Arriving Below Green Mountain City

The flatbed carts and donkey carts moved continuously. On the first day, the group rested overnight in the wilderness, and only continued their journey early the next morning.

On the second day, the road was undoubtedly much easier to travel than the first. Perhaps because they were approaching Green Mountain City, the road beneath their feet gradually widened, and Chen Xuan and his group even began to encounter passing crowds.

And when noon arrived.

The outline of the city ahead was already faintly visible.

"Green Mountain City!"

Chen Xuan murmured softly, a hint of anticipation in his expression.

Green Mountain City was unfamiliar to most people from Small River Village; many might never have visited Green Mountain City in their entire lives.

However, it was not unfamiliar to Chen Xuan. Ever since he activated his Conceptual Ability, Green Mountain City had appeared repeatedly. Many of his goals would lead him to Green Mountain City.

It was like this when he first had enough to eat, and it was the same later when he wanted to embark on the Martial Path Road.

Chen Xuan had always looked forward to Green Mountain City.

It was a place he had always wanted to come to.

After all, only by being in this place could his Conceptual Ability offer him more possibilities.

His eyes looked towards Green Mountain City in the distance, and his steps couldn't help but quicken a little.

Beside him, Chen Er Shan and Zhang Chunhua also had somewhat excited expressions.

As for Xiao Shitou, he had already fallen asleep on the donkey cart.

Two days of travel had clearly made the little fellow extremely tired.

The afternoon sun gradually shone down.

Time slowly passed.

From seeing the outline to arriving at the gate of Green Mountain City, more than an hour, over two hours, had passed. The afternoon sun had even begun to slant westward by the time the four of them reached the city gate.

The mottled city walls bore the marks of time, with large patches of dark red on them.

Looking up, the city wall was a massive and majestic structure over ten meters high. In his previous life's ancient times, this would have been considered a large city. But in this world, according to Chen Xuan's memory and the continuous simulations of his Conceptual Ability, Green Mountain City seemed to be just a small city. Beyond Green Mountain City, there was a clearly larger Cloud Sea City.

Of course, this had nothing to do with Chen Xuan.

Walking beneath the city wall, the group lined up.

However, since it was evening, not many people were entering the city.

"One hundred copper coins per person!"

The loud voice of the soldier ahead came.

Those in line paid their money one after another.

"Mother, Second Uncle, let's stand a little further away. Something might happen next!"

Chen Xuan spoke softly, then pulled his mother and the flatbed cart to the side.

"Something might happen?"

"Oh, oh, oh!"

Chen Er Shan was a little confused, but he quickly agreed.

His figure followed Chen Xuan as he drove the donkey cart to the side.

And just as Chen Xuan and the others moved aside,

The sound of galloping horses came from a distance, accompanied by flying dust.

Then the distance quickly closed.

Those were clearly several fine horses.

On the horses were young men and women.

Even though they were approaching Green Mountain City, these horses didn't slow down at all.

A distance of over a hundred meters was covered quickly.

From the backs of the horses, someone let out a cold shout.

"Get out of the way!"

As the words were spoken,

The crowd suddenly reacted at this moment and quickly dodged to the sides.

But in the end, some people didn't react in time.

"Bang!"

A dull sound rang out, and in the next moment, a figure flew out horizontally, then crashed into the distance.

The moment his body landed, he began to vomit blood profusely, and his body was constantly twitching.

And the horse that had collided with him neighed and stopped.

"Damn dirt peasant, how dare you block this young master's path!"

The young man on the horse's back couldn't help but his expression turn cold. In the next moment, he instantly took out a bow and arrow from the side, drew the bow, and nocked an arrow.

"Whoosh!"

"Pfft!"

The arrow instantly whistled out, and in a flash, it plunged into the chest of the figure lying on the ground.

The body that had been twitching suddenly stopped moving.

"Hahaha, Brother Zhang, your archery is probably already at the minor accomplishment level. It seems you've truly inherited the teachings of Zhang Tangzhu."

The horses neighed, and figures stopped one after another. At this moment, no one looked at the figures inside the city gate, but instead flattered the young man who had just shot the arrow.

"Hahaha!"

"I'm still far worse than my father!"

The figure on the horse's back smiled, and couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.

"Hahaha, Brother Zhang is still young now, but in ten years, that might not be the case."

"That's right!"

"Brother Chen is absolutely correct!"

The group chatted and laughed as they rode their horses into Green Mountain City.

Even the soldiers guarding the city consciously made way for them.

Collecting money was naturally out of the question.

As for having just killed someone, the city guards simply pretended not to see it.

In fact, let alone the city guards, even the surrounding commoners seemed accustomed to it.

But this scene undoubtedly had a huge impact on Chen Er Shan and Zhang Chunhua.

"How, how can they be like this!"

Chen Er Shan muttered to himself, his eyes wide at this moment, his expression filled with disbelief.

As a man from a mountain village, such a scene was almost unbearable for him.

"Er Gou!"

Zhang Chunhua couldn't help but grip Chen Xuan's clothes tightly, her body still trembling.

"It's alright, Mother!"

Chen Xuan comforted her softly, but couldn't help sighing in his expression.

If he hadn't had his Conceptual Ability, perhaps this scene would have happened to him.

And even though he had anticipated it, and the cold words had already appeared, when it truly appeared before his eyes, it still made him fall silent.

It also made him understand the cruelty of this world even more.

If Chen San Ye made him understand the wickedness of this world, then everything before him made him understand that the wickedness of human hearts in this world might be even more terrifying than what Chen San Ye had shown.

In this world with extraordinary power, laws and rules simply could not restrain individuals.

Anything was possible.

Human nature, kindness, would be infinitely suppressed here, and the evil of human nature might be magnified tenfold, a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold.

"Let's go, we're entering the city!"

Chen Xuan spoke softly, pulling his mother towards the city gate.

At this moment, everyone else was doing the same.

As for that corpse, it was directly carried away by the soldiers and thrown to the side, ignored by everyone.

No one around seemed to care either.

Chen Xuan's gaze only lingered for a moment before he withdrew it.

Soon, it was their turn to enter the city.

"Sir, we're entering the city to stay with relatives. This is the entrance fee, and this little bit extra is a token of respect for you, sir!"

Chen Xuan said with a smile, then stuffed fifty copper coins into the hand of the soldier guarding the city gate.

The soldier took the coins, and his expression brightened.

"Staying with relatives, huh? Alright, you can go in!"

"Oh, and things haven't been peaceful lately. Don't run around at night, or don't blame me for not warning you if you die!"

With that, the leading soldier waved his hand at Chen Xuan.

"Yes, yes!"

Chen Xuan quickly responded.

Then, he and his family dragged their belongings into Green Mountain City.