Food System in Cultivation World-Chapter 493 - 454: Listening to the Winds of the Twelve-Layered Tower in Jade Capital
In the deepest darkness before dawn.
Chen Xu vaguely saw the outline of the lights on the walls of Jade Capital City.
He had traveled with the Yanling Ghost King all the way, but as they were about to enter the city, the Yanling Ghost King instead parted ways with him.
Upon parting, the Yanling Ghost King said:
"At this time, Jade Capital is too heavy with Yin Qi. After all, I am of ghostly form. Although we share the same purpose, Brother Chen, it is not advisable for us to enter the capital together on this occasion.
Otherwise, it might cause a disturbance in the Yin Qi, which would be unfavorable for Brother Chen.
Brother Chen, you may go first. I will follow shortly."
Thus, the man and the ghost briefly separated.
It is worth mentioning that before they parted, the Yanling Ghost King gave a small bottle to Chen Xu.
He did not directly say what was inside the bottle, only pressed it into Chen Xu’s hand and immediately disappeared.
But through his innate talent, Chen Xu instantly saw what was in the bottle: Ghost King’s Tears!
These were actually the Yanling Ghost King’s own Ghost King’s Tears.
It is unknown when this Ghost King shed tears again, and he actually collected them and handed them to Chen Xu.
Chen Xu was astonished, but by the time he wanted to thank him, the Yanling Ghost King’s figure had already vanished into the vast darkness.
Chen Xu stood about thirty li from Jade Capital and looked at the giant city from the sky.
Innate Qi flowed, surging into his eyes.
The next moment, Chen Xu truly understood why Hu Xi would describe Jade Capital as a graveyard!
And the Yanling Ghost King also described Jade Capital as akin to a purgatory in the mortal world.
At first, just relying on the naked eye to view Jade Capital from a distance, the outline of the giant city appeared magnificent.
The city walls, ten zhang high, were broad and imposing, with soldiers standing solemnly, and the lights looking like dragons.
Inside the city, houses crowded together, streets crisscrossed.
Districts faced districts, markets lined up with markets, neat and orderly roads.
Among them were many buildings that were extraordinarily splendid.
The most conspicuous were the Three Palaces and Four Towers.
The so-called Three Palaces, the first being the Heavenly Palace, which is the Imperial Palace.
The second is the Ziwei Academy, and the third is the Qingxu Daoist Palace!
And the Four Towers, the first being the Twelve-Layered Tower.
The second is the Calligraphy Tower, the third the Tower of Rare and Precious Treasures, and the fourth, the World’s Premier Golden Cave, Yulu Jin Feng Tower.
The world often tells stories.
Upon reaching Jade Capital’s Calligraphy Tower, there isn’t a book you can’t find inside the tower.
And upon entering the Tower of Rare and Precious Treasures, there’s no treasure you can’t find here, as long as you can afford the price, the treasures of the world are yours to buy and sell.
As for the Yulu Jin Feng Tower, inside are the strongest wines, the most beautiful people, the most enchanting songs and dances, the most delicious delicacies...
There’s even a saying among the populace: "Yulu Jin Feng Tower, it’s a fine place where once you enter, you never want to leave.
Let me tell you, even if the walls of Jade Capital City were breached, the songs and dances of Yulu Jin Feng Tower would never stop!"
Why is it said so?
Because indeed, a hundred years ago, the walls of Jade Capital City were breached.
It was even more significant than the uprising by King of Cangjiang.
It is said that a rebel king, titled Jing, advanced from the Northern Border all the way to Jade Capital, not only breaching its walls but even driving the emperor of that time out of the Imperial Palace!
However, just as the rebel king stormed into the Imperial Palace and sat on the throne, preparing to ascend and declare himself emperor on the spot, a sudden bolt of lightning descended.
Under the lightning, the rebel king instantly perished.
This dramatic and absurd ending put an end to the fervent rebellion.
From that time onward, the throne of every Great Li emperor became increasingly secure.
There is also a saying circulating in the world:
The emperor is mandated by heaven; human power cannot change this.
This is one major reason why the current Great Li emperor, though neglectful of state affairs, remains firmly seated on the throne.
Beneath the emperor’s feet, there is song and dance, opulence and splendor, decadence and grandeur.
This is Jade Capital.
At this moment, the Jade Capital that Chen Xu sees with his naked eyes indeed appears this way.
From afar, not only do the lights on the walls look like dragons, but within the vast city itself, in addition to parts of districts and markets already under curfew, many other places are also brightly lit.
The brilliant lights shimmer like stars, floating and weaving under the night sky, reflecting the deep sky at this moment.
For a moment, it is impossible to tell whether heaven is the mortal world, or the mortal world is heaven.
However, when the Innate Qi flowed through his eyes, and Chen Xu opened them again.
All these prosperous appearances dissolved like illusions, instantly vanishing before his eyes.
What did he see?
In fact, rather than what he saw, Chen Xu first heard countless strange sounds—
These sounds all came from the city not far away.
They were murmuring, chaotic, disordered, painful, and mad... the sounds of shouting.
Layered and overlapping, sometimes blurred, sometimes clear.
"I hate, I truly hate!"
"Don’t eat me, spare me... my blood isn’t sweet, his, her, their blood is sweet!"
"So cold, so cold... haha, I’m going to freeze to death, everyone’s going to freeze to death..."
"So hot, I’m so hot, so much fire... don’t burn me, don’t burn me ahh..."
"Get away, get away... all you monsters!"
"Hee hee... hoo hoo..."
Both weeping and laughing, seeming like human voices, yet also like ghostly words.
When Chen Xu heard "blood sweet," he felt the speed of his blood flow slightly increase as well.
When he heard "so cold," he felt the surrounding air become slightly colder.
And when he heard "so hot," the heat similarly swept through.
However, Chen Xu’s cultivation was now robust enough that these chaotic sounds coming from not far away, though affecting him slightly, could not truly harm him.
Chen Xu only needed to slightly circulate the Innate Qi to completely ward off all anomalies.
