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  Jade Water City!

  One of the largest border cities in the Taixuan Kingdom.

  To the west of the city, there is a vast and endless mountain range stretching over 200 kilometers. To the south lies the heartland of the kingdom, while to the east stands a large-scale fortress, Youyuan Fortress, where a garrison of 10,000 soldiers is stationed year-round. The main defensive target of this fortress is the Eastern Kingdom of Wangu.

  It wasn't until a hundred and eighty years ago, when the Wan Gu Kingdom joined the alliance of sixteen countries in Southeast Asia, that the role of the fortress began to decline. To this day, although there is still an army of ten thousand people, it has actually become a mere shell of its former self. The You Tan Fortress has also gradually become a tool for the Bi Shui City Xi Feng family and the Lord of the You Tan Fortress, Li Si, to make money.

  Although news of Bishui City has spread out at this moment, the time is still short.

  After Wang Ting arrived in Bishui City, although he felt that the number of people in the city was more than double what he remembered, it was still far from being overcrowded.

  "A day's delay is no delay at all."

  "Sir Swordsman, just ahead is the temple."

  Wang Ting nodded and lifted the curtain of the horse carriage, looking towards the gigantic building in the city center that seemed to pierce into the clouds.

  His memory already had an image of the temple, and when entering Bishui City, Wang Ting's heart was fully prepared. However, when he saw the true appearance of this temple with his own eyes, he still felt a kind of reverence from the bottom of his heart.

  A sense of awe for something mysterious, great and vast.

  Especially when the temple is located in Bishui City, compared with other buildings in Bishui City, it can also have a strong visual impact on people.

  It's as if in the midst of a desolate and barren mountain range, a futuristic skyscraper suddenly appeared out of nowhere, the kind that only exists in science fiction. The impact is imaginable.

  The entire temple, with a height of nearly one hundred meters, equivalent to a twenty-five-story skyscraper in the mortal world, was like an unparalleled divine sword that pierced the sky, carrying a majestic and powerful sword intent that shocked the heavens and shook the earth. The top fifty-odd meters of the temple's peak were particularly sharp, like a razor-sharp blade, giving people the feeling of facing an extraordinary swordsman, evoking a sense of reverence and insignificance from deep within their hearts.

  "Ah!"

  Wang Ting let out a slight sigh.

  The sixth-order spiritual frequency slowly calmed down after a brief shock.

  "It's truly shocking, every time I see this temple, I have to marvel at it, this is indeed the greatest divine wonder in the world, except for the great Divine Sword Emperor's divine gift, no power can create such an architectural wonder."

  Although Zhou Guangming felt that Wang Ting's reaction was a bit too extreme, it did not affect his admiration for the great God of the Sword, Your Majesty.

  A thousand years ago, the continent was still in a state of chaos and war, with natural disasters and man-made calamities, ferocious beasts roaming free, and even human territories were embroiled in imperial power struggles, with constant warfare, lives lost like grass in the wind, people living in a world of turmoil. It wasn't until the divine ruler of the Sword Temple descended upon the continent that the sword path flourished, imperial powers retreated, hundreds and thousands of powerful sword saints emerged, and the continental landscape gradually stabilized.

  Afterwards, these Sword Saints formed their own forces and while maintaining the order of the continent, they vigorously developed swordsmanship. They spread the glory of the sword across all nations on the continent, creating an era where the Eastern Alliance's Hundred Saints clashed with each other and countless swords rang out in competition. Under the leadership of these top-level Sword Saints, the surrounding areas infested with ferocious beasts were completely cleared out. People's lives underwent tremendous improvements, and the threat from ferocious beasts was reduced to a minimum during that period.

  Now, a thousand years later, the era of the hundred saints competing with each other and the ten thousand swords ringing out is gradually fading away. The fierce beasts have also recovered their vitality due to the lack of sword saints' clearing them out. However, overall, people's living standards have improved by more than one level compared to a thousand years ago.

  At least a thousand years ago, the common people and the nobility were separated by an unbridgeable chasm. In the eyes of the nobles, the identity of the commoners was no different from that of slaves. However, now even though the nobles still hold high power, not even the Emperor of the Taixuan Kingdom can execute a commoner without just cause, otherwise it would be a desecration of the laws established by the Eastern Alliance's Hundred Saints.

  Of course, the laws established by ASEAN are unchangeable, but power is ultimately in the hands of the nobles. To say nothing of the emperor, even those barons and viscounts can easily get rid of a commoner if they want to. The laws established by ASEAN emphasize evidence, without evidence, even if everyone knows that the commoner was killed by that noble, what can be done?

  Furthermore, the nobles have their own circle, they hold the power of the kingdom, control the army, and grasp the law. They mutually cover for each other, weaving a huge web of interests. Even if the common people are in the right, it is impossible to win against a noble in court.

  "Sir Swordsman, the temple has arrived."

  In a moment of shock and silence, Zhou Guangming spoke up.

  Wang Ting nodded: "Thanks."

  "Sir, you're too kind. Our business has a branch in Bishui City as well. If you have something good to sell, don't forget about our store tomorrow."

  "I will."

  Wang Ting said, got off the horse carriage and went straight into the temple.

  The temple's land area is not large, with less than 1,000 square meters, but in order to show respect for the Lord of the Divine Sword, a huge plaza was cast around the temple, covering an area of over 52,000 square meters. The entire plaza is paved with precious marble, and there are many valuable trees planted in the plaza, as well as numerous sculptures and reliefs created by master sculptors along some main roads, which record some major events that occurred during the temple's presence in the city of Bixia.

  In addition, there is a pond with a diameter of over 20 meters in the center of the square. The pond is hidden with many sunstones that have been specially treated to emit different colors such as white, green, yellow and blue. At night, the entire square is brightly lit, making it a favorite destination for the wealthy and noble people of Bishui City.

  "This square, without one or two hundred thousand taels of gold, is probably unable to be set up..."

  Wang Ting muttered to himself.

  It seems that there is a new understanding of the power of the Bishui City Lord's family, Xuefeng.

  The square is bustling with people coming and going, with swordsmen, merchants, and mercenaries all present.

  In this lively atmosphere, Wang Ting had already arrived at the temple.

  Although he had mentally prepared himself beforehand, when Wang Ting saw the circular three-dimensional screen in the center of the temple that seemed to have come out of a science fiction product, he was still shocked. At this moment, he even had an illusion that he had already left that world full of swordsmanship and imperial power, and returned to the capital planet dominated by spiritual masters.

  "This is obviously stereoscopic imaging technology..."

  He shook his head and dispelled the somewhat absurd idea in his mind.

  The entire temple is very clean and tidy.

  However, all around were massive three-dimensional images. Apart from the images, what made him feel most unbelievable was that in the center of the temple, there was a huge column of light. The area covered by the column of light was about thirty square meters. Every swordsman who entered the column of light would be transmitted away and disappear without a trace in just a few seconds under a strange wave of fluctuations.

  All sorts of unimaginable things overturned Wang Ting's previous understanding of this world.

  Teleportation!?

  This legendary technology that didn't even exist in his world had only conquered a fraction of one percent, yet now he was witnessing it with his own eyes.

  "Wang Ting!"

  Just as Wang Ting was constantly sizing up the temple filled with projection screens on all sides, a voice suddenly rang out among the crowd.

  Soon, a robust man in his thirties rushed over. When he got a clear look at Wang Ting's appearance, he seemed extremely surprised: "Young Master Wang Ting, it really is you."

  From memory, Wang Ting quickly guessed the identity of this person.

  This is Zhao Dongqi, the captain of the guard at Wang's Mansion.

  The Wang family is not a noble family, but the Wang family also has a great swordsman-level patron, many of the Wang family's industries are under this patron's name, using his knight's title to exempt from royal taxes, making it possible to gain more profits in the business world.

  A big family business can naturally develop into a powerful force of its own.

  Up to now, the entire royal family has a total of 1 million households. In addition to the great swordsmen who are worshipped in the family, there are two high-ranking swordsmen and several mid-ranking swordsmen. This force may not be impressive elsewhere, but in Bishui City alone, it is not weak. Otherwise, Wang Ting would not have become a high-ranking warrior at a young age, suppressing the Habing family and several other noble families' younger generation with his advantage, winning the title of Bishui City's number one genius and entering the Xuanzhong Advanced Swordsmen Academy.

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