Chapter 174 Imperial City
Huayan City is famous for its flowers. There are many autumn chrysanthemums planted in the courtyard of Chu Mansion. In the autumn season, the courtyard is full of fragrance.
After the twin sisters became servants of Shuxiangyuan, Ximen Shu ordered three servants to be hired to guard and clean the Chu Mansion.
When the twin sisters returned this time, they did not hire more people and allowed three servants to return home to visit relatives.
It is precisely because there are only servants in the Chu Mansion that Gu Xuan can regain his true colors, otherwise his flaws may be exposed.
In a secret room in the Chu Mansion, five masters and servants were sitting cross-legged on a futon.
Gu Xuan first described the geographical distribution of the Linglong Realm, and then ordered his servant to go to the Western Wasteland to practice.
Seeing that the servants were all listening attentively, Gu Xuan finally concluded: "You can go to Xin Country, practice to the advanced stage, and then cross the sea with the caravan, go to the Western Wasteland, separate in pairs, enter the Demon Sect to practice, and come back fifty years later
See you."
Gu Xuan mentioned fifty years just now. This is the only thing that surprised the servant. After all, fifty years later, they will all be nearly seventy years old.
Seeing Gu Xuan pause, the four servants said in unison: "Young Master's teachings, we will keep them in mind."
"We are going to the Western Wilderness with the caravan. Each of us needs two thousand spirit stones. I will transfer ten thousand spirit stones to you. Everyone should step back and collect the empty storage bags."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Xuan threw out a storage bag, and with a rush of thought, the spirit stone fell to the ground.
The four servants did not dare to neglect, they took out their storage bags one after another, penetrated the true energy, and absorbed the spiritual stones on the ground.
They all know that spiritual stones are precious, but they have never seen them before, let alone ten thousand spiritual stones, so that the hands holding the storage bag trembled slightly.
Ten thousand low-grade spiritual stones filled ten storage bags. The four servants held it in their hands and felt it was heavy.
Gu Xuan continued to send Chu Xing's storage bag and four low-grade spiritual Dao patterned weapons, and gave a brief explanation.
After the servant put away the storage bag, Gu Xuan solemnly said: "From now on, you will remain anonymous and must not reveal your relationship with me. In addition, I have advanced to the Gangli realm, so it is inappropriate for you to refer to me as young master.
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The servants looked at each other, as if they were not surprised by this, and then Chu Lian said: "Master, please give me your name."
Wang Mang said: "That's a good call. They are your demon servants. The twin sisters were originally named Chu Bei and Chu Huan, so they were named after them, and the twin brothers changed their names to Lihe. It's logical."
Gu Xuan's eyes brightened slightly, and he pointed at Chu Ke, Chu Lian, Xun Dong and Xun Xi in turn, and said with a smile: "Xiao Bei, Xiao Huan, Xiao Li, Xiao He."
The four demon servants looked at each other and said solemnly: "Thank you Master for giving me the name. We will practice hard in the future and live up to the cultivation and expectations of Master! We swear by our inner demons to be loyal to Master forever until death.
The moon is a warning!”
The inner demon oath is also effective for demon cultivators. After taking the inner demon oath, the demon servants stood up and knelt down one after another, kowtowing three times to Gu Xuan.
Gu Xuan quickly stretched out his hand to help, and said movedly: "I am very pleased that you have such a heart, so I got up quickly."
The four demon servants stood up one after another and sat cross-legged on the futons again, but there were tears in their eyes.
When Gu Xuan saw this, he couldn't help but feel excited: "We, the five masters and servants, will definitely be able to make a big difference in the future!"
Wang Mang quickly shouted: "It's not appropriate to reveal your identity at this time, hold it back!"
Seeing the demon servant nodding heavily, Gu Xuan turned around and chuckled: "Okay, you all go to cook, bring out your best skills, and have a final meal, then I will leave and see you again in fifty years."
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Xizhou is the seat of the Daxi Dynasty. The imperial city was built by the Daxi Dynasty and is a pure cultivation city.
A brown wooden boat flies in the sky, Gu Xuan is far away
Then I saw a majestic earth-yellow castle standing on the ground.
When the spirit boat flew closer, Gu Xuan discovered that the entire imperial city was actually made of stone buildings, while other cities and towns in Xi Kingdom were made of wooden buildings.
Gu Xuan was full of energy, and with a thought, he removed the transparent restrictions and exclaimed: "There are many wonders in the world of cultivation. Such a majestic city has only been seen in my life."
Wang Mang chuckled: "This city can only be considered unique, but it is not breathtaking."
The cold wind whistled in his ears, Gu Xuan secretly asked: "Is there an imperial court in the city?"
Wang Mang said: "The imperial court is located on the top of Heng Mountain, and is the cadre of the Daxi Dynasty. The imperial court is located in Bafang City, Xizhou, which is the Kun tribe of the Daxi Dynasty. It is guarded by royal monks. The imperial city is subordinate to the merchants of the cadre imperial palace. Jurisdiction."
"Imperial Palace?"
In Ximen Shu's memory, he only knows the chief cadres and assistants and many managers.
"The cadres are under the jurisdiction of the Yudao Palace and the Yuchao Palace, and each palace has various departments." Wang Mang paused for a moment, "I don't know much about the structure of the Daxi Dynasty, so I can't go into details."
Gu Xuan did not ask further: "Let's fly around the imperial city."
The brown wooden boat flew past the right side of the imperial city, and you could see that it was surrounded by mountains and the castle was built in the basin.
Wang Mang was not interested and did not make any comments, but in Gu Xuan's eyes, the imperial city was undoubtedly a huge thing.
The city wall is ten feet high and is entirely made of stacked Huanggang stones. The stone walls are connected into one piece and have strange French inscriptions on them, forming a series of regiments.
Flying is prohibited in the city, and the eight stone doors are open to welcome visitors from all directions. The gates are guarded by Gangli realm monks, and spiritual stones are required to enter the city.
In front of the east gate of the imperial city, there is a Huangshi Square. Many warriors of the True Strength Realm set up stalls here, leaving a passage in the middle.
The people coming and going in the passage must at least be in the True Strength realm.
Gu Xuanluo walked towards the square, put away the brown wooden boat, followed the flow of people to the middle passage, and walked around.
Those who set up stalls were all in the late stages of the True Strength Realm, and most of them were warriors.
Although Gu Xuan didn't like the things for sale, he actually bought an animal skin map of the imperial city.
The stall owner was a young woman in gray clothes. Gu Xuan did not show any pretense and communicated with her for a moment before moving on.
At the end of the passage is the east gate. There is a small window on the right. Gu Xuan came to the window and prepared to pay the spirit stone.
Entering the city requires a low-grade spiritual stone. This rule alone is enough to deter 90% of the martial arts warriors.
The big man in blue who was guarding the gate, who was in the early stage of the Gangli Realm, took a closer look at Gu Xuan, maybe meeting him personally, and introduced him enthusiastically: "This Taoist friend only needs to pay one hundred spirit stones, and he can enter the city directly in the future without having to pay any more. City fees.”
"This is much more convenient, but I will go on a trip next time, so I will have to pay one hundred spiritual stones next time."
After Gu Xuan said with a smile, he took out a low-grade spiritual stone and pushed it into the window.
The big man in blue was not dissatisfied. He immediately put away the spirit stone and pushed out a wooden talisman: "This is the imperial city pass talisman. Please keep it, fellow Taoist."
"Thank you."
Gu Xuan took the wooden talisman and took a closer look. The leaf-shaped wooden talisman was quite beautiful. The words "Imperial City" were engraved on the front and "This Pass" was engraved on the back.
Gu Xuan and a strange old man entered the city side by side. Inside the stone gate was a square connecting two main roads.
Parked in the square were open-top carriages with exquisite seats that could seat up to four people.
The carts were all pulled by divine horses, and the owner of the cart sat on the back of the divine horse, with his head held high and his chest high, showing his cultivation in the late stage of True Strength Realm.
Gu Xuan glanced around, full of curiosity, no matter how tall or tall he was,
The castle and the strange horse and cart were all seen for the first time.
While he found it novel, Gu Xuan was also a little impressed. There was no noise in such a huge city, and it was full of elegance and leisure. Compared with other cities, it was completely different.
Gu Xuan waved and summoned a horse-drawn carriage nearby. Shi Shiran sat down and walked forward from the main road on the right.
The owner of the car is an old man in gray clothes who has been driving in the city for twenty years. He is quite talkative and points to the shops on both sides of the main road and introduces them one by one.
It was an eye-opener to enjoy Gu Xuan's journey and the introduction from the car owner.
The shops in the city are divided into categories and are much richer than those in the city. In addition to selling cultivation resources, there are also wine shops, inns, teahouses, auction halls and brothels.
After walking around the city, Gu Xuan bought two sets of black Taoist robes, both made of silk, which are warm in winter and cool in summer.
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The store opened by Master Leng Yue in the Imperial City is called Yueyuan Pavilion.
This pavilion has eight floors, and the first to third floors sell spiritual things.
The fifth to seventh floors are training rooms with spirit gathering arrays engraved on the ground. You can practice by yourself or rent them out.
"welcome."
As soon as Gu Xuan stepped onto the steps, a waiter on guard greeted him warmly.
Standing next to the waiter, Gu Xuan wanted to ask, but when he glanced around, he saw Chen Guang on the first floor, so he nodded to the waiter and walked in.
There were quite a few customers on the first floor, and several waiters were busy entertaining them. Chen Guang stood alone behind the counter and inspected.
Gu Xuan wore a black Taoist robe and a Zhenru mask and sent a message to Chen Guang: "Brother Chen, I am Ximen Shu."
Chen Guang was wearing a brocade robe, his eyes flickered, he looked at Gu Xuan carefully, then he smiled and walked quickly.
When he got closer, Chen Guangdang said first: "It turns out to be Brother Shu. Master and Senior Sister have been waiting on the eighth floor for many days."
Seeing that the other party did not become restrained due to the improvement of his cultivation level, Gu Xuan smiled with satisfaction: "I am new here, please help Brother Chen to lead the way."
Chen Guang laughed: "It's easy to do, Brother Shu, please come upstairs."
Gu Xuan followed Chen Guang upstairs, and through the other party's introduction, he learned that warrior resources were sold on the first floor, and Gangli realm resources were sold on the second and third floors.
There is a secret VIP room on the fourth floor. If customers have special needs, they can go to the VIP room to discuss in detail.
In addition to Chen Guang and Tu Yao, the three named disciples of Master Lengyue are all sitting in the pavilion. Their highest cultivation level is in the late Gangli realm, which is enough to intimidate Xiao Xiao.
The eighth floor was used for living, and Chen Guang took Gu Xuan to a quiet room.
The indoor layout is elegant, with a map of Nanyang Territory spread on the table. Master Leng Yue is pointing to the islands on the map and introducing them to Di Hong one by one.
It wasn't until Gu Xuan and Chen Guang walked into the room that Master Leng Yue stopped talking.
After some greetings, Chen Guang said goodbye and left. Only then did Gu Xuan take off Zhenru's mask and regain his true appearance.
Master Leng Yue chuckled: "This mask is quite mysterious. My consciousness can only see that you are wearing a mask, but I cannot see through your face."
Gu Xuan said with a smile: "The Thousand Illusion Masks of the elders can be called mysterious. They can actually take on the appearance of others, and only their spiritual sense can see through them."
"how?"
Di Hong stared at Gu Xuan closely, with a hint of worry hidden in her wide eyes.
Feeling the beauty's worry, Gu Xuan quickly held Di Hongyu's hand, leaned his head towards her, and lowered his voice and said: "It's done, I got what I wanted, and my identity has not been exposed."
Chapter completed!