Screaming Cycle (Infinite Flow)

Naturally, a group of piecemeal hooligans were not the combined enemy of Mo Tiangen and Ma Ke, they were severely punished, and ran away crying.

It's just that, beyond everyone's expectations, there are more than one group of people who are provoking beyond their limits.

After that, several gangs of mobs came to the door one after another, all for the "Key of Vientiane", disturbing them so much that they couldn't even have dinner safely.

The most irritating thing is that there is actually a thief who tried to break into the house by breaking the door and climbing the window in the middle of the night. When the man entered the room of Fan Hemian and Su Rong, he was caught by two girls. He carried it out the door and threw it through the window in the corridor on the second floor.

In the early morning of the next day, when the sun had just risen from the horizon, Ji Thrush and the others heard the sound of the two shopkeepers of the inn knocking pots in the corridor to urge them to get up.

The crowd tidied themselves neatly, gathered in the lobby, and then, led and surrounded by the crowd, spent a whole hour passing through the complicated and cramped streets of the lower city like spider webs, and arrived at the city gate leading to the upper city.

The opening time is eight o'clock in the morning.

When Ji Thrush and his party arrived at the city gate, most of the team was already waiting there.

While waiting for the door to open, each team occupied a corner and looked at each other with vigilant and guarded eyes.

Obviously, everyone here knows that not everyone has the opportunity to meet "Vatican". From the moment they enter the upper city, they are competitors.

Looking at the teams with distinct camps in front of the city gate, Ji Thrush felt as if he had entered Universal Studios Hollywood, and felt a sense of space-time confusion for a moment.

He saw a total of three teams in ancient costumes, who seemed to come from the world of martial arts or cultivation. Everyone had long hair in a bun, swords on their waists, and a pair of wide robes and sleeves, with a fairy-like appearance.

Among them, the most conspicuous team, twelve members are all young women, all of whom are eighteen years old in appearance, delicate and pretty, dressed in goose yellow, water blue or lavender skirts, just like the legendary Queen Mother's knees. girl.

There were also two groups in European-style robes.

It's just that although they have the same robes, their painting styles are completely different, making it easy to distinguish their schools and camps.

One group wore long cloak-style coats, and more than half of them wore large pointed and wide-brimmed hats on their heads, brooms in their hands, and wands in their waists. They looked like a group of wizards.

The robes of the other group are either black or gray, each with a hood covering their heads, and there is a mottled scorching mark on the sleeve of the leading old man with a white beard, which should have been scorched out by the fire, very similar to " A mage or an alchemist in Merlin.

Next to the mages is a group of big men wearing European-style armor and holding swords and shields. They are the team that is most inconsistent with the style of the entire city.

Among the remaining three groups of people, one team is all monks wearing monk robes and twisting Buddhist beads in their hands; the other two teams seem to have come from a time and space with more advanced technology. The utensils are better, and Ji Xiaoniao is not sure of their materials and uses.

Compared with the other nine teams of participants, Ji Thrush and his team, who were dressed in casual clothes and were almost empty-handed, instantly disappeared from the crowd and became non-existent.

Just as Ji thrush was thinking about this, it was eight o'clock.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!"

Following eight loud and dull bells, the only steel gate connecting the upper city and the lower city slowly opened.

Amidst the tsunami-like applause and cheers of the crowd, a group of puppet soldiers in armor lined up on both sides of the city gate, followed by a monk and a Confucian scholar, and stood in front of the gate.

"I invite the contestants of this year's Brahma Flower Fair to enter Youdingtian City!"

The white-browed old man standing among the three said loudly.

It was obvious that he was just speaking normally, and he didn't appear to be hysterical at all, and his voice was still loud, and everyone present could hear it clearly.

"it is good!"

"Master Zhang is really amazing!"

Baimei Lao Daolu's hand immediately calmed down the audience, applauding one after another, and many participating teams also put away their arrogance, and their expressions suddenly became solemn.

Then, a group of people moved first.

Those were twelve monks with swords in blue clothes. They formed a neat cone and walked towards the open steel gate.

When they got to the door, the leading young man in blue took out a brass key and handed it to the old Taoist with white eyebrows.

The old man took the key with a smile, inserted and twisted it into a groove on the door panel behind him, made an "open the door" action out of thin air, and there was an extra nameplate in his hand.

Then the Taoist turned around, handed the nameplate in his hand to the blue-clothed cultivator, and gave a salute to the group of people, while at the same time moving aside, indicating that they could pass.

The leading young man put the nameplate in his arms, and the tense shoulders relaxed. He led a group of disciples behind him to return the salute, passed through the mountain gate, and entered the upper city.

With the starter, the following team naturally followed suit, handed over the keys one by one, and passed through the city gate.

Ji Thrush and the others are the eighth team to enter the Roofed Sky City.

As the leader of the team, Binglu received the nameplate belonging to their team from Taoist Baimei.

The nameplate was about three inches long and two inches wide. It was pure black, and its texture was like gold but not gold, wood but not wood. There was only a big gilded character on it: "Ba".

As soon as they entered the city gate, everyone saw a long, at least a thousand steps.

There are no railings on both sides of the steps, and the blue sky and flowing clouds can be seen as far as the eye can see, just like being in the clouds. If you are replaced by a person with a fear of heights, you will have to be scared on the spot.

However, after all, Ji Thrush and the others have mixed up with the participants of S-level difficulty, such a ladder to the sky is of course not a problem.

Everyone lifted their feet up the steps and walked up step by step.

The team that entered the door ahead of Ji Thrush and the others was a team full of Luo Qun nymphs, who were impatient to walk up the stairs. At this moment, they had already sacrificed their magic weapons, flying tens of meters away like a group of butterflies.

While climbing the stairs, Ji Thrush paid attention to the surrounding situation.

At this time, although there were no spectators around them, there were many cameras the size of ping pong balls flying around everyone, and a man's voice could be heard in the air, saying quickly in an excited tone:

"...The next team of contestants did not choose any flying tools, but used their legs to walk steadily through our long steps of glory..."

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When Ji Thrush and the others climbed to the end of the stairs, what they saw was the "Yuanchen Palace" they had seen in the trailer of "Peach Blossom Spring".

The walls of the entire Taoist temple are almost made of translucent colored glaze, which gradually changes from dark orange to light apricot, shining brightly under the dazzling sunlight, as bright as a creation in a fairyland. Awe.

Ji Thrush and the others started from the eighth group, but they arrived almost at the end.

When they were led into Yuanchen Palace by a group of Taoist boys, the first few teams who flew up had long been impatient, and looked at these "mortals" even more contemptuously.

"Since everyone is here..."

The white-browed old man who had received them outside the mountain gate at the beginning reappeared, stroked his long beard, and said with a smile:

"Then, next, it's up to Pindao to tell the benefactors, friends and masters about the next trial."

When the Taoist said this, the little "ping-pong ball" who had been following them before became even more excited, and flew around them a dozen times like a group of bees who had discovered a rapeseed bush. The background sound came, and the excited male voice seemed to be doing live commentary:

"... Now, ten participating teams are gathering in Yuanchen Palace, and they are about to meet the first challenge!... Oh, no, no, please believe me, I am as curious as everyone who watched the live broadcast! What are they going to do? Let us wait and see what we are facing!"

Under the focus of countless live broadcast cameras, the Taoist priest shook his folded hands and conjured a golden silk whisk out of thin air.

Then he held the whisk in his hand, turned around and drew a circle in the void.

Immediately afterwards, the circle that should not have existed unexpectedly lit up with a circle of golden light, and a "door" that could allow one person to pass appeared out of thin air.

"Behind this 'door' is a secret realm named 'Wushuang'."

The white-browed old man explained to everyone in a calm voice, "You need to find the exit in 'Wu Shuang'. Every exit leads to the same space, and that is where your real trials are."

He paused, then continued:

"However, you need to pay attention to three points."

He raised his hand and stretched out the first finger:

"First, there are only five exits in 'Wu Shuang', and each exit can only allow one team to leave. When someone uses that exit, it will be closed immediately and cannot be opened again. Whenever a team leaves , there will be fireworks flying into the sky, as a sign."

Hearing this, everyone's expression froze.

In other words, only five out of ten teams can find their way out.

From this point of view, the Vatican Flower Festival is really ruthless. Even the first level has not officially started, and half of the contestants will be eliminated immediately!

The old man raised his second finger:

"Second, there are many patrolling iron golems in 'Wu Shuang', they will attack and expel everyone who comes into sight indiscriminately, please remember to be more careful."

Ji Thrush thought to himself, the so-called "iron puppet" should be the armored soldier he saw in front of the mountain gate just now.

The white-browed Taoist pointed to the gate of the void behind him with his whisk:

"Third, the time you can stay in 'Wu Shuang' is from the time you enter this 'door' until tomorrow's sunset. Once this time limit is exceeded, no matter whether you can find the exit or not, you will be forcibly sent back here. It means your challenge is over."

Many contestants frowned upon hearing this.

Including the performers like Ji Thrush and the others, there are many capable people and strangers among these people who often go to various "worlds" to experience.

The more experienced one is, the clearer it is that it is really not an easy task to find a few exits in a secret place whose size is unknown and whose environment is unknown.

"Also, I need to remind you."

After talking about the rules, the old Taoist added:

"Casualties are unavoidable in previous Vatican Flower Festivals. Fighting is not taboo in 'Wu Shuang'. You have to be responsible for your life and death, and don't blame others. In addition, although someone in the team dies, you will be disqualified from the competition, but if the damage is too large, it is very likely It will affect the subsequent trials, so we must pay more attention to this."

After finishing speaking, he stroked his snow-white long beard again, and Langsheng laughed a few times.

"Finally, I would like to send you a message, take it as a reminder to find the exit!

The old Taoist raised his right hand, and the whisk flew into the air. He didn't need anyone to control him, and he wrote like a dragon and snake, and soon he wrote a line of bold, silver hook and iron painting:

"Who would want to live in a lonely mountain? A Taoist has a way and a mountain is not alone!"

The author has something to say:

That poem belongs to Mr. Su Shi, thank you for your suggestion!

In addition, the word "Yuanchen Palace" also has an allusion~

According to Taoist (?) legend, everyone has a house in the spiritual world before reincarnation, and this house is called Yuanchen Palace.

If there is an opportunity (through means such as walking in the dark) to investigate someone's Yuanchen Palace, you will be able to predict the person's fate, for example, by looking at the number of meters in the rice tank in the house, you can know how many food towns he has in his life. , very interesting!