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Dozens of breaths later.
Chen Dengming, satisfied, swept his sleeves and flew towards the east gate of the city, feeling the multicolored spiritual energy swirling around him in the sunlight. Below, a flowing spring-like mist of spiritual energy cascaded down, resembling the divine mist of immortality, giving an ethereal feeling.
He looked at the crowd entering the city, shaking his head inwardly.
Fortunately, he was well-versed in social norms, and had learned from a patrolling cultivator that one needed a token to enter the city.
If a cultivator belonged to a sect from the Multitude Immortal City alliance, entry was free.
If a cultivator came from outside the alliance, they would have to pay one high-grade Spirit Crystal for entry.
Loose cultivators needed someone to invite or recommend them, and then they had to pay three high-grade Spirit Crystals to gain entry.
In short, before entering the Multitude Immortal City, one's rank was already determined.
