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The Star Pagoda was the place where Star arcane masters lived, researched, trained, and battled.

So for the vast majority of people, the Star Pagoda was also very mysterious.

Of course, this was not the first time for Nie Feng to come to the central plaza. The last time the Immortal Cloud Trading Company came, he had run over here and bought an armor-breaking dagger from the merchants of the Longqing Trading Company.

There was a huge Star Platform built in the center of the plaza. When the Immortal Cloud merchant ship arrived, the Star Platform was the berth of the merchant ship. There were many stalls around the Star Platform, which was equivalent to the big bazaar in Nanyuan City.

Therefore, it was usually very lively here. However, the order in the square was very good. All the peddlers were well-behaved, and the people who came to buy things were the same. No one dared to cause trouble here.

This was because, in addition to the patrolling soldiers, they were also adjacent to the Star Tower and the City Lord's Mansion.

In comparison, the open-air market outside the eastern city gate was much more chaotic. Fighting and brawling happened frequently.

It was separated from the market by a ten-foot-wide river in the city. On the river were three bridges, each of which had been carved from granite, and each pillar extended from the deck of the bridge all the way to the front of the tower, forming three corridors.

It was said that these pillars were part of the Southern Ancient City's defensive star array, so there were guards guarding them at all times.

"Let's go to the middle …"

Chen Kai pulled Nie Feng and said, "The passage in the middle is for Star Warriors and Star Masters."

Nie Fangqi said, "There's such a thing for you to pay attention to?"

His previous self had been to the central square many times, and he had already seen these three bridges, but he had never walked across them before.

Chen Kai seriously said, "My dad told me that the bridge on the left is for the noble officials in the city. There are Star Warriors and Star Arcane Masters in the middle, and Civilians on the right. If you go the wrong way, the guard of the Star Tower will let you go again."

What a strange rule. Nie Feng shook his head in disapproval.

But from this, he could tell how strict the levels of this world were.

Chen Kai was not a Star rank fighter.

Chen Kai chuckled, "You're a Star rank, so it's not a problem for me to follow you into the Star Tower."

He had been to the Star Pagoda more than once. He had always been with his father and had taken the bridge to the left.

Chen Kai was a very smart person. He had a family's inherited business acumen, so even though he was not a Star rank fighter, he was very popular in Wan An Martial Arts School. He also gained the trust of Wan Shangzhi.

He dared to get close to Nie Feng and helped him run away. He even went so far as to offend his eldest senior brother, Zhang Mo, because he had his eyes on Nie Feng's potential — merchants were best at speculation.

Therefore, Chen Kai tried his best to answer all of Nie Feng's questions, unless he really didn't know.

Friendship was slowly built up through this process.

However, Nie Feng noticed another problem. "Civilians can also enter the Star Tower?"

"Of course you can!"

Chen Kai answered without hesitation, "As long as you have money or something that interests Star arcane masters, then you can enter an Star arcane master to exchange for what you need, such as borrowing books."

"Star arcane masters' cultivation is very expensive, much more expensive than star fighters' consumption, especially the endless demand for energy materials, and the government's allowance for them is always limited."

Chen Kai spoke frankly with assurance, divulging everything he knew. "I heard that it's worth the price, and I can even ask a Star arcane master to hunt or kill a savage beast or deal with a strong enemy."

So it was like this!

Nie Feng understood what's going on. Astronomers are a little like scientists on Earth. They have funding from the government, work for the government and also have their own needs. Therefore, they use all kinds of methods to obtain additional resources.

Compared to scientists, however, arcane masters had a formidable combat power.

The Star Pagoda was a landmark in the Southcloud City. Its entire body was shaped like a square cone, with a square base that was at least 50 to 60 feet in diameter. The lowest level of the bridge had three portals, and each portal was guarded by a warrior.

An armored warrior holding a spear coldly swept a glance at Nie Feng. His face was covered by a mask, making it hard to see his face.

Immediately, Nie Feng felt all the pores on his body standing up.

This armored masked warrior was definitely a Silver rank Star Realm martial artist, and he had seen blood killing before!

After attaining the Invigorated Meridian Stage, Nie Feng's ability to sense the stars' energy had multiplied. With the help of his martial arts intuition, he was able to roughly determine the cultivation realms of other Star ranks.

This was an ability that any Star Realm martial artist possessed. Unless the other party had a special technique to conceal their fluctuations, Nie Feng would be able to sense the power of other Star Realm martial artists at close range.

Savage beasts possessed the same ability and were much more sensitive than Star Warriors. They could sense dangerous existences from far away and then escape.

Of course, as the lowest ranked Star rank, Nie Feng had limited perception and lacked experience. Therefore, he could only determine that this armored warrior was Silver rank. However, he didn't know if he was a top-tier, low, high, or low rank.

If he wanted to obtain a more accurate judgement, then he would have to rely on fighting to achieve it.

Nie Feng didn't believe that he was a match for this armored warrior.

The deterrence he gave to Nie Feng wasn't much worse than that of a top-tier Silver rank Warrior like Wan Shangzhi!

The Star Pagoda was indeed an extraordinary place!

Compared to the shock inside Nie Feng's heart, Chen Kai, who had already been to the Star Pagoda many times before, appeared much calmer.

He took out two gold coins from his pocket and placed them on the round table beside the armored warrior. Then, he respectfully bowed to the warrior.

The armored warrior glanced at him, waved his hand, and said, "Go in, and pay attention to the rules."

Chen Kai quickly said, "Thank you, Sir."

He pulled Nie Feng and the two of them smoothly passed through the gate and entered the interior of the Star Pagoda together.

Even if Chen Kai didn't explain, Nie Feng could still understand what was going on. It turned out that entering the Star Tower required a fee of one gold coin per person, which was quite expensive. It simply stopped those bored people from entering.

Having such rules meant that he had the right to earn a lot of money.

Interesting!

In Nie Feng's heart, he became even more curious about the Star Pagoda.

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