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On the thousand-mile long city wall, there was a city gate that was fifty meters tall and thirty meters wide every ten miles.

Looking from afar, it seemed as if an enormous ancient beast had occupied this place, giving people a deep sense of oppression.

Numerous defensive formations were set up on the mountain peaks and walls surrounding the Zhen Yi City. An enormous protective barrier covered the entire city, displaying an incomparable defensive ability.

This also made it so that cultivators who wanted to enter the city had to land on the ground and enter through the city gate.

Yi Yan and Xie Yunlei stood 100 kilometers away from the city walls, close to the city gate along with the bustling crowd.

At the city gate, the line of cultivators waiting to enter the city was over five kilometers long and one couldn't see the end of it at a glance.

This caused Xie Yunlei, who had seen such a huge scene for the first time, to be greatly shocked.

Only when they got closer did Yi Yan and his disciple discover that there were a pair of twenty cultivators lined up neatly on both sides of the city gate. When the cultivators who were waiting to enter the Zhen Yi City passed in front of them, they mostly took out a jade tablet the size of a palm and handed it over to the guards for inspection.

This was the first time Xie Yunlei had seen such a strange scene, and he could not help but ask Yi Yan: "Master, what are the jade tablets in those people's hands? Why do some people need to pay? "

As someone who had lived in the Cultivation Realm for hundreds of years, Yi Yan naturally understood this. He patiently explained to Xie Yunlei: "Jade tablets are the identity certificate of a local citizen who has lived in this city. However, cultivators who come from outside the city do not have jade plates, so if you want to enter, you will have to pay the entrance fee. "

Xie Yunlei nodded his head, and then asked thoughtfully: "Then can this jade tablet be forged? "Where did all the money go?"

Yi Yan could not help but chuckle, "Of course it can be forged, but imitating the formations on top of it requires one to be at least at the Body Fusion stage or above. Who in the Body Fusion realm would care about a tiny bit of crystal and do something like forging a fake jade plate to lose their identity? As for the money, aside from a portion to maintain the operation of the city and to be distributed to the guards, the rest will go to the City Lord's Mansion. "

< p > "City Lord's Mansion? and even the City Lord? "

Xie Yunlei was very confused.

"Of course, every city has a City Lord. Otherwise, wouldn't such a large city be in chaos?" In the cities of the Cultivation Realm, some were controlled by large sects, while others were controlled by powerful experts or other organizations. The City Lord usually accepted the order from a big sect, but there were also some small sects or individuals who would fight for him.

< p > Such as here. The largest sect in Tianxuan Star Domain was the Alchemy Great Sect Herba Fang Sect. They controlled most of the Star Domain and the Zhen Yi Star were also under their control. There were some exceptions, such as Lang Sect. Because the Jiao Kang Star is close to the Well Star Domain, it has already been infiltrated by the even more powerful Tianqian Sect. The City Lord of Jiao Kang City is the Sect Leader, the one with the Lang Sect to accept his fate. "

When he spoke of Tianqian Sect, a flash of killing intent passed through Yi Yan's eyes., who was listening at the side, was listening in with great interest and did not notice it.

Of course, he also could not imagine that his own master had any grudges with a Cultivation Realm as gigantic as Tianqian Sect.

While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived at the city gate. After each of them handed over ten low-grade crystal stones, they smoothly entered the Zhen Yi City.

Among Xie Yunlei's Storage Ring, besides a large amount of treasures, there were also the dozen or so Spirit Crystal s and over a hundred high grade crystals that Yi Yan had given him.

After they left far away from the city gate, Xie Yunlei could not help but say to Yi Yan: "Every person only has ten low-grade crystal stones, it seems like this City Lord does not have much oil."

Yi Yan smiled slightly: "Don't underestimate this income, you have to know the principle of building a tower out of sand. One had to know that there were tens of millions of cultivators in the Zhen Yi City, and millions of outsiders went in and out of the city every day. Just this alone brought in over a thousand high-grade crystals, and the rents of the various shops in the city were ten times more. Excluding the expenses and the portion that had been handed in, just from these taxes alone, every mayor had earned several hundred Spirit Crystal every year. If you added in the various transactions that City Lord's Mansion operated, this number would double yet again. After hundreds of years or even countless generations of accumulation, it is simply impossible for you to imagine just how much wealth they actually possess. "

Xie Yunlei stuck out his tongue, following behind Yi Yan obediently without saying a word.

Not long after, the two of them arrived at a restaurant.

With a height of six floors and an antique building, Yi Yan was overjoyed upon seeing this. He turned his head and instructed Xie Yunlei, "Let's rest here for a while first, then we can set off later."

Cultivators had plenty of time, and although Yi Yan was anxious about Sang Yiting's situation, wanting to return to Jade Mist Star as soon as possible to see her, he was not in a rush either.

Since he had already arrived at the Zhen Yi Star, he might as well stay here for a while to alleviate the exhaustion from undergoing closed door cultivation for a hundred years.

Xie Yunlei's current realm was too low, so it was not suitable for him to cultivate in seclusion. Yi Yan also had the intention of bringing him on a tour around the place, and experiencing a few more things, would be beneficial to Xie Yunlei's future development.

From this, it could be seen how much importance Yi Yan placed on this disciple.

Xie Yunlei was not a foolish person, he naturally understood the painstaking effort his master had put in.

The two of them had met Yi Yan for the first time and Yi Yan had straightforwardly said that he would rush to Jade Mist Star to look for his master's wife. But now, for his sake, not only did his master clash with the Lang Sect and kill the young Sect Leader of the Lang Sect, he had even waited a hundred years for his own cultivation.

This care and care moved Xie Yunlei, who had lost both his parents within a day. His gratitude and admiration for Yi Yan grew even deeper, and his expression became even more respectful.

Seeing that, Yi Yan smiled slightly, and without saying much, he stepped into the house called "Taoran Wine House".

In this restaurant, he really enjoyed this sort of relationship and tacit understanding between master and disciple.

This made him think of his master, Hao Cheng. Back then, his relationship with his master was no different from Xie Yunlei's now.

Yi Yan did not go to the private room upstairs. Instead, he found a seat in the Leaving behind hall.

They had just arrived at the Zhen Yi City, so they needed to inquire more about the situation, and the main hall of the restaurant was undoubtedly the best place to do so.

After ordering the dishes, Yi Yan politely invited the waiter to sit. He then smiled as he poured him a cup of wine and passed it over.

Cultivators who worked as waiters in restaurants were generally Rogue Cultivator cultivators with low cultivation bases. They had neither strength nor power, and because they had no one to rely on, they were not allowed to degrade themselves in order to maintain their cultivation. Their goal was to earn a pitiful bit of remuneration to maintain their cultivation.

The person who served the food to Yi Yan and his disciples was also in the middle stage of the Jindan Stage. In terms of Secular Realm, he was a supreme expert who had surpassed the Innate Realm.

However, he'd toiled in this restaurant for a year and had only received a few pitiful low-grade crystals. How could he afford to drink the good wine in front of him with these ten high-grade crystals?

The waiter felt his throat become sore. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with great difficulty and asked Yi Yan, "Senior, what are you doing?"

Yi Yan waved his hand to indicate that there was no harm and explained: "Dao friend, this is the first time Master and disciple have been to the Zhen Yi City, so we are not too familiar with this place. I am deeply grateful. "

< p > For a waiter, it is common for a customer to ask about something.

However, those who had the money to come to the Taoran Wine House were either the disciples of the big sects or senior experts. Very few people asked him politely, and very few invited him to drink.

Just from Yi Yan's politeness, the waiter had decided to say anything without hiding anything. It was for no other reason but because he felt from Yi Yan that no one else had respected him.

Looking up, he finished the wine in his cup in one gulp. The waiter started to chat as if he had opened a conversation.

Yi Yan did not interrupt, smiling as he poured another cup for him, quietly listening to his explanation in detail, and interrupting to ask a few questions from time to time.

Xie Yunlei was extremely puzzled by Yi Yan's attitude. In his opinion, if an Aurous Core stage waiter did not have any status, nor did he have any strength, how could he be worthy of his master's courtesy?

However, he knew that his master's actions were reasonable, so he did not question them and only listened to them quietly, which made Yi Yan very satisfied.

An hour later, the waiter finally introduced the general situation of the Zhen Yi City again. Yi Yan then asked: "Is there any special news about the Zhen Yi City recently?"

The waiter was already talking until his mouth became dry. Hearing Yi Yan's question, he could not help but be enlivened, "Of course there is. Senior has just arrived and might not know about it. Every ten years, there will be a half month long exchange between our Zhen Yi City. In this half month, all of the cultivators that come from the entire Star Domain will gather here, and use the things on hand to exchange for treasures or pellets that interest us. The most recent one would begin in ten days. More importantly, after the trade fair ended, there would be a large-scale auction going on every hundred years in another month. At that time, many rare treasures would appear. If fellow daoist is sincere, then please do not miss it! "

Yi Yan slightly nodded, indicating that he had remembered it.

Just at this time, someone called for the waiter to drink. He quickly stood up, bowed to Yi Yan, and turned to leave.

Yi Yan waved his hand, and a high-grade spirit stone that emitted dense amounts of spirit energy appeared in the waiter's hands.

The waiter was shocked and was about to reject, but Yi Yan waved his hand to stop him from continuing: "This is what you deserve, thank you for introducing me to such a delicate detail."

The waiter knew that he had met a respected guest. This piece of high-grade crystal was equivalent to several decades of his income.

She hurriedly and respectfully thanked Yi Yan, then slowly retreated.

Since he was planning on participating in the auction before leaving the Zhen Yi Star, he naturally could not stay on the streets for the time of more than a month.

Coincidentally, Tao Ran Restaurant also had a guest room, so Yi Yan didn't bother with the two hosts and rented a middle class guest room for the two to stay at during this period of time.

After returning to the guest room, Yi Yan first laid down a few isolation restrictions in the area to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on his conversation.

After that, Xie Yunlei took out all the treasures from the Storage Ring.

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