Chapter 37: Penglai
The world is big.
So big that many people don't know what the world is like, as far as people can touch, there are twenty-eight states, five countries, and countless cities and counties below. Each of these cities and counties is inhabited by a large number of people, not counting the villages and homeless people outside the city.
Penglai, as one of the three top immortal islands that dominate the world, has three states under its direct jurisdiction and as many as ten states under its indirect jurisdiction.
In other words, Penglai alone controls nearly thirteen states.
A proper top overlord.
Even the other two immortal islands are slightly inferior to Penglai.
"Penglai is a fairy island, and there are naturally as many people who want to join as if they were crucian carp crossing the river, although you have some qualifications, but whether you can succeed or not depends on your personal creation."
Lao Wang rode on a donkey and chatted with Wu Chong without saying a word.
After yesterday's topic ended, Wu Chong thought that this old man would not take care of himself anymore, but he didn't expect that when he woke up, this old man ran over by himself again.
"Aren't qualifications scarce?"
Wu Chong was puzzled.
When he was in the inn, Xu Zhou once said. People with the qualification to cultivate demon skills are very rare, how can this 'rare' qualification be rotten in Bailu City in a blink of an eye.
"It's rare to have a different place."
In some poor and remote places, 10,000 households can be regarded as big guys. can be placed in an international metropolis with a highly developed economy, let alone a 10,000-dollar household, and billionaires are just like that.
This is also one of the most basic phenomena of human society.
Resources are piled up.
Qualified talents can also be regarded as a resource.
The two chatted.
The convoy slowly entered the territory of Bailu County.
This Bailu County is nominally only a county seat, which belongs to the Lushan City Management in Qingzhou. But people who really live here will know that Bailu County is a special county. In all aspects, it is not inferior to the higher-level Lushan City, because there are traces of the immortal chief here.
In this era of gang fighting, there are few people who yearn for great power.
Even if the journey is difficult, I don't know how many people gather in White Deer City every year, and some of these people are lucky enough to join Penglai and become a high-ranking immortal. And some of the other defeated people, except for a small number of returnees, the vast majority of them stayed and became residents of Bailu County.
Over the years, you can imagine how big White Deer City is.
If there are too many people, it will naturally be difficult to manage.
Although the entrance to Penglai is here, how can those high-ranking immortals take care of these worldly people. Therefore, everything in White Deer City is basically governed by local forces.
It can be said that the current situation of White Deer City is that Penglai is high.
There are many gangs below, and as long as there is an area of interest, there are people fighting for it. After so many years of fighting, the three, six, nine and so on in White Deer City have also been divided, although there will still be fights and battles, but there are not as many as in the early years.
The caravan he is with now is doing business around White Deer City.
The main profit point is to sell the goods of White Deer City to the surrounding cities to earn the difference in the middle, which is a stable industry. is such an inconspicuous industry, and there is also a gang behind it, so Wu Chong didn't ask what the specific name was. However, from the chatter of these people, he can be regarded as having a general understanding of the Xianmen force of Penglai.
High up, don't ask about the world.
As long as it doesn't touch its interests, it basically doesn't care about outside affairs.
This is also the general image of Xianmen, in the circle of ordinary people, Xianmen is rarely mentioned, and the most heard by ordinary people is still gangs. The vast majority of the common people regard the immortal chief as a rumor, because there are too few people in the immortal sect, and the reputation is only circulated in the circle of the gang's high-level people.
Low-level people like Da Niu and Er Mazi, who Wu Chong had come into contact with before, naturally couldn't know these news.
The class of this world is so strong that there is almost no chance to leap forward.
The caravan went for another three days.
Finally, White Deer City appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"It's big enough."
I entered the White Deer City three days ago, and I walked to the city three days later.
"It's gone here, boy, you can come to Wangxian Tower to drink with my old man when you have a chance in the future."
After entering the city, Wang Lao was the first to leave.
He rode a donkey, said hello to Wu Chong, and left. The people in the caravan were also surprised by this, and after asking, they learned that Elder Wang was also an elder of a gang. This time, they went to business, and it was this old man who was responsible for safety.
"Definitely."
Wu Chong replied.
No matter what Elder Wang's purpose was, during this period of time, the knowledge that Wu Chong gained from him was true. These things are not expensive, but if no one teaches them, there will be many detours.
The caravan left.
Wu Chong led the horse alone and walked on the streets of White Deer City.
There is a lot of traffic, and people come and go.
It's hard to imagine that this is a city in troubled times, and this sense of disparity between peace and chaos makes him feel unreal.
"Let's take a look, the newly baked buns."
"Ice... Sugar... Bottle gourd... Lu!"
Wu Chong looked at the passers-by and found that there were many differences in the clothing and language of these people, and he thought that it was really the same as what the people in the caravan said before, from all over the world.
Because the rumors of the immortal chief gathered.
This has made this place prosperous.
Compared with those homeless people with vegetables on their faces outside, Er Mazi, who is the king of the mountain, the talents here seem to be real people.
The other side.
The leader of the caravan delivered the proceeds of the trip and began to report the trip to the gang steward.
"Are you saying that Wang Lao invited a strange young man to join the caravan halfway?"
"Yes."
"Is there anything special about that man?" The steward asked.
The head of the caravan thought for a moment.
"It's more burly, and the muscles are outward, as if you have practiced external skills."
"External power?"
The steward suddenly lost interest.
In this world, only inferior people will practice external skills. People with status practice internal skills, and as for demon skills, they are immortal exercises. Ordinary gangs may not be able to get a copy, and the reason why Wang Lao has such a special status in their gang is because Wang Lao has practiced demon skills before.
It is a person who is destined for immortals!
"What about the others?"
"Nothing else."
"Okay, so be it." The steward waved his hand and told them to step back.
After waiting for them to leave, he picked up the account book on the table and looked through it carefully. In front of others before, he naturally wanted to pretend to be generous, but in private, he would still look carefully. After all, money is involved, and character is not so reliable.
"There are still three months before Penglai opens, I hope there will be a chance to ...... this time"
After counting the account books, the steward stretched.
Only then did he look at a piece of jade pendant next to him.
Why is he so stammering with Wang Lao? It's not from other places that I heard about Wang Lao's energy and wants to take a shortcut.
There are more people in the gang who think like him.