, "Do you know Mo Yu?"
"Mo Yu? I don't know." Nuannuan shook her head.
"Mo Yu is the palace of the demon emperor Jun. The entire palace is black. It goes up and down, so the demon capital is black."
"So it turns out that the Demon King likes black."
"It's not true. It's not a matter of time to explain the reason clearly."
"Will we meet the demon emperor Jun this time? I heard that he is one of the best handsome men in the three realms. I can't wait." As he said that, Princess Halloween was already full of joy.
Looking at Nuannuan who was secretly happy, Ao Tingxin smiled helplessly: "So, you are clamoring to come with me because you want to meet the Demon King. Didn't you say you want to learn to do business so that you can share the burden for your father?"
"You can take care of both doing business and looking at handsome men." Nuannuan curled her lips and said, "If I really don't have the talent to do business, then I'll hire a son-in-law who can do business for my father!"
"Yes, yes, you're right." Ao Tingxin covered her lips and smiled, saying, "Come here to help me draw my eyebrows."
As he said that, Ao Tingxin had already picked up the eyebrow pencil.
"Okay!" Nuannuan walked behind Ao Tingxin happily and took the eyebrow pencil: "Sister Tingxin, will we really meet Di Jun?"
"It should... I can't see Di Jun. I haven't seen him for a hundred years."
"Then why are you dressing so well?"
"When we go out, we represent the majesty of the dragon clan. No matter who we see, we must be beautiful. Do you understand?"
"Oh... I understand." Nuannuan replied with some disappointment.
In the sun, the flagship slowly leaned towards a prominent platform on the volcanic cliff. The platform was already full of waiting people... or monsters.
The hatch opened and the trestle was lowered. Soon, dozens of crab generals wearing thick armor rushed to the platform and lined up the road.
The golden shields were engraved with the totem of the dragon clan.
It was not until the lineup that the red carpet was laid down from the cabin, and Ao Tingxin's figure appeared at the cabin door. The blue gold-embedded palace dress was walking on the floor, and the high-combed hair accessories were dignified and solemn. What followed closely behind was Nuan Nuan in an orange dress.
Seeing the huge tree man ten feet tall among the group of demons being greeted, Nuannuan was slightly shocked.
“That’s…”
"There are six tribes in the tree demon country, the wood tribe, one of them. There are not many people, but they usually do the heavy work, and they are an indispensable tribe. Sometimes our Dragon Palace has to ask for help."
As he said that, Ao Tingxin had already stepped onto the pier and walked step by step along the carpet towards the platform.
A woman in the group of demons who were greeting was out of the list.
She was wearing emerald green clothes, and her face was as quiet as a fairy.
Raising his hands to the eyebrows, the woman saluted Ao Tingxin and said aloud: "My dear, the Confucius Department, Li Qingyu, come to welcome the Fourth Princess at the order of my emperor!"
Step by step, Ao Ting responded with respect and said, "Sister Qingyu, I haven't seen you for a long time, so I'm fine."
Seeing this, Nuannuan hurriedly followed Ao Tingxin to salute.
After looking at Nuannuan, Qingyu asked softly: "This is..."
"This is my cousin, Princess Halloween. Sister Qingyu can just call her Nuannuan."
"Lotus Princess of the Dragon Palace in Bibotan?"
"That's right." Nuannuan responded quickly. As she said that, she bowed again.
"Don't give me a gift." Qingyu hurriedly stepped forward to support him and said, "Tingxin and I are old acquaintances. Her cousin is my cousin, so there is no need to be too polite."
"Sister Xie Qingyu." After another blessed body, Nuannuan got up. She felt quite flattered, and her eyes kept going back and forth on Ao Tingxin and Qingyu.
For the Dragon Clan, the Demon Kingdom is a giant. In addition to the supreme demon emperor Jun, the Demon Kingdom also has six demon kings who hold military power and the Prime Minister Duomin, who controls all administrative hubs, and the Five Divisions are in charge. The Kongqiao Department Li Qingyu, in front of him, is one of the five Divisions.
Nuannuan never dreamed that the one who came to greet him was actually one of the five corporations, and her attitude towards Ao Tingxin was so close.
After a brief greeting, the three of them walked into the elevator surrounded by many monsters.
Under the control of the huge tree man on the side, the elevator entered the tunnel and began to slowly descend.
And it was not until this time that Nuannuan discovered something.
"Sister Tingxin, where are our other two ships?"
"Of course we are going to unload the goods. We are here to pay tribute. Is there any reason to bring the gift back?"
"So that's it. By the way, Sister Tingxin, what is the gift we are giving?"
"Silver Claw."
"Silver Claw?" Nuannuan was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Is Silver Claw not the currency of the Demon Kingdom? They just want to do it. Do we need to give it to me?"
Hearing this, Qingyu, who was standing beside him, smiled with his lips covering his face.
Ao Tingxin glanced at Nuannuan and said lightly: "Essential gold is the currency of the Heavenly Court, and Silver Claws are the currency of the Demon Kingdom. This is true. However, whether it is pure gold or Silver Claws, they are currency circulated with credit guarantees. Although you can do as much as you want, if you do this, prices will inevitably soar. In the end, it will hurt your own credit. If you are not careful, it may lead to the collapse of the entire country. So..."
At this point, Ao Tingxin looked at Qingyu next to her with a smile and said, "How could their multi-eyed prime minister accept that the silver claws representing his credit are held by my Dragon Palace in large quantities? The silver claws are just in line with his wishes."
"It means credit?" Nuannuan was confused when she heard it.
Seeing this, Ao Tingxin continued to explain: "If you want to do business, you must first understand what 'money' is. In fact, this is also a kind of business. My Dragon Palace is doing a small business, and it only emphasizes one purchase and one sale, which is convenient. There are six tribes in the demon country, with millions of demons spread all over the world. The situation is extremely complicated, and it affects the whole body. What you do is a big business, and what you emphasize is regulation. If you are a prime minister, you are a good player in this big business."
Nuannuan still doesn't understand.
Qingyu covered her lips and smiled, holding Nuannuan's hand and said, "Don't listen to her. Be a good girl's house. What do you instill in people with nothing? Do you have to teach everyone to be as utilitarian as you?"
"Is it appropriate for the silence of Confucius and Sili to tell me not to be utilitarian?" Ao Tingxin said with a smile.
Suddenly, Nuannuan thought of another question and asked in a low voice: "Sister Qingyu, you are..."
"Peacock Spirit." Qingyu replied lightly.
In a blink of an eye, the elevator had already penetrated the ground.
When the door opened, Nuannuan couldn't help but take a breath.
"This is……"
What appeared before her was a huge space.
How huge is it? Nuannuan can’t say it. It can be said that it is already another world.
This is a red world.
The red lava flowed down the surrounding rock walls with the steaming heat, turning into rivers, and finally, it converged into a red lake in the middle of the bottom of the huge space, reflecting everything in this huge underground space into red.
On the edge of the lake were densely packed with black and weird buildings that looked extremely strange.
In fact, not only on the edge of the lake, but also on the plain at the bottom of the space, except for the lava lake in the middle, all the places are covered with black buildings. Like the surface, various streets are crisscrossed. Even the surrounding rock walls are covered with various tunnels and semi-hanging buildings.
At this moment, everyone was in the middle of a rock wall that was hundreds of feet high. Stepping out of the elevator, there was a long hanging stone bridge pulled by countless iron chains. At the end of the stone bridge was a huge honeycomb.
Connected to the beehive are countless stone bridges from all directions, so that the iron chains used to fix the stone bridges look like spider webs on the top of this huge space.
To be continued...