After Zhou Wen left the yard, he kept thinking about what Grandma Wang had said.
Although there was no evidence to prove that the Xia family was related to those genius youths, Zhou Wen felt that there was indeed something wrong.
If the Xia family was deliberately suppressing ordinary families in order to consolidate their position, it didn't seem right.
According to Grandma Wang's investigations, a portion of the geniuses who had met with mishaps didn't belong to the East District, much less the Xia family's sphere of influence.
The Xia family should be happy to see the situation in the other regions turn chaotic, but they clearly didn't do so.
No matter what, I have to think of a way to get this crappy piece of wood into Forbidden City. Otherwise, it won't be convenient for me to do anything. When Zhou Wen was at the Wang family, he also asked about Forbidden City.
Wang Lu and Grandma Wang didn't know much about Forbidden City. This was because the Xia family had already occupied it from the beginning of the dimensional storms. They had never let outsiders enter, so no one knew what had happened inside Forbidden City.
However, Grandma Wang told Zhou Wen something very interesting. She was someone who had survived before the dimensional storms and had entered Forbidden City many times before the dimensional storms.
She said that when she was young, she had once entered Forbidden City for a tour. The weather suddenly turned bad and there was constant thunder in the sky.
She originally wanted to return home quickly, but when she passed by a place in Forbidden City, she suddenly saw some strange shadows.
The shadows wore ancient clothes and walked in the alleys of Forbidden City. They looked like concubines and palace maids from ancient times.
What was even stranger was that the figures of those people were transparent, as though they were spirit bodies.
Spirit bodies weren't rare now, but before the dimensional storms, they were very terrifying.
Grandma Wang was still very young back then. She was quite frightened and immediately ran away. However, young people were curious. Later on, she went to the same place a few times, but she didn't see those shadows again.
Grandma Wang looked up the information on the Internet. It was said that the magical phenomenon might be due to the effects of lightning during a rainy day. It was like a video camera, recording images of the past. When the same weather conditions were encountered, it was possible for it to be broadcasted.
Of course, this was only a guess. No one could verify it.
However, if that was the case, it wasn't strange. What was strange was that after the dimensional storms, strange sounds would come from Forbidden City every time there was a thunderstorm.
Although outsiders couldn't enter the Forbidden City, they could still hear some sounds if they were close to it during a thunderstorm.
After Grandma Wang heard about this, she specially waited for a thunderstorm to listen. Indeed, she heard some strange sounds coming from inside.
Some of the voices reminded her of the images of the palace maids and concubines she had seen in the past.
These were all Granny Wang's personal experiences, so it was naturally true.
Zhou Wen had previously searched for information about Forbidden City on the Internet. In fact, compared to other ancient cities, Forbidden City didn't have a long history. Ever since its establishment, it had only experienced two feudal dynasties.
However, its scale was incomparable to the other ancient cities.
The Forbidden City was also known as the Eight-Armed Nezha Demon Subduing City. The tallest building in the city was the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which was nearly 40 meters tall.
Zhou Wen read the information mainly to determine where the so-called peak of Forbidden City was. He didn't want to find it after entering, which would be somewhat troublesome.
However, when Zhou Wen looked into the distance from the hotel he stayed in, he discovered a strange place. The tallest building he saw in the hotel wasn't the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but a corner tower in the corner of the city.
Zhou Wen didn't know if it was because he was too far away or because of the angle, but he could only see the corner tower and not the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
However, Zhou Wen still searched for information about the corner tower. This search left him alarmed. Although the corner tower's location was inconspicuous, the meaning it represented was extraordinary.
This corner tower wasn't built for mortals to live in. It was similar to Deer Terrace Pavilion. Its purpose was to guide immortals down to the mortal world and protect the safety of the imperial city. The reason it was called a corner tower was because the immortals it wanted to guide were the Horn Mansions of the 28 Lunar Mansions.
Zhou Wen wasn't unfamiliar with the Horn Mansions. He had this skill, so when he saw the information, Zhou Wen felt that this place was extraordinary. Perhaps it was really the peak of Forbidden City.
Furthermore, the building standards of the corner tower were very high. It had three eaves, nine beams, eighteen pillars, and seventy-two ridges. Such a building standard was very unique in the entire Forbidden City.
Zhou Wen originally believed that the famous Hall of Supreme Harmony should be the peak of Forbidden City, but the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this corner tower was the true peak of Forbidden City.
The corner tower is built on the city walls of Forbidden City. It does look taller than the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but there are four corner towers. Which one should I erect the log on? Zhou Wen thought to himself.
Unable to find any accurate information, Zhou Wen could only wait until he entered Forbidden City before comparing the Hall of Supreme Harmony to these corner towers.
Zhou Wen also asked the antelope, but it only said that it should erect the log on the peak of Forbidden City. It didn't know where exactly it should be erected.
Could it be that I can just erect it at a high spot? Zhou Wen thought.
Now, what Zhou Wen was most worried about was how to enter Forbidden City.
If he forcefully rushed in, it would only give the Xia family an excuse to attack him. However, on the other hand, as long as he rushed into Forbidden City and inserted the log there, he would be free.
When the time came, who could stop him from escaping with the Invisibility Cloak?
This plan looked perfect, but the premise was that he could really escape the log. If he still couldn't escape it, he would be in trouble.
Just as Zhou Wen was hesitating, he heard someone walking towards his room.
Through the door, Zhou Wen could already sense that the person had an extraordinary bearing. He looked to be in his twenties, probably not much older than An Tianzuo.
However, Zhou Wen found this person somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had seen him.
"Is Zhou Wen here?" Xia Liuchuan knocked on the door and asked.
When Zhou Wen heard the voice, he immediately recalled where he had seen him. This fellow was the one who had come to snitch on the stormy night.
"Someone, are you here to snitch again?" Zhou Wen opened the door and asked Xia Liuchuan.
Xia Liuchuan said calmly, "I don't understand what you're talking about. My name is Xia Liuchuan. I'm here to challenge you. This is my challenge letter. I hope you can give me an answer now."
"Why are you challenging me?" Zhou Wen asked as he looked at Xia Liuchuan's challenge letter.
"Don't tell me you have forgotten that you once crippled my Xia family's disciple's sea of energy in the Holy Land?" Xia Liuchuan said.
"I see. I accept your challenge." Zhou Wen surprisingly agreed readily, leaving Xia Liuchuan slightly taken aback.
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