“Roar——”
The loud beast roar echoed on the long mountain ridge, dispersing the clouds.
The cultivator riding on the beast lightly flicked the whip, and the massive beast obediently lowered its head, extremely docile.
In this way, the beasts carrying a large amount of goods and people formed a continuous line, stretching for several miles, forming a curved black line. At the end of the black line was a towering city built against the mountain.
The city walls were extremely tall, with ancient and damaged bricks and stones, resembling an ancient beast crouching on the horizon.
Standing on this desolate land, countless auspicious clouds and divine beasts gathered from all directions, but these flying creatures would land and queue up outside the city.
Every major immortal sect had such airspace restrictions, otherwise it would be difficult to control.
Each gate of the Glutton City had a large and a small entrance. The large gate was extremely wide, allowing the queue of large spirit beasts and cargo to enter, but the speed was slow, so the queue extended far.
The small gate allowed people and small spirit beasts to pass through, so the queue moved quickly.
In terms of scale and population, the Glutton City naturally couldn’t compare to the Panyang City in the Yudu Sect. However, it was the only city in the world that was mainly inhabited by cultivators, with fewer mortals than half of the city’s population.
Chu Liang stood in the queue, slowly moving forward.
He was dressed in a brocade robe with bound sleeves, similar to the attire of an ordinary wealthy young master, making it hard to tell that he was a cultivator. Beside him was Di Nvfeng, wearing a red and white high-waisted dress, her long legs attracting attention.
Passing through the deep and long gate of the city, Chu Liang raised his head and saw a wide street, with four or five-story lofts on both sides. Various signs hung above them, all related to cultivator-related shops. Figures occasionally shuttled between the lofts, but they all moved lightly. Because the airspace within the city was still restricted, the rule was not to exceed the highest floor of the lofts on the street.
Otherwise, the law enforcement team would come to punish.
With such a huge city, there were quite a few members in the law enforcement team, but only a small number were disciples of the Glutton City, and the majority were hired.
The offerings in the Glutton City were divided into nine ranks. The lower ranks were more like hired thugs than offerings. It was the only sect in the world where outsiders had more offerings than disciples.
There was no way, it was all about money.
“Let’s exchange some money first.” Di Nvfeng next to him called out.
She had been here before and didn’t have the same awe-inspiring feeling as Chu Liang, so she lazily walked with her hands in her sleeves. The first building after entering the city gate was the money exchange, which was convenient for newcomers to exchange currency.
The common currency in the Glutton City was the divine beast coin, which had a wider range of uses than the sword coins in Shu Mountain and was more detailed. There were four denominations in total… Qinglong coin, Hutou coin, Zhuque coin, and Xuanwu coin.
From large to small, for example, one Qinglong coin was equal to ten Hutou coins, and so on in a one-to-ten ratio. The second-to-last Zhuque coin was equivalent in value to the sword coins in Shu Mountain.
“Please help me exchange one thousand Zhuque coins and one hundred Xuanwu coins.” Chu Liang handed a bag of sword coins to the cultivator in the money exchange.
The person inside took the sword coins, inspected them briefly, and nodded in approval.
Then he handed Chu Liang a bag of small spirit stone coins carved into the shape of a Zhuque. Chu Liang took out one and felt it, and indeed, it had a unique spirituality.
The reason why immortal sects used spirit stones as the universal currency material was because they were tough and contained spiritual energy, making it easy to imbue them with spirituality, thus avoiding counterfeiting.
Otherwise, if anyone could carve these shapes with spirit stones, it would be difficult to control.
“Heh.” Di Nvfeng behind him looked at Chu Liang and smiled, “You’ve saved quite a bit of money, huh?”
Chu Liang stared at her cautiously and said, “It’s all hard-earned money.”
After leaving the money exchange, Di Nvfeng saw Chu Liang still holding the money bag with his hand, subconsciously protecting it.
She smiled and said, “Relax, don’t act like a country bumpkin who’s entering the city for the first time… Although you really are. Let me tell you, the more nervous you are, the easier it is for thieves to target you.”
“Hehe.” Chu Liang smiled in response.
Master, you don’t think I’m guarding against other thieves, do you?
…
“Moo——”
Suddenly, a dull sound like a loud cow’s roar came from behind.
Turning around, Chu Liang saw a huge beast about three stories high, with thick skin and a bald head, slowly walking in the middle of the street. It was wrapped in dozens of long chains, dragging a long wooden carriage behind it steadily.
This beast was called the Mountain Seat Beast, diligent and affectionate, and was the most common monster beast used for transporting heavy objects.
However, this massive Mountain Seat Beast was not pulling goods, but people. It was the patrol carriage of the Glutton City, and travelers who didn’t want to walk could get on the carriage and move forward with the Mountain Seat Beast.
Di Nvfeng pulled Chu Liang onto the carriage from the back, and there was a cultivator sitting at the entrance, with a merit box next to him. Chu Liang put two Xuanwu coins into it without even lifting his eyelids.
Sitting on the carriage, the master and disciple leisurely looked at the scenery outside the window. Chu Liang noticed that the shops on the street were not only exclusive to cultivators, such as spirit plants, elixirs, and magical treasures, but also many restaurants, teahouses, and gambling houses… These were all available in ordinary cities, and the Glutton City had them all.As he was watching, he overheard two cultivators chatting from the seats next to him.
“Eh? The Seven Stars Mansion Gazette is out this month.” One cultivator laughed.
“Yeah, it’s quite explosive.” The other cultivator was engrossed in reading the Gazette.
Upon hearing this, Di Nvfeng’s eyes lit up. She leaned over and asked, “Brother, does this issue of the Nine Provinces Chronicle have any news about Di Nvfeng of Shu Mountain?”
Ever since the incident at the South Gate City, she had been thinking about it. If she didn’t achieve some great merit to suppress that old man Wang Xuanling, she would always feel uneasy.
“Yes, there is!” The cultivator nodded, “The first piece is about it.”
He then read out the headline: “Shocking! The tyrant peak master of Shu Mountain punches a man’s head to explode, only to find out the man’s identity is a current lord?”
“Hmm?” Di Nvfeng’s eyebrows furrowed.
She thought she would definitely be praised for her great achievements this time, but who would have thought it would be another negative headline?
“Master, calm down…” Chu Liang quickly tugged at her sleeve, whispering, “We are out in public…”
“I’m not angry.” Di Nvfeng squeezed out a smile, then turned her head and shouted at the cultivator, “Keep reading!”
“Ah…” The cultivator was so scared that he almost dropped the Seven Stars Mansion Gazette. But under Di Nvfeng’s intimidating aura, he dared not disobey and immediately continued reading.
“On that day, Di Nvfeng, the peak master of Silver Sword Peak of Shu Mountain, received a call for help from her disciple and immediately rushed to South Gate City for rescue. Upon landing, she encountered an equally furious middle-aged man. After a verbal altercation, Di Nvfeng, without any hesitation, punched the man’s head to explode in front of the public!”
“Only then did she discover that the man was actually the current Lord Ding Shan!”
“What exactly caused this tragedy? And what secrets are involved? It can be said that… the two young heroes of Shu Mountain solved the mystery with both wisdom and courage, while the father and son of the Lord’s Mansion were so debauched that it was unspeakable…”
“Let me tell you in detail…”
Sitting next to Di Nvfeng, Chu Liang felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face. His master was about to explode with anger!
He quickly signaled the cultivator, whispering, “Stop reading…”
Then he tried to calm Di Nvfeng, “Master, don’t be angry, don’t be angry. Anger is leaving room for the devil…”
While persuading Di Nvfeng, he couldn’t help but grumble in his heart: This Zhang Xiaohan really, why does he write about everything… Even if it’s true, he shouldn’t say it like that.
It’s embarrassing to say it out loud…