I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 147 - 117: The Bustling Grandeur of the Inner City, the Observatory Commander!

Chapter 147: Chapter 117: The Bustling Grandeur of the Inner City, the Observatory Commander!

The inner city bustled, filled with the constant coming and going of carriages and horses, and swarms of people.

The sides of the street were lined with shops.

Teahouses, restaurants, and brothels were filled with laughter, chatter, and spirited discussions.

Continuing forward past another street, more vendors appeared on both sides, displaying an array of items, including musical instruments like zithers and lutes, as well as jewelry such as pearl flowers and jade hairpins.

A delightful fragrance wafted in the air, emanating from a dumpling stall by the roadside.

A peddler pushed his cart past, filled with fruits coated in syrup, reminiscent of candied hawthorns.

A store ahead was unloading goods.

Lin Yan approached and noticed that they were silks from a merchant company outside the city.

All the finest quality goods had been transported to the inner city.

Beyond that were meat shops, grain depots, salt depots, fishmongers, cookware stores, and blacksmith shops.

Further on stood an even more magnificent and elaborately decorated... brothel!

After crossing another street, the scent of cosmetics was overwhelming. Glancing to the side, Lin Yan saw several cosmetic shops attended by elegant women and girls of obvious high birth.

"Excuse me... make way..."

Several young men galloped past on their horses, shouting, "Let’s head to the hunting ground in the Second District of the outer city to see whose bow is mightier! Let me tell you, this bow in my hand is my father’s cherished treasure, truly a Divine Weapon. If I don’t hunt thirty animals today, consider this young master defeated!"

"..."

Lin Yan reined in his horse, his expression calm.

He watched these arrogant and indulgent young masters ride by, stirring up a wild wind.

Little White Ape clicked his tongue and said, "The decorative swords worn on their waists, and the bows used for leisurely hunting... none are inferior to the Flag Commander’s sword or that small crossbow in the master’s hand."

As for the common flags, the day and night patrol envoys, and the city defense soldiers, their weapons paled in comparison.

If compared, they could only be deemed scrap iron.

"So this is the inner city," Lin Yan remarked in a complex tone, speaking softly to himself.

At that moment, he noticed many passersby casting unusual glances at him.

It was only when he was at a distance that he heard someone whisper, "Another one from the outer city, unfamiliar with the world."

"Someday the city defenses will be strict and stop letting these bumpkins from the outer city come here, spoiling our mood for nothing."

"Forget it, I lost twelve silvers gambling yesterday. I need to go to the gambling house today to win it back."

"You just bumped into those clods from the outer city, bad luck might follow you. Why not go and have some fun at the brothel today?"

"Sounds good."

Their voices gradually faded away.

Lin Yan continued riding his horse forward.

Suddenly stopping, he turned his horse around, faced those people, and looking down, said calmly, "Kneel down, bow your heads, apologize, and this matter will be settled."

"Damn it!"

"Why should we kneel and apologize?"

Upon hearing this, those men got angry and were about to step forward.

Lin Yan drew his sword, calmly stated, "You disagree? Why not try my sword?"

Seeing this, all their expressions changed drastically, fear rising within them.

Upon a closer look, they noticed a flag beside the horse.

It was the flag of the General Flag Envoy of the Observatory!

In an instant, they were terrified, hurriedly knelt down, repeatedly kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Being born in the inner city only means you were lucky by birth," Lin Yan said as he rode on, speaking indifferently. "But besides luck, what exceptional qualities do you possess that elevate you above others, justifying your disdain for all beings?"

He passed by them, sighing internally, "The moral decay of the inner city is much worse than I expected."

He did not expect that a few words could change the long-standing sense of superiority held by these inner city residents.

Yet, having witnessed the calamitous state of the outer city residents, and their impoverished conditions last night when he killed an evil spirit, anger inevitably stirred within him.

He sighed once again, channeling this anger into the Nirvana Divine Egg.

"Master, let me kill them!"

Suddenly, Little White Ape spoke out angrily, "This is too much! The people of the outer city endure the darkness, protecting them within, and these worthless scum hardly deserve to live!"

"It’s okay, master. I’m not angry anymore. Let’s head to the Observatory first," Lin Yan said calmly. "These guys were merely rude; their offense isn’t worthy of death... Although I despise them, I’m not bloodthirsty. We can’t just draw swords and kill people over a disagreement."

He glanced around and thought to himself, "If we were to kill over this, we might as well wipe out half of the inner city’s population."

He exhaled, feeling somewhat stifled as he looked upon this thriving era.

Had he been born in the inner city and awakened his ancestral wisdom, he might have thought he was born into a prosperous and flourishing ancient time, perhaps never even encountering the dark evils.

But he was born in the outer city, had experienced dark encroachment, and faced threats from evil.

Especially yesterday, before slaying the evil spirit, what he saw in various quarters of the outer city compared to what he saw today was like two different worlds.

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The inner city of High Willow is a complete walled city, not small in scale.

In Lin Yan’s eyes, whether it is the size, population, or prosperity, it is comparable to the ancient city of Chang’an of the Tang Dynasty in a previous life.

After all, the world outside is endlessly plagued by dark evils.

This city was built with countless sacrifices from generations of the Human Clan’s ancestors!

The entire Qifeng Prefecture, with High Willow City just second to Prefecture City, is one of the most crucial foundations of the Human Clan!

This morning, Lin Yan entered the inner city directly from the Outer South Bureau.

Then, from the edge of the inner city, he arrived at the main building of the Observatory by the afternoon.

This was because he rode a horse into the city; if a common person were to walk, it might take two to three days.