5 Heavenly Fortune Capital City

The following day, Yun Lintian finished breakfast unhurriedly and headed to the transmission point near the treasury building. When he arrived, Yun Qianxue and Yun Meilan were already waiting for him.

"You're here." Yun Qianxue warmly greeted Yun Lintian, while Yun Meilan only nodded at him.

Yun Lintian smiled and said, "Let's set off."

Yun Qianxue stepped forward and handed Yun Lintian a mystical design golden-colored ring. "This is the interspatial ring. Mom will give it to you."

Yun Lintian was slightly surprised. The interspatial ring, to his knowledge, was very rare and incredibly expensive. Even among the top clans in the Heavenly Fortune Nation, it might be unnecessary for them to have it in their possession.

He took the ring and examined it carefully. The ring's body was made of an unfamiliar material that Yun Lintian had no idea about it. There were ancient inscriptions encircling the ring, with a hexagonal amethyst placed in the center. An exquisite Phoenix pattern was engraved around the base of the amethyst, making the ring appear more imposing. When he wore it on his right ring finger, it fit surprisingly well, as if it had been tailor-made for him.

Yun Lintian injected his profound energy into it and discovered a vast space within the ring. It was incredibly spacious, estimated to be hundreds of thousands of cubic meters. It could easily contain anything that Yun Lintian could think of. At the corner of the space inside, there was a towering pile of gold coins and gold notes stacked together, estimated to be worth hundreds of millions. This sight left him momentarily stunned.

"This..." Yun Lintian was shocked. Although he had never seen an interspatial ring before, based on his knowledge, most of them typically had a capacity of around ten cubic meters. However, the space inside this ring had clearly surpassed all of them by unimaginable margins. Not to mention the staggering amount of money piled up in the corner. This enormous wealth was far beyond the total amount of gold in the Misty Cloud Sect's treasury.

Yun Qianxue laughed at his reaction and said, "There is nothing to be surprised about. This ring is the best interspatial ring in the entire world."

Yun Lintian was silent. He didn't know why Yun Qianxue suddenly gave him this. He looked at her questioningly, waiting for an explanation.

"You want to know the origin of this ring?" Yun Qianxue asked. Without waiting for Yun Lintian to answer, she continued, "When the time comes, Mom will tell you. Right now, you can drop a drop of blood onto the amethyst above the ring."

Yun Lintian immediately bit his finger and dropped a droplet of blood onto the amethyst gemstone on top of the ring. Instantly, all the ancient writings lit up in a golden light, and the ring mysteriously vanished from everyone's view.

"What?" Yun Lintian was confused. He clearly felt that the ring was still on his finger, but he could not see it.

"This is the unique ability of the ring. It can conceal its presence from people's spiritual senses. Even practitioners in the Monarch Profound Realm won't be able to detect it." Yun Qianxue explained.

Yun Lintian gasped in the cold air. This invisible ability was too heaven-defying. He took a small silver needle box out of his sleeve and stored it in the ring. Apparently, he could take and keep the item while the ring was in this invisible state. With this, he no longer had to fear that anyone would covet his ring.

"Thank you, Mom." Yun Lintian spoke warmly.

"It belonged to you in the first place." Yun Qianxue replied.

Yun Lintian was a little puzzled, but he didn't have time to delve further into the matter, as Yun Meilan had already stepped into the transmission profound formation. He had to follow her hastily.

"Be careful out there." Yun Qianxue said and waved her hand.

A pattern on the transmission platform lit up, emitting a white light that enveloped Yun Lintian and Yun Meilan. A moment later, their figures vanished from the spot. Yun Qianxue stared at the spot that they were slowly disappearing for a while, before her figure vanished into thin air.

***

"So this is the capital city?" Yun Lintian muttered while looking at a gigantic stone wall in the distance. He was now wearing simple white robes, without any disguise. In a world where practitioners possessed a spiritual sense, all the disguises he had learned from Earth with simple makeup had become useless. Therefore, he won't bother to put up any disguise to hide his identity.

Yun Lintian slowly walked towards a city gate. Earlier, he had appeared in a secret location near the capital city, but Yun Meilan had disappeared before he could say anything. However, Yun Lintian was well aware that she should be somewhere nearby him.

As he approached the city gate, a colossal archway became more apparent to him. There was a massive sign, colored in gold, with the words "Eastern Heavenly Fortune City Gate" written on it. Before the gate, numerous carriages and individuals were queuing up in a long line, undergoing the identity verification process before entering the city. Yun Lintian had also joined the line when he arrived at the gate area.

"Move away!" All of a sudden, a burst of sharp cry came from behind everyone. A middle-aged man in grey clothes riding a white one-horned profound beast, roared while dragging a luxury carriage behind. From afar, he looked like a bolt of lightning over a white shadow.

Everyone hurriedly dodged to the side, paving a way for the incoming Profound Beast carriage. Seeing this, the city guards didn't dare to say anything as they let the carriage passed through the gate with no attempt to check the identity of the carriage.

As the carriage passed by Yun Lintian, he clearly saw a sharp "Luo" character engraved on top of a spear symbol on the carriage's body... Luo clan? They do indeed enjoy the privilege, huh? Undoubtedly, the person in the carriage was either an arrogant young lady or a classic young master who failed to see Mount Tai as usual. He thought to himself.

When the carriage disappeared into the city, the calmness had returned to the scene once again as the guards continued to check everyone's identity one by one. It took another hour before Yun Lintian's turn had come.

"Name?" asked a stout guard.

"Yun Lintian. I came from Verdant Town." Yun Lintian replied calmly.

"Oh? You came from the Verdant Town?" The stout guard looked up and down at Yun Lintian.

"Yes. I took a carriage from there to Maple Town before walking to the city afterwards" Yun Lintian came up with a lie without blinking an eye. He took out a gold coin and stuffed it into the stout guard's hand before he said, "Brother guard, can you tell me where is the best inn in the city?"

The stout guard glanced at the gold coin in his hand and immediately gave Yun Lintian a friendly smile: "Sure, little brother. The best inn in our Heavenly Fortune Capital City is undoubtedly the Sleepless Inn. You can take a carriage from here. It will cost you around ten silver coins."[1]

Yun Lintian had a perplexed expression on his face... Sleepless Inn? What kind of place is this? It's not a brothel, is it?

Seeing Yun Lintian's expression, the stout guard chuckled and said, "I know. The name is quite strange, but you can rest assured, it is definitely not a brothel. I never had a chance to stay there before, but from what I heard, the food, services, and environment there are absolutely top notches. I can see that little brother is quite rich, so I think you should have no problem enjoy the services there."

"I see. May I ask, which clan is the inn belonged to?" Yun Lintian nodded his head and asked.

The stout guard raised his brows slightly: "It's Hua clan. Why did little brother asking this?"

Yun Lintian smiled while waving his hand: "It's nothing. As you can see, this is my first time being in the capital city. I know little about the situation here. I just want to make sure that I didn't offend anyone from these powerful clans."

The stout guard's brows relaxed: "I see. Little brother can go to any general store and buy a city map from there. You can learn a piece of general city information from it."

Yun Lintian cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, brother guard. I'll take my leave now."

The stout guard nodded and turned to resume his duty. Yun Lintian gradually walked through the city gate, and the city scenery immediately came into his vision.

The Heavenly Fortune Capital City was very prosperous, worthy of being the nation's capital city. All the streets crisscrossed symmetrically, with each main street being very spacious on both sides. These streets intertwined together, much like a well-designed spider's web.

On both sides of the street, there were a variety of shops and stores. Many of these stores were selling things that Yun Lintian often heard about but never had a chance to see it. Most of the shops were engaged in sales and purchases of various Profound Beast materials, low rank Spiritual Grasses, and there were also some stores that sold weapons. Some of the stores were high-end; they sold various high-quality artifacts and medicinal elixirs. As for those restaurants, ordinary clothing shops, and brothels, they were just too many to count.

There were various types of buildings in the capital city. Most of them were built with an ancient Chinese architecture theme, arranging neatly on both sides of the streets. It made the capital city appear extremely magnificent and decorative.

Yun Lintian stumbled upon a random miscellaneous store and impulsively walked in without much thought. When he emerged, a leather map could be seen in his hand.

"I see, there are six major clans huh?" Studying the map intently, Yun Lintian pondered to himself.