Looking at the square city and the criss-crossing streets, I seem to be seeing the ancient Chang'an City in its prime.
Cheng Ling sighed inwardly, it had been decades since he came to this world, and it seemed that he could never go back after all. Originally, he wanted to name the city Chang'an, but he felt it was too deliberate, so he finally changed the name to Shangluo.
Perhaps subconsciously, he cannot forget the prosperous days of his previous world, so let this city serve as a memorial to his origin!
The three guards of the Wuxiang Sword Sect assumed the defense of the entire Shangluo City. In the inner city area are the most powerful Purple Dragon Guards, while in the outer city area are the Golden Dragon Guards and Silver Dragon Guards.
A few months have passed, and the half-year period is getting closer and closer. Unfortunately, in a few months, no sect or family came to Shangluo City to buy a shop. Only a few monks entered the city and rented the houses to live temporarily.
Xuan Wuxiang was very worried for a time and came to ask Cheng Ling.
Cheng Ling said calmly: "It doesn't matter, they are just waiting and watching now. Once the auction is successful, those sects and families will rush to buy it. Another point is that the houses and shops in the outer city area are only made of ordinary formations. Defense cannot withstand powerful attacks.”
"From now on, for all houses and shops that are rented or sold, the monks who rent them must bear the responsibility for defense. If they are damaged, they will be compensated for the spiritual stones."
Xuan Wuxiang frowned and said, "Sect Master, if this happens, won't there be no more people willing to buy or rent?"
Cheng Ling said calmly: "That's not how the account is calculated. There are hundreds of thousands of houses and shops in Shangluo City, and we set up formations at each place. The materials and resources required are simply too much. Therefore, I only set up formations in the inner city. For the talismans and defensive formations, they can ask the City Lord's Mansion to help set up the rest, but they have to pay a certain amount of spiritual stones. In this way, the sect will have another income."
"One more thing, our sect plans to cancel the city entry fee! As long as you abide by the rules of Shangluo City, you can come and go freely. First introduce the monks, and then tie them into the city step by step. Do you understand?"
Xuan Wuxiang understood but did not dare to object. Of course he didn't know Cheng Ling's plan. With the entry threshold lowered, more people would come, and they would be locked in step by step after entering. House tax, shop tax, building loss fee, carriage fee and other items can be set up.
Although these fees cannot be set too high, they add up to a long-term income. Moreover, in the city, the city lord's palace can set up a special carriage and horse transportation agency. In addition to the buildings, it can also rent a training cave. Such business operation methods are beyond the comprehension of Xuanwu Xiang.
But Cheng Ling knew that all these things must be based on strength. Without strong strength, no matter how skillful the plan to make money is, it will be in vain.
Therefore, after the establishment of Shangluo City, a stone tablet was erected outside each of the four gates, with three rules written on it:
Article 1: Private fighting is prohibited in Shangluo City. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed!
Article 2: Shangluo City conducts business fairly. Those who have any grievances can complain to the law enforcement team. Those who bully and dominate the market will be killed!
Article 3: Sleeping outdoors at night is not allowed in Shangluo City. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!
The three blood-red killing characters were particularly conspicuous, as if they were dyed red by blood.
In order to ensure the greatest deterrence, only four of the thirty-six gates are temporarily opened, and the remaining thirty-two gates are all closed using formations. They will not be opened unless the time is right. Not only that, there are more than two Mahayana monks guarding the four gates to ensure the normal order of Shangluo City.
The time is getting closer and closer, with about twenty days left before the auction, monks are arriving one after another. Seeing the stone tablet standing in front of the gate, some of the monks who entered Shangluo City did not hide their disdain, curling their lips and showing contempt in their eyes.
Some are secretly vigilant and dare to set up such a monument. The backstage of Shangluo City is not simple! Not to mention anything else, just looking at the Silver Dragon Guard guarding the city gate makes people's eyes brighten. The silver-gray armor doesn't look like a simple treasure, at least it's mid-grade.
However, the majority of monks are not interested in the ban.
To erect such a stone monument in an unknown city, the rules have been established, but can you do it? Not to mention whether you are strong enough to kill monks who violate the rules, but if you can kill them, do you dare to kill them?
You must know that killing a monk will lead to a group of monks. If you kill a disciple of a certain family or sect, will that family and sect let it go? If that monk was one of the nine major forces, would you dare to kill him? After killing, can you afford the serious consequences?
Not to mention the big forces, even the most advanced casual cultivators would not dare to take action! The person who erected this stone monument was really stupid. It seems that this city will not last long. The strength is not strong, the tone is not small, and in the end it is just a big joke!
However, these monks were sent by various families to stand in front of them. Although they disdained these rules in their hearts, they were able to restrain themselves and did not cause trouble. They slowly entered Shangluo City, wanting to see the layout of the city.
As soon as they entered, they were stunned.
The spiritual energy in Shangluo City is so rich that it is even higher than that of Yujing City!
The streets are spacious, there are many shops, and the houses are neatly arranged. The buildings in the city are lined up row upon row, and the pavilions and pavilions are scattered everywhere. There are spiritual trees and spiritual plants, spiritual flowers and spiritual fruits everywhere. The environment is beautiful, even the air is... fresh!
Which big force built this city? There are so many resources. Although those spiritual trees and spiritual plants are not precious, they are also very rare, not to mention those spiritual flowers and spiritual fruits. Some spiritual fruits are of great benefit to low-level monks.
Some monks couldn't bear it and wanted to pick a spiritual flower or a spiritual fruit, but before their hands could touch it, they were blocked by a strong push. They were shocked, even setting up formations on these things, this city is such a big deal.
Of course, these formations are not strong. If you insist on picking them off, you can do it with some effort. It's just that in this way, he seems to be too ignorant of the world, and at the same time, he has to offend the law enforcers in the city in vain, which is not cost-effective!
Why, you even have to pick the flowers and fruits randomly planted on the streets of Shangluo City. How miserable are you!
They just observed Shangluo City, and they observed it very carefully. They almost visited the entire city, but no one caused trouble. They were all surprised at the hugeness of the city, which was even comparable to that of Yujing City! As a result, it is even more worrying. Shangluo City is still very calm and full of peace.
But this peaceful atmosphere was finally broken, and it was the sects surrounding Shangluo City that caused trouble. Before building Shangluo City, Xuan Wuxiang warned the sects around the Jinghe Plain and asked them to move out.
Two of the sects are Fenglei Sect and Lieyang Sect. These two sects are considered to be several medium-sized sects on both sides of the Jing River and have been established for thousands of years. It's just that the conflicts between the two sects are very deep. Today I will kill your disciples, and tomorrow I will play with the female cultivators of your sect.
In short, the entanglement of grievances can fill a thick book. The two sects have never been in contact with each other until death. Once they meet, it will end in a fight to the death.
It was a coincidence that the disciples of the two sects entered Shangluo City from the east gate and the south gate respectively. Seeing the beautiful scene in the city, they were stunned for a moment. They unconsciously came together and sent messages to the senior officials of the sect.
What's even more sad is that the methods of communication in the two cases are very similar, they are both delivered by flying arrows. Not long after the Fenglei Sect's flying arrows had just risen, Kankan came to the top of the Lieyang Sect's monks' heads. The Lieyang Sect's flying arrows also came up here, and the two flying arrows just collided with each other.
"Snapped!"
There was a soft sound, and the Flying Arrow of Lieyang Sect just hit Fenglei Sect's one. Now, the Fenglei Sect monk was no longer calm. What's the matter? You, Lieyang Sect, are deliberately provocative. You didn't say anything, just kill them!
Just like that, the monks from the two sects skipped the scolding phase and started fighting.
Cheng Ling stood on the city wall and sighed, stroking his forehead, what a shame! They can start a fight over this trivial matter, and they don't care about the stone monument erected at the city gate, and they don't take the rules of Shangluo City into consideration at all.
His face was gloomy and he ordered decisively: "Kill! No one will be spared!"
This power must be established! We can only blame the monks from the two sects for their bad luck!
There are more than a hundred monks on both sides, ten in the combined stage, more than thirty in the distraction stage, and the rest are in the divine transformation stage, Nascent Soul stage, and golden elixir stage.
Just when the monks from the two sects were fighting fiercely, illusory swords fell from the sky!
Liu Qingyan's graceful body slowly appeared, and with a slight movement of her hands, more than a dozen monks from the two sects were instantly killed by long swords.
"Boohoo!"
Immediately afterwards, figures wearing golden armor appeared on the city wall, holding strange crossbows in their hands. Those bows and crossbows fired out streaks of yellow light, forming a large golden net of light, and the monks shrouded in it died instantly!
"Violate the rules of Shangluo City and fight without permission, you will be killed without mercy!" Zhang Hu's voice came calmly, and the monks of the two sects in the field were scared to death!
"How dare you kill the monks without authorization? Aren't you afraid of provoking public anger!" One of the fully integrated monks shouted crazily with a fierce look and a weak heart. His voice was similar to that of a character who was missing a certain part!
"Qiang!"
Zhang Hu ignored it, jumped down from the city wall, and slashed the male duck's throat in half with a single blow. The remaining Golden Dragon Guards also jumped off the city wall after a wave of arrows, and started killing the two monks one after another.
"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!"
Dozens of heads flew high into the air, and before it was time for tea, more than a hundred monks were all dead, leaving only messy corpses lying staggering on the long street.
Liu Qingyansu flicked her hand and threw more than a hundred fireballs. In less than a moment, the corpses turned into ashes and dissipated in the air. Zhang Hu and the monks from the Golden Dragon Guard immediately evacuated and disappeared in an instant. The whole process took less than a cup of hot tea.
The spiritual consciousness in the sky was withdrawn one after another, and the monks who entered the city were secretly shocked! Cruel enough, spicy enough, combined with crispness! The law enforcement team in Shangluo City was so powerful that they killed more than a hundred monks in just a cup of tea, leaving no trace behind!
Damn it, what is the origin of this Shangluo City? Just a few random people came out and killed more than a hundred monks in an instant?
Everyone was as silent as a cicada, looking at the blood-red word "kill" on the stone tablet outside the gate, but they felt a chill in their hearts, and they no longer dared to ignore it.
