In town, on the streets.

Liu Zai was extremely curious about this town full of the style of the Republic of China, and he had to take a closer look at whatever novelty he saw.

The architectural style of the town is close to Shanghai during the Republic of China, and there is no ancient city wall, and there is no need.

Several cement-paved roads with a width of 100 meters are facing the direction of the mountain gate, Liu Zai guessed that it seems that the direction of the mountain gate is indeed the default to the south, and the overall pattern is based on the mountain gate as a reference, sitting north and facing south, otherwise how can people distinguish the direction in this independent space.

Walking on the street, in addition to the modern style, you can also see a lot of ancient costume styles of robes and Hanfu.

However, the most amazing thing about this town is not the architectural culture style, but the cultivation popularization rate here.

The people here are strong or weak and have a little cultivation in their bodies, and ordinary people who have not cultivated here are as rare as the illiterates outside, and it seems that this is really the last spark of cultivation civilization.

Most of the civilians were cultivators of the third or fourth level of qi refining, and masters above the fifth level who were already considered qi refining masters outside could bump into one of them by walking a few dozen steps here. Moreover, this person's cultivation is closely related to life, Liu Zai saw an uncle selling scones on the side of the road actually using Tai Chi method and noodles, the dough in his hands is ever-changing, vivid as life, next to another uncle is pinching meatballs, one move and one style of rapid bursting, it is a very clever foreign technique, and even the sanitation workers who sweep the street on the side of the road are very disciplined, including extremely clever martial arts.

There are occasional cars with an ancient style driving on the road, but there are not many of them, most people still walk, or ride horses, it seems that the car is still the patent of the rich here, and even if it is a rich person, not everyone accepts the car, which Liu Zai knows when he sees the gorgeous carriage driving on the street.

The coexistence of a car and a horse-drawn carriage is a strange mix of styles.

A group of people are waiting for the bus in a place similar to the bus stop, a Republic of China version of the tram is coming, the car has not stopped and the door is open, the people waiting for the bus squeezed into the car with dexterity, and a few actually jumped on the roof of the car, Shi Shiran sat down cross-legged, and the driver turned a blind eye to this, not worried at all that they didn't buy a ticket, and those who seemed to have the ability to jump on the roof of the car had the privilege of not having to buy a ticket.

"If you have this ability, what kind of bus do you do, just rush lightly. Liu Zai said in his heart.

It's really a magical town, I don't know if the Dugu Nine Sword will be used to cut trees here.

The street is particularly lively, with all kinds of men and women wearing Republic of China costumes flowing endlessly, and street vendors shouting and selling. The stall was full of all kinds of snacks, calligraphy and paintings, and all kinds of curiosities and antiques, which were dazzling, and Liu Zai was dazzled, but he couldn't afford it.

That's right, he is a small rich man with millions of funds in his hands and can't afford to buy a roadside stall here.

Because what circulates here is not RMB, but a currency similar to silver dollars, real money and silver can also be circulated, but Liu Zai doesn't.

So, he could only stare at the lively bazaar, not to mention how depressed he was.

Liu Zai tried not to look at the various snacks on the roadside, and walked forward with the flow of people, he found that today seemed to be a major festival here, young men and women entered in pairs, and there were many families who went shopping together, brightly dressed, this situation was like visiting a temple fair during the New Year.

Following the crowd, Liu Zai walked all the way to the square in the center of the town, which is rectangular, polar, about 800 meters long from north to south, and about 500 meters wide from east to west. At first glance, Liu Zai was horrified and thought at the same time: What is a county-level city scale town doing to build such a big square, wasting land resources.

At this moment, the square was crowded with people, but no one dared to make a loud noise. Liu Zao took a look and looked around, only to see that the north side of this square is a high platform, the style is a bit like the Mayan pyramid and like the Temple of Heaven in ancient times, the height is more than 100 meters, and the number of steps is nearly 1,000. In the center of the high platform is a bronze statue, and there is no statue tablet other than that.

Liu Zai secretly wondered: It seems that the customs here are similar to those of the pre-Qin period, where heaven and earth are worshipped, not gods, and the ding is a symbol of power.

Further north of the Temple of Heaven is a magnificent palace complex, together with the square, the overall layout is a bit like the Forbidden City, Chengtianmen and the central square, but the building complex is not like a political center, although the spirit is grand, but it gives people an awkward feeling, and the imaginary "City Lord's Mansion" is not commensurate.

On the east and west sides of the square, there is a particularly grand high-rise building, spanning nearly 200 meters from north to south, tens of meters high, the style is very obvious parade and sea view building, a bit like Yueyang Tower, but more grandiose, the number of floors is full of seven layers, each floor has several zhang high.

The two high-rise buildings are hung with plaques carved in regular script on the top of the gate on the first floor, and the east side is Xiangluan Pavilion, and the west side is Qifeng Pavilion.

In the middle of the square stands a stone statue of a Taoist, with three buns on his head, and a long sword in each hand, which is fifty meters high. The four corners are four square rings, the area is not small, the side is more than 100 meters long, each ring has a pair of warriors in the competition, outside for a group of people, loudly cheering to join in the fun.

Liu Zaiding saw that there were hundreds of people sitting on the tall buildings on both sides, most of them were young men and women, and several girls gathered together on the third floor of the high-rise building on the west side and chattered, Zhu Qi was among them, she had changed into a red samurai suit, a white belt around her waist, and still combed a single ponytail. A few girls pointed outside the building as they spoke, and from time to time there was a burst of laughter like silver bells.

Liu Zai sensed her early in the morning, and it seemed that her status here was not low.

At this moment, Zhu Qi's interest is still good, hurry up and finally have time to come back to participate in the opening ceremony, the disciple who was originally walking outside like her should have come back three days ago, but there were a lot of things on Yanjing's side, and she finally rushed back and ran into the trafficker thing, she couldn't care about this kind of thing, but after thinking that a guy who didn't know whether it was Guoan or where, came out and was entangled for a long time. I was able to go back to the town last night, but I had to delay it for a day, but fortunately, I was in time, and yes, I was in a good mood after the event.

"Dai Chanfeng's Wing Chun is really powerful, and the younger generation seems to be no one's Wing Chun can match him. Zhu Qi watched a tall young man in the southwest corner bully forward, knocking down the opponent cleanly, and then turned around with a cold and cool fist, causing a little girl to howl loudly and sigh.

"Xiao Qi, back then, he was still a defeated soldier under you, but now his cultivation has reached the seventh layer of qi refining, but you have fallen to the fifth layer instead, and now you are no longer his opponent. A girl with a single ponytail and a heroic face said.

"This is also something that can't be helped, both the cultivation time and the cultivation conditions outside are far inferior to the Chongyang Secret Realm, and it is certain to be surpassed, this is the price of walking outside. Zhu Qi smiled bitterly, how could she be willing to do this, but the conditions did not allow it, but she never regretted it.

"Sister Qi, isn't it hard to be a lawyer outside? What's going on out there?" asked a short-haired girl who looked like she was still in junior high school with wide eyes and curiosity.

"It's not usually very busy, but this time it's a special case. In fact, isn't it the same outside, except that the place is bigger, there are more people, more cars, more right and wrong, what is the difference, I think it's better in the town. Zhu Qi responded helplessly, basically every time he came back, he had to face a lot of similar problems, and the curiosity of his younger brothers and sisters about the outside world was really unstoppable.

In fact, every Chongyang Secret Realm disciple had a question when he was a child—what was outside the mountain gate?

The adults only told them that there were a lot of bad people outside the mountain gate, and unlike us, who used martial arts to solve problems, they always liked a large number of people to get together and fight and kill with guns and firearms, destroy houses and kill people, just to fight for some land power.

The child will ask if there is not a lot of land outside, why are they fighting? The adult replied because there are many people, and the people outside will never be satisfied.

When Zhu Qi was older, he heard from his predecessors that a long time ago, the outside world was divided into several countries, and there were wars every day, and the more they fought, the more they fought, and every day countries perished and many people died. The ancestors of the Chongyang Secret Realm were all very knowledgeable people with very high martial arts, and they saw that the world was so chaotic that the inheritance of martial arts civilization and culture could be cut off at any time, so they decided to collect all the civilization classics and hide them in one place. At that time, there was a master named Chongyang Immortal, and it was not easy to find such a place, so the ancestors led their respective families to collect all kinds of books, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, rescued many civilization classics in the war, and moved here to avoid the war, and called this place Chongyang Secret Realm.

Although the Chongyang Secret Realm lives in seclusion, it still often sends disciples into the world to pay attention to everything outside. Later, the outside was a little more peaceful, and the Chongyang Secret Realm began to communicate with the martial arts outside, absorbing the knowledge of the outside world, but every disciple outside was strictly forbidden to reveal the situation of the Chongyang Secret Realm, and there was no forgiveness for violators. When the world was in turmoil again, the Chongyang Secret Realm was once again hidden from the world, and he resolutely did not participate in the rights and wrongs outside.

Nearly a hundred years ago, the outside world was in chaos again, and it is said that this time the chaos was much more terrifying than before, and all the countries were at war and killing endlessly. Due to the withering of the aura outside and the decline of martial arts, people invented something called firearms, the appearance of firearms not only completely ended the cultivation civilization outside, but also pushed the scale of the war to an unprecedented level, surpassing any previous era.

This time the avoidance is very thorough, except for the disciples who are walking outside, no one is allowed to go out of the mountain gate without high-level consultation, and there will be no forgiveness for violators!

Zhu Qi learned from his predecessors that there are two ways to get out of the mountain gate. Either kill all the elders, deans, and mountain masters of Puluo Mountain, or become a disciple of the Chongyang Secret Realm walking outside.

She hadn't even thought about the former, and the latter ...... It's relatively simple, she just needs to stand out from all her competitors.

The quota for walking outside is selected every five years, with a quota of 10 people, and there are about 1,000 competitors each time.

At least a little more likely than the first one to succeed.

So, Miss Zhu Qi set a lofty goal since she was a child, set sail, braved the wind and waves, and never looked back towards the ideal in her heart, and finally won the qualification to walk outside when she was 19 years old, and the process was so inspirational that it made people cry.

Before leaving, the mountain lord gathered them together and said to them, the outside world is changing, and if we want to survive in the Chongyang Secret Realm, we also need to change, and we must know more.

Chongyang Secret Realm used considerable means to prepare an identity for her, arranged her to study at Yenching University of Political Science and Law, and then became a glorious lawyer.

In this way, every time she had to attend the annual festival or attend a grand event, she had to look at them with the curious eyes of the sisters, and she would be full of joy about what she had seen and heard outside and the history of her struggle, and then enjoy their envious and jealous eyes.

At first, I felt very cool, but I was annoyed after a lot of times, and I didn't have to be happy in the Chongyang Secret Realm in the days outside. Zhu Qi feels like a rural girl who goes to a big city to work hard and returns to her hometown to visit relatives, and she has to slap her swollen face and become fat in the face of her four relatives and eight aunts.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd below, and I don't know what happened, the eyes of the disciples upstairs immediately turned to the crowd, and Zhu Qi couldn't help but look over.