Following the flow of people, Gao Yuan walked along the blue-gray platform under his feet, towards the one closest to him in the row of huge portals in the distance.
At the same time, he took out the light yellow jade slip he had just obtained, used his spiritual power to cover it.
The information recorded internally by the latter then came into his mind.
The content in it is either too much or too little. It contains thousands of words, and a total of twenty or thirty items are listed.
The first half of this jade slip mainly describes the various services that guests at all levels can enjoy during their stay in the 'Floating City', as well as the various behaviors that are not allowed.
According to the jade slips, the entire surrounding area of the 'Floating City' is covered with powerful protective barriers.
All guests within the boundary, no matter what level they are, are prohibited from flying at will, let alone fighting privately.
Once a violator is discovered, the Tiandong Chamber of Commerce will impose corresponding penalties depending on the seriousness of the case.
They may be fined as little as having the spiritual stones confiscated, and without refunding any fees, they will be directly disqualified from participating in this auction, and they will be forcibly expelled from the ‘Floating City’.
If the circumstances are serious, they will be arrested by the city's law enforcement team and will not only face more severe penalties.
They will also be included in the 'unfriendly list' and will not be allowed to participate in the 'Tiandong Auction' for life.
If the situation is particularly serious, the "Floating City" protective formation may even be triggered, and the person may be attacked and suppressed by the formation on the spot.
In the end, whether he was injured when being suppressed by the formation, or was directly obliterated by triggering the 'killing formation', the 'Tiandong Chamber of Commerce' will not pay any compensation.
The relevant penalty provisions can be described as extremely severe.
As an alternative to the ban on flying, various areas within the 'Floating City' have 'circulation spirit boat' stations.
All guests, regardless of level, can take the "Zhuanzhou Lingzhou" for free at these stations to travel to any area in the city.
Guests at the two levels of "Heaven" and "Earth" will also be equipped with an exclusive large-scale "turnover spirit boat" and corresponding service personnel on this basis.
Therefore, even if flying is not possible, it will be more convenient for guests of these two levels to move around the city.
In the second half of the jade slip, a very detailed map of the 'Floating City' was appended.
It not only has detailed markings on it, but also the specific locations of various facilities and places in the city, as well as the docking stations of each 'circulation spirit boat'.
And on this basis, this map also lists a detailed reference list for the specific consumer prices of each marked business location.
At a glance, in this "floating city", there are all kinds of business facilities such as banks, restaurants, inns, and casinos.
At the same time, a large number of specialized stores have been opened in the city for various categories of goods.
There is even a branch of "Ruxuefang" in a prosperous area where several commercial streets meet.
All in all, food, clothing, housing, transportation, food, drink and entertainment are all covered in this 'floating city'.
Basically, customers of any consumption level can use this map to find corresponding places for entertainment and recreation in this 'Floating City'.
Looking at this situation, during the entire auction, as long as there is no shortage of snacks in hand, the guests do not need to leave this 'floating city', and all kinds of needs can be solved here.
Although he hasn't walked around the city yet, Gao Yuan already has a very clear understanding of the situation in the city just by relying on the jade slip in his hand.
"Tsk, the Tiandong Chamber of Commerce is indeed recognized as the top chamber of commerce in the world, and its business methods really live up to its reputation!"
"And this Ruxue Fang really fits the saying, 'Wherever monks gather, there is a Ruxue Fang branch'!"
“Even the ‘Floating City’ of the ‘Tiandong Chamber of Commerce’ has a semicolon, it’s really amazing!”
Gao Yuan casually put the jade slip in his hand into his storage bag, and Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
At this time, he had already got off the 'platform' and walked to the gate of this 'dock area'.
Without any pause, he walked through the huge portal and went straight outside.
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Qingliangcheng inner city.
Mei Family Courtyard.
Back house.
Chen Ziming just finished his morning practice.
Unsurprisingly, due to the level, her cultivation still made no progress.
Affected by this, Chen Ziming's mood became uncontrollably depressed.
She came to the house where her aunt lived with a gloomy look on her face, preparing to give up her original plan for a family trip to the "Floating City" outside the north gate.
Before her cultivation level problem was solved, she had no intention of going out for a walk.
After walking through the two entrance gates of the house, Chen Ziming was about to let the concierge's maid pass the news.
Suddenly, in the yard outside my aunt's residence, I saw a white figure with a beautiful face and a somewhat familiar posture.
Chen Ziming's movements paused. After seeing the latter's appearance clearly, her eyes suddenly lit up and she said in surprise:
"Huh? Cousin?"
"Didn't you follow 'Senior Linglong' and go to the depths of the Gray Desert to practice?"
"When did you come back?"
Chen Ziming's mood immediately improved a lot when she saw her cousin, whom she had been close to since childhood and whom she hadn't seen for more than half a year.
Even the depressed mood caused by the stagnant cultivation in the past few days has been diluted a lot.
"It's Ming'er!"
The beautiful figure in white clothes in the courtyard turned around in surprise when she heard this. When she saw it was Chen Ziming, she immediately responded with a smile.
The 'cousin' Chen Ziming calls is none other than Mei Duoer, the leader of the younger generation in the Mei family.
At the same time, the latter is also the biological daughter of Chen Ziming's aunt Chen Lanyun.
Because of her extraordinary talent, Mei Duoer became a disciple of the only master of the Soul Realm in Qingliang City, ‘Yu Linglong’, early on.
After that, three years ago, after she successfully broke into the Kaiyuan Realm, she was accepted as a direct disciple by 'Yu Linglong'.
Because of this incident, Mei Duoer's status not only increased within the Mei family, but also rose with the tide.
Even the Mei family behind him also followed Zhan Guang and became aloof among the seven Hunyuan families in Qingliang City.
Mei Duo'er is already twenty-two years old this year. Compared with when she was in Qingyuan Mountain five years ago, her youthfulness has gone away, and her words and deeds have also taken on a somewhat mature charm.
In addition, in the middle of last year, he broke into the fourth level of Kaiyuan Realm.
Under the leadership of Master ‘Yu Linglong’, I went to the depths of the ‘Grey Desert’ for training, and it has been more than half a year now.
The experience of fighting monsters for a long time not only sharpened Mei Duoer's actual combat ability, but also caused her overall personal temperament to undergo huge changes in a subtle way.
At this time, she looked delicate and charming in a plain white outfit.
It also projects a valiant and capable character that is difficult to conceal, as well as a heroic spirit that shines through.
Mei Duoer was also very happy to see Chen Ziming.
I saw her walking a few steps forward to meet him, holding Chen Ziming's hand and saying with a smile:
"I just got home too. Didn't I hear that the 'Tiandong Auction' will be held in the boundaries of our Qingliang City?"
"In addition, I have been away from home for more than half a year, so I begged Master to take me back for a visit."
"I originally planned to wait until I met my father and mother, and then I would go and play with you later."
"You came just in time. Let's go out of the city together in a while and have a nice walk."
After listening to Mei Duoer's words, a look of envy suddenly flashed across Chen Ziming's face.
She followed Mei Duoer, and under the guidance of the maid, she soon came to the side hall.
"Cousin, when you come back this time, do you want to go back again?"
Sitting down in the corner of the side hall, Chen Ziming looked at Mei Duoer for a while, and then asked curiously.
"Hmm...the snacks from home are delicious..."
As soon as Mei Duoer sat down, she passed the cakes that the maid had just brought to the table, picked up two pieces and gave them to Chen Ziming, and she also picked up one piece and started eating it.
"Of course...well...of course I have to go back!"
After hearing Chen Ziming's question, Mei Duoer struggled to swallow the snack in her mouth and responded vaguely.
Then he turned back to his mother's personal maid, 'Mother Luo', who was standing aside and warned:
"Mother Luo, this 'Ruyijuan'er', and this... this, this... um..."
"Miss, this is 'Hibiscus and Date Paste'!"
Mother Luo, who was standing by, saw how hard she was talking and quickly interrupted with a reminder.
"Yes~yes~yes! It's this 'Hibiscus and Jujube Paste', plus this 'Ruyi Roll'!"
"These two, please go and give them to me again...um...bring out two more plates of each kind!"
Mei Duoer finally finished speaking vaguely, and turned around after Mother Luo agreed with a smile and went out to make arrangements.
She first glanced at Chen Ziming, who was snickering next to her, then squeezed him affectionately with her shoulder, and then said with a hum:
Gu Ke
"Hmph~!"
"You are still laughing, do you know how miserable your cousin and I have been in the past six months or so?"
"Every day, not to mention fighting those weird monsters, do you know what I eat every day?"
"Huh? What do you want to eat?"
Chen Ziming heard this and said curiously.
"Here, this is it."
Mei Duoer reached out and touched her waist, and a palm-sized porcelain vase, completely white, appeared in her hand.
"The name of this elixir is 'Bigu Pill'. One pill will satisfy you for three days."
Mei Duoer raised her right hand, waved three fingers in front of Chen Ziming, and then continued:
"I'm telling you, this stuff is not only unpalatable, it also has a strong taste. Here, smell it."
As she spoke, she opened the wax seal on the porcelain bottle, poured out a longan-sized, pitch-black elixir, handed it to Chen Ziming and said:
"Your cousin and I have been relying on this 'Bigu Pill' for more than half a year, and I haven't had a single bite to eat from anything else!"
Chen Ziming curiously took the dark elixir, but couldn't resist Mei Duo'er's constant encouragement. He put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it. He suddenly felt a strong stench coming to his face.
"Ah? This is all you've been eating for the past six months?"
Chen Ziming was 'scared', and instinctively took the 'Bigu Pill' away from his face, and then said with a shocked expression.
"yes!"
"Otherwise, why would I have such a big reaction when I see normal food?"
Mei Duoer nodded with a look of despair, then sighed:
"My master, she has already become a demigod. Apart from taking pills, she has not eaten anything for hundreds of years."
"In addition, my two elusive senior brothers have also been abstinent for many years."
"But this time when my master took me out, she was so stunned that she didn't expect to prepare some food rations for me, a young apprentice in the Kaiyuan realm!"
Having said this, Mei Duoer put the empty plate aside, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then picked up another plate of 'Hibiscus Jujube Paste Cake' and ate it happily.
"That's not right, cousin, aren't there many advance bases in the Gray Desert?"
"When you get to these forward bases, why don't you bring more supplies?"
"Although it is not as delicious as the food in Qingliang City, it is still better than this 'Bigu Pill', right?"
After hearing this, Chen Ziming suddenly reacted and asked in surprise.
"Advance base?"
Mei Duoer looked at Chen Ziming with a strange expression and asked, then smiled bitterly and said:
"When I took Master's spiritual boat, I rushed all the way to a very deep place in the gray desert."
"Let me tell you, in the past six months or so, apart from those strange ancient buildings and various elusive monsters, there has been nothing else at all, let alone the advance base to replenish food."
"Hey, don't worry about these things. You won't understand if I talk too much."
Mei Duo'er didn't know what she thought of, and a trace of inexplicable color flashed across her face.
Then she stopped talking and concentrated on dealing with another stack of cakes.
"You, you are so big, but you are still so shapeless!"
At the door of the side hall, Chen Lanyun, the mother-in-law of Mei's family, heard her daughter complaining as soon as she walked in.
Seeing the latter's unscrupulous and indecent eating behavior, he suddenly said in a fit of laughter and tears.
"Hmph~"
"Mom, please tell Mama Luo later and ask her to collect and pack all the various delicacies and pastries in our Qingliang City into 'Xumi Bags'."
"When I leave, I will take it with me."
When Mei Duoer saw her mother, she tilted her head and said "hum" twice without thinking at all, and then she seemed to have remembered something and warned her seriously.
"Okay, okay~!"
When Chen Lanyun heard this, she patted her daughter lovingly and agreed with a long tone and a smile.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman wearing similar clothes to Luo's mother walked out of the hospital.
I saw him standing at the door of the side hall. He didn't come in directly. He just closed his lips a few times.
Chen Lanyun in the side hall turned her head slightly, as if she heard something.
But there was no expression on her face, she just glanced towards the outside of the hall calmly.
Then he looked at Chen Ziming who was sitting quietly aside and said:
"Ming'er, there's a letter from the front yard saying that the 'Floating City' outside has been opened to the public. You don't want to stay in the house all the time. You just go out for a walk and relax."
"Ah~! Yes!"
"Ming'er, please wait for me for a while. I'll go back and change clothes first, and I'll be back soon."
Before Chen Ziming had time to reply, Mei Duoer, who was chewing a plate of snacks, suddenly stood up in a hurry and said.
Without putting the plate down, he was just going to carry it back to his yard.
"Hey~! Come back!"
Chen Lanyun reached out and slapped her daughter's butt, and said angrily:
"You are such an adult, and you still don't know the rules! How long have you been back? Why don't you go and pay your respects to your ancestors?"
"Oh~ yes, yes, yes!"
"Ming'er, please wait for me a little longer. I'll go to see my ancestors first. When we get back, we can hang out together!"
Hearing this, Mei Duoer suddenly nodded in realization, turned half around, and quickly shouted at Chen Ziming.
Then, without waiting for the latter to respond, he rushed out quickly. Looking at the speed, it was clear that he had deployed some kind of movement skill that had an accelerating effect.
"Hey~!"
"Hey! You're talking about this kid!"
Chen Lanyun didn't hold her back and could only watch Mei Duoer's figure swaying and disappearing in a flash. Then she turned her head and looked at Chen Ziming lovingly and said:
"Ming'er, um... you don't have to wait for your cousin. She hasn't been back for so long, and there are still many things waiting for her at home."
"It just so happens that many people in the front yard say they want to go out to play outside the city. You should go too. Don't just focus on cultivation. You must pay attention to the balance between work and rest. Do you understand?"
"Ah? Aunt, you're here again!"
"I'm not going anywhere. I haven't seen my cousin for so long. I want to wait for her here!"
When Chen Ziming heard this, he didn't know what his aunt Chen Lanyun was thinking, so he refused without hesitation.
"Hi~!"
"You kid, why are you so stubborn?"
"My aunt is not an outsider, she can still harm you."
"I just want you to go out and relax~! And then meet people along the way!"
When Chen Lanyun heard this, she was not at all concerned about Chen Ziming's resistance.
Then he took his niece’s hand, quoted scriptures, and earnestly advised her:
"You have a daughter, no matter how high your cultivation is, what's the use..."
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"Okay~Okay~Okay! I'm going! I'm going!"
"Aunt, please stop nagging, why don't you think I can go?"
Chen Ziming listened to her aunt's nagging with her mouth bulging, and her head suddenly became as big as an ox's.
I persisted for a while, but finally lost.
He promised to beg for mercy.
"Well, is this ridiculous?"
When Chen Lanyun heard this, her face suddenly showed a look of satisfaction that could be taught like a child.
Then he picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip, smiling.