The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 702 Fortunately
The nine provinces in the Central Plains of Daxia are Weizhou, Xuzhou, Liangzhou, Yuzhou, Xiangzhou, Yanzhou, Guangzhou, Ruzhou, and Sizhou, where the capital is located and guarded by these eight provinces.

The Nine Provinces were completely directly under the jurisdiction of the Mingxia imperial court, and no other clans or aristocratic families could interfere. Although there were still prominent families and major factions, they were all dependent on the Ming family or the imperial court.

The borders of the eight outer states of Wei, Xu, Liang, Yu, Xiang, Yan, Guang and Ru were each guarded by a strong pass, separating the Central Plains from the remaining 45 states of Daxia.

Now in front of Zhao Chen is the Wugu Pass City standing on the edge of Yuzhou.

This pass is extremely majestic. Not only is it hundreds of feet high, but the city gate even stretches for several miles. There are at least hundreds of passages below, which makes the crowds entering and leaving the pass seem less crowded.

Of course, many of these passages are not for people to walk on, but for steam locomotives loaded with cargo to travel back and forth.

"The checkpoint for ordinary people is not strict, but monks need three inspections before they are allowed to enter." Yan Hongxia, who had been to the capital once, used her spiritual sense to scan the vampires such as Li Wei who had lined up in front of the No. 10 city gate, and introduced them to Zhao Chen and others, "But we two have the status of 'Daoist officials', so we can skip the first two steps."

“Will there not be cultivators disguising themselves as mortals to evade scrutiny, or bypassing the checkpoints to enter the Nine Provinces?

"The Central Plains is so vast, it's impossible to send people to patrol everywhere, right?" Zhao Chen asked doubtfully.

Ning Meng and Mo Qiu, who were following him, came back to their senses from the shock of seeing Wu Guan and looked at Yan Hongxia curiously... But when they saw her, they were stunned again.

Yan Hongxia was still wearing her red flying fish official uniform at this time, but compared with before, it had been slightly modified. It was more slim-fitting and the waist was tight, showing off her good figure. Even those "four-claw flying fish patterns" looked more "three-dimensional".

Because she had just soaked in the "Moonlight Spring" that morning, the "spiritual energy" in her body had not completely dissipated. Her skin looked whiter than snow, her hair was as black as night, and her eyes seemed to be dotted with the light of stars and moon.

Even the experienced Zhao Chen found it difficult to control Yan Hongxia, and he almost made a mistake before, let alone others?
Fortunately, the heroine has now used magic to conceal the "abnormality" on her body, otherwise it would definitely be more eye-catching.

Seeing that even her own people were "charmed" again, Yan Hongxia glanced at Zhao Chen with resentment, and then while using magic to "wake up" the two female cultivators who were traveling with her, she also replied casually:
"As Fairy Zheng said before, the 'Zhou Tian Xing Chen Da Zhen' in the Jiuzhou area is even stronger, and with the help of the 'Xuan Du Lu Wen', it will mark every cultivator who does not have a 'temporary pass'. No matter if they sneak in from the border or pretend to be ordinary people, they will be easily found by the people of the Six Gates, and then fined, expelled, or incorporated into the 'Xuan Du Guard'..."

I see. This is comparable to the "Permit to Enter Beijing" in the previous life, and it's even more strict... Maybe the Great Xia court learned this from some "mysterious domain".

Zhao Chen nodded in understanding, then called on Mo Qiu and Ning Meng to follow Yan Hongxia to bypass the long queue at the entrance, came to a remote small door, and walked in.

This is a fast lane specially set up for "Daoguan".

As "Taoist officials" above the seventh rank, Zhao Chen and Yan Hongxia each have a quota for an attendant and are exempt from examination, so Mo Qiu and Ning Meng followed.

Otherwise, Mo Qiu would be fine, but with Ning Meng's identity as a vampire, there is no telling when he can get the pass.

As for Ming Xueling? She had her own channels, and she went through customs early in the morning and arranged her next trip in advance.

As for the rest of the vampires, they can only queue up and go through the process.

It was estimated that by the time Zhao Chen and his companions entered Beijing, their passes might not even be approved. After entering the small gate, Zhao Chen realized that although it was called the "fast track", the queue was actually quite long, except that there were fewer people than in the ordinary channels. It would conservatively take half an hour to get in line.

With nothing else to do, Zhao Chen started chatting with Yan Hongxia again: "You said the censorship was so strict, how did Lu Zhen get into Jiuzhou?"

The ostensible purpose of the two of them entering the country this time was to capture the four heroes of "Fire Cloud Gun" Lu Zhen and Lu, so they were not afraid of outsiders intercepting their messages.

"Heh, outside of Kyushu there is no strict household registration system, so it's very easy to get a fake identity, so the identity check won't stop him at all.

“The subsequent Qi and mana attribute checks are mainly to exclude the followers of evil spirits. Even for people like vampire sorcerers or magic monks, the check will not be too strict. It’s just that an additional background check will be required, which will take time.

"Although Lu Zhen is suspected to have been contaminated by the 'Blood Moon', the true Qi he cultivated is upright and can't be detected without in-depth inspection.

"As for the final inspection of contraband... he wouldn't be so stupid as to carry the statue of the evil god with him, right?" Yan Hongxia lifted her hair and continued, "No matter how strict the inspection is, no matter how strict the rules are, there will be loopholes. But Jiuzhou still has the 'Zhoutian Xingchen Great Array' and the 'Xuandu Law Text' to fill in the gaps. Even if some dregs get mixed in, it won't be a big deal. After all, if they dare to show up, they will be severely punished."

The fear is that they usually don’t dare to move, but once they move, it’s a “big” thing!
But this is not something I should worry about. Even if something goes wrong, we have the great ancestor of Mingxia to take care of it.

Zhao Chen laughed at himself in his heart and continued chatting with Yan Hongxia while waiting in line. However, just when it was almost their turn, there was a sudden commotion in the staff area, which forced the "inspection" to be interrupted.

An incense stick later, an examiner who looked to be only about 20 years old returned to his post. He cursed and said to his companions who were waiting here: "That Taoist Yuzhen relied on being a direct subordinate of True Lord Yuantong to interfere with me? He even wanted to add his detection tool to our "fast track", but I just pushed him back.

"Bah, what are you talking about the True Lord's decree? Do you really think I don't know what he is up to? Isn't it just taking advantage of the female cultivator?

"Also, he was previously in charge of the common passages from 6 to 18, but there was a case where a female cultivator disappeared inexplicably..."

The young man's face was full of contempt, and he seemed to look down on the guy named Taoist Yuzhen.

"You should say less. After all, he is a subordinate of Master Yuan Tong. Even if he is just relying on the power of others, we have to give Master Yuan Tong face." His companion at the side advised.

"Would I be afraid of him? You know, I am..." The young man suddenly stopped speaking halfway, with an embarrassed look on his face.

"I hope you still remember how you were sent here." After glancing at him, his companion ignored him and resumed the investigation.

Zhao Chen, who heard their conversation, looked at Yan Hongxia beside him and saw the relief in each other's eyes:

Fortunately, we took Ning Meng's fast track!

(End of this chapter)