The sea breeze was blowing from the sea, and I, Ying Li, Helena, and Becky and I stood under the statue on the left side of the most famous icon gate in the south of Haiyin Silk City, looking up at this lapis lazuli statue nearly 100 meters high, and the clouds in the air passed overhead, as if the statue was slowly pressing towards me, making people feel like they were about to suffocate.The majestic megalithic statue in front of him stood on a huge stone base, and the entire surface of the statue did not appear to be any traces of stitching, this is a statue of a mage, the archmage holds a staff inlaid with gems in one hand, and holds a heavy magic book in the other, looking up at the sky.A few of us were standing at the outermost edge of the stone base, and Ying Li pointed to the megalithic statue of the mage and told me that the statue on the left side of the icon square was originally just a lighthouse, and because the Fipadora ridge was submerged in the sea here, foreign ships often ran aground here, so the locals built a lighthouse on this reef, and later the sea sound silk gradually formed a scale around the reef.The inhabitants of the city thought that the lighthouse on the reef was too old, so they raised money to build such an artistic statue of the mage on the site, this statue is actually a lighthouse, and the top of the staff in the hand of the mage statue symbolizes the location of the ruby, where there was actually a huge brazier, the brazier filled with whale oil, and the brazier at the top of the staff of the mage giant statue is lit every night.This place is called the Icon Gate, and in addition to the statue of the mage on the left, on the right side of the square stands a statue of a knight standing in place with a sword in both hands.
The portrait of Prince Angelboy, who single-handedly created the Celestial Silk, stands on the square with the statue of the mage on the left and right, becoming the most famous icon gate in the Celestial Silk City.Between the two statues is a waterway through which almost all ships entering the city from the open sea pass through.It's just that in recent years, the Cana Sea Clan has a very strict control over the territory of the Endless Sea, and the sea area outside the city outside the sea wall is all the territory of the Cana Sea Clan, and the sea ships that have not obtained the Cana Sea Clan pass can only sail in the inland sea within the sea wall, and few ships will gain the right to sail in the open sea, but this time the Cana Sea Clan promised the empire that the Cana guards in the sea area around the two hundred nautical miles around the Haiyin Silk City will be withdrawn, which means that the Haiyin Silk City can open a channel on the sea, To the north, you can reach the city of Ignaz in the Emerald Bay of Palestina Province.The Icon Gate is the main river in the southern part of the city, and it is full of boats of all sizes coming and going every day.Ying Li told me that every autumn during the harvest festival and the coming-of-age festival, this square is celebrated with great pomp, and as the archon of the city of Haiyin, Prince James would personally light the brazier on the statue of the mage on the evening of the harvest festival.Looking north from this square, you can see almost half of the Haiyin Silk City, where the granite, bluestone slabs, and marble buildings are lined up one after another, which seems to be so staggered.Ying Li jumped off the stone pier, ran to a stall at the edge of the square, bought a paper bag of fried fish, and then stuffed the whole paper bag into my hand.I looked at her a little strangely, I don't like fried fish very much, I like to eat barbecue, only elves like to eat this kind of food.Ying Li leaned close to me and whispered to me: "When Manda followed James back to Haiyinsi, on the one hand, because he missed his hometown, on the other hand, he did not adapt to the lifestyle of the Grimm Empire, and only lived in Haiyinsi City for three months, just like Buenos who left the Grimm Empire and returned to the elven world, do you know how James kept Manda?"
”"You don't mean to tell me that Lady Manda stayed because of these fried fish?"
I looked at the bag of fried fish in her hand, and to my surprise, the smell from the paper bag was actually quite good."
It's love and family!"
Ying Li said to me with a smile.After saying that, she stuffed a fried fish into my mouth, and I found that the fried fish on Haiyinsi's side was very different from the taste of the imperial capital, and the fried fish here hardly had too many condiments, and it was very crispy.Probably because this is a coastal city, the ingredients are relatively fresh, so the fried fish is particularly delicious.Many young people buy such a paper bag of fried fish, and three or two people sit on the marble railing on the seashore and eat the fried fish in small talk.After the four of us finished eating the fried fish in the paper bag, we actually felt like we couldn't get enough of it.The only beach in the city is near the Gate of the Icons, and there is a base formed by a reef under the statue of the Gate of the Icons, and on the west side of this reef there is a small piece of silver sand, which is connected to the City of the Sea, but there is no such beach in the rest of the city, and the buildings in other places are all stone pillars erected in the sea, surrounded by a large amount of seawater.There were a lot of people on the other side of the beach, some people lying on the beach sunbathing, some people standing in the water playing, and some people paddling further into the sea with their skateboards, and we walked along the stone path to the beach.I smiled and asked Ying Li if he had learned to swim on this beach.Ying Li smiled and shook her head, telling me that the place where she learned to swim was in their garden.No matter where she is, Helena, who is full of good looks, is definitely the focus of everyone's attention, she is wearing light leather armor, stepping on a pair of boots, wearing a crimson sword on her waist, and her long golden hair is tied into a ponytail, standing with Becky, the former looks sweet, and the latter has a figure.
Feel.Ying Li and I followed the two of them, holding hands like those young people in Haiyin Silk City, admiring the sea view.When I first arrived in the imperial capital, I felt that the girls in the imperial capital were much bolder than the girls in the north, and the girls in the imperial capital dared to wear vests and short skirts on the streets, and they would show people their slender legs and waists with vest lines.
Flower.
A piece of flowers, so dense that it is like a courtyard windowsill full of rows of pickled dried radish."
You're not allowed to look around!"
Helena reached out from behind me, blindfolded me, and spoke in a sour tone.When I grabbed Helena's outstretched hands, I don't know how many eyes secretly looked away, and there was envy and jealousy in the complicated eyes.We weren't going to stop at this crowded beach, so I proposed, "I heard there's a five-story magic tower on this side of Haiyin Silk City, why don't we go there?"
”The only way I know about Haiyin Silk is that Scholar Sean once told me that every water mage should actually live in Haiyin Silk City for a while, and the Mage's Tower there has a lot of books and offerings about water magic, so I have this proposal.Hearing me say this, Ying Li also raised his hand in agreement: "This is a good proposal, there are many famous water magicians who have come out of Haiyin Silk City, and some of the codex they have recorded by themselves are kept in the magic tower of Haiyin Silk City, we can go and have a look, and it just so happens that I am also going there to visit a magician." ”Once we had our next destination decided, we decided to rent a boat at the nearby pier.According to Ying Li, it takes at least half a day to walk to the Tower of Magic.The pier closest to this beach actually had to go around to the north side of the Icon Gate, and after walking a long way, I saw the pier over there, and countless boats with colorful flags on them were waving in the wind, but seeing that there was still a long way to go, I complained: "After all, it is not as convenient as going out in the imperial capital." ”Ying Li, who was on the side, immediately reassured me and said, "Let's rent a kayak, and the speed of the kayak is not much slower than that of the magic caravan." ”Looking at Ying Li's well-behaved appearance, sometimes I wonder if the princesses of the Angel Bird royal family are so soft and glutinous.This season, the weather in Haiyin Silk City is still very hot, and the scorching sun makes Ying Li's cheeks slightly red.Worried that her skin would darken under the scorching sun, Helena went to a vendor next to the square and bought three sunhats made of palm leaves, and then stood by the stall complaining that the sunhats didn't match the thorn-tailed crystal lion skin armor she was wearing, and considered whether to change into a cooler dress, but this proposal was opposed by Becky, who thought that she and Helena should at least be armoured without anyone else."
It's an honor to meet you, I'm Morad, I live in this city, are you travelers or adventurers?"
I didn't expect someone to come over and talk to us at this time, and this young man dressed in aristocratic clothes looked pretty good, his hair was meticulously combed, and when he squinted his eyes, it would not make people feel that his eyes were small, and after he walked up, he stood directly in front of Helena and asked.Helena didn't speak, and her proposal was opposed by Becky, which made her a little angry.But what Becky said was very reasonable, so she could only accept it."
If it's a traveler to the Silk City," said the young nobleman, who was not discouraged when he saw Helena's words, and patiently asked."
Excuse me, you're in my way."
Becky stood up with a cold face and said a little impatiently, she wanted the other party to retreat.However, the young nobleman obviously did not want to give up, he continued to say to Helena like a tour guide who was desperately trying to sell his boat: "If you want to find a pleasure boat, my ship is on the pier over there, and I can take you around the Haiyin Silk City in the inland sea, and when you see the Haiyin Silk City again on the sea, you will know that this is completely different from you enjoying the cityscape in the Haiyin Silk City!"
”Becky stretched out her hand to push the young nobleman who stood in front of them, and said, "Thanks, no need, we can hire a ship ourselves." ”Feeling his body take three steps back to the left uncontrollably, the young nobleman Morad immediately whispered to Becky with a cold face: "Do you guys know who I am?
”"Morad, alright, put away your set."
A companion behind him hurriedly grabbed Morad, who looked a little angry, and dissuaded him.Although Morad was pulled away by his friend, he still looked unhappy, and asked the friend next to him, "Why are you pulling me?"
Shouldn't you help me?
I'm just inviting them to come and have fun on the boat, isn't that good?
”At this time, the young nobles had already walked more than ten meters away, and their whispered words of discussion came to my ears at this time: "Don't make trouble again, I don't want to be grounded again this month, please settle down, and when you make invitations to others, at least keep your eyes open." ”The companion who had dissuaded Morad continued.Somewhat puzzled, Morad asked, "Did I do something wrong?"
Aren't those two out-of-town girls beautiful enough?
”The dissuasive companion pulled Morad a few more steps forward and said, "I'm here to let you see their identities clearly, they are not ordinary people, there are at least two magicians among those four people, and if they get into a dispute, they won't be resolved in the House of Representatives, and those old guys in the Magic Guild have never been easy to mess with." ”This happened, Helena was not in the mood to buy a sunhat, and we left the vendor's stall."
Okay, don't say any more, they're all gone."
Morad's voice came from my side."
Hey, if you go on like this, you'll suffer a lot one day."
The companion sighed softly, then grumbled.When I passed by the pier next to the Gate of the Icons, there were nearly a hundred pleasure boats moored on the pier, and I was thinking that the yachts of the young nobles were probably moored here, but I didn't pay attention to which one they were talking about.Seeing us standing on the dock and observing the yacht on the dock, several older children immediately ran towards us, and the fastest one of them stopped in front of me, looking plainly dressed, but very clean, his skin was tanned by the scorching sun, but his teeth were very white, and he spoke fluent Imperial Capital, and his tone did not have the thick accent of Haiyinsi."
Do you want to hire a guide?
I know that the yacht here is good and cheap, and I know every street in the city, and if I hire you, I will save you a lot of time, and it will only cost fifty copper plates. ”The older kid worked hard to sell himself to us.The other children, seeing that the older child had taken the lead, immediately dispersed to find another target."
We don't need a guide, you go ask someone, we're just here to rent a kayak."
Becky stepped forward and said with a smile at the older child.Hearing Becky say this, the eldest child obviously showed some frustration in his eyes, but he didn't dwell on it, saluted us respectfully, and turned to leave."
Hey, tell me later, where can I rent a fast and good kayak?"
Ying Li smiled and shouted to the eldest child.The eldest child turned around and pointed to a corner of the dock, and before the eldest child could speak, a buzzing silver coin took on a parabola from Ying Li's hand and threw it directly at the eldest child, who grabbed it casually and grabbed it into his palm."
Thank you for the information!"
Ying Li waved at the older kid and pulled me towards the docks