Chapter 40
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Chapter 40: Tongzhou City
A few days later, by a river not far from the main road.
Wang Yu watched as a small boat drifted away in the river until it became a dark shadow. His mind began to recall Yin Linglong’s words when she left.
"Wang Lang, I need to take care of some things with the secret guards of Treasure Pavilion first. Also, there are some urgent matters with the Yin family. It’s not convenient for you to return with me to the Yin family now. Please focus on your training in this Tongzhou City. Once you reach the third level of Qi Refining and form your Spiritual Root, you can go to Guangyuan District, which is three hundred miles northeast of Tongzhou City, to find ‘Blacksmith Wu.’ He is an old servant of the Yin family and will take you to the Yin family."
Behind Guangyuan District is the Four Elephant Gate, and only cultivators of the third level of Qi Refining or higher are allowed to enter. You must not go there before forming your Spiritual Root.
Additionally, I have a few bottles of lower grade Spirit Gathering Liquid that I can no longer use, so I will give them to you for your daily training, along with some protective talismans…"
Wang Yu touched the small, bulging package in his arms, and his lips couldn’t help but curl into a slight smile.
Having a rich and beautiful fiancée feels really nice.
This soft life is quite enjoyable!
First, it would be good to visit Tongzhou City, which is said to have a million common people living there.
After all, during the exchange meeting on the Iron Arrow Ship, Yu Bintian had mentioned that this city is one of the four major cities in the Daming Prefecture of the Wu Kingdom, not only filled with common people, but occasionally, low-level cultivators can be found there as well.
This time, I finally have a chance to gather detailed information about this world.
Thinking of this, Wang Yu no longer hesitated and turned around, walking confidently toward the official road.
Six months later.
On a clean and neat street in Tongzhou City, inside an ancient-style book house, a tall young man who appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen years old was intently reading a thick book in his hands.
"Brother Wang, if you keep reading, you’ll finish this book, ‘Complete List of Common Herbs,’ before you know it." Inside the book house, another young man in blue, who was wiping the nearby bookshelves with a cloth, exclaimed after finishing the last shelf.
"Why must you be so surprised, Brother An? Will you lose money on books because of me? You know that when I find a book I like, I will definitely buy it to read it closely," Wang Yu said as he put down the book and smiled at the young man in blue, then took out a small string of copper coins from his pocket and tossed it to him.
"Brother Wang, you really are a book lover, finding joy in any book. Most of the various books in my book house have been bought by you already." The young man in blue smiled brightly after receiving the copper coins.
"Indeed, starting tomorrow, Wang might have to consider another dormitory and won’t come to Brother An’s anymore." Wang Yu said with a smile after tucking *Complete List of Common Herbs* into his pocket.
"Oh no, Brother Wang. You are now the big patron of my bookshop. In a few days, we will have a new batch of books. You must come visit again!" the young man named An quickly urged.
"Hehe, let’s talk about it in a few days. If I have time, I might come take a look again," Wang Yu replied with a laugh, then left the bookshop while the young man in blue looked at him longingly.
After a stick of incense’s time, Wang Yu arrived at the door of a quiet courtyard on a side street, took out a key, unlocked the door, and walked in.
Behind the door was a simple courtyard made up of three tile-roofed houses. The yard was small, but in the center stood two large stone locks, and in front of one of the houses was a simple weapon rack holding a few wooden swords.
Wang Yu ignored the stone locks and other items in the yard and directly walked into one of the tile-roofed houses, where he found a row of bookshelves completely filled with books of various sizes.
Wang Yu took out the *Complete List of Common Herbs* from his pocket, called out "Overclock," and as a light sparkled in his eyes, he began to flip through the pages quickly.
After a sound of pages turning rapidly, Wang Yu closed the book in his hands and shut his eyes.
After a moment of silence, he opened his eyes, but the light in them had disappeared, and he casually put the book onto a nearby shelf.
"Three great libraries, one hundred fifty-seven books; this is all the useful books I could gather in a short time. If I go to other libraries to collect more, it might attract too much attention." Wang Yu walked out of the thatched house and looked up at the bright red sun in the sky, which looked just like the Blue Star. He mumbled to himself a few times.
Through these books, he now has a full understanding of some general knowledge about this world, and he has memorized all the information recorded in these books with his remarkable memory ability.
For example, he finally learned that this other world, besides the two countries of Wu and Yu, also has a stronger country called Feng. The combined area of Wu and Yu is not even half the size of Feng.
But just the territory of Wu Kingdom alone spans ten thousand miles, divided into twelve provinces and forty-eight states, with Tongzhou City belonging to the westernmost Daming Prefecture.
The area that Tongzhou City manages is five or six times larger than that of Yellow Stone City.
The customs and culture of Tongzhou City are similar to those of Yellow Stone City.
However, the living standards of the people in the city far exceed those in Yellow Stone City. At least, every household does not have to rely on "bean porridge" as their staple food and can eat regular rice and noodles. Also, while walking on the streets, it is rare to see anyone wearing patched or torn clothing.
The Wu Kingdom is nominally ruled by the royal Shi family, but in reality, except for two or three provinces directly managed by the Shi family, most other provinces follow instructions but do not heed commands.
What puzzles Wang Yu is that, according to the records in the books, the three kingdoms have had historical records since ten thousand years ago, with frequent changes in dynasties. The royal families and courts of various countries have taken turns, but the names and areas of the three kingdoms have not changed much, and there has been no technological change from primitive civilizations, as if human civilization in this world was born overnight ten thousand years ago.
Moreover, according to the book, beyond the Three Kingdoms lies the Eastern Wilderness and the Northern Sea. All the books say that the Eastern Wilderness and the Northern Sea are endless, and no one has ever been able to cross between the two.
Some books also mention that the Eastern Wilderness is filled with vast mountains and endless forests, home to countless fierce beasts and monsters.
Deep in the Northern Sea, powerful hurricanes rage throughout the year. Often, just a few thousand miles from the shore, ships are destroyed, and people are lost. Some have even seen towering giant beasts over a hundred feet tall and strange creatures with human heads and fish bodies along the coast.
If it weren’t for the existence of cultivators in this world, Wang Yu would definitely not understand these matters.
However, very few books record information about cultivators. Even the few that do mention them mostly group them with mythological stories, referring to them as ‘Immortal Masters’ and briefly touching on the subject.
Wang Yu feels that there seems to be a force deliberately preventing ordinary people from understanding cultivators too well.
Besides this, he also confirmed through these miscellaneous books that this world is definitely connected to Blue Star, as some records and poetry and calendars mentioned in the books gave him an oddly familiar feeling.
Some illustrations and names of plants and animals described in the miscellaneous books are very similar to those found on Blue Star.
If he weren’t unable to return to Blue Star right now, the information recorded in these miscellaneous books would be enough for him to achieve great success upon his return.
Wang Yu thought of this and sighed.
He seemed to miss the delicious food and wonderful life of surfing the internet at Blue Star even more.
But after a moment, he stepped out of the door and walked to the two stone locks in the yard.
He bent down, grabbed one stone lock in each hand, and with a little effort, he threw both stone locks into the air, where they fell heavily back down.
"Thud," "Thud."
Wang Yu reached out and caught both stone locks easily, but his feet sank into the ground from the force, and the dirt even covered most of his calves.