Chapter 59: Unable to see Changan (1/2)

Chapter 59: Unable to see Chang’an

The State of Zhao was in the southern part of the Southern Domain, which was connected to the Western subcontinent These two areas were separated from the rest of the lands of South Heaven by the Milky Way Sea, although it is possible that long ago, the lands of South Heaven had not been split in this way

To state things e of the Southern Do over numerous mountains would the boundless Milky Way Sea becoe, nor was it heavily populated However, the capital city was a bustling place Even though the evening air was filled with falling snow, the houses gloith lantern light, keeping everyone warm inside

Anyone who didn’t own a house, alked about in the snowy night, would feel an indescribable loneliness

Meng Hao walked down the street beneath the darkening sky The crowds of people ould nor the day were nowhere to be seen Anyone who moved about ide ba

Looking off into the distance, Meng Hao could just barelyIt was a paGoda, a tower

The Tower of Tang

It was nearly three hundredthe attention of anyone within the city Snow surrounded it, but could not hide the evidence of the devoted care spent by the King of Zhao, the scholars, and the many other people who had constructed it

It faced the Eastern Lands, the Great Tang and Chang’an

Meng Hao had never been to the capital city before, nor the Tower of Tang He had never even seen it before But as he walked down the street toward it, he knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that… this was definitely the Tower of Tang

He had always iovernment official, and then he would be able to climb to its top and stare out across the land

He looked at the Tower of Tang sitting there a time passed

“Before mother and father disappeared,” he murmured to himself, “a violet wind blew outside People said it was an auspicious sign, and that a celestial being had appeared in the sky…” He walked forward, staring at the Tower of Tang

He thought about everything that had happened that night He would never be able to forget That night, he lost his youth Froain have a father and

It was then that he started to drea!

Ru Hao knew that they were si They were out there, soet the violet robe his father had been wearing that night as he stood next to the , looking out at the violet wind Nor would he forget how his father had looked back at hiet that night, nor the quiet sound of his s to anyone, but had kept therew closer and closer, he wondered why he was suddenly thinking about such things froh broke to pieces in the snoind It would never leave the capital city, nor the State of Zhao, nor the Southern Domain It would not cross the Milky Way Sea, nor would it reach Chang’an

“Maybe it’s because ,” he murmured “She told me that in the capital city of every nation, there is a Tower of Tang, and people say those towers are the closest you can get to Chang’an without actually being there”

As he approached the district surrounding the Tower of Tang, he looked up

The snow fell in heavy sheets, and the winter hi up on the tower From where he stood, he could see clearly that it had been constructed with great care Its foundation was eight-sided, and it rose up like a reen ined it would

Despite the snow, soldiers patrolled around its perihly ranked officials and powerful people could enter, in order to offer sacrifices and perform rites

But theHao’s body passed by and entered the tower

An ancient flight of stairs wound up inside, reaching slowly up toward the top The walls were carved with brightly colored frescos, depicting the Eastern Lands, the Great Tang and Chang’an

“I re to me I was so small then, that I didn’t really understand what she was talking about But now that I think about it, the way she described the Eastern Lands, the Great Tang and Chang’an… it was as if she had seen them with her own eyes If she hadn’t, how could she have described everything in such detail? It was just like these carvings” He examined them as he ascended the stairs Eventually he reached the top of the tower, and the end of the carvings They had depicted life and culture, beautiful scenery, and countless a and inspiring