Volume 3: Star Tower Chapter 6 Arrival at the Capital
After a long journey, the carriage of Yisu Academy finally arrived at the capital.
This was also the first time that Tang Zheng saw with his own eyes the true style of a big city among the eighty- one .
According to legend, most of the capitals of aristocratic families are dozens of feet high, with several layers of thick walls, nine inner cities, and nine outer cities. But in reality, the capital of the Leng family is not that exaggerated. Although the walls are high, they are not as thick as those of border fortress-type cities like Feishi City.
The Changyuan Leng family can be considered a family on the border, and they border outside the border. However, the area they border outside the border is not large, and they serve more as the first rear base of the Tianqin family, which has a long border.
The capital of the Leng family is located in the innermost part of the Leng family and is generally not affected by war. Therefore, although the specifications of the city walls are high, the thickness does not need to be that thick. Slightly stronger monsters cannot even cross the border, let alone appear in the innermost city of the Leng family.
"I originally thought that Jade City was already very big, but I didn't expect that the capital is even bigger..." Tang Xiaotang leaned on the window of the carriage, looking around.
The main street of the Leng family's capital is very wide. Six carriages in each direction can pass at the same time without any problem. The street is clean and tidy, with moats, entrance bridges, flower beds, and squares.
The main street leads directly to the inner city - where the head of the Leng family and all his direct descendants live, while on both sides of the street are the South City and the North City. According to the instructor's previous statement, the South City is mainly inhabited by officials and nobles of the Changyuan Leng family, while the North City is mainly a residential area.
There are three commercial areas in the Leng family's capital, which can meet all needs in and around the capital.
However, in any family's capital, the most eye-catching thing is definitely the same thing...
Trace the world and ask the Star Tower!
There are eighty-one aristocratic families, and their different capitals have different characteristics. Only the existence of the Su Shi Wen Xing Tower is the finishing touch of the aristocratic family capital.
If a noble family declines, it also starts with the cracking and collapse of the Sushiwenxing Tower.
Within the territory of Xingyao Continent, there is the enfeoffment order left by Emperor Zi Jin, so there are rarely wars and land annexations between the aristocratic families. This is also a major reason why humans can unite completely to fight against the demon race.
Humans, who rarely engage in civil wars, have an advantage over demons, who frequently engage in civil wars.
"Within 20 miles of the Sushiwenxing Tower, no vehicles are allowed to enter." The instructor called them all down and said, "We will go in on horseback."
"Can we ride a horse?" Tang Xiaotang thought they had to walk in.
"If I remember correctly, Meng Zuoyu, the lord of the Tanlang star, became famous for his cavalry combat when he was young..." Jiang Wuyan said.
"That's right." The instructor replied, "There are few families on the border who forbid horses. We can go in on horseback."
"Okay..." Tang Xiaotang looked at the horses that the coachman brought over, each of which had a horse brand that read "Sui Shi Wen Xing Tower". She shrugged and smiled - although riding horses is not prohibited in this place, it seems that not everyone's horse can run in there at will!
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The Su Shi Wen Xing Tower is twenty miles in radius. Not only are there no carriages, but there are not even any slightly taller buildings. The steps going up and down are all arranged in a perfect circle with the Su Shi Wen Xing Tower as the center. There are no shops inside, only neatly arranged small buildings, each of which is no more than two stories high.
Tang Zheng and his team were arranged in one of the small buildings, while the instructor and the driver were arranged in the one next to it.
There are more than a dozen small buildings like this, and most of them have people entering and leaving.
"Thank you for coming here from such a far distance. Instructor Zou is still as young as before..." Soon, a maid in uniform came out to greet Tang Zheng and the others.
"I'm old, I'm already old." The instructor laughed, "This year should be the last team I lead."
"Are you planning to stay in Feishi City to retire? That won't work. The journey from Yisu Academy to the capital is so long. If someone who is not familiar with the road leads them astray, it will delay a year of these children's life."
The instructor and the maids were already familiar with each other, chatting and laughing, and were about to go into the building...
"Hey, Instructor Zou, you are the last one to arrive again this year?" A voice sounded behind them.
"No way, it's not as close as your Sanqing Academy." Instructor Zou turned around and saw a familiar figure. He introduced Tang Zheng and the others, "Sanqing Academy, Long Qi, Instructor Long."
"Hello, instructor." Tang Xiaotang and the others greeted the instructor.
Instructor Long did not return the greeting, but instead looked at them with a scrutinizing gaze. After a long while, he smiled and said, "Is the Yisu Academy so miserable this year? Could it be that only four of them came?"
Instructor Zou didn't change his expression. He punched him in the chest and said to Tang Zheng and the others, "Look, you were right not to apply to Sanqing Academy, right? Their instructors are so annoying, they are foul-mouthed. How did they say that..."
"You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth." Tang Zheng reminded with a smile.
"Yes, our students are well-educated!" Instructor Zou patted Tang Zheng's shoulder heavily.
Instructor Long smiled and said, "I'm annoying? You the instructors at Yisu Academy are so gentle and considerate... If I remember correctly, that Li Xiaoren is even more annoying than me..."
He mentioned Li Xiaoren's name, but stopped talking halfway.
Because he saw that everyone's face changed.
Not only the instructor, but also Tang Zheng and the others had their expressions turned ugly.
"What's wrong with you?" Instructor Long frowned.
"Instructor Li is dead." Instructor Zou whispered.
Instructor Long immediately lost interest in continuing the bickering: "Some jokes are okay, but some are not ."
Instructor Zou said: "I'm not kidding."
"How is that possible! I remember he was in good health?"
Instructor Zou shook his head and said, "This is a long story. I will sit down and tell you slowly after the children enter the Star Tower. Now, let them go in and rest."
Instructor Long nodded, then said, "Bring a jar of wine to see him when you have time," then turned and left.
"Who is that instructor? What did he just say? There are only four instructors from Yisuli Academy. Are four too few?" Tang Xiaotang was still a little angry.
"This year, there are twelve people from Sanqing Academy who are qualified to climb the Sushiwenxing Tower, and twenty from Qipin Academy. In the capital, there are twenty-eight people from Jiuhua Academy who climb the tower this year. The number of people from Yisu Academy who are qualified is really small." Instructor Zou was not angry at all. Instead, he said, "In fact, there are not many people from our academy who climb the tower every year, but our performance in the Sushiwenxing Tower is still among the best!"
Seeing that Instructor Zou himself was not angry, Tang Xiaotang and the others were naturally not angry either. However, they still did not have a good impression of the instructor: "Sanqing Academy is the academy in the city closest to Yisu Academy, right? Their people even came to our Feishi City's Star Arena and fought with us."
Instructor Zou smiled and asked, "How strong are they?"
"Very bad!" Tang Xiaotang and the others answered in unison.
“Hahahahahaha…” Instructor Zou was delighted when he heard this comment. “Good! Well said! How can Long Qi, who likes to drink but doesn’t like to pay, teach good students…”
Tang Zheng and the others' faces jumped.
I like drinking but I don’t like paying…
It seems that there is a lot of "grudge" between these two people!
However, the matters between the instructors were none of their business. They had already arrived at the Su Shi Wen Xing Tower and were now waiting for the tower to open tomorrow morning!
"Hurry up and read more." Tang Zheng was lying on the bed, and he took out the diary of Huangfu Xuanluo and slowly read it...
