Time passed day by day, six months passed in a blink of an eye, this day was already the first day of the lunar month at the end of the year, and the cold winter began to cover the earth.

The Imperial City was still lying prone on the banks of the Gilded River like a black giant beast, and the guards inside and outside the city were all wearing uniform black runes and guarding everywhere.

In the evening, the sound of horses' hooves came quickly from afar, and with the flying dust, the sound of horses' hooves reached the city wall in an instant.

The guards on the edge of the city saw a gray-blue lightning approaching, and their expressions were shocked, revealing vigilant eyes.

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A loud neighing of horses sounded, and gray-blue lightning suddenly stopped outside the city gates.

After the dust fell, the guards saw clearly that it was a huge thunder horse that had stopped in front of the city gate.

On the back of Lei Linma's horse, a young man in his twenties wearing a gray tight-fitting suit sat on it, looking up at the majestic Imperial City at the moment, with a look of expectation in his eyes.

The person on horseback was Ye Li, six months had passed, and after some practice and preparation, he had returned to the Imperial City again, preparing to participate in the second trial of entering the city from the second day of the lunar month.

After looking up at the majestic Imperial City for a while, Ye Li turned over and jumped off Lei Lin's horse and walked to the guard at the city gate.

After taking out a token from his bosom and handing it to the guard, Ye Li said, "Ye Li, who is in the Lower Casting Hall, is here to participate in the second trial of entering the city. ”

After the guard took the token and checked it repeatedly, he heard Ye Li report his name and origin, so he nodded and said to Ye Li: "This son, please wait a moment, I will go and call someone to come out to receive you." ”

After the guard finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the city, and after a while, he led a middle-aged man out.

After seeing Ye Li, the middle-aged man hurriedly saluted him and said, "This Ye Gongzi, I have kept you waiting for a long time, and please follow me into the city, and I will take you to see Elder Qi." ”

Hearing the other party's words, Ye Li hurriedly responded politely, and then led his thunder horse and walked towards the city.

As soon as he entered the city gate cave, there were guards next to him who came up to meet him and wanted to settle the Lei Lin horse for Ye Li.

The middle-aged man who had led the way before turned to Ye Li and explained, "Young Master Ye, it is forbidden for outsiders' horses to enter our Imperial City, so the guards will settle your horses in a special shed on the edge of the city.

Please rest assured that we will have someone to take care of it for you and will not neglect your BMW. ”

Hearing the other party's explanation, Ye Li also nodded hurriedly and handed the reins in his hand to the guards next to him.

After the guards took away Lei Linma, Ye Li continued to follow the middle-aged man towards the city.

After passing through the long city gate hole, Ye Li finally entered the city of the Imperial City, but it was not as prosperous as he imagined.

The whole city seems to be relatively scattered with buildings, not as dense as Elysium, and is full of people.

There didn't seem to be many pedestrians in the Imperial City, the streets seemed very empty, and there was a huge city wall in the distance around the center of the city, which made Ye Li feel a little surprised.

While leading the way for Ye Li, the middle-aged man spoke: "Ye Gongzi is entering the Imperial City for the first time, so he is a little surprised, right?"

Hearing the middle-aged man's question, Ye Li nodded and said, "I'll tell you the truth, I do feel a little surprised in my heart, this place is much more deserted than I imagined."

And I didn't expect there to be a wall in front of me, is that the inner city?"

When the middle-aged man heard Ye Li's inquiry, there was not the slightest surprise on his face, he nodded, and said, "Almost everyone who enters the Imperial City for the first time will have similar doubts.

Although our Imperial City is huge, there are not many residents, and residents do not need to buy their usual daily needs, and there will be a special place to collect them, so there are no shops.

The people in the city, except for some of the guards, are all spirit rune masters, even if they are subordinates, they all have at least the cultivation of the spirit mist period, otherwise they are not qualified to enter the city at all.

The Imperial City is divided into two cities, the inner and outer cities, and only the heaven-level disciples, deacons, elders, and city lords live in the inner city, which belongs to the real core area, and outsiders are not allowed to enter it.

The outer city is for disciples below the prefecture level to live, and of course there are some buildings that are used for daily activities, so when you look at it, it will look relatively deserted and empty. ”

After hearing the other party's explanation, Ye Li also roughly understood the composition of the personnel here, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt a sharp shock in his heart.

Although the pedestrians here seem to be relatively rare, they are not too few, and there are still a lot of pedestrians along the way, which is not much different from some smaller towns.

But according to the middle-aged man just now, all the people who can be seen here are spirit rune masters, which is quite amazing.

According to Ye Li's estimate, such a large city, according to the population density he saw, would not be less than 10,000 people, that is to say, there would be at least 10,000 spirit rune masters here.

And according to Ye Li's observations, except for the subordinates, some handymen guarding them, and the prefecture-level native disciples who have not yet reached adulthood, most of the others have cultivation above the séance stage, which makes Ye Li can't help but swallow his saliva.

Such a huge number of masters above the séance period were existences that he had never dared to imagine in the past.

The middle-aged man walked forward with Ye Li and continued: "Young Master Ye, my Imperial City is divided into two courtyards, east and west, both of which are used to cultivate young disciples.

The four of you have been temporarily assigned to the East Courtyard to rest, and we will assign you a compound after you have officially become disciples of the Imperial City. ”

Ye Li listened to the middle-aged man's introduction to the situation, and couldn't help but look around curiously.

The young people around him would also turn their heads to look at Ye Li from time to time at this time, they could more or less guess that Ye Li was the one who came to participate in the trial in the city this time, and they were a little curious about him.

Under the "gaze" of everyone, Ye Li followed the middle-aged man and soon arrived in front of a big house.

"Young Master Ye, Elder Qi is waiting in this house. ”

The middle-aged man said as he pointed to the door next to him and gestured to Ye Li.

Ye Li looked at the other party, hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "Youlao is leading the way." ”

The middle-aged man looked at Ye Li and waved his hand, smiled and signaled that he was not polite, and then turned around and left here.

After the middle-aged man left, Ye Li came to the house, stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the door, and Qi Wei's response suddenly came from inside: "Come in!"