Surrounded by clouds and mist, the midnight mystery outside the world,
I don’t know where to go deep into the bluestone ancient steps, the artistic conception is ethereal, and people who step on it can’t help but wonder if they can get to the top if they go all the way...
only visitor in recent decades,
The black-haired young man walking behind on the stone steps of the mountain road was bewildered.
Hearing Li Ze say in a strange way, "Midnight doesn't have this kind of trial", Fangran shouted in his heart as if he had been struck by lightning.
"Ah, there is no trial!? No... Isn't there no trial to observe the heart and character of outsiders to see if he is qualified!? Yes, according to the routine, there should be such a trial?"
"A place like Ziye, like the hidden world sect, at least there will be rules for testing strength!?"
Facing Fangran's anxious questioning, Li Ze was a little confused, so he laughed and explained:
"Is it qualified enough... In the final analysis, people who are not qualified and not recognized can't come here at all, they can only enter the middle of the night, which in itself has already explained a lot,"
"As for the test of strength, Ziye is not an examination room. If there is such a rule, it would be too rude."
Fangran: "..."
Damn, what you said makes sense...
"Not to mention those who can come here, their strength and status must be extraordinary... Huh? Fangran, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, it's just that the psychological shadow area is a bit big, can you please help me..."
Thinking of how until just now, during the five or six hours, he had gone up to the sky to catch birds, go into the water to catch fish, and gather feathers to pick fruits.
Thinking that this is a trial for outsiders in the middle of the night, eager to try it in the novelty and never tired of it,
Fangran felt that he was so cute and stupid.
(╬╯ΩдΩ)╯︵┻━┻Ah, damn it, I knew she wanted those things herself!
Seeing Fangran's suddenly silent face with dark lines, Li Ze asked tentatively:
"What happened?"
The ancient steps paved with bluestone appear soaked and cold in the quietness of the mountains.
The ancient trees on both sides are more rare than those in the forest at the foot of the mountain, and the scene in the depths is shrouded in a hazy cloud, and only occasionally a corner of the classical and luxurious palace can be glimpsed.
The fresh air makes you want to breathe faster...
Walking in such a scene, after listening to Fangran's description, Li Ze asked with some difficulty hiding his surprise:
"That is to say, since the agreed arrival time, Fangran, have you been completing the 'trial' she mentioned?"
"Yeah, I thought it was a normal procedure for Midnight..."
Covering his face with one hand, Fangran, who felt ashamed to see others, was embarrassed to say that he had read too many fantasy novels.
I'm so stupid, really.
"(≧?≦*) la meow?"
"You think it's all resentment, who, ah!"
In the happy cry of 'culprit' as if agreeing, Fangran gritted his teeth viciously and rubbed it vigorously,
Then I thought of the figure of the young girl with cloudy white sleeves and red brocade attire.
"By the way, who is she?"
"Girls aged seventeen or eighteen... As far as I know, there seems to be no one who fits your description in Midnight..."
Hearing Fangran's question, Li Ze pondered for a while in doubt, but then shook his head lightly:
"However, it may just be that I don't know him. After all, I haven't been here for a long time in Midnight."
"I don't know... Li Ze, is there anyone you don't know in Midnight?"
Forcibly 'punishing' a cat (although the other party didn't realize it was a punishment), hearing what Lize said made him curious again,
Before, he was too embarrassed to ask unfamiliar girls, but when he met an acquaintance, Fangran couldn't stop his chatter and curiosity, and asked questions endlessly.
"Aren't you also a night watchman? Do you still not know each other? So there are many people in the middle of the night? Don't they all meet each other? What kind of living environment is this here? What kind of person is that fairy? And here... "
"Wait, wait, Fangran, you asked too many questions at once."
Seeing him rushing over several steps to his side, Li Ze hurriedly stopped, and explained slowly from the beginning in a little helplessness:
"First of all, although I am also a night watchman, I am just a junior with few years of experience. To be honest, compared with those powerful elders who are in awe of the night battle world,"
"I always feel that I can't afford the same title as them."
Although I heard what he said, Fangran did not forget the first time he met Lize, but in the A-level scene,
Moreover, the external core was built for him at the beginning, and its real strength is likely to be stronger than those adjutants he met in Europe.
But it was extremely low-key and out of the limelight. This kind of place made Fangran feel like a night watchman.
"Midnight is not like other forces, there are those formal meeting occasions inside, or some other rules, as you can see,"
"It's more like a retreat from the world."
Walking up to a platform separated by stone steps, Li Ze squatted down at the edge, took out two paper cups from the space device, scooped up the flowing spring water,
Handed Fangran a cup and signaled him to have a taste.
"So as a young person, I naturally don't know all the seniors, and I haven't had the chance to meet that gentleman,"
After taking the paper cup, my eyes widened slightly after taking a sip. I couldn't believe that the water could be so sweet and refreshing.
Fangran also handed it to Lamiao in his arms, and watched as it stuffed the paper cup into its mouth with its tail curled up.
"Oh, I see."
"Actually, I've only been here a few times in Midnight, and none of them are permanent residents. The only thing I've seen is a senior who is considered a master, and one or two friends he occasionally visits,"
Proceeding towards the stone steps on one side, Li Ze continued to tell Fangran about the situation in Midnight,
"But besides that, there are other seniors in Midnight who have been here since the time of the Night Club. Some of them have given up their duties as night watchmen and chose to live in seclusion here for the rest of their lives,"
"The buildings scattered on or below the mountain are their usual residences."
Listening to the late night information that Li Ze narrated, Fangran hugged Meow with a look of surprise on his face, and then asked curiously in a low voice:
"Then that fairy lives here too?"
Facing him who seemed afraid of being 'heard', Li Ze smiled and nodded in affirmation,
"Sir lives on top of the hill."
"Eh... ... "
Fangran looked up at the peak covered by clouds and mists, and couldn't help but prolong the tone of admiration.
"By the way, where are we going now?"
She withdrew her admiring gaze, and couldn't think of anything else to ask for a while, Fangran became concerned about the current question,
"That's what I just said,"
On the platform of another stone step fault, without continuing to turn upwards to another flat stone road, Li Ze pointed to the front that felt gradually opened up.
"The residence of the senior who seems to be my night watchman master."
Like your master's senior... what are we doing here
Shouldn't we be meeting 'Mrs. Isis' who invited me over...
Keeping this doubt, Fangran followed Lize and continued to walk forward, but he gradually realized that the scenery on both sides of the road was gradually 'special',
Different from the stunning and intoxicating natural beauty along the way, mahogany, bronze, and various materials are used.
Things that seem to be well-organized and unique begin to appear.
Before Fangran asked curiously, Li Ze spoke suddenly:
"Speaking of which, there is someone you know, Fangran, who has long expected you to come here."
Someone I know
Thinking about who else he knew in Midnight besides him, Fangran looked at him strangely, unable to think of an answer,
Then at this moment,
A young man's surprised and joyful words suddenly sounded in front of the two of them!
"Fangran! You're here!?"
Eh...
The moment he heard the voice, Fangran turned around in disbelief,
Seeing that handsome figure with a pale and gentle face, all the sadness, powerlessness, and low self-esteem in his body flew away, and his thoughts were pulled back to the adventure in Europe in an instant,
Let him subconsciously call out the other party's name.
"Krim?"