Yun Nation was located in the northeast of Zhuang Nation and had many mountains within its borders.
As the capital of Yun Nation, Yun City was located on the highest mountain within its borders, Snow Embracing Mountain.
When Yun City was first built, the Lingxiao Pavilion Master at that time cut down the mountain as a platform to build the city because of the harsh environment below the mountain.
After that, when Yun Nation built its main cities, they followed this example.
Because the city was generally built on high mountains, the terrain was extremely high, as if it was above the clouds. Therefore, it was called a country above the clouds.
There were two paths to Shangyun City. One was a ropeway that connected the other main cities. The other was a huge stone staircase built from the foot of the mountain. This staircase was also called the Cloud Ascending Staircase.
Yun Nation was rich and overbearing, so they invited a Mohist engineer to preside over the design.
Most of the main cities were connected by ropeways.
The ropeways were made from the tanned tendons of powerful demonic beasts and soaked in iron tung tree oil. They were known to be very sturdy and wouldn't rot for a hundred years. They were indeed replaced once every hundred years, and during this period, there were no natural ruptures.
The people of Yun Nation used the mechanical carriages that slid through the ropeways at a fixed time to go back and forth between the cities.
Because they all traveled in a straight line high in the sky, the speed was extremely fast. The cities of Yun Nation interacted more than the other nations. This was probably one of the reasons why Yun Nation's commerce was developed.
The most magnificent spectacle of the Snow Embracing Mountain was the rainbow bridge that connected Yun City to the four main cities.
It was said that the Lingxiao Pavilion's founder created it with great strength. The clouds gathered as the road and the rainbow as the bridge. These four cities became the central cities second only to Yun City.
Since then, Yun Nation gradually grew stronger, but no other city could have such an honor.
If one ignored the expensive material of the stone staircase and the engraved pattern on the stone slab, the Cloud Ascending Staircase itself was nothing special.
After so many years, the Cloud Ascending Staircase was still spotless.
Jiang Wang climbed the last step with An 'an on his back. His face wasn't red and he wasn't out of breath. He looked up at the towering archway of Yun City and went straight to Yun City.
Although the brother and sister were travel-worn and the animal skin wrapped around An 'an didn't look like she came from a rich family, nothing happened.
Yun Nation's commerce was developed and didn't prohibit visitors from coming in and out. However, the city tax was higher.
It was not difficult for Jiang Wang to obtain some gold and silver. He could easily earn enough money to spend on whatever he did on the road.
After asking the city guards, Jiang Wang learned that High Heaven Pavilion was not in Cloud City. Above Cloud City.
But they didn't know how to enter High Heaven Pavilion.
Fortunately, Jiang Anan brought the little cloud crane with her. Under Jiang Wang's instructions, she wrote a few words seriously and released the little cloud crane.
The Cloud Crane flew into the air and seemed to be stunned for a moment. Then, it flapped its wings and flew into the clouds.
Not knowing when Ye Qingyu would see the letter, Jiang Wang took Jiang Anan to stroll around Yuncheng — mainly to see some local specialties.
For example, the Cloud Berry was said to grow in the clouds. After biting through the skin, the juice could be drunk directly. This fruit had a total of five different colors, and each color had a different taste.
Another example would be the Rainbow Cloud Candy. This candy was like a rainbow cloud. When one bit into it, there were seven different kinds of sweetness.
Jiang Wang didn't restrict Jiang Anan from eating sweets today. He let her eat as much as she wanted and her belly was round.
Jiang Anan saw Ye Qingyu when she was eating Caiyun candy.
The whole long street suddenly became quiet.
The originally bright sky was suddenly "torn apart". The sky was not the sky, but a painting.
After the painting was torn apart, one could see behind the opening. There were pavilions, terraces, and pagodas. The exquisite workmanship was magnificent.
So High Heaven Pavilion was here! After the "sky".
In the dense immortal energy, the clouds and mist formed stairs.
A woman in the painting slowly walked down the cloud stairs and walked in front of Jiang Anan and her sister.
She didn't wear a veil today. Her pair of thin eyebrows were slightly curved like autumn shadows, and her eyes were pure and bright like clear waves. Her jade-like nose was slightly straight, and her red lips were lightly pursed. Her face was so bright and beautiful that the whole street lost its color.
Not to mention her tall and graceful figure. Just by standing there, she was already a scenery.
Jiang Anan's big eyes lit up. She waved her hand vigorously. "Sister Qingyu!"
The two of them had been pen pals for a long time. They had seen each other many times in the Shadow Recording Stone, but this was the first time they met in real life.
Ye Qingyu walked over and touched Jiang Anan's small head with a smile. Then she looked at Jiang Wang with a rather complicated expression. "Is Fellow Daoist Jiang all right?"
Yun Country and Zhuang Country could be considered neighbors, and Maplewood City was a border city in the northeast of Zhuang Country.
The whole city was sacrificed by evil sects and fell into the Netherworld. It was impossible for Ye Qingyu to not know about such a big event.
She was sincerely grateful to Jiang Wang. She was purely fond of Jiang Anan. She had already established a certain degree of bond with him through letters.
After she received the news, she was upset for a long time.
If she hadn't received Jiang Anan's letter today, she would've thought that her two friends in foreign countries had met with misfortune.
She was very surprised to learn that Jiang Wang and his sister had come to Cloud City.
So she didn't care about shocking the world and directly "tore open the sky" to enter Cloud City.
The young man had a head full of white hair and looked travel-worn. No matter what, he couldn't be described as "good".
"Not very good," Jiang Wang said with a wry smile.
He had already made his decision outside Maplewood City, so he didn't hesitate and said directly, "Back in Sanshan City, Fellow Daoist Ye gave me a Cloud Command. Now it's been lost in Maplewood City, but I still want to ask shamelessly — is it still effective? "
"Of course," Ye Qingyu said seriously, "Although the Cloud Command was lost, Qingyu's promise hasn't been lost. Fellow Daoist Jiang, if you have any requests, please don't hesitate to tell me. "
Jiang Wang tightened his grip on Jiang Anan's small hand then let go.
An 'an seemed to have realized something and grabbed Jiang Wang with a backhand grip.
"Can Fellow Daoist Ye take care of Anan and let her cultivate in Lingxiao Pavilion?" Jiang Wang forced himself not to look at his sister. He looked straight into Ye Qingyu's eyes and said, "I have to go to a very dangerous place. I can't take care of her."
"Sure," Ye Qingyu answered very straightforwardly.
"Big Brother …" Jiang Anan's big eyes were suddenly filled with tears. "You don't want Anan anymore?"
Jiang Wang felt like his heart was being crushed.
He crouched down and gently hugged his sister. "Anan, Big Brother will never abandon you. But right now, Big Brother has to do something very important and can't protect you. That's why I sent you here to stay for a while. It's just temporary. Big Brother will definitely come back to pick you up, okay? "
"No …" Jiang Anan pouted and looked at Jiang Wang with teary eyes. "Can I say no, Big Brother?"
"I'm sorry." Jiang Wang rubbed Jiang Anan's small head. He steeled his heart, picked her up, and put her in Ye Qingyu's arms.
"I don't have anything now, but I promise you in my name, Jiang Wang. All the resources Lingxiao Pavilion invested in Anan will be repaid in the future. "
"From today onwards, Jiang Anan is a member of Lingxiao Pavilion. Lingxiao Pavilion will train her, take care of her, and protect her. Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Jiang, "Ye Qingyu solemnly promised.
After the destruction of Maplewood City, the surviving youths would always want to do something.
She didn't ask where Jiang Wang was going or what he was going to do. She just did her duty as a friend and tried her best to let him have no worries.
It wasn't that she didn't think of stopping Jiang Wang and keeping him to cultivate on behalf of Lingxiao Pavilion. It was true that breaking the rules like this would cause a lot of dissatisfaction, but it wasn't that her father couldn't bear this degree of willfulness.
It was just that she noticed the youth's eyes.
Wrapped in endless pain and suffering was a kind of calmness.
He must have thought about it carefully. He must have wandered in pain. In the end, he made his own calm decision.
This kind of calmness often represented irreversible persistence.
Jiang Wang solemnly bowed to Ye Qingyu and suddenly turned around.
Jiang Anan's tears fell like rain in Ye Qingyu's arms, but she didn't let herself cry out loud.
Because she knew that her brother would be very sad.
The little her watched her brother's lonely back get farther and farther away.
The crowd was bustling, and the sky was bright.
The sunlight of the entire Cloud City seemed to be divided into two.
One hit the stairs formed by clouds and mist. Ye Qingyu held Jiang Anan, who was staring blankly at the foot of the mountain, and slowly walked into the sky.
The other hit the winding cloud stairs of Snow Embracing Mountain. The white-haired youth only left Cloud City with his back and walked down the mountain alone.
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