The final outcome of Bailvok's wish was cruel.
He came to Shencheng as he wished, but this Shencheng was no longer the Shencheng he remembered.
Those dilapidated three-story houses have been turned into tall buildings, but some places have been preserved, such as an old theater.
However, the theater is no longer what it used to be, and is surrounded by brick-and-mortar stores selling clothing.
Baierwok walked on the street pushed by Lucheng with a confused expression on his face. Seventy years had made Shencheng more prosperous, so prosperous that Baierwok seemed a little unfamiliar.
Finally, he came to an old community with the old theater as the center.
"It should be there." Bayerwock pointed to an old wooden door, his voice sounding a little excited.
At Bayerwock's signal, Lu Cheng walked forward and knocked on the old wooden door, which was soon opened.
At this time, Bayer Walker also took off the top hat on his head.
"Who is it?" An old woman poked her head out of the wooden door. Master Bayerwock's eyes lit up slightly, but soon dimmed.
"Excuse me, do you know him?" Lu Cheng pointed at the Bayerwock Masters sitting in a wheelchair.
"I don't know you. Who are you? The couriers?" The old woman shook her head and looked very alert.
"I'm sorry to bother you."
Lu Cheng glanced at Bayer Walker, said goodbye to the old woman, and pushed Bayer Walker's wheelchair away.
"Do you want to keep looking?" Lu Cheng asked the magic master in a low voice.
Bayerwok hesitated... He looked up at the sky of Shencheng. The sky was the same, with only one sun.
But seventy-five years is enough to transform Shencheng into a completely different city.
"Grandpa, what are you looking for?" Charlotte had been following Lu Cheng and Baier Walker, and only now could she help but ask.
"I… wasn't looking for anything."
Bayer Walker looked at Charlotte beside him, a relieved expression appeared on his face. He put on the top hat in his hand and said to Lu Cheng.
"Mr. Lu Cheng, please take me back. It's time for me to contribute to this country in my own way."
Lu Cheng didn't say anything else and pushed Bayer Walker's wheelchair towards the bus.
… … …
When the trip to Shencheng ended, Feng Yichun was finally able to discuss in detail the cooperation between this secret society and the Celestial Empire.
Although Baierwok is the leader of the Secret Society, he does not have full control over the entire secret society. The seven sages of the secret society also have a certain say.
Therefore, even if he wanted to share the secrets of magic with the Celestial Empire, the way of sharing had to be acceptable to the seven sages.
The result of the current discussion is that the Secret Law Society will send thirteen spellcasters specializing in alchemy, magic construction, golems, potions, etc. to the camp established by the Celestial Empire in the other world in the name of "learning".
As for Lu Cheng now... he is watching a movie with Charlotte and the others.
The cinema is a small one, but the advantage is that it doesn't have many visitors so it can be easily booked out.
The movie playing on the screen is a very old work, that is, the animated film "Havoc in Heaven" produced by Haicheng Art Film Studio in 1964.
In fact, there are many new movies released in theaters recently, but what movies to watch is decided by the higher-ups. There are many Chinese movies, some of which are excellent, which may be understandable to them and have certain meanings. So the higher-ups gave them this movie, "Havoc in Heaven".
Although this tour group came here for fun, they also had the mission of cultural exchange.
Elena and Noy were very happy watching "Havoc in Heaven". They did not think that the pictures on the screen were old at all. After all, the means of entertainment in the other world were limited to text, and entertainment in the form of comics had not yet appeared.
"Sun Wukong seemed to say that he wanted to be the Great Sage Equaling Heaven."
Nancy was sitting next to Charlotte and whispering the content of the movie to her.
Although Charlotte could understand some Chinese characters and vocabulary, this was limited to daily communication. Charlotte was completely unable to understand some of the lines in this movie from fifty years ago.
She could only rely on Nancy to help her translate the dialogues in the movie and explain the plot.
But there are some plots that even Nancy can't explain well, such as the part where Nancy takes the golden cudgel from the Dragon Palace. Nancy mistook the golden cudgel for a magic wand. At this time, Elena, who had listened to Lu Cheng's explanation of the original work, came forward.
In the animated film "Havoc in Heaven", there is no part where Sun Wukong is pressed down by Tathagata's Five Elements Mountain. The film ends with Sun Wukong smashing the plaque of the Lingxiao Palace with a stick.
Lu Cheng watched this classic again after almost ten years, and Lu Cheng can only use two words to evaluate it: it's awesome.
When the film's behind-the-scenes cast appeared on the screen, the girls around Lu Cheng had not yet realized that the film had ended.
Lu Cheng didn't remind them until the picture on the screen gradually dimmed, and then Nancy realized that the show was over.
"That's all?" Charlotte pulled her hand out of the popcorn bucket that Noy was holding.
"No more. A movie lasts between one and a half hours and three hours, and you have been in the cinema for almost two hours." Lu Cheng glanced at the watch in his hand.
"Did Sun Wukong become the Great Sage Equaling Heaven in the future, and those bastards in Heaven had no choice but to listen to him?" Charlotte immediately asked Lu Cheng.
"I know this!" Elena used her skill of answering quickly at this time. She had listened to Lu Cheng talking about the original novel in the past, and she knew the plot after the havoc in heaven very clearly.
"Do you want to know the rest of the story?" Lu Cheng gestured to Elena not to speak, then he groped in his backpack and took out a book with "Journey to the West" and handed it to Charlotte.
"The rest of the story is recorded in this book, on page twenty-seven." Lu Cheng had his usual warm smile on his face, but in Charlotte's eyes, this smile was associated with the word evil.
"Nancy, I'll share my dinner with you. Can you read me the rest of the story?"
Charlotte found a brilliant solution, which was also a way for her to understand the stories in the books when she didn't want to read, that is, to find someone to read to her.
"Let me see." Nancy was actually very curious about the contents later. She opened the Journey to the West that Lu Cheng handed over and glanced at the first sentence on page 27.
'Tell me about the gates of Zen. After countless attempts at meditation, one often ends up old and useless. Grinding bricks to make mirrors and piling up snow for food, how many years have one been lost?'
Nancy was stunned when she saw the first sentence. She could understand every word, but she had no idea what it meant when put together.
Suddenly, a feeling of dizziness and exhaustion swept over Nancy. She didn't feel it while watching the movie, but the feeling of exhaustion became more and more obvious after the movie ended.
"Nancy, what's wrong with you?" Charlotte noticed Nancy's pale face, which made her more certain that books were cursed!
"It's okay, but I can't understand this book... This is the classical Chinese that Professor Lin taught." Nancy said in a weak voice.
"Actually, I don't understand it either, but it's time for you to return to your own world. We can talk about it after you go back."
Lu Cheng stood up from his seat. Nancy's physical condition had been very bad for the past four days, and she had been holding on all the way, and Charlotte was no exception.
If Nancy stayed on Earth for a few more days, Lu Cheng felt that she would most likely die on the spot.
"There are still many places I haven't visited." Nancy muttered to herself as she closed the book Lu Cheng gave her.
This statement also expressed the thoughts of everyone present. China is so vast and rich in resources that it is impossible to explore it all in just four days.
'You'll have another chance when you take the college entrance exam later.'
Nuoyi wrote this in her notebook. Lu Cheng looked at it without saying anything. Professor Lin might have told them about the education model of the Celestial Empire.
Therefore, Nuoyi believed that if he wanted to go to university in China, he must also take the college entrance examination.
Lu Cheng couldn’t say for sure about this, but with Enoy’s current progress in study, she should be able to get into a good university when she becomes an adult.