The shock brought by the spiral strangulation was so intense that when Chen Yue flew past Lilidan and the blond young man, the two panicked and manipulated their flying beasts to fly away. They didn't even have the slightest intention of avenging their friend.

  It wasn't that they were disloyal, but at high altitude, unless you had the strength of above the seventh rank, otherwise, during high-speed flight, you couldn't use any magic or fighting spirit at all. What it relied on was purely the type of flying beast and the skills of the operator.

  And just now, Chen Yue had proved with facts that in terms of skills, he was invincible, and he also ignored the types of flying beasts.

  Just think about it, how many people would dare to stop such an opponent and be confident enough to avenge their friend instead of being humiliated? Even if they wanted to take revenge, at least, they would have to wait until they landed.

  With such thoughts, Chen Yue flew past easily. Not only Lilidan and the blond young man, but even the other onlookers were immersed in the intense shock brought by Chen Yue. For a while, no one dared to come up and strike up a conversation.

  It wasn't until the figure of the flying camel disappeared from sight that they suddenly woke up. It seemed that they didn't even know any information about Chen Yue...

  After flying far away, Chen Yue returned the operation rights to the driver, who regarded him as a god. Driving the flying camel was quite mentally exhausting. Especially the feeling of human-beast integration brought by domestication really tested one's nerves.

  The life halo of the frozen rabbit had already dimmed to almost invisible. Chen Yue rubbed the frozen rabbit's head affectionately with his fingers. The little guy bared its teeth and showed a tired smile. Chen Yue took it back into the subspace. Only there could it recover faster.

  Chen Yue chose a relatively comfortable position, lay down, narrowed his eyes slightly, and closed his eyes to rest. When his spirit had mostly recovered, he could already see the Free Capital.

  Looking at the huge dark shadow below, Chen Yue took a deep breath.

  Only after seeing it with his own eyes could one realize the incomparable vastness of the Free Capital. Standing thousands of meters in the air, everything below looked like ants. However, looking at the Free Capital in front of him, Chen Yue felt that he was the ant.

  The closer he flew, the more he could feel a pressure as heavy as a mountain pressing towards him.

  “One, two...” Standing on the flying beast, Chen Yue counted the numbers. “Eleven. There are actually eleven cities.”

  An astonished look couldn't help but appear on his face. That's right. The Free Capital wasn't a single city but a huge urban agglomeration. The distances between these cities were very close. If it weren't for the different densities of the buildings, it would be impossible to distinguish these eleven urban areas at all.

  “It really deserves to be the largest city in the Tianye Empire. Just this grandeur is incomparable.” Chen Yue couldn't help but praise it. Even compared with the super metropolises on Earth in his previous life, the Free Capital was not inferior at all.

  The number of flying beasts here was even denser. Flying beasts were constantly taking off and landing in the city, and there was also a huge flow of people entering and leaving the city on the ground.

  Driving the flying beast, the two flew towards the nearest landing area.

  “Welcome to the Free Capital. This is the Ninth District.” When the flying beast was landing from the air towards the landing area, a pleasant voice came from the watchtower suspended in mid-air. “Please abide by the air flight order and fly towards the southwest. There is an empty space there for you to land.”

  In the landing area as large as an airport, dozens of watchtowers were erected. Under their command, the flying beasts landed in an orderly manner without any sense of chaos at all, which really broadened Chen Yue's horizons.

  Flying beasts were not allowed to pass through the Free Capital. The takeoff and landing of flying beasts were all in the outer Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Districts. So, the driver could only send Chen Yue here. After leaving the landing area and looking at the high-rise buildings in front of him, Chen Yue was immediately dumbfounded.

  The Free Capital was so big. Where was the Apostle Association?

  However, in the next moment, he knew how unnecessary this worry was...

  It seemed that they had seen Chen Yue's hesitation. The eyes of a dozen men leaning against carriages by the roadside lit up and they all surrounded him, chattering to introduce themselves.

  “Sir, is this your first time in the Free Capital? Just tell me where you want to go. I'm familiar with the roads...”

  “Choose me. My carriage is the fastest...”

  “Me too. My price is the fairest...”

  ...

  Chen Yue frowned slightly and waved his hand to interrupt these chattering men. He touched his bulging money bag and felt more confident. At this time, he was no longer the same as when he first came to this other world. Before leaving Qiya City, Ling Yue'er had stuffed him with a large sum of money. Otherwise, how could he afford the expensive flying beast? Of course, he also knew in his heart that this money was definitely stuffed by Nord to please him. But since he had helped them avoid taxes, he naturally took it with peace of mind and didn't feel the slightest bit guilty.

  “I want to go to the Apostle Association. Who knows the way?”

  To his surprise, everyone knew the way, which made Chen Yue feel much relieved. He chose a middle-aged man who looked honest and reliable, negotiated the price, and then got into the other's carriage.

  The unsuccessful coachmen were full of resentment. They spat angrily at the carriage going away. “Bah, another one who wants to try his luck. I curse him to be thrown out by the apostle.”

  ...

  The Apostle Association was located in the Third District, quite far from the outer Ninth District. It was not until the sun was setting in the west that they finally arrived.

  There was no need for the coachman to introduce it. Chen Yue could recognize the Apostle Association at a glance. The huge tower-shaped building that towered into the clouds stood out in the Third District. Coupled with the dozen or so surrounding affiliated buildings, people could distinguish it from countless buildings at the first glance.

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  Standing outside the gate of the Apostle Association, Chen Yue couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions in his heart. This was the gathering place for the most noble apostles in the Tianye Empire.

  However, when he walked into the hall of the association, the scene he saw made Chen Yue instantly feel that he had gone to the wrong place.

  “Is this... the Apostle Association or the Mercenary Guild?” Speechlessly looking at the large number of fighters and magicians sitting in groups of two or three in the hall, Chen Yue had an urge to walk out of the door and check the sign.

  “Damn it. I'm afraid there aren't even so many professionals in the Magician Association and the Fighter Association.” What made Chen Yue most speechless was that among so many professionals in the hall, there wasn't a single apostle...

  If it weren't for the fact that these professionals were all unusually quiet and didn't even dare to speak loudly, Chen Yue would really suspect that the extremely popular Mercenary Guild had opened a branch here.

  The many professionals in the hall also noticed Chen Yue standing at the door at the first time. Sharp gazes immediately shot over. When they saw that Chen Yue was neither dressed as a magician nor a fighter, looks of astonishment appeared in their eyes one after another. Moreover, several people didn't hide their disdain at all.

  “Er.” Chen Yue shrugged a bit unhappily and filtered out these uncomfortable gazes one by one, then walked towards the reception desk in the middle of the hall.

  Seeing his actions, more people shook their heads one after another, looking like they were waiting to watch a good show. The few people who had shown disdain before even directly snorted with ridicule.

  “What the hell?” Chen Yue was a bit confused. As an apostle, he came to the Apostle Association to register. Was there anything funny about it?

  He was thinking in his heart, but his steps didn't stop at all. The ridicule in the eyes of the professionals in the hall became even stronger. Just when Chen Yue had walked about half the distance, suddenly, it went dark in front of his eyes. A huge figure stood up, then his shoulders sank as a pair of arms hugged him and pushed him onto a chair.

  “Hey, big guy, what are you messing around with?”

  “Yeah, a rare good show has been ruined by you.”

  ...

  Before Chen Yue could question the other's rude behavior, the hall suddenly became chaotic as if a stone had been thrown into calm water. A group of people blamed the big guy who had pulled Chen Yue one after another, and many people showed extremely dissatisfied looks.

  “Quiet.” At this moment, a clear female voice sounded from the reception desk. The voice wasn't loud and didn't contain any power, but the people in the hall were like mice seeing a cat and all fell silent.

  A young girl with a delicate appearance stood behind the reception desk. She swept the hall with dissatisfaction, then looked at Chen Yue who had caused the chaos, with a bit of blame in her eyes. She shook her head and sat down again.

  Chen Yue looked around the hall. There were no lack of third-order and fourth-order professionals among them. He even saw two fifth-order professionals. However, Chen Yue then turned his gaze to the reception desk.

  If he wasn't mistaken, the badge worn on the chest of that delicate girl was... first-order.

  What was wrong with this world? Was it messed up?

  It was okay to see a large number of magicians and fighters in the Apostle Association, but a large group of high-level professionals were actually scared into silence by a first-order girl's words...

  “Hehe, just get used to it. That's how it is here.” The big man who had pulled Chen Yue chuckled in a low voice. Looking at Chen Yue's young face, he blamed him with a bit of pity. “I say, little guy, even if you want to try your luck here, is it necessary to be so direct? I've seen 129 people like you who walked up directly to try their luck, but every one of them was thrown out without exception. Do you think you're the only exception?”

  “Try my luck?” Chen Yue realized that the truth seemed a bit different from what he thought. At this time, he began to look at this big man whose actions were a bit rude. His pupils suddenly shrank.

  He was actually a third-order fighter.

  “Isn't it?” The big man looked at Chen Yue with a strange expression on his face. “You weren't deceived by others to come here, were you? This is the Apostle Association. Although there are a lot of professionals here, if you want to release a task, you still have to go to the Mercenary Association.”

  “I'm looking for the Apostle Association.” Chen Yue gritted his teeth and said, “Also, please take your arm away. It's heavy.”

  The big man smiled sheepishly and embarrassedly took his arm away. “I'm doing this for your own good. Since you didn't go to the wrong place, then, I guess you're just like us, hoping to be lucky enough to be chosen by an apostle and become his follower, right? Then I'm even more right. The rule here is that only apostles can choose followers. Walking up like you did just now has absolutely no hope at all and will even annoy an apostle.”

  “Do you think I came here to become someone's follower?” Chen Yue's expression became extremely strange. No wonder there were so many magicians and fighters in the hall. It turned out that they all came with the purpose of becoming apostles' followers. But was the difference in status between them really that big?

  “Of course. Look at that girl. She was chosen by Lady Venia to become a follower, so no one here dares to offend her. Tsk tsk, what good luck. Eh, wait, where are you going?”

  Without paying attention, Chen Yue stood up. The big man could only look at Chen Yue walking towards the reception desk with great pity.

  “This little guy, why is he so stubborn?”

  And the others in the hall immediately became excited. However, due to the warning of the delicate girl before, they didn't dare to make a loud noise. They just looked at Chen Yue as if he were a fool.

  Two fighters sitting closest had already stood up, rubbing their hands, just waiting to throw this guy who dared to break the rules out in the next moment.

  The delicate girl who had become Venia's follower raised her head in astonishment and looked at Chen Yue without hiding the surprise in her eyes.

  “Well, I don't want to become anyone's follower. Actually, I'm here to register.” Chen Yue waved his hand helplessly and added, “I'm an apostle.”

  ...