While waiting for news, Wang Chen left early and returned late every day, measuring the breadth of Nine Provinces Immortal City with his footsteps.
The sheer scale and prosperity of this Heaven Grade immortal city truly opened his eyes.
Countless merchants filled the city. Taverns, teahouses, inns, and workshops were as numerous as ox hairs, each with its own distinctive character. Many of the goods sold in its shops were things Wang Chen had never even heard of before.
As for dens of dissipation such as gambling houses and brothels, they could be found everywhere in Nine Provinces Immortal City, each one especially lavish and imposing.
One of them, Red Rainbow Pavilion, had been built atop a mountain peak. At night, hundreds of little courtyards blossomed with glowing lamps, scarlet silks drifting in the air, visible even from a hundred li away.
Nights in Nine Provinces Immortal City were livelier than its days. Thousands upon thousands of cultivators packed the streets and alleys. Some sang and danced, some drank and made merry, some laughed wildly in madness, and some strolled along in languid elegance.
Anyone could find their own happiness in this city.
Of all the immortal cities Wang Chen had seen, Nine Provinces was not only the largest, but also possessed the most distinctive character!
Even he felt the urge to stay here.
But the cost of living in this immortal city was truly high. Whether food or lodging, everything was far more expensive than in Luodu.
As for housing prices, there was even less need to mention them!
Wang Chen could not help wondering what the tens of millions of cultivators in this city relied on for their daily livelihood.
The lives of those at the bottom were probably difficult as well.
Like Wei Tongfang—he was a dignified