A wizard who calls himself Hai Ya Boli invites the envoys of the Golden Celestial Dynasty to go to the Immortal Temple, the current center of power in Qarth, which can also be called the 'House of the Immortal' or the 'House of Dust'.
As Xu Ying learned from following the mission, the nominal rulers of Qarth are the royal family here, descendants of the ancient kings and queens of Qarth, and they live in a palace called the 'Hall of Thousand Seats'
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However, similar to many city-states, the power of the royal family of Qarth was consumed in infighting, and merchants with a lot of wealth took advantage of the situation and took over the power of Qarth.
They are called the 'Thirteen Giants', the 'Spice Guild' and the 'Tourmaline Brotherhood'. They also fight with each other. Strictly speaking, no one is the real ruler of Qarth. It is an oligarchic city-state.
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But all this changed when the tide of magic recovery became stronger and stronger. The wizards' power was rapidly recovering, and all those who had humiliated the wizards were now cursed.
Then when the long night suddenly fell and the whole world fell into darkness, the wizard completely ruled the city-state. The royal family of Qarth, the Thirteen Giants, the Ancient Spice Guild, etc. did not dare to disobey the wizard's will. What they said
No one dares to ignore it anymore, and is even scornfully called "skeletons and lies".
The royal family of Qarth all bowed their heads and accepted their fate. As an outsider, Xu Ying naturally knew that a strong dragon would not suppress a local snake. Although he was an envoy of the Golden Celestial Dynasty, he was in a foreign country and was shrouded in the long night. Even if he died here, there would be no one.
Avenge yourself.
Therefore, when faced with Haiya Puli's 'invitation', although he rationally felt that this Immortal Palace was not a good place, he did not dare to refuse it directly. He could only go there and decided to adapt to circumstances.
Xu Ying agreed to the invitation of the wizard Haiya Puli, and then they and other people passed through the port of Qarth and entered the city.
This city is very prosperous, with countless slender spiers standing tall, and squares of many sizes. Although the whole world is now plunged into darkness, the prosperous city of Qarth is like a city that never sleeps, with people everywhere.
Still brightly lit.
There are exquisite fountains in the shapes of griffons, dragons and manticores in every square. The people of Qarth are still living their lives step by step, without any fear of the long night coming, let alone as if the central part of the Essos continent has fallen or has fallen.
The miserable scenes outside many cities that have not fallen are as if there were no natural or man-made disasters.
Because the promise given to them by the wizard is that no matter what happens in this world, the immortals will protect this city.
The Long Night is just one stage of the largest magical tide affecting the world.
Across the city is a huge arcaded street, where the city's ancient heroes stand on white and green marble columns, three times life-size.
Xu Ying and others took the lead in passing through a bronze arch carved in the shape of two snakes in love. The scales of the snakes were made of exquisite jade, obsidian and lapis lazuli, and then came to the ruins of an ancient building that was entirely gray.
It is long and low, without towers or windows, like a huge stone snake coiled in a forest of black bark. The trees in the forest have dark blue leaves. The roof of the hall is covered with black tiles. Many of them have fallen or are broken. The stone
The plaster between the blocks is also mostly dry and crumbling.
"here it is..."
The Golden Celestial Dynasty's envoy was not just Xu Ying. The envoy sent by Emperor Buhai also included many Yidu officials who had little power, but the backbone was still the scout captain from the fifth base defenders, and
The other party is also the one invited by the wizards.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, and then their eyes fell on Xu Ying. Xu Ying was also a little stressed, but Yaya Puli seemed to see his doubts and nodded seriously.
"This is the Palace of Immortality."
"But those who come to the Immortal Palace to seek an audience with the Immortal must abide by one rule."
Yaya Puli's pale face was looming under the firelight, with a standard smile on his face, but this smile made the other party even more uneasy.
"Then drink this cup of 'water of night shadow'."
“Because only in this way can we feel the ‘truth and wisdom’ displayed in front of us.”
Haiya Puli did not wait for Xu Ying to ask about the rules for entering the Palace of Immortality, nor did she wait for the other party to ask if he could not go in. Instead, he spoke directly.
Because he was the person the immortals wanted to see by name. A few days ago, the immortals told him that a fleet from the east was about to arrive in Qarth. The immortals asked Yaiya Puli to bring the person in charge on the ship
bring.
Haiya Puli turned around and took a cup of thick blue drink from the servant behind him, which was said to be made from the leaves of the black forest next to the Temple of the Immortal, and then handed it over.
The envoy of the Golden Celestial Dynasty took the thick dark blue drink with a slightly strange expression on his face.
Because blue food will make people feel psychologically uncomfortable no matter what, and the night shadow water is dark blue, as sticky as honey when flowing, and its smell is disgusting, like the smell of ink and rotten meat superimposed.
But Xu Ying had no better way. He held the cup of Night Shadow Water, and the wizard Haiya Puli and his servant looked at him with bright eyes.
It seemed that he had no way to refuse, let alone escape, so he had no choice but to drink it and pray that the disgusting night shadow water was not poisonous.
"That's all."
Gudong——
Gudong——
Gudong——
The envoy from Yidi mustered up the courage to raise his head and drink the glass of night shadow water in one gulp.
However, the taste after drinking it was not what he imagined.
After swallowing the Night Shadow Water, its aftertaste is like a superposition of all the flavors the drinker has tasted, and it goes beyond that. Its taste seems to change with every swallow, sometimes bitter, sometimes sour,
Sometimes sweet.
Xu Ying drank the cup of night shadow water, and the pale wizard Haiya Puli and the servant behind him showed a satisfied smile.
"Very good, you can enter the Palace of Immortality."
"But it has to be you alone."
The rules for visiting the Temple of the Immortal are to drink the Water of Night Shadow, and visitors must enter alone. The front door can be entered but not exited. There will be four doors when entering the temple, the one you just came in and the other three.
To find the Immortal, visitors must always go up and always take the door on the right. Sometimes the door in the temple will be open. There are all kinds of strange scenes in the room, which may exist in the past, or have not yet come, or may not even happen, some of which are beautiful.
, some are scary, some are surprising, and some are terrifying.
"You must not enter any other room except the ones on the far right before reaching the room of the Immortal!"
"If you want to come out, you must follow the same rules!"
The wizard's tone couldn't help but become stern when he mentioned these rules.
Because these are taboos in the Temple of Immortality, otherwise no one knows what will happen.