Chapter 373 – Imperial Capital City (2/2)

“That’s right.” Smiled Lei Yu.

“Come with us then!” The two soldiers took the lead and Lei Yu followed behind. They were walking towards the central part of the city and into the prefectural government office. Lei Yu had to sign some documents with provisions that were similar to contracts of modern Earth. If he wasn’t able to fully heal Princess Luminous’s sickness, then he would be severely punished for it.

If it was someone else, they would definitely not bother caring after seeing the provisions. They haven’t even seen the sickness and conditions that Princess Luminous was in right now so how would they know whether they could heal her or not? Wasn’t signing such a contract equivalent to courting their own death?

The people of the prefectural government office were giving Lei Yu weird looks, but he pretended he didn’t notice anything. He just glanced around the building and could tell this place was much bigger than a government building of a town, and it also looked more majestic. Lei Yu was currently standing at the main hall chatting with someone that called himself Advisor Ma while he waited for the prefectural governor.

“Were you the one that tore off the reward notice?” A voice was heard from the rear hall, and then a fat middle-aged man came out. He was dressed in an official looking gown and hat, but Lei Yu was unable to tell which dynasty the clothing resembled.

“That is I.” Lei Yu replied while cupping his hands.

The prefectural governor looked at Lei Yu and immediately became stunned. He couldn’t help feeling pity since this was the first time he has seen a doctor this young. He then tried dissuading: “Please reconsider your actions. If you feel the provisions are too much, I still have the right to null the contract you have signed so that you don’t regret it later.”

Lei Yu was happy to know that this prefectural governor seemed to have a conscience. But since Lei Yu had no intentions of backing out, he smiled brightly and said: “I thank the Prefectural Governor for his kind intentions. This one has full confidence in completing the task so Prefectural Governor does not need to worry.”

After sighing again, the prefectural governor nodded. “Fine then, tomorrow I will send a small squad of soldiers to escort mister to the imperial city. The distance isn’t far and the journey will only take three days.”

“This one obeys.” Said Lei Yu as he cupped his hands.

That same day, Lei Yu stayed within the prefectural government building. A room was prepared for Lei Yu in one of the rear courtyards and two maid servants were assigned to him. Since Lei Yu was not used to being taken care of, he had them stationed outside the room and didn’t call on them.

Lei Yu would never feel bored because he would always use his spare time to cultivate. But his current cultivation speed was as slow as a turtle and he would not feel the slightest progress. Even though this was the case, he was still unwilling to take a break from it.

The next morning, Lei Yu was being escorted by a team of soldiers. It was also the first time he has sat on a horse carriage and contrary to belief, it wasn’t that bumpy. Perhaps it was due to the policies of this kingdom of maintaining the main roadway.

Within three days, apart from allowing the soldiers to bring him food and water, Lei Yu would stay in the carriage to cultivate. He never thought this was boring and felt it was a good way to pass the time.

The three day journey wasn’t considered long or short. Lei Yu got off the carriage and it was his first time in three days seeing the sun. Upon seeing the city walls that were at least twenty meters tall, Lei Yu couldn’t help feel some surprise. This was indeed the imperial capital city, even their walls was so imposing! Many soldiers were patrolling atop the city walls while constantly paying attention to anything suspicious beyond the wall. There were a large amount of soldiers guarding the huge city gates, but those soldiers escorting Lei Yu only had to show some identifications and no one gave the group any trouble, allowing them to smoothly enter the city.

This imperial capital was indeed impressive where normal cities and towns couldn’t compare to. The main roadways were very wide and even the narrow side streets were wider than the main streets of Silicon Town. The city was busy with crowds of people walking to a fro, and there were very little side stalls on the streets while it was mostly small shops as the business venue. It was truly a bustling scene for a large city like this.