Please bring your best friends to practice immortality

Anyway, five days finally passed. The flying boat arrived at Shangjiacheng next to the Huanhai Sea at night. Gu Shiyi held his hand on the side of the boat, looked at the bright lights below, and thought to himself,
"I lived in Shangjiacheng with an old Taoist priest for two years when I was young. I didn't expect that things would have changed when I came back after so many years!"

After sighing, she was the first to get off the boat after it stopped. By the time everyone got out of the cabin, she had already disappeared into the dim light.
"As expected, he is an expert. The dragon has seen its beginning but not its end!"

Everyone sighed.

Shangjiacheng is very big, very huge. Compared with it, Huangjing, the capital of the Yue Kingdom, which Gu Shiyi stayed in before, is a little brother.

There are many cultivators in Shangjia City, and there are also many ordinary people living together. Therefore, Shangjia City is divided into two cities: the left city is where cultivators live, and the right city is where ordinary people live. They are separated by a river. The entrance to the sea is in the shape of a trumpet. Every month on the 15th day of the lunar month, there will be a small tide when the sea water flows back into the river. Every year around August 15th, there will be a big tide. At this time, the monsters in the sea will take advantage of it. Follow the tide and dive into the mainland.

Therefore, cultivators have been stationed here since ancient times. Shangjia City has developed from a small fishing village where cultivators were stationed at the beginning to a huge city now. And now, the cultivators stationed here by Qingling Guard are also the most powerful. , there is a great monk in the integration stage guarding it, and such monks are rare on this continent. After so many years, the monsters in the sea have never been able to invade the mainland from here, and the Qingling Guards can be regarded as the most important. !

Gu Shiyi went to Youcheng before, but Rugui Inn was in Zuocheng. She lived in Youcheng for two years when she was a child. She followed the old Taoist priests on the streets and alleys of Youcheng, and she was very familiar with the terrain here. Familiar, after Gu Shi got off the flying boat, he followed the flow of people across a huge covered bridge across the river and went to Youcheng.

Coming back after so many years, she was anxious to revisit her old place!
She was only ten years old at the time and lived in Muguifang in Shangjiayou City, not far from the city gate. Gu Shiyi didn't call for a carriage, but just strolled through the crowded streets late at night, looking left and right. In between, I subconsciously want to retrieve my childhood memories.

It's a pity that after so many years, the familiar shops on the street have changed their owners so many times, and the people they know have long since disappeared into the vast sea of ​​people, never to be seen again. Gu Shiyi stood in the middle of the street and watched from a distance. The door to the private house where they once lived was walking slower and slower. Recalling the life with the old Taoist priest, and thinking that this man had gone with Huang He, I felt a sadness in my heart. It felt like I was alone in the world. The vast feeling of no family, as I thought about it, my eyes became red.

Just crying in the street was not something Gu Shiyi could do. She quickly raised her hand, pretending that the corners of her eyes were itchy, rubbed the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, calmed down her mood, and then started walking around Muguifang according to her memory. .

Muguifang is a slum in Shangjiayou City. It is inhabited by low-class people who work hard, such as porters on the pier, slaves of wealthy families, people who buy and sell houses, and hawkers who do small business. Wait, although the ground was dirty and the market was noisy, it was the most human atmosphere. Gu Shiyi saw a seller selling sesame cakes, so he hurried over and bought five. He showed off three in one breath, and she ate them. A grunt of satisfaction,

"It's delicious! It still tastes the same!"

The thin pancakes are baked to a crispy aroma, filled with meat fillings, brown sugar, or bean paste. The meat fillings are salty with green onions, and the brown sugar and bean paste are sweet but not greasy. They were all sprinkled with fragrant white sesame seeds, and one bite covered their face. After Gu Shiyi had finished all five cakes, he wiped the sesame seeds on his face with his hands, stuck it into his mouth with his tongue, and clicked his tongue after tasting it.
"So, it's good to cultivate, you can live forever, but immortality is for this worldly fireworks, you can eat and play, otherwise... what is immortality for? If you just want to eat the wind and drink the dew, you are not as good as yourself now. It turned into a tree, and I ate the wind and drank the dew on the top of the mountain every day!"

Gu Shiyi cleaned up his face, walked around for a while, and felt that the five sesame seed cakes were gone. He went to eat two bowls of tofu, one salty and sweet. Gu Shiyi looked at the stall owner with a smile. I got off the table and drank the two bowls of tofu puffs, then paid the money and got up to leave.

She burped and thought to herself,
"Anyway, there are still more than two months. I will stay at Rugui Inn first, and then I will take my time shopping!"

Shangjiacheng is huge, and it would take about a month to visit it. Gu Shiyi was not in a hurry, so he left Muguifang and climbed onto the covered bridge again. She was in a hurry to go to Youcheng but had no time to take a closer look on the river. Now After eating and drinking enough, I stood on the covered bridge and looked far into the distance. I could only see where the river and the sea were connected. A line of separation could be seen in the distance. The yellow and pitch black were clearly distinct, and there was a faint spiritual light flowing in the middle.

She also played on this covered bridge when she was a child, but she was too young and had no eyesight at that time. But now she can see that it is not ordinary to have such a strong covered bridge spanning the nearly 60 feet of river. Humans can do it. The covered bridge under her feet is a very powerful magic weapon. It is usually used for people from the two cities to travel between the two cities. However, in an emergency, it can be put away to prevent mortals from the other side from entering the left city.

And where the river and the sea connect in the distance, where the faint spiritual light flows, there is also a magic circle to prevent sea monsters. This way, the sea water can be isolated at the entrance of the sea, and it can serve as a warning when the monsters flood into the river at high tide. role.

Of course, there must be many magic circles set up in the river, but Gu Shiyi couldn't see it with his eyesight!
Gu Shiyi stood on the bridge, blowing the night wind, and saw the bright moon in the distance rising from the smoke-like dreamy mountains. The water was rolling under his feet. When he turned around, he could see the river rushing towards the fantasy sea like thousands of horses. , has not changed for thousands of years, but what has changed is that the people coming and going on this bridge actually think of the ancient poems I learned from Yan'er,
"When did Jiang Yue first see the moon? When did Jiang Yue shine on people for the first time..."

It was rare for her to feel sad about spring and autumn.
"The poetry in Yan'er's world is so beautiful. How come we don't have anyone writing poetry and singing lyrics here?"

Maybe everyone is busy cultivating immortality and seeking immortality, but they have ignored the beautiful scenery around them!
Gu Shiyi glanced at the cultivators hurriedly coming and going around him, and thought to himself, "No wonder Yan'er asked me, is what we are desperately pursuing, really what we want?"

However, this hesitation only lasted a moment. Gu Shiyi immediately thought again,
"But this life is so long. If you don't find something to do, what's the point of living?"

Thinking of this, I laughed and walked along the covered bridge towards Zuocheng...

The layout of the left city is similar to that of the right city. They are divided into tofu blocks, and each block is a square. Rugui Inn is Rugui Square, so it is not so much an inn as it is actually a large complex with gardens, shopping malls, and restaurants. Upscale hotel.

Gu Shiyi took the jade pendant given by the man surnamed Gong to the guard in front of Rugui Square for inspection. After the guard looked at it, he showed respect on his face.
"Guest, please wait a moment!"

Then he walked aside and said a few words to the messenger jade pendant. The jade pendant turned into a small crane in his hands. With a cry, it flew into the air, spun around, and then disappeared!
Gu Shiyi looked expressionless, but he sighed secretly in his heart.
"Look, this big city is different!"

This method of communication not only costs money but also talismans. Without a large group of high-level talisman masters behind it, how can it support the huge daily consumption?
Not long after the crane disappeared, there was a snapping sound in the distance, and something ran over from a distance. When Gu Shi took a closer look, he saw a huge crocodile with six legs dragging a car like a car. A carriage that looked like a small house ran over, and the snapping sound was the sound made by the six legs of the big crocodile running on the ground.

Gu Shiyi still pretended to be expressionless, forcing himself not to keep looking at the big crocodile.

"Reserved! Reserved!"

In front of such a tall Yumen Tower, in front of such a high-end and elegant hotel, in front of such gorgeously dressed doormen, in front of such a huge and tamed monster, you must not reveal your country bumpkin nature. You must be steady and don't make a fuss. Don't look around, don't show your timidity!
The crocodile car quickly arrived in front of it. The car door opened, and several jade steps stretched out to the ground. A beautiful young woman in tight pink clothes and curvaceous figure stood in front of the car door. She bowed slightly and said softly. ,
"Please get in the car!"

Gu Shiyi looked at the jade steps extending down and thought to himself,

"Automatic! Automatic... just think that this is the escalator in Yan'er's world, and the girl standing by the door is the elevator service lady..."

Gu Shiyi nodded reservedly at her, stepped up, and stood upright without moving. Sure enough, the jade steps under his feet slowly shrank upwards, and he led Gu Shiyi into the carriage. After his feet were stable, Gu Shiyi Then he walked into the carriage calmly and sat on the only thickly cushioned seat.

The woman on the side stretched out her jade arm and closed the door, and the carriage slowly moved forward. Gu Shiyi resisted the urge to turn his head and look out the window, focusing on the young woman.
"Tsk tsk..."

Gu Shiyi secretly clicked his tongue in his heart.

"Sure enough, it's Rugui Inn. Such a young and beautiful woman who has practiced Qi for five periods is actually working as a receptionist here!"

From this point of view, someone like Yan'er is a genius in Tianyimen, but here she can only be a welcome lady?
So to be the lobby manager here, does one need to be in the Nascent Soul stage?
Can the head of Tianyi Sect and Elder He only be hotel managers?
Well! Elder He and the head, one is as beautiful as a flower, the other is gentle and elegant. If they stand in the lobby, they are quite eye-catching!

However, it would be too disrespectful for the head and elders of the Tangtang Tian sect to be the innkeepers who welcome guests and send them off!
Could it be...that this is the gap between urban and rural areas?