Douluo Continent: The Ice King's Resurrection

Chapter 78, Section 77: Earth Dragon Gate

With the Ling family's token clearing the way, Ling Bingtian and his party moved freely within Dragon City.

The gatekeepers of Dragon City even arranged for a local thug to guide them. Led by the thug, the group rode their horses slowly through Dragon City.

Compared to Ice City, Dragon City seemed much more lively, with shouts of buying and selling filling the air. Ling Bingtian even saw several brothels on the street.

However, Ling Bingtian discovered that the vast majority of the people here had no light in their eyes.

Throughout the entire Heavenly Soul Empire, populist nobles like the Ling family are a tiny minority.

In Dragon City, although the two Dragon Gates are the true rulers, it doesn't mean that there are no nobles.

On the contrary, the attitude displayed by the nobles here is the attitude that the nobles of the true Heavenly Soul Empire should display.

They run rampant in the market, swaggering through the streets. In more serious cases, it's not uncommon for them to forcibly abduct women and oppress the people.

This can be seen from the fact that when Ling Bingtian and his group walked through the street, the people around them avoided them in fear.

From a distance, Ling Bingtian even noticed several malicious glances flash by.

Ling Bingtian had felt similar gazes before. Many of the evil soul masters who were captured would look at him with this kind of gaze before they died.

Those were eyes filled with hatred!

Ling Bingtian's heart sank, but he didn't show it. He knew that these gazes weren't directed at him, but at the nobility.

"Ah, feudal society—" Ling Bingtian sighed inwardly and stopped thinking about it.

As I said before, he has no right to change these things now.

With that thought in mind, Ling Bingtian lost all interest in admiring the scenery of Dragon City.

With three curious teenagers and a seasoned veteran leading them, the local thug walked for another half an hour before taking them to their destination, located north of the center of Dragon City.

After giving the local bully a small bag of gold soul coins, the bully left slowly with a sincere smile.

Watching the local bully leave, Ling Bingtian turned his attention to the building in front of him.

This is a courtyard covering a vast area. A plaque hangs on the tall and magnificent gate wall, with the three large characters "Di Long Men" engraved on it.

Before the gate stood two arrogant guards, their faces revealing their pride in being able to stand there.

In front of them were two special pink dragon statues. Based on the knowledge he had learned at the Ling family, Ling Bingtian recognized them as the inherited martial soul of the Earth Dragon Sect—the Rouge Dragon.

Looks like we came to the right place.

Ling Bingtian muttered to himself, ignoring the two village chiefs behind him who were staring blankly at the Earth Dragon Gate. He and Wang Dayu dismounted and headed towards the main gate of the Earth Dragon Gate.

"Halt!"

The two men glanced at the clothes worn by Ling Bingtian and the other two. Like Wu Xin, since they were both security guards, they had some knowledge of the clothing and attire of the upper class.

They could tell at a glance that the three were not ordinary people, and were not on the same level as the two bumpkins behind them.

"They must be looking for someone."

The two security guards exchanged a glance and made the same judgment, but the necessary procedures still had to be followed.

When the guard on the left saw that Ling Bingtian and the other two had stopped, he asked, "What brings you here?"

Ling Bingtian did not look down on them because they were two gatekeepers. With a flick of his hand, he took out the Ling family token from his storage soul tool and handed it to the gatekeeper who had asked the question, while responding to him.

"Ling Bingtian from the Ling family of Extreme Ice City has come to visit, requesting to pay a visit to the sect leader of the Earth Dragon Gate. Please go and inform him."

"The Ling family!"

The two guards were startled; the name of the Ling family of Jibing City was known to everyone in the northern border of the Tianhun Empire.

Immediately, the guard on the left stepped forward respectfully and accepted the token symbolizing the Ling family from Ling Bingtian's hand with both hands.

Upon receiving the token, the gatekeeper felt as if it were a hot potato, and dared not be negligent. He simply bowed to Ling Bingtian, said "Please wait a moment," and then walked into the Earth Dragon Gate.

The other guard also relaxed his vigilance slightly. In the northern border of the empire, no one dared to impersonate the Ling family to swindle and deceive.

If that's true, then death is not far off.

Therefore, the gatekeeper relaxed a little and continued to stand at his post, but the arrogance on his face completely disappeared.

He had nothing to be arrogant about in front of the Ling family.

Ling Bingtian wasn't in a hurry. He called out to Village Chief Xie and Xie Yuwei behind him and then waited in front of the door.

He believed that the people of the Earth Dragon Gate wouldn't keep him waiting for long.

Under the scorching sun, the temperature gradually rose. As they walked from the city gate to this point, both Village Chief Xie and Xie Yuwei, who had little cultivation, had beads of sweat on their foreheads.

Ling Bingtian glanced at them, not wanting them to suffer from the heat. So he mobilized his soul power and released some of it.

Instantly, a chill emanated from Ling Bingtian's body, filling an area within a 5-meter radius centered on him.

Wang Dayu and Yuan Chao were slightly shaken, but then remained still; they had experienced this before.

But Village Chief Xie and Xie Yuwei were different. They couldn't detect Ling Bingtian's actions, but they clearly felt that the hot weather had suddenly become much cooler.

They were all startled, but they were long enough and experienced enough to realize that Ling Bingtian must have seen how hot they were and did something to cool them down.

He quickly pulled his granddaughter to thank Ling Bingtian, but Ling Bingtian simply waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to worry about it.

Xie Yuwei felt the coolness emanating from her body, her eyes revealing curiosity and excitement.

Ling Bingtian silently complained to himself, "I really wish I had this ability in my past life, something like a human-shaped self-propelled air conditioner..."

Just as Ling Bingtian had said, the gatekeeper who went to report to the Earth Dragon Gate returned in less than a quarter of an hour with an old man wearing a robe with an unknown Earth Dragon pattern.

Due to the difference in seniority, Ling Bingtian led the group to bow to the old man first, saying, "I am Ling Bingtian. My friend and I happened to pass by your esteemed land during our journey and request an audience with your sect leader."

The elderly man, dressed in fine clothes, looked somewhat overweight, and his hair was thinning. Only the occasional glint of light in his eyes hinted at his extraordinary nature.

Faced with Ling Bingtian's request, the old man dared not neglect it. The Ling family now had three Douluo, which was not something that the Earth Dragon Gate could afford to offend.

Because Ling Bingtian was performing the junior's greeting, the old man simply nodded in response, then smiled and said, "Haha, welcome young friend Ling, it is an honor for the Earth Dragon Sect. I am He Feng, the second elder of the Earth Dragon Sect. The sect leader is busy with some matters, so he sent me to entertain you. Please come in, young friends."

Despite his unassuming appearance, He Feng was actually the Second Elder of the Earth Dragon Sect.

To become the second elder of a sect like the Earth Dragon Gate, He Feng's cultivation level should at least be at the level of a high-level Soul Saint, or more likely, he is a Soul Douluo.

Ling Bingtian naturally couldn't refuse He Feng's invitation. He smiled and responded, then waved to the people behind him to follow, and went inside with He Feng.

Wang Dayu and his companions naturally didn't stop there. They stepped forward and followed Ling Bingtian into this ancient sect that had existed for thousands of years.

This time, the security guard naturally didn't stop them. They remained standing at attention in their posts, steadfastly holding their positions.

He secretly thought to himself that he would have something to talk about while drinking tonight.

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