"Is the watch still ticking?" Xu Chen glanced at the women's mechanical watch on Wang Li's wrist and asked curiously. Both Tianquan Star and Earth experience day and night cycles. It was all daytime, which was a bit unusual for him. Therefore, he had to pay even closer attention to the passage of time than he did on Earth.
"It's spinning, it's probably around nine o'clock now."
"Let's rest first." Like the others, the two each received a jade token from the guiding disciple and entered the hotel. After being scanned by a light screen, the unmanned hotel confirmed their identities, automatically arranged rooms for Wang Li and Xu Chen, and displayed the information on their jade tokens.
"1025, Chenchen, what's your room number?"
“1027…” Xu Chen was a little helpless. That’s the downside of these intelligent things. Whether you’re a fellow traveler or a couple, you’re randomly assigned. What Xu Chen didn’t know was that there were high-end hotels in Qilin City managed by top-tier artificial intelligence. They were just hired to help out. Xuandao Sect certainly wouldn’t book such hotels for its employees.
"Chenchen, do you remember Jack Ma's unmanned hotel?"
"I remember, it was in Hangzhou, I think."
"Yes, yes, now it looks exactly the same as this." The two pressed the elevator button, and to their surprise, after the elevator doors opened, a small teleportation array materialized inside. The mysterious pattern and dark purple light filled the elevator with a quiet atmosphere. After the two stepped onto the teleportation array, four large characters appeared in front of them: one side was "Immediately" and the other side was "Color." Wang Li curiously pointed to the color, and the light of the teleportation array turned golden yellow.
"Now I take back what I just said. Everything here is too advanced." Even though Wang Li didn't understand what the light array under her feet was for, she could easily guess that it was related to getting them to their rooms.
Xu Chen tapped the button, and the two figures disappeared from their original positions. A second later, they reappeared in their respective rooms.
"How amazing! How advanced!" Wang Li cheered at the door. She hadn't even felt anything before she was already at the door of the room.
"Go inside and rest, Lili." Xu Chen walked to Wang Li's side. Wang Li tapped the jade token lightly, and the door disappeared. The two stepped directly into the room.
After entering the room, the two checked out the various advanced equipment again. Xu Chen also paid his dues. The couple felt refreshed and rested for a while before heading to the venue.
Upon arriving at their destination, the two looked around and were shocked not only by Wang Li's presence but also by Xu Chen's astonishment at the grand scale of the Xuandao Sect.
"Shocked, aren't you? Two aliens." The two disciples of the Xuandao Sect smiled when they saw Xu Chen and Wang Li standing there dumbfounded, and then teased the two of them.
"How did you know...?" Wang Li was about to ask a question when she was interrupted by one of the chubby male disciples.
"I can tell just by looking at your ears."
Wang Li touched the device by her ear and realized that's how it works.
Xu Chen, who was "naive and inexperienced", took the opportunity to inquire about the overall situation of the venue.
The female disciple, Bailu, nodded and softly explained the venue arrangements to Xu Chen and Wang Li. After her explanation, Xu Chen and Wang Li understood the general layout. They exchanged greetings with clasped hands, and the young couple followed Bailu's instructions to head towards the logistics department.
The entire venue was a circle, with four floating islands in the center. The topmost island housed high-ranking members of the Xuandao Sect, visiting leaders from friendly sects, and the young lady who had chosen a husband through a martial arts contest. The three islands below, revolving around the central axis of the upper island, served as arenas for the martial arts contestants. According to Bailu, these four islands were formed by high-ranking members of the sect collecting and condensing fragments of starlight, specifically designed as high-class viewing platforms and arenas.
The two sighed as they walked to the Logistics Department to collect their badges. The task of the security personnel was actually quite simple: to patrol the venue and prevent any disturbances. After all, there were seats for 170,000 spectators surrounding the four small islands. Of course, this number also symbolized the age of the sect leader's daughter, who was 170 years old.
"Chenchen, how beautiful must this young lady be to attract so many people to join in the fun?" Wang Li took out a camera from her storage bag, turned it on, and started snapping photos of the venue while asking Xu Chen. Such an eye-catching scene was definitely worth capturing on camera.
"No matter how pretty she is, she can't compare to you." Xu Chen rubbed Wang Li's head and waited for her to finish taking pictures before the two of them familiarized themselves with the venue again.
"Hmph, that's a decent answer." Wang Li put down her camera and playfully punched Xu Chen's chest with her little fist. It wasn't officially the start yet, but quite a few people had already arrived. Most of them were disciples of the Xuandao Sect and workers like Xu Chen and Wang Li filling vacancies, while a small number were curious visitors who had come to observe first.
"These seats are almost transparent, and it seems like there's water flowing inside." Wang Li squatted down and touched the seats; the texture was somewhat like metal and a little cold.
"Because these seats were made with magic, they will disappear with a wave of someone's hand."
"Magic? Chenchen, are you saying... that someone can make these 100,000+ seats appear out of thin air with a wave of their hand, and then just as easily disappear?"
“Yes.” Xu Chen was about to continue talking about the peculiarities he had observed in the venue when Wang Li said with a pained expression, “Chenchen, I’m so hungry.”
"Let's eat first, then we can take a walk. After that, we'll consider our mission for today complete."
When will the martial arts contest for marriage begin?
"The day after tomorrow." Xu Chen thought about the time that his female disciple Bai Lu had just told him, then asked Xiao Bai, converted it to Earth time, and told Wang Li.
"Let's go out and have some fun after we get our wages." Wang Li had also checked the pay list. It was 500 Galaxy Coins a day. Although she didn't know exactly what she could buy or do with it, she figured it was about the same as 300 China Coins.
"Lili, are you sure?"
Seeing that Xu Chen was a little stunned, Wang Li realized that she might have said something wrong. "W-what...is it...is the money too little?"
"Imagine the purchasing power of 5,000 Chinese yuan on Earth."
"So many? No way..."
Xu Chen nodded, and then explained the current situation of Galaxy Coins to Wang Li. Although he only had a vague understanding of it, with Xiao Bai, the know-it-all, there was still a way to answer Wang Li's questions.
"I see, then I definitely want to go out and play. Look at those big birds in the sky, I really want to ride them." Wang Li was a little confused, but her determination to go out and play remained unchanged.
Xu Chen smiled and nodded. After the two of them finished their patrol and collected their payment, they returned to the city.
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