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Chapter 252 - 152: Enter the Heavenly Gate, See the Heavenly City

Chapter 252: Chapter 152: Enter the Heavenly Gate, See the Heavenly City

"I’m in; the Heavenly Gate’s recognition system seems to be a bit off," Gu Shanhai silently crossed the Heavenly Gate after settling Huang Yanshan and Little White, and entered into Heavenly City.

He then lay low, watching for nearly ten days. During this time, the spiritual energy level of Heavenly City had dropped significantly, indicating that the intercepted circulation of spiritual energy was gradually becoming insufficient.

Due to the drop in spiritual energy levels, the Heavenly People also experienced several problems, similar to altitude sickness symptoms.

"The entire population of Heavenly City practices martial arts; without the support of a spiritual energy environment, the resources consumed daily are simply colossal."

Therefore, there is a need for an energy environment to assist and reduce resource consumption. Gu Shanhai was walking the same path; he relied on the energy environment formed by Spirit Plants to reduce his own intake of various nutrients, for otherwise, the food he would have to consume each day would probably be measured in tons.

And this was just in his normal state. If it switched to a strong state or a limit state, the consumption would be great, and the intake required would be even more.

Inside Heavenly City, there were at least several hundreds of thousands of Martial Artists. With the energy environment, they could be self-sufficient, but if this environment truly disappeared, the Martial Arts True Immortals wouldn’t hesitate to take advantage of the Heavenly People immediately.

"It must be said, Martial Arts True Immortals really aren’t fit for management, and the Heavenly People are no different; their identity monitoring is full of holes." Gu Shanhai had obtained an identity, not through forgery or impersonation, but by simply registering at the Martial Pavilion.

The reason was that his identity proof was lost, and afterwards, they just created one for him, thus granting Gu Shanhai a legitimate identity.

This left Gu Shanhai somewhat bemused for a moment; he had thought it would be troublesome, but on second thought, Heavenly People never imagined that someone could cross the Heavenly Gate and enter into Heavenly City.

So whoever was in Heavenly City was a Heavenly Person, and there was no doubt about it.

"The original management system had no major issues; the real problem lies with the people," Gu Shanhai also couldn’t help but sigh.

He had inquired into quite a few things; over the years, the Martial Pavilion’s insides had become increasingly rotten, and the Martial Arts True Immortals did not care about these changes, as long as their own interests were not harmed, they really wouldn’t bother with any changes in the Martial Pavilion.

"If it weren’t for intercepting the circulation of spiritual energy to form massive wealth, this would probably already resemble the end of a dynasty," Gu Shanhai couldn’t resist making a sarcastic comment.

Entering the Martial Pavilion, Gu Shanhai looked around and wandered through a sizable area.

The Martial Pavilion wasn’t a single pavilion but a large complex situated in the center of Heavenly City, housing everything from the political center, medical center to the Book Collection Pavilion, etc.

Gu Shanhai was a straightforward man and headed directly to the Book Collection Pavilion.

"Third-rate Heavenly People can only view martial arts manuals on the first and second levels," the staff at the entrance of the Book Collection Pavilion checked Gu Shanhai’s identity proof and with displeasure waved him off, signaling him to get lost.

Heavenly People are divided into three ranks. The lowest, third-rate Heavenly People, are similar to commoners, while second-rate Heavenly People hold a certain social status. First-rate Heavenly People, on the other hand, are different and rank just below Martial Arts True Immortals, with extremely high privileges.

The Elders and Stewards of the Martial Pavilion are composed of first-rate Heavenly People, who claim to have Immortal Blood flowing through their veins.

’I thought it was going to be some sort of paradise, but it turns out there’s still oppression.’

Bai Fen, as a disciple of a Martial Pavilion Elder, naturally was a first-rate Heavenly Person as well. Gu Shanhai had also thought about getting a first-rate Heavenly Person identity proof, but unfortunately, this first-rate status required the relevant documentation from the Martial Pavilion and the accompaniment of a Martial Pavilion Elder or Steward to process, which typically meant either their disciples or children; why else would those high and mighty Elders and Stewards condescend to come over personally.

The identity proof for a second-rate Heavenly Person, though not as troublesome as that for a first-rate Heavenly Person, still required the payment of a large amount of Heavenly Coins and the production of property ownership proof; these so-called Heavenly Coins were the currency.

Gu Shanhai’s third-rate Heavenly Person proof was the simplest, just show up and that was enough. They didn’t even bother taking money, for in their eyes, the Heavenly Coins of third-rate Heavenly People were tainted with filth.

This view was something Gu Shanhai could only sarcastically accept; otherwise, he would have had to find out where to obtain Heavenly Coins.

Like the staff at the Book Collection Pavilion, they were second-rate Heavenly People; otherwise, how could they qualify to work at the Martial Pavilion, even if only as doormen or janitors? It was enough to prove their status.

They were sycophantic and complimentary to first-rate Heavenly People, treated second-rate Heavenly People as equals, and naturally showed full-faced displeasure and dissatisfaction toward third-rate Heavenly People, even thinking that third-rate Heavenly People were like mortals and shouldn’t live in this world.

’It seems they don’t feel that this is oppression at all,’ Gu Shanhai thought as he entered, turning back to glance at the second-rate Heavenly Person, who seemed to be relishing the situation, indicating that this mindset had already been deeply ingrained.

After going inside, Gu Shanhai began to browse through the books, and he found that the entire Book Collection Pavilion was filled with martial arts manuals, without any historical records or other materials—it was as if these things did not exist.

During these ten days, he had wanted to find some historical materials to examine the development of Wu City, but not to mention those, there weren’t even consistent records; if there were any, they were just martial arts manuals.

The entire development within Wu City was extremely deformed; it had never considered anything else, focused solely on martial arts.

To be honest, the city had been able to develop in such a stable manner to this extent was surprising to Gu Shanhai.

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