Chapter Eighty-Three: The Sea-Gazing Pavilion

  As the largest city within a hundred miles, Sifang City is also close to a dock, with people coming and going every day, bustling with energy.

  Merchants coming and going from the south to the north, merchants within the Divine Turtle Island, and merchants outside of it, all took Four Sides City as a transit point, thus making Four Sides City into a commercial center.

  Under Luo Qiushi's lead, Zhao Jixing had only made a round trip in Sifang City when he immediately felt the commercial atmosphere that hit him in the face.

  "This square city is really lively, with a very strong commercial atmosphere."

  Zhao sighed deeply and said with emotion.

  "Yes, Sifangcheng is very prosperous and a large part of it is due to its geographical location."

  Lu Autumn Water's words cut straight to the heart.

  In the morning, Zhao Ji explored the city of Sifang roughly and found that it was indeed a commercial city, with countless shops selling things. He had no doubt that anything that existed in this world could be bought in the city.

  In addition, Zhao Ji also found that the four-square city had a very lax control over military forces. In many iron shops, not only were there ordinary swords and eighteen kinds of weapons, but some strange door-opening weapons could also be seen.

  Moreover, among the pedestrians coming and going on the main street, there are not a few martial artists carrying knives and swords. There are many first-rate martial artists, quite a few second-rate ones, and no shortage of third-rate ones either.

  Fortunately, although there were many warriors, the defensive strength of the city was still quite strong, and when they encountered warriors fighting in the streets, they could be suppressed.

  One morning, Zhao Ji saw three or four martial artists arguing and then drawing their swords to fight each other, with each move aiming for the opponent's life. However, when the city guards arrived, those people didn't say a word and simply sheathed their swords and left, while the guards also didn't seem to want to pursue them.

  "Luó girl, the security in the city doesn't seem very good."

  Seeing this scene like a farce, Zhao couldn't help but laugh.

  "Father said, martial artists are like this, full of vigor and eager to fight, but once they're dissatisfied with something, they might engage in a battle to the death. The Four Sides City is still relatively okay, although there are occasional fights, no one dares to go too far, once the city guards arrive, they will disperse, and it's rare for someone to lose their life."

  Luo Qiushui hastily explained, not wanting Four Sides City to leave a bad impression in Zhao Ji's heart.

  Nodding, Zhao Ji asked again, "Those guards don't seem to be very powerful, how could they possibly suppress those fierce warriors who had already drawn their swords and make them retreat willingly?"

  The members of the Guardian Squad were just some low-ranking warriors, with even fewer third-rate warriors. There were only two or three people in a team, and the leader was only at the fourth level of acquired cultivation, and their strength was not considered strong.

  Once, Zhao Ji saw two fighters who were both second-rate masters, and when they encountered the guards, they turned around and left without a fight, which was quite strange.

  "Brother Zhao, you don't know that the defensive power of Sifang City is very strong. Except for those with innate strength, no one dares to cause trouble in the city."

  Luo Qiushui smiled confidently and said, "The patrol guards on the surface are just the worst of the city's defense forces. The real power is hidden in the dark. Even around us, there may be people from the Five Tigers Gang, who often help the guards to suppress those who make trouble."

  As soon as Luo Qiushui said this, Zhao Ji knew he had misjudged the situation. The power of a city like Sifang City was not to be underestimated, it was a massive entity that ordinary postnatal warriors did not dare to provoke casually. Once someone important in Sifang City got serious, even top-notch masters would fear for their lives and wouldn't think about escaping the city alive.

  "By the way, what's with the Five Tigers?"

  Zhao Ji was very interested and asked.

  "The Five Tigers Gang is a faction in the Four Sides City, equivalent to a semi-underground force, controlling many casinos, brothels and martial arts halls in the city, with extremely strong strength, not much weaker than the five major families."

  After a moment of contemplation, a hint of disgust flashed across his face, and Luo Qiushui said with disdain: "The Five Tigers Sect has a martial art with a great reputation called the Five Tigers River Cutting Knife. It's said to be incredibly powerful, and when practiced to its limits, it can cut through rivers with one slash. However, I think it's just an exaggeration."

  It can be seen that Luo Qiushui is quite disgusted with the Five Tigers, and his words are biased, but it can also be known that the power of the Five Tigers is great.

  Such a black society-like gang must have many enemies, causing the animosity of many people, Luo Qiushui is one of them, but it has been able to stand till now, absolutely not simple.

  Moreover, from Luo Qiushui's words, Zhao Ji also guessed some other information. When someone makes trouble in Sifang City, the Five Tigers Gang will also help to suppress it. Perhaps it is for maintaining order in Sifang City, but it may not be unrelated to the five major families.

  The more he understood, Zhao Ji knew that this pool of water in Sifang City was also extremely deep. Between light and darkness, it wasn't so clear-cut.

  "Luó girl, I feel a bit hungry, let's find a place to get something to eat."

  A flash of wisdom in his eyes, Zhao Ji smiled and changed the subject.

  "Oh, yes, it's already noon."

  With Zhao Ji's reminder, Luo Qiushui raised his head to look at the sky and saw that the sun was in the middle of the sky, it was already noon.

  "Zhao, come on, I'll take you somewhere and let you taste the delicious food of Sifang City."

  "Alright, let's hurry up and go."

  Zhao Ji made a very hungry expression, licking his lips repeatedly.

  Then Zhao Ji and Luo Qiushui rushed together towards the center of Sifang City, where a five-story building stood.

  A five-story high-rise building is the tallest building in the square city. Originally, Zhao Ji still thought that this was the city master's mansion, but unexpectedly, it was a wine tower - Wang Hai Lou.

  "What? Isn't this Miss Luo's place? Miss Luo, please come quickly, or should we go to the fifth floor?"

  As soon as the two entered Wang Hai Lou, Luo Qiushui was immediately recognized by someone. A young waiter came up to serve them with a very polite attitude, which could be said to be fawning.

  "Zhang, what do you think? Which floor should we have dinner on?"

  Lu Qiushui asked.

  Zhao smiled faintly and said: "I'm not familiar with this place, you take charge of everything."

  "Alright then, let's go to the fifth floor. The view is great there and you can see the whole city of Fangcheng as well as a glimpse of the sea."

  Lu Qiushi didn't hesitate and made a decision directly.

  As he climbed up the stairs, Zhao Ji also took a glance at the Observation Tower and saw that this wine tower had an extremely wide area, with each floor distributed very reasonably.

  The first and second floors are public ordinary seats, large eight immortals tables, one floor can seat many people; the third and fourth floors are separate boxes, the situation inside cannot be seen, from the outside, there is a kind of low-key luxury.