「Inside the carriage.」

Yang Hui said with a chuckle, "We’ve already arranged a residence for Lord Pei Ze. It’s fully furnished, so you can move in right away."

Yue Neng immediately added, "Considering that many Wizards prefer to set up their own Protective Arrays and Guardian Arrays, we didn’t make any such arrangements at the residence."

"Thank you. Please, just call me Pei Ze," Pei Ze said with a smile.

The smiles on Yang Hui and Yue Neng’s faces deepened, and they readily agreed. It was an opportunity to build a better relationship with Pei Ze, one they certainly wouldn’t refuse, and their speech became less formal.

"As for servants, we can arrange them for you if you need," Yang Hui said. "Of course, if you’d rather purchase them yourself, there’s a dedicated Slave Market in the Inner City that sells qualified, trained servants. The quality is guaranteed, so you can procure them from there."

Pei Ze nodded in understanding.

Wizards are profoundly cautious creatures.

Something as important as a Protective Array for one’s own residence would naturally not be entrusted to others; they would only feel at ease setting it up themselves.

The same logic applied to servants.

If they were arranged by the Wizard Management Department, who knew if there were spies planted among them?

To be safe, it was more secure to purchase them himself. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

After that, the three of them chatted casually until the carriage gave an imperceptible shudder and began to slow down.

Pei Ze lifted the curtain to look out and saw that the carriage had arrived at the Ring of Truth.

What came into view was a colossal, towering white wall. Its smooth, seamless surface stretched out to both sides, disappearing into the distance.

It soared up into the sky, and looking up from its base, it felt as if the entire firmament was cleaved in two by the massive wall.

The material of the wall seemed to be neither metal nor stone, and it appeared to have the ability to block Spiritual Power.

The moment Pei Ze’s extended Spiritual Power touched the wall, it was completely absorbed, unable to pass through at all.

Directly ahead of the carriage, a gate over a hundred meters high and nearly thirty meters wide stood open. A squad of elite, fully armed soldiers guarded both sides.

They stood ramrod straight, their gazes scrutinizing the people and vehicles passing through the gate.

As the carriage passed through the gate, Pei Ze keenly sensed a fluctuation sweep over the entire vehicle. It only receded after something in Yang Hui’s sleeve vibrated gently.

Before long, the carriage passed through the long corridor of the gate and entered the Inner City.

Pei Ze looked out the window at the scenery rushing by, a nostalgic look flashing in his eyes.

The architectural style of the Inner City wasn’t actually that different from the Outer City’s; it was just more refined.

The real difference lay in the application of Magic in daily life.

Pei Ze could clearly sense the fluctuations of Energy Particles permeating the interiors of buildings and all corners of the districts.

For example, the Magic Stone Lamps lining the streets, the fountain in the central square with its permanent, solidified water vapor cycle, and the Earth Puppets they passed on the road, which were busy hauling stone blocks.

The Inner City had clearly integrated Magic into every aspect of daily life.

This was something the Outer City couldn’t hope to match.

Just then, the carriage rounded a corner, and a cluster of colossal, towering spires of varying heights immediately came into view in the distance.

Wizard Towers.

Dozens of Wizard Towers stood erect, like lances piercing the heavens.

Pei Ze had lived in the Ring of Truth for over a decade in his youth, so he was already very familiar with this sight.

The entire Inner City could be roughly divided into five districts. The very center was the district where the Wizard Towers were located.

That was where the Dawn Council resided and was the very core of Chenxi City.

Nearly all of Chenxi City’s level-four and higher Wizards lived there.

Each Wizard Tower represented a Wizard of at least the fourth level.

West of the Wizard Towers were the various institutions directly under the Council, such as the Golem Department, the Potion Department, and the Magic Artifact Department, as well as the garrison for the Silver Light Legion.

East of the Wizard Towers was the residential area for Wizards, which was also where Pei Ze was headed.

Basically, after newly-promoted Wizards entered the Inner City, they would be assigned a manor in the East District as their residence.

North of the Wizard Towers was where the major Wizard Clans were located.

These clans had histories stretching back dozens, even hundreds of generations. Their members were innumerable, and their tangled roots occupied a vast area. They were situated next to the East District, where Wizards of common birth lived, but there was little interaction between them.

South of the Wizard Towers was the most prosperous commercial district.

Most of the Inner City’s commercial establishments were concentrated here. In addition to shops for daily necessities like food, clothing, and lodging, and stores selling resources for Wizards, there were also facilities like the Slave Market, auction houses, and fighting pits.

The carriage was currently passing through the commercial district.

The streets were bustling with noise and dense with crowds.

Wizard Apprentices, a relatively rare sight in the Outer City, were a dime a dozen here.

Other races like barbarians, elves, and dwarves were also a common sight.

Pei Ze did a quick scan with his Spirit and found that most of these non-humans had power levels comparable to a Grand Knight, with some even reaching the level of a Legendary Knight.

Most of these non-humans were followers or servants of some Wizard.

Pei Ze even saw a succubus swaggering down the street.

Her clothes were revealing; aside from her vital parts, everything else was exposed. The curve of her waist and back was exquisite, her thighs were full and round, and her skin was smooth and utterly flawless.

A pair of black, bat-like wings grew from her back. The black tip of her tail coiled out from behind her, resting against her inner thigh and further accentuating her jade-white skin.

Meeting Pei Ze’s gaze, the succubus giggled, shot him a coquettish wink, and licked her lips bewitchingly.