As the most powerful country on the East Continent, the Lushan Dynasty occupies the most central core area of the entire East Continent. It has a vast territory and consists of 31 prefectures and 108 states.
Its capital, Tianyu City, was naturally the most prosperous city in the entire Lushan Dynasty and even the entire Dongzhou Continent.
The entire Tianyu City covers an area of tens of thousands of miles. It is backed by mountains and water, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is the hub where the east and west of the Dongzhou Continent meet.
Its city wall is more than twenty feet high, and the entire city is made of blue boulders one foot long and half a foot wide. Each piece is like steel poured into iron and cannot be shaken.
Such a majestic city wall is like the body of a giant dragon, stretching out to both sides along the east and west city gates, reaching the Sanqing Mountains stretching thousands of miles in the north, and the Langye River more than a hundred feet wide in the south.
On the city wall, flags were fluttering, and every fifty feet there was a city tower, with several fully armed soldiers stationed inside, monitoring everything that came and went, and not letting go of the slightest sign of trouble.
At this time, the sun was rising, and the golden sunlight poured down from the sky, pouring into the vast expanse of blue waves of the Langye River, creating bursts of sparkling light.
Outside the grand and majestic East City Gate, there were already two long queues of people several miles long.
There were farmers carrying firewood, warriors on horseback, craftsmen carrying baskets, and businessmen sitting in carriages... There were all kinds of people, and there was a lot of noise.
Perhaps because the Ascension Ceremony is approaching, the inspections at the city gate have become more stringent. In addition to the soldiers guarding the city, there are also many people wearing blue Bagua Taoist uniforms. These soldiers have no regard for these Taoists.
Be respectful in your words and deeds.
These Taoists hold a golden Bagua round mirror in their hands, and a faint golden light will be emitted from it with a flick of the eye.
Everyone who wants to pass through the city gate must not only go through layers of questioning and inspection by the soldiers, but also be illuminated by the golden light in the Bagua round mirror by the Taoists before being allowed to enter the city.
At this moment, a group of more than ten people, surrounded by a luxurious carriage, came from an official road in the distance, and drove straight in between the two long queues. People on both sides pointed and looked at them in surprise.
, heading towards the city gate.
Shi Mu is at the end of this group of people.
As he walked, he couldn't help but look at the spectacular city wall in the distance. Although his expression seemed calm, he was a little shocked inside.
Tianyu City is really spectacular!
Compared with this, Fengcheng cannot be called a city at all, and even a small town is a bit reluctant.
Cai'er stood on his shoulder, looking extremely curious about everything, looking around from time to time, but she was surprisingly quiet.
In fact, if Shi Mu hadn't warned him in advance and threatened that if he dared to talk nonsense when entering the city, he would be captured by the soldiers guarding the city and had his hair plucked and stewed in soup and served with food and drinks, he might have become so noisy at this time.
Liu An, who was walking side by side with Shi Mu, had a calm look on his face. There was a faint look of absent-mindedness on his face, as if he was thinking about something.
Just when Shi Mu and others were still more than twenty feet away from the city gate, a seemingly ordinary, tall and thin man was immediately stopped after being shined by the Bagua round mirror. Several soldiers came up next to him.
Take action to catch him.
"What have I done? Why do you want to arrest me?" the tall and thin man shouted while resisting.
Many people in the queue had expressions of surprise on their faces when they saw this, and Shi Mu was also attracted by it.
At this moment, a man who looked like a general guarding the city came out and shouted to the tall and thin man:
"What's the fuss about! Under the orders of the Immortal Cult, anyone suspected of being a heretic will be detained for interrogation. If their identity is verified, they will be released. The principle is that it is better to arrest by mistake than to miss it. Anyone who disobeys will be killed on the spot.
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When the tall and thin man heard this, his face turned pale with fright. He did not dare to make any more resistance and was led down by two soldiers.
Shi Mu didn't know what the heresy the other party was referring to, but he took another look at the general who defended the city. This man had a strong aura, as if he was a strong man in the early stages of innateness.
You must know that innate warriors in Da Qi are respected as warriors who protect the country. They are not superior beings. However, in Tianyu City, the capital of the Lushan Dynasty, every general who defends the city has innate cultivation.
Comparing the two, one can clearly see the superiority and inferiority.
Soon, Shi Mu and the others were less than ten feet away from the city gate.
"Who are you? Why don't you line up from both sides!" Seeing this, a guard guard pointed in the direction of the convoy and yelled loudly.
Several soldiers and Taoist priests around saw this and were about to step forward. However, a majestic middle-aged man who had been walking on the side of the carriage took the initiative to greet him and took out a palm-sized golden token from his arms.
He raised it towards the general guarding the city.
The general guarding the city glanced at the golden token, and his expression suddenly changed. He hurriedly separated the soldiers on both sides, strode forward, raised his hands to the majestic middle-aged man and said:
"It turns out to be your honorable envoy, please let me go quickly!"
As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the soldiers guarding the gate and those in Taoist robes changed, and they quickly moved out of the way.
Soon the luxurious carriage passed through the city gate under the attention of others, and Shi Mu and others naturally followed it in without being questioned or checked at all.
As soon as you enter the city gate, the first thing you see is a wide bluestone avenue that can accommodate ten horses running parallel. Not far ahead is a crossroads that leads to three directions. There is a steady stream of people at the crossroads.
At this moment, Liu An walked directly towards the middle-aged man beside the carriage, cupped his fists and saluted him:
"Brother Lu, since the convoy has arrived in Tianyu safely, I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave first."
"Liu Yishi, if you're not in a hurry, why don't you come with me to the mansion to take a rest? I'm still a bit of a loser in Tianyu City. If there's any difficulty, maybe I can help." The dignified middle-aged man said to persuade him to stay.
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"Brother Lu, you're welcome. I really have important things to attend to, so it's really inconvenient for me to stay longer." Liu An said with a smile.
Seeing that Liu An was determined to leave, the dignified middle-aged man did not hold back. He directly took out a kit from his arms and handed it to Liu An.
After Liu An accepted it, he turned around and said hello to Shi Mu, then quickly merged into the flow of people and quickly disappeared into the vast sea of people.
Next, Shi Mu also stepped forward to bid farewell to the dignified middle-aged man. Naturally, the other party tried to persuade him to stay. Seeing that Shi Mu insisted on leaving, he also paid him the reward.
Shi Mu took the kit and glanced at it. Inside was a shining silver mid-level spiritual talisman and ten primary spiritual stones. He couldn't help but feel happy.
This silver talisman is clearly the teleportation talisman given to Princess Huowu at the critical moment of the warrior's gate.
He put the kit into the Chenmiao Ring and walked casually to a street on the right, while the luxury carriage, surrounded by other people, continued to drive towards the street ahead.
Shi Mu walked on the street and looked at the most prosperous city on the East Continent.
There are crowds of people everywhere in the city, including many people in rich and colorful clothes. Luxurious carriages and convoys loaded with goods are coming and going. Traffickers and people selling pulp can be seen everywhere along the streets.
There are rows of buildings of different heights on both sides of the street, with various shops lined with flags and flags that can't be seen at a glance. They opened their doors early in the morning and began to attract customers.
What shocked Shi Mu even more was that he could see from a distance that there were many large buildings with five or six floors or even seven or eight floors in the city. He could even see a hill with a height of 100 feet in the west of the city in the distance. The top of the mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist.
A group of magnificent palaces can be vaguely seen scattered above it.
A three- or four-story building is considered tall in ordinary cities, but here it is commonplace.
For some reason, Shi Mu couldn't help but think of the scenes he had seen along the way since leaving the wilderness.
Barren land, sparsely populated villages and towns can be seen everywhere, the mountains that should have been rich in aura have become dead and silent, the vegetation has withered, and there are not a few small towns like Linshan Town.
What impressed him most was that there were large areas of tombs outside many villages and towns, and there were even many corpses of corpses exposed in the wilderness.
All that kind of thing is in sharp contrast to the prosperity here.
"Shitou, let's go to Cuixianglou for dinner. Cai'er is starving to death!" At this moment, Cai'er, a parrot, suddenly rang in her ears.
It was pointing with its wings at a gorgeous restaurant not far away, its eyes shining.
"If I remember correctly, you must have eaten a lot before entering the city. Let's talk about it at noon." Shi Mu ignored Cai'er.
"Huh, stingy!" Cai'er flapped her wings and flew out angrily.
Shi Mu didn't take it seriously, put away his thoughts, and began to go in and out of inns, shops and other places.
Not long after, the parrot flew back.
"Shitou, there are people performing juggling over there. It's so exciting. Let's go and have a look!" the parrot screamed while hovering above Shi Mu's head.
"Stones, someone seems to be selling gems over there. Those gems are so beautiful!"
"And over there, look at Stone, what is that? It seems to be fun!"
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Amid Parrot Cai'er's chatter that almost never stopped, Shi Mu finally ended his first day in Tianyu City.
Before it got dark, he randomly found an inn, rented an independent courtyard, and stayed temporarily.
Judging from the information we gathered today, disciples from various sects like Ximen Xue who came to participate in the Immortal Ascension Ceremony should be arranged in some post houses scattered throughout the city.
It is said that these post houses were specially set up by the Lushan Dynasty for this immortality ceremony.
Because Tianyu City is so big and there are so many such inns, finding someone under such circumstances is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
However, there are still about seven months left until the Mo Yang Ceremony is held, and it only takes three or four months to rush back to the Tian Mo Sect from Tianyu City in the Qin Kingdom, so there is plenty of time.
In addition, today he also learned from some shopkeepers that the exact start time of the Shengxian auction will be just over a month later, and at this conference, there will also be high-grade demon ape essence blood for sale.
This is undoubtedly great news for Shi Mu, who is stuck on the fifth floor in the rebirth battle of the powerful demon ape.
So he planned to inquire about Ximen Xue's whereabouts while waiting for the auction to begin. (To be continued.)