Dual Cultivator with a cultivation system - Chapter 474

474: Ch-474: Familiar Faces 474: Ch-474: Familiar Faces “Entrance fee is 1 silver coin for each individual,” said the guard once they got close enough.

“Uh…

you take money just to enter?” Wang Ming blinked in surprise when he heard.

‘I am surprised they charge money just to enter the city,’ Wang Ming thought, surprised.

He did not expect such a thing, but then he thought it made sense that this was a rural city, and even in his last life to visit countries you needed to have a visa.

“Hmph, of course there is a price to enter the city.

This is Golden Leaf City, the place where the top families along with the royal families-the pillars of the kingdom-reside.

Of course it’s not like those low-class cities without standards.

This must be your first time,” said the guard with contempt in his voice as he looked up and down at Wang Ming, and seeing his ordinary clothes his face scrunched up even more.

“You said 1 silver coin, right?” Wang Ming asked, and the other guard nodded his head, and Wang Ming could not help but pause.

‘Holy, what kind of idiots run this place?

It’s so cheap.

They should charge 1 gold coin at the very least, and I am sure many would pay spirit stones to enter,’ Wang Ming thought with a frown, and then shook his head in a way that made the guard’s friend think he was refusing to pay and was broke.

“What the hell?

Do you want to enter this place without money?

Where did such beggars come from?” the guards snapped when they assumed they were dealing with a penniless person.

“If you have no money, then I cannot allow you inside,” said one of the guards.

“Get out of the way already!

There are people behind waiting for you!” Hearing their words, Wang Ming couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, and his eyebrows twitched in irritation when he felt a delicate hand on his shoulder.

‘What the hell, are you so impatient and quick to judge that you won’t let me speak?

Damn, just because someone wears plain clothes doesn’t mean they are poor.

Someone said it right: to be rich, you need to have money, but to have respect, you need to show money,’ Wang Ming thought inside his head.

He was about to retort when someone interrupted him.

“What’s with this commotion?” a feminine voice called out, and Wang Ming turned to look back and froze when he recognized the pair of extremely beautiful women.

One of the women also recognized him and also froze in shock.

“Lady Tang, we apologize.

This beggar wanted to get inside the city without paying, so we stopped him,” the guard who recognized the woman broke out in a cold sweat and glared at Wang Ming.

“Sister, what’s wrong?” the other woman asked Tang Ning with a raised eyebrow when she saw her staring at Wang Ming with a fierce gaze, which caused her sister to frown.

Wang Ming recognized the women.

The older woman was Tang Ning, the personal disciple of Hui Mei, the sect leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the younger one was Tang Nian, whom he had met during the competition.

‘Tsk, when were beggars this handsome?’ Tang Nian clicked her tongue and looked up and down at Wang Ming and frowned as she felt she had seen him somewhere before.

“Wang Ming,” Tang Ning said in a shocked whisper, but obviously her sister who was beside her heard her, and her eyes also widened as something clicked in her head.

‘Damn, no wonder I thought he was familiar, it’s that bastard,’ Tang Nian had a pissed-off look when she remembered the masked man who had made a fool out of her.

After the task was over, her sister had told her she had met him and told his name, so she easily recognized him seeing the boy’s structure, which gave her a hint of familiarity, but the name confirmed his identity.

“Yo, Tang Ning, long time no see,” Wang Ming said with a grin.

He noticed Tang Nian but ignored her, noticing her angry glare.

This action caused her to be even more angry.

The guard, on the other hand, looked angrily at Wang Ming.

“Damn, beggar, do you know who they are?

How dare you talk so casually to them!” the guard said angrily, his aura flaring out.

‘Huh, 8th Stage of the Core Formation Realm.

I did not expect an ordinary guard to be this strong,’ Wang Ming’s eyes widened in surprise seeing this.

“Hey, when did I say I was a beggar?” Wang Ming said with a twitch of his eyebrows.

“Hehe,” the guards just chuckled and were about to grab Wang Ming by the shoulder with the intention of breaking his arm.

Seeing this, Wang Ming’s face turned cold and he was about to retaliate, but before he could someone stopped them.

“Wait,” Tang Nian said, causing everyone to pause their movements and look at her.

“Is this how the guards behave with a visitor?” Tang Nian said angrily while the guards hesitated and looked bewildered.

Even Tang Ning raised an eyebrow at this.

She had been about to intervene, as she had sensed the change in Wang Ming’s mood and knew what could happen if he started fighting, but her sister beat her to it.

Maybe I should treat her better, Wang Ming thought, genuinely surprised and a bit touched by her actions, thinking she was standing up for him, even though he could tell she was still pissed at him.

“So what if he is a disgusting beggar who wanted to sneak in?

You still shouldn’t try to beat him just for being poor,” Tang Nian said while smirking at Wang Ming.

“…” Wang Ming’s lips twitched, and whatever goodwill he had vanished instantly.

As expected, she still holds a grudge, Tang Ning shook her head at her sister’s pettiness.

“I will pay for him.

You don’t need to pay me-just say thank you,” Tang Nian said.

“Ah, as expected of Lady Tang, you are so generous!” “Yes, yes, even for a beggar you would stand up!” “The Tang Family is truly full of kind people!” The others watching the commotion looked at Tang Nian with admiring eyes.

“Beggar, quickly thank the young miss,” the guards and even the crowd all said to him.

A vein popped on Wang Ming’s forehead as he forced a smile.

“Ah, young miss, thank you.” What could Wang Ming say?

He was about to enter the city and knew that if he refused, he would become a public enemy and might be denied entry.

Yes, he could use force, but he wasn’t a muscle-head and could adjust to the situation and play along, even though he was reluctant.