Chapter 536 Yuandu
Yuanyin City is located in the mountainous area in the heart of Zhendan. On the map, this is just an ordinary prefecture-level city in the Central Plains region. It is not large in scale, but its economy is very developed and high-speed rail airports are available.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the prosperity here is a bit incredible. Whether it is geographical location or material culture, there is nothing to show off here, but for some reason, the Zhendan government spared no expense to vigorously build this inconspicuous small city with all kinds of infrastructure, making it a prosperous city in the province second only to the provincial capital.
But only practitioners know that this is the only way to Yuandu by conventional means.
At Yuanyin City Airport, Sun Xiaowei dragged her suitcase out of the terminal and immediately called Zhuge Zi.
"Hey? I''m here, where are you going to find you?" Sun Xiaowei looked around and said, "The airport here is bigger than I thought..."
"Look back, I''ve seen you!" Zhuge Zi''s voice came from the phone. Sun Xiaowei looked back and found that the girl with shoulder-length hair was waving to her not far away.
The two left the airport together and got on a business car. Sun Xiaowei looked at the city scene outside the window and said in surprise: "This is Yuanyin City... This is the first time I have come here. How do we go to Yuandu later?"
"The Yuandu is located in the mountainous area in the southern part of Yuanyin, with barriers shrouded in it. If outsiders don''t even want to see it, they can''t even see it... But I have applied for the Yuan Cultivational Society''s permit, and the special car will take us in."
"Special car? What''s it like?" Sun Xiaowei was a little excited.
"Isn''t that the one you are sitting there?" Zhuge Zi spread her hands.
"This?" Sun Xiaowei looked at it curiously and found that this was an ordinary business car, not a famous brand. It seemed to be a bit old. The interior was a bit white and the leather surface of the seats was cracked. Judging from the driver''s operation, it seemed to be a manual transmission.
"It looks a bit...ordinary..."
"Oh, little girl, don''t talk nonsense." Before Zhuge Zi could express her opinion, the driver in the front row was dissatisfied: "This is the city, and it is not convenient for me to use it. When you leave the city later, you will know that this car is amazing!"
When Sun Xiaowei heard this, her eyes lit up: "What? Will this car deform? Can it grow wings, light up the rocket ejector, and fly directly into the sky?"
Unlike ordinary girls, as a Creator, Sun Xiaowei is very interested in mechanical things.
"That''s not possible." The driver smiled: "But there are some other functions..."
Yuanyin City is not big. While talking, the car had already driven out of the city, heading south, and soon arrived at a secluded mountain road. Before I knew it, there were no other vehicles in front and behind.
"It''s almost..." The driver said, and suddenly he pulled the gear and hung up a gear that he had never seen before. Then the whole car saw an abnormal light appearing. The body of the car began to deform, the leather seats turned into silk cushions, the metal body turned into wood that could not be called, the glass on the window turned into curtains, and even the driver''s driving position changed. The steering wheel in the driver''s hand turned into reins, and the front of the car and the engine turned into two tall and majestic thousand-mile horses, leading a quaint and gorgeous carriage to run forward!
"Wow!" Sun Xiaowei''s head poked out of the window, looked at the woods that kept flying backwards, and exclaimed from the heart: "The speed is faster than when I was a car!"
"It''s going to be a turn, two little beauties are holding on!" The driver reminded him, shook the reins in his hand, and the two horses suddenly turned, rushed off the road with the carriage, and plunged into the woods.
"Wow!" Seeing the car rushing straight towards a rock wall, Sun Xiaowei screamed in fear and retracted her head back into the car. But the carriage was too fast, and before she could react, she had already crawled into the rock wall.
Sun Xiaowei looked around with shock. Outside the window, she could see the clear mountain structure. The entire carriage seemed to be blurred and was actually walking through the solid mountain!
"We are going toward Yuandu?" Sun Xiaowei swallowed: "No wonder ordinary people can''t find it. Who can cross the mountain?"
"It''s not just the mountain that blocks Yuandu and the world." Zhuge Zi introduced with a calm expression. It was obviously not the first time she has been here.
"What else?" Sun Xiaowei asked.
"You will see it soon." As soon as Zhuge Zi finished speaking, the scene outside the window suddenly became clear, and a white light made Sun Xiaowei feel a little unable to open her eyes. When she got used to the light, she realized that there were endless blue sky and white clouds outside, and the carriage was racing on a translucent colorful bridge.
"We are running on...the rainbow? Wasn''t we still on the ground just now?" Sun Xiaowei widened her eyes and looked down, but she couldn''t see the ground at all.
"We have officially entered the Yuandu scope." The driver smiled proudly, "Girl, look forward, there is the headquarters of the Yuanshu Society!"
Sun Xiaowei poked her head out and looked forward, and found that the Rainbow Bridge led to a majestic castle floating in the air. The castle has a distinct classical style, with various buildings lined up, carved beams and painted buildings, and the surrounding clouds and rainbows, just like an immortal palace.
There are more than this rainbow bridge connecting the Immortal Palace. There are more than a dozen of them in all directions, each leading to a floating city in the air, forming a huge aerial building complex... No! It should be said that it is an air city!
"This... could it be the Heavenly Court?" Sun Xiaowei widened her eyes, completely shocked by the spectacular scene in front of her.
"It''s not wrong..." The driver smiled and introduced: "When I first built Yuandu, I did refer to the legendary Heaven... However, for practicality, I also made many modifications and became what I am now."
The carriage arrived at the main city gate and stopped. The driver got out of the car and opened the door: "Two little beauties, I''ll send it here. There are internal staff members in front to take you in."
Sun Xiaowei and Zhuge Zi got out of the car and soon met a girl in an ancient style uniform.
The reason why it is said to be ancient style is because the girl''s clothes are not ancient costumes. In order to facilitate activities, the main body of the clothes is still the frame of modern clothing, but there are many retro designs in the details, perfectly combining modern practicality with traditional and classical aesthetics. If worn on the street, this kind of clothes can not only make people shine, but also not appear inconsistent.
"Miss Zi of Zhuge''s family and Ms. Sun Xiaowei, right?" The girl seemed to be no older than them last year, but her behavior was dignified and her temperament was much more mature than the two student girls.
The two women nodded and agreed, and the staff smiled and said, "I am a Class B official at the Yuan Xiushu headquarters. Mu Lanshi, who was entrusted by Mr. Yuan to receive two of you here. Please follow me."
As he said that, Mulanshi led the two of them through the majestic gate and walked towards the city.
"Class B official?" Zhuge Zi was surprised when she heard this: "Miss Mu is so young, is he actually a Class B official?"
"Is this level very high?" Sun Xiaowei had no idea. As soon as she said that, she felt something was wrong, and hurriedly explained to Mulanshi: "Sorry, I either question it or simply don''t understand it, and I''m a little curious..."
"It doesn''t matter." Mu Lanshi explained as he walked: "The staff of the Yuan Xiushu headquarters, collectively referred to as officials, are divided into four levels: A, B, C and D. Above Class A, they are the president and the eight elders and other leaders." "As we all know, the president of the headquarters and the president of the main branches are comparable, but because most of the eight elders currently have been presidents in the branch, strictly speaking, the status of the headquarters elder is slightly higher than that of the score president."
"As for the A-level officials who are second only to the leadership, they are probably equivalent to the vice president level of each branch... Because there are often Class A-level officials at the headquarters, they are sent to the branch as the head office as the commander or secretary-general."
"As for Class B officials, although they are only one level away from Class A, their status is much worse. They are considered to be relatively high-level workers." As he said that, Mu Lanshi smiled playfully.
"Miss Mu is modest." Zhuge Zi added: "The branch you just mentioned refers to large branches like Ningdong, southwest, and Kansai. As for many other small and medium-sized branches, not to mention the vice president level of the commander and the secretary-general, even the chief president may not be as good as the A-level officials at the headquarters. There are even examples of Class B-level officials who have been transferred to be the president of small branches."
"Miss Zi said something, too." Mu Lanshi nodded and said, "After all, we are just an association, not a real bureaucracy, and the level is not that absolute. Many times, fame and strength are more important."
"For example, Mr. Yuan, although he is currently the commander of Ningdong and is considered to be the vice president, his status in the association is far more than that. Even the president is the president, he respects him very much."
While speaking, several people had already arrived at a lobby, which seemed to be a conference room. Many people were sitting here. They were not wearing the uniforms of the headquarters and did not look like official people. They guessed that they might have seen the official announcement and the casual cultivator called.
"Please wait here, Mr. Yuan will come later." Mu Lanshi led the two girls to sit down and said goodbye and left.
Some of the people in the hall whispered to each other, some closed their eyes to rest, and some were fiddling with their own things. When they saw two young girls coming in, most of them didn''t take it seriously and continued to do their own business.
Sun Xiaowei looked around and asked Zhuge Zi in a low voice: "Didn''t anyone else come to your Zhuge family?"
Zhuge Zi replied: "I heard from the elders of the clan that Mr. Yuan contacted the clan leader at noon on the first day of the first day of the lunar month. He had tried it for a round, but unfortunately he couldn''t help much..."
"The Zhuge family is not good?" Sun Xiaowei said in surprise, "Then what''s the use of us?"
"After all, we are also considered parties, so it''s okay to provide some information."
As he spoke, a tall woman who was 70 or 80% similar to Zhuge Zi came in outside the door, and as soon as she came in, she walked towards the two of them.
"Xiao Zi, I heard you are here."
"Sister?" Zhuge Zi was surprised when she saw the woman: "Why are you here too?"
"I came with the patriarch and the others yesterday. The others left, leaving me here to take care of me. I was wondering why I left a junior? It turned out that you were coming." As she said that, she looked at Sun Xiaowei: "This is..."
"Oh, she is Sun Xiaowei who participated in the mission with me this time..." Zhuge Zi introduced Sun Xiaowei again, "This is my sister, Zhuge Lan."
As soon as he heard Zhugelan''s name, the casual cultivators in the room turned their heads. It’s not that Zhuge Lan is so famous, but the surname Zhuge is so famous.
"My sister is taken care of by you!" Zhugelan smiled and shook hands with Sun Xiaowei. The latter nodded a little crampedly and said, "Where is where, Xiao Zi is taking care of me." She secretly looked at the bright and elegant Zhugelan, thinking that the two sisters looked very similar, but their personalities were completely different. Zhugelan was free and capable, and she felt like an adult.
"By the way, sister, you came first. Have you ever met Mr. Yuan?" Zhuge Zi asked.
"It was him who asked me to see you." Zhugelan nodded: "Now he is with the girl from the Ling family. The two of them are mysterious and seem to have some special way to rescue the one named... Luo Jun!"
"Is there someone from the Ling family also?" Sun Xiaowei said in surprise.
"Only one came." Zhugelan nodded: "She is also from Ningdong College. She seems to be a classmate with Luo Jun, so she comes to help."
"Luo Jun''s classmate?" Sun Xiaowei blinked: "Isn''t that just a freshman, is it reliable?"
"Is it reliable?" Zhuge Lan smiled and shook her head: "Did you forget? There is only one girl from the Ling family in Ningdong this year."
Sun Xiaowei and Zhuge Zi remembered the rumors they had heard before and widened their eyes: "Witch Jin Feng?!"
Zhugelan nodded: "I have experienced that woman''s greatness, but the teacher said that even in the symptom mission, I didn''t see her so anxious... Who is Luo Jun? Everyone cares about him so much?"
Sun Xiaowei and Zhuge Zi both sighed.
"Sister, if you see him, you will definitely feel extraordinary." Zhuge Zi shook her head and said, "Although he is about the same age as me, he is like a veteran who has experienced many life and death. Even in desperate situations, he can still remain calm and find the key to breaking the situation... To be honest, let alone the peers, even among his elders, I rarely see people like him."
"He is indeed very powerful!" Sun Xiaowei nodded in agreement: "No matter how strong he is, the temperament of being calm in the face of danger seems to have a kind of magic that makes people willing to believe him... Of course, compared with my idol Ye, there is still a certain gap."
Zhugelan raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "I want to see this person more and more after hearing this, I want to see this person... I don''t know how Mr. Yuan and the girl from the Ling family discussed it, and whether there is hope..."
Somewhere in the headquarters, Mr. Yuan looked at Ling Xin and frowned.
"You really plan to use that?" Old Yuan looked at Ling Xin: "This is the last relic left by Ling Jue to you brother and sister."
Ling Xin nodded: "That thing can be used three times in total. My brother and I made an appointment, once per person, and once left... I want to use it here."
"If it''s that thing, there''s a high possibility of success..." Old Yuan nodded: "But you can''t take it out here... Come, come with me..."
(This chapter ends)