C179 (1/2)

Time flew by, and soon it was noon, and our journey on the flat stream was over. The river below us had once again become a normal river, and when we got on the shore, there were no dense shrubs around us, only green grasses that had reached our ankles. It was a vast plain, and in the distance, there was a large city standing, and that was the Pan City, where we could already see the 20 metre high walls.

From afar, the Pan City looked quite majestic. Ahead of us was an open road. Xiao San impatiently ran towards the Pan City. We were less than a kilometer away from the Pan City.

In the next instant, Little San, who was at the very front, fell into a quagmire, which immediately engulfed half of his body. I suddenly thought that this was probably the reason why we were so close to the Pan City but didn't see anyone.

I quickly jumped into the swamp, and opened Ten Thousand Lightning Array, grabbing onto Little Three and leaving, after leaving the swamp, Little San patted his chest, indicating that he wanted to take back his life, and when I looked ahead, the grass wiggled, and a python crawled out. From the looks of it, it was close to ten meters long and its rank was only level 40, but if I fell into the swamp, being entangled by this kind of monster, I would definitely die.

I reckon that the grass ahead should be filled with these quagmire. It looks like we still have to take the water route to get to the Pan City, walking in these quagmire is very dangerous, if we are not careful we would be able to stay here.

Returning to the river bank, I once again took a turn at the river bank which was 90 degrees vertical and flowed straight towards the Pan City. On both sides, there were swamps, and the [Deep Marsh Lake] was called, the two sides added up together, the distance between them was extremely wide, covering one side of the Pan City, and we floated on the river surface. The river water was very clear, and it wasn't that deep, it was around one meter or two.

After traveling for around two thousand meters in the water, we arrived at the foot of Pan City. I originally thought that it would be about one kilometer.

One of them flowed into the Pan City, while the other two split around the Pan City forming a moat on both sides of the city, and in front of us was a wall with an iron fence blocking the river. I could clearly see that on the other side of the iron fence was a moat, and inside it lived a horrendous number of Giant Crocodiles.

Right now, we should be at the side of the Pan City, and there is no door that can enter the Pan City. If we want to enter, we should have to walk around the city walls, in order to find the door. We landed on the right side of the river and started to walk around the moat. Generally, Chinese buildings are built to the south, but I don't know the exact details. The house is built to face north, south, this should be the same, while the right should be in the southeast, and the city gate should be over there.

Pan City is huge, much larger than our previous Dragon King City. The city walls are around twenty to thirty meters tall, so walking around the city walls gives us a sense of oppression. After turning a corner and hearing someone's voice, instantly everyone became overjoyed, increased their speed, and ran over, only to see a metal chain bridge connecting to the outside of the city gate, and many people calling out for help at the gate, just like the gate of Dragon King City, it was an iron chain bridge that could be raised or lowered, and Dragon King City was a stone bridge.

We quickly ran over and saw the people at the city gate. Xiao San immediately grabbed a stall and asked, ”Can you take me across the mountain? I'll give you a thousand gold coins. ”

The peddler was a young man in his early twenties with red hair. Upon hearing the money, he revealed a greedy look and said to Little Three, ”Of course there's no problem. Follow me.”

The peddler led us inside the city gate. When he saw the envious gazes of the people around us, he thought, Isn't it just One Thousand Yuan? In this world, even if you weren't that amazing, earning a hundred yuan a day was just a small matter. Is there a need to look at me with such envy?

Arriving at the city gates, the hawker smiled at the soldiers at the gates, ”Brother Soldier, I've just left and am back. There is no need to pay.”

The soldier righteously said, ”We are holding our posts. We have to pay the entrance fee, fifty yuan each.”

The peddler looked at us, who seemed to have no money on us, and gave us three hundred yuan. Then he let the six of us into the city. It looks like the soldiers here are the same as in our old world. Whether it's windy or rainy, the city is flooded, and the fees are the same as usual. It's a good discipline.

However, I find it strange that this city requires you to pay a fee to enter the city. In the Dragon King City, we have never paid a fee to enter the city, otherwise those people who run in and out of the city wouldn't have died of poverty. It's no wonder the peddlers outside Pan City would seem so poor.

Once we entered the city, we just passed through the city gate into a large market, everything was very orderly, all kinds of stalls have their own bunk, much more orderly than our own Dragon King City's. The Dragon King City's market only has houses in aboriginal bunks, the other people's little stalls are all set up with chairs.

I curiously asked the vendor who was leading the way, ”Why is there a market here and you guys still have to go outside to set up a stall. I think there are still a lot of empty spots.”

The peddler bitterly said, ”We also want to set up our stall here, but we don't need money to set up our stall outside. Plus, the cost of entering the city is only 50 gold coins per day, it would cost hundreds of gold coins per day.”

”With so many empty spaces, wouldn't you set up your own stall?”