Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 1020 - 280: Arrival at the Shangwu Dynasty Imperial City!
Impossible, it shouldn’t be! Why would the National Master have any relation to the San Qing Supreme Demon?
This is nothing like the National Master I imagined!
After all, the National Master I envisaged was a pure human being, one who would clearly demarcate himself from demons and ghosts.
But from what Daoist Fan Wu said, it seems like the National Master has been mixing with demons and devils.
This, this, this...
Bai Sheng felt his entire worldview shattering. Subconsciously, he thought he shouldn’t believe what Daoist Fan Wu had said, considering even if this Daoist Fan Wu was powerful, he was still an outsider from the Great Zhou Dynasty.
He was ultimately an outsider from the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Why should he, a person of the Shangwu Dynasty, listen to an outsider from the Great Zhou Dynasty on these matters?
What if the other party was lying? What if he was intentionally slandering their National Master of the Shangwu Dynasty? What if he had been deceived? What if he was under an illusion and mistook a false image for the truth?
Yet, as these thoughts and ideas flashed through Bai Sheng’s mind, he couldn’t help but recall Fan Wu’s awe-inspiring demeanor.
Would such a Daoist Fan Wu really lie on this matter? Would he deliberately slander their National Master? Could he have been deceived? Could he have been affected by an illusion technique?
It seemed completely impossible!
So, doesn’t that mean there’s a very high likelihood that the National Master of the Shangwu Dynasty really isn’t what he seems?
He might very well have been hiding his true face all along.
The reason for hiding his true face could be that he is brewing some tremendous conspiracy.
As these thoughts and ideas flashed through his mind, Bai Sheng even startled himself.
Why would I think such things?
But what if the thoughts in his heart were true? That would be terrifying!
While Bai Sheng was deep in contemplation, his train of thought was interrupted by Yan Dahu’s loud voice, "Damn it! It won’t be long before we reach the Imperial City of the Shangwu Dynasty. Once we are there and meet that damned National Master, we’ll know his true face!"
Yes, indeed!
Bai Sheng suddenly had an epiphany: to know the true face of the National Master, all he needed to do was return to the Imperial City and meet him, wouldn’t that reveal the truth?
He himself might be too weak to see through the National Master, but isn’t Daoist Fan Wu right by his side?
With Daoist Fan Wu’s strength, he could definitely discern the truth, right?
If there is something wrong with the National Master, Daoist Fan Wu will surely force him to reveal his true form. If there is nothing wrong with the National Master, then even if Daoist Fan Wu tried, he would not be able to make the National Master reveal any so-called true form.
Although he knew that this was just a way to comfort himself, at least it made his chaotic thoughts a bit more orderly.
After that small interlude, Fan Wu and the others did not stay in Guardian City for much longer.
They continued to regroup there for one more night.
The next day, they set out.
Guardian City earned its name naturally because it was not far from the Imperial City of the Shangwu Dynasty. Along the way, Fan Wu and his companions only passed through two county cities before reaching the Imperial City of the Shangwu Dynasty.
Yes...
The Imperial City of the Shangwu Dynasty, the one they had longed for, had finally arrived!
From the time Fan Wu and the others disembarked from the dock, they had been on the road for over a month. During this month, they hardly ever stopped to rest, and even when they did, it was at most for half a day, or a full day, before continuing on their journey.
Given that it took so long to travel under such circumstances, one can imagine just how vast the Shangwu Dynasty really was.
"Is this... is this really a city wall? Is it not a mountain?" Yun Jiuqing’s eyes were as wide as copper bells when she saw the towering wall of the Imperial City that loomed like a mountain: "It must be at least a hundred zhang tall, right? Or maybe even over two hundred zhang tall? Or even three hundred zhang?"
One zhang is three meters, so a hundred zhang is three hundred meters, over two hundred zhang would be six or seven hundred meters, and nearly three hundred zhang is close to a thousand meters! Such was the Imperial City wall of the Shangwu Dynasty, a colossal wall that truly resembled a mountain appearing before everyone.
Even more outrageous was the fact that there were many escalators and pavilions on the wall, and people could even follow these escalators to the middle of the wall, then sit in the pavilions to rest and chat.
This was way too outrageous. Wouldn’t these escalators be taken advantage of by the enemy? What if during a siege, enemies climbed to the top of the wall using these escalators?
However... such a naive thought had barely surfaced in their minds before being dismissed. Would there really be enemies with such foolish brains trying to climb such a tall wall?
With the time it would take, it would be better spent on finding ways to break through the city gates; by then, the gates would probably have been breached countless times!
"It feels like climbing the wall is like going on a picnic," Lin Jiuqing even saw some vendors setting up stalls on top of the wall, which was so magical that she even wondered if those vendors were actually murals on the wall.
"Why would the Shangwu Dynasty build such a massive wall? Such a huge wall must be designed to block demons and devils, right?" Yun Jiuqing could only let out a sigh, feeling like a country bumpkin; anyway, she thought of herself as one.
In Yun Jiuqing’s memory, even the city walls of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not so preposterously tall. This wall was several times higher than the walls of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s cities.
In fact, it could even be ten times taller.
"The original purpose of building such a wall by the Shangwu Dynasty was indeed to defend against demons and devils. However, after the wall was completed, hardly any demons and devils attacked the Imperial City of the Shangwu Dynasty, so the wall seems a bit superfluous," explained Bai Sheng, who had already adjusted his mindset to Yun Jiuqing: "This wall... can also be considered a major feature of the Imperial City, where not only do vendors exist, but there are also taverns, and some people have settled down there, directly building houses on it."
"It is said that the number of people living on the city wall amounts to tens of thousands. Although this number is not large compared to the entire Imperial City, it is still a peculiar sight."
"Fortune to the Immeasurable Heavenly Honored, this is not just strange; it’s unprecedented, unseen, not even recorded in books," the one who uttered this line, of course, was Xing Fengzi.
Even Xing Fengzi was shocked by the scenes before him.
He could not help but remark, "Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why the Shangwu Dynasty is so formidable, their vast land and abundant resources!"
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