Ch 200: Touring Jinghai City

The crowd followed Zhao Xiangzi’s footsteps and walked all the way to the South City. This place was where low-level cultivators gathered. Unlike the mansions near the City Lord’s Mansion, which were all high-level cultivators, there were various slightly dilapidated and low houses, as well as tall and solid cave dwellings built with strange materials. Obviously, this place was a mixed bag, and the strength of the cultivators varied greatly.

Along the way, the delicacies on the street changed from magnificent wine shops to ordinary taverns and small shops. However, because this place was the capital of Jinghai Star, patrolling soldiers would pass by from time to time, so the security was still very good, and the streets were also very clean, obviously someone cleaned them often.

The South City has a large population, but the streets are narrower than those in the North City, so it appears very crowded. However, Zhao Xiangzi Bai Jinzhu enjoyed it. She would chat with the playing children from time to time, giving them some candy and scattered Light Stones. The children were naturally very happy, calling out “Fairy Sister” non-stop. Zhao Xiangzi also put down the airs of a young miss, grinning and laughing, her eyes narrowed into crescents.

However, Lin Yu, Hua Kong, and Bai Jintong, who had been following behind the two, were very nervous. In addition to the guards who had been following, Bai Jintong also ordered several capable guards to change into civilian clothes and scatter into the crowd, vaguely surrounding the group in the middle.

“Little kid, how old are you!”, Zhao Xiangzi Bai Jinzhu was watching the lights of the shop in front of her, feeling that the lights seemed a little uncommon, when she suddenly noticed a child staring at the preserved meat in her hand. The child had fair skin and deep-set eyes, and his appearance was different from ordinary children, which aroused her interest, so she shook the preserved meat in her hand and asked.

“Ten years old! Oh… nine years old!”, the child scratched his head and said uncertainly.

“Want to eat it?”, Zhao Xiangzi shook the preserved meat in her hand again.

“Want… want!”, the child replied.

“Here, you can have it!”, Zhao Xiangzi handed over the preserved meat in her hand.

“Hehe… thank you…”, just as the child was about to reach out, a woman’s voice suddenly sounded next to him, interrupting his movement.

“Xiao Huan, what are you doing? Don’t disturb this young miss!”, the woman was serving wine to a guest in the shop when she suddenly noticed that her child was about to take something from a young miss with an extraordinary temperament, so she ran out of the shop immediately.

“Mother… preserved meat!”, the child’s eyes showed desire, but he stopped his movements.

“Hurry back and serve wine to the guests!”, the woman was very young, wearing gray clothes. The clothes were a little old, but very neat and clean. She had no makeup on her face, but her skin was clean and fair, her nose was delicate and upturned, and her eyes were like blue glass. Her light red hair was a little messy. It was meal time, and there were many guests in the shop, so she was a little busy.

“Oh!”, the child no longer lingered on the delicious food and turned around and ran back to the shop.

“You are from the West Qin Star Field!”, Zhao Xiangzi said in surprise, looking at the woman in front of her. The West Qin Star Field was extremely far away from Jinghai Star, so there were very few people from the West Qin Star Field on Jinghai Star.

“Young Miss has discerning eyes!”, the woman lowered her head and said respectfully.

“Then does your shop sell delicacies from your place!?”, Zhao Xiangzi immediately became interested.

“Yes! Would Young Miss like to try it?”, the woman asked.

“Okay!”, Zhao Xiangzi readily agreed and pulled Bai Jinzhu into the shop. The shop was relatively ordinary, with the words “Old Qin Delicacies” written on the signboard, and it was impossible to tell that it was from West Qin.

“You guys spread out and guard outside the shop!”, Bai Jintong made arrangements for the guards before following the four into the shop.

At this time, the shop was quite lively, and all the dozen or so tables were occupied by guests. However, the people in the shop were not ignorant. As soon as they saw Zhao Xiangzi Bai Jinzhu’s attire, they knew that they were of noble status. Before the boss could come out to coordinate, someone took the initiative to give up the large table they occupied and went to share a table with others.

To express their gratitude, Zhao Xiangzi Bai Jinzhu gave them ten Light Stones. Those people were a little apprehensive, but they accepted it at Zhao Xiangzi’s insistence.

There were not many dishes in the small shop. The more famous ones were roasted meat, fruit wine, and a kind of fried snack. However, Zhao Xiangzi seemed to have eaten this kind of delicacy before, and ordered all the dishes on the menu. The five of them started eating in the shop.

In Lin Yu’s opinion, the production of these dishes was actually quite rough, but the advantage was that not too many auxiliary materials were added, and the original flavor of the food could be tasted. The few people ate with relish.

Moreover, these wines and foods were not expensive. The five people only spent a few hundred Golden Light Stones. After the few people were full, it was already quite late, but Zhao Xiangzi did not mean to go back. Instead, she wanted to go to Wen Lake, a famous scenic spot in Jinghai City, to enjoy the breeze.

The few people naturally couldn’t resist Zhao Xiangzi, and after leaving the shop, they admired the lights on the roadside while heading towards Wen Lake.

Wen Lake was actually an artificial lake dug out when Jinghai City was built. It has an area of ​​more than 20,000 acres. After tens of thousands of years of operation, there are a large number of manors, farmers, and fishermen around it. It is a place with better scenery and relatively sparse population in Jinghai City.

Wen Lake is in the outer city of Jinghai City, tens of miles away from the inner city where the South City and the City Lord’s Mansion are located. There are not many residents and the land price is not expensive. The City Defense Army put the barracks on the southeast side of Wen Lake, so there is no need to worry about safety.

It’s just that the group walked along the official road for a while, and the buildings on both sides of the road gradually became less and less, and the scenery became a bit monotonous. Only a few rows of artificially planted roadside trees swayed in the night wind, but Zhao Xiangzi didn’t mind, and walked quietly with Bai Jinzhu, looking very enjoying.

“It’s been many years since Zhuzhu has been here!”, Zhao Xiangzi said casually.

“Yes! I was still quite young back then!”, Bai Jinzhu recalled.

“Yes!”, Zhao Xiangzi seemed to be lost in thought and stopped talking.

Seeing that Zhao Xiangzi stopped talking, Bai Jinzhu also stopped talking, just looking at the crescent moon in the sky, following Zhao Xiangzi’s footsteps, walking slowly.

Bai Jintong breathed a sigh of relief. Although this place was desolate, it was safer than the city because it was unobstructed except for the fields and roadside trees, and there were few pedestrians.

Divine Sense probed out. Apart from some ordinary birds, wild animals, and a few passing pedestrians, there was nothing else. Lin Yu and Hua Kong also breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Yu loosened the hand holding the Imitation Immortal King Golden Staff in his sleeve. It was all sweaty!

These dozens of miles were not far away. As they got closer and closer to Wen Lake, the desolate scene disappeared and turned into a densely populated town again. Due to the fame of Wen Lake, this place was even more prosperous than the South City. The buildings were obviously taller and more exquisite, and the road was full of gorgeously decorated carriages and horses. It seemed that there were many young masters and young misses who liked the scenery here as much as Zhao Xiangzi Bai Jinzhu.

The group followed the crowd and soon arrived at Wen Lake. The Wen Lake was brightly lit, with a large number of vendors selling goods, and pedestrians chatting enthusiastically, making this place seem a bit noisy, but Zhao Xiangzi Bai Jinzhu liked it very much and immediately led the crowd into the crowd.

Although the shore was brightly lit, the Wen Lake was pitch black. Only the crescent moon in the sky and a few clouds left sparkling waves on the lake. A night breeze blew, and the lake water had a faint fishy smell, but it didn’t make people feel disgusted. Instead, it made people feel refreshed.

Zhao Xiangzi walked along the lake with Bai Jinzhu, breaking off two dead branches from the trees on the lake shore and constantly whipping the lake surface. Lake water splashed everywhere, but the two didn’t care that the lake water had already wet their skirts.

“Wen Lake Meat Pie!”, the two were playing around when Bai Jinzhu turned her head and suddenly saw a vendor selling meat pies and exclaimed in surprise.

“Wen Lake Meat Pie! I want to eat it!”, Zhao Xiangzi also discovered the vendor. She had walked for a while, and the food she had eaten before had digested a lot, and she had an appetite again.

There were many tourists around the stall, and several people wanted to buy meat pies, surrounding the stall. Zhao Xiangzi Bai Jinzhu were some distance away from the vendor, so the two girls wanted to squeeze in, but Lin Yu Hua Kong quickly pulled the two back, not allowing the two to leave the protection of the guards.

“Hey! Xiao Yu! What are you doing!”, Zhao Xiangzi complained with some dissatisfaction, pouting her mouth.

“Xiao Kong! It’s okay!”, Bai Jinzhu also frowned and said.

“I’ll buy it!”, Lin Yu said in a low voice, ignoring the surprised looks of the people around him.

“No! I want to buy it myself!”, Zhao Xiangzi started acting like a spoiled child.

“Okay! Okay!”, Lin Yu didn’t say much. He took a step forward and protected Zhao Xiangzi by his side, using a little force to squeeze a tourist who was waiting for his meat pie to the side.

“Hey~~ what are you doing? What are you doing? Don’t you know to come first, serve first?”, the man immediately said dissatisfied.

“Hehe! Sorry! Sorry!”, Lin Yu said with a cheeky smile.

“Sorry! Sorry!”, Hua Kong also followed suit and squeezed another person to the side, but that person didn’t care and just rolled his eyes at Hua Kong and let it go.

“Xiao Yu, what are you doing?”, Zhao Xiangzi asked with some displeasure when she saw Lin Yu like this.

“Hehe! Let’s buy meat pies!”, Lin Yu didn’t want to get entangled and changed the subject.

“Hmph!”, Zhao Xiangzi was of course unhappy with Lin Yu’s overprotection. Speaking of which, her realm was much higher than Lin Yu’s, and it was not certain who was protecting whom.

“Okay! Xiangxiang! Don’t be angry!”, Feng Hanke left a psychological shadow on Lin Yu, and Lin Yu had to be careful.

“Okay~~!”, Zhao Xiangzi was not a completely willful little girl. After calming down, she let it go.

The two girls waited for a while at the vendor’s place and finally bought the meat pies they had been thinking about. They hugged them and started gnawing happily. The group continued to stroll along the bank of Wen Lake with the crowd.

After a while, several children holding headwear, rouge, and fragrant powder appeared in front of the group. They were promoting the goods in their hands to the pedestrians.

“Lord! Take a look at Datongji’s jewelry and fragrant powder!”

“Lord! Take a look at Datongji’s jewelry and fragrant powder!”

“Lord! Take a look at Datongji’s jewelry and fragrant powder!”

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The name of Datongji is almost known to everyone in the World of Light, but the quality of the goods in their hands is very poor, obviously fake, so naturally no one pays attention to them, and everyone waves their hands and avoids them.

“Little kid, what are you selling? Come here and let me see!”, Zhao Xiangzi took the initiative to meet the children whom everyone was avoiding.

“Xiangzi! These things…”, even Bai Jinzhu hesitated this time and stopped Zhao Xiangzi.

“It’s okay! It won’t cost a few Light Stones!”, Zhao Xiangzi replied.

“Okay!”, Bai Jinzhu knew that Zhao Xiangzi felt sorry for these children, so she didn’t say anything more.

“Fairy Sister, would you like to take a look at our jewelry and fragrant powder?”, two little girls walked up to Zhao Xiangzi Bai Jinzhu and asked. The two children were wearing ordinary gray and white cloth clothes, with two small braids, and they were dressed neatly. They were carrying a small wooden box on their backs, looking very experienced.

“Yes! Yes!”, Zhao Xiangzi squatted down and replied, looking at the little girl in front of her.

“Look at mine!”, the other children saw that Zhao Xiangzi was well-dressed and had an extraordinary temperament, and was also interested in their goods, so they quickly surrounded her, surrounding Zhao Xiangzi Bai Jinzhu in the middle.

Looking at this group of children, Lin Yu Hua Kong did not stop them. Even Bai Jintong did not focus his attention on these children. They just used their Divine Sense to roughly investigate and found nothing unusual, so they focused their attention on the surrounding pedestrians.

It was just that a never-before-heard childish voice suddenly sounded, shocking the three of them.

“There’s killing intent!”