Chapter 880 - 841: Princess of Loulan...
As Zhao Rong and his group of 5 emerged from that cave entrance,
they were stunned by the world before their eyes.
Zhao Rong gazed at the ancient city of Loulan, a scene of prosperity, and those around dressed in the attire of the ancient Western Regions,
he felt as if he had traveled through time and said:
"Who would have thought that by following that underground palace, we would transition from the Ruins of Loulan to the actual ancient city of Loulan..."
Miss Lili looked at the ancient-style buildings and the people in ancient clothing, riding donkeys to the market, selling silk garments,
she spoke with emotion:
"I can’t believe we have truly arrived at the ancient city of Loulan..."
Yu Lan admired the surrounding oasis, the poplar trees, and the fragrance of birds and flowers, and said:
"It seems we really have arrived at an oasis..."
Yu Lan pointed to a spot not far away where three characters were written on the gate, and said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, no doubt about it, we have truly arrived in the Kingdom of Loulan..."
When the assistant saw those three characters on the gate, marking it as Loulan,
he couldn’t help but glance at the passing beauties of the Western Regions,
he said, with great fondness:
"Who would have imagined the ancient city of Loulan to be filled with such beautiful women...
Look at them, all with large eyes, double eyelids, long eyelashes, oval faces, red lips, white teeth, curvy figures..."
However, just as Zhao Rong and his group marveled at having reached the ancient kingdom of Loulan,
suddenly, from not far away, a pair of Loulan soldiers approached,
holding bronze halberds, they surrounded Zhao Rong’s group of 5, saying:
"Are you five spies from the Kingdom of Gaoche..."
Upon hearing that the Loulan soldiers misunderstood them,
Zhao Rong hastily explained, saying:
"Brothers, you’ve misunderstood. We are not from Gaoche, we are from Huaxia..."
Upon hearing Huaxia, the Loulan soldiers exchanged puzzled looks, having never heard of such a place, and said:
"What Huaxia, we’ve only heard of the Xiongnu, Turkic, Rouran, Khitan, never of any Huaxia..."
Miss Lili, very curious, asked the Loulan soldiers, saying:
"Brothers, could it be that we have truly arrived in the ancient Kingdom of Loulan..."
The Loulan soldier told Miss Lili, saying:
"That’s right, you are indeed in the Kingdom of Loulan..."
Hearing that the place before them was truly the Kingdom of Loulan,
Miss Lili hastily asked about the unsolved mysteries of the world, saying:
"Dear soldiers, since we have arrived in the Kingdom of Loulan, can you tell us how the kingdom disappeared?"
One Loulan soldier glared at Miss Lili, then firmly said:
"Our Kingdom of Loulan is located in a land of abundant water and grass; how could it possibly disappear..."
Another Loulan soldier, holding a short sword, said aggressively:
"Even if Kucha, Dayuan, and the Yuezhi to the west are all destroyed, our ancient Kingdom of Loulan will not disappear..."
Yu Lan furrowed her brows, asking:
"But history books clearly record that your ancient Kingdom of Loulan eventually became ruins..."
The Loulan soldier refused to believe that their ancient Kingdom of Loulan would ever vanish, saying:
"We have such a vast country and powerful military; how could we disappear?
You are talking nonsense..."
Yu Lan stepped forward to argue with the Loulan soldier, saying:
"If you don’t believe, I can show you the history books..."
The assistant further explained their strange recent experience to the Loulan soldiers, saying:
"Dear soldiers, you may not know, we truly came from the future world to your ancient Kingdom of Loulan,
and we traveled the underground passage to get here..."
Yet before the assistant could explain further, the Loulan soldiers escorted Zhao Rong and his group of 5 towards the distant palace.
The Loulan soldiers were whispering amongst themselves as they walked, saying:
"We will now bring these foreign people to the palace for our princess to judge..."
"These foreigners are sure to be sentenced to death by our Loulan princess..."
"No one should think of challenging our Loulan Kingdom, as we are the most powerful country in the Western Regions..."
Yet when Zhao Rong and his group of 5 were led into the Loulan palace,
they were taken aback as they looked at the Loulan princess before them.
Zhao Rong scrutinized the living Loulan princess,
and couldn’t help but think of the Loulan beauty’s corpse they found in a coffin within the ruins of Loulan,
he said:
"Miss Lili, Lady Yu Lan, Lady Xuelian, assistant, have you noticed that this Loulan princess before us looks exactly like the Loulan beauty we found in that coffin buried for 2000 years in the deserted Loulan..."
Miss Lili, while taking a phone out of her pocket, said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, you might not know,
earlier, I secretly took a photo with my phone of the Loulan beauty in the coffin,
and now, I will compare the Loulan beauty from the coffin with the princess before us, see the differences..."
Yu Lan carefully examined the photo in Miss Lili’s hand,
she felt both looked identical and exclaimed:
"Oh my, could such strange things happen in the world,
the Loulan beauty in the coffin looks exactly like the Loulan princess before us, it’s like seeing a ghost..."
Xuelian found it incredibly magical, saying:
"Such miraculous things only appear in novels,
would never imagine encountering this eerie, wondrous, and baffling phenomenon in reality..."
The assistant was equally astonished, saying:
"It seems we really did travel through time,
the Loulan beauty in the coffin we found in the desert ruins of Loulan, is the posthumous form of this Loulan princess before us..."
As Zhao Rong’s group of 5 whispered among themselves,
the Loulan princess suddenly stepped down from the throne and walked towards Zhao Rong and his group, saying:
"You five foreigners, we brought you to the palace not to punish you, but to ask for your help in dealing with our enemies..."
Upon hearing that the immensely powerful Kingdom of Loulan still had enemies,
Zhao Rong was perplexed and asked:
"Princess of Loulan, could you tell us slowly, who are the enemies of your Kingdom of Loulan?"
Miss Lili asked:
"Princess of Loulan, are your enemies the Xiongnu cavalry?"
Yu Lan flauntingly said:
"Princess of Loulan, you don’t need to fear the Xiongnu cavalry,
because we five already swiftly obliterated 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry and 100,000 Xiongnu archers back on the Mongolian Grassland..."
The assistant comforted the princess, saying:
"Although the Xiongnu roam invincible on the Mongolian Grassland and the Western Regions,
when they encounter us five, they wouldn’t even know how they died..."
Listening to everyone, the Loulan princess shook her head and told Zhao Rong’s group, saying:
"Foreigners, you are unaware, our enemies are not the Turkic or the people of our Western Regions, but an unprecedented, never-before-seen bizarre humans..."
Upon hearing the Loulan princess’s words, Zhao Rong was stunned,
he was very eager to know, just who are these bizarre humans?