Shen Haoran scowled as he pulled a giggling Ji Lingxuan toward the city gates.
"City entrance fee. Ten Gold Coins per person!" A guard at the gate stopped Shen Haoran as he approached.
"Ten Gold Coins? That's highway robbery!" Shen Haoran exclaimed. It only cost one Copper Coin to enter Cyan Mountain City, but this place was demanding ten Gold Coins!
"Those are the rules. Are you coming in or not? If not, please move aside," the guard said, his face devoid of expression.
Shen Haoran grumbled, then pulled twenty Gold Coins from his robes and handed them to the guard with a pained expression. 'That took me ages to save up,' he thought. 'And just like that, I don't have a single coin left. I'm a pauper again!'
After receiving the money, the guard removed the barricade behind him and let the two of them pass. Shen Haoran shot a resentful glare at the guard who had just made him a pauper, then turned and walked into the city.
WHOOSH…!
