Li Hui and Lou Suifeng were in Ting Feng Xuan, listening to the pleasant sound of silk and bamboo, tasting tea and drinking freely, unaware that several hours had passed.

  Li Hui also learned a lot about the secrets of Tianhu City and the Lou family.

  Originally, the ancestors of the Lou family were from the Imperial Palace, and the land of Tianhu City was built up by their own efforts. That's why they were granted to establish their family in this place by the Imperial Palace, which is why they occupy one-third of the territory of Tianhu City. Apart from the city guards, the Lou family is undoubtedly the number one force in Tianhu City.

  Lou's family of five houses, Lou Feng's father is the master of the Western House.

  This also involves a secret, that is, the prominent families among the thirty-six cities under Ziwu City are almost all from the Ziwu Palace, and their descendants are mostly serving in the Tianjiwei or Shenfengying, which is why the Ziwu Palace allows these families to develop such great power.

  However, these families must also submit to the Ziwu Palace and dare not expand their power too much. Otherwise, the Ziwu Palace will take action. Now, the Lou family is divided into five mansions, occupying one-third of the territory of Tianhu City, which has already developed to the extreme. If they continue to expand, they will be seen by the Ziwu Palace as having a rebellious heart and will be restricted.

  In other Tianhu City, there are also some families and sects, but they are all small and insignificant, and none of them can match half the strength of the Lou family.

  While the thirty-six cities under the jurisdiction of Ziwai City all have families similar to the Lou family, in a sense, there is the Imperial Court of Ziwai Palace, and these families are like vassal princes.

  As Li Hui knew, the seventh camp leader of the East City District of Ziwai City, Lyu Yan Zhao, was also from the Lu family in Jing'an City, and was also the largest family in Jing'an City.

  These families not only originated from the Imperial Palace, but also had some descendants serving in the Shenfeng Camp or Tianjiwei, and can be said to have a close connection with the Imperial Palace.

  These secrets naturally shocked Li Hui again with the enormous and terrifying Purple Wei Palace.

  Unconsciously, the night has already shrouded, and several large night pearls have lit up in the wind pavilion. Drinking tea and listening to the wind at night, with jade people playing the sheng and xiao, it is unknown how carefree and happy they are.

  Lou suddenly looked up at the sky and burst out laughing: "Haha, you've been sitting here for half a day, but now is exactly the perfect time to go out and have some fun."

  Li Hui smiled slightly: "You arrange it as you wish, on your turf, I'll just follow the host's convenience."

  Lou raised his hand with the wind, and the sound of the sheng suddenly stopped. He calmly opened his mouth and said: "Go prepare the Cloud Lion Jade Carriage, I want to go out and have fun with my friends."

  A beautiful maid bowed and answered, then went out of Tingfeng Pavilion first.

  "We'll go out too, I'll make sure you have a great time today." Lou said with a smile.

  The two of them walked out of Tingfeng Pavilion together and came to the courtyard in front.

  In the courtyard, however, there was already a magnificent carriage, with a body as long as five zhang and three zhang wide. The carriage had windows on all four sides, and inside it was beautifully decorated.

  What surprised Li Hui even more was that the chariot was being pulled by a gigantic lion-like beast, and the beautiful maid stood in front of it, looking especially petite.

  Li Hui was somewhat astonished in his heart, but on his face he said calmly: "Zifeng, you're making such a big fuss."

  The building's facade was somewhat embarrassed, saying: "I'm sorry to make you laugh, don't look at the exterior of this car, it's actually just a top-grade spiritual instrument. The lion beast pulling the carriage is only a spirit beast in the initial stage of refinement, I didn't want to show off either. However, tonight I'll take you to Xīyáng Island, and when you get there, you'll understand why I'm doing all this."

  Li Hui smiled slightly and didn't say anything more.

  "Get on the bus."

  Lou Fang and Li Hui got on the carriage together. The beautiful woman also boarded, but she sat in the front, driving the lion-like beast to run forward.

  "Go to Wandering Island." Lou gave a casual order and then started chatting with Li Hui behind him.

  The carriage drove out of the Lou's Western Mansion very quickly and walked on the main street. At this time, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and every few dozen feet, a night pearl illuminated, but the road surface still looked a bit dim.

  That lion-like creature's eyes were shining with a faint green light, like lanterns, and it was running wildly on the street, unaffected. Li Hui and Lou Sui Feng sat in the car, but it was unusually stable, and they couldn't feel any bumps at all.

  After a moment, they had reached the end of the long street, and in front of them was a vast expanse of water. The lion-like creature did not stop its pace, but strode straight into the water, emitting a spiritual glow from its body, with only its four hooves submerged in the water, while the carriage floated steadily on the surface, continuing to speed forward.

  "This Cloud Lion Beast has the talent of controlling water, and after advancing to the foundation stage, it will grow a pair of wings on its back, and flying is also extremely fast. In Tianhu City, our Lou family's five mansions, as well as some other families' young masters, all like to use this Cloud Lion Beast to pull their carriages." Lou Suifeng introduced to Li Hui.

  Li Hui nodded, his eyes gazing out of the car window. On the vast expanse of water, he could occasionally see streaks of light flashing by, probably from vehicles similar to theirs speeding across the surface of the water.

  The carriage drove at an extremely fast speed, and after a moment, it stepped onto the shore again. This island was a bustling market town, with people flowing endlessly on the streets. In front of the market, various colored pearls were hung, illuminating the entire street brightly.

  The carriage sped along without stopping for a moment, continuing to gallop forward. The pedestrians on the street, however, were all able to recognize that this was the Lou family's western estate's carriage and hastily made way for it.

  After running for another moment, I stepped into the water again and continued to move forward on the surface of the water.

  Li Hui was enthusiastically watching the night scene of Tianhu City, and during the day, he just flew over from the air. Now, taking a boat ride, sometimes on the water and sometimes on land, it's also a unique scenery. Probably only Tianhu City has such a unique landscape to create such a scene.

  That beautiful maid was driving a chariot all along.

  After passing through several small islands, a vast expanse of water suddenly appeared in front, and far away, a string of star-like fires were seen dotting the surface of the water.

  "We're almost at Xian Yao Island, this Xian Yao Island is actually the property of our Lou family, but it's managed jointly by the five prefectures. Even when I go to consume, I have to spend spirit stones, but I can get a 50% discount." Lou Suifeng said with a smile.

  Li Hui also showed some interest in the carefree island that Feng had mentioned earlier.

  Gradually, the beast-drawn carriages drove in, and Li Hui also saw clearly the star fire he had seen before. It turned out to be a huge pleasure boat with giant pearls hanging on it. In the middle of the boat were tables of wine and food, accompanied by beautiful women serving wine and dishes to those Taoist priests, some even sitting directly in their laps. Meanwhile, other beautiful women played the zither, sheng, and flute nearby.

  Li Hui looked around in surprise, only to find that all the boats were like this, and those female companions, each and every one of them was a cultivator at the Refining Qi stage. This place was actually just like the mortal world's pleasure quarters.

  On the side, Lou watched Li Hui's expression with a few hints of a ambiguous smile: "The consumption in these painting boats are mostly ordinary cultivators, and generally these women also sell their art not their bodies. However, there are some painting boats that provide special services."

  Those women all had a few points of charm, and for a time the surroundings were filled with the sounds of orioles singing and swallows dancing. Even on the bow of the painted barge, there were some beautiful female Taoist priests wearing revealing clothing waving their hands to invite Li Hui and Lou Suifeng: "Two gentlemen, why not come over and have a few cups, I'll keep you company and let you enjoy yourselves."

  Li Hui's first experience with this kind of situation, however, was a slightly furrowed brow, feeling somewhat awkward.

  Lou smiled calmly: "The truly fun place is on the carefree island ahead, those aristocratic young masters are all enjoying themselves on the carefree island, only those who can't afford to go to the carefree island would come to these painted pleasure boats."

  Li Hui nodded and the beast car sped forward without any intention of stopping.

  On the painting boat, the woman's face had a hint of loss, she naturally knew that this was the carriage of the Lou family's son, and in her heart, there was also a hint of expectation. If one of the young masters in the carriage took a liking to her and made her his concubine, then she would no longer have to worry about spirit stones and medicine.

  These buildings were naturally ignored by Feng and Li Hui, and the beast car continued to move forward for a while before a bright island appeared in front of them. On top of it stood a magnificent building that was over 100 meters high, almost covering the entire island. The building was adorned with pearls that shone brightly and radiated colorful lights.

  And right in front of Li Hui and his companions, there was a gigantic beast head, with its mouth opening several tens of meters high and wide, which was exactly the entrance to this building.

  "This is Carefree Island." Lou Suifeng pointed at the massive structure in front of them.

  Li Hui looked at this magnificent building he had ever seen with a hint of surprise and his face was full of astonishment.

  A beast car drove out of the water, but a serious-looking cultivator ran over and recognized that it was Lou Suifeng's carriage, respectfully saying: "Young Master, please get in."

  The carriage came to a stop, and Li Hui and Lou Suifeng got down together, walking towards the gate with the beast's mouth. The female driver drove the beast-drawn carriage to a nearby open space. There were already many such carriages parked above.

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