"Can you explain it in detail?" Ye Fangge asked.
Fang Yun said: "It's very simple. The dragon clan respects the east, and the gates of many buildings are facing west. The orientation of small residences may change due to layout issues, but the main entrance of large buildings must face west. This first step determines the direction of this Dragon City ruins."
"Direction alone is not enough, we need the exact location. After all, this place may be thousands of miles in radius." Liu Shan said.
"Yes, so I said iconic buildings. The dragon clan's architectural layout is very particular. For example, this piece of dragon city ruins must be centered on the Five Dragon Hall, so some of the tops of the buildings will have a "guarding layout", such as the animal carvings on top of some halls that show submission to the Five Dragon Hall. But as you can see, the halls here almost all have no roofs, so they are hard to find. So we can only look for other iconic buildings..."
Fang Yun successively said some basic things, but some things involved the secrets of the dragon clan and could not be told all.
"My dear nephew Yun Fang is a talented person. No wonder Brother Zhao Chen brought you here. With you, we can save at least ten hours!" Liu Shan'a praised.
"It's more than just saving time. If we run around like headless flies and encounter those bloodthirsty bear tribes, we may be wiped out." Ye Fangge said.
Yun Zhaochen smiled and said, "Then from now on, Yun Fang will direct the direction of our progress. Who objects?"
Lian Pingchao said, "I don't object to Yun Fang leading the way, but if he takes the wrong path or sends us to our death, how will he be punished?"
Fang Yun retorted: "The problem now is that no one can find the location of the Five Dragon Hall quickly except me. How can we punish people who have the courage to do things? As for punishment, it must be relative to reward. If I find the Five Dragon Hall and there is no reward, why should I be punished?"
Liu Shan'a and the others looked at Fang Yun and smiled, thinking that this Hanlin was young but had a flexible mind, and every word he said made sense. If it were an ordinary Hanlin, he might have refuted it in other ways, but Fang Yun's rebuttal went a step further, and Lian Pingchao either gave up the punishment or, if he wanted to punish him, he had to offer a reward to match.
Lian Pingchao frowned, and after a moment he said, "After we leave here, we will distribute the spoils. Except for the items we have robbed, the rest will be divided equally. If you can really find the Five Dragons Hall within ten hours, you will be allowed to choose an extra treasure from it. If you can't find it, you must accept the punishment, and you will not touch a single treasure when the treasures are distributed."
Yun Zhaochen spoke before Fang Yun: "I don't agree with punishing Yun Fang, don't mention it again! If Yun Fang takes the initiative to lead the way and accepts punishment, I'm afraid it will chill everyone's heart! As for the reward, Brother Pingchao said it well, as long as Yun Fang finds the Five Dragons Hall in advance, he can choose an extra shared trophy."
"Brother Yun, you are too biased towards your distant nephew!" Lian Pingchao said, trying to suppress his anger. "There are only rewards, no punishments. If you want to give him benefits, just say so!"
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Mr. Pingchao, let's do the math. As for the reward, you only let me choose one thing, but as for the punishment, you let me give up all the treasures. This punishment is too heavy."
"If there is no severe punishment, how can there be punishment?"
"You're right. If the reward is not substantial, then the reward will be meaningless." Fang Yun said.
Ye Fangge said, "Pingchao, I heard that you robbed... no. found a lot of dragon pattern rice and holy blood jade in the past two years. Since you want to reward Fang Yun, why don't you take out the holy blood jade and dragon pattern rice from your Qingyang City. Don't take too much, just a thousand kilograms of dragon pattern rice and fifty kilograms of holy blood jade."
Lian Pingchao's face changed drastically, and he said angrily: "Ye Fangge, I have a deep friendship with you, why would you help an outsider like this!"
"Brother Pingchao, you are joking. I am just making a suggestion. If you disagree, you can just say so. Why get angry?" Ye Fangge said seriously, his expression as calm as usual.
Fang Yun said, "I think Mr. Fangge's suggestion is not bad. Since my punishment is so severe, it is only right to increase the reward by 1,000 kilograms of dragon-patterned rice. As for the 50 kilograms of holy blood jade, I won't take it for now. If I can make another contribution, it won't be too late to increase the reward. Mr. Pingchao, what do you think?"
Lian Pingchao was so angry that his white beard trembled. He glared at Fang Yun and said, "Very, very good! You are just a Hanlin, but you not only want a reward, but you even want to increase the reward. I, Lian Pingchao, have never seen such a shameless person! You want to increase the reward? Fine, as long as you agree to increase the punishment, I will agree to increase the reward!"
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Then it's settled! If I find the Five Dragons Hall in advance, in addition to me picking an extra treasure, Grand Secretary Lian Pingchao will give me a thousand kilograms of dragon-patterned rice. If I fail, I will not take any of the treasures obtained from the ruins of Dragon City! If I want rewards in the future, the punishment must be increased. How about we high-five and swear an oath?"
"You little brat, once we get out of the ruins of Dragon City, I'll see how you have the nerve to see me!"
Lian Pingchao quickly walked towards Fang Yun, and then the two of them stretched out their right hands and clapped their hands to pledge their loyalty.
Fang Yun said: "Five university scholars act as witnesses and swear to succeed. We will set off now!"
"Which direction should we go first?" Liu Shan'a asked.
Fang Yun said: "Based on the layout of the buildings along the way, I can basically determine that the entrance we were at before is located in the south of the Dragon City ruins, but I don't know whether it is southeast, south or southwest. In terms of possibility, we have the greatest chance of going north now. As long as we find a landmark building on the road, we can determine the approximate direction, gradually modify the direction, and finally find the Five Dragons Hall!"
"That's right. Yun Fang, you lead the way, we all trust you! I'll take care of your running poem." Yun Zhaochen said with a smile.
"Thank you, Uncle Yun. Let's go then."
Afterwards, six grand secretaries wrote galloping war poems one after another. Because they could not fly, they could only write the grand secretaries' war poems "Ode to the Heavenly Horse" about riding horses. Each of them had an extra snow-white war poem dragon horse.
Seven people rode on the war-poetry dragon horses and moved forward through the ruins.
The ruins of Longcheng had experienced a great war, and there were broken buildings everywhere. The walls had collapsed, and stone pillars blocked the road. There was no complete road at all. The seven people could only move forward on the ups and downs of the ruins.
This place is very dangerous and Longma can't increase his speed.
Soon, a quarter of an hour passed, and Fang Yun did not find any landmark buildings. There were only ruins of buildings under his feet.
Another quarter of an hour passed and Fang Yun still found nothing.
An hour later, Lian Pingchao couldn't help asking, "Yun Fang, can you find the direction?"
"Please be patient, Grand Secretary Lian. Don't be impatient." Fang Yun said.
"Hmph!" Lian Pingchao's eyes flashed and he said nothing more.
The seven people continued to move forward. Within a hundred breaths, a group of demon kings broke through the fog in front of them on the left.
"careful!"
"Prepare for battle!"
The six university scholars immediately wrote defensive war poems or called out war poem soldiers.
Tan Hemu took action first and wrote the Grand Secretary's defensive war poem "Ode to Kunlun", which was a defensive war poem handed down from generation to generation written by the Semi-Saint Xie An when he was a Grand Secretary. After the poem was completed, a phantom of the Kunlun Mountains was formed, surrounding the seven people, majestic and towering, full of power.
Moreover, this is a second-level battle poem. With the poetic soul, its power is equivalent to that of an ordinary great scholar's defensive battle poem.)
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