Chapter 113 NPC and Chang'an City

Du Cihuai took his junior sister Ling Xuan on a cloud flight to the Taiyin Sect's headquarters with ease, and then teleported to Chang'an City via a teleportation array.

As soon as I got out of the teleportation array, I saw a huge red flag. Behind the flag waving in the wind, I could see a very tall building. The building had a strange style, consisting of white walls, red pillars, and green tiles. It was magnificent, standing in the distance like a towering mountain.

This distant view, coupled with the flags standing at the city gate, was originally a very solemn scene, but...

The pattern of this flag is a bit special. On the red cloth, there is a golden, crooked and messy line, and on the left side of the line is a five-pointed star of the same color.

Du Cihuai saw Ling Xuan staring at the flag in a daze, scratched his head, and introduced: "It is said that this is called the 'Shenglong Dage (Shenglong Hiccup) Flag'. It is the flag of their Chang'an Sheyi. The dot in the middle of the two circles is the eyes, the top is the two horns, and the four short lines below are claws. It looks like a dragon, so it is called this name."

"What a weird name, um... it looks weird too."

"It's okay. You'll understand after staying here for a while. They're pretty nice people, but they're always weird and won't even walk properly. By the way, since we're in Chang'an City, we must try the milk tea at YaYa Milk Tea Shop!"

Du Cihuai said as he dragged Ling Xuan to a simple shop near the flag to queue up. The shop looked shabby on the outside, but the queue was several meters long, and it seemed very popular.

"Duck Duck Milk Tea Shop?"

"It's a milk tea shop opened by a fellow Taoist. They sell all kinds of drinks. I heard they've also added dim sum recently. I'd like to bring you over to try them together!"

Du Cihuai introduced: "And the one over there, the one with a lot of people, is a hot pot restaurant, but it is closed at this time. The Taoist friend who runs the hot pot restaurant is very lazy and only opens at noon every day! And that one sells fried dumplings, and the one next to it is a barbecue restaurant. Barbecue restaurants are similar to hot pot restaurants and are also open in the afternoon and evening. Don’t look at the houses in this area. They are all shabby, but they are all prime shops! And I heard that they are already planning to renovate and rebuild, and they will build a food street at the city gate to facilitate their "investment"!

"Junior sister, you still don't know what 'xiaben' means, right? There is an illusion over there at the cold pond. Once you enter it, you will randomly encounter low-level demons from the Nine Netherworlds. It is said that because that place is a passage out of the Nine Netherworlds, the Taiyin disciples use this method to guard this passage."

Ling Xuan listened with great interest, but couldn't help but complain: "Brother, you... you seem to have only come once? Why do you feel like you're almost back home?"

Du Cihuai said proudly: "Don't tell me, I actually bought a pre-sale apartment in Chang'an City! The price is not expensive, the cheapest 'apartment' is only a dozen spirit stones! A better townhouse is only a hundred spirit stones, which is equivalent to the price of a low-grade yellow-level spirit weapon. It's a good deal!"

"So cheap!?" Ling Xuan was shocked for a moment, then asked in confusion: "Wait, what is a pre-sale property? What are 'apartments' and townhouses?"

"Pre-sale housing means you first register to buy and raise funds, then build the house based on the registration situation, and then you have to wait for a while before you can get the house. 'Apartments' are... a multi-story house with many rooms on each floor, and they are sold by the room."

"What can you do with a room? Just put a bed there to sleep?"

"No, no, no, it is a room, but a room in the 'apartment' is not like a disciple's room in our sect that only has one bedroom. Instead, it is a room composed of many compartments, so the space is very large!"

"What about the townhouse?"

"Look, that's the townhouse!"

Du Cihuai pointed to a row of houses in the distance that were unique, strange, and simple in style, and said.

It still had white walls, green tiles and red painted pillars, which looked grand and simple, but the style was different from any style Ling Xuan had seen in Guangcheng Sect.

“Is this also one household per house?”

"Of course not. Look at the courtyard gate. Each courtyard gate corresponds to a household. The entire three floors are together!"

“That’s really cheap!”

As Ling Xuan said this, she had long forgotten that in the mortal towns, a complete courtyard house only cost a dozen taels of silver.

"Right! And I've asked around, there's a mountain protection formation in Chang'an City, it's very safe! After we buy some milk tea, I'll take you to get a temporary residence permit. It's very inconvenient without it!"

"Temporary residence permit? Identity jade badge?"

"A temporary residence permit is a permit for temporary residence in Chang'an City. It doesn't matter if you don't apply for it, but after applying for it, you can enjoy various welfare benefits in Chang'an City, such as free public transportation... Well, although we monks don't need it, there is also free library borrowing qualification. The library is a huge library in Chang'an City. There are hundreds of cultivation secrets and various magic formulas in it, and there are even more books of various kinds. There are more than a thousand books in total, and it is said that the number is still increasing!"

This time, Ling Xuan was really surprised: "Hundreds of cultivation secrets and manuals on magic techniques!?"

"That's right, completely free! You didn't expect that, did you? But they are all low-level ones, and those below the Jindan stage are fine to use. Although there are many above the Jindan stage, they are not open to the public, and you have to apply for them based on your cultivation level."

Ling Xuan looked confused: "But this... Aren't they afraid of being stolen?"

Du Cihuai said with admiration: "I asked this question, and they said, 'Only communication can create value.' If it weren't for the fact that the cultivation secrets and spells above the Jindan stage are too dangerous, I'm afraid they would make all the secrets public!"

The two chatted and soon it was their turn in the queue.

"Hello, senior. I want a cup of honey peach green tea, full sugar and ice. Junior sister, which one do you want to try?"

"I..." Ling Xuan looked at the dazzling menu on the counter, hesitated for a long time, and decided to try the taste of her senior brother: "I want a cup of honey peach green tea too!"

"Then let's have two cups of honey peach green tea, both with full sugar and ice! Thank you for your help, senior!"

Ling Xuan looked at Du Cihuai strangely, somewhat confused by her senior brother's polite attitude.

The two had been in the same school for many years and had a tacit understanding. Du Cihuai whispered in secret: "This employee of the milk tea shop is a thousand-year-old demon! His Taoism is amazing!"

"Thousand-year-old... great demon!?"

Ling Xuan opened her eyes wide, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"That's right! And if you see a cat that hasn't transformed yet and stops you and talks to you when you enter the city, you must be careful, because it's the head of the police in Chang'an City! There are many demon cultivators in Chang'an City!"