The City

Ning sat in the front of the card where the driver's seat was. The cart itself was full of fish and was very smelly, so he was forced to sit in front, even though it was a tight fit with 3 of them there.

The path to the city took 3 hours with the cart and horses, and the path went through normal grasslands and small forests, so there wasn't much for Ning to do.

He held a small circular disc no more than an inch wide in diameter. It looked like a small, flat pebble one would throw to skip in the river. Except, this small thing was made up of cloudy white energy. 

It was like someone had encased air into a small class disc. 

"I see," Ning said as he looked at the thing in his hand against the sky. "So this is an Essence coin. This is the currency of this land, huh?"

"Not just this land," the fisherman to his right said. "Of all lands. This is the only currency available of course."

Ning nodded.