Ice Jade City was the capital of the Ice Jade Country. It was also one of the largest cities in the Arctic Continent. This Ice Jade City was very strange. It was a huge iceberg. At the top of the iceberg, someone used magic to build a large hall. The iceberg below was hollowed out and turned into a huge city.
This iceberg wasn't the only one in Ice Jade City. The surrounding icebergs were all part of Ice Jade City. It was very strange, but also very spectacular.
There were several teleportation formations in Ice Jade City. Because Ice Jade City was very big, there were a lot of teleportation formations. Naturally, the most famous one was the famous ice road in Ice Jade City.
The ice road in Ice Jade City was actually very simple. It was an ice slide that went downwards. These ice slides went from top to bottom and were very smooth.
Zhao Hai was now standing in front of an ice slide. He looked at some people who entered the ice slide and directly went down. These ice slides had more than a dozen entrances. Each entrance had words written on it. These words were to tell you where the ice slide led to.
Zhao Hai had been to many cities, but this was the first time he saw an ice slide like this. The slope of these ice slides wasn't very high, so the speed of the slide wouldn't be very fast. And when you slide forward, you would sit on a piece of ice covered with animal skin.
If one wanted to come up from below, then it was very simple. In Ice Jade City, there were many deer carts. These deer carts were all built by the Ice Jade Nation. Each of these deer carts was pulled by six or eight pack deer. The carriages were also very large, and each carriage could seat at least twenty to thirty people.
Naturally, if you can use magic, then it would be even more convenient. In Ice Jade City, there were some roads that were specially prepared for people who use magic. You can use magic to travel, but you must use magic on these special roads. You can't use magic on other roads.
However, in the entire Ice Ocean Continent, there was almost no one who didn't know how to use magic. However, using magic to travel for a short period of time wasn't something an ordinary person could do.
Zhao Hai had been in Ice Jade City for three days. In these three days, Zhao Hai had been strolling around the city. He wanted to familiarize himself with the city.
Ice Jade City was really big, and it was very surprising. To be honest, the development of Ice Jade City was far beyond Zhao Hai's imagination. Zhao Hai thought that Ice Jade City was similar to White Fox City. But now, it seems that this wasn't the case.
Although Ice Jade City didn't have as many formations and spells as the Lost Soul Empire, they were still able to come up with things like ice slides, deer carts, and magic roads. This made the roads of Ice Jade City much more convenient and fast. This was really amazing. Ice Jade City's roads had become much more convenient and fast.
Zhao Hai couldn't help but sigh at the ingenuity of Ice Jade City's creator. To be able to come up with such a method, this person was definitely a genius.
Zhao Hai had been in Ice Jade City for the past few days, so he looked up some information. He knew that Ice Jade City was built several thousand years ago. When it was first built, it didn't have these things. It was only after many modifications that these things slowly appeared.
Logically speaking, it was unrealistic for people to live in such an iceberg. It was very cold and unsafe. However, for Ice Jade City, this wasn't the case. This was because almost everyone in Ice Jade City knew magic. Every day, they would use magic to reinforce their houses. There were also people who would use magic to reinforce the roads. Because of this, the entire Ice Jade City was able to maintain its normal climate.
At the top of Ice Jade City was the Imperial Palace of the Ice Jade Country. The Imperial Palace of the Ice Jade Country was also made of ice. Looking from afar, it looked as beautiful as a crystal palace. Especially when the sun shines, the Imperial Palace of the Ice Jade Country flashed with seven colors.
When Zhao Hai heard about this, he immediately knew that it was because the Imperial Palace used ice to make ice. The angles of these ice faces were different. Because of this, when the sun shines on them, they would flash a beautiful light.
In fact, the Ice Jade Imperial Palace was most beautiful at night. This was because the entire Imperial Palace was illuminated by light, making it even more beautiful. However, very few people would see this because everyone would be resting at night. Even adventurers wouldn't stay in the wild. In the Arctic Continent, the water-type beasts weren't to be trifled with.
In the Arctic Continent, some small cities would have some magic formations. These magic formations had a very simple function, which was to make the ice under the small city more solid. This way, ordinary beasts wouldn't be able to come out of the ice and hurt people.
However, this wouldn't work in the wild. In the wild, there wouldn't be such magic formations. If you were to sleep in the wild, then who knows when the beasts would come out of the ice and bite you to death.
Naturally, some villages wouldn't have these kinds of magic formations. However, the people in these villages were already used to this kind of life. They already had their own preventive measures. In fact, their preventive measures were very simple, which was to raise dogs and deer. Dogs were very alert animals. When there was danger, they would bark. This way, the people in the village would know. Therefore, in most villages, every family would raise a dog. Not only would they help you carry things, they would help you hunt, and they would also protect you.
Zhao Hai left White Fox City and directly went to Ice Jade City. Ice Jade City was his last stop in the Ice Jade Country. He wanted to develop some forces here. Then with Ice Jade City as the center, he would begin to control the entire Ice Jade Country. Naturally, this kind of control was all underground. He wouldn't touch the official forces.
In the Five Spirit Realms, mercenaries were allowed to exist. In Zhao Hai's view, these mercenaries were the source of all the chaos. The mercenaries in the Five Spirit Realms didn't form an organization. If these mercenaries were to unite and form a huge organization, then the strongest force in the Five Spirit Realms wouldn't be the countries, but the mercenary organizations.
Naturally, even if Zhao Hai wanted to transform this place, he would have to wait until he has the entire Five Spirit Realm in his hands. In fact, Zhao Hai also understood why mercenaries were allowed to exist in the Five Spirit Realms, especially in the Arctic Continent. This was because the living environment in the Arctic Continent was very bad. Not only did people have to face all kinds of difficulties, they also had to face attacks from beasts. Additionally, there was very little arable land here, so people could only rely on hunting to survive. It was precisely because of this that people had to become mercenaries. This was because they were likely to encounter danger while hunting, so they had to have the ability to protect themselves.
Zhao Hai looked at the front of an ice slide building, then he went to an ice slide. Beside the ice slide was a person. Zhao Hai casually threw a silver coin to the person. After receiving the silver coin, the person gave Zhao Hai a small wooden plaque with ten numbers written on it. After receiving the wooden plaque, Zhao Hai sat on an ice cube wrapped in animal skin. Then he exerted his strength, causing the ice cube to slide up the ice slide. Next to the ice slide that Zhao Hai was on, there was a sign that said, "Ice Jade City Public Library."
The Ice Jade City Public Library was the largest library in Ice Jade City. There were all kinds of books inside, amounting to about 100 thousand books. The library was very big, it could accommodate 1000 people to read at the same time. In Ice Jade City, this was already a great place. Zhao Hai didn't know about this place two days ago. After arriving at Ice Jade City and finding a place to stay, he directly went to the library and bought some books to read. This morning, he found out that Ice Jade City had a library. This made Zhao Hai very happy, so he wanted to go to the library.
Zhao Hai sat on the ice cube, which was sliding down the ice slide. The slope of the ice slide wasn't very big, so the sliding speed wasn't very fast. This was enough to ensure one's safety, so Zhao Hai was very relieved to sit on it.
After more than ten minutes of sliding, Zhao Hai stopped in front of the library's door. After he came down from the ice cube, someone would immediately come over and use a spell to make the ice disappear. Then they would put away the animal skin cushion. Zhao Hai knew that these people were specialized in this kind of work, they were just like the bus conductors.
The wooden token that Zhao Hai received before was a kind of certificate. This wooden token could be used ten times, no matter if one was sitting on the ice slide or riding the public deer carriage. After ten times, the wooden ladder would be taken back. The next time one wanted to use it, one would have to pay a silver coin and get another wooden token.
Zhao looked at the library. From the outside, it looked like a very humble place. It had a small door with the words "Ice Jade City Public Library" written on it, but the entrance wasn't very big. Next to the entrance, there were a lot of shops. Without exception, these shops all sold books and ink.
Zhao Hai didn't pay attention to these shops, instead, he went straight into the library. Upon entering the library, he was met with a bar. Inside the bar, there were women wearing blue robes. These women weren't very old, they were sitting there and writing something. They looked very quiet.
Zhao Hai looked at both sides, there were two doors. In front of these two doors, there were two men. They were wearing short robes and had staffs in their hands. It seems like they were guarding the door. As for what was behind the door, Zhao Hai didn't know.
Zhao Hai walked towards the bar. When a woman heard his voice, she raised her head. This woman looked to be around 20 years old. Her appearance could only be considered average, but she had a very gentle and quiet temperament. When she saw Zhao Hai standing in front of her, she immediately smiled and said, "Mister, do you need something?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Hello, I want to read books here. Do I need to go through any procedures?"
"Oh, so it's like this. If you want to read books here, you only need to pay a deposit of one gold coin. Then you can apply for a library card. If you want to read books in the library, then you can read as many books as you want. But if you want to borrow books, then you can't borrow more than five books at a time."
"Oh, so it's like this. Here's one gold coin, I want to apply for a library card." Then Zhao Hai took out a gold coin and handed it over. After the woman received the gold coin, she directly put it away. Then she took out a wooden token and handed it to Zhao Hai, "Take this wooden token and you can read books here. Remember, one gold coin is a year's fee. After a year, if you still want to read books, then you have to pay another gold coin. If you only read for half a year and don't come back, then the gold coin won't be returned to you."
Zhao Hai nodded and took the wooden token. Then he turned around and walked towards the door on the left. When he arrived at the door, the gatekeeper looked at the wooden token in Zhao Hai's hand and didn't care about Zhao Hai anymore. Zhao Hai directly pushed the door open and entered the library.
Upon entering the library, Zhao Hai stared. This was because he didn't think that there would be so many people in the library. Upon entering the library, one could see rows of bookshelves not far away. On these bookshelves were a lot of books. A little further inside, there were tables and chairs made of ice. The tables and chairs were covered with animal skins. A lot of people were sitting there, holding a book and reading it attentively.
Zhao Hai looked around and saw that the library was almost full. Zhao Hai noticed that the people reading in the library weren't very old, but they weren't very young either. Moreover, these people didn't look like rich people. Their clothes weren't very good, they were even very shabby. However, there was a trace of valiance in their expressions.
Upon seeing this situation, Zhao Hai couldn't help but stare. He could see that most of these people were mercenaries. He really didn't understand when mercenaries became so fond of reading books.
However, Zhao Hai also knew that now wasn't the time to inquire about this. Then he went to the bookshelves and looked at the words written on them. For example, magic books, travel books, historical materials, and so on. These words let people know what kind of books these bookshelves were.
Zhao Hai first went to the historical books and looked at them. There were a lot of different kinds of historical materials. Not only were there historical materials from the Ice Ocean Continent, there were also historical materials from other continents. There were even records from Ice Jade City and other cities.
In addition to these, there were also other historical materials. These historical materials could be considered complete. Zhao Hai looked at these historical materials and nodded. He didn't say anything. Then he took out a historical material of the Ice Jade Country. Then he took this book and walked towards the table.
After going around the table a few times, he found an empty table with only one person sitting at it. The person looked to be in his twenties, but he wasn't even thirty years old. He was wearing coarse clothes with a layer of animal skin sewn on the inside. There was a magic staff in his hand. It was a Fine Copper Magic Staff, and its appearance was very smooth. It was obvious that he had been using it for a long time.
However, this person's expression was very cold. Not only was his expression cold, his temperament was even colder. Ordinary people would feel that he wasn't someone to be trifled with. Naturally, they would stay far away from him.
Zhao Hai didn't care. He just looked at the person and then put down the book and sat down. The person also looked at him and then turned his gaze back to the book. Zhao Hai didn't care about him and just sat there reading the book. He knew why other people didn't approach this person, it was because this person had a murderous aura.
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