Chapter 291 - The Tower of Babel, The Gate of God (2/2)

If Yang Lisha hadn’t really been here, Lin Luoran would not believe that the legendary Tower of Heaven is where the interstellar transmission circle is located.

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“At the place where the sky meets the ground, green light flickers. White pigeons bring back olive branches from here. After the great flood recedes, all creatures revive. The Babel Tower stands on the top of the mountain, overlooking this silent land. The sacred tower points straight into the sky. This is the most fertile land in the Mesopotamian plain. Milk and honey flow in heaven. This is G.o.d ’s promise. On a wonderful moonlit night, priests dance mysteriously. They put olive branches on their chests. Only the tambourine can interpret their call. The Babel Tower stays silent on top of the mountain. In this sacred altar, people open their arms to welcome the G.o.d of peace.”

It is hot at noon and cold at night. The cultivators sit around the bonfire and open their mouths in amazement after seeing what Xiao Xiaomu shows them.

Xiao Xiaomu takes back his tablet, “Don’t look at me. Baidu says it.”

Wen Runlan yawns, “I thought you suddenly become poetic tonight.”

They buy beef from Iraqi people and grill it with the bonfire. Master Guo loves to eat meat in big pieces while Chen Yun has been in authority for so long and feels a bit aggrieved in the desert.

The team gets out of the city after being examined and goes to Babylon as if they were common tourists. They are at the bank of the Euphrates River now. Chen Yun hates the sandstorm and cannot accept the local people who don’t take a shower. Sitting on the sand, keeping himself warm by the bonfire and splitting grilled meat with others all remind him of the days when he was an ordinary agent of the special department and had to go on missions all over the world.

Yang Lisha leaves everyone behind after she gets to the Euphrates River. No one knows where she goes to.

Everyone has secrets. Yang Lisha, the monster vine, is no exception. Since she is not willing to let everyone know how to open the interstellar transmission circle, Lin Luoran does not force her.

“My fellow cultivator Lin, how much longer do we need to wait here?” Chen Yun expresses his dissatisfaction first. Lin Luoran and Master Mu both shake their heads behind his back. Chen Yun is in charge of the special department and shouldn’t lack cultivation materials. He comes to his sixties this year, but why he hasn’t shown signs of Laying Foundation. His state of mind is really problematic.

The roasted beef is soft and chewy. Yuan Ye is a good cook. Lin Luoran deeply realizes the benefits of having an apprentice to help her.

The cyan little fox lies lazily on the sand, staring at Chen Yun with a boring look. The more humans the little fox knows, the more she feels that the female cultivator who takes care of her is a nice person. At least, the man in front of her is not as good-tempered as Lin Luoran.

Seeing Chen Yun grumbles, Lin Luoran sighs, “Minister Chen, allow me to remind you that you should call me ‘master’ according to the seniority of the world of cultivation.”

In fact, Chen Yun doesn’t lay the foundation and should have called Lin Luoran “grandmaster”, but she saves face for him considering they still need to work together in the interstellar transmission circle.

Chen Yun’s face turns purple. Xi Heng laughs at him silently. He never likes Chen Yun because he patronizes everyone. He is so shameless to call Lin Luoran “my fellow cultivator”. He can do so only because Li Xi’er calls Lin Luoran “master”. Thanks to her, he becomes a senior. Although Lin Luoran responds politely, Xi Heng feels quite good when he sees Chen Yun feels awkward.

n.o.body speaks for Chen Yun. He doesn’t know how to get out of the situation, so he snorts and pretends nothing has happened. Young cultivators around are all former, current or future agents of the special department. They feel ashamed for Minister Chen after witnessing what just happened. How can their minister make a fuss with Lin Luoran? No one of them knows what to say. It becomes really embarra.s.sing for a while. Fortunately, they see in the light of the bonfire that a slender woman comes from afar.

Lin Luoran stands up when she realizes that the woman is Yang Lisha.

Goldie and the cyan little fox reach a tacit understanding. One of them jumps into Lin Luoran’s arms. The other clutches her shoulders tightly.

Yang Lisha doesn’t look at anyone else and only nods to Lin Luoran, “Follow me.” She sounds exhausted. Lin Luoran doesn’t know what this monster has done to get so tired.

Lin Luoran asks everyone to hurry up. The team quickly extinguishes the bonfire, takes the uneaten barbecue and follows Yang Lisha up the river.

They come to a ruined building on a wasteland.

The stone statue’s wings are broken. Its sharp ends become blunt because of weathering. It seems these relics are still telling the exciting stories of the past. Dusty clay tablets are buried deep in the plain. Cuneiform has recorded the glory of this ancient civilization.

Yang Lisha touches some mechworks on the ground. A stone platform emerges from underneath with a transparent crystal ball s.h.i.+ning bright on it. They can only see their own reflection on the ball and don’t know what is inside.

“Once I say start, everyone please send Reiki into it, regardless of which branch of the five elements are you in. We must spare no effort. If we couldn’t open the circle this time, we may have to wait for next year.”

Yang Lisha looks at the sky and Lin Luoran follows her sight. The sky looks really strange tonight. The moon seems very close to the earth and looks like a big plate. It seems one can jump up and catch it.

“Ready……start!”

Hundreds of thick or thin Reiki lines in red, gold, blue, green and brown are connected to the crystal ball on the stone platform, interweaving a gorgeous light wall.

It is dazzling when Reiki of the five elements gathers together. Although Chen Yun doesn’t fully agree with the idea, he does everything he can, let alone others.

Lin Luoran thinks that a tunnel or something like a magic circle might show up because they all thought the interstellar transmission circle should be like these. However, a sudden spike of strong light makes her close her eyes. When she carefully opens her eyes again, an extremely tall tower that is floating in the air appears in front of her.

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At that time, the languages and accents of people all over the world were the same. They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

—— Genesis