Bliss City is a city at the foot of Liujiabao Mountain.
This city is named after the Liu family's ancestor, the Supreme Being, which is destined to be unique.
Paradise City is the largest main city within the jurisdiction of Liujiabao, and it is also the largest city in the entire Tianwaitian.
Needless to say, it is gorgeous and prosperous.
The rules in the city are extremely strict, such as prohibiting private fights among cultivators and prohibiting cultivators from flying.
Those who break the rules will be shot without mercy.
This is a rule set by the Supreme Bliss himself, so even the Liu family must strictly abide by it, otherwise they will be severely punished.
It can be said that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people.
Under these strict rules, there is a peaceful scene in the city.
Not only did the people in the city not need to fear the cultivators, they dared to drink and eat at the same table as the cultivators, dared to argue with the cultivators, and even dared to go to the Yamen to sue the cultivators. Yamen?????????
The sect will enforce the law impartially and will never be afraid of showing favoritism to cultivators just because they are powerful.
To the people, this city is a paradise where everyone is equal.
Compared to the cruel world outside where the weak and the strong eat each other, this Paradise City can indeed be called "Bliss".
Paradise City was so huge that Zhang Xiaopeng and four other people entered the city at six o'clock in the morning and rode a horse-drawn carriage until they arrived at the center of the city at four in the afternoon.
Zhang Xiaozu got off the carriage and went straight to the competition registration office.
Perhaps because I arrived too late, the hall at the registration office was empty, with no one in sight.
After Zhang Xiaozu entered the door, he glanced at it, found the registration desk, and walked straight over.
Today is already the first day of March, and registration will close tomorrow morning.
For such an important competition, most of the contestants arrived several days in advance, and some even came a month or two in advance. There were very few people like Zhang Xiaozu who arrived at the end.
"Hello."
"I want to sign up for the alchemy competition."
"This is my invitation."
Zhang Xiaozu took out the invitation letter the old beggar gave him and put it on the counter.
The woman in charge of registration at the counter first gave Zhang Xiaozu a polite smile, and then turned her eyes to the invitation letter on the counter. Then a look of surprise appeared on her pretty face, because Zhang Xiaozu's invitation letter was the highest-grade gold medal.
post.
She quickly straightened her posture, a more enthusiastic smile bloomed on her beautiful face, and said in a soft and respectful tone: "Distinguished Young Master, yours is the highest-level gold post. With this gold post, you don't need to participate in the preliminary competition, and you can enter directly.
I will register you for the main race starting on the eighth day of March."
Zhang Xiaozhu was startled when he heard this. He didn't expect that the invitation given by the old beggar was so high-end, but his first reaction was not happiness, but a sense of uneasiness.
"God forbid, this invitation must not be obtained through deception!"
Zhang Xiaozu prayed secretly in his heart.
In his opinion, such a high-end invitation must be in limited quantity and would be sent to some well-known people. Therefore, if this invitation was obtained through improper means, it would definitely cause him great trouble.
"Isn't this a hole dug by an old beggar for me?"
Zhang Xiaozu suddenly trembled in his heart.
"Sir, do you want to sign up for the alchemy competition?"
The woman took out a registration book from under the counter, flipped it to the middle position, and prepared to register Zhang Xiaozu.
"Yes." Zhang Xiaozu nodded.
Now that he's here, even if it's really a hole dug by an old beggar, he still plans to bite the bullet and jump in, because this game is very important to him.
Furthermore, he felt that the old beggar would not be so bad as to dig such a big trap to harm him.
But when he felt this way, he felt a little guilty.
"May I ask your surname, please?" the woman continued to ask.
"Zhang Xiaozu." As he spoke, Zhang Xiaozu traced the words on the counter with his fingers, telling the woman which words they were.
Then he looked at the woman a little nervously, fearing that the woman would take out a booklet from under the cabinet and check whether his name was on the list of invitees in the gold post, and then he would be exposed.
To his relief, the woman didn't do that. She just wrote his name in the register and then closed it.
"Sir, this is your competition number plate, and it is also your identity document for entering Liujiabao."
"Lost number plates cannot be replaced, and you will lose your qualification to compete."
"Please be sure to keep it."
The woman took out a silver sign from the drawer under the counter and handed it to Zhang Xiaozu, and gave a serious warning.
Zhang Xiaozu took it in his hand and observed it. There was a number four three three engraved on the front and the word "Dan" engraved on the back. He knew that he should be the 433rd applicant for the alchemy competition.
"Thank you for reminding me." Zhang Xiaozu nodded towards the woman, and then put the number plate into the void space.
"Sir, we have provided guests from Jintie with special accommodation at the Jinshiyuan Inn, the best hotel in the city. Would you like to stay at the place arranged by us, or find a place by yourself?"
"I have three other friends who are traveling with me. Can we arrange them together?"
"Due to the limited number of guest rooms, we can only provide two guest rooms. I'm afraid I have to squeeze in the wrong young master with three other distinguished guests." "Two rooms are just right. Please help me arrange them."
"Okay, please wait a moment."
The woman opened another drawer under the counter, took out two golden cards from it, handed them to Zhang Xiaozu, and said: "Young master, take this gold card to Jinshiyuan Inn. There will be someone dedicated to receive you and give it to you and your friends."
Arrange accommodation.”
"Thank you." Zhang Xiaozu took the gold card.
"Young master, if there is anything you don't understand, please feel free to ask." The woman looked at Zhang Xiaozu's words and noticed that Zhang Xiaozu's brows were slightly furrowed, as if there was something he didn't understand, so she said aloud.
"Can I participate in the preliminary contest?" Zhang Xiaozu asked.
It was his first time to participate in an alchemy competition. Although he was confident in his alchemy skills, he did not know the rules or procedures of the competition, so he wanted to participate in the preliminary round to learn more about it and observe other people's alchemy techniques.
and skills.
The woman was stunned for a moment when she heard this, because this was the first registrant with a gold post to make such a request, but she quickly came to her senses and nodded in agreement.
Said: "Back to you, Master, you can choose to participate in the preliminary contest."
"Then please help me modify it."
"Okay, please wait a moment."
The woman took out another register, registered Zhang Xiaozhu's name on it, and then crossed out Zhang Xiaozhu's name from the previous register.
There is no need to change the competition number plate.
Then Zhang Xiaozu asked some more related matters before leaving the registration office and heading to Jinshiyuan Inn with Zhou Jianlai.
"Is this an inn?"
Standing at the door of Jinshiyuan Inn, if it weren't for the three gilt characters "Jinshiyuan" engraved on the plaque hanging under the tall gate, Zhang Xiaozu and the other four would have suspected that they were in the wrong place.
This is not an inn, it is clearly a palace.
No, the palace is not as grand as it.
"whispering sound!"
"At first glance, he looks like he's from out of town and has never seen the world."
A young man in brocade clothes passed by the door and happened to hear Zhang Xiaopou's questioning voice. He immediately showed contempt for the four people and even curled his lips and muttered.
Zhang Xiaozu touched his nose and said nothing, because it was undeniable that he had never seen such a world. He never thought that an inn could be equal to or even bigger than the palace, so if others laughed at him, just laugh at him.
The guard next to the door looked slightly unhappy when he saw Zhang Xiaozu and four people blocking the door. However, he did not say anything to expel them immediately. Instead, he stepped forward and asked in a fairly respectful manner: "Do you want to stay in the hotel?"
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"Well, let's stay in the hotel." Zhang Xiaozu nodded and took out the two gold cards from his arms.