HBWnovel Chapter 264 Imperial City Magic Street "Heavenly Court"
Chapter 264 Imperial City Magic Street "Heavenly Court"
Chapter 264 Imperial City Magic Street "Heavenly Court"
"South Heaven Gate!"
Hermione stuttered and read the three words on a huge archway in front of her.
"What a big door!"
Everyone sat in a rickshaw and came to the entrance of the "Heavenly Court" of the magic street in the imperial capital introduced in the book. Looking at the huge archway made of white jade in front of them, they couldn't help showing shocking expressions on their faces.
And Charlie sighed in his heart. He didn't expect the Magic Street in the imperial capital to be in an alley in the snack street near the Capital University.
The moment he walked into the alley, it was as if the stars were moving, and he was directly moved to the front of a huge archway with Nantianmen written on it by some kind of magic similar to space teleportation.
"Okay, kids, let's go in!"
Although the Weasleys were also very surprised, they were well-informed after all. They had been to many places when they were young and had seen many different exotic features, so they were the first to react and began to greet everyone into the archway.
After entering the archway, what they saw before their eyes was a spacious street composed of ancient Chinese buildings, with red walls, green tiles, and carved railings made of jade, as if they had traveled back to the ancient China.
There are various shops on both sides of the street, such as the pill shop selling elixir (magic medicine), the Qi shop (flying broom) selling flying instruments such as flying swords and gourds, the Jiange (magic wand) with a thousand-year history of making mahogany swords and money swords, and the cloth shop that customizes various styles of Taoist robes for different disciples of various sects, etc.
Except for a few blond-haired and blue-eyed foreign wizards who occasionally appear on the street, almost all of them are Chinese Taoist priests with black hair and black eyes.
They wear all kinds of Daoist gowns such as gowns, delos, precepts, vestments, flowered garments, and robes, and buy various herbs, elixirs, and magic weapon materials for cultivation on the streets.
Of course, in addition to formal shops, there are also many casual repairs on the street, who directly spread a layer of gray cloth on the ground to sell some of their own items.
However, not all of them are wearing Taoist robes, and a small number of them are wearing more modern clothes. It is estimated that they have just come from the Muggle world, or they will go to the Muggle world soon.
In addition to normal human priests, on this street, you can also see some magical animals that are hard to see in London,
For example, the bull-headed and horse-faced tribes that can communicate with Chinese wizards normally, are said to have the special ability to arrest ghosts.
In the mythology of Huaguo, Muggles are often regarded as messengers from hell.
There are also some iron-eaters who walk upright and look similar to giant pandas in the Muggle world, but obviously possess intelligence no less than that of humans.
According to historical records, in ancient times, the Iron Eaters were famous for helping Chi You, a powerful practitioner, to fight on the battlefield.
But later, because of being secretly instigated by the Yellow Emperor, he turned against each other in the war, and was finally cursed by Chi You before his death, leaving behind an indelible trace of a traitor - Iron Eye,
Even their non-magical descendants, the pandas, still retain this trace of treachery, but Muggles generally call them - panda eyes!
Seeing such a lively scene, the five little ones who were already asleep, as well as the drowsy Alice, Hermione, Harry and others, immediately regained their energy.
Walking in the magic street "Heavenly Court" in the imperial capital of China, they were completely attracted by the exotic atmosphere that they had never seen before.
Especially there are many Chinese snacks that look delicious on the street,
For example, those fire-breathing candied haws strung together, every time you eat a bright red candied haws, you can emit a small red flame, as if you have turned into a small fire dragon.
There are also those flying sugar paintings that look so wonderful. All kinds of magical animals and characters unique to Huaguo, after being drawn by Taoist priests with magic sugar water, will seem to be endowed with spirituality, and they will fly into the air.
And there are many styles of them, such as the sugar painting dragon flying through the clouds, the sugar painting Monkey King dancing with a golden cudgel, and the dancing sugar painting Chang'e. Just looking at it is already very pleasing to the eye.
In addition, after taking a bite, a white cloud will rise under your feet, somersault cloud cotton candy that will lift you up and move slowly, etc., many magical Chinese delicacies that have never been seen before.
Even Charlie, who was lying on Alice's shoulder, had to wonder if those myths and stories in Huaguo legends actually existed after witnessing this.
It's just that it was exaggerated after being seen by Muggles.
Perhaps, Sanqing is the three most powerful Taoist priests in the early days, just like the four great magicians who founded Hogwarts, and those mythical characters are actually Taoist priests with powerful magic power in their own fields of expertise.
Zhu Rong is actually a Taoist priest who is good at fire-type Taoism (flame curse), Gonggong is a Taoist priest who is good at water-type Taoism (clear water curse), thunder master, lightning mother, wind master, rain master and cloud master (weather spell), and so on, Tianting is the gathering place for these Taoist priests.
"Sorry, can I have twelve strings of this red skewer?"
Roman noticed that the five little eyes were looking at an old Taoist in a gray robe holding candied haws and selling them. He immediately stopped him and took out a few pounds and spoke in English.
The old man stared at Roman in bewilderment. He obviously couldn't understand English, but he seemed to understand what he meant quickly. He pointed at the pound in his hand and shook his head.
At this time Arthur came over, took out the Galleon and said:
"They should not accept Muggle currency!"
However, the old man looked at the Galleon in Arthur's hand, shook his head again, and said:
"We don't accept the currency of your foreign wizards. You can go to the bank over there and exchange it for spirit stones, and then come here to buy my fire-breathing candied haws!"
"Arthur, it seems that before we find the hotel, we need to find the 'bank' to exchange some money from this country!"
Mrs. Weasley stepped forward and said to Arthur.
"Sir, where is this bank?"
Arthur asked in squishy Chinese.
After some communication, Arthur not only learned the location of the bank, but also asked about the location of the hotel where he could stay in this magic street.
So without delay, everyone went directly to the bank, and exchanged Muggle currency and Galleons for some unique currency in the wizarding world of Huaguo - spirit stones.
The so-called spirit stone is a crystal clear and very hard stone. It looks a bit like a diamond, but it has a special magical temperament. It can be regarded as a natural magic item.
According to their size, spirit stones can be divided into high-grade, medium-grade and low-grade. One high-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for ten middle-grade spirit stones, and one middle-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for ten low-grade spirit stones.
After leaving the bank, under the influence of the spirit stone, Alice, Hermione, Harry and a total of 12 people had a lot of snacks in their hands.
"Eternal Life Inn!"
After buying some snacks for the children to fill their stomachs, Arthur and his party quickly found the hotel on the "Tianting" Magic Street based on the information they asked from the old Taoist priest who sold candied haws just now.
(End of this chapter)