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Chapter 546 Night Sky Purple Jade

When the sun set, Luo Jun and Ziye landed on a beach.

After removing the invisible state, Luo Jun looked around curiously: "Is this Yingzhou? Although I have been to many different worlds, this is my first time going abroad..."

As he spoke, he took out his cell phone to see where he was, but found that there was no signal at all.

That’s right, Aurora’s operator business has not yet been extended to Yingzhou…

Just then, there was a noise behind them. When they turned around, they saw several white soldiers in military uniforms and carrying weapons walking towards them. After noticing the two of them, they turned on their flashlights and shone them over.

"I remember that the natives here didn't look like this..." Ziye was a little surprised when he saw a few soldiers.

"This is a specialty of Yingzhou, the Federation soldiers." Luo Jun introduced: "Yingzhou has signed an agreement with the Federation. It has almost no army of its own, and its national defense mainly relies on the Federation's garrison."

"They even gave up their army?" Ziye was surprised: "What value does such a country have?"

Luo Jun shrugged his shoulders: "I have been wondering about this question for a long time..."

As they were talking, several soldiers had come closer. They looked at the two of them, and when they saw Ziye, their eyes lit up. They came up with a smirk on their faces and reached out to touch his face.

Seeing this scene, Luo Jun subconsciously took two steps back, and then saw Zi Ye's long hair swung, splitting into several strands like tentacles, piercing several soldiers like candied haws...

Sure enough, this woman is really cruel...

Luo Jun smacked his lips, moved forward, untied the soldiers' guns and equipment, and put them into the smart equipment bag.

Although they are all ordinary weapons, in this foreign country, it is better to prepare some weapons so that when fighting is really necessary, you don’t have to use the methods of cultivators...

"Where are we going next?" After packing up, Luo Jun looked at Ziye.

"If I remember correctly, it should be that direction." Ziye pointed to a mountain in the distance.

"Then let's go quickly." Luo Jun was also curious about what Zi Ye was looking for in Yingzhou. The two of them rushed towards the direction of the mountain. After a while, they saw roads and houses and entered a prosperous city.

The city looks quite large, but the mountain is right in front of us. Could it be that the mountain is standing in the middle of the city?
Luo Jun saw a map of the city on a display board on the side of the road and discovered that the entire city was in the shape of a huge ring, indeed enclosing a huge mountain.

Is there such a strange city? Generally speaking, even if a city is built in a mountain, it should be built on one side of the mountain, usually on the south side. I have never seen a city built in a circle around a mountain. And looking at the map, the shape of this mountain is very regular, and the area it occupies is almost a perfect circle, like a pointed hat on the ground. Although it looks high, the area it occupies is not that large...

Take a look at the description next to the map. Yingzhou characters were derived from Zhendan. Although they have evolved a lot after thousands of years, you can still make out a general idea through the Zhendan characters mixed in...

"Old...capital?" Luo Jun read out the name of the city.

He had heard of this city, which was one of the largest cities in Yingzhou. It was said to be the ancient capital of Yingzhou, and the city got its name from this. He had heard that there was a mountain in the old capital before, but he didn't expect it to be shaped like this.

The two walked through the city and came to the foot of the mountain, where they found that the entire mountain was surrounded by a wall and seemed to be a forbidden area.

However, a mere wall was no problem for the two of them. While no one was paying attention, Ziye and Luo Jun jumped lightly and climbed into the mountains.

"Ok?"

The moment he climbed over the wall, Luo Jun frowned, because he felt that he was swept by some slight wave!

It's a detection technique!
The entire mountain should be surrounded by some kind of detection technique. If someone enters, they will be sensed instantly!

This level of anti-theft measures would definitely not be necessary in ordinary places. This mountain is related to the practitioners of Yingzhou!
But since they were already in, they couldn't care less. The two of them rushed all the way to the top of the mountain. On the way, Luo Jun took out a fake human mask and changed his face.

Finally, as they approached the top of the mountain, the two discovered a shrine.

This is the place where the people of Yingzhou worship the gods. Of course, this refers to the gods that ordinary people believe in, not the true gods of ancient times. During the New Year, the locals will come to the shrine to worship and pray, which is a bit like a temple.

This shrine is very large, with a tall torii gate in front of the gate and a stone staircase extending all the way to the foot of the mountain. At the top of the stone staircase, a girl in a red and white shrine maiden costume stood there, as if she had been waiting for a long time.

"Really... My shrine is not closed to the public. You can just go through the main gate." The girl complained in fluent Yingzhou dialect.

When he came to a foreign country, Luo Jun brought a translation tool with him in advance, so he heard it clearly. He looked at Ziye beside him and found that she spoke first: "Sorry, it's been too long since I came here. I haven't been here for a long time. I can't recognize you. "

Ziye can speak Yingzhou dialect? Luo Jun was stunned, then realized that since she was a Chaos Monster, it was not strange for her to speak Yingzhou dialect. After all, a monster at the level of metamorphosis might have the ability to master language instantly.

"Too long?" The girl showed a puzzled look on her face. "Our Toba family has guarded this place for thousands of years. The layout of Toba Shrine and Jingyu Mountain has not changed much over the years. When did you come here last time?"

Ziye did not answer her question: "Is there a round piece of purple jade on this mountain?"

The girl was slightly startled when she heard this: "Are you here to visit the Night Sky Purple Jade? Sorry, the shrine is closed now. If you want to see it, come back tomorrow morning at nine o'clock."

"It seems that he is still..." Ziye breathed a sigh of relief. "I don't want to wait that long, can you be flexible?"

"I'm sorry, Reina hates working overtime..." The girl pretended to be shy, but in fact, she was already full of anger: "Especially when I'm forced to work overtime by others."

"Little sister, this sister has a bad temper. I advise you not to do anything stupid..." Luo Jun took a step back tactfully and kindly gave a reminder.

"It seems that Reina and this beautiful sister are very compatible..." The girl's eyes began to turn red: "Reina has a very bad temper, especially when she is asked to work overtime..."

Midnight sneered, his long hair fluttering behind him, and he was obviously planning to make a skewer of this bad-tempered witch like a federal soldier. Just when the conflict was about to break out, a talisman suddenly flew out from the shrine and landed between the two of them, forming a transparent barrier!
"Stop!" A loud shout was heard, and then a middle-aged man in his fifties rushed out of the shrine, stood behind the barrier, and blocked the girl.

"Father?" The girl was a little surprised and said, "Leave this kind of small matter to me. Why are you coming out?"

The middle-aged man frowned, stared at Ziye opposite him, and said slowly: "Just now, the Night Sky Purple Jade glowed again!"

"What?" The girl was shocked when she heard this: "Hasn't the Night Sky Purple Jade glowed for hundreds of years? How come it glowed twice in such a short time?"

"I don't know..." The middle-aged man shook his head. "After the flash half an hour ago, there was no movement. Who knew it would suddenly start to glow again this time? And the state is exactly the same as recorded in the ancient family books. That's why I came out to see what happened?"

As he was speaking, the middle-aged man's phone rang. After he answered it, he frowned and said, "I see..."

After hanging up the phone, he looked at the girl: "The light stopped again."

"What's going on?" The girl was also confused.

"I know why it glows." Ziye had let down his hair and smiled, "Now, can you take me in for a tour?"

The middle-aged man looked at Ziye doubtfully, thought about it, and finally removed the barrier: "Please follow me."

Ziye and Luo Jun followed the father and daughter into the shrine.

"You two don't seem to be from Yingzhou?" asked the middle-aged man.

"How did you know that?" Luo Jun asked curiously.

"Yingzhou is not big. I know almost all the local practitioners, but I have never heard of two masters like you."

"Indeed, we are from Zhendan and this is our first time in Yingzhou." Luo Jun replied.

"Then how did you come up with the idea of ​​sneaking in to see the Night Sky Purple Jade?" the girl at the side asked curiously.

"You'll have to ask her about this." Luo Jun looked at Ziye standing beside him and winked at her, telling her not to say anything too shocking.

Ziye understood what he meant and replied, "My ancestors passed down an ancient book that contains relevant records. This time when I came to Yingzhou, I wanted to take a look."

"Ancient book?" The man's eyes lit up when he heard it. "What era is it from?"

"It only records this mountain." Ziye said, "There is no record of the shrine, so I thought it was a barren mountain that anyone could enter."

"Who said this is a barren mountain!" The girl pouted, "This is the private property of our Toba family. Our ancestors have lived here for generations!"

"Reina!" the middle-aged man scolded, and then introduced himself to Ziye: "Excuse me, my name is Toba Motosuke, the heir of Toba Shrine and the current head of the Toba family. This is my second daughter, Toba Reina. She works part-time as a shrine maiden at the shrine after school. I spoiled her and she has a bad temper. Please excuse me, both of you."

"It's okay. Anyone who gets barged into their home for no reason would be unhappy!" Luo Jun looked at Toba Motosuke: "You Yingzhou people should know this best, right?"

Toba Motosuke laughed dryly twice, and Luo Jun continued to ask: "By the way, how did that purple jade fall into your hands, and how did you build a shrine here?"

"It's the Night Sky Purple Jade!" Toba Reina corrected. Toba Motosuke beside her explained, "You two have heard of it, right? This old capital was once the capital of Yingzhou in ancient times. The reason why the royal family chose to build the capital here was because they found this precious jade on this Pure Jade Mountain."

"Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, an unprecedented disaster occurred in Yingzhou. The terrible earthquake shook the entire main island, and endless tsunamis submerged large tracts of land. Countless people were killed and injured, and the country was on the verge of collapse."

"Just when everyone thought that Yingzhou Island would sink into the sea, a purple light shot up into the sky, and then all the disasters stopped."

"Everyone believed that it was the purple light that saved Yingzhou, so the emperor at that time led people to the place where the light appeared, which was the Jingyu Mountain, to search for it. Finally, a piece of purple jade was found in a crack on the top of the mountain. Because the purple light was emitted at night and illuminated the entire night sky, and the jade itself was crystal clear without a trace of impurities, the emperor named this jade the Night Sky Purple Jingyu Jade, built a shrine on the mountain to worship it, and built a capital around Jingyu Mountain, which is the predecessor of this old capital. And my ancestors were ordered by the emperor at that time to take care of this jade for generations."

"So there is such a history..." Luo Jun touched his chin, and Toba Motosuke shook his head and said, "Rather than history, it's more like a myth, because the story is too bizarre."

"After that, according to the records in the ancient books handed down in our family, the Night Sky Purple Jade never glowed again until one day six hundred years ago, when the jade glowed again. However, it was no longer the purple light that penetrated the sky and the earth, but flickered regularly. The flickering lasted for less than half an hour before stopping. My ancestors studied the Night Sky Purple Jade for a long time, but could not find the reason for the glow. Since then, the jade has been silent... until today!"

Toba Motosuke looked at Ziye and said, "Today, the Night Sky Purple Jade flashed twice, exactly the same as the one recorded in the book six hundred years ago. Young lady, you happened to be looking for the jade according to the records in the ancient books at home, so I wonder if there is any connection between them?"

"If there is any connection, I have to see the jade first." Ziye said lightly.

As they were talking, they had already crossed the courtyard and arrived at the main hall of the shrine. In the center, enshrined on the shrine, was a piece of purple transparent gem. The jade was about the size of a plate, round in shape, about two fingers thick, with a small hole the size of a bottle cap in the middle, and looked a bit like an ancient Chinese jade disk.

"Such a precious treasure is displayed in the open, aren't you afraid of it being stolen?" Luo Jun was a little surprised:
"This is not true." Ziye saw it at a glance.

Toba Motosuke nodded and said, "Yes, the real thing cannot be placed in such a conspicuous place. Please follow me."

The few of them walked around the main hall and came to the back. Toba Motosuke opened a secret door and led the two in.

Behind the door is a secret room. The surrounding walls are made of inert materials. In the middle is a piece of Night Sky Purple Jade that is exactly the same as the one outside.

"This is the real thing." Toba Motosuke introduced, "This is a secret room built by the family specifically for treasures. It is monitored 24 hours a day and will sound the alarm if there is any disturbance. Thanks to the alarm system, we can observe the wonder of the glowing Night Sky Purple Jade."

"A wonder?" Ziye raised a hand towards the purple jade in the night sky. The jade suddenly began to glow and shine, illuminating the entire secret room!
"Is this what you mean?"

(End of this chapter)