"Phew, it's time to claim Xu Long's opportunity today. Golden City—this time, I need to be careful."
Ye Lin weighed the God-Hiding Bead in his hand and murmured to himself. As long as he had the bead, he could go there without worry, provided he didn't run into an Evil Demon in the Golden Core Realm.
With that settled, Ye Lin got up and headed out of the sect. Along the way, he saw all kinds of commoners fleeing with their belongings. They had been left homeless and destitute by the Evil Demons.
The Evil Demons were enough to give even the major sects a headache. For these commoners, they were nothing short of a catastrophe.
After an hour on the road, Ye Lin arrived at Golden City, a famous metropolis and one of the ten great cities occupied by the Zhao Family.
The first thing he saw was a massive city gate, ten meters tall. Mysterious patterns flowed across it, and even a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm couldn't hope to force it open by sheer strength.
All around the gate stood soldiers clad in armor, spears in hand, gazing straight ahead with an imposing air.
Last time he'd visited Golden City, the opportunity had blinded him to everything else. Looking at it again now, he had to admit that a great city was truly a great city. Even its outward appearance surpassed that of those small cities.
As he entered the city, all he saw were people hurrying about.
"Well, look who it is, brother! Back again? What are you planning to look at this time? Going to the Fate Treasure Pavilion again? By the way, they swindled you pretty badly last time, didn't they?"
Just then, a short, extremely sly-looking old man came up beside Ye