Embrace the light

Chapter 14

The next morning, when Ian woke up to the sound of the alarm, Heng was no longer by his side.

He rubbed his sleepy eyes and greeted Heng who was leaning on the other bed.

"Good morning, Heng."

After the two washed up, they went to the cafeteria on this floor to have breakfast.

Still in line with the principle of eating all kinds of delicacies on Senlanxing, the food Ian picks is different from yesterday.

This time Heng didn't wait for Ian to try the food one by one, but picked the food together with Ian holding the plate.

Because the two of them only chose a small portion of each dish, Yian went along with it.

"Good morning, An'an, Heng." Mino, who was also choosing dishes, came over to say hello.

"Good morning, Nuonuo." Ian showed Mino the plate in his hand, "I chose something different from yesterday."

Mino nodded, "Me too haha."

After the three of them sat together, Harvey, Gene and others also came to the restaurant one after another. Everyone chose the food separately, and then sat together to exchange their experience in tasting.

"I found that the vegetarian dishes and fruits of Senlanxing have a characteristic, that is, the taste is similar to many processed products of Imperial Star, but the taste is lighter and refreshing. The most important thing is that the taste is similar, but it is super low in calories." Ha Vi concluded.

"Jin, don't you consider moving to Senlanxing to live, I feel that this place is very suitable for you." Mino said.

Among the four people in their dormitory, Jean is the one who pays the most attention to body maintenance and skin care.

Gene shook his head, "I've discovered that a good figure and an outstanding appearance are sometimes not as good as other things."

Hearing the self-mockery and bitterness in Gene's tone, Harvey comforted: "The 'other things' you mentioned are just a special case, haven't you heard of 'three views follow the five senses', no matter what era it is, beauty and body They are all very popular, okay, you have to be more confident in yourself!"

Mino said: "Why do I feel like you've lost your love? No way! You all got out of the singles one by one without telling me?"

Alex quickly waved his hand, "Don't talk nonsense, I haven't even met a girl I'm attracted to."

Gene just shook his head and smiled without speaking.

Mino looked at Liang Xiao, "Usually you two are always inseparable, you should know what's going on with Gene, right?"

Jin also cast his eyes on Liang Xiao, looking at him with a playful look in his eyes.

But Liang Xiao just shook his head, didn't say whether he knew or didn't know, and then he became affectionate with Jessica again, serving her vegetables and whispering to her.

Mino, Gene, Harvey and Alex who were fed dog food early in the morning all rolled their eyes.

Ian looked at Gene and saw that he had been depressed and gloomy for the past two days, so he took the initiative to talk to him and said, "Unhappy, it can't solve anything except making your mood worse. For this trip, let's start with Put aside those troubles for a while, and feel the wonderful charm of nature, which will make you feel comfortable and happy."

Gene was a little surprised by Ian's initiative to talk, but still nodded, picked up the drink cup and touched Ian with him.

"Look at you, brother, your misery has overflowed by a meter. Take heart, there is nothing you can't get through." Mino didn't continue to investigate the reason, and Gene didn't want to say that he didn't need to gossip many times.

By the time everyone finished their breakfast, it was seven o'clock in the morning.

"Let's go back to the room and get organized. We will gather at my door at [-]:[-], and then we will go to Buyun Pagoda. After visiting Buyun Pagoda, we will go to the 'Inner Earth'."

Buyun Tower is a tall tower that records the historical development of Senlanxing. It has a total of 88 floors and towers into the sky.

Before the group arrived at Buyun Tower, they were shocked by the scenery of Buyun Tower.

It is not how tall or gorgeous the tower is, but that within the range of Buyun Tower, with it as the center, all the clouds are circular, big circles and small circles, spreading out layer by layer. 88 circles.

"It's amazing!" Harvey exclaimed, "I think it will be more spectacular at sunset."

Mino nodded in agreement, "Let's visit the tower first, and we can return from the 'Inner Earth' at sunset to take pictures."

Ian has picked up his mobile phone to record and take pictures, and he has taken pictures from all angles from far to near.

After arriving at Buyun Tower, everyone first registered by swiping their cards at the service desk.

Jessica asked if paper tickets could be provided, but was told that in order to better maintain the ecology of Senlanxing, the tickets for all attractions here are electronic and paper tickets are not provided.

"Okay, it's a pity, I wanted to go back and put the tickets in the travel account."

Liang Xiao comforted her, "It's the same when the electronic version is printed out. The important thing is that you have been here and experienced this place, not a paper ticket."

Jessica just pouted and nodded.

The Buyun Tower is set up with spiral stairs, and it is not an escalator, but a wooden ladder.As for the escalator, except for the elderly and the disabled who are in poor health, people with normal health are not allowed to use it.

"I feel like I'm going to shut down automatically after climbing this tower today." Harvey wailed as he looked at the top of the tower that was so tall.

Mino, Christine, and Gene reached out and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him. After all, Harvey is not from a military academy, and he doesn't usually like sports. His physical fitness may be worse than the few of them who have undergone professional training.

Ian felt that this might also be a challenge for him. He looked at Heng, and seeing that Heng's expression and eyes hadn't changed, he smiled at him and signaled to cheer him up.

The first layer is just some landscape display pictures, which are Buyun Tower taken from different directions, different distances and angles.After appreciating it roughly, everyone began to climb the stairs to the second floor.

Next to each window on the second floor, there is a display screen showing the beautiful scenery that can be seen through this window. From sunrise to sunset, from spring to winter, from sunny day to rainy day, the beautiful scenery of each season and time period is recorded In the book, visitors can browse and appreciate them one by one on the display screen.

On the tower wall between every two windows, the restoration map and historical introduction of Senlanxing's initial formation and gradual evolution are displayed in order. Visitors can learn about the geological history and development history of Senlanxing from this. wait.

From the second floor to the tenth floor, the settings are all landscape pictures plus historical introduction.

Starting from the No.11 floor, there is a quiz with prizes. Participate by scanning the code. The topics are mainly set based on the landscape maps from the second floor to the tenth floor and historical introduction.

Scores for correct answers can be accumulated, and then on the No.16 floor, you can receive a special gift according to the level to which the final score belongs.Gifts include special melons and fruits around Buyun Tower, as well as some souvenirs.

Several people went all the way to the No.16 floor, and when they received the gifts, everyone was surprised to find that the one with the highest score was actually Heng.

Minuo quietly asked Ian, "Has he already known or remembered so many words? I just thought he might not be able to understand many places."

Ian smiled: "Heng is very smart."

No.2 is Mino, No.3 is Gene, No.4 is Liang Xiao, No.5 is Ian, No.6 is Harvey, No.7 is Alex, No.8 is Jessica .

Jessica complained to Liang Xiao: "I told you to look at the topic for me, but you insisted on letting me do it myself."

Liang Xiao comforted her: "The most important thing is the fun of participating, and my gift is naturally for you too. Wouldn't it be more interesting to have a gift that you got by answering the questions yourself, plus one from me?"

When receiving gifts, the first to third place are three special fruits, and No.4 and after are souvenirs.

After obtaining the consent of the other two, Mino asked the waiter to cut each fruit into eight evenly, and then everyone found a seat with the plate, and began to taste the food and take a break.

Fruits are not rare and expensive, but after everyone has climbed ten floors and answered hundreds of questions, it is good to eat a few pieces of fruit to replenish their strength.

There are not many tourists in the tower now. Generally speaking, the tour fee of Senlanxing is relatively expensive, and most of the tourists who can come here are either rich or expensive.

"YES!" At this moment, a girl's excited voice suddenly came.

It turned out that when she was redeeming points at the service desk, she was told that she had a perfect score and could get the No.1 reward gift.

Her companions are three girls, all four of them have blond waist-length curly hair, dark blue eyes, fair skin, tall and long legs.

Mino saw Alex staring at him with an idiot look on his face, and punched him on the shoulder.

"Shut up your chin, OK? Why did you say that you have never met someone with a heartbeat, and you just moved four times so easily."

Alex scratched his head and smiled, "Aren't they sexy and cute? I just want to see more, I don't have any other ideas."

At this time, the four girls also sat down on the vacant seats with their dinner plates.

Harvey pounded on Alex, "The opportunity has come, go ask for a Xingwei number."

Gene also looked at Alex as if watching a good show.

Alex was a little shy, but still mustered up the courage to go forward and asked the No.1 girl if she could add a star account.

The girl introduced herself as Wei Na, and Alex and Alex exchanged star numbers.

Wei Na's three companions booed and teased Wei Na with their eyes and movements.

Wei Na was graceful from beginning to end, and she didn't show shyness or embarrassment.

After Alex returned to his seat, Harvey asked him, "Why didn't you invite them to visit and play with us?"

Alex shook his head, "It's the first time we meet, I don't want to be too enthusiastic, it will scare people. Others agree to add stars to each other, it's just out of politeness, and I don't want to be too abrupt."

Mino said in surprise: "I can't see it, Alex, you are still a tough guy and tenderhearted!"

Everyone laughed together.

Going up the sixteenth floor, there are some special delicacies, which can be eaten directly after washing.There are fruits, vegetables, and even some meat.

However, Ian, Mino and the others did not have the habit of eating raw meat.

Seeing some tourists eating happily beside the raw meat stall, Ian, Mino and the others stood still, keeping a waiting distance.

"Heng, do you want to try?"

Heng shook his head, although he didn't know what his eating habits were like before, but now he is indeed insensitive to raw meat.

"An'an, are you going to try it?" Seeing Ian's curious expression, Mino asked him.

The others also looked at Ian, and Ian asked everyone: "It seems that they don't taste strange, do you want to try it?"

Harvey shook his head and said, "I ate raw fish when I was in Imperial City, but raw meat always felt weird when I put it in my mouth, and I didn't dare to chew it."

Mino nodded. Harvey ordered it when he was having dinner with his family.

"However, if you want to try An An, I can accompany you to try again."

The reason why Ian was hesitant was because the food here was sold in fixed portions, and everyone showed resistance. If he couldn't accept the taste, it would be a waste of a plate of food.

Now that Mino offered to try it with him, he didn't hesitate any longer, and went to buy a raw meat platter and bring it over.

Everyone focused their attention on the raw meat plate on the table.

When Ian bought it, he told the stall owner that he was eating raw meat for the first time, and asked if there were any precautions, such as must be dipped in some kind of sauce.The stall owner heard the words and put a few vegetable leaves for Ian, saying that the raw meat slices here do not need to be dipped in sauce. If you can’t accept the original taste of the meat slices, try wrapping them in vegetable leaves, and the taste will change. be better.

Ian first picked up a piece of raw meat with a fork, and looked at it 360 degrees up and down. The piece of meat was crystal clear, clean and free of blood, and it didn't smell fishy.

Putting the sliced ​​meat on the fork tip into his mouth, Ian chewed it a few times, the taste was light and sweet, and he put a small leaf in his mouth to chew together. The leaf was hot and sour, mixed with the sliced ​​meat. It tastes more refreshing and delicious.

Ian concluded in his heart that it seems that the food on Senlanxing, whether it is vegetarian dishes, fruits or meat, tastes relatively clean and light.

Seeing that Ian was eating without any strange expression, Mino also tried to eat a piece, and stuffed a piece into Harvey's mouth when he thought it was okay. took a piece.

In this way, everyone tasted some one by one, some were eaten directly, and some were served with vegetable leaves.

But Heng refused Ian's feeding, even if several other people said that the taste was not strange, Heng did not agree to try.

After trying it, Jessica suddenly became interested in these raw meats, and went to buy a portion from the stall owner, and asked for a few more vegetable leaves to eat together with the meat.

Jessica asked everyone if they wanted to eat more, only Alex ate a few more slices, Harvey and the others declined their kindness, and then Jessica took the rest and shared it with Liang Xiao have eaten.

Everyone walked, ate and ate all the way, and when they reached the [-]th floor, they found that the tower no longer sold food, but began to sell clothes, shoes and souvenirs.

The shoes and clothes all have the characteristic style of Senlanxing, with various local flowers, plants and trees printed on them.

Souvenirs include wooden wind chimes, Tianlai conch, fragrant wood bracelets, eternal life garlands and so on.

Ian asked Heng if he saw something he liked, and Heng shook his head.

When they reached the first floor, Jessica had the most trophies, and she and Liang Xiao couldn't carry them anymore. Alex even helped to get a few.

Ian chose a simple and elegant wind chime and two fragrant wood bracelets, Mino chose a sailing-style wooden pendant and two heavenly conch shells, Harvey chose a set of special shoes and clothes and a fragrant wood bracelet, Eric Adams bought the eternal life garland and gemstone bracelet.

Ian gave him a surprised look, and Alex quickly explained: "Don't think too much, this is for my sister."

Mino added: "Alex has an eight-year-old sister at home."

In their dormitory, only Mino is the only child.Alex has a younger sister, Jean has a younger brother, and Liang Xiao has an older sister.

Looking at Jean's hand, what he bought was a puzzle building block, and it seemed that he also bought it for his younger brother.

On the wooden ladder leading to the No.60 tower, everyone smelled a burst of refreshing fragrance.

Ian originally thought that this floor was for selling flowers and green plants, but when he came up to see it, he found that it was for selling dew and perfume.

Jessica was a little exhausted at this time, if she hadn't bought and bought all the way up, she wouldn't have known that she could climb so many stairs.

"Captain, I want to apply for a rest, but I really can't move."

Mino nodded, announcing the suspension of repairs, and everyone gathered in the lounge to rest.