Chapter 10 (1/2)

Chapter 10 - Antique City

Two Days later, Tiger Cage Pa.s.s

The Tiger Cage Pa.s.s was an immense city gate tower, wedged between two precipitous mountain cliffs. It was absolutely a place that was easy to guard but difficult to attack. Moreover, the Chen Kingdom's most important protective screen was precisely the Tiger Cage Pa.s.s. If the Tiger Cage Pa.s.s were to fall, then it would equate to the Chen Kingdom being nearly wiped out!

After a course of two days, the Autumn Leaf Caravan safely reached the Tiger Cage Pa.s.s. Aside from that time when the group of snakes blocked the path, the Autumn Leaf Caravan didn't b.u.mp into any other danger over these two days except for some common wild animals that were easily taken care of. After all, this was an official road, and its safety was still guaranteed to some extent. The incident earlier with the group of seven-colored snakes was only an accident; a matter of chance.

Although the group of seven-colored snakes brought about a great many thrills, it also brought many pleasant surprises. First of all, don't even mention the corpse of that Seven-Colored Snake King, just based on the several hundred seven-colored snakes that they killed, that would net them quite a huge amount.

However, all of this should be credited to Gu Hai. The attention of the other members of the caravan was only focused on the corpse of the Seven-Colored Snake King. After all, this Seven-Colored Snake King was of such high value that it exceeded their imagination.

If not for being reminded by Gu Hai, they would have even forgotten an equivalently high value of the corpses of the several hundred seven-colored snakes.

seven-colored snakes were not ordinary snakes. Every part of its body had a certain value. The poison sac, snake gall, snake scales, snake fangs, etc. all could be sold for a good price, especially the poison sac. Ordinary snakes weren't poisonous, thereby they were devoid of any poisonous sac, but the acute poison stored by the seven-colored snakes in their bodies was something unique to them. Moreover, these poison sacs were very much welcomed by some people, and it carried a high value.

The values of several hundred seven-colored snakes added together was not a small number for the Autumn Leaf Caravan. Everyone was very much grateful to Gu Hai. Furthermore, if they thought carefully, their survival also had a very big relation to that Gu Hai's reminder.

The five captains and the people discussed and decided that half of this time's profit would go to Gu Hai. This was already considered quite big. Even if it was the five captains, each would only receive ten percent share with the remaining being divided equally amongst everyone. Moreover, the harvest of the caravan this time was not small. Even fifty percent share wouldn't be a small number. However, Gu Hai after hearing this only showed a faint smile. Money didn't carry too big of an attraction towards him.

At this moment, the Autumn Leaf Caravan was stopped under the Tiger Cage Pa.s.s. The soldiers guarding the pa.s.s were closely inspecting the caravans as well as the travelers. After all, upon entering through the Tiger Cage Pa.s.s, they would end up within the scope of Chen Kingdom's Royal Capital which was also Chen Kingdom's center of power. Naturally, its security needed to be guaranteed.

The people on the carriages got down. Gu Hai, standing beside the carriage, raised his head to look at the approximately hundred meters tall city gate tower. Even Gu Hai whose mood always remained calm also started to fluctuate slightly.

It had already been several days since he arrived in this world. He already knew that this world didn't have any of Earth's Science and technology or machinery, there was only the powerful human strength. Therefore, this giant city gate tower was completely constructed through human labor.

If it was put on earth, Gu Hai believed that without depending on science, technology, and machinery, it would have been absolutely impossible to make such a giant city gate tower. This was the great strength of this world's cultivators. Moreover, this was in the Chen Kingdom, where there were only some Houtian realm cultivators.

The Autumn Leaf Caravan pa.s.sed through Tiger Cage Pa.s.s very smoothly. After all, they had a certain degree of reputation here. Moreover, they had already made arrangements at an earlier time from top to bottom. These soldiers guarding the pa.s.s would unlikely make things difficult for them. However, Gu Hai also noticed one of the Autumn Leaf Caravan Captains squeezing a purse containing sizable amount into the hands of Soldier's Captain. After that, the att.i.tudes of the soldiers towards the Autumn Leaf Caravan became even better.

Gu Hai let out a faint smile. It seemed like no matter which world, this kind of thing still existed!

Tiger Cage Pa.s.s, Antiquity Town!

The Antiquity Town was a small town near to the Tiger Cage Pa.s.s. Since the Tiger Cage Pa.s.s was the only link that connected the Royal Capital to the other cities, a lot of people had to come and go through the Tiger Cage Pa.s.s daily. Therefore, Antiquity Town, being located at an advantageous location, was an extremely lively town.

When it came to population and area, the Antiquity Town could actually be considered as a small town. All kinds and varieties of stores and inns could be seen everywhere within it. The streets of the Antiquity Town would always be congested, along with the hawking and clamoring that rose and fell repeatedly, making it very lively!