Feeling Xu Tiance's movements, Meng Hongchen blushed faintly, but she did not shrink away to avoid his touch. Instead, she leaned a little closer of her own accord.
Only... although Meng Hongchen had reached the age of a flower waiting to bloom, she still had very little flesh on her.
Xu Tiance could barely feel anything at all.
"Let's head straight into the city. Our Sun Moon Empire lacks none of the goods sold here. We should go to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's headquarters and get straight to the point."
With Kong Deming's approval, Ye Yulin drove the carriage slowly toward the city gates without any hesitation.
Normally, every merchant entering Nine Treasures City had to undergo a strict inspection.
But the sight of a Soul-Guided Carriage drawn by four Hornscale Horses at the gates was enough to strike awe into any gate guard who knew their worth.
A ten-year Hornscale Horse cost anywhere from five thousand to ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, while a hundred-year one cost ten times as much. Thousand-year specimens could not be bought at any price; military aristocrats usually raised them with precious natural treasures to pass down through their families. Their bloodline limitations meant that Hornscale Horses aged ten thousand years or more were practically nonexistent, making a thousand years of cultivation their upper limit.
Fit to draw Xu Tiance's carriage, these four Hornscale Horses were pale purple all over, with specks of white markings scattered across their scales-clear proof of the Unicorn bloodline within them.
A single Hornscale Horse like this would command a staggering starting bid of seven million Gold Soul Coins at auction.
A conservative estimate put the combined price of the four Hornscale Horses at around forty million Gold Soul Coins.
The guards of Nine Treasures City therefore