The identity tokens of the four of them were all from Dingbeicheng. They were well-connected and their entry into the city went smoothly.
It's just that the city gate guards have explained that if you stay in the city for more than a month, you need to continue to pay spiritual stones, which is twice as high as the city entry fee, called temporary residence fee.
It got dark after they entered the city. The city was already full of lights. On the wide streets, only sporadic shops were still open, mainly inns, wine shops, brothels and gambling houses.
A few people found an inn, asked for four upper rooms, and stayed there.
Zhou Yang called the boy, rewarded him with a few spiritual stones, and asked, "Man, how many teleportation arrays do you have in Jianglou City?"
The young man took the spirit stone and thanked him profusely before saying, "Sir, there are six seats in total, two long, two medium and two short."
"Oh." Zhou Yang just said softly, still looking at the little boy.
The boy continued: "Two long-distance teleportation arrays, one leading to Feixian City and one leading to Tu's Acropolis. Two medium-sized teleportation arrays, one leading to Dragon Blood Mountain and one leading to Bo's Acropolis. Two. There are two short-distance teleportation arrays, one leading to Nanjiang Pier and one leading to Mingyue Castle."
Tu's City and Bo's City are the two acropolises of Suiling City. From what the boy said, it seems that the distance from Tu's Acropolis is more than 200,000 miles, while Bo's Acropolis is less than 200,000 miles away.
He didn't care about the short and medium distance teleportation array. What needed to be understood in detail was the long distance teleportation array.
"Can't you teleport directly to Suiling City?"
"No. You have to transfer from Bo's Acropolis or Tu's Acropolis to reach Suiling City." The boy collected the spirit stones and naturally answered in detail.
"Does Feixian City have a teleportation array to Kuohai?" Zhou Yang asked again.
"Broad sea?" The boy was unfamiliar with this word, and it seemed far away.
"Oh, let's put it this way, how can we reach the ten cities in the far north?" Kuo Hai didn't know, but he must know the northernmost point of Hezhou continent.
Sure enough, the young man said: "Sir, you are going to the far north. It is too far, but you can teleport to Feixian City first. Feixian City has a teleportation array leading to the northern city. You just need to teleport to Feixian City." Going north, I heard you have to go through hundreds of teleportations."
The young man's answer disappointed Zhou Yang. He also knew that it was spreading all the way north, so why did he still tell him?
Seeing that Zhou Yang was not satisfied, the clerk hurriedly said: "Of course, you can go to Suiling City first. Suiling is the largest city in northern Hezhou. There are teleportation arrays that lead to all parts of Hezhou, including long-distance and ultra-long-distance ones. By the way, I heard that there are teleportation arrays that are tens of millions of miles away! But the cost is extremely high."
"Yeah. By the way, is the largest sect in Jianglou City the Mingyue Sect?"
"Exactly. The leader of the Mingyue Sect is also the city lord of Jianglou City. They control the two southwestern cities and are the largest force in Jianglou City. The remaining sects combined are not as good as them."
"I wonder what level of cultivation the Lord of Jianglou City has? Is he affiliated with which force in Suiling City?"
"In the later stage of Jindan, I don't know which force it is affiliated with."
"Oh." It turns out that the city lord here has a higher level of cultivation than Hai Tianxiao, and he is worthy of being the master of the main city. However, judging from the young man's appearance, it wasn't that he didn't know, but that he didn't tell the truth.
"Two, second-grade spiritual stones!" Seeing two more green and shining spiritual stones appear in Zhou Yang's hand, the young man swallowed hard.
He was only in the early stage of Lingtai cultivation and could only earn more than a hundred first-grade spiritual stones a month. The spiritual stones in the hands of this customer were equivalent to his monthly income of two months.
"This..." The young man was a little embarrassed, but in the end greed prevailed and he lowered his voice and said: "The Mingyue Sect is a subsidiary of the Bo family, but it also has a good relationship with the Tu family."
Seeing that Zhou Yang had no intention of giving him the spirit stone, he knew that the guest would not be satisfied if he didn't tell him something useful.
So he lowered his voice again: "The leader of the Mingyue Sect, Feng Piaopiao, was originally a Taoist companion of a master of the golden elixir of the Bo family. However, the master of the Bo family died in a secret place ten years ago. Feng Piaopiao So the relationship with the Bo family became somewhat alienated."
"Oh." Zhou Yang glanced at him and motioned for him to continue.
"Later, with the support of the Tu family, Jianglou City built a teleportation array leading to Tu's Acropolis. For this reason, the Bo family was very dissatisfied with her and tried to remove her from the position of sect leader several times, but Due to the Tu family's intervention, several attempts were unsuccessful. In the current situation, Jianglou City nominally belongs to the Bo family, but as long as Feng Piao Piao is around, Jianglou City must be controlled by the Tu family."
The boy's voice was even softer and could not be heard.
"Feng Piaopiao? She is still a female figure!"
"Hey, sir, please don't raise your voice! Although Master Feng is a female, she is very heroic and not inferior to men, and her methods are very decisive! If she listens to these words, your life and mine will be in danger. No guarantee!" The boy was startled and waved his hands hurriedly.
It seems that the widow sect master's methods are indeed extraordinary, and the young man dare not criticize this person behind his back. No wonder he refused to say anything even if the spiritual stone was missing.
"Who is in charge of Tu's Acropolis and Bo's Acropolis?" Zhou Yang threw the spirit stone to the assistant and asked again.
"The Tu Clan's Acropolis is guarded by an elder of the Tu family, who is a master of the Great Perfection of the Golden Elixir. The Bo's Acropolis is also guarded by an elder of the Tu family, who is also a master of the Great Perfection of the Golden Elixir."
"Is it possible that there is a relationship between Sect Master Feng and that clan leader of the Tu family..."
Before Zhou Yang finished speaking, the boy's face turned pale, and he knelt down to Zhou Yang with a plop, and said in a trembling voice: "Master, please don't say any more, this is a serious crime of beheading!"
After saying that, he stood up and left without raising his head. Because he was walking in a hurry, he was almost knocked down by the threshold.
Zhou Yang also felt that his question was inappropriate. He could not guess the magical powers of masters of the late Jindan period. If he deliberately released his spiritual consciousness to investigate, there really would be no secrets in Jianglou City.
But judging from the young man's appearance, his guess must be true. The Tu family elder actually had an affair with the widowed city lord. No wonder he spent huge sums of money to build a long-distance teleportation array. It turned out to be for the convenience of having an affair!
Of course, this is only one aspect.
If a main city that originally belonged to the Bo family changed hands, the Tu family would naturally be willing to see it, and it would be worthwhile to build a teleportation array.
That clan elder not only stole people, but also stole a main city. It was really not simple.
On the second day, Zhou Yang paid the fee and teleported the three of them to Bo's Acropolis.
He originally planned to stay in Bo's City for a while and look for Bo Hai, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it. Although there are acquaintances in Suiling who are easy to handle, but after staying with Bohai for a long time, there is no guarantee that he will not discover anything unusual about the You brothers.
Boshi Acropolis is much larger than Jianglou City, with more than 20 million permanent residents. Adding in the temporary residents, the total number must be doubled.
However, Zhou Yang and his party did not stay too long. They just bought a few books about Suiling's customs and customs at the market, and then arrived at the teleportation formation.
The destination of Bo's Acropolis teleportation array is the southwest gate of Suiling City, which is also an area controlled by the Bo family.
There are eight main gates in Suiling City, namely due south, due north, due east, due west, southeast, northeast, southwest and northwest.
Naturally, Suiling City was also divided into eight main areas, belonging to the eight major forces, each doing its own thing and clearly distinguishing itself.
It seems that the eight major forces have divided Suiling City evenly, but in fact this is not the case. The eight major forces are either strong or weak, and naturally occupy different territories. Among them, the Tu family is the strongest, followed by the He family, and the weakest is the Bo family.
The territory of the strongest and weakest forces also differs several times. Especially the central area of the inner city of Suiling City is divided among the top four forces. The remaining four can only occupy the territory outside the central area.
Suiling City is too big and there are too many cultivators. The eight main city gates are far from enough, so sixteen auxiliary gates have been opened. However, there is no teleportation array outside these auxiliary gates, they are only used by cultivators to enter and exit.
These sixteen sub-sects are controlled by the next-level forces in Suiling City.
The teleportation array in Bo City will naturally not accept spiritual stones if it is teleported by the Bo family's children. The teleportation fees for forces that have friendship with the Bo family will be halved, and the rest will have to pay the full amount.
The teleportation array here can teleport up to a hundred people at the same time. The teleportation can be started when there are fifty people or the spiritual stones of fifty people are paid.
At this time, there were thirty or forty people waiting for the teleportation next to the magic circle. Naturally, Zhou Yang and others would not waste spiritual stones in vain, so they also joined the waiting team.
Their cultivation levels have returned to their original state, and they are working in pairs, keeping a certain distance between the two groups, pretending not to know each other.
Zhou Yang led You Qing, and Xi Danjin led You Chi, one after another, approaching the teleportation array. The reason for this arrangement is because I know some of the rules of Suiling City.
Although there are no restrictions on cultivation level when entering Suiling City, the entrance fee and treatment after entering the city are very different.
Entering Suiling, it is free for cultivators above the late stage of Tianyuan. For cultivators below the late stage, the entry fee will be doubled for each small level difference.
Kaiyuan realm cultivators can also enter, but the entry fee is ridiculously high. With the cultivation level of these people, they will never be able to earn it back in their lifetime. Even cultivators in the late stage of Lingtai and below cannot afford such an expensive entry fee.
Not only that, depending on the cultivation level, the treatment after entering Suiling City is also very different.
After entering the city, masters in the late Tianyuan period and above can also enjoy free guidance, preferential prices for purchasing items and hotels, and it is much more convenient to do things. However, cultivators below the late Tianyuan level do not have this treatment.
As long as you reach the early stage of Tianyuan or above, you will no longer have to pay the temporary residence fee when entering Suiling City, and there are no restrictions on entering any area in the city.
The treatment of cultivators below Tianyuan has plummeted. They have to pay temporary residence fees every day. The lower the cultivation level, the more spirit stones they have to pay. Moreover, after entering the city, they are subject to regional restrictions. There are many places where they are not allowed to set foot.
From this point of view, the higher the cultivation level, the more attention one receives in Suiling City and the higher the status.
The lower the cultivation level, the greater the restrictions. To put it bluntly, it means discriminating against the weak and welcoming the strong.
Although Sui Ling did not strictly stipulate that middle and low-level cultivators were prohibited from entering the city, in fact it played a greater role than the rigid regulations.
