Phoenix Plume City covered an immense area. Its streets crisscrossed throughout the city, shops lined both sides, and cultivators came and went in an endless stream.
Perhaps because it lay close to Rotting Miasma Ridge, and there was concern that the demon beasts and venomous insects within might spill out, Phoenix Plume City had erected towering, majestic walls and established eight city gates.
All cultivators entering or leaving the city had to pass through the gates and were forbidden from scaling the walls at will.
Led by Jin Xiuqi, the group arrived at the eastern gate.
A long queue stretched outside the gate.
Those entering the city needed to present specially made identity tokens. Those without tokens had to pay one low-grade spirit stone.
However, this applied only to low-level cultivators. Cultivators at the Nascent Soul realm and above could enter and leave freely.
Song Wen shook his head slightly at the sight.
Sure enough, whether in the lower realm or the Profound Realm, the exploitation of low-level cultivators had always been the same.
The five of them passed through the gate tunnel, which stretched for several li, and entered the city.
Standing amid the thronging crowds on the street, Jin Xiuqi said,
"You two have only just arrived here. As your host, I should naturally extend proper hospitality. I hope the two of you will honor me by visiting the Jin Clan."
Along the way, Song Wen and Ye Bing had learned from Jin Xiuqi that the Jin Clan was the unrivaled dominant force in Phoenix Plume City, with several Void Refinement cultivators in the family.
How could the two of them possibly be willing to step into the Jin Clan?
Ye Bing immediately declined. "Thank you for your kind intentions, Fellow Daoist Jin. However, the two of us