Therefore, Fang Ming did not want to cause conflict at this time. It was a critical moment, and compromise was better if possible.
The guard was surprised to see Fang Ming wanting to pay.
A Sword Immortal should be arrogant, yet he chose to pay, which was beyond the guard's expectation.
"Please pay ten credit coins," the guard said.
The term "credit coins" made Fang Ming feel the world's malice towards him once again.
Whether it was silver coins, gold coins, or taels of silver, or gold leaves, these were tangible currencies.
But credit coins seemed to be electronic currency.
Where could he find such a thing?
Speechless, Fang Ming asked Yan Deye, "Do you have credit coins?"
Yan Deye replied, "Credit coins are electronic currency, the exclusive currency of the Hailan Empire. I don't have any."
"You don't have any, and you brought me here?"
Fang Ming was speechless.
If he didn't even have the entrance fee, why did Yan Deye bring him to the Hailan Empire?
Perhaps, Yan Deye thought that with his Sword Immortal status, he could enter the city for free.
As Fang Ming had predicted, he heard Yan Deye's reply.
"You are a Sword Immortal, so..."
Fang Ming didn't need to hear the rest.
Fang Ming decisively said to the guard, "Can I use gold coins or gold leaves to replace the entrance fee?"
Fang Ming had traveled through many worlds and had collected a lot of silver taels and gold leaves, especially in that wuxia world.
If he could use these things as a substitute, Fang Ming would be willing to accept it.
The guard shook his head.
"The entrance fee is only accepted in credit coins."
"Then, is there a place to exchange currency?"
Fang Ming continued to ask.
He refused to believe that there was no exchange for credit coins with external currencies in the Hailan Empire.
There must be a place for exchange.
"Yes... once you enter the city, there will be exchange shops."
"Then you can exchange gold leaves and silver taels for credit coins."
The guard replied.
Once inside the city, there would be exchange shops where he could get credit coins.
But without credit coins, how could he enter the city to go to that shop for exchange?
This was clearly another vicious cycle.
Fang Ming once again felt the deep malice from the world.
...
After some effort.
Fang Ming used all his strength and finally entered the city.
As for the method, it was naturally to bribe them with more money.
After all, Fang Ming couldn't exchange currency without entering the city.
But the guard recognized money.
Given the possibility of exchange, tenfold or a hundredfold the currency was enough to move the guard.
Naturally, Fang Ming was able to enter the city.
After entering the city, Fang Ming observed and found that it was indeed a prosperous city.
Humans, and even non-human races, lived and walked here.
On the streets, one could see pig-headed people, bull-headed people, and goblins.
One could also see cars and carriages running side by side, with the carriages even moving faster.
"What a city with a completely mixed style," Fang Ming commented.
Because he was worried about the world's malice.
Fang Ming almost immediately chose to stay in a hotel.
He had no choice but to do so.
As Fang Ming walked on the streets, he could faintly feel the malice from the humans and non-human beings on the street constantly escalating towards him.
Fang Ming felt as if he had become a notorious character in a game, with almost everyone wanting to attack him.
It was as if his charm value had dropped to zero, and everyone disliked and rejected him at first sight.
Unless Fang Ming displayed his Sword Immortal strength, like he had shown Yan Deye before.
Only then could he scare some people away in a short period, preventing them from bothering him.
Otherwise, the malice would continue to be triggered.
Fang Ming was temporarily helpless against this "wanted level" mechanism and could only choose to retreat for now, meaning finding a hotel to stay in.
This allowed Fang Ming to safely pass through the night.
However, after midnight, the sensitive Fang Ming felt the room beginning to shake.
The wooden structure was loosening.
This immediately alerted him, and he directly used his flying sword to fly out of the hotel.
Then, he saw the hotel swaying precariously, on the verge of collapse.
And then, not long after, the hotel completely collapsed.
Fang Ming could see that many ordinary people, with a profession level of zero, had perished in the process of collapse.
"To kill me, they deliberately caused various disasters, and were willing to let innocent people suffer because of it..."
"The will of this world is like the Grim Reaper..."
Fang Ming frowned.
He actually really wanted to leave this world.
Since arriving in this world, how much malice had the will of this world arranged for him?
First, there were the bandits, then the conflict with the city guards, and then the collapse of the building.
Indeed, whether it was the bandits, the city guards, or the collapse of the building, Fang Ming could easily overcome them.
In fact, with Fang Ming's physique after taking gene potions and his body-refining cultivation, even if he stayed in the house, nothing would happen to him.
The collapse would not harm him.
But what about later?
If the gods or immortal professionals of this world were to make a move, Fang Ming would have no confidence in surviving.
It was like a disease or bacteria, being constantly eliminated by the body's immune cells through various methods, with increasing power each time.
Fang Ming could evade it for a while, but not forever.
"What bad luck to have arrived in such a world..."
"How good it would have been to go to an ordinary world? Why did I have to come to this world..."
Fang Ming constantly lamented his recent string of bad luck.
He had encountered unfortunate events again and again.
The most crucial thing was that these things were irresistible.
How could this not be described as tragic?
"I'll look for a way while trying to get through these few dozen days."
In fact, it was not yet a time of despair.
Fang Ming was like an enemy of the world.
But when Fang Ming first entered this world, it did not immediately annihilate him with overwhelming force.
There were many professionals in this world, and either an immortal or a god could easily kill Fang Ming.
But this world did not immediately raise its vigilance and malice to the highest level.
Instead, it slowly increased the malice as Fang Ming interfered more with the world.
This seemed like boiling a frog in warm water. The frog was almost certainly doomed, slowly being killed by the continuously rising water temperature.
However.
Death was not immediate, but delayed. This gave Fang Ming time to slowly figure things out.