Chapter 981: The Unexpected Encounter (Part 1)
"Young man, welcome to Midnight."
When I heard this smile, I just raised my head, and was stunned when I saw the scene in front of me clearly.
It is probably a fantasy scene that can only be described as ‘fairy mountain’.
Surrounded by clouds and mist, the dusk glow adds a layer of whiteness. Behind the huge vermilion gate like a shrine, a bluestone step with no clue of the way forward extends.
The peak cannot be seen, but ancient buildings like imperial palaces and pavilions are looming within the thousands of meters of majestic peaks.
A line of cranes sings and flies away in the sunset...
Majestic, shocking, graceful, distant, mundane, peaceful...
Fangran slowly got up and looked up at the scenery that people imagined to be like fairy tales. He couldn't find any description to describe his feelings.
You can only look at this scene that gives people a strong sense of otherworldliness, and truly feel what it means,
Fairy marks are misty...
If this is the case, the ones at the foot of the mountain seemed to be just "courtyards" before, but to be honest, I could have thought of some sect, immortal sect, or cultivation sect.
For a moment, Fangran wondered if he had traveled through time.
"This is the child...!"
Then just when he was full of disbelief and wanted to ask the girl with cloud sleeves and red brocade,
"night...."
Only to find that the other party had disappeared.
Hey, when...
"La meow!"
Seeing that there was only one lively black cat ball left beside him, Fangran was stunned when he suddenly heard a familiar voice,
"Your Excellency Fangran!"
Subconsciously hearing the sound, the light from the teleportation formation outside the Vermilion Mountain Gate flashed,
Fangran saw a figure he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Li Ze!?"
Remembering that the last time I heard news about him was during the European incident, he appeared in the night game, avoiding the fact that he was an official organization but had no participants,
I was surprised to meet him here, but I felt relieved when I thought of his identity as a night watchman. In the mysterious midnight world full of fantasy,
Finally meeting a modern person again. Apart from the unexpected joy of "meeting an old friend in a foreign land",
Fangran had a very real feeling that 'I am still in the original world'.
"I was just thinking that it's been a long time since the agreed time, and you still haven't shown up, Mr. Fangran. Should I contact the lady outside?"
Wearing a simple and straight shirt and trousers, when he saw Fangran's figure, he seemed to finally feel relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Ze walked over still calmly and asked:
"Did something happen?"
"Well...it's just a little accident..."
Fangran looked at the black meow ball at his feet, which screamed "La Meow! La Meow!" even more cheerfully. It was just a little bit teleported. Compared with the things this guy had made for him before,
He has been able to accept it quite calmly.
"Speaking of which, that Li Ze...is this Midnight?"
Listening to Fangran looking up at the mountain peak in front of him, he asked in a startled tone, remembering that he was like this the first time he came here,
Li Ze could understand his mood at the moment, and he raised his eyes and sighed softly:
"It's an amazing sight, isn't it? It is said that this was also done by that gentleman."
"That gentleman..."
Hearing this title from his mouth, I remembered that Ling once mentioned to me once that there was a mysterious existence that had appeared since an unknown era.
Realizing that the other party might be here now, Fangran suddenly felt a burst of nervous surprise and said:
"Is it the 'immortal' from Midnight?"
Can he even do such a thing!?
"Immortal is a name circulated by the outside world. In the middle of the night, you are called 'Sir',"
"Although I think there's nothing wrong with calling him a fairy."
Li Ze motioned for Fangran to follow him and walked toward the bluestone steps behind the vermilion door. At the same time, he looked at him and tried to ask:
"Your Excellency Fangran, you have discovered that your abilities are suppressed here, right?"
"Just call me Fangran,"
Fangran had always been uncomfortable with being called him. Fangran waved his hand to emphasize, grabbed the mysterious creature rolling happily on the ground and held it in his arms.
Then in response to his inquiry, he nodded helplessly,
"Well, I discovered it, although the method of discovery is very unsatisfactory."
I was a little concerned about his answer, but I didn't ask any further questions.
"Although it is located in the Kunlun Mountains, Ziye is not actually located in reality. The reason why his abilities are suppressed is because..."
Li Ze led Fang Ran and continued walking up the mountain, speaking in an understatement that would surprise the world.
"This is actually an independent space."
Separate space!???
Following him up the ancient bluestone steps, the moment he heard these words, his expression froze.
Fangran looked at the deep scenery on both sides, thinking about the place he had seen not long ago for the trial, and looked back at the vast forest below the mountainside that stretched to the end of his sight.
“This is a separate space!???”
"It's hard to believe. I couldn't believe it when I first heard about it. No, I couldn't imagine that such a thing would happen."
Listening to Li Ze's rare sigh with a wry smile, Fangran felt that his brain was a bit exhausted.
But thinking back on those rare birds and animals that obviously don't exist in the world, and those strange sights, perhaps this is the only explanation that is reasonable enough.
No wonder no one has ever found the whereabouts of Midnight.
With the thought that there is such a vast independent space in the world, Fangran finally understood that,
Why is the name "immortal" spread?
No, wait, when it comes to independent space, isn't that...
"Speaking of which, Fang Ran Pavilion... No, Fang Ran, did Madam say anything to you before you came here?"
When Fangran was slightly lost in thought and his thoughts drifted away with the clouds, Li Ze looked back at him and asked him this question. After hearing this, he came back to his senses.
There was blank denial in Fangran's eyes.
"No, Grandma Shui didn't tell me anything before coming here. I came this time because I was invited by a senior of mine who secretly helped in the previous incident in Europe,"
Having said this, Fang Ran became concerned about the reason for his midnight trip, looked at him and asked:
"Speaking of which, Li Ze, do you know why that senior asked me to come to Midnight?"
"Well, then you'd better go and see it yourself later. We'll be there soon."
There was no direct answer. Li Ze replied with a slight smile,
Then he looked at his messy appearance and said strangely:
"By the way, you look like this...Did you encounter something at the foot of the mountain?"
Following his gaze, I looked at my clothes. There were soil, mud, water, hair, leaf debris and everything else. It was just like I had just survived in the wilderness.
But thinking about the experience just now, which seems to be no different from surviving in the wilderness,
Fangran answered his doubts a little helplessly.
"After all, I just worked so hard to complete the trials, and those trials were so outrageous."
But I didn’t expect it. After saying this,
It did not solve Li Ze's doubts, but made him ask an even more strange question:
"Trial? What trial?"
"Eh? What kind of trial..."
This question that goes straight to the essence of things made Fangran confused. He looked like he could have any other trial answer:
"It's a trial that outsiders must complete if they want to go to Midnight."
Then I heard Li Zeleng, who was the youngest night watchman in active duty, hesitate for a moment,
Slowly said a fact that shocked him even more than "Midnight is in an independent space".
"There is no such trial in Midnight."
Fang Ran:......
Chapter completed!