jdhmnovel Chapter 461
Chapter 461
The two locked eyes, both cautious, before passing each other in mid-air without exchanging a single word.
Chen Xuan knew that the closer he got to Jiangshan City, the center of this land, the more cultivators he would encounter. This was just one; there would be many more to come.
The distance of three thousand li, based on Chen Xuan's top speed, would take less than half an hour.
Moreover, not wanting to be too conspicuous, Chen Xuan deliberately slowed down his flight speed while flying on his sword.
Jiangshan City is an ancient city with an extremely vast area. The city walls are entirely black, about six meters high, and the city gates are ten meters high. Moreover, when viewed from a distance, there are faint fluctuations of array runes on these black city walls.
Seeing such a massive city with array fluctuations, Chen Xuan was deeply impressed by the strength and foundation of the overlord who controlled the region, and became even more cautious.
As is common sense, cultivators' strongholds are usually equipped with many formations to defend against invasions from other places, just like the protective formations of sects in novels I read in my previous life.
Chen Xuan thought for a moment, then waved his hand, and a glass eight-treasure box appeared in his hand. He cast a magic seal, and the people of the four provinces saw through the transparent barrier of the glass eight-treasure box the magnificent black city in the distance below, which resembled a black Great Wall.
Everyone who saw this city was utterly stunned, for such a city was unlike anything seen in history.
Moreover, as Chen Xuan approached, caravans of varying sizes soon appeared on the road below.
Yes, when we arrived near Jiangshan City, we found that it wasn't just one or two merchants gathered there, but rather rows and rows of caravans.
These caravans came from various trading groups within the jurisdiction of Jiangshan City. They traveled between different tribes and smaller tribes to trade, collect goods, and pay tribute.
As the overlord of this land, the Jiang clan naturally had to collect taxes from some of the medium and large tribes under their command to consolidate their rule.
Of course, there were also scattered groups of people from small tribes in the caravan. They traveled in pairs, mostly from several neighboring tribes. They would also travel together to Jiangshan City to exchange or trade any rare treasures or extremely precious medicinal herbs they had found.
As Chen Xuan approached, he saw a group of slaves with their hands bound by hemp ropes. They wore straw tags in their hair and were mostly young and beautiful girls, as well as strong and powerful men. Judging from their clothing, they came from a tribe.
The people, their hands bound with rope, walked with dejected expressions and no hope in their eyes.
Chen Xuan was also somewhat puzzled by these things, but his current goal was to enter Jiangshan City to explore suitable territories for his people to live in, and he had no time to analyze other matters for the time being.
After landing, Chen Xuan strolled towards the main gate of Jiangshan City.
Compared to the scale of Blackwood City, Jiangshan City was a complete descent into a new dimension for them.
The gate, built of black stone and standing 10 meters high, was guarded by dozens of military officers in black armor. Each of them exuded a powerful aura and possessed extraordinary strength, wielding weapons that were all finely forged.
Although their eyes were calm, they exuded an aura that was unquestionable and brooked no challenge.
Moreover, with Chen Xuan's perception, he immediately sensed that there was a master of the Foundation Establishment Realm sitting in the pavilion above the city wall.
Chen Xuan stood in line, wearing a ring that had been shrunk from a glass treasure box.
Of course, Chen Xuan is essentially doing a live stream now, except that the device he's using has changed from a mobile phone to a glass eight-treasure box.
People from the four provinces had never seen such a bustling and prosperous ancient city.
They were immediately filled with excitement and vowed that if the people of Longxia found a place to live and stabilized in the future, they would definitely go to Jiangshan City to travel around and see more of its wonders and strange events.
"Line up in a queue, no noise, no cutting in line. If you want to enter my Jiangshan City, each of you must pay ten sheepskins or their equivalent. Otherwise, you will be trespassing on Jiangshan City, and if caught, it will be a capital offense!"
At the main gate of the city, a soldier dressed in black armor and holding a long spear spoke in a deep voice to the long lines of soldiers.
When Chen Xuan heard this, he was slightly taken aback. Entering Blackwood City only required one sheepskin, while entering Jiangshan City required paying ten sheepskins or equivalent goods based on the number of people.
Just think about it, such a vast territory, with countless scattered tribes, they need to pay ten sheepskins as an entry fee to enter Jiangshan City. Over a year, the income from this alone is immeasurable.
Chen Xuan secretly clicked his tongue in amazement, and also planned in his heart that after he found a suitable place to live, he would definitely gather the people and build a huge city belonging to the Longxia people, and collect tolls or something to supplement the financial needs.