"Ouch——"
The high-pitched beast roar echoed on the long ridge, shaking away the clouds.
The cultivator riding on the beast's body gently raised his whip, and the huge beast lowered its head obediently, extremely docile.
The giant beasts carrying large amounts of goods and people were continuously discharged for several miles, forming a curved black line. At the end of the black line is a towering city gate built against the mountain.
The city wall is extremely tall, with ancient and damaged bricks and stones, like an ancient giant beast lying on the mountainside.
Standing on this desolate land, there are countless auspicious clouds and auspicious beasts gathering from all directions. However, these flyers will consciously land when they arrive outside the city and line up to enter the city.
Every large immortal sect will have this kind of air-forbidden rule, otherwise it would be really difficult to control.
Each gate of Taotie City is divided into two entrances, one large and one small. The gate is extremely wide, allowing teams of large spiritual beasts and cargo to enter. The speed is very slow, so the teams queue far away.
The small gate allows people and small spiritual animals to pass through, so the team moves very quickly.
In terms of scale and number of people, Taotie City cannot be compared with Panyang City, the capital of Yu. But this is the only city in the world where practitioners are the main body, and there are less than half of the mortals in the city.
Chu Liang stood in the team and moved forward slowly.
He was dressed in brocade clothes with sleeves, similar to that of an ordinary rich man, but it was hard to tell that he was a cultivator. Next to her is the imperial daughter Feng, who is wearing a red and white high-waisted skirt. Her long legs are spread out, and her figure is particularly eye-catching.
After walking through the deep and long city gate, you look up and see a wide street lined with attics that are generally four or five stories high. There are various signboards hanging on it, all of which are shops related to practitioners. From time to time, figures shuttled between the lofts, but they all rose and fell lightly. Because the city is still closed to air, the rule is that you are not allowed to go beyond the highest floor of the attic on the street.
Otherwise, law enforcement teams will come to impose sanctions.
For such a huge city, the law enforcement team has a lot of people, among whom there are only a few disciples from Taotie City, and most of them are invited to worship.
The offerings in Taotie City are divided into grades one to nine. The low-grade ones are more like hired thugs than offerings. It is also the only sect in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths that has more offerings from outsiders than its own disciples.
There is no other way, just money.
"Let's change some money first." The emperor's daughter Feng next to her greeted her.
Naturally, this was not her first time here. She didn't have the same shocking impression as Chu Liang, and she just walked lazily with her hands in her sleeves. The first building after entering the city gate is the bank, which is convenient for people who enter the city to exchange money.
The common currency in Taotie City is the mythical beast coin, which is more versatile than Shushan and naturally more detailed. There are four denominations in total... Qinglong coin, tiger head coin, Suzaku coin and Xuanwu coin.
From large to small, for example, one Qinglong coin is equal to ten Tiger head coins, and the conversion is based on the ratio of one to ten. Among them, the penultimate Suzaku coin is equal in value to the Shushan sword coin.
"Excuse me, please help me exchange a thousand Suzaku coins and a hundred Xuanwu coins." Chu Liang handed a bag of sword coins to the cultivators in the bank.
The person inside took the sword coin, inspected it briefly, and then nodded and passed.
He then handed Chu Liang back a bag of small spiritual stone coins carved in the shape of a vermilion bird. Chu Liang pinched one out and felt it. There was indeed a unique spirituality in it.
The reason why the immortal sects use spirit stones as the material of their universal currency is because they are tough and contain spiritual energy, and can easily be endowed with spirituality, thus avoiding counterfeiting.
Otherwise, if just anyone uses spiritual stones to carve these shapes, there will be no way to control them.
"Hey." The emperor's daughter Feng looked at Chu Liang at the back and said with a smile: "You haven't saved enough money, haven't you?"
Chu Liang stared at her cautiously and said, "It's all hard-earned money."
After leaving the bank, the emperor's daughter Feng saw Chu Liang still putting her hand on the money bag, and she seemed to be protecting him subconsciously.
She then smiled and said: "Relax, don't act like a bumpkin who came to the city for the first time...even though you are. Let me tell you, the more nervous you are, the easier it will be for thieves to target you."
"Haha." Chu Liang smiled back.
Master, you don’t think I’m guarding against other thieves, do you?
…
"Moo——"
Suddenly there was a dull roar like a large cow's roar from behind.
Turning around, I saw a three-story-tall, thick-skinned, bald, gray beast walking slowly in the middle of the street. It was wrapped with dozens of long chains and was dragging a long car behind it. The wooden car drove steadily forward.
This beast is called the Mountain Beast. It has a diligent and docile temperament and is the most common monster that transports heavy objects.
But this huge mountain beast is not pulling goods, but people. This is the city tour car of Taotie City. Travelers who don’t want to walk can get on the car and follow the mountain beast forward.
The emperor's daughter Feng pulled Chu Liang into the car at the back. There was a cultivator sitting at the door. There was a merit box next to him. Chu Liang stuffed two Xuanwu coins into it without even raising his eyelids.
After getting into the car, the master and apprentice looked at the scenery outside the window leisurely. Chu Liang discovered that the shops on the street outside not only had spiritual plants, elixirs, magic tools, etc. that were exclusive to practitioners, but also many restaurants, inns, teahouses and gambling houses... all of which are found in ordinary cities, such as the Taotie City. have.
While I was watching, I heard the practitioners chatting two seats next to me.
"Eh? The Seven Star Mansion has reported this month." A cultivator said with a smile.
"Yeah, it's quite exciting." Another cultivator held the Seven Stars Mansion newspaper and looked at it with relish.
Upon hearing this, the Emperor's daughter Feng's eyes lit up, she leaned over and asked, "Brother, is there any news about the Shushan Emperor's daughter Feng in this issue of Nine Provinces Strategy?"
She has been thinking about this since the last incident in Nanguan City. If she didn't rely on any great achievements to overpower the old man Wang Xuanling, she would always feel dissatisfied.
"Yes!" The cultivator nodded, "That's the first one."
As he spoke, he read out the title and said: "Shocked! The Bully Peak Master of Shu Mountain punched a man in the head and found out that the man was actually the current Marquis?"
"Huh?" Emperor Daughter Feng raised her eyebrows.
She thought she would be praised for her great achievements this time, but who would have thought that it would be a black title again?
"Master, calm down..." Chu Liang quickly pulled her clothes and whispered: "I'm out..."
"I'm not angry." Emperor Feng forced out a smile, then turned her head and shouted at the cultivator: "Keep reading!"
"Ah..." The cultivator was so frightened that his hands shook, and the Seven-Star Mansion Report almost fell to the ground. However, he was so frightened by the power of the Emperor Feng that he dared not obey and immediately continued to read.
"That day, Emperor Nv Feng, the master of Yinjian Peak in Shushan Mountain, received a request for help from her disciples and immediately rushed to Nanguan City for rescue. After landing, she met an equally angry middle-aged man, and the two had a quarrel. Under the gaze of everyone, Emperor Feng smashed the opponent's head with one punch without any scruples!"
"Then she discovered that the other party was actually the current Marquis of Dingshan!"
"Why did this tragedy happen? What kind of secrets are involved? It can be said that... the two young heroes of Shushan were both wise and brave to solve the strange case, but the two father and son of the Hou Mansion were so debauched that it is unspeakable..."
"Listen to me and tell you in detail..."
Chu Liang was sitting next to the emperor's daughter Feng, and felt a blazing heat spraying directly in front of her face. The master was about to become red and warm!
He quickly called to the cultivator and whispered: "Stop reading..."
Then he advised Emperor Daughter Feng: "Master, don't be angry, don't be angry. Being angry leaves room for the devil..."
While persuading the emperor's daughter Feng, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart: This Zhang Xiaohan is real, why is he writing everything up... Even if it is true, you can't say that.
It would be very embarrassing to say it...
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