Song Xin continued to rush to Xuzhou. When he arrived outside the city, he emerged from the ground. Walking into the city, I found Zhang Xiuyang in an inn, and Zhang Moyang was sitting next to him.
"Song Xin, you're here."
Song Xin cupped his hands and said, "Brother Xiu Yang, brother Mo Yang, how are you doing lately?"
"We are all fine. Hey, why can't I feel your cultivation? What's going on?" Zhang Xiuyang asked in surprise.
Zhang Moyang smiled and said: "Junior brother, Brother Song must have learned some method of concealing his cultivation."
"Hehe, I guess so, so I won't ask any more questions."
Zhang Moyang continued: "We are here to purchase some things. I wonder if Brother Song would be willing to go and have a look together?"
Song Xin was startled at first and asked curiously: "What can I purchase here?"
"You don't know this. This is one of the major cities for practitioners in the world." Zhang Xiuyang came over and whispered in Song Xin's ear secretly.
"Here?! How could it be?"
Zhang Xiuyang said mysteriously: "Just because you don't know, I must take you to open your eyes."
"How do we get in? I can't feel any spiritual energy fluctuations here at all." Song Xin said.
"Brother Song, just come with us." Zhang Xiuyang also deliberately let it slip.
After saying that, he got up and went to say a few words to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper glanced at Song Xin and gave Zhang Xiuyang a jade plaque the size of his thumb. Then he went to work on his own and stopped talking.
Zhang Xiuyang came over with the jade sign and said, "Come on, Brother Song, take it and put a trace of your original Qi into it. Then put it on your body. Don't make a mistake. It must be the original Qi, not a strain." I'm so angry." He was afraid that Song Xin would make a mistake, so he warned her again.
Song Xin first removed Jiuyouyin's spiritual energy, and then added a trace of his original true energy. The jade sign immediately responded and flashed a light. When Zhang Xiuyang saw Song Xin finished, he said, "Come on, Brother Song, come with us."
Several people went upstairs, walked to the end of a corridor, turned right, and entered a corner. Zhang Moyang said, "Come on, Brother Song, put the jade plaque in place and don't drop it."
After saying that, he walked towards a wall and disappeared into the wall instantly. Zhang Xiuyang also walked into the wall like him, and later he stuck his head out and said, "Come on, Brother Song, don't worry."
Song Xin followed their example and walked towards the wall, and then he walked through without feeling any hindrance. There was a dark passage inside, which was not long. After walking for a while, the three of them saw the light in front of them. When Song Xin walked out of the passage, he was stunned by the scenery in front of him.
At the end of the passage, there is actually a very vast world. In addition to the passage they walked out of, there are dozens of other passages here, and people are constantly coming in and out. It can be felt from the aura of these people that many of them are practitioners, but more of them are ordinary people without any cultivation.
"This is the entrance to the fairy city. Everyone's jade token is proof of their identity when entering the city. Someone will be checking at the entrance for a while. If there is no jade token, you will be expelled." Zhang Xiuyang said.
While waiting in line, suddenly there was a commotion at the front of the line. Then I heard a voice shouting: "I'm using the jade token for fake, get it from me!"
"You dare! I am the elder of Qingyun Sect! Who dares to touch me!" A middle-aged practitioner was surrounded by several immortal city monks, like a trapped animal. Song Xin secretly checked this person's cultivation level and found that he was a level higher than his own. He was a third-level Qingning Qi practitioner. But his opponent, Song Xin, couldn't tell their cultivation at all, but the aura exuded by these people gave him the feeling of being strangled by someone's neck, a strong sense of suffocation.
A monk in his thirties said coldly: "Qingyun Sect, haha, a third-class sect dares to come to the fairy city to provoke trouble. Don't you know the consequences of using the jade token? Take his jade token and throw it out. !”
"I am the Qingyun Sect..." The middle-aged practitioner wanted to speak, but suddenly his vision blurred and he received a slap on the cheek, knocking him down. Another Immortal City monk rushed up at the same time and caught him in the air. At the same time, after a ray of light passed through his palm, the Qingyun Sect elder fell straight to the ground like a piece of wood.
The monk took out a jade plaque from the Qingyun Sect elder and crushed it with a click. Then he lifted the upright person on the ground with one hand, walked to an empty passage, and threw him in.
It all happened so fast, less than a minute in total. But a Qi practitioner was subdued so easily, Song Xin still felt his heart beating like a drum. The Immortal City actually let people from the realm of Guiyi monks guard the gate. If it weren't for the existence of heavenly punishment, it wouldn't be difficult for a Guiyi monk to massacre a city of mortals at will. Moreover, half of the dozen or so people at the door are monks, and the rest are Qingning Qi practitioners who are one level below the level. This background is indeed surprising.
Several people followed the team to a place that looked like a pass. When they were at the door, Song Xin felt a strong sense of consciousness sweep over his body.
"Wait a minute." The monk who had just dealt with the Qingyun Sect elder suddenly stretched out his hand to stop Song Xin. Before he could react, the man snatched the jade token from Song Xin's hand. Song Xin was taken aback and instantly became panicked and at a loss. The powerful power exuded from the other party made Song Xin feel that he was facing a giant abyssal beast. Even if ten elders from Guangfu Hall came, they probably wouldn't be enough for him to fight.
Fortunately, Zhang Xiuyang and Zhang Moyang came over at this time and asked: "Senior, I am a disciple of the Five Dou Rice Sect. This is our friend. It is his first time to enter the fairy city. I don't know if there are any mistakes. Please tell me, senior."
"His true energy does not match the jade token. He cannot go in. The jade token is confiscated. Please take it back." The monk's expression softened slightly when he heard the Five Pecks of Rice Cult, but his tone was still very cold.
Song Xin suddenly remembered that it might be because of the hidden energy of the Nine Ghosts. He quickly removed the cover and said with a respectful salute: "This senior, the next casual cultivator, used some small means to hide the true energy outside, but forgot to take it back when he entered the city. Senior, please check again."
The monk guarding the door focused his eyes, and a ray of spiritual consciousness swept over Song Xin. At the same time, he was secretly surprised that his spiritual consciousness was so powerful that he was deceived by the methods of the child in front of him. He suddenly became a little interested in Song Xin. He nodded and said, "This is your first time in the city. This time I won’t embarrass you. Remember, if you hide your true energy when entering the city and it does not match the true energy on the jade token, you will immediately take back the jade token and expel it." After saying that, he reached out and handed the jade token back to Song Xin.
Song Xin apologized quickly, "I am ignorant, thank you for reminding me, senior."
The monk waved his hand and actually let Song Xin and the others in.
Zhang Moyang did not mean to blame, but reminded in a low voice: "The sea of consciousness of these monks is extracted from spiritual objects with strong spiritual consciousness, and then made by Taoist priests and real people with strong spiritual consciousness. They are the sea source of consciousness, so their spiritual consciousness is very powerful. With just one scan, you can know whether the jade tablet matches the monk's true energy. Even if you can hide the true energy, they can still find it. But your concealment technique can actually deceive him. , I didn’t expect it either.”
It was a false alarm, but Song Xin was still frightened at this point, "It's so powerful, I feel like I'm facing a mountain. By the way, I see there are many mortals here, can they come in too?"
Zhang Xiuyang said: "Of course you can, but they need practitioners to help them channel the weak Qi in their bodies into the jade tablets. In fact, there are many more people who have no cultivation here. You will know it when you enter. And if you do this, You must also obtain permission from the Fairy City Presbyterian Council.”
"So that's it. It feels like a visa with code scanning and face recognition functions..." Song Xin thought to herself.
When a few people walked out of the gate, they saw a wide road that was obviously the city's Central Avenue. It is about forty feet wide, with six opposing wheel tracks in the middle, and a wide-bodied cart that travels on it. It is more than seven feet long and two feet wide.
On both sides of the main road, there are lower roads, and there are strange and strange animals walking on them. Looking further to both sides, there are rows of shops. Some of the signs depict weapons, some have elixir gourds, and others look like scrolls.
"This Xuzhou Fairy City is one of the largest practitioners' cities. It has a lot of goods and a lot of people. It is guarded by two people with the highest level of Taoist priests. All thefts and killings will be suppressed by them." Zhang Moyang said. Song Xin introduced.
"They are all powerful people with the fifteenth level of spiritual core. If you mess with them, there will be no good results." Zhang Xiuyang added.
"The group of people on the roadside here are the patrol team of this city. Anyone who makes trouble here will be punished according to the city's laws if they catch them." Song Xin saw a group of people wearing the same blue robes and carrying swords on their backs. There are different numbers of white stripes on the body, which must indicate the level.
Song Xin felt like a native from the countryside who came to the city. Everything he saw was new, but Zhang Moyang was much more experienced and introduced him to the facilities in the city while walking around.
Zhang Xiuyang introduced along the way: "At the end of this road is the city's central hall, which houses the bank, the place where bounties are posted, and the city lord's residence."
"What are the bank and the bounty mission?"
"The bank is where the monks can store the property they obtain, so that if they encounter risks when they go out, they will not lose too much. The jade token in your hand is also the key to the bank's treasury. Even if someone else takes your jade token away Or it's lost. His energy is different from yours, and he can't get your things. And you should have seen the consequences of using the jade token fraudulently."
Song Xin nodded, remembering what happened to the Qingyun Sect elder, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Xiuyang continued: "Reward tasks are when some monks need to collect materials, take revenge, etc. They can post them on it and list the rewards. If anyone is willing to take it, they can take it. After the task is completed, they will get the reward."
Song Xin asked again: "You just mentioned the City Lord's Mansion. Who is the City Lord here?"
"The city lords of cultivator cities are elected from the fifteen elders of each city's presbytery for a term of fifty years. The presbytery has great power and can impeach the city lord. The city lord at this time has just taken office. , the Taoist name is Qinghe."
"According to the rules of the fairy city, once you are selected as the city lord, you must temporarily withdraw from the original sect. This can prevent the city lord from doing unfair things in order to protect his original sect."
"At the same time, in order to make up for the losses of the other sect, the Presbyterian Church will send two more elders as the elders of that sect. Therefore, these sects are willing to send candidates to compete for the city master. The current city master of Hanzhong Immortal City I mentioned before, He is an elder of our Five Pecks of Rice Sect. Mr. Ge Xuan, whom we met, also served as the city lord of Kuaiji Fairy City forty years ago."
"There are so many stories, it's really fresh." Song Xin listened with relish. This world is really magical. There is no lifelong city lord, and there are rules for regularly competing for city lord.
But fifty years, to a mortal, is almost a lifetime. According to mortal standards, fifty years is about the same as being a city lord for life.
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