Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 646 - 647: A Different Kind of Town_1

Chapter 646: Chapter 647: A Different Kind of Town_1

"Actually, you could also bring some items to exchange for money. I believe those merchants at the market wouldn’t object to acquiring some scarce goods."

Feng Yuan said to the people, and Liu Wenli looked at the others and said,

"I’m afraid that would be difficult, since we don’t have any extra goods to trade."

"Is that so..."

"Then that’s really a pity~"

Feng Yuan said, turning his back to the staircase and looking at the people as he spoke,

"Then you won’t be able to buy anything~ It would be such a shame to visit once and not bring back any souvenirs~"

"No choice but to borrow some money from you."

Guo Huai glanced at Feng Yuan and said, knowing full well that if Feng Yuan really wanted to exchange money, he could obtain a pile of copper coins at any time. Noticing Feng Yuan’s body tilting backward, Mo Ling quickly called out,

"Be careful!"

With a push and pull of his legs, Feng Yuan floated in the air, looking at Mo Ling with some puzzlement and said,

"Careful of what?"

Seeing Feng Yuan floating in the air, Mo Ling let out a sigh of relief and said with some resignation,

"I thought you were going to fall."

"How could I fall? But do you really mean to borrow money?"

Feng Yuan eyed the people skeptically, and Mo Li, after pondering uncertainly, said,

"It’s hard to say. Unless there’s something special... we probably wouldn’t."

"If you dare to give it, I dare to borrow!"

Guo Huai stared at Feng Yuan as he spoke, though his confidence seemed somewhat lacking. Feng Yuan curled his lip and said,

"You’re just being stubborn. Let’s go, let’s see what this market has to offer~"

They continued down the stone steps, and when they passed a huge platform square, they noticed Feng Yuan not even glancing at the surrounding shops, just floating straight down. Guo Huai grabbed Feng Yuan’s outer robe and said,

"Did you pass it? Isn’t this the market?"

After a glance at the somewhat deserted square, Feng Yuan said with some irritation,

"What do you think?"

"Aren’t those shops?"

"You can go take a look if you want, but I’m not interested. It’s just some Noble’s fancy."

Feng Yuan spoke with a hint of disdain, while Liu Wenli observed the surroundings and said,

"This area is probably similar to the districts inhabited by the Nobles and families in the Divine Land. Although there are plenty of goods, items exclusively for the Nobles... they are meaningless to us."

Mo Li nodded. Maybe the shops contained some peculiar items, but their prices were not your everyday sort of high. He didn’t think the money Feng Yuan exchanged could buy much here; better to take a look at the market in the commoner’s area.

Shaking off Guo Huai’s hand, Feng Yuan continued to float downward. Before long, a huge city gate appeared before everyone’s eyes. Mo Ling said with some surprise,

"The commoner’s area is outside the city?"

"Not exactly. The Nobles and the City Lord live inside the inner city, while the commoners are in the outer city. It’s quite normal; of course, there are residential areas outside the city too, but I suppose the slums wouldn’t have anything interesting."

Feng Yuan explained as he followed the steps around a corner. The staircase, which had been fairly straight, took a sharp turn within the thick walls that separated the inner and outer city, almost a complete one hundred and eighty degrees.

On one side there was quiet and antiquity; on the other, noise and disarray. The bend separated two completely different worlds. Wei Dingwu, witnessing this for the first time, said with some amazement,

"That’s amazing."

"It’s always the same story."

Liu Wenli said with some disdain. Although the Divine Land Region did not go to such extremes, the difference was marginal. Segregated living wasn’t exclusive to Omeilia.

Seeing the people coming out from the inner city, the guards were somewhat surprised, as they did not recall any of the bigwigs living in the inner city district dressing like that. As they prepared to step forward with grim faces to interrogate them, Feng Yuan took out a badge and said,

"This isn’t stolen, do you want to go find someone to confirm the situation?"

"What is that in your hand..."

"So that’s how it is. You wanted this thing before because you had anticipated this situation."

Unlike the puzzled Guo Huai, Mo Li knew about the item in Feng Yuan’s hands, but he hadn’t understood why Feng Yuan wanted this proof of identity earlier. Now he got it; without this little thing, it might be problematic to move around in the civilian district. And why hadn’t there been any questioning in the inner city district before?

Their guard force was mainly external, and internal checks were not so strict; after all, those Nobles always had all sorts of unspeakable affairs. If the questioning was too intense, they might not live to see the sun the next day. As for in front of the Lord’s Mansion? Those guards weren’t unable to recognize Feng Yuan and his group; there was no need to question them.

Yao Yin and Mo Ling hadn’t been bothered before because Yao Yin had concealed their tracks, making them invisible to others. Naturally, no one would question them.

Looking at the badge in Feng Yuan’s hand, the guard was taken aback and somewhat at a loss. Fortunately, another guard reacted promptly, released a pigeon immediately, and began to bow and scrape while apologizing to Feng Yuan and his group. Although he placed himself very low, his words still implied that it would be best for Feng Yuan and the others to wait for someone else’s confirmation.

After a while, the pigeon flew back. Seeing the response, the guard’s bow deepened as he incessantly apologized and asked for forgiveness from Feng Yuan and his group. Feng Yuan found this somewhat uninteresting. Once he confirmed they could pass, he floated towards the market below.

"This place doesn’t seem very..."

Looking at the bustling market, Liu Wenli didn’t know how to describe it. Although the Delong Tower’s attack had once plunged it into chaos and it hadn’t fully recovered even now, the market still seemed lively.

Unlike the inner city district, this market was bustling but also somewhat dirty and disorderly. It wasn’t just the trash strewn on the ground, but the certain unsightly stains left by vagrants in the corners were particularly jarring.

"Isn’t the Divine Land Region the same?"

Feng Yuan was a bit puzzled. The civilian residential areas in the Divine Land Region were basically the same, with trash thrown everywhere, relying entirely on shopkeepers to clean up in front of their stores in the morning. Liu Wenli pointed to the corners and said,

"At least the Divine Land Region doesn’t have this kind of situation, does it?"

Feng Yuan chuckled and said,

"Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it isn’t there, and besides, those people haven’t said anything, have they?"

Seeing the Omeilian locals dressed simply and taking no notice of this, Liu Wenli didn’t know how to argue back. Mo Ling, who was somewhat curious, asked,

"Why do they not seem that curious about us?"

Although among those commoners there were others like Mo Ling with black hair and black eyes, most of them were rougher, and it was easy to distinguish them from Mo Ling and the others when put together.

Feng Yuan glanced back at the inner city’s gates and said,

"It’s probably because we came out from there, and besides, we just look a little bit unusual."

"Due to Ernis, the population movement in the Omeilia Region can’t be compared to that of the Divine Land Region."

As Feng Yuan spoke, he glanced at the commoners. In addition to the majority with blonde hair and blue eyes, there were quite a few people with unusual hair colors or dressed in adventurer’s attire moving about. Hua Yiyou looked puzzled and asked,

"What does Ernis have to do with population movement?"

"Haven’t you seen that there are many adventurers here? Because Ernis keeps stirring up wars in secret, the number of refugees is exceptionally high. Many of them are trying to find a safe place to live, so at least one-third of the population in the Omeilia Region is constantly traveling."

"As for the Divine Land Region... aside from itinerant wanderers, there’s almost no one else."

"See those adventurers over there?"

Feng Yuan pointed at people dressed as adventurers passing by; their clothes were worn and clearly damaged. If Feng Yuan hadn’t pointed them out, Hua Yiyou and the others might not even know they were adventurers. But what exactly was an adventurer? Hua Yiyou looked at Feng Yuan, puzzled.

"Speaking of which, what’s the difference between an adventurer and an itinerant wanderer?"

Guo Huai asked with some curiosity, and Feng Yuan thought for a moment and said,

"There is a difference, but it doesn’t seem very big. Both travel around, one in the Divine Land Region, one in the Omeilia Region. However, adventurers seem more inclined to travel in groups on adventures."

"They generally look for a relatively safe place to settle down and then explore the surroundings, searching for treasures hidden in dangerous places, like Spiritual Medicine and Materials or relics left by lost civilizations."

"Then, they trade whatever they don’t need themselves. This is also why the Lords welcome adventurers, after all, sending out their own people, who knows how much manpower it would take to explore a dangerous place."

"And also..."

Feng Yuan gave a mysterious smile and glanced at everyone. Guo Huai, not amused, gave Feng Yuan a pat and said,

"Stop being mysterious!"