On the sixth day old Gu took Wang zhiyuan to meet the master li whose name is li Wei. He is a tall, tan and muscular with hulky built.
He's leader of small branch of red cloud merchant which is very big merchant company doing business all-round the lower realm.
The leader is honest man with no shady behaviour all of his team mates are well behave even if they don't like dead weight with them.
Since, both party are paying they didn't said anything about it or they don't care as long as they are being paid some bonuses.
After, brief meeting with everyone. They decided one place to meet up on seventh day, early morning. Satisfied everyone went back to there own group.
Old Gu infrom everyone about their early morning departure which made girls happy, rather Gu Lian, Gu Cui and Gu Niu who can't participate in the sect test everyone are practically jumping in excitement.
That night many were too excited to fall asleep, early in the morning girls didn't give any time to anyone, by the time everyone clean there teeth and wash their hand or face they were done cooking the porridge.
Everyone, eat the porridge and head to the meeting place, elders had decided with the escort team leader.
"Everyone, listen we don't have many rule, first if we get attack let the strong man in your team join us and if the situation don't look good, run toward the forest and hide there for few hours before coming back to the area where the attacked had happened.
This will ensure your own safety, don't try to do anything stupid during any attack and everyone need to take care of their food. We will stop for an hour to eat and let the horse rest, we will be only stopping for two time in a day for eating purpose and for few minutes to let the horses drink in water and rest.
So, if we need to deal with your nature call you have to do it during the break times and hold it till the break. Now, if everyone are clear on the rules let's continue on our journey, remember I'm only responsible to take you the riverbend city"
"Wait.. aren't they are supposed to protect us till reaching the celestial Axis Domian"
Gu yin was confuse and want to ask but the solemn and tense atmosphere make her to stay silent.
Soon, the journey began and everyone eyes were particularly glued to the window, watching the passing scenery with great interest as they never had leaved the village before this.
One of the Gu family carriage is filled with only women, while the other one only had few people and all of the food and stuff in their carriage.
Their are total eleven man in the Gu family with forth and second son driving the carriage seating along with their sons which make seven people inside the carriage.
While their are total of fourteen women along with two one year old toddlers inside the carriage, which make it difficult to even move inside the carriage.
That why all of the stuff is in man carriage but no one in the family complain about the tight space at all, specially the girls who had been living in one small room almost since their birth without any options.
But, today this temporary arrangements will vanish when they reach the place where they want to do.
Maybe, the Gu family luck is with them cause in the way they bump into the caravan of merchant's traveling to the same city as them so, they join the team making it much bigger and safer.
There are more then 500 people in there team right now, which make everyone felt much more safe and sound.
Everyone, seat inside the carriage only stopping to rest the horses everyone will leave the carriage to move there limps and if anyone have business to deal with, they will hurry up.
This phase of traveling continue for atleast two and half month before they reach the riverbend city.
Just before reaching the city the whole team visit a river and everyone take turns to bath and dress up in their newest clothes so, they can enter the city without having much trouble.
Since, they are traveling with merchant's and escort teams, both families were not checked that deeply, they only check their travel passes and entry fees.
Each person had to pay one teal of silver to enter the city, old madam almost had heart attack but she still had to pay the amount under the gaze of her husband.
It was total of thirty teal of silver that they had to pay, during the travel they had to spend total of seventy-nine teal of silver, leaving them with only sixty-seven teal of silver after paying the entrance fee of thirty teal of silver, they are left with thirty-seven.
The couple were tense about the money since, they are not yet at there destination and it surely will take alot of money.
"Mr. Gu and Mr. Wang please follow me" everyone follow master li, rather then old Gu and Wang zhiyuan who know where they are going other were confuse.
They follow them toward a very big hall like structure being guarded by two very tall and hulk like man stood there watching with them hawk like gaze.
Master li help them to talk to the guard who after understanding what's happening, took everyone inside the hall and ask them to stand inside a circle with various curved lines on the platform.
"Everyone had to pay two teal of silver for teach people and another five teal of silver for each horses, you also have to pay the same amount to the other side"
"..."
"Why" Gu yin couldn't help raise the question which is going inside everyone head the man only glance at her but still spoke.
"This is teleportation array which will directly take you to the celestial Axis Domian, the activation of this array cost spirit stone that why it's expensive and it's the activation cost of this side, the people from the other side also need to active the array to receive the guest so, if you all didn't pay them, you will forced to work in mines"
No one need to ask how harsh and dangerous condition of the mines are, this is one of the worst punishment given to the criminals not including those given death punishment with tortures devices.