"Please head upstairs, sir."
The innkeeper called over an attendant to lead Zhou Yan upstairs.
Although the inn was outrageously expensive, it was spotlessly clean inside, without the noise and commotion of an ordinary inn. Zhou Yan nodded in satisfaction.
It seemed there was a reason for the steep price.
What was more, those high prices also quietly filtered the clientele.
Although Zhou Yan did not divide people into ranks, he had to admit that their personalities and temperaments could differ enormously.
He preferred peace and quiet, not chaotic surroundings.
Zhou Yan entered his room. It was spacious and tastefully furnished, prompting another approving nod.
Those ten Purple Crystal Coins had not been wasted.
Sure enough, money could solve most problems in this world.
That saying held true even in the Immortal Martial World!
After washing up, Zhou Yan enjoyed a proper hot meal.
Afterward, rather than resting immediately, he left the inn and wandered around the market town.
The market town was fairly large, with a population of at least several tens of thousands.
However, aside from merchant caravans and travelers passing through, fewer than ten thousand people actually lived there. They supported its various trades, providing food, clothing, lodging, transport, and other necessities.
There was also trade in cultivation resources such as magic artifacts, pills, and cultivation arts.
Even information trading, human trafficking, and assassin services were available.
Places like this were therefore the most chaotic, drawing people from every walk of life.
Yet although such places seemed to have no rules, unwritten rules actually governed every corner.
Otherwise, they could never survive for long.
Only genuine novices would think this place was utterly lawless.
In fact, places like this were often even more stable and strictly regulated than some prefectural cities.
Zhou Yan was an old hand