Chapter 1035
Chapter 1035: The Pilgrimage of a Thousand Birds
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Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The platform lowered . It descended slowly, until it came to a stop before a stone door .
"Is this the entrance to Phoenix Shelter?" Han Sen was delighted, thinking he might have found it .
He looked at the many vines that draped the doorframe . They looked undisturbed, which told him Holy-Sword Emperor had not yet arrived . Or, if he had, the spirit had not come this way .
Han Sen summoned Sword-Furnace spirit . Treachery and danger might have lurked ahead, so he thought the spirit could make a fine decoy .
At Han Sen's command, Sword-Furnace pushed the door open . Nothing out-of-the-ordinary occurred, it just opened like any average door might .
Beyond the door rested a stone staircase that descended a very long way down . Eventually, the stairs took a turn . What lurked at the bottom, Han Sen could not yet tell .
Along with Bao'er, Han Sen stepped inside . Sword-Furnace led the way, and after some time venturing down, they arrived before a palace .
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Surprisingly, there had been no danger, and nothing inherently peculiar stood out to them . Even the door of the palace seemed normal .
The door was ajar, and from what he could see from where he stood, there were many copper items inside . There was a furnace, a ding, and a number of statues; all wrought from copper .
Going inside, he noticed statues on either side of the entrance hall . They all depicted birds . There was a peacock, a crane, a sparrow, and even one of bees .
The walls had mosaics and plaques, with themes and designs all revolving around birds . Across the ceiling, there was a painting of a grand purple peacock . Across the tiled floor, there were many illustrations of cranes .
It was like a museum, dedicated to birds and birds alone . An image of a bird adorned everywhere that Han Sen looked, and even the pillars of the hall were decorated with pictures or carvings of them .
Han Sen wandered around the palace for some time, but strangely, he did not come across a single image of a phoenix .
"Is it because Phoenix Emperor resembled a phoenix, anyway?" Han Sen guessed .
Aside from the statues and the other bird-based decorations, there did not seem to be anything of value . The only thing of note was the throne .
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"Phoenix Emperor must have sat right there . But why do only paintings and statues remain here?" Thinking of this, Han Sen then told Sword-Furnace to examine the throne more closely .
The throne was engraved with a number of bird illustrations, just like everything else in the palace . After Sword-Furnace had finished investigating the seat, Han Sen decided to sit on it .
After Han Sen sat down on the throne, it suddenly seemed as if the statues before him were alive . It seemed as if they were there, ready to obey him .
"This Phoenix Emperor dude had taste," Han Sen thought .
It was strange, to imagine Phoenix Emperor spending so much time and effort to merely be able to sit there and enjoy the artwork and the feelings they elicited .
It was a unique sensation, but it was only achievable by sitting down on the throne .
With Phoenix Emperor's power, he could have most certainly gathered a flock of genuine birds . It was weird to see such focus and time given to the creation of fake ones .
Han Sen continued sitting on that throne, observing the birds in a new light . Eventually, though, his face turned dim .
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Following a tingling sensation, the birds did indeed start to look more and more alive . Eventually, he was stricken with the feeling that the birds were about to fly towards him .
Everything seemed so real . They may have actually been statues, but they were shaped, sculpted, and built in a way that was as convincing as a real bird .
And what's more, no bird looked alike . They each had a personality, despite being constructed objects . Many might have appeared rather similar, but there were minor variations to make even those stand out from their inanimate peers .
"Was this his study room, maybe?" Han Sen felt as if he had learned something, through this idle observation .
Han Sen had once learned Heavenly Go and Seven Twist, which he later combined into Aero . This technique was associated with birds .
After watching the birds for a while longer, he felt as if they were somehow related to the self-taught Aero talent .
By simply watching the birds before him, he felt as if he was given a greater understanding of Aero . He was learning a lot about birds, all by simply watching them . He realized there were many things about birds he had never seen or even considered before, and it was like his mind had breached a veil, and he'd now be operating on a higher plane of existence . He was in a different world now .
"I didn't know I could do that," Han Sen thought, considering the new options that were opening before him .
Han Sen then focused his attention and examined every bird individually . They weren't alive, but every time he looked back to a bird he had previously looked at, it would seem different .
Han Sen stood up to take a better look .
Before Han Sen sat on the throne, he hadn't noticed anything peculiar about the hall . After sitting on the throne and standing up again, his perception of everything had changed .
It was like a 3D picture . At first, the image of the hall was plain and meaningless .
But now, looking closely, it was as if a lock had been broken . He could see things differently, from a multitude of different angles .
The hall, of course, had been designed better than any 3D image ever could . Its depth was unparalleled, and you'd discover and learn a number of new things, depending on where you stood .
Everyone had a different personality, and everyone saw things differently .
The birds were this way, as well . They all looked unique, and when he looked at them from different angles, he felt differently about them .
Han Sen did not know how others felt, but he felt as if he had just entered a treasury . It was a treasury of knowledge, and what he had learned about Aero there was different than anything he could ever learn from reading a book .