Shen Chen followed the general into Chiyang City, and sure enough, the houses in the city were still the same as those built in ancient times. This made him wonder if he had crossed over.

The streets were bustling with the cries of vendors, the bargaining of merchants, and the noise of a lot of noise. Everything seemed to be so lively, which made Shen Chen, who had just come out of the no-man's land, a little uncomfortable.

The general walking in front of Shen Chen seemed to be accustomed to the environment here, and he would greet those citizens when he passed by, and he smiled happily, but for some reason Shen Chen always felt that something was wrong, and felt that there was some bitterness in the general's smile.

Maybe it's because of the treacherous environment here......

Shen Chen ate the Yang shortbread in his hand, which the general bought for him on the road, saying that this is a specialty of the alder forest, which is made with the secret method of alder leaves, well, crispy, delicious, there is a wisp of bitterness of alder leaves in the crispy, after the previous day's life, Shen Chen is very familiar with the taste of alder leaves.

Unconsciously, Shen Chen came to a tall mansion under the leadership of the general, the mansion covers an extremely wide area, and its gate alone is ten meters long, and there is a small door next to the gate, which should be a place for people like Fuyi to enter and exit.

The general stepped forward and knocked on the door, and immediately a servant in a green coat and a horse coat came, and when he saw that it was the general, he immediately opened the main door and invited the general and Shen Chen to enter.

After passing through several lanes and a garden, Shen Chen finally met the legendary city lord, he was a middle-aged man, holding the hair of an ancient man, his eyes were restrained, but his gaze was very sharp, and his thin face made him even more stern.

The city lord saw that the general was coming with a strange man, it was very strange, he raised his eyebrows, looked Shen Chen up and down with a sharp gaze, and then turned to the general and asked,

"What is this?"

The general was very happy when he saw the surprised expression of the city lord, and said proudly,

"Haha, this little brother came out of the alder forest, you know that there is a lot of danger there, even those of us who live here for a long time, we may not be able to come out of there alive, and this little brother just walked out like this, do you say it's amazing?"

The city lord was very surprised, and he looked at Shen Chen carefully, as if he wanted to see how this hairy boy came out of the dangerous alder forest. The general put his arm around the city lord's shoulders and said with a smile,

"What's the matter, he's a good seedling, he's strong, I fell in love with him at a glance!"

The eyes of the two of them are like a sixty-year-old bachelor seeing a girl in her twenties, still naked!

Shen Chen put his hands in a defensive posture,

"I will never sell my flesh!"

The general's smile paused, and he was a little skeptical of what he heard,

"What did you say?"

"I mean, you said you wouldn't interfere with my freedom."

Shen Chen corrected.

Shen Chen finally lived in the City Lord's Mansion with the general, although the general laughed a little weirdly, but after all, this is just a virtual world, no matter how bad it is, it can't be bad.

It was still early, after confirming his room, Shen Chen rejected the city lord's suggestion to stay for lunch, after all, no matter how delicious it was, it was just a virtual thing, and it couldn't fill his stomach, and he thought about it, such a big city, there should always be a restaurant, so he went out shopping alone.

The most prosperous place in the Chiyang Forest is the street that Shen Chen just passed, because it is located in the east of the City Lord's Mansion, so it is called East Street, and the City Lord's Mansion is the most central location in the entire Chiyang City, thanks to which this street is very prosperous.

Shen Chen came to East Street again, and sure enough, there was a big restaurant not far in front of him, because it was already noon, there were many fewer pedestrians on the street, but there were more people in the restaurant, and Shen Chen walked into the restaurant with the silver money given by the city lord.

This restaurant is called Gourmet Zhai, Gourmet Zhai has a height of two floors, the upper floor is a private room, the downstairs is the lobby, there is a lake on the south side of the Gourmet Zhai, the name of the lake is Chishui, and the lake is also covered with red poplar trees.

I don't know why the alder trees in the alder city are generally short, only the ordinary poplars in prehistoric times are as tall as ever, and the lake is because of the alder leaves, reflecting patches of red, so it is called Chishui Lake.

Shen Chen relied on the token given by the city lord to a private room, and Xiao Er took him to a room facing the street, with a screen painted with feng shui, a vase with water spirit flowers, and a bustling crowd outside the window.

"Guest, sit down, what do you want to do?"

Xiao Er took the rag he put on his shoulder and wiped the table while asking,

"Oh? Do you have any specialties here? ”

Shen Chen was very much looking forward to the food in Chiyang City after eating Yang shortbread.

"That's a lot! For example, this well-known Yang Crisp Cake, the tender and delicious stewed pot fish, and the extraordinarily fragrant Yang Ye Chicken are all our best dishes! ”

Xiao Er is very familiar with his own recipes, and the name of the dish comes as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Especially this poplar chicken, don't look at it as this red poplar chicken that can be seen everywhere, but after my chef mixes it with a secret recipe, it is really a fairy taste in the world, well, bite a hole and leave a fragrance......"

Xiao Er's face was intoxicated when he said this, and his nose sniffed hard, as if he could smell the fragrance of the poplar leaf chicken.

Shen Chen frowned, the red poplar chickens that can be seen everywhere, no, I have been walking in the alder forest for so long, let alone chickens, even chicken feathers I haven't seen them.

"Alder chicken? Is this type of chicken common? ”

Xiao Er looked at Shen Chen strangely, it seemed that the red poplar chicken should be a well-known species,

"Don't you know? Alder chickens can be seen everywhere in this alder forest, don't look at our alpine city from time to time will be attacked by strange beasts, but people always have to eat, many people will often go to the alder forest to hunt, get some game to eat at home, over time our alpine city has been able to systematically raise alder chickens, now these are domestic, absolutely clean and hygienic.

And this alder chicken is also the most common species in this alder forest, you can kick three or five alder chickens in the alder forest with a single kick. ”

"Really? Then bring me a poplar leaf chicken first, and then set up a few dishes casually, hurry up! ”

"Okay! Wait! Xiao Er turned to leave, but Shen Chen still heard what he whispered,

"This guest is so weird, I haven't even seen a red poplar chicken."

……

After waiting for a short time, the dish ordered by Shen Chen came up, and the Yangye chicken looked very simple, just spread a few alder leaves on a large white plate, and then put a whole chicken on it.

The chicken is delicate in color, and it looks like it can be oiled in one bite, and there is some dipping sauce next to the chicken on the plate, presumably to adapt to the different tastes of the guests.

The burst of fragrance entered Shen Chen's nose, which made him appetite, and he was about to feast on a chicken leg when he tore off it.

Shen Chen dipped in some chili peppers, not much, he is not the kind of person who can eat spicy food, tore off a piece of meat, and suddenly the fragrance between his lips and teeth burst out, and the fragrance of the meat was fully brought into play under the secret seasoning. I didn't expect the school to have such delicious food, why didn't I see it in the cafeteria?

Shen Chen's index finger moved, his stomach was already growling with hunger, and when he was in the City Lord's Mansion, he had already smelled the fragrance of food.

The way to eat is in the world, Shen Chen never knew that he could eat so much, Xiao Er has changed dishes again and again, but he still can't satisfy Shen Chen's stomach, he devours the food in front of him like a glutton,

Finally, after Xiao Er brought down the empty plate for the nth time, he wiped the greasy corners of his mouth in Xiao Er's monster-like gaze, and took out a silver ticket to pay the bill.

After reluctantly saying goodbye to food, Shen Chen embarked on a tour again. In the afternoon, East Street was lively again, even more so than in the morning.

This time, Shen Chen stopped in front of a monkey, and the monkey man was the center of the crowd surrounded an open space, only to see the monkey doing everything at the request of the monkey man, and even the monkey man had a wave of passionate interaction with the monkey, and the monkey led the monkey man to perform, which was very interesting.

Shen Chen said goodbye to the monkey man and his monkey after dropping almost the copper plate, at this time he had almost seen the prosperity of the street, walking on the bustling street, Shen Chen thought about the details of this survival competition, the second stage has begun, according to Bei Ling said, as long as you keep living, then hide in Chiyang City and beg for happiness? No, such an obvious mistake will definitely not be made by the school, and before in the Yazhu Village, they said that Chiyang City had been destroyed, so what is this Chiyang City? Shen Chen raised his head and looked at the bustling street, could it be rebuilt by later generations?

Unconsciously, Shen Chen walked to a secluded place, which was a bit barren, surrounded by weeds, as if no one had lived in it for a long time.

In front of Shen Chen was a large house, and the width of the door was almost as wide as the city lord's house. The difference is that there are two stone lions here, which are very powerful.

Shen Chen touched the stone lion curiously, this is rarely seen in contemporary times, after all, after the ender era, almost all the habitats of human beings have been attacked by foreign beasts, and there are very few things left.

The door was ajar, and Shen Chen pushed it open, and the door creaked, as if to announce to the host that a guest was visiting.

The inside of the door is a world of wonder compared to the outside, and compared to the clutter outside, the place looks orderly, even the willow trees in the courtyard are neatly trimmed, and piles of leaves can be seen at the foot of the trees, which have been cleaned.

There is a plaque hanging on the main hall, which reads the words "Heroic Soul Temple", this is an ancestral hall, I think it should be the ancient ancestral hall of a certain Zhongluo family, and there are only one or two clansmen left, so they just cleaned the house inside and didn't care about the outside.

Shen Chen walked into the ancestral hall with a respectful heart, this may be someone else's ancestral hall, our culture influences us, and we must always have a trace of respect for our ancestors.

The spirit card in the house is placed up and down all around, in the middle is a wordless big stele, very strange, it stands to reason that the middle is generally the ancestor of a family, but here is a stele, but also a wordless stele.

The left and right sides of the wordless tablet are respectively "Zheng Kai's spiritual position" and "Zhang Shi's spiritual position", and the most striking thing is that there is an upside-down spiritual seat next to Zheng Kai's spiritual position, Shen Chen kindly lifted the spiritual position, and it was written "Zheng Ming's spiritual position".

Shen Chen found that there was some unused incense on the cabinet next to him, so he took some, lit it, and respectfully inserted it into the incense burner with a lot of incense ash.

At this time, he found that something was wrong, all the spirit cards seemed to be the same new, and there was no difference between the old and the new, which was very weird, after all, according to the ancestral hall, the spirit card always had the first and the last, which led to the fact that the old and new spirit cards must be different, is it possible that there are still people who look at the spirit cards too old too long ago, so they all changed it? Or are these people walking together? Murder?

The second monk Shen Chenzhang couldn't touch his head, and he was very puzzled.

After bidding farewell to this strange ancestral hall, Shen Chen stood on the secluded path before him and thought, "Heroic Soul Ancestral Hall" sounds like an ancestral hall built for soldiers?

Gradually, it seemed that a mist came to his heart, Shen Chen gradually forgot the spirit card in the Heroic Soul Temple, forgot the name on it, and there seemed to be a mysterious force blocking him, preventing him from understanding this real Chiyang City.