Secret Dice

Yuanyin City is located in the mountainous area in the central hinterland of Zhendan. On the map, it is just an ordinary prefecture-level city in the Central Plains. It is not large in scale, but the economy is very developed, and the high-speed rail and airport are all available.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the prosperity here is somewhat incredible. Whether it is the geographical location or the product culture, there is nothing to show here, but for some reason, the Zhendan government has spared no expense to vigorously build this inconspicuous small city, with all kinds of infrastructure available. It is a prosperous city second only to the provincial capital in the province.

But only practitioners know that this is the only way to Yuandu by conventional means.

At Yuanyin Airport, Sun Xiaowei dragged her suitcase out of the terminal and immediately called Zhuge Zi.

"Hello? I'm here, where can I find you?" Sun Xiaowei looked around: "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 at her not far away.

The two of them left the airport together and got on a business car. Sun Xiaowei looked at the city outside the window and said in surprise: "This is Yuanyin City... This is my first time here. How are we going to get to Yuandu later?"

"Yuandu is located in the mountainous area in the south of Yuanyin. It is covered by a barrier. Outsiders can't even see it, let alone enter... But I have applied for permission from the Yuan Xiu Association, and a special car will take us in."

"Special car? What kind?" Sun Xiaowei was a little excited.

"Isn't this what you are sitting in?" Zhuge Zi spread his hands.

"This?" Sun Xiaowei looked at it curiously and found that it was just an ordinary business car. It was not a famous brand. It seemed to be a bit old. The interior was a bit white, and the leather surface of the seat was cracked. Judging from the driver's operation, it seemed to be a manual transmission.

"It looks a bit... ordinary..."

"Hey little girl, don't talk nonsense." Zhuge Zi hadn't expressed her opinion yet, but the driver in the front row was dissatisfied first: "This is the city, it's not convenient for me to use it. When we leave the city, you will know how powerful this car is!"

Sun Xiaowei's eyes lit up when she heard it: "Why? Can this car transform? Can it grow wings, show rocket jets, and fly directly into the sky?"

Unlike ordinary girls, as a creator, Sun Xiaowei is very interested in mechanical things.

"That can't be done." The driver smiled: "But there are some other functions..."

Yuanyin City is not big. While talking, the car has already driven out of the city and headed south. Soon it came to a secluded mountain road. Unknowingly, no other vehicles can be seen in front or behind.

"Almost done..." the driver said, and suddenly shifted the gear lever to a gear he had never seen before. Then the whole car was filled with an unusual glow, and the body began to deform. The leather seats turned into silk cushions, the metal body turned into unnamed wood, the glass on the windows turned into curtains, and even the driver's seat changed its position. 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 horses, pulling a simple and gorgeous carriage forward!

"Wow!" Sun Xiaowei stuck her head out of the window, looking at the woods flying backwards, and exclaimed sincerely: "The speed is faster than when it was a car!"

"It's almost over, two little beauties, hold on tight!" The driver reminded, shook the reins in his hand, and the two horses suddenly turned, rushed down 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 into the car. But the carriage was moving too fast, and before she could react, it had already drilled into the rock wall.

Sun Xiaowei looked around in shock. She could see the clear mountain structure outside the window. The whole carriage seemed to be blurred, and it was actually passing through the solid mountain!

"Are we heading to Yuandu?" Sun Xiaowei swallowed her saliva: "No wonder ordinary people can't find it. Who can pass through the mountain?"

"It's not just the mountain that blocks Yuandu from the secular world." Zhuge Zi introduced calmly, and it was obviously not his first time here.

"What else is there?" 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 beam of white light pierced Sun Xiaowei's eyes. When she got used to the light, she found that there was an endless blue sky and white clouds outside, and the carriage was speeding on a translucent colorful bridge.

"We are running on...a rainbow? Weren'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 scope of Yuandu." The driver smiled proudly: "Girl, look forward, there is the headquarters of the Yuanxiu Society!"

Sun Xiaowei stuck her head out and looked forward, and found that the rainbow bridge led all the way to a majestic castle floating in the air. The castle has a distinct classical style, with various buildings lined up in rows, carved beams and painted rafters, and combined with the surrounding clouds and rainbows, it looks like a fairy palace.

There is more than one rainbow bridge connecting the fairy palace. There are more than a dozen rainbow bridges in all directions, of different heights, each leading to a floating city in the air, forming a huge aerial building complex... No! It should be said that it is an aerial city!

"This...can't it be the heaven?" Sun Xiaowei widened her eyes and was completely shocked by the spectacular scene in front of her.

"It's not wrong..." the driver introduced with a smile: "When we first built Yuandu, we did refer to the legendary Heavenly Court... However, for the sake of practicality, a lot of modifications were made, and it became what it is now. "

The carriage came to a stop in front of the main city gate. The driver got out and opened the door: "You two beauties, I will send you here. There will be internal staff in front to take you in."

Sun Xiaowei and Zhuge Zi got out of the car and soon met a girl wearing an ancient uniform.

The reason why it is called ancient style is because the girl's clothes are not ancient clothes. In order to facilitate movement, the main body of the clothes is still the frame of modern clothes, but there are many more retro designs in the details, combining modern practicality and traditional classical style. The aesthetics are perfectly combined. This kind of clothes, if worn on the street, will not only make people's eyes bright, but will not appear inconsistent.

"Miss Zi from the Zhuge family, and Ms. Sun Xiaowei, right?" The girl didn't look older than them, but her behavior was dignified and her temperament was much more mature than the two school girls.

The two women nodded in agreement, and the staff member smiled and said: "I am Mulan Shi, a Grade B official at the Yuan Xiu Hui headquarters. I have been entrusted by Mr. Yuan to receive you two here. Please come with me."

With that said, Mulanshi led the two of them through the majestic gate and walked into the city.

"Second-class official?" Zhuge Zi was very surprised when he heard this: "Miss Mu is so young, she is already a second-class official?"

"Is this level very high?" Sun Xiaowei had no idea. As soon as she said it, she felt something was wrong. She hurriedly explained to Mulanshi: "I'm sorry, I'm either questioning, or I simply don't understand and am a little curious..."

"It doesn't matter." Mulanshi explained as he walked: "The staff of the Yuanxiu Society headquarters, collectively called officials, are divided into four levels: A, B, C and D. Above level A, there are the president, the eight elders, etc. Leaders."

"As we all know, the status of the elders at the headquarters is equivalent to that of the presidents of the main branches. However, because most of the current eight elders have served as presidents in branches, strictly speaking, the status of the elders at the headquarters is slightly higher than that of the president. ”

"As for the Grade-A officials who are second only to the leadership, they are roughly equivalent to the vice-president level of each branch... because there are often Grade-A officials from the headquarters who are sent down to the branches to serve as leaders or secretary-generals."

"As for Class B officials, although they are only one level behind Class A, their status is much lower. They are considered higher-level wage earners." As he spoke, Mulanshi smiled playfully.

"Miss Mu is being humble." Zhuge Zi added: "The branches you just mentioned refer to large branches such as Ningdong, Southwest, and Guanxi. As for the many other small and medium-sized branches, let alone the leaders and secretary-generals. The vice-president level, even the president, may not be as good as the A-level officials at the headquarters. There are even examples of B-level officials being transferred to be presidents of small branches.”

"What Miss Zi said is true." Mulanshi nodded: "After all, we are just an association, not a real bureaucracy. The level is not so absolute. In many cases, reputation and strength are more important."

"For example, Mr. Yuan, although he currently only serves as the commander in Ningdong and is considered a vice-president, his status in the association is much more than that. Even the president respects him very much."

While they were talking, several people had already arrived at a hall, which seemed to be a conference room. Many people were sitting here. They were not wearing the uniforms of the headquarters, and their temperament did not look like official people. It was speculated that they probably saw official officials. Announcement, the casual cultivators were summoned.

"You two, please wait here for a moment. Mr. Yuan will be here later." Mulan Shi led the two women to sit down, then said goodbye and left.

Some of the people in the hall were whispering to each other, some were closing their eyes and concentrating, and some were playing with their things. When they saw two young girls coming in, most of them didn't take it seriously and continued to do their own things.

Sun Xiaowei looked around and asked Zhuge Zi in a low voice: "Isn't there anyone else from your Zhuge family?"

Zhuge Zi replied: "I heard from the elders in the clan that Mr. Yuan contacted the clan leader at noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year. He has already tried one round, but unfortunately he couldn't be of any help..."

"Not even the Zhuge family?" Sun Xiaowei said in surprise: "Then what's the use of us coming?"

"After all, we are also parties involved, so it would be nice if we could provide some information."

While they were talking, another tall woman who looked very similar to Zhuge Zi walked in from the door. As soon as she entered, she walked towards the two of them.

"Xiao Zi, I heard you are here."

"Sister?" Zhuge Zi was surprised when he saw the woman: "Why are you here too?"

"Yesterday I accompanied the clan leader and the others. The others left, leaving me here to take care of them. At first I was wondering why I was left as a junior, but it turns out you are coming." As she said that, she looked at Sun Xiaowei: "This The bit is..."

"Oh, she is Sun Xiaowei who is participating in the mission with me this time..." Zhuge Zi introduced Sun Xiaowei again: "This is my sister, Zhuge Lan."

Upon hearing Zhuge Lan's name, all the casual cultivators in the room turned their heads. It's not that Zhuge Lan is famous, it's that the surname Zhuge is too loud.

"My sister is so well taken care of by you!" Zhuge Lan smiled and shook hands with Sun Xiaowei. The latter nodded awkwardly and said: "No, Xiao Zi is the one who takes care of me." She secretly looked at the bright and majestic Zhuge Lan. , I said to myself that the two sisters look very similar, but have completely different personalities. This Zhugelan is free and capable, and feels like an adult.

"By the way, sister, you were here first. Have you met Mr. Yuan?" Zhuge Zi asked.

"He is the one who asked me to come to see you." Zhuge Lan nodded: "Right now, his old man is with the girl from the Ling family. The two of them are mysterious. It seems that they have some special method to rescue the girl named... Luo Jun’s!”

"Is there someone from the Ling family too?" Sun Xiaowei asked in surprise.

"Only one came." Zhuge Lan nodded: "She is also from Ningdong College. She seems to be a classmate with Luo Jun, so she came to help."

"Luo Jun's classmate?" Sun Xiaowei blinked: "She's only a freshman, isn't she reliable?"

"Is it reliable?" Zhuge Lan smiled and shook his head: "Have you forgotten? Among the freshmen in Ningdong this year, there is only one girl from the Ling family."

Sun Xiaowei and Zhuge Zi thought about the rumors they had heard before, and their eyes widened: "Golden Blade Witch?!"

Zhuge Lan nodded: "I have experienced how powerful that woman is, but the teacher said that even during the omen mission, I never saw her so anxious... Who is this Luo Jun? Everyone is so caring. he?"

Sun Xiaowei and Zhuge Zi looked at each other and sighed.

"Sister, if you meet him, you will definitely feel that he is extraordinary." Zhuge Zi shook his head and said: "Although he is similar in age to me, he seems to be a veteran who has experienced life and death many times. Even in desperate situations, he can still remain calm and find the way to find the way. The key to breaking the situation... To be honest, let alone my peers, even among the elders, I rarely see people like him. "

"He is indeed very powerful!" Sun Xiaowei also nodded in agreement: "Leaving aside his strength, his calm temperament in the face of danger seems to have a magical power that makes people want to believe in him... Of course, compared with my idol Ye, he is still There is a certain gap.”

Zhuge Lan raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Listening to what you said, I want to meet this person more and more... I don't know how the discussion between Mr. Yuan and the girl from the Ling family is going. Is there any hope..."

Somewhere in the headquarters, Mr. Yuan looked at Ling Xin, his brows furrowed.

"Do you really plan to use that?" Mr. Yuan looked at Ling Xin: "This is the last relic left by Ling Jue to you brothers and sisters."

Ling Xin nodded: "That thing can be used three times in total. My brother and I made an appointment, once for each person, and there is one left... I want to use it here."

"If it is that thing, it is indeed very likely to succeed..." Mr. Yuan nodded: "But you can't take it out here... Come, follow me..."