Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 861 - 858: State Mansion
The grand city before me, its shape unlike any dynasty’s style, yet within it you can find the style of any dynasty.
It’s like a grand blend, incorporating the architectural styles of various dynasties.
Yet it doesn’t appear jarring, instead possessing a unique charm.
Rough columns and delicate roof eaves are united seamlessly.
Buildings filled with a wild style and ornate structures stand side by side.
...
The entire city, its overall style is not uniform, but its lack of uniformity has a beauty of its own, as if the whole nation completed a grand fusion here.
These buildings seem to have a peculiar force protecting them, undisturbed by time, unspoiled by Mud Worms, naturally untouched by Fire Dragon Rolls.
When Shen Siyuan stepped into this city, he felt an invisible force extending from beneath his feet, spreading in all directions, giving him a feeling of controlling everything.
He felt like he was the master of this place, here was his home.
This was not his illusion, for it was indeed his home, the State Mansion he controlled.
Because above the city gate were the three characters [Qiongzhou Prefecture].
These three characters don’t belong to regular, cursive, clerical, seal scripts, nor Taoist Cloud Seal, Buddhist Sanskrit, but rather a type of writing never seen before.
Shen Siyuan didn’t recognize them, but when he looked at these three characters, their meaning became clear, and he understood instantly.
He speculated in his heart that this could be the legendary Ghost Text or Netherworld Text.
The most core mark of any civilization’s development is its writing.
Perhaps the Netherworld itself is a unique civilization.
Thinking about it, it’s not surprising. The Netherworld and the Mortal World are two sides of the same coin, yin and yang coexist, turning endlessly.
Humans can establish countless brilliant civilizations in the Mortal World.
So building a vast civilization in the Netherworld seems reasonable.
Thus possibly calling ghosts Ghost Clan or Netherworld Clan seems justified.
However, unfortunately, the entire city is silent, without any vitality, well, this is the Netherworld, so lifelessness is expected.
Because there are no people, no ghosts, no living creatures, not even the sound of the wind exists.
Thus the whole world seems to have frozen, forming an invisible loneliness, encircling from all directions.
It brings a sense of unprecedented solitude.
But Shen Siyuan did not care about these things because he was the master of this city, he controlled everything within it.
When he stepped into this city, it seemed to come alive instantly despite being long dead.
His steady footsteps echoed in the silent city, like the toll of a bell at dawn and dusk; all things began to awaken, an invisible force spread outward, as if welcoming the master’s return...
Shen Siyuan carefully looked around and discovered that the surrounding buildings were neatly arranged, with no signs of hurried departure, not a bit of disorder, instead giving off a sense of leisurely leaving home.
Shen Siyuan occasionally stopped to frown, sometimes expressed amazement, walking straight towards the central position of the city.
Because in the city center, there was a huge building, the core of the city, governing the whole of Qiongzhou Prefecture, the State Governor’s seat.
In his hand was the [State Governor Divine Seal] that originally emerged from this seat.
The seat had a rough style, somewhat like the Qin Family’s style, but upon closer inspection it seemed to incorporate local Qiongzhou features, with vivid color contrasts, vaguely hinting at ancient southern Fujian dwellings.
And ancient dwellings were originally a style imitating the "Imperial Palace," so their color contrasts were boldly done, heavily incorporating ethnic characteristics.
As Shen Siyuan entered the seat, the first thing he saw was not the grandeur of the building, but the imposing wide steps, layer by layer ascending as if winding to the clouds.
This feature was very much in the Qin Family style.
Shen Siyuan ascended the steps, and when he reached the final step, turned back to look, seeing the whole city at a glance.
The rows of buildings underfoot gave him a momentary feeling of the world at his fingertips, no wonder everyone craves power.
This feeling of controlling everything is indeed intoxicating.
However, Shen Siyuan did not linger for long and quickly turned around to walk towards the seat behind him, crossing the tall threshold, entering the seat...
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"Do you know where Potato went?" Dou Dou asked Tang Tang, who was lying on the ground before her.
"Oh~"
Tang Tang put down the puzzle she was working on and added another piece, grinning foolishly, drool dripping from the corner of her mouth, which she quickly wiped away with her sleeve.
"han~"
"He has something important to do, why didn’t he take me with him?" Dou Dou was very curious.
"I am really capable, Potato wants to ’appoint’ me as the Great General..."
...
"Hey, I’m talking to you, can you hear me?"
Dou Dou saw Tang Tang was either saying "Oh" or "han," and couldn’t help getting angry.
She directly took hold of Tang Tang’s little face and tugged on her neck to make her look up at her.
Tang Tang looked up at her, bewildered, not knowing what she wanted.
"Little dummy."
Dou Dou realized Tang Tang couldn’t hear her talking, so she quickly muttered quietly.
"Little dummy." Tang Tang mimicked her and said it.
Then her eyes suddenly widened, seeming to realize something.
While Dou Dou’s eyes widened even more, looking utterly bewildered, wasn’t Tang Tang supposed to be deaf?
Of course, Tang Tang couldn’t hear, but her visual perception was unique, so she could capture the fluctuation produced by sound, and as long as she repeated it using the same fluctuation, she could "hear" it.
So in a way, Tang Tang could actually hear people talking, but usually, she was too lazy to do it this way.
Often, not listening led to fewer troubles, doing as she pleases, she was quite clever.
"Hehe, I didn’t mean it."
Seeing Tang Tang get up from the ground and sit upright, Dou Dou quickly gave a friendly smile.
Tang Tang: (｡◕ˇεˇ◕｡)
"I say I’m the little dummy, do you believe it?" Dou Dou hurriedly said upon seeing Tang Tang genuinely angry.
But Tang Tang remained unmoved, continuing to stare at her.
"Can’t you hear again?" Dou Dou tentatively asked.
Tang Tang still did not respond.
"Little dummy?" Dou Dou quietly probed.
"Little dummy." Tang Tang repeated, then suddenly pounced on her.
"Yi ya, yi ya..."
Tang Tang hugged Dou Dou’s waist, opened her mouth wide aiming to bite Dou Dou.
But before she could bite, drool had dripped onto Dou Dou’s face.
Dou Dou: (⊙﹏⊙)
"Aiya, that’s dirty, hurry up and get off me." Dou Dou pushed Tang Tang, but it seemed ineffective, the two rolled on the ground together. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
Dou Dou was too light, nearly weightless, to Tang Tang she was like an air mattress, the soft kind.
"han~"
Tang Tang clung to her tightly, little short legs trying to apply a cross lock, but alas her legs were too short, she herself too chubby, unable to lock in place...
So like two little chubby hamsters wrestling, rolling non-stop on the ground, yet neither could harm the other.
"han~"
PS: And more~
