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The closer they drew to the main city, the more prosperous everything became along both sides of the road.
Tea houses, taverns, eateries, inns, bathhouses, theaters, pleasure houses, and government offices, everything required for daily life and public use was there in abundance.
He Lingchuan even spotted a gigantic tavern by the roadside, five full stories tall, each floor covering several thousand square meters. It was ablaze with light inside, packed with noisy guests and hosts.
Yet even that was not the largest or most magnificent kind of building in sight.
That honor belonged to the temples.
Just behind the main streets, on land worth its weight in gold, He Lingchuan constantly saw temple roofs rising one after another, great and small. The gods enshrined within all bore different titles.
In any case, any god that could establish a name and open a temple in Lingxu City was certainly no ordinary god.
According to Fushan Yue, the nouveau riche and the high nobles were especially fond of donating to build new temples or refurbish old ones. If nothing else, adding an extra temple roof counted for something. If Lingxu City had not forbidden gilded roofs, the place may well have glittered gold from end to end. Such acts not only looked impressive when spoken of, but they also served as a way to ask the gods for continued protection.
“Does it work?”
The moment the question left his mouth, He Lingchuan realized that he had asked something stupid.
Fushan Yue burst...
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