The last type, the most mysterious and special, was the spy-type Jia Wei.
They would go alone to enemy territories to gather intelligence and assassinate important figures.
Spy-type Jia Wei had to undergo selection and years of training. Only after their loyalty and abilities reached a certain level could they be sent out on missions.
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Half a month later, Wu Tao, who was meditating in his cultivation chamber, felt a stir and his eyes suddenly snapped open.
He immediately got up and left the chamber, opening the door.
Outside stood a golden-armored cultivator, with his hands clasped behind his back, staring intently at him.
"Greetings, Senior!" Wu Tao dared not delay, cupping his fists with both hands.
This was the older golden-armored cultivator who had brought him here back then.
"Young friend, no need for formalities. Brother Peng has other matters to attend to, so only I am here to see you today."
"My name is Mao Fan. If you don't mind, you can call me Captain Mao."
Mao Fan's tone was calm. After half a month, for some reason, his attitude towards Wu Tao had not diminished but had instead improved.
Wu Tao was slightly taken aback, and his heart began to waver.
Because there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. This person's good attitude towards him was definitely for some other reason.
It was just that he didn't know what that reason was yet.
After a while, seeing Mao Fan still waiting outside,
Wu Tao quickly called out "Captain Mao" and invited him into the house to sit with him.
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"With these past half a month, you must have a basic understanding of Tong Guan City, so I'll cut to the chase."
"You are an outsider cultivator, and you've managed to hold your own against the Vice City Lord's eldest daughter for this long. I assume your combat strength is not weak."
"I have already applied for your Silver Armor Guard identity. I've assigned you to the Special Jia Wei squad."
"Here is your identity jade token. Keep it safe. You can go directly to Jia Thirty-Six Team. We've arranged everything else for you."
As soon as Mao Fan sat down, he flipped his palm, revealing a pure white jade token, and handed it over.
"I am new here and don't understand Tong Guan City well. Would it be too hasty for me to serve as a Silver Armor Guard now?"
Wu Tao did not immediately take the jade token, feigning a hint of hesitation.
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"Heh heh, young friend Wu, there's no need to worry. Your direct superior in Jia Thirty-Six Team is the young lady who captured you earlier."
"If there's anything you don't understand about the arrangements, just ask me," Mao Fan said with a smile, patting his chest.
"Since Captain Mao has said so, this junior will no longer decline." Wu Tao's eyes flickered twice, and he finally accepted the jade token.
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Next, Wu Tao carefully examined both sides of the jade token.
He found that the back of the token was inscribed with some mysterious patterns, while the other side bore the words "Jia Thirty-Six" in faint gold characters.
Seeing that Wu Tao had accepted the token, Mao Fan nodded in satisfaction and began to explain some common knowledge about Tong Guan City, as well as some more confidential matters.
Some of these matters Wu Tao already knew, while others he heard for the first time. Naturally, he listened attentively, nodding repeatedly.
Especially the information about the young lady who captured him and sent him to prison.
It turned out that the young female cultivator in the middle stage of Core Formation was the eldest daughter of Lv Liang, a cultivator in the middle stage of Nascent Soul and the Vice City Lord of Tong Guan City. Her name was Lv Yuehua!
Lv Yuehua was a renowned prodigy in Tong Guan City. At only over 150 years old, she had already achieved a profound cultivation of the middle stage of Core Formation.
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"Alright, I've said what I needed to say. This is where the驻守巡防 Jia Wei reside, not the territory of our Special Jia Wei."
"It's not suitable for staying long. Every cultivator above the Foundation Establishment stage has their own dedicated cave dwelling in Tong Guan City."
"However, the quality and size of your cave dwelling will depend on your own efforts. No one can help you with that."
"For the specific procedures, you can ask at Shui Yue Pavilion. Here is a map of the city. You can study it carefully."
"Since you are new, you don't need to report for duty immediately for the first month. But after a month, you must assume your post and collect your silver armor."
Mao Fan took out a green jade slip from his storage bag and handed it to Wu Tao, then prepared to leave.
Wu Tao naturally bowed respectfully again to express his thanks and saw Mao Fan off.
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After Mao Fan left the room, Wu Tao sat on a chair, holding the jade slip, and began to read it carefully.
Half an hour later, his expression changed.
"Tong Guan City is so vast! Its east-west span covers an area of 300,000 li, much larger than any city in the Jiuzhou Cultivation World."
After reading, Wu Tao's face was filled with uncertainty.
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After a long silence, Wu Tao tidied up his belongings, put everything that belonged to him back into his storage bag, and left the room.
He then found Huang Yingjie and returned the token for the restrictions in this room to him.
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Wu Tao's immediate priority now was to go to Shui Yue Pavilion and secure his cave dwelling.
However, based on what Mao Fan had said earlier, it seemed that the quality of the cave dwelling would depend on his own efforts to secure it.
Thinking of this, Wu Tao felt a spark of interest, as the quality of a cave dwelling was certainly related to the concentration of spiritual energy.
Following the location markers on the map in the jade slip, Wu Tao navigated through the vast Tong Guan City, turning left and right, wandering all around.
Having cast several acceleration spells on himself, Wu Tao moved faster than the wind, covering hundreds of li in one go.
The surrounding scenery flashed past his eyes.
As he walked, Wu Tao silently observed the cultivators on the streets.
He noticed that cultivators wearing various colored armors seemed to appear frequently only near the city walls. Away from the walls, the cultivators he encountered were mostly rogue cultivators or family disciples.
Speaking of which, Tong Guan City should more accurately be called Tong Guan Kingdom.
The area governed by this city was almost equivalent to a country in the Jiuzhou Cultivation World.
This city was built against a mountain range, and it was completely sealed off on all sides by a massive restrictive formation.
The city walls were like insurmountable barriers, inspiring awe.
There were large numbers of armored soldiers near the city walls, patrolling the surrounding areas day and night, and the restrictive formation was constantly active, never ceasing.
Behind the city walls, there was always an army of Jia Wei cultivators numbering over fifty to sixty thousand.
Such strict defensive measures had ensured that Tong Guan City had never been breached by foreign races in tens of thousands of years.
After walking for a full five hours, Wu Tao finally arrived at the so-called Shui Yue Pavilion.
The plaque above the pavilion's main entrance bore the magnificent characters "Shui Yue Pavilion" in a flowing script.
Shui Yue Pavilion was oval in shape, thirty zhang tall and ten zhang wide, a towering fifty stories high, divided into three main levels.
In the short time Wu Tao paused here, seven or eight cultivators entered the pavilion.
As time went by, Wu Tao saw more and more people entering Shui Yue Pavilion, and then he slowly walked into the building.
The first floor of the pavilion was a large hall several zhang wide, with hundreds of cultivators standing inside.
They were all looking at a jade mural embedded in the wall in front of the hall.
The jade mural displayed a map with many small dots, blinking on and off.
With a sweep of his divine sense, Wu Tao realized that all these people were cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and all the cultivators stepped forward in unison.
It turned out that the elder in charge, a cultivator in the middle stage of Core Formation, had arrived.
This elder in the middle stage of Core Formation took out a chair and sat next to the jade mural.
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After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the elder held a specially made jade brush in his hand.
Seeing this, the cultivators in the hall automatically lined up, and there were no arguments or instances of cutting in line.
Next, after each cultivator finished speaking with the elder, the elder would gently wave the jade brush in his hand.
A golden thread shot out from the jade brush and merged into the map.
Within the next hour, over a hundred more people stepped forward, conversed with the elder, and chose their cave dwelling locations.
Wu Tao, who had been observing from the side, noticed that the large map on the jade mural indicated the location of a medium-sized spiritual脉 in the northern part of Tong Guan City.
The deeper the spiritual light on the map, the more numbers there were.
Especially in the center of the map, dozens of numbers were arranged together.
This meant that a single cave dwelling was being contended for by dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Seeing this, Wu Tao stroked his chin and finally understood what Mao Fan's earlier words meant.
It seemed that finding a relatively good cave dwelling would involve a competition with others.
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"Excuse me, are you the new Silver Armor Guard, Wu Tao?"
A clear voice came from behind him.
Wu Tao's expression remained unchanged as he slowly turned around.
He saw a slender, beautiful woman dressed as a maid standing respectfully beside him.
This woman's cultivation was not low, at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, her realm was no less than Wu Tao's.
"That's right, I am the new Silver Armor Guard, Wu Tao."
Wu Tao looked at the beautiful woman dressed as a maid, frowned slightly, and then replied.
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At this moment, Wu Tao was secretly amazed.
Who had such a grand gesture to use a female cultivator at the late stage of Foundation Establishment as a maid?
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The beautiful woman dressed as a maid first sized up Wu Tao from head to toe.
Then she smiled sweetly and said, "Since you are Wu Tao, you must be here at Shui Yue Pavilion to find a cave dwelling for yourself."
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