After a night of fun, Ye Li carried the dizzy Huang Jian and Mu Tianzhi back to their accommodation. After dropping them off in their respective rooms, he went back to his own room to rest.
At noon the next day, the three of them went together to stroll around the shops in the Imperial City.
Ye Li planned to buy a lot of things, one of which was new talismans. His Ye family had too few talismans in stock and there was almost no room for choice. It was difficult for him to put together the talisman combination he needed according to his own ideas.
Secondly, he still needs a lot of demon pills. After all, although his natal talisman has entered the elixir, his ability to swallow demon pills or elixirs has not disappeared. He needs to take a large number of demon pills as high-quality elixirs to increase his cultivation speed.
Third, he needed to purchase enough casting materials because he also wanted to practice his multitasking talisman drawing skills through casting.
The surrounding shops sold everything he needed, the only difference was that these shops did not accept spirit stones, but only the contribution points of the Imperial City.
Contribution points are recorded and consumed using special tokens of the Imperial City. Ye Li has to wait three days to get the token, and now he cannot afford to buy any item.
And even if Ye Li obtained the token three days later, he would not have any contribution points until he completed the task or the monthly salary was paid. He could only look but not buy.
The group quickly reached the area where tasks were distributed. Ye Li and Mu Tianzhi were watching the various tasks here with great interest.
There are not many types of tasks here, mainly two types. One is the task of hunting monsters, exchanging materials from various parts of monsters for contribution points.
The second is to serve as a guard for the vassal forces of the Imperial City, or to escort their caravans back and forth.
Of course, there are also some investigation tasks, such as investigating the situation in some areas where a situation has occurred and sending the intelligence obtained to the Imperial City.
Completing these tasks will earn you a large amount of contribution points as rewards, but they do take a lot of time.
The way most people in the sect choose to earn contribution points is not to take on these fixed tasks, but to go out hunting or search dangerous areas directly, obtain various rare items from them, and bring them back to the sect to obtain corresponding contribution points.
After all, many of these precious items may not be something you can use yourself. After exchanging them for corresponding contribution points, you can exchange them for things you can use in various shops in the gate.
However, just like purchasing goods before, the handover task requires a token of the Imperial City, which Ye Li and Mu Tianzhi neither have. After taking one more look around, they could only leave in disappointment.
Ye Li, who could do nothing but watch, returned to his residence very bored. Since he had nothing else to do for these three days, he stayed in the room and practiced on his own.
Three days passed quickly, and early in the morning of the fourth day, servants knocked on the doors of Ye Li and Mu Tianzhi at the same time.
As for Mu Tianzhi, his servants brought him several sets of yellow clothes and a black token with his name printed on it.
This token is a very sophisticated talisman with many functions, such as storing and reducing contribution points and proving identity handover tasks.
As for Ye Li, the servant only brought an order, Qi Wei asked him to go to the Inner Court Elders' Pavilion, as the Inner Court Elders wanted to find him for something.
Ye Li knew what was going on without having to think about it. Mei Ruoxiang had said that earth-level identities were all issued by the Inner Court Elders' Council.
After giving instructions to Mu Tianzhi, Ye Li followed the servant who led the way towards the Inner Court Elders' Council.
The Inner Court Elders' Council is located in the inner city. This servant only has the authority to bring Ye Li to the entrance of the inner city. The way inside must be led by the elite royal court army who are specifically responsible for guarding the inner city.
After the servant brought Ye Li to the entrance of the inner city, he went forward to talk to the elite royal court guards on duty there. Ye Li also took the opportunity to observe these elite royal court guards.
These guards were all wearing strange armor that was as black as ink and covered with runes, which looked extremely heavy.
With Ye Li's vision, he could naturally see the extraordinary nature of these armors at a glance, because they were all not talisman armors, but talisman treasures.
These talismans should be specially cast and used purely for defense. They are incredibly powerful in defense and are difficult to break even by masters of the same level.
Moreover, this kind of talisman armor has another function, which is to allow the guards to form some simple offensive and defensive formations and connect each other's strength together.
This kind of thing is a rare item. Only master-level craftsmen are capable of making it, so the number is extremely small. It is impossible for an average large family to have too many of them.
After the servant informed the two guards about Ye Li's situation, the other party immediately called out two more guards from the next room. The guards took over the servant's job, walked up to Ye Li, and led him into the inner city.
The walls of the inner city were also covered with rune marks. In Ye Li's opinion, they were even more densely and complexly carved than the runes in the outer city. Obviously, the formation here might be stronger than that in the outer city.
Following two guards, Ye Li passed through the inner city gate and entered the inner city. The environment here instantly became a completely different world from the outside.
If the outside still looks like an ordinary town, the inner city is completely a courtyard style.
A huge artificial lake lies in the middle of the city, surrounded by dense forests, bridges, flowing water, pavilions and terraces. It looks extremely quiet and dignified.
From the outside, the Imperial City looks very majestic and full of royal temperament, while deep inside, it is a peaceful and tranquil holy land.
This embodies a spiritual realm of "inner sage and outer king", which makes people feel extraordinary at first glance.
Ye Li followed the guards across the lake. The birds on the water were slightly frightened and flew to the side.
A group of young men and women in off-white robes were practicing on the other side of the lake. The spiritual light was shining continuously, and there was a circle of spiritual energy shield surrounding them, which prevented their talisman attacks from destroying the exquisite beauty here.
From the robes of this group of people, Ye Li naturally recognized their identities. They were the Heavenly Level disciples in the Inner City and the future successors of the deacons and elders of the Imperial City.
As I was walking, a pleasant sound of piano came from the forest not far away. From afar, I saw a quiet pavilion standing in the lush greenery.
A graceful white figure was sitting in the pavilion, playing the guqin on the table.
The melodious sound of the piano attracted countless birds to gather together, adding a lot of vitality to the silent forest.
The heavenly-level disciples who heard the sound of the piano all stopped what they were doing and looked towards the small pavilion in the distance. Many of the young men had admiration in their eyes.