Chapter 656: The Gate of Heaven (Part 1)

The capital of Xu State is Yongding City.

As the initiator of the Seven Stars and the city construction inherited from the Yong Dynasty, the Privy Council Palace in Yongding is extremely large and looks almost the same as an imperial palace from the outside. The square shape strictly follows the principle of a round sky and a square earth. A thoroughfare runs from north to south. All halls are distributed along the central axis and evenly arranged on both sides of the road.

The "Chengyun Palace" located in the north is the core of the Seven-Star Privy Council. The plan to unify the six countries and establish a unified Privy Council was discussed and finalized here. If its architectural scale can make other neighboring privy councils want to imitate it, then the multiple formations surrounding the palace are something they can't even envy.

These formations not only have the ability to protect the Privy Council Palace, but can also change the climate and temperature within the palace walls. No matter when you enter this place, it will be as comfortable as spring.

When the Right Envoy Goldman Sachs entered the Great Hall Council Hall, the other four Seven Star Envoys were already sitting at the long table waiting for him.

This is also a major feature of the Seven Star Privy Council Palace.

There is no distinction between the representatives of the six countries, so the way of discussing affairs in the court where one person sits at the top and the others listen at the table was abandoned. Everyone sat in a row at a long table and stood on the stage. On the contrary, it is a less important meeting liaison person, usually a disciple of the Seven Star Envoy.

But even so, the alchemists would subconsciously differentiate between high and low.

For example, the two empty seats in the middle of the long table are reserved for the Tianquan Envoy and the Yuheng Envoy.

After Goldman Sachs sat down, he nodded to the contact person and said, "Envoy Yuheng has important matters to attend to, so he will not attend the meeting this time. You can start directly."

"Yes," the young woman standing on the stage bowed to the Seven Star Envoy, and said the primary purpose of this gathering, "After detailed calculations and deductions by the Yongding Privy Council, we have determined that the Gate of Heaven is about to be reopened. In this world, and this time is quite close, it will not exceed half a year at most."

Although everyone had been mentally prepared and had been paying attention to the progress of this matter, the moment the contact person said it, there was still a burst of whispers in the lobby.

All the Seven Stars understand the importance of the Gate of Heaven.

Over the years, there are more and more clues from the research on the scattered documents of the Yong Dynasty that show that the door is an invisible key, and only those who can open the door are qualified to glimpse the immortal way.

"I believe you all have read the secret letter sent last month." Goldman Sachs said, "Our research on the fairy weapon "Heaven" has still found nothing. The only thing that can be confirmed so far is that there are two ways to open it. One is to continue to search for clues from a large number of lost Yong Dynasty books, and the other is to open the door to heaven and gain the ability to control immortal weapons. Because of this, the appearance of this gate is extremely important, and we must control it no matter what. "

His voice was low, but his words were unmistakable.

"Then there should be a conclusion here about where the door will appear, right?" asked the High Kingdom Heavenly Spinner.

"Of course, there is just a small problem here." Goldman Sachs looked at the contact person.

The latter took out a picture scroll from behind, spread it out and hung it on the wall.

"This is……"

The seven-star envoys all frowned.

The painting was undoubtedly made with ink, but the content was extremely weird - most of the area was covered in black ink, as if the painter was extremely dissatisfied with the scene and deliberately splashed ink to erase it. The only areas that are not covered are two extremely narrow areas at the bottom and top of the scroll.

Below is a light gray straight line, extending from the left to the right side of the scroll. There are traces of water stains on the edge. I wonder if the ratio of dilution of ink was not controlled well; and the top of the head is a half arc, specially made of cyan. Paint is the only color on the painting.

Yaoguang made Feng Lingzi rub his forehead with a headache, "Master Gao, you don't expect us to find out the location of the Gate of Heaven from this painting, do you?"

Others also nodded.

Even if it depicts mountains and desert wilderness, it is extremely difficult to pinpoint the location based on just a few features on the painting. At most, one has to determine the approximate range before organizing people to find the needle in the haystack, not to mention that 80% of the parts of the painting are blacked out. The picture scroll.

"This ink...wasn't it applied on purpose?" someone asked.

God of Power Goldman shook his head, "No, the painting itself is like this. The place shown in the painting is not covered up at all. And coincidentally, King Yong also mentioned a similar place in a book."

"Oh? Tell me?"

The contact person took out several more pieces of paper and pasted them next to the scroll.

"King Yong calls this place a desperate place of death. It is silent and bone-chilling, and ordinary alchemists cannot survive at all." The woman explained, "In addition, it is not connected to the earthly world. It is more like a cave world. If you want to enter it, you have to pass through it. The end of the sea.”

"The end of the sea?" The angel suddenly asked, "Could this be the so-called black barrier area in the West Pole?"

"Nine times out of ten, that's it." Fengguo's Kaiyang envoy looked thoughtful, "Fengguo still has some trade relations with Xiji, and my subordinates also inquired about the black barrier area from their envoys. , judging from the description, it is indeed very similar to the end of the sea recorded by King Yong. However... they do not think there is any way to penetrate the black barrier. Considering that the scale of navigation during the Yong Kingdom was far less than that of the current West Pole countries, so I think this may be information that King Yong obtained from other sources, and he has not personally verified it.”

And this "other channel" is likely to come from the listener.

"To be honest, I also think this method is inappropriate." Goldman Sachs agreed. "As far as I know, the fleet in the West Pole is already quite large. Trying to compete with them at sea is tantamount to hitting their edge. In this case, It’s even more difficult to find the passage through the black barrier area.”

"I heard... those demonized monsters are also looking for the Gate of Heaven."

"Yes, so we must find the door's physical place before them." Tianquan envoy replied, "Since the black barrier area does not work, we can try another method."

"Could Master Gao be referring to... the Yueying Temple, the immortal weapon of the Evil Horse Kingdom?" Feng Lingzi's expression condensed.

"It is said that it has the power to reach the sky and the earth, and can send people to any place." Tianquan did not deny it. "In this case, the desperate situation and death should also be within the scope of its ability. Isn't this good? Once we Someone among them has obtained the key to the Gate of Heaven. Not only can he unlock the secrets of Heaven, but he can also easily take Yueying Temple under his control, and he will be a member of the Immortal Class just around the corner!"

"But you also know that not everyone can come back safe and sound." She shook her head. "In the past hundreds of tests, less than 10% were able to walk out of the temple in good health! Not to mention that every time it was opened, a sacrifice was required. In the past, King Yong can use those who sense Qi as medicine, but Qixing cannot do this!"

If they follow Yongchao's example, what will other alchemists think of this emerging coalition? I'm afraid that my heart will be dispersed before the gate of heaven appears.