The legendary Fiery Flame City was really far away.
Shen Lang and High Priest Shelley continued to fly towards the north. They kept flying and flying …
In order to avoid another dispute, the two of them had been flying along the coastline. To a certain extent, the Fire God Church was also a relatively poor transcendent force. They didn't have any flying beasts, so the one that High Priest Shelley was riding on was borrowed from Shen Ye.
But for some reason, she used the excuse that she needed to talk to Shen Lang to ride together with Shen Lang.
"Your Majesty Shen Lang, I haven't congratulated you for your great victory in the East." High Priest Shelley said, "Of course, I have to congratulate you for having an unparalleled Crown Prince."
Shen Lang said, "You've seen my son?"
Grand Priest Shelley said, "Your Majesty Shen Lang, you've underestimated the power of the Da Qian Empire. You've also underestimated your own weight. As your closest and most loyal friend in the west, when the Empress and the Crown Prince came to Bi Jin City, how could we not come to pay our respects? If it wasn't for the important matters, we would have hoped for Crown Prince to visit the Fire God Sect. I have met Crown Prince three times, and each time, I was more moved than the last. "
Shen Lang said, "At least, he is more suitable to be the ruler of a country than me."
High Priest Shelley said, "That's why I always thought that if my son could be half as outstanding as Crown Prince, I would be very satisfied."
Shen Lang was startled and said, "The high priest is going to get married? That's really heartbreaking. "
High Priest Shelley said, "Your Majesty Shen Lang's words are the heartbreaking ones. Did you forget what you promised me?"
Shen Lang tried hard to recall and really remembered. He instantly exclaimed, "Wow, the scenery in front is really not bad."
Damn, your way of changing the topic is really bad.
High Priest Shelley agreed, "Yes, it's really beautiful."
At this moment, they had already flown about 20,000 miles away from the Furious Tide City. They had completely passed through most of the Xilun Empire's territory.
Further north, it was basically covered in snow.
Moreover, the surface of the sea had already started to solidify into ice.
It was indeed very beautiful. The seawater was about to solidify, but it did not look like it was frozen. Half of it was ice, and the other half was seawater. Under the illumination of the sun, it reflected a dazzling light.
Shen Lang asked, "Is this close to the northernmost continent?"
Grand Priest Shelley replied, "That's not it, Your Majesty Shen Lang, this place is at least ten to twenty thousand miles away from the extreme north."
It was truly unimaginable. The seawater here was completely frozen, but it was still ten or twenty thousand miles away from the northernmost continent. It was impossible to imagine how cold it would be if they went further north.
Shen Lang: "Have you explored the northernmost continent?"
Grand Priest Shelley said, "The extreme north is the holy land for all the heroes in the world to explore. Everyone wants to conquer it, but no one has succeeded. Even a great adventurer like Vice Empress Helen gave up on the adventure of the extreme north."
Shen Lang: "Is it because of Bai Jing? Everyone knows that wherever there is snow is Bai Jing's territory. Once one enters the northernmost continent, it is a complete offense. "
High Priest Shelley said, "That's not the case. I've only heard what you said after I arrived at the Eastern World, I've never heard it before. But at least in the west, Bai Jing is lonely and arrogant. He never shows himself and doesn't interact with anyone. Thus, they won't stop anyone from exploring the northernmost continent. The only thing that stops heroes from exploring is the terrifying danger and cold. "
Shen Lang: "How cold is it?"
High Priest Shelley said, "Your Majesty Shen Lang, when we describe the cold, we say that drops of water turn into ice. However, the true coldness in the extreme north is when the air disappears, because it has frozen into blue snow that falls to the ground."
This, this was terrifying.
This meant that the temperature was below negative 200 degrees Celsius. The melting point of oxygen was around negative 219 degrees Celsius, and nitrogen was negative 210 degrees Celsius.
Once the temperature was below this, all the air would freeze into ice and turn into strange blue snow that fell to the ground. Thus, there was no air.
Life couldn't survive in such a low temperature.
Shen Lang: "Such a harsh environment has exceeded the limits of any life. No matter how powerful one is, it is impossible to reach the northernmost continent."
Grand Priest Shelley said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Shen Lang: "Then, in the known history, how many people have reached the northernmost continent?"
Grand Priest Shelley said, "In the history of the west? Probably only His Majesty Sauron. "
This was unimaginable. Why was Sauron so awesome? Even Helen couldn't go to the northernmost continent and didn't dare to. How could he go?
Shen Lang: "Which year did Sauron go to and how many continents did he explore?"
Shelley said, "It was very, very long ago. It should have been more than 30 years. That year, he was only in his twenties."
Emperor Sauron was already in his fifties. However, this was normal. Shen Lang was already 31 years old, and Princess Helen was in her forties.
Grand Priest Shelley said, "At that time, the Xilun Empire was torn apart. When Sauron was still a prince, he set off to the north in front of everyone. He wanted to go to the northernmost continent. He said that once he successfully reached the northernmost continent and took back the sword of the Xilun Great Emperor, everyone would be loyal to him. He would then become the undisputed Emperor of the Xilun Empire. "
Shen Lang could feel Sauron's tragic mood at that time.
At that time, the second Xilun Empire had been destroyed for decades. The members of the Xilun royal family fought for the throne, and there was no sign of it ending. Furthermore, no one had enough prestige to reunite the Xilun Empire.
Eight hundred years ago, the Xilun Great Emperor obviously foresaw this scene. Hence, before he passed away, he passed the throne to his son. Then, he went to the north alone, returned to his homeland in the northernmost continent, and disappeared with the sword of the emperor.
That year, all the nobles of the empire witnessed this scene. The disappearing figure of Xilun the First was old, powerful, lonely, and brave. He disappeared step by step in the heavy snow.
Moreover, Xilun the First had left his last words. When the empire was torn apart, any descendant of the Xilun royal family could take back the sword of the Xilun Great Emperor that he left in his homeland in the northernmost continent and return to the capital. Then, he would become the new Emperor of the Xilun Empire.
After that, the Xilun Empire was torn apart more than once. More than one person wanted to accomplish this feat, and ascend the throne based on the last words of the Xilun Great Emperor.
However, all of them failed. No one succeeded in taking back the sword of the Xilun Great Emperor. All of them died halfway.
Moreover, the northernmost continent was getting colder and colder.
Hence, in the end, everyone in the Xilun royal family gave up completely because it was a road of certain death.
At that time, Sauron, who was in his twenties, was considered a direct descendant of the Xilun royal family. However, his right of succession was not ranked first. He was ambitious, but he did not have many supporters. Hence, he chose to take this tragic road to his homeland in the northernmost continent, and take back the sword of the emperor that Xilun the First had left there.
When he disappeared in the snow, no one was optimistic about him. They all thought that he would definitely die.
However, they did not expect that after a few decades, he would come back with the sword of the emperor that Xilun the First had left behind.
He became the first hero in hundreds of years to successfully return from his homeland in the northernmost continent. Not only did he bring back the sword of the Xilun Great Emperor, but he was also extremely skilled in martial arts. He was so powerful that it was beyond everyone's imagination. He defeated a city alone, went all the way to the south, and became the Emperor of the Xilun Empire.
Now that he had a thorough understanding of the situation, Shen Lang was even more confused.
At that time, the people of Xilun migrated south because the northern continent was getting colder. After the most tragic migration of tens of thousands of miles, millions of people were left with only ten thousand people.
The Xilun Great Emperor relied on these ten thousand people to sweep across the entire Vader Continent and establish the incomparably huge Xilun Empire.
And in these hundreds of years, the northernmost continent was getting colder every year. Before Xilun the First died, he returned to the old capital and placed the sword of the emperor back in his hometown. After a few hundred years, the temperature of the old capital should have reached a point where there was no air. How did Sauron survive? It was completely unimaginable.
Shen Lang suddenly said, "A thousand years ago, the Xilun Empire was in the northern continent, right? Because the weather became cold and the northern continent was not suitable for survival, they made the most tragic migration of the entire race to the south. They followed the ocean and set off towards the unknown south. "
High priest Shelley said, "Yes."
Shen Lang said, "Then a thousand years ago, was it the day that the Fire Dragon Comet appeared for the first time?"
High priest Shelley said, "Yes, Your Majesty, this world is so mysterious, right?"
Yes, it was too mysterious.
When the Fire Dragon Comet appeared for the first time, the Great Yan Empire rose, the northern continent was frozen, and the Xilun Empire moved south.
When the Fire Dragon Comet collided with the Great Emperor for the last time, it completely disappeared, and the situation changed drastically.
The birth of the giant dragon.
High priest Shelley said, "So, Your Majesty, your mission might be far greater than you think. Don't worry, the Fire God Church will always follow behind you and become your most loyal ally. "
Shen Lang looked at Shelley and asked, "What is your mission?"
High priest Shelley said, "Of course, it is to light up the entire world in the darkest hour."
Shen Lang said, "Actually, it was not only Sauron who successfully went to the northernmost continent. There was another person even earlier, and that was my father, Jiang Li."
Jiang Li had adventured in the western world for a long time, but he did not directly return to the eastern world. Instead, he went to the northernmost continent and found the White Capital. That was where he met Shen Lang's mother.
Right now, there were many mysteries in front of Shen Lang, but it seemed like they were about to be solved.
… …
Finally, they were about to arrive!
The cold here was shocking, reaching negative tens of degrees Celsius. Luckily, Shen Lang had the Ancient King Ring and the Heart of the Dragon. If not, he would have frozen to death a few days ago.
Right now, the sea here was even more beautiful. There were icebergs everywhere, and large areas of the sea were completely frozen.
"This place has indeed become colder." High priest Shelley said, "I came here a few years ago, and this sea wasn't completely frozen then."
Shen Lang said, "So, Fiery Flame City is close to the northernmost continent?"
High priest Shelley said, "Based on our Fire God Church's theory, Fiery Flame City is the boundary between the Vader Continent and the northern continent. Because it is an island, its south is the vast ocean, and its north is also the vast ocean. Another two thousand miles north of the ocean, and you will see the northern continent, a continent that is completely frozen. "
Shen Lang did not feel anything, because the last few thousand miles were covered in ice and snow. The sea was completely frozen too, and it was impossible to tell whether it was land or ocean.
"Your Majesty, the island in front is the entrance to Fiery Flame City." High priest Shelley said.
Shen Lang was startled, and his eyes lit up.
This was a frozen sea, and there was snow everywhere. Not far away, there was a mountain that was blue in color. Under the sunlight, it looked like a huge gem, sparkling and translucent.
"Your Majesty, that place is too cold, and I can't take it anymore." High priest Shelley said.
Not only could High Priest Shelley not take it, but the two Ultrasonic Flying Beasts couldn't take it either, and they were shivering.
This was because the closer they were to the entrance, the lower the temperature.
High priest Shelley said, "A few decades ago, there was endless magma beneath Fiery Flame City, so there was snow everywhere. Only this island was as warm as spring, and it was very miraculous. But after that experiment failed, this place became even colder than other places. "
Shen Lang landed on the ice. Da Chao couldn't get close anymore, and there was still a few miles to the entrance. Shen Lang had to walk there himself.
"Wait for me here." Shen Lang said, "And eat something to replenish your energy. Come back."
"Your Majesty, be careful." High priest Shelley said, "You haven't fulfilled your promise to me."
"Wow, this scenery is too beautiful. Unbelievable." Shen Lang then quickly walked towards the entrance of Fiery Flame City.
… …
This place was really easy to walk on. Because it was a frozen sea, there was a lot of snow. But the snow was also frozen solid, and when one stepped on it, it wouldn't go deeper than the back of one's foot.
Shen Lang wore the Ancient King's Ring and the Ancient Armor, and he was in a comfortable constant temperature state.
He got closer and closer to the entrance of Fiery Flame City. This was an ice mountain that was a few hundred meters tall.
When he walked in, he realized that it was even more beautiful. Because the green trees in the ice could still be seen clearly.
This Fiery Flame Island used to be like spring all year round, but because of an accident in the Fire God Sect's experiment, it was instantly frozen. That was why the trees in the ice looked so lifelike.
It was really hard to imagine what kind of treasure the Fire God Sect obtained from the comet. It actually froze such a huge island and the entire underground city, and it happened in an instant. How much power was needed to do that?
Stepping on this island, Shen Lang not only discovered the green trees in the ice, but also flowers, butterflies, and birds.
They were all frozen at the last moment, and they looked so lifelike.
It was definitely an unparalleled treasure!
Grand Priest Shelley said that it was a surging crystal. Logically speaking, it should have released an icy cold energy and sealed everything in ice.
But in reality, it shouldn't be like that. Instead, it swallowed all the heat, and it kept on swallowing, which was why it instantly froze, and it kept on freezing.
Wasn't it a coincidence? The extreme north was the same. It suddenly became cold, and it got colder and colder, and finally, it was completely frozen.
It was also very coincidental that when the Fire Dragon Comet first appeared, the extreme north was also frozen.
Of course, the extreme north's cold lasted for two hundred years. The Fire Dragon Comet appeared a thousand years ago, and the Emperor of Xilun brought millions of Xilun people to migrate across the sea eight hundred years ago.
In other words, in these two hundred years, the northern continent became colder and colder, and the old Xilun Empire kept migrating south. Finally, when they moved to the southernmost part of the continent, they still couldn't survive, so they decisively crossed the sea, and went to the unknown southern world.
Shen Lang easily found the entrance. It was a stone door, and there was a carving of the Divine Sect's flag on it.
Shen Lang let the AI check, and the temperature at the entrance of Fiery Flame City was about -79 degrees Celsius.
The stone door was also completely frozen, and it was so thick that even explosives and cannons might not be able to break it.
But for Shen Lang, it was a piece of cake.
"Energy whirlpool …"
Waving the Dragon Sword, the energy whirlpool shot out, and fiercely hit the entrance of the stone door.
In an instant, the entrance of the stone door was smashed into pieces.
But this gave Shen Lang a bad feeling. If Phantom Noon had brought the dragon here, then the entrance of the stone door should have been destroyed, and not so complete.
After entering the stone door, the temperature inside instantly dropped.
In front of him was a bottomless tunnel, and Shen Lang kept walking down the tunnel.
The temperature dropped, and soon it was -100 degrees Celsius. Of course, Shen Lang was still at a constant temperature, and he almost never had to worry about running out of energy, because the source of energy in the Heart of the Dragon was the dragon blood marrow.
One thousand meters underground, two thousand meters!
Finally, he entered the inner part of Fiery Flame City.
This was originally a normal ancient city, but because of the Great Nirvana, the whole world underwent earth-shattering changes, and the sea became land, and the land became the sea, so this city was also buried underground.
And the two thousand meter tunnel was dug by the Fire God Sect, because they discovered this ancient Fiery Flame City a few decades ago, and to some extent, it could also be considered an ancient relic.
This was the western world, and all ancient cities should be like the Lost Empire, half under the sea, and the other half above the sea.
This city was completely different from the Lost Empire, the whole city was built entirely of brown stone, not gorgeous, but grand, simple, and mysterious.
This city was very complete, about a few hundred square kilometers, and even the streets and houses were still intact. But there was not a single ancient human in the city, not even a fossil.
The whole city was very organized, and in the middle of the city was a square, and in the middle of the square was a pyramid, about a hundred meters tall.
Another pyramid.
Along the way, Shen Lang saw many corpses. All of them were wearing the robes of the Fire God Church. They should be the high priests and scholars that the Fire God Church had sent to this place in the past. As they were running away, their bodies froze and died. Their faces were still filled with fear.
The closer he got to the pyramid, the more corpses he encountered.
But the furthest they ran was not more than two hundred meters, so it was obvious that the experiment was very sudden, and they were frozen in an instant.
In the whole city, Shen Lang did not find Ghost Noon or Jiang Li.
Of course, Ancestor Luo said that Ghost Noon was a man with a thousand faces, so you would never know what he would appear with. But at least he wouldn't wear the Fire God Sect's robes, right?
Shen Lang entered the pyramid, and this was the place where the Fire God Sect did their experiments.
The temperature here was even more shocking, at minus 150 degrees Celsius.
Almost all the experimental equipment was covered in a thick layer of ice.
Shen Lang promised High Priest Shelley that if possible, he would help the Fire God Sect find the treasure that fell from the Fire Dragon Comet.
The Fire God Sect called it the Hell Crystal.
Because it could change into any shape, gas, liquid, solid, and it kept surging, destroying everything.
Following High Priest Shelley's map, Shen Lang entered the core laboratory of the pyramid.
The Hell Crystal that fell from the Fire Dragon Comet should be here, right?
However, Shen Lang did not find anything. The test bench was empty, and there were fifteen corpses in the laboratory. All of them were the High Priests of the Fire God Sect, and their eyes were filled with excitement.
This was not right, shouldn't they be filled with despair and fear? Why were they excited?
Was it because they thought the experiment was a success?
But where was the Hell Crystal? Where was the supreme treasure?
It was completely gone!
Of course, the most important mission for Shen Lang to come to the ruins was to find Ghost Noon.
But after searching the entire pyramid, there was still no sign of Ghost Noon.
Shen Lang continued to search, and came to the bottom of the pyramid. There was a door here, and behind it was a bottomless tunnel.
He knew that the tunnel led to the Sea of Magma.
Sea of Magma, this was the name given by the Fire God Sect, because it was endless surging magma, like an ocean.
At this time, the door at the bottom of the pyramid was closed, and it was sealed in ice.
Shen Lang sent out another energy whirlpool and easily shattered it. Then, he once again entered the bottomless tunnel.
This tunnel was even deeper, more than 20,000 meters, and it kept going downwards, making Shen Lang doubt his life.
The deeper he went, the lower the temperature.
Finally, all the air was gone, and the ground was covered in a layer of blue snow. This was the result of all the air freezing into ice.
Luckily, Shen Lang had the Heart of the Dragon, and the Ancient King Ring, so it was still very comfortable.
This was the first time he saw such a scene. The air froze into ice, turning into snow.
Finally!
This long tunnel was over, and he came to the end.
Then Shen Lang was completely … shocked!
At the end of this underground tunnel was a boundless abyss, with no end in sight.
And below this abyss was a sea of magma.
He saw an unprecedented wonder, a frozen sea of magma.
Magma was astonishingly hot, at least more than 1,000 degrees Celsius, and should have been red. And after solidification, it should have been the color of ordinary rocks, but the sea of magma in front of him was blue.
It was a breathtaking blue, and it emitted a strange light.
It really was like the ocean, and even the seawater was the color, but it was frozen.
This … this was the most amazing scenery Shen Lang had ever seen, even surpassing the ruins of the Lost Empire in the Devil's Triangle.
This sea of magma was much bigger than he had imagined, and what kind of amazing heat energy was contained in it? No wonder Jiang Li had Phantom Noon bring the dragon here, because the magma here was enough for the dragon to devour and grow.
But he did not expect that something unexpected would happen, and the sea of magma here was frozen. Just what in the world was that hell crystal? To freeze such a huge sea of magma?
What was magma? It was the underground energy of a planet, and it was almost endless.
When all the volcanoes on a planet were silent, the planet was dead, and the volcanoes were the heartbeat of the planet.
What about the extreme north?
Was it also because of this? Was it because of the strange hell crystal that devoured all the heat, and caused the entire continent to be frozen?
In that case, it was no longer a crystal. It was a life form, a strange and powerful life form that devoured all heat.
Even with Shen Lang's understanding, he did not know what state this life form was in.
What was it trying to do?
Devour the heat of an entire continent? What was it trying to achieve?
Shen Lang could feel that he had come into contact with the ultimate secret of this world, the ultimate truth.
Of course, it was only the edge of the truth.
This truth was even more important than Shen Lang taming the dragon.
It was even related to the fate of the entire world.
The hell crystal was still devouring, because the magma deep underground should be connected.
So, the entire world would continue to become colder.
So where was the limit of coldness? Where was the limit of devouring?
What would happen once the hell crystal reached its limit?
How would it change the fate of the world? Another destruction? Or something else?
Of course, it was still a long way off for Shen Lang. For him, the most important thing right now was to find Ghost Noon and the way to tame the dragon.
Soon, Shen Lang found Ghost Noon.
He was kneeling in the middle of the sea of magma. Because his body was too small, he was like an ant in the vast sea of magma.
Shen Lang took a deep breath and jumped from the end of the underground tunnel into the solidified sea of magma. It was a few hundred meters high.
When he was about to hit the ground, his ancient equipment reflected a plasma flame, allowing him to slowly descend.
The magma was completely hard. It was not even rock, but more like a crystal. It was a complete vacuum, and the temperature was over 230 degrees Celsius.
After walking for a few kilometers, Shen Lang came before the figure.
He … he was Ghost Noon?
Shen Lang had imagined his appearance countless times, but when he saw it for himself, he was still completely shocked.
Because … he and Emperor Jiang Li looked very similar, very similar, almost exactly the same.
Of course, Shen Lang had only seen Jiang Li's portrait, but that portrait was very realistic.
Ghost Noon was Jiang Li's shadow. Even Xue Yin didn't know of his existence.
It was equivalent to the relationship between Shen Lang and the mirror. One was called the mirror, and the other was called the shadow.
But that was normal, that was reasonable.
But … he was already dead!
Ghost Noon was already dead. He was completely frozen, and he had been dead for decades.
Before dying, he knelt on the ground with incomparable respect, as if he had seen Jiang Li. His frozen expression seemed to have thousands of words to say.
But he could vaguely read, "This old servant greets young master, greets His Majesty."
His gaze before dying was filled with desire because he didn't know if Jiang Li had descendants, or if someone would come to find him.
If not, it meant that the Great Qian Empire was completely finished. It meant that the Jiang Dynasty was completely finished.
So, he longed for someone to come. He desperately wanted someone to find him.
Shen Lang had thousands of words he wanted to ask him, but he couldn't get an answer.
But there were some things that didn't need an answer.
The dragon and Shen Lang had an agreement. It told Shen Lang to bring what he had lost to it.
What did it lose? That thing was definitely very important, and it couldn't come to take it.
It was the thing that Ghost Noon was holding in his hands!
Dragon ball!
Shen Lang found it.
… … …
Note: As expected, it exploded again. Do you have to be so miserable? Benefactor, can you still save me? Many thanks, he put it on the table.
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