Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 762: Entering Red Cliff

Chapter 762 -762: Entering Red Cliff

A wide tunnel appeared in front of Wang Chen.

Compared to the underground passage he had just come from, the width and height of this tunnel had increased by four or five times, and it could easily accommodate six or seven carriages running side by side!

Not only that, the ground and the walls of the tunnel were all paved with stone slabs, making them look smooth and sturdy.

Every few distances along the walls of the tunnel, a long-lasting lamp was embedded.

The lamps were filled with a resin-like fuel that burned without smoke, but emitted a faint fragrance.

The soft light evenly illuminated the tunnel, shining on the passersby and the carriages that went by.

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Indeed, Wang Chen actually saw a carriage racing past upfront!

Shi Yan thought he was stunned by such a scene and chuckled, “This is Huarong Road. Seeing Huarong Road means that we’ll soon arrive at Red Cliff City.”

Holy Ancestor’s Way is just a general term for the underground tunnels connecting villages and cities; in fact, the tunnels beneath different cities all have their own names, which makes them easier to distinguish.

Huarong Road is the main underground trunk road of Red Cliff City!

As Wang Chen followed Shi Yan onto Huarong Road and continued forward, more and more pedestrians and merchant caravans appeared.

They came from different side paths, like trickles joining a long river.

Traveling Merchants carrying loads, farmers with bamboo baskets on their backs, Martial Artists clad in armor and carrying swords, and travelers in a hurry…

All eventually stopped in front of a massive gate.

Wang Chen’s eyes narrowed sharply!

He saw at the exit of the tunnel up ahead, two massive stone doors, each several zhang tall and wide, were open to the left and right, with dozens of fully-armed Samurai guarding the entrance and checking those who came in and out.

What surprised Wang Chen was that he actually saw True Seal Talisman Script on these two stone doors!

The language and characters of the Foggy Mountain Realm were vastly different from the Haotian Realm. However, since Wang Chen, under the identity of “Chen Ergou,” had awakened and inherited all the memories, he naturally mastered the language and script of this world.

In the Spiritless Land of the Foggy Mountain Realm where nature’s spiritual energy was absent and no Dharma Cultivation could be practiced, they had taken a different path in the transcendent realm.

So, Wang Chen hadn’t expected to see the True Seal Talisman Script he was most familiar with here.

Could it be that cultivators from the Haotian Realm had once come to Red Cliff City?

This was not so strange, considering that the Fox Tribe of Green Hill had held the Questioning World Bell for over a thousand years, during which they dispatched many of their people to explore within, leaving traces in the Foggy Mountain Realm was quite normal.

Even if they had, they would likely have been buried long ago!

Wang Chen shook his head and withdrew his gaze.

The stone doors were covered in True Seal Talisman Script, but it was meaningless to him.

The queue slowly moved forward, and after paying the fee, the merchant caravans and travelers one by one stepped onto the staircase behind the stone doors.

When it was Wang Chen and Shi Yan’s turn, the latter immediately handed over two Bone Coins.

After verifying the authenticity of the Bone Coins, the guard waved them through.

This entry fee is a bit pricey!

Wang Chen was somewhat surprised, suspecting that the hundred or so Bone Coins in his pocket might not last very long in this city.

Past the tall stone doors, the area ahead was even brighter, and a long staircase stood before him.

Wang Chen looked up to see that the staircase stretched upward, its end almost out of sight.

Interestingly, on both sides of the staircase, there were tracks for ascending and sliding down, operated by human power.

But they seemed to be specifically for transporting goods.

As for pedestrians, they could only climb the stairs.

Of course, for Wang Chen, this was nothing; with his current strength, he could scale even the highest peak, let alone such flat and simple stairs.

After mounting the final step, the view suddenly opened up.

An indescribable atmosphere instantly enveloped Wang Chen completely.

His heart gave a tremendous jolt!

At that very instant, Wang Chen unexpectedly perceived the presence of nature’s spiritual energy.

This feeling was extremely subtle, and when he tried to capture it, he got nothing.

It seemed like nothing but an illusion of his own.

“What’s wrong?”

Shi Yan, standing beside him, noticed that Wang Chen had stopped and asked in confusion, “Is something the matter?”

“It’s nothing.”

Wang Chen snapped back to reality, “Let’s keep going.”

Shi Yan thought Wang Chen was just overwhelmed by his first time in the city, so he didn’t dwell on his distraction, “Let’s go, we’ll find a place to stay and then talk.”

Red Cliff was a real city, its back against the magnificent mountains, with tall city walls built on the other three sides for protection. The buildings within the city were close-packed and towering. Although they couldn’t compare with the Immortal City in the Haotian Realm, in the mortal world, Red Cliff indeed deserved the name of Bear City.

The city walls of Red Cliff had a dark red hue and, being very high, could be seen from anywhere within the city.

The world outside the city walls was completely enveloped in dense fog.

In a world shrouded in mist, it undoubtedly gave people a great sense of security!

The people living in the city, whether in their attire or their demeanor, were clearly different from the villagers of Little Stone Village.

Following Shi Yan along the main street, Wang Chen noticed that there were many martial artists here.

These martial artists had very distinctive features: some carried bows and swords; some had a dragon’s stride and a tiger’s step; some had powerful physiques—all in stark contrast with the ordinary civilians.

As the sky gradually darkened, the two had walked a long distance and finally found an inn that was very cheap.

“This inn’s rooms are cheaper.”

Shi Yan wiped the sweat from his brow and said with a wry smile, “I don’t have many bone coins on me, so I have to spend them carefully. Luckily this place is still open, otherwise looking for another one would probably cost us more.”

Wang Chen nodded his head.

He was not the type to indulge in luxuries; he could dwell in lavish mansions in Immortal City, or he could make do with a dugout burrow for shelter.

So he had no complaints about a cheap inn.

Even though it was a cheap inn, a plain little room still cost one bone coin a day.

Shi Yan paid for three days’ rent in advance.

After settling down in the room, he said to Wang Chen, “Ergou, we’ll have to make do and squeeze in here tonight. I have to head back tomorrow, and from then on, you’re on your own.”

As he spoke, he took a beastskin pouch from his bosom and handed it to Wang Chen, “This is what the village head asked me to give you.”

The moment the pouch was in his hands, Wang Chen understood what was inside.

A pouch of bone coins!

He frowned, about to refuse, when he heard Shi Yan say, “Everything in the city is expensive, and you can’t do without bone coins when you’re new here. Consider this a loan, and you can pay it back later.”

Wang Chen thought for a moment, “Alright.”

He did indeed need those bone coins, so borrowing them was not a problem; he could just repay them tenfold later!

Seeing Wang Chen accept the bone coins, Shi Yan showed a relieved smile, “Then let me tell you more about Red Cliff City.”

All along the way, Shi Yan truly wished he could convey everything he knew about Red Cliff City to Wang Chen.

But memory always has its lapses, and now that he was back, he remembered some other things.

So he had a few more things to say.

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