God of Pets

Chapter 964 Sky Garden
“Longyue, he has nothing to do with me, it’s no use for you to capture him,” said the snake lady.

“How could it be useless? Didn’t you come?” Longyue said with narrowed eyes, but in her heart she was thinking, “It would be strange if it were unrelated. If it were unrelated, would you, Mixiang, come to Sky City for someone who is not related to you? This guy cannot be let go no matter what.”

Mi Xiang pushed up her glasses and said, "You just want me to go with you to explore Sky City, right? I'll go with you, there's no need to drag anyone else into it."

“How could it be an implicator? He’s just an ordinary spirit; Sky City won’t make things difficult for him.” Longyue refused to let Chen Guan go no matter what.

“If you want the Virgin Clan to break away from Sky City, you need to fight your way up to the Sky Garden. Since I’ve agreed to go with you, I won’t go back on my word. Bringing him along would only be a burden.” Mi Xiang wanted to persuade her further.

"There's nothing complicated about it. I left Sky City according to the rules, not to be an enemy of Sky City. All I need to do is pass the checkpoints and reach the Sky Garden. He just needs to watch from the sidelines..."

After listening to the two talk for a while, Chen Guan finally roughly figured out what was going on.

Longyue is the queen of the Virgin Clan. She wants to lead the Virgin Clan away from Sky City and welcome back the Virgin Clan residents who live in Sky City.

Sky City has a rule: to leave Sky City, one must climb the Sky Walkway to the Sky Garden. Once you obtain a token from the Sky Garden, you can leave Sky City.

This aerial walkway is guarded by secret spirits selected by various races. There are three checkpoints in total, and the secret spirits guarding each checkpoint are all unparalleled beings.

Longyue wasn't entirely confident she could break into the Hanging Gardens, so she had to ask Mixiang for help.

According to Longyue, Mixiang is experienced, and with Mixiang's help, the Virgin Clan can successfully leave Sky City.

Upon hearing this, Chen Guan had already confirmed Mi Xiang's true identity.

The latter half of that Ophiuchus Chronicle does indeed record the Ophiuchus inhabitants' withdrawal from Sky City.

However, there is no record of how exactly they withdrew; it is only said that the Holy King of the Ophiuchus Clan welcomed back the Ophiuchus Clan residents of Sky City.

Longyue said that Mixiang has experience, so Mixiang must be the previous generation's Serpent King.

Chen Guan also realized a problem from this information.

Sky City is probably not as wonderful as ordinary Sky Spirits imagine. The various races of Spirits who have settled in Sky City do not seem to be so free.

No matter how Chen Guan listened, he felt that the various mysterious spirits of the Sky City were more like hostages being held captive.

If Sky City were really that great, people would be scrambling to get in, so why would they want to leave?
Listening to Mi Xiang and Long Yue's conversation, Chen Guan realized that even if he went with them, he shouldn't be in too much danger. Instead, he took the opportunity to follow them into Sky City and see what kind of place it was.

Such an opportunity was extremely rare, and Chen Guan naturally wouldn't let it slip by.

Seeing that Longyue refused to let Chen Guan leave, Mi Xiang could only say to Chen Guan, "Stay by my side and do not move around at will. I will take you to a safe place. You just need to watch from the side and do not wander around at will."

"Who exactly are you?" Chen Guan asked, feigning ignorance.

"Mi Xiang, you're something else! Your little lover still doesn't know your true identity?" Long Yue said with a smile.

"My name is Mi Xiang." Mi Xiang didn't explain further, her gaze fixed on the Sky City in the void and darkness.

"Let's go." Longyue snapped her fingers, and a huge sailboat appeared out of thin air, sailing directly to the three of them.

As the sailboat headed toward the Sky City in the darkness, Chen Guan suddenly had a strange feeling. He clearly felt that the ship was not moving, but the celestial bodies in the void were all rapidly retreating.

The void of darkness drew ever closer into his vision, and the magnificent ancient city grew ever larger in his eyes.

As the spaceship entered the absolute darkness of the void, a cold voice rang directly in their minds.

"Identity verification in progress...Identity verification successful...Access granted..." Chen Guan knew that this was not a voice at all, but a direct transmission of consciousness, which was more advanced than sound or language.

"Please confirm your destination..." the voice sounded again.

“The Hanging Gardens,” Longyue said calmly.

"The Sky Garden is a restricted area of ​​Sky City. Only those who violate the Sky Treaty are allowed to enter. Once you enter Sky City, you will be stripped of your resident status and all privileges will be revoked. Do you wish to continue to the Sky Garden?"

"Yes," Longyue answered without hesitation.

"Set sail... Hanging Gardens..." As the voice gradually faded away, the void of darkness stirred.

That's right, it's the dark area that's moving, not the big ship.

As if watching a revolving lantern, the ancient city drew ever closer to the large ship, growing ever clearer and larger in Chen Guan's eyes.

What Chen Guan initially saw was a city, but as he got closer, he realized that the city he was seeing was actually made up of individual cities.

Simply put, every brick and tile of that city represents an ancient city.

As they drew closer, the ancient city became unimaginably vast; gradually, even the single brick of the city appeared incredibly majestic.

Even more terrifying is that those brick-built cities, when viewed up close, are actually constructed from individual brick cities.

It's like looking through a microscope; there are bricks in the city, a city in the bricks, and another city within the bricks, seemingly endlessly repeating.

Chen Guan couldn't imagine just how enormous this ancient city was; even a whole star cluster probably wouldn't be as big as this ancient city.

The ship remained stationary, but the city moved. As the majestic city shifted, the spaceship entered the airspace above it, heading towards the highest point within the city.

The highest point of Sky City is a building shaped like an exquisite pagoda. Each brick and tile of that pagoda represents a different city, piled together and extending into the dark void.

At the top of that pagoda, there was a light as bright as the moon.

From afar, it appears as a sacred garden, like the legendary Pure Land of Bliss, radiating a holy light that purifies the soul, and also home to all sorts of incredible and exotic flowers and plants.

When the ever-changing world stopped spinning, the spaceship had already landed in front of the sky garden at the top of the pagoda.

A winding wooden boardwalk runs in front of the sailboat, resembling a dock.

On that dock stood a figure, like a lonely lighthouse guiding sailboats into the harbor.

When Chen Guan saw the person's appearance clearly, he was shocked. The person standing on the plank road was actually a human being, and one that Chen Guan knew well.

"King Ji!" Chen Guan was incredulous, but dared not show it, and simply looked at the man calmly.

There's no mistake, that's Ji Tianwang. There may be many stronger people in the world than Ji Tianwang, but there is no one like Ji Tianwang in terms of temperament.

That kind of yin-yang harmony is something that humans, creatures that are born with male and female distinctions, cannot possess.

"To get ashore, you must first get past me." Ji Tianwang, dressed in plain clothes, showed no particular expression and didn't even glance at Chen Guan. He simply spoke to Long Yue indifferently.

(End of this chapter)