The Daughter Of Destiny Broke Off The Engagement? I Married Her Sister Instead.

They arrived at the city of Moon Phoenix.

Looking around, the wide road in front of them gradually became spacious, and the flow of people coming and going increased. The vendors were endless, rushing towards the bustling city not far away.

Chu Qianqiu and his group came from a small path and merged into the main road. The people around them curiously looked at them.

Because of their large number, they attracted the attention of passersby, but since they were strangers to each other, they only glanced at each other.

On the main road, the young disciples introduced some recent events in Moon Phoenix City to their family head, talking about the recent happenings in the city, big and small.

Chu Qianqiu listened and quickly rode his horse to the high bridge in front of the city's river.

"Throw a few coins down." he said, and the young disciples nodded. According to custom, they paid the entrance fee to the rumored White Night Society.

Now, the Chu family was still in the development stage, so it was best not to be idle and provoke others, and do something unusual.

Chu Qianqiu noticed that not all the people passing by the bridge threw money into the river, only the big merchants did.

Obviously, only the merchants were afraid of the elusive White Night Society, after all, they had much more wealth and money than ordinary people.

Even so, Chu Qianqiu did not regret his decision and still threw some silver into the lake.

Abandoning a little silver was completely acceptable to him and the Chu family, as long as they didn't do something foolish like throwing spirit stones.

If they threw spirit stones, they estimated that they wouldn't be able to stay safe and would be targeted by the White Night Society the next day.

...

"Stop, what are you all doing?"

They crossed the bridge and arrived at the city gate.

The Chu family was stopped by two guards outside the gate, who asked them to dismount and check their identities.

Moon Phoenix City had regulations that required merchants and large groups of people with unclear origins to declare their origins.

They didn't care about individuals who came and went alone, but they had to inspect these large groups entering the city, as the scene was quite attention-grabbing.

Chu Qianqiu dismounted first and approached the two soldiers, nodding and smiling.

"Two soldiers, we are a small family from the jurisdiction of the Three Nothings. We are now seeking to join the Rising Sun Empire for development and growth, and hope that your city can provide us with a place." he said, without any falsehood in his words, there was no need to lie.

The two soldiers exchanged glances and took out a yellow jade token. After feeling the aura of the young man in front of them with the jade token, they showed a respectful expression.

"So, you are a Foundation Building cultivator."

"May I ask where you are from? We welcome all of you to stay in Moon Phoenix City."

After the two finished speaking, their expressions became even more friendly.

The young man in front of them was much younger than them, but to achieve Foundation Building at this age was truly extraordinary.

Usually, such experts were pillars of various sects outside the secular world. Why would they have the leisure to come and join their merchant city?

They didn't mean to say that they had never received a Foundation Building-level powerhouse, but most of those people were old men.

These old men had been practicing in their sects for hundreds of years and couldn't make any further progress in their cultivation. In the end, they became disheartened and returned to the mortal world, looking for a place to live.

These old people generally didn't have many years left to live and simply wanted to find a burial place with someone to take care of them.

Moon Phoenix City was happy to accommodate them, after all, even if the cultivators were old, they were still immortals to some extent, and could bring some help to the city's security.

...

"I didn't expect this young talent to be willing to join our Moon Phoenix City for development."

"Are these people behind you all your clan members? Did your whole clan move here?"

"By the way, if you make significant contributions to our Rising Sun Empire in the future, your whole clan can move to the imperial city and receive the favor of the emperor. It is not impossible."

With a respectful bow, the two guards thought of this possibility.

Perhaps this young man is taking an unconventional path, not wanting to rely on his own cultivation talent to enter the sect for further training, but instead choosing to develop in the mortal empire and become a courtier with his clan?

Indeed, this seems to be the only explanation left.

"So, can we go in now?" Chu Qianqiu also cupped his hands and asked, becoming impatient.

With a gentle breeze blowing, he could already smell the bustling atmosphere of the city, the aroma of various foods wafting from the small shops, not only filling the streets and alleys, but even drifting outside the city and into his taste buds.

To be honest, he was a bit hungry. For the past half month, he had been eating the same few types of food, and it was getting tiresome.

"My friend, please place your hand on our jade pendant. We will now test you for lies to prove that you are not a spy from the hostile empire."

The two soldiers opened and closed the gate again. This was the necessary test for entering the city.

The Rising Sun Empire and the Falling Star Empire had never had any contact, and they were separated only by the Wan Beast Mountain Range. There were often disputes and wars between the two empires.

Correspondingly, spies from both empires would often infiltrate each other's cities to create chaos, and even commit murder and massacre.

Therefore, to prevent tragedies from happening, each city's guards were equipped with a special jade pendant to test the honesty of those entering the city.

This jade pendant could detect a cultivator's cultivation level, as well as the thoughts in a person's heart.

As long as the tester was below the Gold Core stage, the results were usually reliable.

"Alright."

Chu Qianqiu agreed and placed his hand on the jade pendant of one of the guards, feeling the spiritual power within the pendant invading his body.

Soon, the guard asked some basic questions, and he answered them all correctly.

"Thank you for your cooperation. You may enter the city."

"But your clan members will also need to be tested."

"No problem, test them all. We don't mind the extra time."

...

After all the Chu family members cooperated, Chu Qianqiu and his group finally entered the city.

Two soldiers sent an old man with a strange appearance to guide them. They were told to choose a place in the city, and this old man would bring people over to renovate the building for them.

This old man was obese, with a ruddy complexion and a large mole on his head. His bald head was shiny and devoid of any hair.

He smiled obsequiously, with a cunning look on his face. He didn't look like an honest person, but rather someone who was good with words, leaving a somewhat favorable impression.

He kept talking, introducing and explaining various matters, serving Chu Qianqiu attentively.

"Oh, is the service this considerate?"

At first, Chu Qianqiu couldn't believe it. The benefits of settling in the Rising Sun Empire were so exaggerated. They could choose any location and build their own building as long as no one lived there.

But he was thinking too much. Immediately after, the old man smiled slyly, like a fisherman closing his net, saying that all these things required payment.

"Young friend, you're too naive. There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world."

"In a moment, I will call some carpenters and laborers, but you will need to pay them a deposit for their services."

"However, I see that your clan has quite a presence, so you can also do it yourself."

"If you do it yourself, you only need to pay the corresponding land fee to the Rising Sun Empire. The amount will be based on the construction area you need."

"There shouldn't be any objections, right?"

Chu Qianqiu: ...

As the old man smoothly explained this process, Chu Qianqiu felt a wave of embarrassment.

He was speechless. He didn't expect that even in the cultivation world, there would be wicked real estate developers squeezing the hard-earned money of poor commoners like him.