Chapter 108
Keyuan Residence.
Keyuan Residence was a place for receiving guests from outside Ning'an City... though saying 'receiving' was more like saying 'sheltering'.
In this world of beastmen, fierce beasts ran rampant. Whether it was tribes with fixed settlements or tribes wandering the jungle, they all lived in constant fear, spending every day afraid of attacks from fierce beasts...
But a city was different. A city had tall, sturdy walls, with capable beastman teams standing guard on them... making it difficult for fierce beasts to break through...
It could be said that the inside of a city was the safest place in the beastman world...
Living within a city meant not having to worry about sudden attacks from fierce beasts every moment. Because of this, Ning'an City, as the world's only city, became the dream destination for all beastmen and ger.
Everyone yearned to live inside the city.
If it weren't for the city's first-class defensive capabilities and the Celestial Fox tribe's innate intelligence and skill at management... Ning'an City would have likely long been occupied by other tribes.
In the early days after Ning'an City was first established, it went through a long period of fighting, facing not only sudden attacks from fierce beasts but also the ambition of various tribes who wanted to occupy it. But in the end, the Celestial Fox tribe managed to hold it steady...
Nowadays, no tribes dared to scheme against Ning'an City, but every year there were still many tribes and peoples who yearned for city life. They would bring their clan members to pay their respects and even seek refuge...
Beastman races placed great importance on bloodline and clan. Even in a large city like Ning'an, the majority of those living inside were from the Celestial Fox tribe. Occasionally, people from other races were permitted to stay, but they must have special abilities that made them worth keeping.
Weak tribes or the remnants of tribes that had lost their leaders would not be allowed into Ning'an City... However, some special races and powerful tribes would be temporarily housed in this Keyuan Residence.
Keyuan Residence had dedicated staff for reception. These staff would assess the beastmen and ger who wanted to stay. If they found them valuable, they would report it. If those higher up agreed, they could stay... Otherwise, after a few days of residence, they would be driven out.
Upon learning that Keyuan Residence was such a place, Wang Jin felt even more that it was truly wrong for his man to be arranged to live there... He couldn't wait to rush over.
Keyuan Residence had beastman teams guarding it on all sides. Everyone entering and leaving was subjected to checks...
Wang Jin was stopped when he arrived.
The city's development was more advanced than Wang Jin had imagined. The original owner's pavilion was actually quite far from Keyuan Residence... It would take one or two hours to walk there, but there were actually beast-drawn carriages on the outer streets...
These carriages were operated by some beastmen. For a small amount of silver, these beastmen would transform into their beast forms to pull the carriage carrying the passenger to the destination, no different from the coachmen of Wang Jin's previous life.
At this moment, the carriage driver who had pulled them, seeing they were stopped, transformed into his human form and indicated to Wang Jin sitting inside the carriage compartment: "Young master, I cannot enter here. I can only take you this far."
Hearing this, Wang Jin quickly took the nearby bamboo hat, put it on, and was about to exit the carriage compartment when Uncle Shan, who had come with him, pressed him back inside.
This Uncle Shan originally did not support him coming here, saying the people here were too mixed, and his identity was special, fearing there was danger... But in the end, he couldn't overcome Wang Jin's insistence and accompanied him.
Since they were already here, why was Uncle Shan stopping him now?
Perhaps sensing Wang Jin's confusion, Uncle Shan slightly shook his head and said: "Young master, the beastman in charge of guarding Keyuan Residence is Pan Yue, the son of Hall Master Xiang. That person knows you. If you appear, he will immediately send you back."
"...Then... then what should we do?"
It seemed the original owner was quite famous in Ning'an City, known everywhere.
The young master's face was full of anxiety, afraid he couldn't enter and couldn't reach his lover... Uncle Shan smiled... He couldn't help but think, was that ancient beastman really that good, making his young master unable to bear being apart for even a moment? Before this, the young master didn't seem to be like this with that young master Cheng...
Seeing the young master growing more anxious, as if he wanted to go out again, Uncle Shan hurriedly patted Wang Jin's wrist in a comforting manner and said: "Young master, don't be anxious. I will go down and take a look. You stay seated first."
After saying this, Uncle Shan went out first. Before leaving, he covered the carriage compartment's curtains tightly, seemingly afraid that Wang Jin would be seen.
Wang Jin had no choice but to prick up his ears and listen to the commotion outside, but unfortunately the noise was too chaotic to hear clearly.
Fortunately, it wasn't long before Uncle Shan opened the curtain and reached out to Wang Jin: "Young master, come down. Young master Yue has already sent someone to find that Yuan Heng. He will come out to see you."
"..." This made it seem like they were treating Yuan Heng like a criminal under guard...
My Brother Heng is so good, how could he suffer such indignity...
Wang Jin felt even worse. He put on the bamboo hat, quickly got out of the carriage, and gazed inside with an infatuated expression.
Before long, the man walked out. Dressed in pristine white robes that fluttered gracefully as he moved, the wind blew through his jet-black hair, making those strands restlessly dance... straight into Wang Jin's heart.
Wang Jin's heart pounded like thunder... Seeing the man getting closer, he could no longer restrain himself. He threw off the hat shielding his face and ran straight towards the man, smiling brilliantly as he threw himself into his arms: "Brother Heng!"
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