City of Merchants

Wang Chen could not possibly find a high-level Golden Core cultivator to vouch for him on such short notice, so he truly had no other choice.

Since night had already fallen and the Household Registration Department office established by Thousand Stars Immortal City in Welcome Immortal Town only operated during the day, after dinner with Pei Yan, he planned to return to his rented lodging and apply tomorrow.

Yet Wang Chen spent more than two hours walking back.

They were in the same town, so the way back was naturally not far. It was simply that Welcome Immortal Town was even more prosperous and lively at night than during the day, slowing Wang Chen's steps.

The bustling streets teemed with streams of people. Shops and establishments on both sides of the road were all open, and Obsidian Lamps for illumination hung beneath every household's eaves. White, pale yellow, orange, light pink, and dusky purple light cast an oddly enchanting night market into view.

Taverns, courtesan houses, gambling dens, tea houses, music halls, bathhouses...

It was brimming with the warm smoke and fire of mortal life!

What Wang Chen had not expected was that there were even barbecue stalls here.

These stalls were almost exactly the same as those in his Previous Life. Charcoal burned in the grills beneath a layer of metal mesh, while the vendors skillfully laid all kinds of skewered ingredients across them, turning them as they grilled and brushing them with sauce.

Tables, chairs, and benches were set beside the barbecue stalls. Customers could either take their skewers away directly or sit down, order a couple of bamboo-tube cups of Rice Wine, boast and banter together, and feast to their hearts' content!

When Wang Chen first saw this sight, he had nearly suspected that he had transmigrated