"Climate determines personality, and the customs and customs here are very cool."

Order smiled.

The streets were full of vendors doing various businesses, soliciting customers, but Ye Chen found that most of the items for sale were ordinary weapons and some clothes and armor, and no food or water was seen for sale.

The city is not big, and Ye Chen quickly arrived at the center of the city. There is also an inner city built here, and the inner city occupies a high ground. The city walls here are actually made of stone, and the guards are all fully armed and have high cultivation levels.

Much taller than the guards on the outside.

It also costs money to enter the inner city. You can enter the inner city by spending one gold coin, and after entering the inner city, you can purchase the most important water resource in the desert.

"Go in and take a look."

Order said.

"good."

Ye Chen sighed lightly, since Order wanted to come to the city by herself, she must have her purpose, so just follow it.

You need to pay one gold coin to enter the inner city, but there is no fee to exit, so Ye Chen entered the inner city after paying one gold coin.

The inner city and the outer city were like two different worlds. Ye Chen actually saw less green plants in the inner city, and the ground was paved with bricks, so it was not as dusty as walking in the outer city.

The buildings in the inner city were all built with great style, and the people who lived here were all the powerful people of Tuoba City. As Ye Chen walked along the road, he saw a chamber of commerce run by the king's royal family.

There are already many people waiting in line in the Chamber of Commerce. City residents are queuing up with buckets in their hands to save water, while practitioners can store water resources in space rings.

"You won't let me come in and queue up to buy water, right?"

Ye Chenxin murmured that there is a large amount of water aura essence in his storage space. This kind of water resource formed by the accumulation of rich water aura is much more precious than the water sold here.

"Of course not, you will know soon."

The order was deliberately thrown into a trap.

When Ye Chen entered the boring queue to wait, he saw several royal guards walking up to salute Ye Chen.

"My lord, our King, please come over."

The guards were very respectful to Ye Chen.

There is nothing to doubt about this. Ye Chen lowered his aura to the first level of the spiritual realm, so his aura was sensed by the king, who most likely invited him to join.

"good."

Ye Chen nodded and followed the few guards who were mine to bypass the queue and enter the inner courtyard.

There are some high-quality treasures for sale in the inner courtyard, and there are also many practitioners wandering around here.

The guards led Ye Chen into the basement, and went down the stairs. The cooler it got as you went down, water droplets gathered on all sides of the passage, and Ye Chen could now directly hear the sound of underground water flowing.

Reaching the bottom, the passage here is decorated with a gem that can release light. As long as the aura gem is injected regularly, it can continue to glow for a long time.

Ye Chen followed the guards through the passage and came to the hall. The hall was not very luxurious, but compared to this edge world, it was already very luxurious.

In the distance, there was an underground stream flowing. The king, who was richly dressed, was lying on the bed on the bank, and there were several beautiful servants around him.

"Your Majesty, we have brought this lord here for you."

The guards came forward and knelt down.

The king, who only showed his back, waved his hands. After the guards retreated, the king took the initiative to stand up and wave to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen strode past and sat on one side at the king's signal.

As soon as Ye Chen sat down, the beautiful servants came up to him and brought over the food and fruit plates.

"In a place like this, fruits are treasures, and these fruits are only found along the coastline of Nanzhou."

The king smiled and said, Ye Chen was not polite to him, he just picked up an unknown fruit and put it into his mouth.

"Very well, I have only one purpose for asking you to come, to stay and work for me."

The king didn't talk nonsense to Ye Chen and directly stated his purpose.

But Ye Chen didn't have any reaction and just ate the fruit by himself.

The king understood what Ye Chen meant. He was waiting for him to make conditions.

"I will make you the protector general of the Moro Kingdom, and I will reward you with a mansion, thousands of gold coins, and ten beauties."

The king made conditions for Ye Chen.

But to be honest, this condition is too low to match any strong person in the first level of the spiritual realm, let alone Ye Chen.

Although there are a lot of powerful people in the spiritual realm in the Miracle World, they are still not on the streets. The conditions offered by the king are not enough to buy any powerful person of this level.

Seeing that Ye Chen had not shown any signs, the king frowned slightly and added another message to Ye Chen: "I will give you 10% of Tuoba City's taxes."

Although Ye Chen's heart was still unmoved, under the requirements of order, Ye Chen could only show a hint of excitement.

“May I ask what is included in this 10% tax?

Approximately how much is it?”

Ye Chen asked aloud.

"Well, that's a good question. The tax includes the fees for entering and exiting the city, as well as the income from the sale of water resources and other commodities of my business association. According to previous years' income, it is about 50,000 gold per 10% per year."

said the king.

He also told Ye Chen that the king would not hide anything about taxes, after all, Ye Chen was not the only one who took the share.

“I didn’t expect the tax revenue in such a small city to be quite high.”

Ye Chen murmured in his heart.

"Of course. Not to mention how many people pass by this place every year. As the only city within a few thousand miles and with control over groundwater resources, the money will come quickly."

Order smiled.

"Just agree, I must have my purpose in asking you to do this."

Order said.

Ye Chen nodded and agreed to the king's conditions.

"Well, since you agree, we will be our own people from now on.

But I also want to tell you some requirements. It is your duty to serve the country and resist foreign enemies. If you can do your duty and be loyal to me, you will benefit from me in the future.

But if you are carrying other things behind your back because you have other desires, I won’t let you live a good life."

As he spoke, the king pointed to a skeleton hanging on the opposite bank of the river.

"That guy was at the eighth level of cultivation before his death. He was good but too greedy. He actually wanted to kill me. I found out that he had abandoned his cultivation and was tortured for three years before he died."

The king said, his intention couldn't be more obvious.

"Haha, you are too thoughtful. Even if I have other thoughts, what kind of waves can I make with my little cultivation?"

"Even if you are not prepared, I can't hurt you even if I attack you secretly."

Ye Chen laughed after being warned.

Hearing this, the king also laughed.

"Yes, you are right, I like young people like you who are self-aware."

With that said, the king controlled the spiritual energy and took out a wine jar placed in the groundwater to drink with Ye Chen.
Chapter completed!