Early the next morning, the blood moon had just disappeared, and Chen An and the others were already standing in the main city of Qingfu.

The scale of this main city is not small, and it can at least be rated as a big city by referring to the division of the city of Daqian, which can accommodate 100,000 to 500,000 households, and is a city with a population of one million based on the standard of five people per household.

It's a pity that walking in this city now, a sense of desolation is coming, it can't be said that it is ten rooms and nine empty, but more than 300,000 people can't fill a big city with a population of less than one million.

As a result, many urban areas were used to pile up supplies, cultivate fertile land, or even simply be abandoned.

Most of the stone houses built in the city are very strong, although the style is a little rough, but in this eastern wilderness, it is still practical.

"Don't think that the architecture here is rough, in the Twelve Cities, this is already very beautiful. ”

Shen Lin saw Chen An's gaze on the top of a tavern-like building, and casually flaunted himself.

Continue to follow Shen Lin forward, passing through teahouses, grain stores, exchanges, and ...... along the way Martial arts hall.

Martial arts hall?

Chen An stood stunned, Shen Lin saw this, and explained in a timely manner: "Some simple fighting skills will be taught here, otherwise it is sad that you have a strong physique and cannot form combat power." ”

Hearing this, Chen An nodded, and looked at the weapon shop on the side, where on the central counter, a mysterious artifact with a shimmering rune luster lay quietly waiting for the guests to buy.

It is a contraband in Daqian, let alone sold publicly, even if it is found in private possession, it is a felony.

Of course, Shen Lin knew what he was wondering about, the influx of a large number of Central Plains criminals had brought a lot of information about Daqian, and his understanding of Daqian was no less than that of Chen An.

"Everything is for better survival, you will understand after living in the Eastern Wilderness for a long time, in the case of supernatural powers, secret arts, weapons are the main theme of life in the Eastern Wilderness. ”

Chen An was noncommittal, and pointed to a building called the Imperial Soul Workshop in front of him and said, "Is that the place where soul cards are sold?"

Shen Lin followed and said: "That's right, the fierce demons can still be obtained from time to time, so the middle and low-level soul cards below the fifth grade are not so sought-after, and they can give people a variety of choices, but the high-level soul cards are not so easy, and the forces that have a complete road in Qingfu City are only the four major clans, and with the decline of the Hanyang Clan and the Muyang Clan, their paths have completely disappeared, and now the only complete roads that Qingfu City still has are the Gaoyang Clan's Xiaoyue Heavenly Wolf and the Qingyang Clan's White Feather Bifang." ”

Looking at Chen An's slightly puzzled gaze, Shen Lin thought for a while and added: "Actually, the production of the soul card has nothing to do with demons, the materials required are the bloodline of ancient beasts, but the ancient beasts are rarely seen in the hidden mountains and forests, and more often we hunt monsters that are mutated from ancient beasts." After the death of these monsters, the evil qi fades away, and the body left behind can also be used as a material for making soul cards. Even nowadays, monsters have become the main source of soul card materials. ”

Chen An, who had witnessed the disposal of gluttonous corpses, already had some ideas, of course, what he was entangled in was not this, and after hearing Shen Lin's explanation, he couldn't help but ask directly: "If the mysterious weapon is sold, the soul card can also be bought?"

"Of course," Shen Lin said with a complicated expression: "Originally, the major clans mastered the art of soul sealing, and they really wanted to develop themselves based on it, but with several catastrophes, the city-states of all clans have become twelve cities, and the population is not one in a hundred, so what else is there to cherish yourself." It's better to take it out and let everyone share it, so as to maintain the flame of the human race's inheritance. Therefore, the most indispensable thing in the Twelve Cities now is the soul master who carves the soul card. ”

Chen An groaned slightly, raised his head and continued to ask: "All the Mysterious Soul Cards are sold, what about the supernatural powers?"

This is what he really cares about, the sea of vitality is suppressed by the evil qi, and even the true meaning and legal principles are distorted by the blood and yin gang, even if he recovers the strength of the celestial realm, he will not be able to exert the corresponding combat power. And the secret art is quite restrictive along the way, and if you want to advance, you don't just have a soul card, but you also need a lot of time to adapt to the transformation of the body by the soul card.

In this way, it is better to go to the Eastern Wilderness to refine the qi warrior, anyway, he can also refine qi, but he lacks a supernatural power, if he can get a supernatural power to cultivate, it may not be impossible to restore his original combat power. After the strength is improved, it is convenient to implement no matter what plan you want to implement in the end.

Besides, in this dangerous eastern wilderness, without a certain strength, he always feels melancholy in his heart, is it like being in a gray mist bush, waiting for the blood and yin gang in his body to erupt? That is a thing that can no longer be done, the blood and yin gang only restrain the demons derived from the evil qi, what if the enemy he faces next time is not a demon?

Or gamble again, the power behind the layout will not let him die so easily? Chen Anke is not used to entrusting his fate to others, even if the final result proves that he is a discardable chess piece, he must see all this soberly, and he does not want to be confused.

"Divine powers", Shen Lin shook his head with a complicated expression: "There are too few people who can cultivate divine powers, and they are all enveloped by the clan. ”

Then, he said strangely: "What are you thinking? Uncle Han already knows that you can practice Qi, so he has already prepared everything for you, I will take you around first, and when you return to the clan, you can go to the Chuan Gong Pavilion to choose your supernatural powers." ”

Chen An was stunned, it was so convenient, and he thought that he would have to pay a lot of money to get the true Fa.

"There are not many people who can practice Qi, and it is completely meaningless to hide it. Moreover, although the supernatural power is difficult to practice, as long as the cultivation of small achievements has the combat power of the four grades, it can quickly become the backbone of the family, and after the completion of the mastery, it is even more direct to the first grade, and it can be completely alone, the leader; ”

Shen Lin still habitually guessed what Chen An was thinking, and gave answers, and he still guessed eight or nine.

Probably knowing that Shen Lin had obtained a psychic technique, Chen An didn't think about it, instead of continuing to wander around, he still asked suspiciously: "Since the clan is in dire need of manpower, why do you still have the leisure to take me here to wander around without cultivating or performing tasks." ”

Shen Lin sneered: "It's not because of you. ”

"Me?" Chen An didn't want to be the answer, and asked strangely.

"It's not because of the gluttonous corpse that you and Xi Jun picked up, now the clan is busy turning it into elixirs, materials and soul cards, how can there be spare time to take care of the new entrants. So you can only wait until they have disposed of that treasure before they can claim your benefits. ”

Shen Lin turned to another road and said casually: "Left and right are waiting, it is better to bring you to the city and familiarize yourself with the environment." ”

Chen An suddenly, let go of his worries, and simply followed Shen Lin to wander around the streets and alleys of Qingfu City for half a day, and he did like to be familiar with the local situation every time he went to a place because of his professional habits. Just like now, the city is still measured by the number of steps between walks.

There are also a large number of residential areas in Qingfu City, inhabited by some small clans, as well as wild people who do not want to join any clan or have no clan to want. The people who had been brought in from the mines were also temporarily placed in a temporary area in the main city, where they were registered and then waited for the clans to come and select talents from among them to arrange their livelihoods.

"Small clans and savages will also form hunting squads to hunt demons outside the city, and the materials they obtain will be exchanged for weapons and survival materials, and the exchanges built in the city are provided for them to do these things. ”

Shen Lin introduced Chen An as he walked, and suddenly he showed Chen An's familiar evil smile and said: "In fact, they can only deal with some scattered low-level demons, which has no impact on the situation of the entire Qingfu City, and the only thing they can do may be to create a large number of people and provide troops for Qingfu City." ”

Chen An glanced at him, did not answer, but looked to the other side of the road

There, two men who looked like city guards were forcibly breaking into a house and snatching a bruised child from the house, and the child's parents cried out to stop them, and entangled with the two guards, causing a lot of noise

Chen An looked at the child who was obviously too deeply eroded by the evil qi, and had no intention of intervening, but just frowned and asked, "In Qingfu City, what is the average life expectancy?"

I haven't seen an old man all the way, Chen Anxin already felt quite strange, and when he saw this scene at this time, his thoughts were immediately clear, and he couldn't help but ask, asking Shen Lin for verification.

Shen Lin also looked at the farcical scene and said, his face darkened suddenly, and after a little silence, he still gave a number: "Thirty is five." ”

Chen An's head suddenly, the method of cultivating immortals is of great help to the increase of life expectancy, so a Jindan Grandmaster can live for thousands of years, which is longer than the Dharma Body Heavenly Immortals; and Daqian is known as the Ten Thousand Worlds Immortal Dynasty, everyone practices martial arts, almost everyone is physically strong, and they can live more than one Jiazi, and there are even more people who have survived two Jiazi; but the environment of the Eastern Wilderness is so bad that the average age is not more than thirty-five years old when the ratio of cultivators is extremely large, which is miserable, and it must be no wonder that the major clans have taken the risk of fighting with the Changfeng Army and have to go to the mining area to plunder the population。

"No way, it's not just us, it's the Twelve Liancheng, and even the entire Terran gathering place," Shen Lin smiled bitterly: "Even if there are Qingling Powder and Blood Essence Stone, it can't completely resist the erosion of evil qi, even a high-grade secret magician is difficult to live past a hundred years old, unless you break through the life wheel to prolong your life, but if you break through the life wheel, that is a super grade, and how many super grades can the major clans have?"

The scene in the distance did not last long, the two city guards were trained, and soon snatched the bruised child from the hands of the child's parents, and ran away all the way, the child's parents chased after them for a while, and finally they were too late, sitting on the side of the road and hugging their heads and crying.

"Children with weak constitutions are even worse at resisting evil spirits, and if they don't do a good job of protection, the premature death rate can reach 70%. This is one of the main reasons why the population of the Twelve Cities is becoming increasingly scarce. Shen Lin added again.

Chen An shook his head, in this atmosphere, his mood was also a little heavy. No need to ask, the child just now should have been cremated and destroyed like the old man he saw for the first time, otherwise there is a great chance that he will mutate into a demon by the evil qi and threaten the safety of the entire Qingfu City.