The dead sea of civilization

"Your Majesty, the imperial commissioner has already discussed this matter with the Ministry of War. The situation is serious. It is hoped that the envoy will be sent to the border of the six departments to stabilize the common people. Although the inside is now the same as the outside, it is necessary to establish trust and righteousness with the surrounding barbarian countries..."

"Doctor Zijin not only can't, it is detrimental to our Qilin country's prestige, to repel foreign aggression and stabilize the country, it must be in its place..."

King Yongchang frowned tightly.

In Bianjing city, overnight, the lights were bright, and the ministers got up one after another and rushed to the Xingqi Hall.

Looking at the dim and unlighted crystal, the monarchs and ministers had more anxiety in their hearts. Yongchang sat on the throne, thinking carefully. This was the first time in thousands of years that such a situation had been encountered.

"In view of this matter, the minister has a humble opinion." A minister in a tiger-striped robe stepped forward.

"Speak." Yongchang raised his head. If this matter is cut off here, the inheritance of the ancestors can all be blamed on himself.

"The director of the Crystal Palace has already found something strange. The historical records of the Tang and Han dynasties record that the halo of the crystal is like a clear water reflection, with a slight phosphorescence, between the two, losing its true dispersion, and I have already recorded it and passed it on, but it has not been approved, so the order is not to upset the people, fearing unrest, so no investigation, and then for a hundred years, Emperor Song Ming of the Song Dynasty was abandoned, warning later generations, the crystal is lost, rest and recuperate, connect with the outside world, open up the border..."

"Is this the method of the previous emperor?"

The minister frowned slightly, and his head was buried even lower,

"Yes."

Yongchang sighed, the ancestors have paved the way for him, so he doesn't have to worry about it, but the times are different, the capital has been established by the Xingling family for ten thousand years, and the outside world has been isolated for hundreds of millions of years, what is it like, it is unknown, but according to the previous visitors, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the development of the races outside has stagnated.

After thinking for a while, he decided to play it by ear,

"Imperial Censor."

"Yes."

"You lead 8000 Muqi troops to cross the sea for talks, move quickly, without crystals, the country can't last long."

"Yes..."

"Oh, right, General Meiyu, you should ask her to go with you."

"Understood."

After speaking, the left and right protective Lin horns of the Imperial Censor lit up, and several layers of crystal-like illusions gradually wrapped them, disappearing in the main hall.

Yongchang nodded and stood up. When the ministers saw this, they immediately stood in the court formation, and immediately became respectful.

"Minister of War, approve the mobilization of troops, station 90,000 Muqi at the border of our country, build city walls, and the common people and civilians on the frontier expand the land to the west, attack the southwest of the desert, and order Ouyang Qilin and Chenxi Xinguang to be stationed as governors."

"Yes."

The ministers on the left side bowed in unison, holding their tablets low, and golden scales attached to the surrounding air, surging and disappearing.

"The remaining five steps will be taken later, focusing on cultural exchange, inclusiveness, and those who violate will be warned, and those who do it three times or more will be executed."

"Yes."

The ministers on the right side agreed, and all left the hall, then turned to inform the eunuchs, and then also operated the bright light, suddenly disappearing.

Yong'an closed his eyes and turned into an ordinary Qilin, took a deep breath, opened his eyes and looked at the sky, the two suns were shining against each other, overlapping together, he smiled, "So many years, hidden for so long."

He lit up the horns, the rainbow light gradually gathered, concentrated his will, sweat dripped from the roots of his hair, gritted his teeth, and formed a powerful beam of light shooting into the sky, whispering: "Princess Celestia, now the fate of the Qilins... is in your hands."

That strong light shot towards the sun, one sun became smaller and smaller, the surface began to turn red sharply, forming a fireball, attached to the sun of another country.

The residents of the capital can clearly see that the position hit by the light has turned into a fried egg, the yolk gradually becomes smaller and redder, the egg white becomes larger and brighter, until the yolk disappears...

Inside the Crystal Castle——

"I said, do you really not have any brown ale..."

Twilight helplessly looked at Clooffi who was searching everywhere in the castle,

"Hey, don't bother..."

Clooffi raised his head from the clutter, it has to be said, there are really many new rooms in this castle, if the captains were still alive.

He stopped searching, turned around and walked out of the room. Twilight saw his expression and knew he must have thought of something again, lowered his head, silently looking out of the window, he squinted his eyes, "When did the sun become so bright..."

Twilight was very puzzled, walked forward to the window, and saw that the soft light of the morning had already stabbed into the window like a sword.

Twilight suddenly raised his hoof to cover his eyes, pulling Clooffi. Clooffi hurriedly opened her hoof, "What are you doing?!"

"Can you stand such a strong light?"

"You don't bring sunglasses, of course you can't stand it."

Twilight then retreated to a dark place, struggling to open his eyes, his vision was blurred,

"Wow." Clooffi came over, looked at Twilight's eyes, "Usually read books with soft light a lot, can't stand this strong light."

Then, he blocked Twilight's hoof that was stuck on his eyes, "Hey hey hey, it hurts..."

"Close your eyes, it's your most beautiful part."

Twilight was stunned for a moment, a smile appeared on his face, his cheeks slightly flushed.

Clooffi saw this and quickly explained: "This is what the captain told me, to protect our eyesight." He also rolled his eyes, thinking about how he just said such a thing.

He covered Twilight's eyes and helped her back to his room, walked to the bedside: "You go to my bed and lie down for a while, if you don't mind."

"Well... okay."

Twilight hesitated for a moment and lay down. Unexpectedly, Clooffi's bed actually had a scent of jasmine, which was refreshing.

"Did you spray something on your bed?" she asked.

Clooffi shook his head, "Not every sailor is as 'barbaric' as you think, you have to know, this perfume was given by your teacher."

"What?" No wonder it was familiar, she sat up immediately, but was immediately dazzled by the strong light coming through the gap in the curtains in the room.

Clooffi saw this and quickly pulled the curtains, "Why are you so aggressive?"

"Twilight! Princess Celestia has a letter!" A burst of footsteps came, Clooffi looked, it was that pet dragon, wearing a hip-hop sunglasses, followed by five ponies.

Hearing this sound, Twilight bravely opened his eyes, got up and continued to stick his hoof to his eyes, the residual pain was still lingering in his eye socket.

When they arrived at the room, Twilight was already standing on the ground, his eyes could basically see their outlines.

"Clooffi..."

At this time, Clooffi was flipping through the history book on the lounge chair by the bed, hearing a horse call him

"What can I do for you, Princess?"

"Thank you..."

Now Clooffi was stunned, his mind desperately trying to avoid

"Uh... Maybe you should introduce those who just rushed in."

"Hey! Who are you saying 'rushed' in?" Rainbow Dash looked at Clooffi's profile, angry, for her, this is the place where she and everyone deals with friendship issues.

Clooffi heard this sound, his heart was excited, put on the coat taken out from the suitcase, adjusted the sunglasses, got off the lounge chair, stood on the ground. The horses and dragons looked at him in surprise:

A uniform for going out to battle, with gold edges embroidered on the collar, a white-edged yellow robe dragging behind, with golden wheat printed on it.

He squeezed out two words from his mouth: "You - all"

Twilight was also quite surprised, now her vision has completely recovered, looking at this officer-like earth horse, she couldn't help but admire. But after listening to what Rainbow Dash said and Clooffi's reply, she immediately stepped forward and persuaded

"Well, Rainbow Dash, he is a guest, my roommate..."

"Roommate?" Rainbow Dash was puzzled.

"Whe... Of course, let's not talk about this for now, Suri, take out the letter and read it."

Clooffi was speechless, did Twilight Sparkle think of him as a roommate from the beginning?

"Alright!"

Suri took out the scroll, spread it open, and read with conviction: "My dearest student, Twilight, you must have noticed the abnormality in the sun I have raised. Luna and I are studying this matter, and we hope you can call on your friends to join, as well as Starlight Glimmer, and the venerable Star Swirl the Bearded will also come..."

Hearing this, Clooffi noticed that Twilight's eyes had brightened, and he didn't know what she was thinking, but he had already sensed that there must be some pony she admired on that list.

"...Oh, by the way, I heard that a former hero has come to your place..."

Clooffi's heart skipped a beat, and Twilight also looked at him in surprise.

"...Please bring him along, will you? – Princess Celestia."

Rainbow Dash crossed her hooves over her chest, "A hero?"

"I can't tell you that for now, I've already told Twilight," Twilight nodded at Rainbow Dash.

"But you guys insist on knowing who I am, then you can flip through the book I was just reading, it's written with many... lies."

Clooffi gestured for Twilight to explain this to them, and she did. After listening to the whole process of Clooffi's identity and how he met Fluttershy and saved her, Rainbow Dash gradually became excited.

Now, although there is still some doubt about this earth pony in front of her, his current image is almost catching up with the Fearless.

"Wow, is it really like that?" Fluttershy exclaimed softly, "If it's true, then Clooffi can really be considered a pioneer in opening up new continents." Applejack said.

"But the problem is..." Pinkie Pie suddenly popped up, startling Clooffi, who stepped back, "How did you come back – after such a – long time."

Clooffi shook his head, and seeing this, Twilight felt helpless, "Please, Pinkie Pie, can't you put that question aside for now?"

"Oh, okay okay okay~" Then she hopped back to the Friendship Hall.

"Well, it's nothing, she's like this every day."

"No need, I understand."

"So, what should we do next?" Rarity asked, she had been grooming her mane since she arrived, which Clooffi disliked.

"The princess has issued an edict, and there's no specific time mentioned, I think the sooner the better." The ponies listened and nodded to each other.

Twilight said: "Alright, everyone go to the train station, this shouldn't take long."

"Okay, we'll go first." "See you at the train station~"...

Twilight suddenly remembered something: "You guys have to call Starlight Glimmer! She's in the kitchen!"

"Got it!"...

After everyone left, Clooffi arranged some pendants on the table, which were necklaces and small items given to him by his brothers during the journey.

He turned his head and saw that Twilight hadn't left yet.

"I'll go later, why don't you go with your friends?"

Twilight hesitated for a moment, "Well... I want to see more of your room and style, I've never seen it before." Her face began to blush again.

To be honest, Clooffi didn't really have any thoughts about Twilight, what he focused on the most was the upcoming meeting with Princess Celestia, mostly looking forward to it, because only he had gone through countless hardships to return here and hand in the answer to the adventure.

Thinking about it, he put on the Rian stone, hung the Honor Medal on his chest, and set off with Twilight and her friends.