When they arrived near the city gate, Lu Zhong found an excuse to get out of the car.
Walking to the city gate alone, he saw a long queue forming at the city gate in front of him. After asking, he found out that if he wanted to enter Yingling City, he not only had to pay an entrance fee of ten talisman per person, but also had to go through
Only after an inspection by the law enforcement team can we enter.
The team is divided into two lines: mortals and monks. Not to mention the line of mortals entering the city, there is a long line of various large and small vehicles. According to the slow crawling speed, I am afraid that they will not be able to enter the city even if they wait for an hour; the line of monks is different.
Not only is the queue significantly shorter, but there are also more monks from the law enforcement team checking, so it is estimated that it will take less than half a quarter of an hour to enter the city.
Lu Zhong paid the entrance fee and joined the queue.
After a while, it was his turn.
The person in charge of the inspection was a horse-faced monk. There was a faint aura flashing in his eyes. It was obvious that he was using the aura technique. The so-called inspection was to check the aura of the monks entering the city.
"Fellow Taoist, please run the technique and get checked."
When he saw Lu Zhong's general cultivation level, the horse-faced monk's tone suddenly softened a lot. He was not as harsh as he was with the previous monks who were in the early stage of Qi refining, and his words were much more polite.
"Well, with pure immortal spiritual power, fellow Taoist disciples can enter."
Lu Zhong nodded, stopped and continued to move forward, walking into the dark city gate ahead.
It was dark inside the city gate cave, but fortunately there were two rows of luminous stones as guides to prevent people from going the wrong way.
As soon as he entered, he suddenly felt a sharp pain like needle pricks on the top of his head, and an inexplicable fear emerged. He subconsciously pinched it to detect malice, but there was no feedback in his heart.
At this time, Lu Zhong looked up and saw stars dotted above his head.
With the help of the monk's powerful dark vision, he could clearly see the true face of these stars. They clearly represented giant arrows engraved with magic circles. The spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from them could be sensed. The power of each giant arrow was only
I'm afraid they are all equivalent to magic weapons.
"With so many giant arrows being shot together, I'm afraid you'll be filled with hatred in the later stage of Qi refining, right?"
Sensing a line of sight falling on him in the dark, Lu Zhong quickly lowered his head and did not dare to look again, lest he be misunderstood by the person in the dark, and hurriedly walked out of the city gate.
As soon as it came out, the concentration of spiritual energy suddenly increased.
The neon lights shone brightly, giving his face a brilliant color.
The sounds of hawking and bargaining mixed with the sound of the rolling wheels of beast carts intertwined and reached Lu Zhong's ears. After nightfall, Yongling City became more and more energetic.
The street stretches straight into the distance, passing through the colorful light signs, which is the central area of Yongling City, which is lit like daylight. From time to time, there is a ray of light flying past at high speed, showing everywhere that the central area is extraordinary.
After looking at it for a few more times, Lu Zhong looked back and planned to find a place to rest first.
Counting the time, it was almost midnight. If he didn't find a place to stay, he might really have to sleep on the street.
As for renting and settling down, we need to find out more tomorrow.
After walking along the crowded street for a while, probably because of the cassocks they were wearing, many beautiful cultivators on the roadside and alleyways cast their eyes at Lu Zhong.
"Good brother, come here. I only need five spiritual stones for one night!"
The voices of these wandering warblers are so loud and crisp that just listening to them makes your body and bones weak.
After hearing this, Lu Zhong took a sharp breath and secretly thought that these wandering warblers in Yongling City were not from the Hehuan Sect. He estimated that if he fell in accidentally, he would probably have to be sucked dry of his bone marrow before he could come out.
Don't dare to provoke! Don't dare to provoke!
He quickly quickened his pace to avoid falling into the trap of these "witches".
But who would have expected that right after leaving the wolf's den, he would enter the tiger's den again.
In front of him were dozens of restaurants of varying sizes. The aroma of spiritual food wafted into the air. The glutton in his belly was tempted by the spiritual food. Finally, he took out a total of eleven spiritual stones to "suppress" this.
Only then did I pass through this dangerous place in a thrilling way.
After walking for a while, Lu Zhong finally found a suitable target.
"Dengling Inn, sounds good."
I walked in and was immediately greeted by a beautiful clerk. She said with a smile on her face: "This fellow Taoist wants to stay. We also have a spare upper room here. The room has a spirit gathering formation. Now here
20% off for only three spirit stones, do you need me to check in fellow Taoists?"
Spirit Gathering Array? This inn is really high-end.
Lu Zhongben was a little curious about the effect of the Spirit Gathering Array, but then he thought that he was just staying overnight, and there seemed no need to live in such an expensive room, so he shook his head and said: "No, just give me an ordinary room."
Although I don’t know the price of goods in Yongling City, I don’t need to think about it to know that living in such a big city is definitely not easy.
Thinking that there will be many places where spirit stones will be used in the future, he can naturally save one now.
"Okay, ordinary room, right..." The clerk who failed to sell the room still had a smile on his face, but it became more and more false and formulaic, "The ordinary room is a spiritual stone for one night. I don't know how long you need to stay?"
"One night." Lu Zhong handed over a spiritual stone.
After a while, he got a square token with a number on it.
"Lu Lingqi..."
Following the guidance of the sign, Lu Zhong quickly found his room and input a spiritual power into the token in his hand. The door immediately responded and opened after a burst of spiritual light flowed through.
Entering inside, as he expected, both the walls and doors and windows had the effect of blocking the Qi-gazing technique.
"Living in a place like this, it seems that privacy can be guaranteed a lot."
After taking a bath, I undressed and slept lightly, and the night passed quickly.
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Early the next morning, Lu Zhong went out.
Before going out, he asked the clerk that Yingling City was similar to Yanlingshanfang City. There was also a housekeeping service that was responsible for all rental matters. Every place that had houses for rent would have such a place.
"Don't rush to rent a house now, wait until you know more about the situation in the city."
With this purpose in mind, Lu Zhong began to ask around.
Fortunately, there are so many monks with this purpose that such books are sold in the city.
The price is also cheap. Even the most complete book, which has an extremely detailed introduction to Yongling City, can be purchased for only fifteen talisman.
After finding a spiritual food stall, Lu Zhong ordered a spiritual fish noodle and looked at it while eating.
Skipping the irrelevant parts, he quickly turned to the introduction to the various areas of Yingling City and learned that the city is divided into five major areas: southeast, northwest, and middle, and the functions of each part are different.
The most prosperous area is the central area. The function of this area is equivalent to the shopping street of Yanlingshanfang City. There are a large number of shops opened here, whether you want to buy elixirs, magic weapons, or various rare spiritual objects.
, coming here is definitely the best choice.
The central area is a good place for shopping, but it is not suitable for renting and settling here. Although the aura concentration here is the highest in the city, the rental price is also the highest.
Then there is the East XC District. The two major areas are gathering areas for various workshops. Among them, the XC District has been established for a longer period of time. It is full of various powerful large-scale workshops, not only for alchemy and weapon refining, but also for production.
Compared with the various types of beast carts and flying boats, the DC area is much inferior. There are not many workshops inside, and they are basically small handicraft workshops.
There are many houses for rent in both the XC and DC areas, but the people living here are low-level casual cultivators and a larger number of mortals. At the same time, the aura concentration in the two places is also the lowest, so it is obviously not a rental.
ideal location.
As for Beicheng District, it is the outer gate of Heling Sect and is not open to the outside world.
At the end, Lu Zhong found that he only had Nancheng District to choose from.
Nancheng District is quite large, with a total of thirty-six squares, and Miaoyin Square, where Lan Yuming lives, is one of them.
The book also has a corresponding rough introduction to each square in Nancheng.
After some consideration, Lu Zhong finally set his target on Changlefang.
The public security in Changlefang is relatively good, and the houses were built relatively new. More importantly, there are a large number of houses that can be rented with just one Yong Ling Ling, and he is just qualified to rent them.
Lu Zhong checked the map and found that he was currently near the south gate, at least several miles away from Changlefang.
After thinking about it, he stopped a beast cart.
Unlike the wilderness, there is a forbidden air formation in Yongling City, and monks are also explicitly prohibited from using techniques such as lightening, or using various magic weapons to move quickly on the streets to avoid causing huge damage in the city.
It is precisely because of such rules that there are public beast carts that are convenient for traveling in the city.
What Lu Zhong stopped was a small animal cart, which was much more expensive than a large animal cart. The advantage was that it could be enjoyed by one person.
After explaining where he was going, the driver patted the hairless beast of burden, which looked like a pig and a deer, and the latter made a "humming" sound before spreading its hooves and starting to move.
Compared with the running speed of the monks, the speed of the beast cart is not very fast, and is similar to the running speed of horses.
A quarter of an hour later, the beast cart arrived at its destination.
After getting out of the car and paying the money, Lu Zhong found that a shop next to the shop was already crowded with people.
"Six lives, these demon cultivators are so ruthless!" A black-faced strong man said with a look of shock and anger.
At this time, someone next to him pulled him and reminded him in a low voice: "Shh, keep your voice down. Aren't you afraid that a demon cultivator will come to your door in the middle of the night?"
Hearing this, the dark-faced strong man looked horrified and immediately fell silent.
Seeing this scene, Lu Zhong couldn't help but feel surprised, secretly thinking that there are actually demon cultivators in Yongling City?
After listening to the whispers among the crowd for a while, he discovered that just as he had guessed, there was a group of demonic cultivators lurking beneath the seemingly peaceful city of Yongling.
"No wonder Yongling City is so strict about entering the city. Is it because of this?" Lu Zhong thought in his mind.
Yongling City is said to have a population of one million. Although this number should be mixed with a lot of water, we can also know the specific size of the city. If there is a demon cultivator sneaking into the city, it will be really difficult to find it.
The difficulty can be described as finding a needle in a haystack.
It's just that Lu Zhong couldn't understand why a demon cultivator who everyone shouted to be beaten would deliberately sneak into Yongling City and commit crimes openly. Such behavior was not in line with common sense.
In comparison, those fortresses outside are the best targets.
Whether it's for soul rebirth or flesh and blood for practicing magic skills, there are plenty of mortals in the walled city who can satisfy you.
Without thinking too much, Lu Zhong just thought that some demon cultivator took advantage of the leopard's courage and dared to commit crimes under the nose of Yongling City's law enforcement team. He could only say that this man really had a right to death.
Given the crazy state of some demon cultivators, it would not be a surprise to do such a thing.
Shaking his head, he walked into the store and told his purpose.
"Fellow Taoist wants to rent a house? That's great. Come and sit here." Upon hearing that someone wanted to rent a house, a red-haired female cultivator in the store smiled broadly, poured tea diligently, and then clapped her hands and said: "
I almost forgot to ask! I don’t know how many Yongling Orders you have now. If you don’t have this order, you won’t be able to rent a house.”
"Only one." Lu Zhong showed the token and said.
Seeing the mediocre spirit order, the red-haired female cultivator smiled even more and said, "One is enough. The houses here are not as good as Miaoyinfang. They are all ordinary small courtyards."
He took out an atlas, which showed the houses currently vacant in Changlefang.
The red-haired female cultivator casually opened a page, pointed to the house types on it, and said with a smile: "Which house type do you want, fellow Taoist, I can help you select it, or you can let me recommend it."
"Then please recommend me." Lu Zhong thought for a while and said.
Looking outside the door, he happened to see the bodies covered with white cloth on the ground. For some reason, the law enforcement team never showed up, so no one took away the bodies of the six people.
"What's going on in the city now? There are demon cultivators killing people in broad daylight?"
When the red-haired female cultivator heard this, she looked a little unnatural. She glanced at Lu Zhong and said, "Yes, I heard that demonic cultivators sneaked in and killed a lot of people. I don't know what they wanted to do."
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"...Fellow Taoist, what do you think of this apartment? It faces north and faces south. The area is still the limit for a Yong Ling Ling to rent. It is half an acre in size. It is also adjacent to the river. It is also very convenient for laundry and water. The most important thing is
, this house only requires three spiritual stones for one month."
Is there such a thing as pie in the sky?
Lu Zhong couldn't believe it, after all, it was too cheap.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
He secretly pinched the signal to detect malice, and a strong warning signal suddenly came out in his heart.
"Is it because of renting a house, or..."
At this time, the six corpses covered with white cloth appeared in Lu Zhong's mind, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
No way?
Could it be said that he took the initiative to show up at the door?
Glancing at the red-haired female cultivator from the corner of his eye, Lu Zhong used the Qi-gazing technique this time. However, everything he saw in his vision was normal, and no demonic energy was seen leaking out of her body.
"It's strange..."
Seeing this result, Lu Zhong couldn't help but doubt his own judgment.
In the end, he did not choose the one recommended by the red-haired female cultivator, but chose a small courtyard that was more suitable for him. It was also by the river, and the building area was only slightly smaller.
After the first year's rent was paid, the key to the small courtyard was handed over to Lu Zhong.
When Lu Zhong left, the red-haired female cultivator looked at the retreating body, her mouth opened inadvertently, revealing her tongue dripping with saliva, bending and deforming like a snake and reaching into the air.