Taihuang Star Seal

Chapter 396-1 Accidentally became the “prey” and was on someone else’s “menu”?

Shi Qiaochao, having made up his mind, took the two elders, Blue and Green, and blended back into the crowd in a very low-key manner.

However, their eyes would still occasionally look towards Ding Chen and his group in the distance.

Just like a tiger lurking in the bushes, quietly approaching its prey, secretly smug: "Hmph, wait and see, little brat, there will be a day when you will cry for your parents!"

Soon, Ding Chen and the other two arrived at the back of the crowd queuing to enter the city, and they followed the flow of people, stopping and walking from time to time.

At this moment, on the city wall.

The guardian of the city gate, who was wearing a gray and white Taoist robe with the words "天" and "辞" printed on his chest, saw the three new figures joining the crowd and suddenly his eyes lit up: "This person looks familiar!"

"Someone, bring up the menu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a little Taoist boy quickly stepped forward and handed over a thick bundle of [Wanted Notices]: "I respectfully invite Elder Yang to take a look."

Elder Yang took the thick Wanted Notice and flipped through it quickly: "Where is this dish?"

“Hey, found it!”

Elder Yang tore off one of the pages with a "swish".

On this [Wanted Poster], the portraits of Ding Chen and Wei Sanniang were clearly printed.

Of course, there is also an inconspicuous "light ball"...

The three of them probably never imagined that they would accidentally become the "prey" that the bounty hunters coveted;

It was even on the "menu" of an elder named Yang in [Tianci City]? !

"A wanted person of Wanya Palace? Well, it's quite valuable."

After Elder Yang finished talking to himself, he turned the notice over, picked up the brush beside the table, and wrote a few large words on it.

Then, Elder Yang hooked his finger with a proud look on his face.

Immediately, a little Taoist boy came forward respectfully, bent over, and took the [Wanted Poster] that had been torn off with both hands.

"Go, take this to the captain of the city gate guards. He will know what to do."

"Yes!"

When the little Taoist boy ran down the city wall to deliver the message, Elder Yang calmly took a sip of tea and said, "Mm, it smells so good~"

"After I eat the dish 'Ding Chen', I can earn a lot of spiritual stones to buy the new tea I want."

It turned out that this old man surnamed Yang, who looked like a Taoist priest, loved to collect wanted notices from all over the country and then had people bind them into books.

Whenever he had free time, he would take it out and look through it, treating those "wanted criminals" as his "cash cow".

As long as the other party comes to [Tianci City], it is equivalent to "delivering food to the door"!

The captain of the city gate guard, who had cooperated with Elder Yang thousands of times, already knew exactly how to do it.

At this time——

When the captain of the city gate guard, who was wearing dark blue armor and a fiery red helmet, saw the [Wanted Notice] handed over by the little Taoist boy, a gloomy smile immediately appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Hey, I'm lucky today. I just started my shift and I came across a 'hard dish' that can fill my stomach!"

He has been working with Elder Yang for many years, and it has always been Elder Yang who eats the meat, and he himself can also drink some soup.

As he spoke, the sturdy man in black armor and red helmet, with his spiritual sense as sharp as a knife, cut through Ding Chen and his group who were at the back of the team entering the city.

That look was like a sharp knife, ready to chop the meat on the felt board at any time!

There is no doubt that in the eyes of the captain of the city gate guard, Ding Chen and his group, who were listed on the [Wanted Notice], were extremely juicy "meat"...

"Entrance fee: 5,000 low-grade spirit stones for one day and one night."

The guard in front of the city gate said with a stern expression.

The fat monk who was near the door took out 25,000 low-grade spirit stones from his storage ring with some pain and handed them over: "I want to stay for five days."

The guard took the money with one hand and handed over a small diamond-shaped jade token with the other hand, saying, "Here, this is your 'time limit token'. If you drip blood to cross the soul now, it will be activated."

"With this item in hand, you can be guaranteed to be safe during your stay in [Tianci City]."

"If there is any danger, you only need to crush this card, and the experts patrolling in [Tianci City] will rush to help you."

"Of course, the prerequisite for getting help is that you must be the 'victim', not the one who actively provoked."

"Otherwise, it will be you who will face punishment!"

The guard at the city gate introduced himself in a numb manner: "As long as the time limit has not expired, you don't have to worry about being driven away."

"But if you have not left the city after the time limit, you will face the [Tianci Taxation Team] coming to collect the 'delayed tax'."

“At that time, you only need to pay the subsequent payments as needed to continue your stay.”

"But if you refuse to pay, we will take something from you that is enough to buy you back, and then kick you out of the city. Please remember this!"

Similar scenes happened one after another.

The cultivators who were able to rush to the "Tianci Wanbao Auction" on time, even if they had not seen it with their own eyes, had definitely heard that there were many masters in [Tianci City] and the rules were strict;

There have been thousands of bloody suppressions of provocateurs!

Therefore, no one would be so bored as to use his or her reputation or even his or her life to test the strictness of the rules of [Tianci City].

Moreover, the "Instructions for Entering the City" projected on the city wall and visible from a long distance also helped to a great extent the psychological preparation of those cultivators who were determined to enter the city.

Those cultivators who do not have the financial resources to enter the city a few days in advance will naturally not line up in the queue to enter the city.

Most of them would be like the group of cultivators who were sitting, lying, standing or leaning against the city wall. They would find a place to stay early and wait for the day when the auction officially started before entering the city...

Therefore, although there were many cultivators queuing up to enter the city, the entire process proceeded in an orderly manner.

However, this smooth and harmonious scene was suddenly broken when it was Ding Chen's turn to deliver the spirit stone.

"There are three of us, and we will stay for five days. Here are 75,000 low-grade spirit stones."

Ding Chen handed over the spirit stone according to the rules.

Unexpectedly, the guard who was responsible for collecting the spirit stones and issuing the badges was about to reach out to take the spirit stones;

Suddenly, he was pushed aside by the captain who came over!

Then, the sturdy man in black armor and red helmet looked Ding Chen up and down with a playful look, and said in a voice transmission: "Boy, I recognize you."

"You are Ding Chen, who is listed on the 'Bounty Wanted Notice' issued by Wanya Palace, right?"

"I've seen many wanted criminals like you who want to sneak into [Heavenly City] and rely on the 'Heavenly Iron Law' to avoid being caught and killed!"

"Your 'entrance fee' is different from that of other cultivators."

At this point, the captain of the guard paused deliberately, then raised his hand and pointed out five shining fingers: "The entrance fee for other cultivators is 5,000 'low-grade spirit stones' per day."

"And if you want to take refuge in my [Heavenly City], you must pay 5,000 'Middle-grade Spiritual Stones' per person per day!"

"what?!"

"Five thousand mid-grade spirit stones?!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Sanniang and Liu Sisi immediately turned pale, "Why don't you just go and rob it, you bastard?!"

The extremely high premium of one hundred times made the two women both shocked and angry.