The city of Chang'an was very lively in the evening. Many lights were already lit on the streets. In the evening breeze, the colorful flags hanging outside the restaurant's signs danced in the wind, spreading the aroma of the restaurant's food and wine to all directions.
In each market town, there are more smaller wine shops and food stalls, where all kinds of food from all over the world gather together, and the air is filled with mist from steamers and soup pots.
Shen Luo walked through the bustling crowd, feeling the strong smell of fireworks. His restless mood from some time ago unconsciously calmed down.
This Yanhe Conference is different from the previous ones. Only some large sects will participate. Not to mention ordinary people, even the heads of low-ranking sects are not qualified to participate, and most of them may not even know about it.
Therefore, the impact of this conference on the people of Chang'an was far less obvious than the increase in housing rental and sales prices in the city.
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Tianji Pavilion is located in Juehuafang in the east of the city, which is itself a large garden. After several expansions, almost the entire garden was included in the Tianji Pavilion.
Shen Luo arrived at the entrance of Tianji Pavilion, but found that the gate was just a very inconspicuous carved hanging door with two black doors closed. On them were two bronze animal heads holding rings, and eighty-one brass door nails were arranged.
He walked up and knocked on the door a few times, but no one answered. After waiting for a long time, he saw the bronze animal head on the door suddenly speak in human language, asking, "Who is here to see you?"
As the beast's mouth opened and closed, the copper ring in its mouth also made a "jingling" sound.
"I am Shen Luo, a junior, and I am here to pay a visit to Senior Young Master." Shen Luo said.
After that, there was another silence.
After a long while, the two bronze animal heads opened their mouths at the same time, and the copper rings inside were pulled downwards. The two seemingly thin black doors slowly opened inwards, making a heavy friction sound.
When the gate opened, there was no courtyard inside, but a narrow path with two tall white walls on both sides, each carved with patterns that looked like a Vermilion Bird.
Shen Luo just stared at it for a few seconds and felt a hot air rushing towards him. This turned out to be a small protective magic circle.
He straightened his clothes and started walking. As soon as he reached the end of the trail, a young man dressed in the uniform of a Tianji City disciple immediately came up to him.
After the two of them exchanged greetings, the disciple said, "Senior Shen, the city lord is still in seclusion in the secret room. The elders have gone to invite him. Please follow me to the reception room and wait for a while."
"Okay." Shen Luo agreed naturally.
Then, he was led by the disciple through the corridor of the guild hall.
Shen Luo had been walking for a while when he felt a little dizzy. The criss-crossing corridors around him were very complicated, just like a maze. If there was no one to lead the way, Shen Luo would feel that he would get lost.
In addition, there are magic arrays and mechanisms hidden in corners throughout the corridor. Shen Luo discovered no less than seven of them along the way. Although he doesn't know how powerful they are, the number alone is enough to make an invader's scalp tingle.
After passing through this corridor area, the view in front suddenly becomes wider. Not far away, a misty pond appears, with lotus leaves scattered on it, full of green.
Shen Luo stared at a towering reef in the pond for a moment, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and he vaguely saw a glowing metallic shadow passing through the cracks in the reef. There were traces of fine scales on it, and it looked like a water python.