Hanhai City is the most critical of the coastal cities in the western part of the Tiandou Empire. It is the largest city in the western frontier of the empire, and is also the largest coastal city and port city on the Douluo Continent.
The city walls of Hanhai City are built along the sea, or in other words, on the mountains by the sea. No matter how the tide rises or falls, they cannot be shaken at all. The thick city walls are at the main city level, and there is a light salty atmosphere inside and outside the city.
The fishy smell is the smell of the ocean.
On the official road leading to Hanhai City, there are countless caravans going to and from the city every day. There are not only wealthy businessmen heading to the inland areas with countless sea goods, but also countless merchants going to this important city in the West to pan for gold.
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In the early morning, when the city gate of Hanhai City opened, countless teams of carriages and horses moved slowly with the crowd. At the city gate, the soldiers of the Tiandou Empire were conducting routine inspections and collecting taxes. Everything was going on.
Proceeding in an orderly manner.
"Stop the carriage and let the people on the carriage come down to check."
The soldiers at the city gate stopped a carriage as usual. Apart from being a bit newer, this carriage didn't look very outstanding. It probably wasn't a carriage belonging to a big shot, so the actions of the soldiers guarding the city gate seemed quite rough.
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"This is tax money."
However, what the soldiers who were about to show off their power did not expect was that the coachman driving the carriage just threw a few copper soul coins into the money basket on the side, and then waved for them to let them go.
"Hey! Are you deaf? I'll ask the people on your carriage to come down and check~"
"My lord, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, we'll let it go, let it go..."
However, before the soldier could draw his sword to warn him, the captain who had been drinking tea leisurely just now seemed to have seen something. He quickly stepped forward and kicked this short-sighted subordinate to the ground, and then said to him with a smile on his face.
The groom nodded and bowed.
"Let it go, let it go quickly..."
The captain of the city gate guard quickly called his men to take care of things, and each of the guard soldiers also quickly opened the horse barrier to allow the carriage to enter the city smoothly.
"Boss, do you think these ascetic monks from Wuhun Palace are not sick? They are obviously noble soul masters, but they are dressed more plainly than the last one. This is the first time this month. I remember several times."
"It was like this last time. I couldn't notice the soul master marks on them at all. Fortunately, these soul masters who are ascetic monks don't have much airs and don't care about our offense."
"Don't you know this? Most of these ascetic monks are believers who have devout faith in the God of Light Angels after the Light Festival. Such people are basically not evil people."
"How come these people are so lucky to be able to become noble soul masters? That's a soul master. If people like us want to become nobles, soul masters are the only possibility. But if you haven't awakened your soul power at the age of six, you basically have no chance.
It’s possible.”
"I went to inquire. If you want to become a soul master with god-given soul power like an ascetic monk, you must have an extremely devout faith in gods. I have been around for many years, so I am afraid that most of them will not be able to do it."
"But with so many more soul masters, the security in the empire has improved a lot. I haven't heard those businessmen discussing bandits in recent days."
"It's better not to talk about this matter. The boss is having a headache. There is a lot of lack of filial piety, and the big shots above are not happy."
"But what does this have to do with us? The benefits won't fall on us, but once something bad happens, we won't be able to escape. I'd rather be gone."
"I said you are all getting bolder and bolder. You dare to talk nonsense like this. Okay, okay, let's focus on the highlights next. Don't ask me to come to the rescue every time. This time, let's take it as a lesson."
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After the carriage left, a group of city guards discussed the matter in twos and threes. From their conversation, it was not difficult to see that the ascetic monks had a great influence on the Tiandou Empire. And in recent years, things like this have happened.
Quite a few, they seem to have become somewhat accustomed to it.
"This is the smell of the sea breeze, it's really exciting."
On the bustling Hanhai City Avenue, a brand-new carriage drove slowly towards the main Wuhun Hall in the center of the city. As it passed through the West City, the curtain of the carriage was slightly opened, and that person
Looking at the sea in the distance, I can't help but sigh and feel proud.
The sea breeze in Hanhai City is stronger, and the people in Hanhai City are somewhat different from the people in the mainland. Probably due to more abundant sunshine, the people here are generally shorter in stature, and their skin is thinner.
It's a bit darker than the people from the mainland.
The ascetic monk who drove the carriage must have been a coachman and was extremely skilled. Under his command, the horse smoothly avoided crowded places and followed the gaps in the flow of people to circle the city at the fastest speed.
Arriving in front of the Wuhun Hall in the center of the city.
"Your Highness, the main hall of Wuhun in Hanhai City has arrived."
The ascetic monk driving the carriage jumped off the carriage and came to the curtain and bowed slightly to greet him. After a while, the long curtain was rolled open, and a slender figure jumped out of the carriage.
"Your Highness, please wait for a moment, I will go and report."
After calming the horse for a while, the driver hurriedly stepped forward to salute, then took out his token and walked to the door of the Wuhun main hall. At this moment, in front of the main hall door, there was a row of majestic guards wearing armor.
, after seeing the token in his hand, he quickly bowed and saluted, and then someone entered the main hall to report.
The slender figure who came down from the carriage did not wait below. Instead, he slowly walked up the steps and waited for the coachman to enter the main hall of Wuhun. He was escorted by armored guards along the way.
It looked like a big shot was coming.
The slender figure came all the way to the depths of the Wuhun main hall under the guidance of the armored guards. At this moment, many important figures in the main hall had just received the news, and they were all very embarrassed and preparing to leave the main hall church to greet them outside.
"The Main Hall of Martial Spirits in Hanhai City... I have met His Royal Highness the Holy Son."
It was at this time that the door of the main hall opened again, and that figure appeared in front of them. All the senior officials of the Wuhun Hall, including the red-clothed archbishop of the main Wuhun Hall of Hanhai City, quickly bowed and saluted to show respect.
Many high-level officials from Hanhai City's Wuhun Main Hall were present at the ceremony at the same time, which was extremely rare for this important seaside city.
"Bishop Seth, have things been arranged in Hanhai City?"
The figure who came all the way to the Wuhun Main Hall in Hanhai City was naturally the Wuhun Temple Saint Ziyan who was heading to the West Hammer of the Mainland to go to sea. At this moment, he came to this Wuhun Main Hall and did his duty.
He took the most critical position and began to give orders.
"Information to the Holy Son, the subordinates and others started numerous preparations after receiving the strict order from the Pope's Palace."
Cardinal Seth is definitely capable of achieving his current status. After quickly reviewing the information in his head, he bowed and reported, "The ships you have ordered to go out to sea are ready.
The members are all elites in the palace.
In addition, in the past few days, the strong men of my Spirit Hall have repeatedly tested the soul masters and soul beasts inside and outside the city, but the soul masters are still within control.
But those soul beast overlords are all existences at least fifty thousand years old. They are even more terrifying in the sea than in the world. They are called the three overlords of the offshore sea.
There is also some news about the situation in the offshore sea, the main pirate gathering place and Poseidon Island. These subordinates have also made arrangements, and I hope they can give the Holy Son some help."
The cardinal of the Wuhun Main Palace in Hanhai City finished reporting the news to Yan, and from the short conversation he revealed, one could hear that it was not a simple matter.
Regarding the situation in the West Sea, Yan should have started planning very early. The candidates for going to sea, route arrangements, pirates, Poseidon Island, and some of the more important information about the ocean in recent times have all been arranged, which reflects his cautiousness in doing things.
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This is also Yan's usual character. He is not the kind of person who does things without thinking. He does everything casually without thinking about the consequences. This is the case when dealing with Wuhun Palace, and it is also the same when going to Poseidon Island.
Don't think that it is easy to get to Poseidon Island. Although the location of Poseidon Island has long been exposed in the original work and has been widely spread in the offshore, there are often very few people who can successfully reach Poseidon Island.
The key reason for this is that navigation is difficult and dangerous. There are too many dangers in the sea, and it is easy to have psychological problems if you are on a lonely boat for a long time.
In this case, some sailors who go to sea are themselves one of the hidden dangers. Not to mention some more dangerous waves and pirates.
There are many pirates around Poseidon Island, and most of them are people who were expelled because they failed to complete the Poseidon Island assessment. Although most of them are just ordinary people, there are also soul masters among them, powerful sea soul masters, which are quite impressive.
A bit troublesome.
Therefore, a good sailor on a ship can protect you when you go to sea. However, ordinary sailors, especially some ships with poor reputation, are likely to have problems with the whole ship. In the original work, you will go to Poseidon Island a few years later.
A certain three of them encountered such a situation.
This matter can only be said to be because of a certain brain problem. After choosing a ship for sale, without verifying it, he actually left all the people as crew members. At least he had to find some new talents.
Moreover, none of the seven people had done any research on the waterway before they went out to sea rashly. Without even knowing the direction of the ship's sailing, they plunged directly into the core of the deep-sea Demonic Whale King's waters. This kind of direct provocation was already a serious act without being killed on the spot.
Poseidon blessed me.
Because he had learned from the past, Yan did not want to encounter these dangers, so he issued an order to the Wuhun Lord Highness of Hanhai City through the Pope's Palace of Wuhun City early on, ordering them to find and arrange suitable candidates in advance, and sent many ascetic monks there to try and learn.
It is not known whether the ascetic monk's study is worthy of a big job, but at least Yan's preparations should be done quite well by Bishop Seth, which makes Yan quite satisfied.
Cardinal Seth of the Wuhun Main Hall in Hanhai City said quickly: "Your Highness, the Holy Son, I have prepared a banquet to welcome you and wash away the dust. I hope that I will definitely give you a chance."
Yan was quite satisfied with this sensible cardinal. There were also people in Wuhun Palace who were worldly, so he gave him face and nodded, saying: "As for the banquet, you are ready. By the way, tell me to make arrangements. After the banquet, I am going to go to the big city."
Soul Fighting Field."
"Yes. I will make arrangements immediately."
Bishop Seth bowed quickly, immediately arranged for people to make preparations, and then extended his hand to Yan, "Your Highness, please come with me..."
PS: The first chapter has been updated, and we have finally reached the part about Poseidon Island. Please show your respect and deduct 1 for every sign you sign.