Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 524 Eating Hot Pot on the Moon

"Wow!"

The experience of actually setting foot on the moon is vastly different from seeing pictures.

Before them lay a desolate, uneven lunar surface, covered with gravel and rocks. Under the reflection of the sun and the blue star, they could also see the craters and impact craters in all directions.

Looking at the blue planet from the moon is far more awe-inspiring and imposing than looking at the moon from the blue planet.

"It's so beautiful!" Song Qiuqiu exclaimed.

Without saying a word, Eileen turned her back to Blue Star, took out her phone, and took a beautiful selfie. "It's a pity there's no signal on the moon, otherwise it would be so interesting to locate the moon and post it on WeChat Moments."

Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi couldn't resist taking out their phones to take pictures.

Only Zhang Hang commented on the Guanghan Palace in front of him, "Rugged and magnificent, but not exquisite at all, it doesn't quite match the status of the fairy Chang'e!"

“I didn’t prepare anything last time.” Gu Zhao looked at the palace in front of him; it was indeed rather rough.

"So I came here this time to repair it and reinforce it to prevent it from being damaged by the temperature difference on the lunar surface, solar rays, small meteorites and the like."

"How do we reinforce it?" Zhang Hang asked.

“Of course it’s an array,” Gu Zhao replied.

Of course, there is no spiritual energy in outer space or on the surface of the moon, but Gu Zhao can now mobilize the five elements and five energies. As long as he uses a bit of his own true energy as a guide, he can draw on the power of the moon's ley lines.

I wouldn't dare say the scope is too large, but if it's just protecting a palace, isn't that a piece of cake?

Thus, to the astonishment of Zhang Hang and the others, Gu Zhao began the repair and reinforcement of the Moon Palace.

First, there's the area of ​​the palace.

Previously, only a solitary main hall had been built, but now that there were plenty of materials, Gu Zhao directly enclosed a large area on the mountaintop and built a memorial archway, walls, and palace gates.

Inside the walled area, the ground is leveled.

On the screen wall behind the main gate, the front is carved with Chang'e flying to the moon, and the back is carved with Chang'e playing with a rabbit.

Behind the screen wall lies the palace courtyard, which has three sections. The first hall features a single moon rabbit statue, the second hall enshrines Chang'e flying to the moon, and the third hall is dedicated to Taiyin Yuanjun. The side halls on the left and right are filled with moon palace fairies and Taiyin celestial soldiers.

Because of the abundance of materials, even the Taoist office had prepared the beams, tiles, glass, altar, yellow curtains, incense and candles for building the palace, so all that was needed was to build it according to the mortise and tenon joints.

Thus, the entire palace features flying eaves and brackets, carved beams and painted rafters, as well as pavilions, corridors, artificial mountains, and stone carvings.

Apart from lacking flowers, trees, streams, and ponds, Guanghan Palace is quite similar to other Taoist temples and monasteries in China; it looks very new and shows no signs of age.

Gu Zhao stood outside the Taiyin Palace, the last one.

The main hall has a nine-tiered platform, on which stand a deer and a fox, one on the left and one on the right.

The main hall has three doors, and at this moment the doors are wide open. Taiyin Yuanjun sits high on the altar, on which are offered fruits. Yellow curtains hang down on both sides, and under the sunlight in the distance, they seem to reveal a trace of divinity.

Gu Zhao looked around, then patted the gourd, and a large brass cauldron appeared outside the Taiyin Palace. Gu Zhao waved his hand, found a lump of lunar soil, put it into the cauldron, and then inserted three incense sticks, lighting them with his magic.

"That's perfect now," Gu Zhao nodded and smiled.

"It's just that with today's advanced technology, everyone in the country knows about your coming up here."

Xiao Ya sighed, "If someone in ancient times was really as capable as you and built a Guanghan Palace on the moon, wouldn't the first people to land on the moon be terrified when they saw it?" Jiang Shishi chuckled, "Even if they knew, they would still be quite frightened."

Song Qiuqiu and Eileen nodded in unison.

Then Zhang Hang took out his phone and started recording himself, saying, "Brothers, I'm free today, so I'll take you all to visit the Moon Palace!"

Everyone, "..."

……

"Awesome!" Zhang Hang let out a long sigh, then looked at his phone. "Brothers, eating hot pot on the moon feels amazing!"

Song Qiuqiu put her hand to her forehead, "Aren't you afraid that once the video is posted, the comments section will be full of people laughing at you?"

First of all, landing on the moon is a false proposition.

Since the United States last sent a manned lunar mission decades ago, Earth has not had a manned lunar mission for decades, and even the United States' own lunar landing technology has been lost.

Even today, Tianxia, ​​with its formidable space capabilities, has only managed to land a lander on the moon and bring back only two or three kilograms of lunar soil.

A manned lunar landing? According to the plan, it will be several years from now, and for safety reasons, it is unknown whether it will be postponed.

You said you went to the moon...

Okay, let's assume you actually went to the moon. Dude, where's your spacesuit? Don't you know there's no air on the moon?
There's also atmospheric pressure. Everyone knows that walking on the moon involves hopping and bouncing. What's the difference between your steady walking and that on Earth?
Oh right, your background is the Moon Palace. It's the 21st century now, dude. Where on the moon is there... Hmm, no, that might actually be true.

But that's not something an ordinary person like you can go up there! Where's the old Taoist priest next to you?

Finally, it was time for hot pot.

Forget the moon, you can't even eat hot pot on the third pole of Earth. What kind of hot pot are you going to eat on the moon? Do I look like a hot pot?
"I love this feeling of being the only one who is sober when everyone else is drunk."

Zhang Hang laughed heartily, "When I get back, I'll edit this trip into a high-quality version, and when astronauts land on the moon a few years later, they'll broadcast it live to the Moon Palace and unearth my video. That would be so awesome."

Eileen laughed and said, "Aren't you afraid of being targeted by those people from abroad?"

Zhang Hang rolled his eyes. "After I was almost kidnapped last time, I swore I would never go abroad again. If they have the guts to kidnap me in China, then I'll admit they've got guts!"

Song Qiuqiu nodded, "If you want to experience the world of ice and snow, go to Harbin in Heilongjiang Province; if you want to experience the tropical coast, go to Yazhou in Hainan Province; if you want to eat seafood, go to Binzhou; if you want to go to the desert or Gobi, there is Xinjiang Province; and even if you want to go to the tropical rainforest, there are Yunnan Province and Hainan Province as alternatives."

Zhang Hang concluded, "What kind of scenery isn't there in China? Why go abroad to suffer?"

Eileen thought for a moment, "Humanities?"

Everyone smiled without saying a word. You're comparing your cultural heritage to Tianxia's?
Eileen nodded. "Okay, then it's just a matter of curiosity."

In recent years, short videos have become popular, and various travel bloggers have recorded their travel itineraries in various countries, almost completely exposing the true nature of foreign countries.

It's not that the scenery abroad is bad, but it's definitely not as amazing as people used to say.

Add to that language barriers, poor security, and inconvenient transportation, and it's really not as enjoyable as domestic tourism for ordinary people. It's already quite an achievement to be able to visit all the major and minor scenic spots in China in one lifetime.

"So if we want to travel in the future, we'll go on in-depth tours of various parts of China," Zhang Hang said. "Various bloggers also have a lot of introductions to in-depth tours of small places in China, which we can refer to."

Gu Zhao nodded, then put a piece of beef into the pot. "We'll talk about the travel later. Let's eat first."

(End of this chapter)