My Villain's System

"And in the center of the Inner Region, there is a palace which is the residence of the Royal Family; that is where the Yin clan is." Tang Ji explained the structure of the Yin Kingdom.

Hearing all of Tang Ji's explanations, Lin Xian nodded slightly, "Then, is our current destination the Inner Region?"

"No." Tang Ji shook his head, then continued, "To meet someone I know, we must first attract their attention for those royal family members to see us. The Yin Clan is extremely wary of outside cultivators because there was once a rebel incident in the inner region. They used to allow cultivators in and out of the Inner Region."

"Looks like this is going to be difficult." Lin Xian frowned, then looked at Tang Ji and asked again, "Then, what are we doing to attract the attention of the Imperial family? We will stay in the Outer Region from everything you described."

"Yeah, you're right. And the way we do it first is to stay in the Outer Region; after that, we'll look for an organization that works behind the scenes because that organization has a lot of members living in the Outer Region." Tangji replied.

"Of course, all of that will work because it is through them that we can find someone I know, and someone I know is one of the Three Princes fighting for the next Throne in the Yin Kingdom," Tang Ji grinned.

Lin Xian was shocked to hear that if Tang Ji's connections were one of the Three Princes, naturally getting what they wanted from the items they took from Elder Li Yuan would not be difficult. And all that just to find an ancient relic that Tang Ji said.

From all this, Lin Xian has speculated that if the place is opened there will be a lot of fighting, and Tang Ji, who gives away one of the seven items for free, will get a free hand to deal with the Li clan. Although it may not be that big, it weakened the Li Clan.

There were also other speculations that Lin Xian had in mind about the plans they would carry out. It was possible that Tang Ji would start a war somehow and use the Yin Empire to wipe out the Li Clan for trying to hide something related to a historical relic.

Before they knew it, the four of them had arrived at the giant gate through which they entered the city.

"Line up! You guys have to do a check!" shouted one of the guards as he inspected the items carried in cargo cars and pickups by cultivators or ordinary civilians from other villages or towns who came to trade.

Lin Xian stared at it in astonishment, "Is there a need for such an examination?"

Seeing Lin Xian's astonished face, Tang Ji immediately explained, "No need to worry; it was just a deliberate inspection; naturally, some guards would take advantage of weak merchants or cultivators when entering the city."

"Ah," Lin Xian immediately understood and wasn't surprised.

Lin Xian noticed everything that happened there. Several guards made things look difficult for the merchants, and in the end, they paid a rather heavy price to enter the city.

Thinking back on the cruel world of cultivators, such a thing did not seem pleasant. But when it came to more ruthless cultivators, things that happened at the gate only seemed so-so.

At the huge gate, more than 60 guards were taking turns checking everyone who entered; sometimes, some strong cultivators would only be allowed to enter after paying an entry fee.

That incident also made Lin Xian a little disgusted. But this world is a place of oppressing the weak and honoring the strong. Weak is a loser, and strong is a hero.

Just like when Lin Xian was on earth, the rich were kings, and the poor were vagabonds.

He understood how that felt because he was one of the richest families in his town.

In any world, such laws will remain in effect forever.

After joining the queue for nearly half an hour, Lin Xian's group finally reached the gate.

The guards frowned slightly upon sensing Tang Ji's cultivation level being the strongest among them.

"One Gold Coin per person. A fee will also be charged if you wish to enter the Central Region. But you must give your identity to the guards there." The guard didn't beat around the bush and only asked Lin Xian's group for an entry fee.

Hearing the numbers, Lin Xian frowned a little. The Royal Family seemed to be taking too much expense, or the guards made it up. No one knows for sure who made such a rule; even in the previous Bugel City, the entrance fee was very cheap.

Tang Ji didn't speak and threw 4 Gold Coins to the guards. That number was not much for a cultivator of their level.

After paying, the guard lets Lin Xian's group go inside.

"Investigate who they are. If there is a strange identity, report immediately; this can also be in addition to us gathering a lot of Gold Coins or other resources through information." The chief guard, who saw Lin Xian's group going inside, immediately gave an order to his subordinates.

"Understood" Several guards immediately went to investigate the identity of Lin Xian's group.

Meanwhile, Tang Ji already expected something like that would happen. But he didn't care at all. The Yin Kingdom is a very large city, only for the Outer Territory. One could say it was about ten times larger than Bugel City, one of the largest cities in the Yin Kingdom. Even if someone knew the information or was hunting for it, it would take a very long time to find it.

"Let's go to an old acquaintance's place. He is the first place for our current information network in the Yin Kingdom." Tang Ji said as he moved westward.

Lin Xian, Tang Kong, and Tang Kuan only followed suit after nodding in agreement. Of course, it is important to have someone to help gather information.

Four boarded a special pickup to transport people because only pickups are cheaper than other luxury cars.

During the journey, Lin Xian kept his eyes on everything within the Outer Region. As Tang Ji said, in that place, all kinds of people kept appearing, many cultivators who seemed to be hunted. No wonder the Yin Clan would not care too much about what happened in the Outer Region, for they must have held that place very lowly.

After less than 1 hour of walking, the four of them arrived at a fairly large building where many people passed by.