Tang Qi's Dragon Gold City Guide—
As a border region of Dragon Gold City, Dragon Tail Pass had always been a rather ambiguous place.
You could call it part of Dragon Gold City. After all, its residents paid the same monthly "residency tax" as the city's citizens: one silver coin, or one gold coin for twelve months of residency.
But the area didn't receive the various convenient public services offered by the city, such as those provided by the Cleaners Guild. As a result, its environment was sometimes worse than that of Dragon Gold City's slums.
At least the streets there were clean, and you didn't have to smell the stench of horse manure.
There were even City Guard patrols there, twenty-four hours a day—
That mattered. It meant public safety was good.
It also meant the Red Scarf Gang wouldn't dare do anything too outrageous there.
But in Dragon Tail Pass, if you wanted to find the guards and ask them to uphold justice, you'd better pray they were in a good mood that day.
Otherwise, you'd probably just get a "I'll come over once I'm done dealing with this," which usually meant they wouldn't show up at all.
So you'd better not compare Dragon Tail Pass with the Deep Well District. The people in those slums would only sneer and mock you as "stinking outsiders"...
Obviously, more noteworthy than why Tang Qi had called the guards over was what he'd done to get them to come.
But no matter what, the adventurers were in low spirits:
"Called the City Guard? What'd you call those freeloading robe-wearers over for? They won't uphold justice in Dragon Tail Pass."
"I heard a drunk caused trouble at the [Manor of Fine Wine] tavern in the center last time and beat up the