Chapter Twenty-Three Entering the City

  The journey back to the first city was very smooth, and when Jiang Nian got off the car, everything was still going well. As she got down, she patted the flying beast's head with her hand, feeling that it was quite comfortable, and then rubbed its fur on its head.

  These flying beasts are not of the same kind. Some are lion-eagles, some are strange sky horses, like the one she chose, which looks fat and clumsy, just like a lucky cat, is a special flying meow, although it looks cumbersome, but the more you look at it, the cuter it becomes.

  She smiled and patted the Maneki-Neko again. The cat turned its head in annoyance, but she didn't tease it anymore and walked towards the city gate instead.

  Each city has a small hub in the middle, used for people from different cities to communicate and trade, as well as for flying beasts to dock. To enter each city, you need a permit or buy a temporary residence certificate.

  Jiang Nian thought that although he also lived inside, he didn't have the permit for the First City, so he quietly lined up to buy a temporary residence certificate.

  Temporary residence permits come in many varieties, with different prices depending on the duration of stay. Moreover, only those holding temporary residence permits are not allowed to cause trouble within the city; otherwise, they will be expelled without reason and barred from re-entry for ten years. This is unfair to outsiders, as locals who provoke trouble will also be expelled. As a result, many people try every means to obtain a permit and avoid causing trouble or getting into disputes when going out.

  It was almost noon, and there were a lot of people buying tickets. Some strangers started chatting with each other. Jiang Nian wasn't very good at socializing, so he could only sneakily listen to what others were saying on the side.

  Those topics were quite messy, roughly talking about which city's lord had changed, which family had moved, and the top leaders of the first city hadn't appeared recently, maybe there was some urgent matter. However, after a few people chatted for a while, they got to know each other a bit, and the topic would shift to friends' embarrassing stories or dirty jokes. She curled her lips, thinking that gossip was indeed a good seasoning after tea and rice, didn't think much about it, and continued queuing.

  The efficiency here is still very high, and she didn't wait long to buy a temporary residence permit. The shortest temporary residence permit here is only half a day, with special holographic marks on it to locate the holder's position, and if you haven't left by the time limit, someone will come to forcibly take you away immediately. These temporary residence permits are extremely expensive, with a half-day permit costing four gold coins, which can normally support a person's living expenses for a month.

  However, this also varies from city to city. The first city is very expensive, which is understandable. On the other hand, the 99th city may not even be worth a single copper coin, as it's really too chaotic there.

  It's okay that Jiang Nian came here, although he hasn't learned anything yet, but he is a real big tycoon. Ling Yu is a good kid who doesn't spend money, so the money filled up the whole house.

  Here's the translation:

  It needs to be specially mentioned that Ling Yu, due to her color blindness, has a special fondness for colors and is even more enamored with shiny golden things. Over the years, she hasn't spent much money, but specifically built a house just to store money. She doesn't put the money in storage rings, but instead keeps it in the house. When she's in a good mood, she goes to take a look; when she's not, she goes to touch them. It's like how dragon clans always love gold, silver, and precious jewels, surrounding themselves with them, hiding them away, and storing them up just for themselves.

  So Ling Yu gave her soul to Beihemo, and then Jiang Nian inherited the entire wealth of the big landlord. She didn't just let the money pile up and get moldy, so she calmly put all the money in her pocket, and then happily squandered it away. At the entrance of the certificate office, she chose the longest temporary residence permit, which was three months, thinking that since she had a lot of money, she would buy one first, and didn't know when DouDou could come to find her.

  Before flying on the cat's face, Jiang Nian had actually figured out how to use the communicator, but when she called Dou Dou, no one answered, so she left a message asking him to come to the first city after he was busy. She intuitively felt that Dou Dou's lack of news for so long must have something to do with Li Wei Tree, but she wasn't clear what had happened, maybe it was related to the tree spirit, or maybe the tree just temporarily had a problem. However, Jiang Nian really didn't know where the Temple of Heaven was and couldn't go back to check on things, so she could only wait alone for Dou Dou to arrive before asking him questions.

  However, at this time she no longer needed DouDou's protection. The first city was extremely close to the LianHua tree, and things that grew in explosive function with distance were especially important in the first city. Jiang Nian tried out her fantasy power while flying on the beast, and found that she already had the ability of QingMang Fantasy God. Even the lord of the first city was only a QingMang Fantasy God, now she was absolutely unbeatable!

  But when will the beans finally appear? She strangely didn't think deeply about this question.

  Digression

  This is a transitional piece, should write more details about it. The story of Jiang Niantong buying temporary residence permit for his shoes.

  Another estimate will be released tonight, two updates today~

  I still hope everyone will collect more, today I saw the collection surge and suddenly became very excited, then decided to update again. It seems that this thing is very motivating.