Chapter 165 - The Ancient Blue Dragon City.
"So, this is the legendary Blue Dragon City." Murmured Ling Chen as he was looking at the majestic and gigantic city from the distance.
Ling Chen couldn't help but stare at the distant Blue Dragon City in shock. Even though he was still dozens of kilometers away, he could already vaguely sense a series of powerful aura emanating from the enormous and towering city as well as a boundless torrent of True Qi energy.
It's already been two weeks since his encounter with the Sun Demi-God. Though it might be dangerous and even a bit reckless, Ling Chen still decided to accept the invitation of the Sun Demi-God to visit her in the Sun God Palace.
The Sun Demi-God already knew his true identity. If she wanted to, she could have leaked it to the other Demi-gods, yet she decided to keep it a secret which kinda baffled Ling Chen.
Maybe she was confident in capturing him by herself as well as taking the Key of the Great Luo Martial Tomb from him.
She also might have a totally different agenda in mind. To sum it up, Ling Chen had no idea what the Sun Demi-God was thinking or her true motive for inviting him to the Sun God Palace.
Nonetheless, he didn't plan on hiding or running away. Just like the Sun Demi-God had her motive for inviting him to the Sun God Palace, he also had his own reason for going there.
Even though he had never fought against a Demi-God rank expert ever since he broke through the peak of the 9th Tribulation Martial Saint, he was very confident of his skills and strength. If he wanted to leave the Sun God Palace, not even the Sun Demi-God herself could stop him from doing so.
As for the Shadow Guard, Ling Chen didn't kill her. After knowing her importance to the Sun Demi-God, killing her would simply be seen as a declaration of war.
Additionally, though he made up his mind to visit the Sun God Palace, he didn't quickly rush there. If he wanted to, he could have made it there in just a single day. However, he didn't. Instead, he took just time by traveling on foot and collecting good karma as he called it.
Even though he really wanted to get some information about the Great Luo Martial God Tomb as well as why they called him a Fateless Monster, Ling Chen still didn't forget the main reason he came to the Heaven Suppression Region. Aside from collecting good karma to speed the growth of the Seven Fruits Of Creation within his sea of consciousness, everything else was secondary.
Unless all the seven fruits were completely matured and ripen, he would never be able to take the last step and breakthrough the legendary Martial God.
Soon, Ling Chen arrived at the gate of the magnificent Blue Dragon City.
"Blue Dragon City". The name of the city was engraved boldly on the top of the towering gate which gave off an ancient and majestic aura.
After arriving at the gate, Ling Chen strolled down into a queue in front of the gate just like the countless people who wanted to enter the city.
There were two guards asking for some gold as a toll to enter the city. They were both Martial King experts. From this fact alone, one could tell that the city was controlled by a strong faction or influence.
"Your trading caravan has a total of 45 people. You need to pay a grand total of 90 gold coins." In front of Ling Chen was a magnificent merchant caravan with all the guards being at the Martial King Realm.
This was the difference between the Heaven Desolate Region and the Heaven Suppression. Here, even a group of merchant caravan's guards had the strength of a Martial King realm.
There was no such thing in the Heaven Desolate Region. Martial King powerhouse in Heaven Desolate Region had high status and wealth. They were all respected. They were either the core disciple of one of the remaining Great influences or an elder.
Some of them were even Kings and had their own domain. One would never see a Martial King powerhouse working as guards for a merchant caravan in the Heaven Desolate Region.
The leader of the caravan handed over ninety pieces of gold coin and then received ninety small wooden plaques from the guards as they entered the city.
After taking care of the merchant caravan, it was finally Ling Chen's turn.
"It's two gold coins." Asked one of the guards as he was looking at Ling Chen who was still disguised as an old Monk with a weird expression on his face.
Without any hesitation, Ling Chen waved his hands and two gold coins appeared in his right hand. When it comes to money, Ling Chen was filthy rich. He was so wealthy that he didn't even know what to do with his immeasurable wealth.
"Alright." Accepting the two gold coins, the guard handed out a wooden plaque to Ling Chen as well which had an intricate beast design on it. Apparently, this wooden plaque was like some sort of identification for visitors. Without it, one couldn't buy anything in the city.
Blue Dragon City could be considered as one of the oldest and the largest cities in the Sun Demi-God's Domain.
This ancient and magnificent city was built by the Long family, one of the Nine Ancient Families of the Sun Demi-God Domain. As such, the city existed even before the reign of the Sun Demi-God.
Even though it was an old city, it did not have a lifeless atmosphere nor was it desolate and abandoned.
On the contrary, Blue Dragon City was bustling and vibrant. Countless warriors inside the City came from all corners of the Sun Demi-God Domain and Heaven Suppression Region.
Even people from different races could be found here, such as powerful Demon Beasts which were able to take human form and beastmen.
Entering the city, one would immediately be met with lively and noisy commotions of the street vendors. In front of the eyes were countless towering pavilions and grand avenues as well as giant buildings with ancient architectures that pierced through the clouds.
The streets were filled with all types of demon beast carriages and horse carriages. Amidst the large crowd, warriors and mortals were mixed together.
With so many people mixed together, this place was sure to be filled with dragons mixed together with snakes.
At this moment, Ling Chen was like a country bumpkin as he was looking around everywhere. He was no different from a peasant seeing a dazzling and magnificent city for the first time.
Can't blame him, it was indeed his first time seeing such an unfathomably ancient city that had existed even before the Sun Demi-God's Era.
When he entered the city, he also felt an abundance of True Qi energy in the area, at the very least three times higher or denser than the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Aside from that, from this short time in the city, he had already seen many powerful Martial Emperor and Martial Sovereign powerhouses walking around in the City.
At this moment, He finally understood why the Heaven Suppression Region was so much powerful than the Heaven Desolate Region.
"It's no wonder that so many warriors dream to come to the Heaven Suppression Region for cultivations. The cultivations environment is much better here compared to the Heaven Desolate Region." He murmured.
Also, because of so many powerful warriors resided here in the Heaven Suppression Region, it was common for conflicts to always happen among the warriors here.
After a few hours of walking around and sightseeing in this grand majestic city, the sun was already dipping behind the horizon. As it was getting late, Ling Chen decided to check into an Inn.