There is a well-established system of roads and post stations between Hokyo and Baonan, but the distance is still very far away - this world is too big for mortals. Most mortals tend not to leave the area where their home is located for the rest of their lives. In addition to the warriors and cultivators, only the court officials and foot merchants would run around—under the protection of the first two.

As a Triple Heaven Cultivator, Qi Hongyu should be said to have the strength to travel the world. However, as a female cultivator, she was a little timid after all, and she probably encountered danger on the way from Chu State to Bao State back then, and she was a little frightened, so she didn't dare to go far away.

Although he had already gotten the "letter of introduction" from Huang Chang, he still had to take his hitchhiker to make the trip, which was really unusual. But Huang Chang doesn't care about this anyway, let's go together, it's safer to have a triple heaven monk with me.

Together with his cousin Chen Shi, who was in charge of specialized business affairs, and more than a dozen retinue guards from the Huang, Chen, and Xue families, this small team was formed. Even if Huang Chang didn't follow, with one early-stage monk and two innate martial artists, the strength of this team was actually not weak. The caravans sent out by the immortal cultivators to run around were only at this level.

Along the way, Huang Chang communicated a lot with Qi Hongyu, and the latter finally admitted her teacher's origin—it was indeed a disciple from the Huajian faction. The disciples of the Huajian faction often hide in the Qinglou, and they have always mixed well in the big city, Qi Hongyu has long wanted to leave the countryside like Baoguo, but she has never had the chance. This time, I finally found an opportunity, and I got what I wanted.

"In the pickaxe capital, there should be your fellow disciples, right?"

Huang Chang once asked her this, but Qi Hongyu said that she didn't know and didn't care - the inheritance of the Huajian School is basically a model of a master with one or two apprentices, and it does not have a strong core sect itself. The members often don't know each other, let alone have any friendship.

- After all, the female cultivator wants to save face, not as a last resort, who wants to let others know that she is practicing double cultivation? Therefore, even if there are already members of the Flower Sect in the capital city, Qi Hongyu will not deliberately make friends.

"If you don't have a good foothold at that time, I'm afraid you still have to take refuge in Huang Daoyou. ”

Qi Hongyu has said this several times, and has hinted that she can provide a return. As for the way of return...... Just look at her watery eyes. However, Huang Chang was perfunctory every time, which surprised Qi Hongyu - is there a cat in this world that doesn't steal?

She has always been very interested in this, until today, halfway along the way, she suddenly heard Huang Chang say that she might have met a friend and wanted to meet her, and then she hurriedly set up a fire dragon and flew away despite the shock. When I came back, I was in a good mood with a smile on my face.

Although Qi Hongyu's Triple Heaven Realm has not yet been able to release his divine sense, his five senses are already very sensitive. She could smell that there seemed to be a faint scent of fragrant powder on Huang Chang's body—obviously there wasn't it just now.

"That's ...... so"

With a roll of his eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of Qi Hongyu's mouth, feeling that he had probably found the reason.

............

After walking for more than ten miles, I finally saw the huge and towering gatehouse of the pickaxe capital city in front of me. Huang Changgang was separated from Ji Ruo here, and he had been in and out many times before, so he didn't feel anything. But the rest of the team let out an exclamation. Including Chen Yan, a well-informed martial artist who often runs around for business, is no exception.

- Ho Beijing, the core of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the capital of prosperity for thousands of years. Even if it is just a city gate pavilion, there are magnificent carved beams and painted buildings, and rows of cornices and arches, which are indeed very shocking for those who come here for the first time.

The Huang family came once ten years ago to send Huang Chang to participate in the Kunlun Mountain Worship Ceremony. If it weren't for this light, they would not have been able to run to the capital thousands of miles away from home in their lives. And although the Chen family and the Xue family were much better off than the Huang family's before, they had never gotten similar opportunities, and they were amazed.

However, like all outsiders who came here for the first time and did not want others to see them as dirt buns, they controlled their emotions after the initial surprise, and even when they passed under the hole in the city gate, which was more than 100 steps long and more than 10 feet high, they seemed to be indifferent.

Only Huang Zhao didn't care about these, he heard that the top of the cave was engraved with a spell passed by the immortal master's power, which could drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, so he rode on a small horse and looked up stupidly all the way, if he wasn't supported by Huang Xu in time, he would almost fall down.

However, no one laughed at her, including those gate guards, who were used to it, and when they saw this, they kindly reminded her: it is better to sit tight when you go out of the city gate, and don't really fall down.

Huang Zhao was puzzled, but when he walked out of the long tunnel of the city gate cave and saw the scene outside, he really let out a big exclamation, if he hadn't grabbed the reins in advance, he might really fall off the horse.

- Actually, it's nothing, it's just that the cityscape of Hokyo is different from other places. Where Huang Zhao grew up, including Baonan, the largest city she has ever seen, most of the cities are bungalows, and occasionally there is a small second floor, which is generally relatively low, that is, "lying on the ground".

And here in Hojing, there are no houses with less than three floors on the street, and most of them are four or five floors. There are also several huge towers, each of which is more than 100 feet high, like a man-made mountain. The buildings are connected by a flybridge cableway, and people pass on it, bustling and rubbing shoulders one after another.

The whole city feels like it's "standing", and the streets are relatively narrow, and the sense of oppression is very strong.

"Ahh

Huang Zhao grabbed Huang Chang's arm a little nervously, and the latter patted her helplessly:

"It's okay, just get used to it. Actually, you also came here when you were a child, and probably forgot. ”

For Huang Chang, this kind of scene is of course nothing, if judged by his vision of the "big city" in his previous life, this place is at most a junction of urban and rural areas. In fact, it's really - this is a slum area in the capital of Pickaxe, and the land is tight, so I desperately pile it up.

Those places where the real nobles live, in fact, are still beautiful mountains and rivers, and try to maintain as much natural scenery as possible. For example, Ji Ruo's Water Spirit Palace: Around Yibo Ling Lake, there are no man-made vulgar things outside except for a few palaces, which is called elegance.

Huang Chang's original pavilion is also a beautiful garden, but Huang Zhao clamored to live in a high-rise building. I had no choice but to change my plan temporarily and find another tower-style hotel to live in. asked Huang Zhao for a room on the highest floor before she was quiet.