Chapter 735 - 425 Arrival at the Imperial City! _3

Shi Jian bowed.

"Hmm!"

Chen Xuan nodded, and his eyes continued to gaze at the map in his hand.

He had not been to the Imperial City yet, didn’t even know the route.

However, he had no idea how far it was until he looked; the Imperial City was indeed far from Moran City.

Of course, if one used space traversal, it would be fast enough, taking at most half a day’s time.

But aren’t there five burdens? Oh... right, six, Shi Jian is going too.

This obviously means he can’t use the Rule of Space.

Even Divine Foot Technique is unusable.

He could only use spiritual power to fly, and in that case, it might take around ten days.

After all, he couldn’t fly at full speed while carrying six people.

"Are you really planning to go to the Imperial City, sir?"

Shi Jian couldn’t help but ask at this moment.

"Of course!"

Chen Xuan put down the map and replied.

"But they are Shadow Guards."

Shi Jian showed a worried expression.

"What Shadow Guards? I don’t know any."

Chen Xuan shrugged.

Shi Jian immediately understood his meaning. There are only people attempting to assassinate him here, no actual Shadow Guards.

But is it really feasible?

"Alright, don’t worry so much, everything’s under my control."

Chen Xuan smiled.

He insisted he didn’t know the Shadow Guards, could they really kill him?

He didn’t believe it.

Besides, he only injured them, he even spared Hua Siyuan, otherwise, that punch would have hit his heart.

The body would be cold by now.

He’s not stupid, so he didn’t go to extremes.

...

The next day, Chen Xuan used spiritual power to lead six people out of Prince Xuan’s Mansion.

In the sky.

The group of seven flew swiftly.

Chen Xuan’s spiritual power only dragged six people through the air, not fully enveloping them.

At such speed, these people’s long hair fluttered wildly in the air, even their appearances were slightly altered.

Chen Xuan looked at one of the middle-aged men and asked softly, "Who are you all?"

"Why are you trying to assassinate me?"

"And who are those two who escaped?"

"Hmph!"

The man glared angrily, snorted coldly, and directly turned his head away, not looking at him.

"Oh... quite resilient, I hope you’re just as tough when you reach the Ritual Department."

Seeing this scene, Shi Jian couldn’t help but laugh inwardly.

Chen Xuan played his card very well.

And these people cooperated perfectly by not admitting to being Shadow Guards.

Thus, it’s perfect!

Even if the people of Great Yu were dissatisfied, they couldn’t show it openly.

Because Chen Xuan asked, he truly didn’t know.

However, Shi Jian was somewhat curious why these people weren’t sent to the Three Judicial Departments instead; that would probably be better.

Several days passed, and the group traversed through several prefectures.

Finally, after twelve days, they arrived at the eastern gate of the Imperial City.

The seven of them descended from the sky.

Chen Xuan then looked towards the distant eastern gate of the Imperial City.

The towering gate tower, multi-layered eaves, with carvings of dragons and phoenixes, showcasing the status of the Imperial City.

The city wall was entirely black and approximately over twenty meters tall.

Of course, that’s not the main point; the crucial part is that each black stone was engraved with various runes, faintly emitting a silver sheen.

As for the soldiers guarding the city, each wore golden armor, holding spears, standing there, emanating a sense of awe.

"No wonder it’s the Imperial City, truly impressive."

Couldn’t help but exclaim.

Just this city gate is more majestic than any prefecture’s gate he’s seen.

Moreover... he gazed at the runes on the giant stones, each differing yet inherently connected.

The entire city wall forms an extremely complex defensive array.

"Even high ranks in the Dao Realm would be hard-pressed to destroy it."

Chen Xuan muttered softly.

"Once the array activates, it won’t fear even Dao Realm Seven."

Shi Jian spoke up to explain.

"Hmm, close enough."

"Let’s go, still need to queue!"

"Keep an eye on those five."

Saying this, Chen Xuan first headed towards the long line at the city gate.

Anyone entering the Imperial City, no matter who you are, your identity must be checked; otherwise, the guards at the gate will act.

Chen Xuan reached the back of the line, yet his gaze was fixed on the city gate.

A row of young soldiers were checking black tokens one by one.

"Those are tokens registering each person’s information within their prefecture; they contain everyone’s information, portraits, and of course, the official seals of various prefectures. One must hold this to enter the Imperial City."

Seeing his puzzled expression, Shi Jian explained.

"But I... seem to not have one."

Chen Xuan realized this but found he didn’t have it.

This thing is only specifically processed by the Three Judicial Departments of various prefectures when entering the Imperial City.

"This subordinate has prepared it."

Saying this, he handed a yellow token to Chen Xuan while keeping a black token in his own hand.

"Why are they different?"

Chen Xuan examined the token in his hand and then asked.

"Hehe!"

Shi Jian chuckled softly, but felt helpless inside.

Despite being the prince of a prefecture, he truly knew nothing.

Simply... just like Xiaobai.

He sighed inwardly but then explained, "Tokens of different colors represent different identities."

"There are only two yellow tokens in a prefecture: one engraved with the character for ’prefecture,’ representing the identity of a prefecture’s prince."

"Another engraved with the character for ’minister,’ representing the identity of the Minister of the Three Judicial Departments of a prefecture."

"Then there’s blue, which represents the identity of some clan leaders."

"And the lowest is the black token, naturally representing these common subordinate identities."

"I see!"

Chen Xuan spoke lightly, realizing these tokens had such a meaning.

But in other words, aren’t they equivalent to IDs from the previous world!