"Be careful, safety is of utmost importance!" Li Shimin stepped forward and instructed.
Pande bowed and said, "Rest assured, Your Majesty. If I feel any discomfort, I will take the initiative to descend. Merton, what do you say? "
Meton naturally could not show his cowardice and said proudly, "That is only natural."
"Bon voyage, no, there is no wind!" Li Tai said sourly. He also wanted to experience the feeling of riding a hot air balloon, but unfortunately, he would not be able to do so this time.
"Release the ropes!"
With Lu Ding's order, the ropes were released one by one, and the huge hot air balloon slowly lifted off the ground.
Morton instantly felt the ground beneath his feet become empty. As the gondola swayed, Morton lost his balance and hurriedly grabbed onto the gondola. If this was his first time riding a hot air balloon in his previous life, it was natural for him to panic when he felt there was no ground beneath his feet.
However, to Meton's surprise, Pande opposite him was extremely calm. There was no change in his expression at all. He stood steadily on the basket and controlled the valve rhythmically.
As the flames rose into the air and the hot air balloon continued to rise, Meton's adrenaline suddenly surged. Meton could even hear his own heartbeat clearly. Pande opposite him also began to blush. After a while, the two of them got used to the floating state and gradually calmed down.
At this moment, they finally had the heart to look at the scenery above. They were already floating above the Imperial City, and the panoramic view of the Imperial City below was clearly visible. The originally magnificent buildings now looked extremely small.
"This old servant has lived in the Imperial City all his life, and this is the first time I have seen the panoramic view of the Imperial City!" Pande said in amazement.
"It is indeed beautiful!" Meton looked down at Chang 'an City, which was like a chessboard, and exclaimed in admiration.
When the two of them looked down, the entire Chang 'an City was dumbfounded as they looked at the slowly rising giant sphere.
The hot air balloon rose from Emperor Wei's palace, and the first to see it were naturally the people in the Imperial City.
"This is a hot air balloon!"
When Li Tai tested the hot air balloon in the palace, he would naturally inform the people in the palace in advance. In the harem, a group of orioles and swallows under the lead of Empress Zhangsun couldn't help but look at the hot air balloon in front of them in shock. From their point of view, this hot air balloon was really too big.
"Look, there's someone under the basket!" A sharp-eyed palace maid suddenly pointed at the basket and exclaimed. At this moment, the hot air balloon had just risen, and everyone could clearly see the figures above.
Empress Zhangsun immediately panicked and said, "Men, go and check if Emperor Wei has boarded the hot air balloon!"
A palace maid immediately accepted the order and left. She quickly returned and reported, "Reporting to Your Highness, it wasn't Emperor Wei who boarded the hot air balloon. It was Merton and Eunuch Pang who rode on it."
Empress Zhangsun breathed a sigh of relief, but she couldn't help but look at Princess Changle worriedly.
Princess Changle shook her head and said, "Mother, don't worry. Since Meton dares to ride the hot air balloon, he naturally has some confidence."
Princess Changle spoke casually, but her tightly clenched hands betrayed her. Her eyes were fixed on the huge balloon rising into the sky.
In the Crown Prince's palace.
Li Chengqian also stared at the slowly rising hot air balloon and couldn't help but reveal a strange smile. He said, "Fourth brother, you wrote 'Kuo Di Zhi' and solved the mystery of earthquakes and rain to make father happy. However, you don't know that the more secret techniques you use, the more you'll be opposed by the Confucians. Do you know that the Confucians are still the most powerful in the imperial court today?"
… … …
As the hot air balloon rose higher and higher, the people of Chang 'an City could gradually see the hot air balloon rising into the sky.
"The Goat Deity has reappeared!"
In the meat market, a butcher who was in charge of slaughtering sheep fell to his knees with a plop.
"What reappearance of the Goat Deity? Isn't this the hot air balloon Mo Jiazi fiddled with back then?"
Even after two years, the people of Chang 'an City still remembered the Goat Deity incident clearly. However, this time, it didn't cause any panic. They just treated it as a rare occurrence and watched the show.
"It's actually so high! It's almost in the clouds, and it's still not the Goat Deity! "The butcher who had just stood up fell to his knees again with a plop.
When the other people saw the huge hot air balloon rise higher and smaller, their originally firm beliefs couldn't help but waver.
"Little Mo, how high is it?"
Pande said in a hoarse voice from the basket.
Meton looked at the hourglass on the basket and estimated the time and speed. He said, "It's at least one hundred and fifty feet."
One hundred and fifty feet was about five hundred meters in the future. Although the hot air balloon rose slowly, it still reached five hundred meters in no time.
"Is there enough fuel?" Pande looked at the clouds above and licked his lips, eager to give it a try.
Meton checked the alcohol content and nodded. "Only thirty percent!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, immediately understanding each other's meaning. After the initial stimulation of adrenaline, they had gradually calmed down and didn't feel any discomfort. Naturally, they wouldn't stop rising.
Pande came on Li Shimin's orders, so how could he not investigate? Meton, on the other hand, believed in the results of Lu Ding's nearly two years of research. If it were two years ago, Qin Huaiyu and the others had made that hot air balloon, Meton wouldn't dare to sit on it even if he was beaten to death.
"It's at least three hundred feet!"
As the hot air balloon continued to rise, the clouds above were almost within reach. It was almost as if they could touch it with their hands.
"We're reaching the clouds!" Pande said excitedly in his heart.
The primary purpose of their trip was to find out what the clouds were. Secondly, they wanted to see if there was a Lingxiao Palace above the clouds, a place where immortals resided. Once they reached the clouds, they would soon reach their goal.
"These are the clouds!"
As the hot air balloon plunged into the clouds, waves of clouds floated around the two of them. In an instant, the two of them felt their breaths become moist, and their eyebrows and eyelashes were full of water droplets.
It was also the first time Meton had reached such a height. Being in the clouds was like being in a fog, and he couldn't believe it.
"It's really water vapor!" Pande wiped the water droplets on his eyebrows. It was unknown whether he was happy or regretful.
Since Li Tai and Meton were able to prove that the clouds were water vapor from the ground, then the immortals were probably illusory.
When the hot air balloon continued to ascend and broke through the clouds, they saw a beam of intense sunlight shooting directly at them. The two of them looked over and saw that the clouds were undulating continuously, but there was nothing in sight. The entire sky was still blue and clear for thousands of miles.
"Brat Mo, this …" Pande opened his mouth and looked at Meton, as if he wanted to continue rising.
Meton shook his head and said, "We've already completed our mission. It's enough for us to answer to His Majesty and Emperor Wei. Moreover, this hot air balloon is only a preliminary product. It's not enough to continue rising. Furthermore, it's not advisable for us to stay here for too long. "
Only then did Pande lose interest and nod his head. He looked regretfully at the rolling clouds.
Meton understood the feelings of those who believed in immortals. Now that they had personally verified the false image of immortals, he immediately reduced the intensity of the fire. Soon, the buoyancy of the hot air balloon weakened and it slowly began to descend.
When the hot air balloon once again pierced through the clouds, this adventure was finally coming to an end.
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