Among the nine lower cities under the Da Luo Command, the closest to the original Ding City is still the Golden City under the rule of the Wen family.

The reason why this city became the economic source of the Wen family was largely due to its geographical advantages - the city can almost be said to be the transportation center of Da Luoling, as long as it is entered by the Wanzhulin trade route, the first stop is the city. And because of this, this city was able to lead to the other six cities in the entire territory, including the Wen family's original Ding City, and Ye Kong's former station in the final destination of the Great Luo Territory: Tianshui City.

Tianshui City, located in the southwest of Da Luo Ling, is the birthplace of the Zhang family, one of the six major wang clans of Da Luo.

As the second most prominent clan after the Wen family, the Zhang family also ruled two lower cities, namely Tianshui City and Tianshan City. It's just that compared to the Wen family's Golden City and the original Ding City, neither Tianshui City nor Tianshan City can be compared with it at all, and it is much inferior. But this inferiority, that is, relatively speaking, compared to the cities occupied by other noble clans of Da Luoling, whether it is Tianshan City or Tianshui City, they all have very good specialties.

There is an ancient well in the city of Tianshui City, the water in the well is clear and sweet, it is the water quality that can be applied to many refining tools and alchemy materials, and it can also be used for many purposes such as making tea and planting spiritual fruits, and the effect is excellent, so it is a relatively popular trading item among the materials produced by Da Luoling. The specialty of Tianshan City is a kind of white stone mined from the mountains, the material of this stone is relatively special, its texture is soft, not suitable for refining and building purposes, but it will emit a soft golden light under the sunlight, and at night it will emit a silver light, and the building built with this stone also has a very incredible aura blocking effect, which is welcomed by many monks.

Even some wealthy mortals like to live in houses made of this stone, which is said to be able to nourish the physique and live a long life, but at least it does have the effect of boosting immunity and preventing diseases.

Ye Kong's real destination in Da Luo Ling was actually Tianshan City, and then he continued westward into Nanchi Fang by the road of Tianshan City.

However, to get to Tianshan City, you have to pass through Tianshui City.

This is like going to the original Ding City in the Great Luo Territory, no matter which route you take, you must pass through the Golden City.

The same is true for Tianshan City.

If it is a monk with advanced cultivation, even if there is no means of transportation, it will only take a few days to go from the original Ding City to the Golden City, but because Ye Kong's physical cultivation is not high, and the cultivation of Qingyi is even lower, and it is not very convenient to show up everywhere with Yi Ran, so they only walked for more than half a month before arriving in the Golden City.

According to the original plan, Ye Kong didn't really want to enter the city, after all, there would be a lot of inconveniences.

And as the so-called place where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and if you enter the city, it is easy to cause some unnecessary trouble, after all, Ye Kong still has a coffin by his side. It's just because the plan can never catch up with the changes, so Ye Kong can only enter the Golden City.

If you really want to leave the Great Luo Territory as quickly as possible, and enter the Nanchi side directly from the border without passing through Anfang City, then the best way is naturally to take a vehicle.

Jiao'an Ling has now become a training ground, and the four top forces in Chizhou are now in full swing in Jiao'an; Da Luo Ling will soon become the second battlefield between King Mu's Mansion and the Immortal Gate because of the relationship between that Immortal Sect outcast, and Ye Kong, who knows these insiders, will naturally run as far as he can.

"Master, this city is so big!" Qingyi looked at the city gate that could accommodate four carriages in and out, and let out an exclamation.

"After all, this is the city of Da Luo Ling, second only to Da Luo City, and even surpasses it in some aspects." Ye Kong said with a smile.

Qingyi has been to several lower cities, but it is the first time I have seen one of the scale of the Golden City.

The Golden City, the city's walls are not square, but hexagonal, with a total of six gates and entrances. The walls are made of gold and stone, and when the sun shines, it emits a golden glow, like a sparkling gem. The walls were more than twenty meters high, and although such a height did not mean much to high-ranking monks, it was still very shocking to mortals and low-level monks.

The city gate is a four-way side by side gate, except for one is the exit road, the other three are the entrance to the city.

These three entrances to the city have clear regulations, such as checkpoints for foot travelers, checkpoints for caravans, and checkpoints for means of transportation and vehicles. Each checkpoint has a very strict system of regulations, and if you queue up at will, you will often end up wasting your time, which is also a rule unique to Golden City.

These checkpoints, although they are actually shared by mortals and monks, are actually used by monks most of the time. Except for the caravan's cargo checkpoints, which will have mortals, the other two checkpoints will basically not have mortals.

After all, the wilderness of the Shenzhou Continent is not a safe place, even if there are often travelers walking on the Wanzhulin Trade Road, but in fact, there are a lot of beasts and demon beasts in the Wanzhulin, and there is often news that mortals disappear when they pass by. Therefore, in this world, it is too difficult for ordinary people to travel far distances, unless they are willing to spend huge sums of money to take safe transportation.

Ye Kong lined up with Qingyi, which was the checkpoint for travelers.

It's just that there is a coffin pushing next to Ye Kong, so the people behind him are not very willing to approach.

The inspection speed of the team was not slow, and everything was in order, and there was no chaos as Ye Kong imagined. However, when he saw that the person in charge of the inspection at the city gate was actually a monk from the Xuan Realm, Ye Kong could understand why these people were honestly inspected.

Monks in the Xuan Realm, whether they are going to a prestigious family or a famous family, or even if they are in a wealthy family, can also hold a position of steward and be responsible for the management of a place. And this status is actually not low, because in a county town, the steward is equivalent to the existence of the Earth Emperor - under normal circumstances, the strongest person in a county town can indeed only cultivate to the Xuan Realm.

But here in the Golden City, he is only responsible for the inspection of the city gate, which is not difficult to see that the Golden City is wealthy.

In other words, the Wen family has a strong background.

On the other hand, of course, it is also a testament to the ambition of the Wen family – or rather, ambition.

Perhaps because the person carrying the coffin was not a popular and admired person, the inspectors did not see much better on their faces when they saw Ye Kong and Qingyi. But fortunately, Golden City is a very large-scale city after all, so he didn't embarrass Ye Kong too much, just interrogated a few words, and let Ye Kong pay the entrance fee for three people, and then let him go.

The entrance fee to the city is not expensive, and it is only one silver coin per person.

Originally, it stands to reason that a child like Qingyi and a coffin definitely don't need to charge a capitation fee. However, Ye Kong still had a little surplus of silver in the mortal world, so naturally he didn't care too much about these silver coins, and he immediately took Qingyi into the city after hurriedly handing them over.

Only this time, instead of immediately looking for a place to stay, he pushed the cart directly to the carriage station.

The coach station, also known as the post station, provides a variety of means of transportation and ticketing for fixed-point itineraries.

In mainland China, there are very clear regulations on routes, routes, boarding points and destinations.

There are various types of floating routes between the state city and the square city, among which the speed of the floating boat is faster and the comfort is higher, but the ticket price is often very expensive; The speed of the flying monster beast is relatively slow, and the comfort level is not higher than that of the floating boat, and even the comfort of the flying monster beast is almost zero in many cases, and the monks who take it often have to endure the troubles of abnormal states such as wind, cold, and lack of oxygen, but the ticket price is much cheaper.

Between Fangcheng and Shangcheng, there are only small floating routes, the so-called small floating routes are actually lower in scale and grade of flying monsters or floating boats, this kind of scale can often only carry ten people and eight people, and the interval is long, often it takes several months to have a flight. If you want to set off as soon as possible, of course, you can, but you can only choose to take a carriage, a land vehicle, or a land monster, but it often takes several months to get down the run, and even longer in case of special circumstances.

As for the upper and lower city and the lower city and the lower city, there is no floating route, because the distance is short, and there is hardly any benefit to speak of. Therefore, this kind of route between the lower cities is only a means of transportation such as horse-drawn carriages or land-traveling monsters, and the speed is naturally incomparable with the floating route. However, compared to the low-level monks who traveled on their own, the speed of this kind of means of transportation was still much faster.

Like before, if Ye Kong chose to take a carriage to the Golden City in the original Ding City, then he would not need half a month, maybe about five or six days, and the consumption of the trip could be shortened by at least half.

However, at that time, because he didn't want to reveal his identity, and he wasn't sure if there was a parking space at the post station, Ye Kong didn't choose this way.

It's just that this time when Ye Kong arrived at the post station, the news he got made him a little helpless.

"You mean, there are no more flights to Tianshui City?" Ye Kong's brows furrowed slightly.

"You're late, the last train of the month just left before a stick of incense." The little servant at the post station opened his mouth and replied, "Whether it is a carriage or a land beast, it is gone. If you can wait, then if there is no accident, there will be a return carriage from Tianshui City on the third day of the month. If we really can't wait, then we can't do anything about it, so we have to ask the guest to find another way. ”

"The third of next month?" Ye Kong calculated, "There are nearly five days left, and there is no other way?" ”

"This can't be helped, guests should know that all the schedules of our post station are regulated." The little guy shrugged his shoulders, "If you really can't do it, you can only ask the guests to try your luck at the caravan's residence." ”

"Where is the merchant group?" Ye Kong was a little puzzled, this was something that was not in the game at the beginning.

"Except for the Wanzhulin Trade Road, which is relatively peaceful, there are no other peaceful roads, and there will be some harassment from time to time. If it's a beast or something, it's okay, if it's a monster or some powerful robber, those merchants can survive and count their fortunes. The little guy shook his head, his tone quite emotional, "So in order to prevent those robbers or demon beasts from coming out to harass trouble, there will often be fellow caravans and set off together." There will even be caravans recruiting guards, and of course there will be some dart masters who will also recruit people, so if you are really in a hurry, you can only try your luck at the caravan station. ”

"Where is the merchant group?" Ye Kong asked without hesitation.

"Follow this road to the east, there is a vacant lot on the side of the northeast gate, which is the place where the Golden City has specially opened up for each caravan to negotiate on its own, and we all call that place the residence of the caravan."

"Thank you." Ye Kong nodded, then threw a silver coin as a tip, and then left with Qingyi.

According to the instructions of this post boy, Ye Kong also soon came to the residence of the golden merchant group.

Seeing this person's business group station, where there are often all kinds of characters coming and going, Ye Kong's heart couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

This merchant group is indeed a place that was not designed in the original game.

Judging by this, Ye Kong is even more convinced that this world is not static, and the people who live in this world, whether they are mortals or monks, will produce different supplies according to their own needs. The reason why many things have not changed today may not be because of the rigidity or fixation of the thinking of people in this world, but simply because the demand has not yet reached the point where it needs to be changed, or because there is still a lack of a little revolutionary fire.

Standing at the gate of this merchant group's station, Ye Kong pushed another coffin, which naturally attracted the attention of many people.

And just when he didn't know how to speak, someone next to him suddenly greeted him first: "Huh? It's you. How did you end up here. ”

Ye Kong turned his head and saw the fifteenth young man of the Wen family who he had met at the beginning of Yuan Ding City before: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

"Hey, we're really fated to." The fifteenth young man of the Wen family smiled and said, "What? Did you come to the merchant group's residence for something? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Ye Kong decided to inform the other party of the news that he wanted to go to Tianshan City.

"It turned out that the coffin was going to be carried to Tianshan City, so the deceased in this coffin was from Tianshan City?" Although the fifteenth young man of the Wen family is not outstanding in natural ability, his nature is not bad, and he glanced at the coffin very sympathetically, "Hmm, if you want to go to Tianshan City...... I also happen to know a friend who is about to return to Tianshan City, maybe I can help you talk about it?" ”

Hearing this, Ye Kong's eyes couldn't help but light up: "In this way, thank you for fifteen years." ”

"Hey, to be able to meet twice, and it's two different places, we're also fated." The fifteenth young man of the Wen family smiled and said, "Don't call anything fifteen young, call my name." My name is Wen Yi. ”

Pestilence?

Ye Kong raised his eyebrows.

"It's not the plague, my family gave me this name, it means literature and art!" Just looking at Ye Kong's reaction, Wen Yi guessed what Ye Kong was thinking, "I still want to help you, but you are too unsophisticated." ”

"My fault, my fault." Ye Kong smiled and apologized.

"Hmph." However, Wen Yi's anger was just pretending, and he wasn't really angry, "Okay, you come with me, I'll take you to meet my friend now." …… My friend is actually quite good at talking, and generally speaking, there is no problem, it's just...... This time it wasn't my friend who was leading the team, so I guess there will be a little twist and turn in a while, but of course, if you have enough money, that's fine. ”

"Money?" Ye Kong was stunned for a moment, "What kind of money?" ”

In the secular world, it is common to settle the bill in silver, but in the monastic world, it is not.

Although the monastic world occasionally uses gold cakes to settle payments, most of the time it is actually paid for with things like elixirs and elixirs as currency. As for the spirit stone, although it is known as the strongest currency in the cultivation world, it is often used for relatively special or large-scale transactions, at least it must be a spirit treasure or a third-order or above spirit elixir level of item trading.

"That's where there can be some twists and turns." Wen Yi sighed, his expression slightly helpless.