Chapter 384: Iron Stone City

Iron Stone City is exceptionally bustling.

Many powerful players are discussing the Path to Godhood and the hunting of Divine Creatures.

Over the next few days, many players left Iron Stone City one after another to begin their travels.

For Iron Stone City, this reduced its strength slightly, but it did not actually have an impact.

With Lin Chao here and the Arcane Eye here, Iron Stone City has no worries.

Unless the Four Great Temples unite with the Six Great Kingdoms to attack Iron Stone City.

Unfortunately, this is impossible.

Currently, the Four Great Temples and the Six Great Kingdoms are at war with the Arcane Empire.

Moreover, they are at a disadvantage.

They are already overwhelmed themselves and no one is paying attention to Iron Stone City.

The current Iron Stone City is also gradually becoming prosperous.

Especially since the world is in chaos, refugees are pouring into it.

Of course, many human adventurers are also heading to Iron Stone City.

A rich place will always attract people to live there.

At this moment, outside Iron Stone City, a caravan is moving slowly.

The owner of the caravan is none other than Anwa, who has come from the Arcane Empire.

Because her younger sister An Qian is in a coma, they are moving very slowly along the way.

Anwa rides on her horse, looking at the desolate scenery all around, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes.

The Arcane Empire won a battle against the War Copper Kingdom, but she still has worries in her heart.

"Are you also going to Iron Stone City?" Just then, a heroic-looking female adventurer appeared and asked.

Anwa looked over; the one speaking to her was a woman, and there were six other adventurers beside her.

These seven people include mages, warriors, and a meat shield; it is a very standard adventurer party.

However, their strength is not very high; there is not a single High-level Professional among them.

"Yes, are you too?" Anwa did not hide it, and was also somewhat curious.

Recently, she has already seen many adventurer parties rushing toward Iron Stone City.

If she remembers correctly, Iron Stone City is merely a new city that is still under construction.

Although Prince Lin is quite capable and his subordinates are strong, building a city is not that simple.

Anwa estimates that the city has not been built yet.

How could such a city attract a large number of adventurers to go there?

"Yes, we are all adventurers.

We heard that an Iron Stone City has appeared in the Saya Kingdom, which is incomparably prosperous and filled with experts, so we want to go and take a look," the female adventurer said.

Beside her, a burly man holding a Tiechui said: "Are you interested in teaming up with us? I heard that there... are many opportunities in Iron Stone City."

Anwa shook her head quickly: "No, my sister is seriously ill. I am taking her to Iron Stone City to stay with relatives, so I am not exploring for now."

"What a pity. I heard that an Ancient Relic has appeared in the vicinity of Iron Stone City," the female adventurer sighed.

Anwa understood instantly that these adventurers were going for the Ancient Relic.

"What Ancient Relic?" Anwa asked, as she was also quite curious.

"I heard that north of Iron Stone City, some adventurers discovered a ruin.

Inside the ruin, there are many creations from before the ancient times.

Among them, there are many powerful Dharma Artifacts, and the wealth and gemstones are countless," the female adventurer said with an excited look in her eyes.

"Ancient creations?" Anwa was puzzled and somewhat confused.

This term is very obscure yet very broad.

In Anwa's memory, the strength of the Arcane Empire is related to ancient creations.

It is just that Anwa does not know if the Iron Stone City ancient creation is the same as what she imagines.

Inside the city.

Ye Di is draped in a cloak: "Master, is what we are promoting about the ancient creations and the ruins true?"

The matters of the ancient creations and the ruins were all things Jiang Ruoyu had Ye Di promote in the surrounding cities.

That is why many adventurers are rushing to Iron Stone City.

"Naturally, it is true," Jiang Ruoyu smiled.

North of Iron Stone City, there is indeed an Ancient Relic.

Moreover, that relic is quite extraordinary.

In Jiang Ruoyu's memory, that relic seems to be related to the Ancient Tang Empire.

Inside, there are indeed endless riches and treasures.

Naturally, it is also incomparably dangerous.

"Oh my, then why are we still going outside to explore? We should go to the Ancient Relic! It would be great to tell the Manager about this and let us players go explore!" Ye Di was somewhat confused.

"I have already told the Manager about this matter.

In the Ancient Relic, there are very few living monsters. If players explore it, apart from obtaining some wealth, there is little gain, let alone grinding monsters to level up.

Therefore, it is better to attract some adventurers to go there instead."

Jiang Ruoyu said slowly.

This Ancient Relic is different from other Ancient Relics.

Exploring other Ancient Relics depends on luck, and even more on strength.

The one near Iron Stone City depends even more on luck.

Moreover, every living being can only enter once.

It would be better to use this to attract more adventurers to come in and increase the population of Iron Stone City.

This time is also a very good promotion for Iron Stone City.

"Alright, continue the promotion. Once the promotion is finished, we will move to another city." Jiang Ruoyu had a smile on his face, his expression relaxed.

At the same time, Anwa's caravan had already entered Iron Stone City.

The one who came to pick up Anwa was the level 8 Little Tough.

Soon, Anwa was brought to Tieshi Mountain.

Her younger sister was settled at the foot of the mountain.

"Greetings, Prince Lin!" Seeing Lin Chao again, the respect in Anwa's eyes was even greater.

After all, to her, Prince Lin was unfathomably profound and mysterious.

"Hmm, I already know about your affairs. From now on, just live in Iron Stone City and treat this place as your home."

Lin Chao naturally welcomed Anwa's arrival.

Not to mention, Anwa brought many books on this trip.

"Many thanks, Your Highness.

Your Highness, this Storage Ring contains quite a few Arcane books, which Great Arcanist Kong Ping asked me to bring to you."

Anwa gave the seemingly Ordinary Storage Ring to Lin Chao.

Lin Chao took it, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"Good."

The two chatted for a while, Anwa was sent down the mountain, and Lin Chao opened the Storage Ring given to him by Great Arcanist Kong Ping.

"There is actually a forbidden spell on it." Lin Chao held the Storage Ring and smiled slightly.

This Storage Ring had a forbidden spell placed on it, and not just anyone could open it.

It is estimated that only a Legendary level Arcanist could open it.

Lin Chao is not a Legendary level Arcanist; currently, his Arcane level is only 14.

This is still because the players killed monsters to level up, causing it to rise so quickly.

Of course, Lin Chao still spent most of his experience on his main profession.

In Lin Chao's hand, a mysterious Arcane light flashed, and the forbidden spell on the Storage Ring opened in response.

Although his Arcane level is only 14, this forbidden spell could not stop him.

His eyes were full of anticipation.

What kind of things could be inside such a restricted Storage Ring?

In an instant, a look of shock appeared in Lin Chao's eyes.

"This..."

It could be seen that inside this Storage Ring, it was densely packed with endless books.

The number of books probably exceeded one million.

This made Lin Chao slightly surprised.

"This Storage Ring can hold such a quantity of books; the size of its space... could probably be considered a divine artifact."

An Ordinary Storage Ring has a very small space, perhaps only one or two cubic meters.

A large one is only the size of a room.

Now, the size of this Storage Ring is as large as a football field, and it is filled with densely packed books.

This is already enough to be a divine artifact-level Storage Ring.

Lin Chao briefly scanned the names of the books.

"Arcane Origin"

"Arcane Theory"

"Space Folding Method"

"Golem Puppet Secret Technique"

"Sage Handbook"

"The books here are truly precious, totaling three million volumes."

Lin Chao was surprised, and at the same time, there was a trace of sorrow in his heart.

The Arcane Empire giving him so many books meant many things.

Among them, there were many books that belonged to the secret, non-disseminated knowledge of the Arcane Empire.

For example, one of them was titled "Arcane Pupil".

This book recorded a powerful Arcane, and this Arcane was derived from "Arcane Eye" and was incomparably powerful.

In the Arcane Empire, only a small number of powerful Great Arcanists could study it.

"What a pity..."

Lin Chao let out a sigh.

In the face of the great trend of history, he is still very weak.

Or rather, even if he became a god, he would be unable to resist that vast trend.

"These books, those beneficial to practicing Arcane, I must study them."

"As for the rest... leave it to Hong Ying and the others to examine."

The Arcane Empire has a rich collection of books, many of which include aspects such as water conservancy, engineering, and agriculture; Hong Ying is in great need of books in these areas.

Inside Iron Stone City, at an inn.

Nanyu wore a gentle smile on her face: "We are guests here, so naturally, we will abide by the Rule of the city.

We will spend time reading through these regulations."

"Understood." The young man set down a large stack of paper and left the inn.

"This Iron Stone City doesn't look big, but it sure has a lot of rules," said the burly man holding a Tiechui.

"Alright, we are guests in Iron Stone City, so we must naturally follow the rules here.

I didn't expect this Iron Stone City to be much more prosperous than I imagined," Nanyu said, her eyes showing some surprise.

"It is indeed unexpected," the burly man nodded.

This adventurer squad was the very same one that Anwa had encountered outside the city.

"Big Sister, what is written in these regulations? Is there anything we need to pay attention to?" a young man nearby asked.

Nanyu looked at the papers and said slowly: "Fighting is prohibited within the city... If there are grudges that cannot be resolved, one must apply to the Police Department and resolve them in the arena."

"Ah, fighting is prohibited within the city?" the burly man wielding twin hammers was surprised.

As adventurers, they had been to many cities, but this was the first time they had heard of a city that prohibited fighting.

"It's probably just to scare us.

Nowadays, with so many adventurers coming in, even if someone fights, can they really manage it all?" someone chuckled.

Indeed, there are too many professionals in this world.

Therefore, fighting happens from time to time, and people are accustomed to it.

Even in Guangming Zhi Cheng, where the Light Temple is located, fighting is not prohibited.

It is truly strange that it is prohibited here.

Nanyu's expression turned cold: "Everyone, since you have come, you must follow the Rule. I do not wish for any mishaps to occur."

The other squad members replied from within: "As you command."

"Big Sister, we will follow the rules."

Big Sister Nanyu has a very good character, but she also has great authority; when she gets serious, they are all very obedient.

"By the way, there are some other regulations that I must tell you about as well.

They might be a bit strange, but they must be followed."

"Alright."

"Do not litter at will, do not urinate or defecate in public, do not harass women at will, do not..."

"Ah?"

"There are regulations like this too!"

"What if we need to pee?"

"Hold it in." Nanyu gave the person who spoke a cold look.

The squad members present were all speechless.

"Sigh, this city has so many rules; if I didn't know better, I'd think I'd gone to a royal palace."

"Remember, these rules must be followed.

Tiechui, you will come out with me later to investigate news about the Ancient Relic," Nanyu said.

"Very well, Big Sister." The burly man holding a large hammer nodded quickly.

"I hope that this time, we can have some gains from the Ancient Relic," Nanyu murmured.

The eyes of the squad members present were all filled with anticipation.

They came from Dark Sin City, which is quite far from Iron Stone City.

In Dark Sin City, they had very few gains and had offended a powerful adventurer squad, which is why they came to Iron Stone City to try their luck.

Especially after hearing that there were Eliu Flowers in the Ancient Relic of Iron Stone City, the few members did not hesitate to choose to come here.

After all, a few years ago, they had a conflict with that powerful adventurer squad and were framed by them; several of them were poisoned by a strange toxin, which resulted in them being unable to break through to become High-level Professionals.

To detoxify, the Eliu Flower is an essential medicinal ingredient, but over these years, they had never found any traces of the Eliu Flower.

Even if they did find it, the sky-high price was not something they could afford.

Since the Ancient Relic here has it, they naturally would not let it go.

Nanyu and Tiechui left the inn together, and the two arrived on the street.

Currently, there are not many people in Iron Stone City, and there are not many pedestrians on the street either.

However, the streets are clean and there is no peculiar odor, which made Nanyu look at the city with new eyes.

"At first, I thought the streets were clean because there were few people here; perhaps it is because of that rule about not littering," Nanyu sighed.

Tiechui held his large hammer and nodded: "This city is also different from Dark Sin City.

There are no beggars here at all."

Even in Guangming Zhi Cheng, there are beggars, but there are none here, which truly surprised Tiechui.

"I heard that this city was built by the Nine Prince of the Saya Kingdom, Lin.

The residents here all love the Nine Prince very much; he can be considered a good lord," Nanyu expressed her opinion.

"Pah, where in this world are there kind nobles?" Tiechui was dismissive.

Nanyu did not argue, and the two followed the still relatively desolate main street to the Adventurer Hall.

Every city has an Adventurer Hall.

Iron Stone City, though newly built, was no exception.

In the Adventurer Hall, there were many tasks posted, and it was also the best place for adventurers to gather information.

Nowadays, the Adventurer Hall was newly built, but there were still many adventurers.

Among them, quite a few adventurers caught Nanyu's attention.

The words spoken by those adventurers were not the Common Tongue, and they also had designated personnel responsible for handling their affairs at the Adventurer Hall.

"Those are the warriors under Prince Lin; they do not speak the Common Tongue," a male voice from the side mentioned at this moment.

"Oh, thank you for informing me, Excellency," Nanyu said, somewhat surprised.

In this world, people who could not speak the Common Tongue were rare, and they were generally looked down upon and called barbarians.

"You shouldn't look down on them; this group of people has a very high status in the city.

The order of Iron Stone City is also their responsibility."

"Mm-hmm," Nanyu nodded and secretly took note; she brought Tiechui and also entered a window at the Adventurer Hall to purchase information regarding ruins.

Thanks to the big boss 【Hui Mou Jian You Xiang】 for the thousand-coin reward again!

(End of chapter)