The registration was complete and everything else was arranged. Fengyu and the twins bid farewell as they left the room.

Looking at them, Fengyu knew they wanted to go back as soon as possible. But, considering the circumstances, it was best not to do it right away.

Casting a soundproofing spell, he explained to them as they walked out of the library, "Changing your cultivation art will take at least a year. Although it might boost your power with the inspiration - first of all, we don’t even know whether you will get the inspiration right away.

In my case, I got it directly, but only because I contracted Zimu right away. For you... it might take longer. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

So the effective reward of practicing it directly isn’t as great. During the time you change your cultivation art, you will not be able to expend too much spiritual power, else you might not only ruin all your progress but even damage your foundation in the process.

I recommend you wait until after the Beast Tide - at which point we should have a time of peace.

Until then, why don’t you put all your focus on learning your inheritance? That would also be good."

Having explained so much, Fengyu hoped the twins would listen to him in this regard. He himself wouldn’t have started cultivating it now - the duration of changing your art can be as short as a year, or as long as three to five. It’s better not to practice it and lower your fighting prowess during this time of trouble.

"Senior brother, we actually also had this idea. Anyways, Ming and I want to learn our inheritance as fast as possible to improve our income.

Didn’t brother say that his income spiked when he learned the second inheritance? Our own income is also not very high, so if we could learn the inheritance and quickly increase our income, then we should have more spirit stones in preparation for the Beast Tide!" Ling explained their situation, clearly having planned ahead already.

"As long as you have a plan, I’m relieved. Alright, since we’re here already, how about I show you the inner city and complete another matter afterwards?" Fengyu gestured to the inner city gate next to the library.

"Ah, can we go in?" Ling asked in surprise.

"Haha, you two are now inner citizens, of course you can go in!" Fengyu chuckled and walked to the inner gate together with the twins.

The guards stopped them and asked for identification, their attitude quite calm and not domineering.

Fengyu nodded and took out his own token, the twins followed him and showed their tokens too.

After checking them, the guard bowed and gestured for them to enter.

The entrance into the inner gate... was like an illusion.

On one side, looking in, you only saw a large empty street, nothing left and right, as if it was a gate to an empty city.

Once inside, the scene was wholly different -

People walking around, greeting each other and chatting - left and right were various shops selling items, and up front was a large palace at the end of the street, barely visible.

"Senior brother..." Ling looked at Fengyu in shock.

"Haha, I was like this too when I first entered the inner city! It’s beautiful, isn’t it?"

"Very... beautiful."

"It looks a bit like our village during normal days..." Ming commented when he saw this scene.

"Indeed, it does look more like a large village rather than a city, doesn’t it?" Fengyu agreed. The inner city had a feeling of everyone knowing each other and being kind to each other, something you would never see in a city.

Just as they were walking, Fengyu saw a person walk over.

"Shanqing?" Fengyu called out to the young man about to pass him by.

"Hm?" Shanqing looked up, his eyes slightly unfocused.

When he saw it was Fengyu, he smiled and greeted him, "Fengyu, what a coincidence!"

"You seem busy, we can talk another time if you want." Fengyu didn’t want to hold him back in case he was busy with something, so he offered.

"No, well, actually... I’m not that busy, I just got news from my uncle in the core of the city." Shanqing was confused for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"How about we go sit inside while you explain it?" Fengyu suggested.

"Ah... yeah, let’s do that." Shanqing agreed and looked around, spotting a tea house.

"These two..." he asked when he saw the twins walking behind Fengyu.

"These are my two juniors. I just introduced them to the city and was actually planning to go to the contribution points exchange hall. Haha, you really helped me last time!" Fengyu chuckled as he said this.

"It seems you had this idea from the start! No wonder you were so curious about what benefits there are to introducing people!" Shanqing nodded, not disappointed at all.

"Being able to help your two juniors without affecting them, it seems you are hiding your talents from this friend!" he teased after realising how long it’d been since Fengyu must’ve known about the inspiration. And yet all this time he was able to keep it to himself, even ensuring his juniors weren’t misled - having this insight before even being told about it is quite an achievement.

"I am just a bit more private, there is no need to praise me so well." Fengyu waved his hand, entering the tea house together with Shanqing while the twins followed behind them.

Inside the tea house, there were several servants at the entrance, greeting them.

"Fellow daoists, where would you like to drink tea?" the steward at the reception asked them.

"A seat on the first floor is fine. Just bring us two green ember teas," Shanqing ordered as he walked in, a servant leading them to a seat on the first floor.

The inner city wasn’t largely populated, so only a few people were sitting on the first floor.

Fengyu and his group were led to a four-person seat on the open terrace. The terrace was opened to the inside of the tea house, where there was a small garden with a pond, the sunlight streaming in from this direction.

The natural atmosphere was quite to Fengyu’s liking.

After a moment, a tea kettle together with four cups was carried to their table.

"No tea ceremony, just pour it in," Shanqing told the waiter. He was in a bit of a hurry and didn’t have as much time.

The waiter was experienced and did as he was told - he poured four cups of light green tea.

After pouring them, he placed four green leaves on the cups - the moment these leaves touched the water, they reddened slightly and started burning. Embers rose from the leaves and fell into the cups.

The waiter bowed his head and left.

Fengyu looked at the cup and used his spiritual power to inspect the cup and leaf.

"This green ember tea is served together with a water-burning leaf. As the embers rise and fall, the taste of the tea changes from a light tea to a stronger tea, becoming minty." Shanqing explained.

"Oh? Serving the tea like this, it allows the guest to decide how they like it... it’s a low-grade tea, but has such a speciality. It seems the tea ritual lineage of this tea house is quite good!"

"Every store in the inner city, especially those right at the gate, has deep heritage. So, inner citizens usually only drink the tea here. Even the southern gate’s tea houses, although barely comparable, don’t have the serene aura that can only be seen here."

Fengyu nodded in understanding. This place was only open to inner citizens, so it would inevitably be more serene than the southern gate.

While there were fewer cultivators in the south, after all, there were still many clans. In addition, there would be cultivators from the east gate who would come to drink tea. After all, the north was filled with visitors, making it bustling but unfit for tea drinking.

The west... well, most inhabitants were beasts, and among beasts, very few enjoyed drinking tea. And those that do enjoy it grow it themselves.

Fengyu smiled at this thought, not at all bothered by Shanqing’s hasty appearance.

If your pace is overly influenced by the pace of others, how can you keep your own mind’s peace?

So, he asked slowly, "Brother, what’s going on? Why are you so out of breath?"