Chapter 725 - 220: [Completely Different] (8,600 Words) _2
Thinking about it, it makes sense. This world has a cultivation civilization.
Storage equipment like this is quite popular among cultivators—probably as common as cell phones are in the real world.
With storage equipment, who needs water route cargo shipping?
Chen Yan is just an auxiliary member of the Inspection Bureau, yet he can receive a Storage Jade Pendant that holds a space equivalent to two containers.
With this level of cultivation civilization, why would anyone need to toil transporting goods on riverboats?
Isn’t it too slow?
Isn’t it too little to carry?
This world has a type of transport tool known as the "Flying Vessel," a large flying transportation tool, similar to a high-speed train or a ship in the sky.
It is said that even regular Flying Vessels travel at a pace of a thousand miles a day. Some private Flying Vessels used by cultivators, after being modified with Magical Artifacts, are astoundingly fast—they’re truly essential for home-based stealth attacks and escapes.
And the boats at this water pier are actually "pleasure boats."
They are rented out and contracted by wealthy and leisurely cultivators for sightseeing cruises.
During leisure time, riding a boat, sailing along the river, enjoying the scenic views on both sides, to truly experience this slow-paced comfort—in the Domain Realm, this is called experiencing the "mortal delight."
It’s like how people in Dragon Country enjoy going to the countryside to experience rural life in the real world.
In the Domain Realm, the Western Border mainly produces all kinds of spiritual herbs—a number of herbal medicines, during planting and growth, have relatively special requirements for climate and temperature. For example, some herbs that like warmth and fear cold are planted extensively in the Western Border.
Many large business companies with branches all over the Domain Realm have gargantuan herb fields and plantations in the Western Border.
However, looking at the leisurely atmosphere on the streets of West Platform City, the various magnificent and exquisite shops, taverns, and tea houses, and the cultivators leisurely boating on the river to experience "mortal delight."
Chen Yan suddenly felt a sense of "still singing the song ’After the Garden Flowers’ across the river."
Days ago at Snow Cliff Pass, watching the bloody battles and rivers of blood. Now standing at the dock of West Platform City, seeing this extravagant and indulgent style...
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Chen Yan walked into a riverside restaurant by the street next to the dock.
This building is the tallest near the river, a full fourteen stories high, and the floor height is much more generous than the usual three meters in the real world.
In terms of height, it’s comparable to a twenty-story building in the real world.
When he walked into the restaurant’s lobby, he didn’t attract much attention; even the waiter who came forward merely greeted him politely and casually led Chen Yan to a seat before leaving.
Because at this time, Chen Yan looked rather unimpressive.
After leaving Snow Cliff Pass, he used the White Fox Inner Core to change his appearance once—after all, he knew quite a few people back there, and reaching the heart of the Domain Realm, the further in he went, the more he wanted to hide his identity to avoid running into any acquaintances.
What if everything is going well, and suddenly encountering a "Brother So-and-so" unexpectedly becomes a hassle.
At this moment, the appearance Chen Yan gave himself was really quite ordinary—nothing like Principal Gu.
A square face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, looking correct yet plain, with a large frame, robust but not very tall.
At a glance, one would get the impression of "probably hasn’t read too many books, but surely has done a lot of physical labor."
His attire was also changed to a set of clothes he took from the Brotherhood at Snow Cliff Pass.
Narrow-sleeved short robes, not the flowing long robes of ancient people. It looks different from the real world, but the narrow sleeves and tight clothes appear very neat.
In films and costume dramas, the streets of ancient times are always filled with people in wide-sleeved robes and flowing long-shirts—that’s pure nonsense, filmed for aesthetic purposes.
Those wide-sleeved robes and flowing long-shirts were exclusive to wealthy individuals in ancient times.
Because such clothing wasn’t suitable for labor—wealthy people could wear them because they didn’t have to do physical labor.
And ordinary lower-class laborers weren’t eligible to wear such clothes—one was because of cost, they couldn’t afford it. More importantly, how could they work wearing such loose, sweeping robes and long-shirts?
So... that’s also why the narrow-sleeved short robes didn’t earn the waiter’s enthusiastic attention—his attire didn’t look like that of someone wealthy.
However, having experienced a lot, Chen Yan had already developed a certain grace in the face of honor and disgrace. His original ensemble and changes were meant for low-profile actions.
Recalling the various games from early times, finding the waiter in the restaurant to inquire about news has always been a foolproof method for gathering information and clues, Chen Yan, unfamiliar with the people and the place, had no other channels, so he just imitated it.
He casually ordered a pot of this restaurant’s signature "Azure Sea Nectar" wine, added two light dishes, and ordered a serving of purple ding fish cooked with pearl rice as the main course. Chen Yan felt a pang for his wallet.
This place isn’t cheap; just one meal cost over forty jade coins of the Domain Realm.
Goodness, that’s just one meal, even as Chen Yan holds back on ordering more.
If he were to eat a few more meals, it would be equivalent to the bounty for cutting the head off a Fierce Beast Race playmate after a Loose Cultivator went out with a knife and risked everything.
However, looking at the diners in the restaurant, most of them dressed in non-ordinary clothes—Chen Yan realized he must have walked into some high-end restaurant.
But after calculating his remaining jade coins, he still felt confident.
After the waiter served the dishes, Chen Yan took out a string of money and placed it on the table, about thirty coins, and stuffed it into the waiter’s hand.