If you wanted to enter the city, you have to go on foot. Carriages aren't allowed beyond this point.
"Alright you all, spill out 5 bronze profound stones each," the driver said in a rasp voice and started collecting fares from the passenger.
Yang Chen looked at the passenger in front of him who took out five beige coloured stones the size of a small marble from their pockets and hand it to the driver. Those were the lowest grade profound stones that were the currency of this world.
"5 bronze profound stones, hurry up" The driver extended his hands in front of Yang Chen. The latter didn't even have a single profound stone on him so there was no way he could pay the other party.
In other cases, if a passenger hitched a ride and refused to pay, there would be a loud commotion which might result in a fight breaking out or getting detained by the local authorities of the city.
