Chapter 10 Taotie City
"Ouch——"
The high-pitched beast roar echoed on the long ridge, shaking away the clouds.
The cultivator riding on the beast's body flicked his whip, and the huge beast obediently lowered its head, showing great docility.
Such giant beasts carrying large amounts of goods and people were continuously lined up for several miles, forming a curved black line. At the end of the black line, there was 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, countless auspicious clouds and auspicious beasts gather 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. However, this is the only city in the world where practitioners are the main body, with less than half of the mortals in the city.
Chu Liang stood in the queue and moved forward slowly.
He was wearing a brocade robe with sleeves, similar to that of an ordinary rich man, but he couldn't tell that he was a cultivator. Next to him was the emperor's daughter Feng, who was wearing a red and white high-waisted skirt. Her long legs were spread out, and her figure was particularly eye-catching.
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After walking through the deep and long city gate, you look up and see a wide street. On both sides of the street are attic buildings that are generally four or five stories high. There are various signboards hanging on them, all of which are shops related to practitioners. From time to time, figures shuttle between the attics.
, but they rise and fall lightly. Because the city is still closed to air traffic, the rules are that no one is allowed to go above the highest level 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. Among them, 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, I just have money.
"Let me change some money first." The emperor's daughter Feng next to her greeted her.
Naturally, it was not her first time here, and she did not have the same shocking impression as Chu Liang. She just walked lazily with her hands in her sleeves. The first building after entering the city gate was the bank, which was used to exchange coins for those entering the city.
The common currency in Taotie City is the mythical beast coin, which has a wider range of uses than Shushan and is 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 worth the same as the sword coin of Shushan.
"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.
Then he handed Chu Liang back a bag of small spiritual stone coins carved in the shape of a red bird. Chu Liang pinched one out and felt it, and found that 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 aura, and can easily be endowed with spirituality, thus avoiding forgery.
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 at the back looked at Chu Liang and said with a smile: "You guys haven't saved enough money?"
Chu Liang stared at her cautiously and said, "It's all hard-earned money."
After leaving the bank, the emperor's daughter Feng saw that Chu Liang was 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?
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"Moo——"
Suddenly there was a dull roar like a large bull's roar from behind.
Turning around, he 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.
However, this huge mountain beast is not pulling goods, but people. This is Taotie City's city patrol vehicle. Travelers who don't want to walk can get on the bus 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, magical instruments, etc. exclusive to practitioners, but also many restaurants.
Inns, teahouses, gambling houses... everything that can be found in ordinary cities can be found in Taotie City.
While I was watching, I heard the practitioners two seats next to me chatting.
"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 Di newspaper and read it with relish.
Upon hearing this, the Emperor's daughter Feng's eyes lit up, she came over twice and asked: "Brother, is there any news about the Shushan Emperor's daughter Feng in this issue of Nine Provinces Strategy?"
Ever since the incident in Nanguan City, she had been thinking about this. If she didn't rely on some 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 Marquis of the dynasty?"
"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 frightened by the power of the Emperor Feng. How dare he not obey, so he immediately opened his mouth and continued reading.
"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, Emperor Feng punched the opponent's head without any scruples!"
"Then she discovered that the other party was actually the current Marquis of Dingshan!"
"Why did this tragedy happen? And what kind of secret is it related to? It can be said that... the two young heroes of Shushan solved the strange case with both wisdom and bravery, but the two father and son in 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. The master was about to become red and warm!
He quickly called to the cultivator and whispered: "Stop reading..."
Then he advised the Emperor and Daughter Feng: "Master, don't be angry, don't be angry, being angry leaves room for the devil..."
While persuading Emperor Nv Feng, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart: This Zhang Xiaohan is real, why is he writing everything above... Even if it is true, you can't say that.
Chapter completed!