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Chapter 139: Old Friend
🕑 Added 2025-03-15 10:04:01 +0000 UTC“Master, should we first find a place for the sect to stay and build up the foundation of the sect? Then we can consider opening the gates and recruiting more disciples.” Dugu Bo, who had solved the problem of his granddaughter’s poisoning and was completely relieved, recalled what Sun Zhongjing said about the sect’s initial establishment and the need for development, so he asked.
“Hahaha, don’t worry about the sect’s headquarters.” Sun Zhongjing smiled and waved his hand, saying, “Earlier, an old friend sent a letter to invite me to form an alliance. Now that so much time has passed, I believe he must have prepared everything.”
“Old friend?” Dugu Bo was a little confused. What kind of person could be called an old friend by the clan leader and be treated as an equal.
Although he was puzzled, he did not ask any more questions. After all, he would know what was going on when he got there.
Next.
Sun Zhongjing led the grandfather and grandson, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and headed for the place where the so-called old friend was.
As for the Medicine King Hall in Tiandou City, he had already told the remaining apprentices to maintain it during his absence. Anyway, these apprentices who came from medical families, although their medical skills were not very advanced in his opinion, were still able to treat some minor illnesses easily.
After several days of traveling.
Sun Zhongjing, along with Dugu Bo and his grandson, finally arrived at their destination.
There is a magnificent city before our eyes!
Above the tall and heavy city gate, there is a huge bluestone plaque with three large characters engraved on it – Baiyun City!
“Is this Baiyun City?!”
Dugu Bo’s eyes widened, and he could not help but say in surprise: “The old friend you are talking about, could it be Ye Cheng, the Lord of Baiyun City? So you know him.”
“Haha, when I first met him, this young man was not the Lord of Baiyun City, but just a little Soul Master. He was seriously injured and fainted on the roadside. I couldn’t bear it, so I took him home to treat him…” Sun Zhongjing showed a look of nostalgia and said with emotion: “I didn’t expect that only more than ten years have passed, and this kid has grown to where he is now.”
“…”
Dugu Yan couldn’t help but widen her eyes, obviously wanting to hear more gossip about Ye Cheng. After all, for a girl of his age, Ye Cheng, who had reached the pinnacle of soul master in his twenties, was simply a living legend. It was inevitable that she would feel admiration for him.
It Is human nature to yearn for the strong.
What’s more, Ye Cheng is not only strong, but most importantly, he is handsome. His extremely deceptive and abstinent handsome face is simply the perfect template of the dream lover for countless young girls.
Dugu Yan is naturally one of them.
Because of Ye Cheng’s example, other boys of the same age inevitably pale in comparison. Whenever a boy showed his affection to Dugu Yan, she would subconsciously compare him with Ye Cheng. The result was naturally a disastrous defeat.
So Yu Tianheng, who was pursuing her and was from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, should have gotten her by now. But because Dugu Yan’s standards had become higher, he still hadn’t gotten a response. He had completely become a dog who couldn’t get what he wanted.
It can only be said that the butterfly effect has already begun to spread quietly when Ye Cheng began to stir up the situation.
“Come on, let’s go in.”
Sun Zhongjing didn’t say anything more, which disappointed Dugu Yan a little, but because she was not familiar with him, she didn’t dare to ask any more questions. Instead, she walked slowly towards the tall city gate with curiosity and excitement.
There were many people coming in and out of the wide and tall city gate. There were several guards guarding the gate. Surprisingly, they were all soul masters. And they were all soul masters at the soul master level!
This surprised Dugu Yan. You know, in other places, soul masters at the soul master level can even become small nobles in some remote small kingdoms.
As a result, he is now just a guard guarding the city gate.
Just from here, we can see how profound the foundation of Baiyun City is.
However, when Dugu Yan thought about who the owner of this city was, she immediately no longer found it strange.
After all, this was the city built by the Limit Douluo who was at the top of the world. Although he called himself the city lord, the status of Baiyun City was no different from that of a kingdom.
Although it is located in the territory of the Tiandou Empire, the Tiandou Empire has no control over this place, so this place is actually equivalent to a country within a country!
After paying the entrance fee, the three of them officially walked into the city gate and arrived at Baiyun City.
The first impression that comes into view is that it is bustling and lively!
Although the surrounding buildings are all brand new, their styles are very unique, with a sense of historical beauty. These are just residential buildings, and it is hard to imagine what the city lord’s mansion and the places where those high-ranking officials live would be like.
The pedestrians walking by the roadside all had a calm look on their faces, which was completely different from the common people Dugu Yan had seen in other places in the past. The people here seemed very comfortable, without any sense of cowering under the oppression of the nobles.
Although their clothes are not very bright and beautiful, they look decent. The surrounding streets are also very clean, and from time to time you can see some special cleaners cleaning up the dead leaves from the trees planted on the roadside and other citizens’ domestic garbage.
Even in Tiandou City, which is known as the capital of the empire and the foot of the emperor, except for the main streets which are clean and bright, other places are simply synonymous with dirtiness and chaos, especially those slums where civilians gather.
Dugu Yan walked in once and was so sick that she couldn’t eat for three days.
The people there didn’t take a bath, and even dumped their excrement and other excrement randomly. It was like they were in two different worlds from the people in the noble district. She was very surprised why these people were in Tiandou City? Or why there was such a slum in Tiandou City?
But it was different in Baiyun City. The place they walked into from the city gate should belong to the civilian area. But the feeling here was unexpectedly not what civilians should have. Especially the further they walked in, the closer they got to the center of the city, and the better people’s lives became. At the same time, the various buildings were becoming more and more high-end!
Standing on the bluestone slabs, the three of them blended into the crowd and were not very conspicuous. At most, some people who were close to them recognized Sun Zhongjing’s identity and were a little surprised.
Baiyun City is very large. It would take at least several days to walk from the outer civilian area to the inner high-rise area. In addition, the terrain of the city is very complex, and it is easy to get lost if you don’t know the way.
The three of them simply hired a carriage to carry them to the inner area.
