Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 1005 - 272: State Preceptor’s Whereabouts, Guardian City

Time slipped by day by day, and in the blink of an eye, ten days had passed... During these ten days, Fan Wu and his companions had been traveling both day and night. Although they had some rest, it was not much. Each day, they rested for no more than three hours.

In these ten days, they had passed through no fewer than five county towns.

It must be said that the county towns of the Commerce Dynasty were much larger than those of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Yan Dynasty, and the population was even greater.

Along the way, the county towns they passed through had populations of at least four hundred thousand people. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

To put it in perspective, such a population would be considered quite large for a major city in either the Great Zhou Dynasty or the Great Yan Dynasty.

Regrettably, in the Shangwu Dynasty, a county town with a population of over four hundred thousand was considered merely a small town.

And along the way, surprisingly, they encountered no troubles.

Whether it was Demons and Devils, evil spirits, or Evil Gods, they encountered none. Thus, Fan Wu and his companions smoothly arrived in front of a city.

Looking up, they could see a huge wooden plaque hanging on the city wall.

It was somewhat novel to see a plaque on the city wall.

Naturally, the large characters on the wooden plaque were the name of the city.

——Guardian City.

"Guardian City?" Looking at the huge wooden plaque above, Yun Jiuqing, who was leading the Old Blue Ox on the road, couldn’t help but mutter, "A place called ’City’ in the Shangwu Dynasty must be quite large, right? Could the population of this Guardian City also be several million?"

Behind her, Bai Sheng’s voice chimed in, "Miss Yun, you might be underestimating such a city as Guardian City. In this vast Shangwu Dynasty, Guardian City is absolutely the second largest city in the dynasty. The total population of Guardian City is no less than ten million people, second only to the twenty million people of the Imperial City of Shangwu Dynasty."

"Ten million people? My goodness!" Such a massive population left Yun Jiuqing utterly astounded.

For just the total population of Guardian City alone was comparable to a significant fraction of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty!

Even some smaller dynasties might not have a total population of ten million.

And in the Shangwu Dynasty, a single city housed so many people.

To say that a city is comparable to a country would not be an exaggeration.

Moreover, what was even more astonishing was that the city gate was unguarded, as if welcoming everyone to enter. Even those who followed corrupt and heretical paths might freely enter such a city without issue.

It wasn’t clear whether Guardian City had such confidence or if they simply did not care whether the people entering the city were righteous or wicked.

Upon entering such a city as Guardian City, Fan Wu and his companions were amazed by the bustling scene inside.

The wide streets crisscrossed, and the ancient style buildings were densely packed; with their upturned eaves and green tiled roofs, they exuded wealth. Even ordinary people’s residences seemed to be built very grandly.

Both sides of the streets were lined with various vendors, and there were a great number of customers in front of the vendors... even more numerous. Snacks never before seen filled the view and scents wafted deliciously, making one’s mouth water.

Not far away, there seemed to be a number of street performers as well, eliciting cheers from the crowd.

Occasionally, a constable with a saber in hand would pass by, each of them tall and imposing.

One could tell at a glance that they possessed superior skills.

Just having walked a few steps inside, it was hard to imagine what even more bustling parts of this place would look like.

"I and my foolish brother once came to this place, but we were fleeing for our lives at the time and didn’t stay long, hardly three days. Mainly because Guardian City is so large, it takes some time to traverse; otherwise, we might not have stayed even three days,"

The person who said this was Yan Dalong, his tone quite sentimental: "After so long, coming to this place again, I never expected it to be even more prosperous than when we had seen it before. This place... really is damn populated!"

Fortunately, there were no guards at the city gate; otherwise, with the conspicuous presence of Yan Dalong and Yan Dahu, they would have already caused a stir there.

While they were walking forward and talking, suddenly, they seemed to hear some nearby passersby discussing something.

The group directly ignored these passersby, after seeing the shocked discussions that followed Yan Dalong and Yan Dahu.

Their attention was focused on what the civilians were discussing.

"What? The National Master came to Guardian City a few days ago and preached to the cultivators here? I had no idea this happened! It’s over! I missed it! This was a sermon by the National Master himself; I heard the last time he preached was ten years ago. A sermon once every ten years, and I missed it... I, I truly deserve to die!"