Chapter 514 Expensive Dragon Gate Fee

After leaving the porridge shop, Yun Qimu finally had a panoramic view of the Han Dynasty's capital.

It was completely different from the bright and beautiful city she had imagined. The streets were filled with a gray and dilapidated scene.

The house is short and small, with a shabby appearance and a rotten gate. Even the big red lantern hanging on the door has lost its color. It is unknown how many years it has been used. Only the street is still neat and clean.

Walking from the porridge shop to the city gate, there are of course some decent houses along the way, but although these houses are large and you can still see the scenery of the past, the doors and walls appear to be in disrepair and shabby due to improper maintenance.

Only shops open for business would put up a relatively new banner in front of their door as a sign.

People passing by were all wearing coarse linen clothes, almost all of which were gray and black, and some were even patched, making them look simple and poor. Even young girls in their prime were rarely seen wearing bright colors. Gray and black were their uniform tones. It was hard to imagine that these were the people living in the royal capital.

The foresighted Yun Qimu changed into a gray outfit and blended in well.

There was no bustle, no smoke from cooking, and even few children. The only sound was the particularly harsh sound of cursing. Almost all the people walking on the streets were poor people who were in a hurry to come and go, and some people like them who were going out of the city to hunt.

Lu Zhong keenly noticed her frown growing tighter and tighter, and introduced her to the area, "This is the civilian area where the common people live. The south of the royal capital is the aristocratic area. It's a completely different world from here."

Upon hearing this, a look of understanding flashed across Yun Qimu's face, which was evident from the extravagant Han Palace he saw last night.

"Then can civilians go south?"

Lu Zhong nodded, "That's fine, but you have to pay the expensive Dragon Gate fee."

Yun Qimu blinked, a look of surprise on his face, "What is the Dragon Gate Fee?"

"A wall was built in the center of the south and north sides of the royal capital, separating the two areas. A gate was opened in the middle to facilitate entry from both sides. This gate was called the Dragon Gate. Commoners who wanted to enter the noble area had to pay a high Dragon Gate fee to be recognized as having successfully made the leap and were eligible to enter the noble area. However, this gate was open to the nobles at will."

Yun Qimu nodded in understanding and sarcastically said, "Oh, overbearing aristocracy."

Lu Zhong looked at her in surprise. He didn't expect that Miss Yun, a noble, would have such an idea. He thought that nobles all felt superior to others.

Lu Zhong couldn't figure it out and attributed it to the fact that perhaps the interstellar nobles outside the Han Dynasty were more easy-going and not so arrogant.

“Hey, isn’t this the old road?”

As soon as I walked out of the city gate, an arrogant and rough voice came from behind.

The people in Lu Zhong tensed up instantly, protecting Lin Nianshuang and Yun Qimu behind them, and then looked vigilantly at the group of people behind them.

Yun Qimu also followed their gaze and looked over curiously.

The team behind had more than ten people, led by a man with long hair and gray clothes, a pale face, and a gloomy expression. His eyes, as cold as poisonous snakes, were particularly conspicuous, and the timid ones hardly dared to look him in the eye.

The two people following behind him were one tall and one thin. The tall one was nearly two meters tall, very big, dark and strong. He stood there like an iron tower, without saying a word.

The thin one looked wretched, and his eyes were even more wretched, his rat eyes staring straight at her face.

He continued as he watched her in fascination, "Hey, Lao Lu, when did you find such a beautiful girl? I'm so envious of your luck."

Lu Zhong raised his brows and shouted in a cold voice, "Cao Shu, watch your eyes."

Cao Shu's wretched face suddenly turned ugly. He averted his gaze and shouted in frustration, "Lu Zhong, how dare you threaten me? Our boss has made friends with the nobles, and our team also works for them. Lao Lu, think carefully. If you offend us, my boss will make sure you don't survive in the capital."

A look of surprise flashed across the faces of several people in Lu Zhong.

Although he was not afraid of those fat-bellied nobles, their special identities meant they could not attract the attention of the nobles, otherwise it would be easily discovered that something was wrong. After all, except Wang Xin, the others were not native residents of the royal capital, and they all got in through "relatives".

Seeing that they were silent, Cao Shu obviously thought they were scared, so he raised his chin, his face full of pride, and looked at Lu Zhong provocatively, "Humph, it's good that you know you're scared. This time, for the sake of Miss Lin and this beautiful girl, I, Lord Cao Shu, will be magnanimous and not bother with you."

The gloomy man standing in front of him glanced at him coldly and said in a hoarse and cold voice, "Let's get to the point."

"Okay, okay, right away, boss." Cao Shu nodded and bowed obsequiously.

After looking towards Luzhong, he straightened his back with an arrogant look and shouted with a smile across the air.

"Miss Nian Shuang, and that beautiful girl, there's no good future for you following this path. Why don't you come and follow us? Our boss is a top-notch person. As long as you follow him, he can recommend you to the nobles. You will also have the opportunity to become a saint of the Divine Favor Religion. Then you can become a person of high rank like the nobles in the south."

"Well, have you thought it through? If you follow Lu Zhong, you'll just be lowly commoners for the rest of your life, unable to even afford a bottle of average nutrient solution. But if you follow us, even if you can't become a saint, hehe, as long as you perform well, you can still enjoy the good life."

Lin Nianshuang put his hands on his hips, glared, and said angrily, "Ah, bah, look at you guys, you have shifty eyes and look like bad guys, you are not good people at first glance, I won't hang out with you."

"Miss Yun, what do you think?" After saying that, she looked towards Yun Qimu, looking for people on the same side.

Yun Qimu was very interested in the saint he mentioned. If she became a saint, she could directly join the Divine Favor Sect.

But now.

Glancing at the furious Lin Nianshuang, she forced a perfect smile and said, "You're right."

Cao Shu's face darkened suddenly. "Don't refuse a toast and then drink a forfeit. Many girls have begged for this opportunity but couldn't get it. If it weren't for your pretty faces, you wouldn't even have this chance."

Lin Nian raised her double chin and said disdainfully, "Then go find another girl. I don't want any of you anyway."

"You" Cao Shu was very angry and cursed in his heart, what a stinky girl who doesn't know how to enjoy life.

If he hadn't looked around and found that there were few people in this civilian area who were more beautiful than Lin Nianshuang, would he still have come to find her?

And the one next to her, with black hair and fair skin, is naturally beautiful. She is prettier than any of the noble ladies in the southern city. I don’t know where he got such good luck on the road, but the girls he picked up are all better than each other.

(End of this chapter)