Chapter 669: Chapter 511 Yundu Jinchuan City
Gu Changsheng was taken aback when she heard this, the use of the word “please” was very cryptic indeed!
“Granny! You…” In her urgency, she took a step forward, stretching out her hand, blankly watching Granny Wu Shan who had already turned and stepped outside the door.
“We shall et again in the Southern Border!”
Outside, Granny Wu Shan’s hoarse voice carried, already distant.
“Damn it! Granny, please allow to greet your ancestors!” Gu Changsheng stomped her foot, unable to hold back her anger as she cursed.
Who was asking her about eting again? What she wanted to ask was the reason Granny Wu Shan was so solemnly asking her to go to the Southern Border!
The Southern Border was definitely a place she, Gu Changsheng, had to go to, because her little bun was still trapped deep in the Southern Border with an unknown fate!
But, the key point was, given Granny Wu Shan’s tendency to favor won over n, the reason for her to go to the Southern Border would definitely not be as simple as saving the little bun!
But damn it, couldn’t she have made things clear before leaving?
Such ambiguity in her words left people scratching their hearts out like a cat, truly too insincere!
Zhou Mu watched Granny Wu Shan disappear through the courtyard door, a flicker of unpredictability in his eyes. He strode over to Gu Changsheng’s side, looked down, and spoke, “Since Granny Wu Shan said we will et again, the mystery will naturally be unveiled in ti. Don’t be so downhearted now. Let’s find an inn to settle down and wait for the summons from the people of Cloud Palace.”
Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng frowned and eventually nodded.
Now that they were on soone else’s turf, they naturally had to be more cautious!
Yundu Jinchuan City was surrounded by high mountains reaching into the clouds, located in a valley basin. Built against the mountains and using the stones as materials for the city walls and houses, the entire city appeared imposing and grand, different from the cities of the Central Plains.
As it was situated in a basin surrounded by mountains, a natural concave landscape led to constant mist. At a glance, the entire Jinchuan City seed to be shrouded in clouds and mist!
The streets and buildings in the city were densely packed, thriving, and the prosperity was in no way inferior to Liuzhou City!
“Wow, Lady, Jinchuan City is so beautiful!” Standing on the bluestone-paved streets of Jinchuan City, Yuan Bao couldn’t help but marvel.
Gu Changsheng agreed and nodded, finding Jinchuan City indeed beautiful, with its citizens living in peace and contentnt and presenting a harmonious scene.
“Yundu Jinchuan City is the largest and most prosperous city in Bashu. It serves as the perennial station for the Bashu Witch Master. Built amidst natural barriers, it’s easy to defend and difficult to attack. With a thousand-year foundation, its prosperity isn’t inferior to that of the Central Plains,” Zhou Mu stood by Gu Changsheng, holding her hand, and spoke in a deep voice.
“Whoever said that Bashu and the Southern Border were lands of barren mountains and treacherous waters, judging by this, rumors can’t all be trusted, can they?” Gu Changsheng looked at the bustling pedestrians on the street, speaking energetically before raising an eyebrow at Zhou Mu.
“What does this prince say?” Zhou Mu grinned slightly and showed a faint smile upon hearing this.
Gu Changsheng was again dazzled by that smile and quickly looked away, only to see passersby stopping in their tracks, all looking in her direction, their eyes filled with amazent.
She raised her hand to touch the veil on her head and couldn’t help but smirk. Damn it, they insisted on her wearing a veil. If you ask her, the true nace that should be wearing a veil is the evildoer!
Such a trouble to the nation and the people!
This is a true evildoer! A nace!
In Jinchuan City, where stone streets were everywhere, each one led to the sa place in the end, the highest point in the very center!
“Lady, Lady, look quickly, what a tall palace! Yuan Bao has never seen such a high palace in his life; it’s truly towering into the clouds!” Yuan Bao, pointing at a distant tall building, tugged at his lady’s clothes and whispered excitedly.
At Yuan Bao’s words, Gu Changsheng looked up—high it was, indeed very high!
The palace built of mountain rock was wide at the base and narrow at the top. From a distance, it looked rather like a pyramid, only much more delicate.
“The Cloud Palace of Jinchuan City, the palace of the Bashu Witch Master!” Zhou Mu glanced at the palace and spoke solemnly.
“Sir, have you ever been inside? Is the inside of the Cloud Palace as magnificent and grand as the outside?” Upon hearing this, Yuan Bao turned his head, looking at his master with curiosity.
Gu Changsheng looked over with the sa curiosity.
Under their gaze, Zhou Mu slowly shook his head, “I haven’t. The last ti I passed through Jinchuan City, I only t with the Chamberlain of the Witch Master, not the Witch Master herself, and I have never entered the Cloud Palace.”
Disappointed, Yuan Bao lowered his head upon hearing this but couldn’t help grumbling, “The Bashu Witch Master puts on so grand airs. My lord is at least the War God of Great Zhou and was simply brushed off with a Chamberlain, hmm…
Zhou Mu gave him a cold look at his words.
Seeing this, Yuan Bao imdiately covered his mouth, not daring to speak any further.
Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but let out a quiet chuckle, “When you’re on soone else’s turf, even a dragon has to coil up. You should stop bragging so much!”
“Yes, yes! Lady Changsheng is right!” Yuan Bao hurriedly agreed with her. Seeing his lord was no longer looking in his direction, he turned back to his lady, full of hope, and asked, “Lady, what do you think the Bashu Witch Master is like? What does she look like? She’s not going to be an old witch like Granny Wu Shan, is she?”
Thinking of Granny Wu Shan, Yuan Bao couldn’t help but shiver—a witch who used a skull as a cane was a chilling thought!
“Who do you think I am, asking such questions?” Gu Changsheng rolled her eyes.
God damn it, she felt that the mont she entered the Land of Bashu, her whole being was overwheld with a foreboding sense, this place was just too mystical, especially thinking of that rambling Granny Wu Shan, Gu Changsheng felt even worse!
F*ck, how curious!
Her mother’s identity wasn’t clear in the first place, and now, god damn it, the mystery was growing like a snowball getting bigger the more it rolled!
What in the world was this situation?
Just thinking about it gave her a headache!
F*ck it, if she couldn’t figure it out, then she’d stop thinking about it. When the ship reaches the pier, it will straighten itself out. She didn’t care anymore!
Anyway, no matter what, at any cost, she would pass through Bashu to get to the Southern Border to rescue her little darling!
Then, a cold smirk appeared on the corner of Gu Changsheng’s mouth, and then, she would stir up such chaos in the Southern Border that they would rember the consequences of offending Gu Changsheng!
“How about we settle down here?” Zhou Mu pointed at an impressive-looking inn and tilted his head to look at Gu Changsheng.
Gu Changsheng looked up, saw the three-story stone inn which appeared both grand and clean, and nodded in agreent.
The group of four, along with the silent and chanting Little Monk Bu Jie, walked towards the inn.
“Whether you are stopping for a break or staying the night, show the Pass Permit first!” The shopkeeper lifted his head from the abacus, gave them a glance, dropped a sentence, then bowed his head again, continuing with the abacus.
Pass Permit? What the hell?” Hearing this, Gu Changsheng humd and turned her head to look at Zhou Mu.
“It’s the permit issued at the City Gate when entering the city, without any issues.” Zhou Mu replied quietly.
When Gu Changsheng heard this, she was imdiately speechless!
God damn it, they had crawled in through an underground passage. Wasn’t that basically illegal entry?
If they had snuck in, without even going through the City Gate, where were they supposed to get a Pass Permit from?
They surely couldn’t be expected to turn back and get the permit only to return, could they?
Wasn’t this making things unnecessarily difficult for them?
The way Granny Wu Shan did things was utterly f*cking unfair!
Well, shopkeeper, how about we make things a bit easier?” Gold and Silver, universally accepted. Gu Changsheng pushed a moderate-sized Gold Ingot towards the shopkeeper and spoke confidently.
On seeing the gold, the shopkeeper imdiately lifted his head from the abacus, glanced at the woman in front of him wearing a veil, then at the handso man who stood behind her with a protective stance, and with a pained expression, shook his head, “Not possible! Jinchuan City has its own rules, without Jinchuan City’s Pass Permit, one cannot move an inch in the Land of Bashu. You all clearly aren’t ordinary folk, so please don’t make things difficult for this humble shopkeeper!”
“Alas! Doing business is not easy these days! Finally eting a wealthy and noble person, and it turns out they don’t have a permit! It’s maddening!” While saying this, the shopkeeper once again glanced at the gold ingot with regret, shaking his head.
Hearing this, the corner of Gu Changsheng’s mouth twitched, she lifted her hand to lift the veil covering her face, slapped the counter, and said fiercely, “Shopkeeper, it seems to that you are no ordinary person either. What if I insist on staying here?”
The shopkeeper’s hand, working the abacus, was covered with calluses at the base of the thumb, which clearly ca from frequent handling of weapons — a martial arts practitioner!
This Jinchuan City truly is a place where crouching tigers and hidden dragons lie, even a seemingly inconspicuous shopkeeper turns out to be an expert!
Upon seeing Gu Changsheng’s exposed face, the shopkeeper was imdiately stunned, his eyebrows tightly furrowed, and his eyes fixated on her forehead without blinking an eyelid!
Seeing this, Gu Changsheng frowned, and Zhou Mu’s complexion beside her darkened even more.
“Hey! Old man! What are you looking at! Keep staring and it’ll cost you!” Yuan Bao, with his round and plump body, squeezed to the front of the counter, blocking his mistress, slapped the desk, and began angrily scolding with a threatening face.
Still staring! Still staring! Didn’t you see his lord’s face turning black?
Keep staring and there will be serious trouble!
His lord gets irritable!
“Pfft!” Gu Changsheng, standing behind Yuan Bao, couldn’t help but burst into laughter upon hearing this.
This phrase felt so familiar, so much like her style!
It’s no wonder Yuan Bao, who had been by her side for so long, had inherited her real essence!
With Yuan Bao in front of her, the shopkeeper’s gaze still did not leave Gu Changsheng; he leaned forward, craning his neck, glaring with wide eyes, still fixedly staring at Gu Changsheng!
Being stared at so directly was a bit too much even for the thick-skinned Gu Changsheng!
It wasn’t that she hadn’t been stared at before, but she had never been stared at so blatantly!
“Hey! Shopkeeper! Have you made up your mind to find a flower on my face?” Gu Changsheng waved her hand in front of the shopkeeper teasingly…
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