Zheng He's Manuscripts: Leicheng Chapter

There is a city on ** Island in the South China Sea called Leicheng. As the name suggests, every night there will be bursts of thunder and red clouds covered with purple lightning, making you feel like you are in purgatory on earth. There is gold everywhere in the city, and the walls are built with crystal stones. All sailors yearn for it. There was an old man who came back from Leicheng. It shows the prosperity of Leicheng and also tells the horror within it. Whenever he talks about the most beautiful places in the palace, the old man's pupils often burst. But every time I talk about treasure, I get excited. The old man said: "Leicheng is built on endless treasures. It is magnificent during the day, but it turns into worthless loess at night. The treasures in Leicheng cannot see the moonlight..." "Every night, thunder is heard constantly, the sky is covered with red clouds and purple lightning hangs, the rain is fierce, and the wind is sad..." "The lights stayed on all night long. When I looked out the window, I saw that they were all withered bones, and even the wine and meat had passed through the bones and fallen to the ground..." This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.