Waking Zhang Jian from his sleep, while the bonfire had not yet extinguished, they heated up the cold dry rations and finished breakfast.
The group of four used the water stored in Wang Lin's storage soul tool to wash up simply, then embarked on the journey to the Sun Moon Empire again.
Two people carried one each; Long Xiaoyao took Wang Lin, and Zhang Peng took Zhang Jian. They did not let Wang Lin and Zhang Jian continue to protect themselves in the strong wind.
Using soul power to protect Wang Lin and Zhang Jian respectively, Long Xiaoyao and Zhang Peng moved at an extremely fast speed.
In less than a day, the tail flames of the two flying soul tools crossed the border between the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, driving straight toward the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, Sun Moon City.
A vast, continuous complex of buildings entered Wang Lin's field of vision from afar.
Long Xiaoyao began to slow down at this time, taking Wang Lin down from the high altitude, with Zhang Peng and Zhang Jian following closely behind.
Click!
The sound of metal folding rang out. In a clearing within a dense forest, Long Xiaoyao put away the flying soul tool, took out a set of black robes, and put them on.
Zhang Peng beside him did the same; the flying soul tool was put away, and he also took out a black robe and put it on. Long Xiaoyao and Zhang Peng reverted to the appearance they had when they first met Wang Lin.
"Let's go."
A deep voice came from under the black robe. Under the leadership of Long Xiaoyao and Zhang Peng, the group of four quickly exited the dense forest.
They arrived at the straight official road leading to Sun Moon City, also known as Mingdu.
Stepping on the gray, solid ground, Wang Lin suddenly stopped, squatted down directly, and touched the ground with his hand, a look of surprise and confusion appearing in his eyes.
"This is a concrete floor!?"
Wang Lin was not shocked by the concrete floor itself, but by the fact that the Sun Moon Empire already had concrete floors. Why did Star Luo City, where he lived, and Heaven Dou City still look like they were in a feudal era?
"Ignorant and ill-informed. Kid, this is a construction material unique to the Sun Moon Empire."
Looking at the country bumpkin squatting on the ground and constantly touching it, Zhang Peng couldn't help but speak up.
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jian, the disciple Zhang Peng favored, actually squatted down like Wang Lin and began to touch the ground.
Watching this left Zhang Peng speechless for a while, and he reached out directly to lift Zhang Jian up.
Wang Lin didn't care about Zhang Peng's mockery. He withdrew his hand, stood up, looked at Zhang Peng beside him, and asked sincerely.
"Uncle Zhang, do you know the formula for this unique construction material?"
The ground beneath his feet was integral and seamless; it must have been poured. Even if it wasn't cement, it was at least a material similar to cement.
"I said it was unique, how could this old man know?"
Zhang Peng shook his head and asked back.
"True."
Wang Lin nodded and turned to look in the direction of Mingdu, interest appearing in his eyes.
In the endless complex of buildings, the vast majority were buildings over five stories high, and there were even quite a few high-rise buildings with over a dozen stories.
It gave Wang Lin a feeling of returning to his previous life. Of course, he wasn't surprised by this.
With pouring materials similar to concrete, building tall structures was a very simple matter. In his previous life, he had seen buildings as high as one hundred and thirty stories.
Mingdu's architecture was indeed surprising to the people of Douluo, but to him, it was just so-so.
However, it was still far superior to Heaven Dou City and Star Luo City. In Heaven Dou and Star Luo City, buildings over three stories were already considered tall.
It was approaching evening now, and there weren't many people on this main road. There were all kinds of people, and quite a few pedestrians shrouded their whole bodies in black robes like Long Xiaoyao and Zhang Peng.
Therefore, Long Xiaoyao and Zhang Peng bringing two youths along didn't look abrupt. The group of four walked quickly along the main road.
"Master, let's go faster." While walking, Wang Lin urged. He wanted to see what kind of surprises Mingdu could give him.
However, as soon as they stepped into the range of Mingdu, before Wang Lin could take a good look at Mingdu's buildings and cultural scenery from a close distance...
He was pulled directly into a small alley by Long Xiaoyao. With high buildings standing tall, one couldn't see the special features of Mingdu from inside the alley at all, except for the high walls on both sides.
Wang Lin had no choice but to follow behind Long Xiaoyao and Zhang Peng, winding through the alleys. After wandering for nearly an hour, they turned into a relatively wide alley.
There weren't many households in the alley, only about seven or eight. The sky had turned dark by now, and the doors of all seven or eight households were closed tight.
They stopped at the entrance of an inconspicuous courtyard in the middle of the alley.
Standing at the door waiting for Zhang Peng to open it, Wang Lin sized up this small alley. The ground of the alley was also poured with the construction material suspected to be "concrete".
There were rows of "animal footprints" left on the ground from when it was poured. Wang Lin could recognize them as cat footprints.
Click!
The sound of the door opening rang out. Suddenly, a head popped out from a courtyard next door in the darkness. Wang Lin naturally noticed that small bald head sticking all the way out.
Just as a smile appeared on Wang Lin's face and he prepared to say hello.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a hand reached out and grabbed the small bald head back. Then, scolding and beating sounds immediately came from that courtyard.
"Little bastard, playing with my carving knife again. Watch me beat your butt to pieces today..."
Smack smack smack!
"Let's go, Brother Lin. What are you looking at?" Zhang Jian's voice rang out at this moment.
Wang Lin came back to his senses. The courtyard gate had been opened. Long Xiaoyao and Zhang Peng naturally walked in, while Zhang Jian stood by the side, a look of confusion on his face.
"I am waiting for a complete childhood!"
Wang Lin said with a smile. Just as his voice fell, crying sounds came from the courtyard next door.
"Wah wah wah wah, Dad, I was wrong, hit lighter..."
"So nice!"
Hearing the crying, the smile on Wang Lin's face became even brighter, and he stepped into the courtyard.
Zhang Jian followed Wang Lin's steps with a face full of confusion. What complete childhood? Why is it good that someone was beaten until they cried?
The courtyard was not big, only about one hundred and fifty square meters. There were four side rooms and one main room situated there. In the very center grew a jujube tree about three meters tall and as thick as a bowl's mouth.
It wasn't the season for the jujube tree to blossom and bear fruit. The gray-green leaves were slightly yellowing, but there were almost no fallen leaves in the courtyard.
Clearly, someone came to the courtyard to clean at a fixed time.
"Choose one from the remaining three rooms yourself." Long Xiaoyao spoke, specifying the rooms for himself and Zhang Peng. Their two rooms were the main room and the largest one in the courtyard.
"Okay, Master."
Wang Lin nodded. He took Zhang Jian to look at the remaining three rooms. Wang Lin chose the wing room that sat on the east side facing west.
Zhang Jian had no special requirements and just wanted to live next door to Wang Lin.
The wing room was not big. Although it had an independent bathroom, the items inside were not luxurious. There was only a simple bed, a desk, a chair matching the desk, and a specially equipped soul tool lamp.