Xiao Ai sat there calmly, she shook her head at her friend's worries and said: "Since I have already decided, it doesn't matter, I can't let others take risks for me anymore, the captain has gone into danger many times in order to save me, and now I am desperately cultivating to improve my strength and can face it alone." ”

"But it's not like you can face it, if there's anything, isn't everything that everyone did before in vain?"

"You don't understand, if it goes on like this, no matter how young I am, I won't be able to grow up, give it to me, this time I thought about it for a long time before deciding, don't worry I don't have impulsiveness. ”

“...... Okay, but can you tell me why you suddenly made up your mind?"

Xiao Ai looked at the distance and her eyes were a little erratic, and she muttered: "Because I can see clearly, there are always new friends joining, and there are always people risking their lives for me, so if I continue to be affected by more and more people, it is better to solve it at once." ”

"I see...... But remember, no matter what time I am, I will always be with you, even if I die. ”

"Don't worry, I won't really come that far, after all, I'm not the same person I used to be. ”

didn't stay long in the tomato town, Xiao Ai took Gu Yue and the two left, although Gu Yue wanted to ask Xiao Ai what she was doing here, but seeing that her mood was not very good, she couldn't help but ask.

After a few days of hurrying, the three of them finally came to their destination, the machinery made by Qi Sheng was indeed easy to use, Gu Yue had been on the road for about a month before, and he had used this flying machine to arrive in a few days, and there was no delay in cultivation on the way.

Among the several people, Xiao Ai took the lead in the front, Gu Yue and Zhang Qiang all used thick robes to cover their appearances to avoid being seen, and he also used his divine sense to lay an enchantment around several people, so that no one could see their true identities.

Before coming here, Gu Yue had heard the story of the Holy City many times, although this was only a branch of the Proving Ground, but I heard that the Great History was built in the shape of the Heavenly Realm Holy City, which was exactly the same as the real Holy City.

Walking on the streets of the Holy City, Gu Yue was in a trance, feeling as if he had returned to Yellowstone Road, walking on the street of the market outside the school when he was in middle school, he had never seen the high-spirited scene he had been fantasizing about before, and this place was simply a vegetable market.

When I didn't see it, I always heard that the Holy City was a holy place for mages, Gu Yue had imagined the picture here in his heart, in Gu Yue's opinion, since it was a holy place, it must be sacred, neat, and majestic, walking on the street were all senior mages nodding and smiling politely.

But look around a few people now, although the streets are clean, but the furnishings around them are extremely chaotic, each of them is furnished according to their own hearts and does not consider the overall beauty at all, and these houses along the street are all shops, and there is a guy standing at the door of each house to solicit customers.

"What do you need to be objective? ”

"Does this lord need to customize weapons and equipment? I'm the most affordable store on the whole street. ”

"The potions are on sale! The shopkeeper's strength has been promoted to concentrate on cultivation to participate in the next Babel Tower trial, all the potions in the store are all cleared and sold, don't miss it when you pass by." ”

"Do you want a pet mount, come in and have a look, the adult Tustamon who just arrived today, it's worth it to come in and take a look if you don't buy it!"

"Where is this warrior going? Are you interested in rare treasures? I'm here to collect and sell rare treasures from other niche worlds, come in and take a look, maybe there will be something that will make you happy." ”

Along the way, Gu Yue was surprised to find that the people on this street were no different from the vegetable market vendors he had seen before, the difference was that they were mages, and the things they sold were cultivators' things, and other than that, the appearance of the business was no different from that of ordinary vendors.

"I thought the Holy City was a holy fairyland, how could it be like this, it really subverted my cognition. Gu Yue paid attention to the vendors on both sides as he walked, and couldn't help muttering.

I don't know why, after arriving here, Xiao Ai's mood was obviously much better, and when she heard Gu Yue's doubts, she immediately explained: "What difference can everyone make if they are human beings? Cultivators also need to trade, it is precisely because the Holy City is large enough that it attracts so many vendors, and if there is a demand, someone will do it, but there are no good things in the periphery, and if you really want to buy it, you need to go to the inner market." ”

"What is the inner market? This holy city is also divided into low-grade and high-end areas?" Gu Yue asked Xiao Ai with some confusion, it sounds like there is still some planning here.

Xiao Ai smiled at him and said, "Of course, don't look at the Holy City is so big, but there are also a lot of people, so they are generally distinguished by strength." ”

The Holy City is a city, but it is more accurate to say that it is an area, because it is so large that it occupies a large plain near the central Tower of Babel in the Proving Ground, and a wall has been built along the border between the plain and the mountains to enclose the entire plain.

There are hundreds of millions of buildings of all sizes, almost every form imaginable, and countless streets.

Although the interior of the Holy City seems to be chaotic, there are actually some unwritten unspoken rules, that is, those with low strength live on the periphery, and the higher the strength, the more they live near the center.

Of course, it is not absolute, there are many people who have deep pockets and huge resources to buy the houses inside, but there are also a small number of people, most of them still live in the periphery, and these small traders are also differentiated, and the merchants who specialize in the business of the poor with low strength are all concentrated in the periphery, and the merchants who specialize in selling high-end things are concentrated near the central area.

In the center of this billion-of-a-million building, there is a white tower, much taller than all the others, that has always emitted a faint light.

According to Xiao Ai, that tower is their destination, the symbol of the Holy City, the "Trial Tower". It was this tower that the Holy City used to test the level of cultivators, and the teleportation array was also in the tower.

The tower is mostly symbolic, and is revered here as an altar, with the lord and some of the high-ranking mages all in an ornate building to the north of the tower.

A few people walked all the way, Gu Yue curiously observed the surroundings, although the holy city was big, there was really no idle place, and Gu Yue never saw the hawking stop along the way, no matter which route a few people took, wherever they went, there was a sound of hawking on both sides at any time.