Chapter 1288 Entering the City

Looking at the towering city walls stretching endlessly beyond the end of his vision in the distance in the dark night, the huge city was beyond Shen Hao's prior imagination.

In the Miscellaneous Notes about the City of Death that Shen Hao has read in the past, when it is mentioned that the City of Death is generally described as a "giant city", there is no detailed description, and there is no analogy. Shen Hao has always regarded the City of Death as a similar In a big port like Fengri City or Xinliang City.

But now it seems that he still knows less.

Who said that the largest city in the world must be the Tianlan Imperial City in the Jingjiu Dynasty? Who said that Dabu must only be the size of Fengri City or Xinliang City?

Anyway, it was the first time for Shen Hao to see the long city wall that stretched beyond the end of his field of vision from left to right, and the length of a single side was estimated to be no less than fifty miles.

"It's huge, isn't it? Wushi City sits on an entire peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the side that connects to the land is all formed by formations. The strength is no worse than the outer wall of the Jingjiu Palace. The entire Wushi City is almost the same size. It is about the size of the three Tianlan imperial cities. It is the real largest city."

The entire peninsula is regarded as a city, which is naturally unmatched.

Another thing that surprised Shen Hao was that even though it was already late at night, there was still no need for strict screening when entering the city. Neither the identity nor the accompanying items were checked. It was even unnecessary to register the name or the purpose of the visit at the city gate. , you only need to pay enough taxes to enter the city.

However, according to Shen Hao's observation, except that they need to pay one or two low-grade spirit stones as a high city entry tax, those caravans queuing up to enter the city with goods or hawkers carrying baskets on their backs do not need to pay the city entry tax. .

The moment he entered the city gate, Shen Hao frowned. He noticed an unusual smell lingering around him, or it could be said to be filling the entire city of Wushi.

"It's a poisonous miasma." Lin Dashan smiled and introduced to Shen Hao: "The poisonous miasma has been raging in Wushi City all year round. It rises from the underground palace and spreads throughout the city. Moreover, this poisonous miasma is very strange, and it does little damage to ordinary people. It can be ignored, but as the cultivation level grows, the poisonous miasma will be more harmful. It’s okay on the ground, but it will feel uncomfortable. It’s just a layer of true energy barrier. After a long time, you will get used to the poisonous miasma. There are also many people. But it is not so easy under the underground palace."

Shen Hao nodded and didn't say much. He was aware of the poisonous miasma in the underground palace of the City of Death, but he did not expect that it would spread to the ground. You must know that this period of time is the day when the underground palace is about to open. It is reasonable to say that it is the mildest time of the year. If it is on weekdays, how strong will it be?

So it's no wonder that Lin Dashan said before that "the monks in the city of vain death are better able to adapt to the poisonous miasma environment".

After entering the city, a group of people were familiar with the roads and walked in the city. The destination was the temporary residence uniformly arranged by the city of Wushi, which was a camp near the entrance of the underground palace.

That's right, it's not a restaurant or an inn, but a camp. Who made the City of Dead Dead so huge? There are still woodland hills inside the city walls, and the place near the underground palace is not a place where you can usually walk around. A large area is enclosed, which can be used for guarding and also for the exploration of the underground palace that comes every year. Set aside a place to camp.

The distance is quite far, and it will take a lot of time to walk there, but Shen Hao just took this opportunity to see more of the scenery in the city of Wushi.

To be honest, the buildings along the streets in Wushi City are actually similar in style to the ones Shen Hao has seen in the major cities in the Jingjiu Dynasty, at most there are some barbarian styles interspersed in them, and there is not much novelty on the whole.

There are many people on the street. It's so much that it makes people wonder if it's late at night.

Some people got drunk and collapsed on the side of the road, and a group of people laughed and rummaged through their pockets, and even dragged people into the alleys like dead dogs.

Those who fought with their fists, those who hooked their shoulders and laughed, even many shops were not closed, and they were still open with their doors open.

"Private fights are not allowed in the city of death, but spells are not allowed on the street, and no one cares about head-to-head punching. If you want to divide life and death, you must go to the life-and-death ring. Those who collect the spirit stones will then have a referee in the middle, and no one will be allowed to die. Come down. If you use spells to break the rules on the street, the disciples patrolling the streets of the three leaders will punish you and ruin your property, and if you fail to pay the punishment, you will lose your life."

At first glance, the rules in the dead city seem to be "you can do whatever you want if you have money, and the worst is to pay for it", but if you think about it carefully, you will find that this is exactly "squeeze out the oily ones first, and chop off the head if there is no oily water", unless the fist can Big enough to fight against the three chiefs, otherwise, how much money would have to live here with their tails between their legs.

But don't think that the ordinary people here are in dire straits because of the chaos in the city, but the fact is just the opposite.

Heishui's spies here have made detailed reports on the plight of ordinary people in the City of Death. That is, there are many strict protection rules for the ordinary people in the city. Anyone who dares to have ill intentions towards the ordinary people in the city will also receive the most severe punishment. It is precisely because of these protective measures that the ordinary people in the city of the dead can still survive and do business normally under the watchful eyes of the barbarians, evil monks, and thugs.

Another impression is that there are really many monks here. Maybe it was because of the late night, except for the people who were traveling by car and horses, there were almost no ordinary people on the road, and the rest were all monks, which was not seen in the big cities in the Jingjiu Dynasty.

Although they were walking on two legs, the worst cultivation of the group was at the seventh level of the Yuandan realm. The speed of their feet was actually not much slower than that of a galloping horse. After walking through the city for two sticks of incense, they reached a pass. The interrogation here is much stricter than when passing through the city gate.

Registered the name and cultivation level, but did not register the sect to which he belonged, and just showed the dead city order.

After passing this checkpoint, there is a hilly area, and the vision can't extend very far between the ups and downs. In addition to the darkness of the night, you can only vaguely see the faint fire lights between some hills.

"Deacon Shen, the Great Elder asked me to pick you up."

As soon as Shen Hao passed the pass, a monk wearing a golden sword guard robe came over immediately, bowed and cupped his hands to show his intention after a distance of one foot.

"The Great Elder is here? Who else are there?"

"Return to Deacon, besides the First Elder, there are also Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder and Sixth Elder here." Jin Jianwei had a very respectful attitude, and told the masters who came from Fenghong Villa this time.

Shen Hao nodded, turned his head to say hello to Lin Dashan, and then followed this Jin Jianwei to walk in. No matter what, he needed to meet with the people from Fenghong Villa first, the etiquette still had to be met, and after that He also needs the shelter of Fenghong Villa to enter the underground palace.

But what Shen Hao didn't expect was that this time it wasn't the second elder Duan Jue leading the team, but the first elder.