Chapter 172
Five days passed in a flash.
Between the towering mountains, the rugged mountain roads twist and turn.
A jet-black dragon horse galloped on the mountain road, stirring up clouds of dust. The rider on the horse was Gu Cheng.
The destination of this trip was Tieyun City, which was about ten days away from Qingshan County.
If it was a flat place like Tianshui County, it would take at most three days to reach the destination with the speed of the dragon horse traveling thousands of miles a day.
Unfortunately, the mountains in Chongshan County were high and the roads were dangerous, and there were few waterways. The dragon horse had the ability to ride the waves, but it had no place to use it. It could only walk slowly on this rugged mountain road.
Along the way, from time to time, there were spiritual cultivators driving flying demon servants flying from the horizon.
Gu Cheng looked up and envied him.
It was not that he did not have a suitable flying demon servant. The Linghai Jiaolong was an excellent mount that could travel thousands of miles a day and was able to roam on land, sea and air.
Unfortunately, only one right claw of the dragon has been sacrificed, not to mention flying with people, even soaring into the sky is impossible.
If the dragon servant can be sacrificed to a complete form, and fly directly on the dragon, how majestic and domineering would it be if the body of a hundred feet long covered the sky and soared above the nine heavens? !
Thinking of this, Gu Cheng couldn't help but sink his mind into the sea of consciousness, looking at the phantom of the dragon entrenched in it, and his desire to sacrifice it completely became stronger.
Until dusk.
A magnificent city appeared at the end of the field of vision in the afterglow of the sunset, which was the purpose of his trip-Tieyun City.
Gu Cheng rode on a dragon horse, stepped on the golden sunset, and walked all the way to the city gate.
In front of the city gate, several guards were yawning boredly and chatting.
Seeing someone galloping towards them, they immediately became alert, stood up straight, and looked at the person.
This young man in black was alone, wearing luxurious clothes, and the dragon horse under his crotch was even more majestic. At first glance, he was a rich young man who went out to gain experience and travel the world.
Such fat sheep, the guards have seen many of them in Tieyun City...
"This young man, you look unfamiliar, but is this your first time in Tieyun City?"
A strong man who seemed to be the head of the guards stepped forward a few steps, blocked Gu Cheng's way, and said with a fake smile:
"Our Tieyun City has strict rules. If you want to enter the city, you have to pay a city entrance fee first, so that the brothers can work with peace of mind, right?"
Gu Cheng heard this, without even raising his eyelids, just spit out one word coldly:
"Get lost!"
Before he finished speaking, a terrifying pressure, like a raging sea, instantly enveloped the guards.
The air seemed to freeze. The strong pressure made the guards' breath choke and their legs go weak, as if they would be crushed into meat patties in the next second!
"Xiantian... Xiantian Grandmaster?!"
The guard leader's face was pale, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
He never thought that this seemingly ordinary young man in front of him would have such a terrifying cultivation!
"Sir... please spare my life! I have offended you and I am so blind. Please forgive me!"
The guards' legs went weak and they knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged bitterly.
Gu Cheng snorted coldly, without even looking at them, and rode away on his dragon horse, leaving only dust all over the ground and trembling guards.
This little episode did not affect Gu Cheng's mood.
He passed through the towering city gate and stepped into the interior of Tieyun City.
As soon as he entered the city, a strong mixed smell hit him in the face.
The smell of sweat, blood, and all kinds of strange spices mixed together, making Gu Cheng frown, as if he was in a noisy and chaotic foreign market.
It was completely different from the orderly, fresh and elegant atmosphere of Tianshui City.
This Tieyun City was simply a beast with a bloody mouth, full of primitive wildness and chaos.
The wide streets were crowded with people, but there was no order at all.
The streets and alleys were full of fierce warriors, and the number of warriors here was far more than all the towns Gu Cheng had visited before.
Most of them were dressed in shorts, with knotty muscles and sharp eyes. They wore various weapons around their waists and exuded a strong murderous aura.
From time to time, warriors would quarrel over trivial matters, and draw their swords at each other. The flashing of swords and the shouting of killing were deafening. Others could not avoid them, but they were used to it.
On the roadside, ragged slaves were chained together and sold like livestock.
Among them, there were young and beautiful women and tall and strong men, but their eyes were numb and empty, as if they had lost their souls.
The sounds of hawking, quarreling, and the collision of weapons intertwined, forming a chaotic and wild urban symphony.
"This broken place is really messy, the wholeA fantasy version of "Night City"..."
Gu Cheng looked around and secretly complained in his heart. The "simple folk customs" style of Tieyun City even made him feel like he was traveling through time again.
He had a very bad first impression of this city. If it weren't for something important, he really wanted to burn this broken place to ashes.
Although Tieyun City was chaotic, it was quite large. The roads inside were interconnected, like a maze.
Gu Cheng wandered around here for a while, but couldn't find where to go to get information about the monsters.
He rode a majestic dragon horse, which was particularly eye-catching among a group of hurried warriors, just like a spark in the dark night, and soon attracted some malicious eyes...
"This young man, you look unfamiliar. I'm afraid it's not your first time in Tieyun City? "
A slick voice came from the side.
Gu Cheng looked sideways and saw a thin black-faced boy standing beside him with a smile. There was a hideous black spider tattooed on his arm, which was waving its claws and teeth in the dim light.
"I grew up in Tieyun City and know this place well,"
The black-faced boy took two steps forward and offered himself:
"If you don't mind, I can be your guide and take you around?"
"Oh?"
Gu Cheng glanced at the tattoo on the boy's arm and smiled calmly:
"Then I'll have to trouble you, little brother. "
As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom and threw it over carelessly.
The black-faced boy quickly caught the silver, with an even more flattering smile on his face, and diligently led the way for Gu Cheng.
The boy led Gu Cheng through the twists and turns of Tieyun City, seemingly introducing the customs and practices of the city enthusiastically, but in fact, he led him to a remote place intentionally or unintentionally.
When the people around saw the spider tattoo on the boy's arm, they looked at Gu Cheng with a playful and teasing look, as if they were watching a good show whose ending was already known.
About half an hour later.
I don't know where he turned. After many turns, the black-faced boy led Gu Cheng to a secluded and deep alley.
The towering walls on both sides were like a cage, cutting the sky into a line, oppressing people to the point of suffocation.
In a flash, seven or eight figures rushed out of the alley like wolves, surrounding Gu Cheng.
These people were all big and strong, with fierce faces. Without exception, they had the same spider pattern tattooed on their arms. Their fierce eyes were like poisoned blades. At first glance, they were a group of extremely vicious people.
"Do I look too easy to bully, or do the people in Tieyun City like to die like this? "
Gu Cheng looked around, and a sense of helplessness rose in his heart.
It seems that too high a level of spiritual cultivation is not always a good thing.
His control over his spiritual thoughts has reached the state of returning to nature, his aura is completely restrained, and with the disguise of "bone alien", he is just an ordinary rich boy in the eyes of others.
Such means are naturally invincible in a peaceful place like Tianshui City.
But in Tieyun City, where good and bad people are mixed and bully the weak and fear the strong, it has become the source of trouble...