Back in the house, sitting in his seat, Zhan Chen was still looking at the invitations in his hand over and over again, the birthday banquet was scheduled for seven o'clock in the evening a week later, and the guests who went to celebrate the birthday had to arrive early. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because, on that day, a grand birthday ceremony will be held from morning to night, and at that time, all the guests must go to the main hall to pay homage to Ouyang Zhongtian. After that, the people who worship Shou will be temporarily arranged to rest in Ouyang Zhongtian's City Lord's Mansion. Until the evening, it is time for the group banquet.

To be honest, Zhan Chen really didn't want to go to this banquet, because Ouyang Zhongtian was a dignified martial saint Great Perfection powerhouse, a powerful figure in the neutral region, and he was just a little ant in front of him. He is used to being alone, but now he has to come into contact with such a big force, which will not be a good thing.

However, he still had to attend this banquet, because the invitation was written by Ouyang Zhongtian himself, and it was also signed with his name and covered with his tourmaline. You can't help but save face, right?

Taking a step back, if you are hated by such characters because you didn't go to the birthday banquet, then you don't want to mix up in Zhongyu City, let alone look for Zhou Ziru.

"It seems that I have to go to this banquet!" Zhan Chen sighed deeply, and immediately thought: "To go to the banquet, I still have to prepare a gift, what do I prepare?"

He thought about it for a while, he hadn't seen anything good in this kind of powerhouse, and he was afraid that no matter how precious something he gave him, he wouldn't look at it squarely. So, the gift is just a formality.

In the end, he still decided to refine an eighth-grade mid-grade elixir to give to him, after all, this was what he was most capable of.

As a result, the sad Zhan Chen broke a lot of money again, and the refining cost of the eighth-grade mid-grade pill was very high, and it cost him more than 300,000 top-grade yuan stones at one time!

Three days later, the pill was refined, and the color of nine turns was one, looking at the dazzling golden pill in his hand, Zhan Chen really had the urge to refine it immediately. However, in the end, he was restrained by himself.

Putting the pill into the jade bottle, Zhan Chen sighed deeply, touched his Qiankun bag, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, now there are only more than 100,000 top-grade yuan stones left in it, is this the so-called feeling of being overstretched?

"Yuanshi, I'm going to find a way to earn Yuanshi quickly!" Zhan Chen thought fiercely.

A week passed quickly, and Ouyang Zhongtian's birthday was coming in a blink of an eye, and on this day, Zhan Chen went out early and embarked on the road to the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord's Mansion is located in the very center of the Middle Realm City, and the closer you get to the City Lord's Mansion, the more lively the street becomes.

Because, Ouyang Zhongtian will set up a long banquet in the square around the City Lord's Mansion, and all the expenses of this banquet will be paid for by the City Lord's Mansion, and all the citizens of Zhongyu City can join the banquet for free, share the food, and celebrate the whole city. What kind of lively scene will it be at that time, Zhan Chen can imagine.

When he came to the city center, Zhan Chen saw an incomparably vast circular square lying in front of him at a glance. At this time, many people were already setting up in the square to prepare for tonight's open-air banquet.

The tall and magnificent city lord's mansion is in the center of this square, covering an area of hundreds of thousands of square meters, and is composed of dozens of large and small buildings, among which the highest central palace, as high as more than 100 meters, is the palace where Ouyang Zhongtian lives, and he usually lives there, cultivates, and deals with various affairs in the city.

Around the City Lord's Mansion, as well as between the buildings and buildings, there are also many spirit trees and spirit flowers, which decorate the entire city center like a big park.

Around the City Lord's Mansion, there are also teams of guards patrolling, and it is strictly forbidden for any idlers to approach.

When Zhan Chen approached the gate, he was stopped by the guards at the gate, and after he showed the birthday banquet invitation, he was put into the City Lord's Mansion by the guards and instructed him to go to the Central Palace to pay homage to Ouyang Zhongtian.

Walking through the beautiful gardens and passing by tall buildings, Zhan Chen suddenly found the central palace that the guards said.

There was already a long queue at the door of the palace, at least hundreds of people were queuing up to pay homage to Ouyang Zhongtian, they were either a generation of city lords, or the patriarch of the local big family, who were usually very arrogant, but now they all stood in line one after another, and they didn't dare to make a mistake.

And there were still a few guards standing at the entrance of the palace, and they only let one or a few people enter each time according to the invitation, and the others could only wait for the herald to call "the next one" before it was their turn to meet them.

Seeing this, Zhan Chen didn't say a word, he lined up at the back of the line, and immediately behind him, there were new arrivals joining the long queue.

Seeing this formation, Zhan Chen was also secretly frightened: "This Ouyang Zhongtian is such a big pomp, how many guests do you have to invite to this banquet!"

After a long time, it was his turn, and after showing the invitation to the guards, he was released into the palace.

After entering the palace, Zhan Chen looked around, and the place was magnificently decorated, whether it was the soft and luxurious red carpet, or the thick carved pillars made of pure gold, or the exquisite murals on the walls and ceilings, all of which showed the difference in the status of this city lord.

Just as he was looking around, a handsome middle-aged man dressed in gorgeous clothes walked out of the corridor inside, and when he saw Zhan Chen, he asked, "Are you?"

Zhan Chen saw that he had a high-level cultivation of the Martial Saint, and he must have been a great figure in front of Ouyang Zhongtian, so he bowed his hand and said, "Senior, I am Xu Shan." ”

"It turns out that you are Xu Shan, and you are really a hero out of a young man!" the middle-aged man looked Zhan Chen up and down, and praised sincerely.

"The seniors praised it falsely. ”

"Okay, let's not say much, let's introduce myself first, my name is Li Yishan, I am the commander of the city guard army of Zhongyu City, the city lord has been talking about seeing you before, you come with me." ”

"Okay!" Zhan Chen hurriedly followed him, and the two of them walked towards the depths of the palace.

"When did City Lord Ouyang know about me? I don't think I've ever met him before. Zhan Chen finally couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and finally asked the question that had been entrenched in his heart.

"Actually, the city lord took a fancy to you during the last Hundred Saints Martial Arts Conference, and when he knew that you were still an alchemy wizard, he paid more attention to it, so he sent you an invitation this time. ”

"So that's the case, how can I, Xu Shan, be so favored by the city lord?"

"Don't be presumptuous, at least it's the first time I've seen a genius of your age who can do so well in both alchemy and martial arts. ”

"Thank you for the compliment!"

While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the door of the main hall. Zhan Chen raised his eyes and saw Ouyang Zhongtian sitting upright on the dragon chair on the high platform in the center.

Seeing this, Zhan Chen hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said loudly: "In Xia Xu Mountain, meet the city lord." ”

As soon as Ouyang Zhongtian saw Zhan Chen, he was overjoyed and said, "Xu Shan, get up quickly!"

"Yes!" As soon as Zhan Chen stood up, he took out the pill he had refined, and said to him again: "Lord City Lord, in order to celebrate your birthday, I have specially refined an eight-grade intermediate Yiyang Zhuang Golden Pill for you, I hope you will accept it." ”

"Oh, bring it up and show me!" Ouyang Zhongtian said with interest.

"Yes!" Zhan Chen took the elixir he had refined and handed it to him.

Ouyang Zhongtian opened the jade bottle and took out a golden pill that exuded a nine-colored pill halo, observed it carefully, and let out a sigh of exclamation: "Sure enough, it is a golden pill above the ninth turn!" Xu Shan, to be honest, you and Han Xiao are the two most outstanding alchemists I have ever seen, and I have only seen the seven-turn golden pill at most in the past, and since this Dan Dao Conference, our Central Domain City has given birth to two alchemists who can refine the nine-turn pill! This is my fortunate thing in the Central Domain City!"

"City Lord, you have a good reputation. ”

"It's a pity that Han Xiao already belongs to the Yuxia Palace and can't join the City Lord's Mansion anymore, how about it, but you, are you interested in serving me?"

Zhan Chen was unprepared for a while, and was stunned for a moment, before he smiled and said, "I only have a Martial Saint beginner level cultivation, even if I want to serve the city lord, I have no heart." ”

"Although your cultivation is only at the beginning of the Martial Saint level, your combat power is above the middle level of the Martial Saint, the most important thing is that your alchemy skills are unmatched, our City Lord's Mansion is in need of a talent like you!" Ouyang Zhongtian immediately retorted.

Zhan Chen lowered his head and was silent.

Ouyang Zhongtian threw out an olive branch again: "You join my Central Domain City, there are many benefits, and you can get the best treatment, such as the best cultivation environment, The best food and daily life, the best servants to wait; of course, we will also assign you the task of refining pills, but this is also a mutually beneficial thing, take this opportunity to improve your alchemy skills, the key is that you can also get access to a large number of pills of eight pins of pills; and I also allow you to take more elixirs from the treasury every month to refine some of the pills you need; if you like to fight, our city palace also has many powerful guards, who can compete with you at any time. In short, you are with us, and your strength can be improved in the best!"

Ouyang Zhongtian's words really moved Zhan Chen, and each of these conditions had a fatal temptation for him. However, he still had some scruples in his heart, and asked the most realistic question: "But what if I want to leave the City Lord's Mansion one day?"

Ouyang Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "I, Ouyang Zhongtian, am very enlightened, all talents come and go freely, but I also have a bottom line, that is, all those who join the City Lord's Mansion must serve me for more than thirty years, and then they can freely decide to stay, can you think about it?"

Zhan Chen sighed in his heart: "It seems that Ouyang Zhongtian was able to become the city lord of the Central Domain City, not only by his strong strength, but also by his broad bosom, so that all the talents in the world gathered under his command. But if I stay for thirty years, if one day I know the whereabouts of my son and child or Mei'er's mother and son, I am afraid that I will not be able to stay for a moment, and it seems that I will have to refuse him!"

However, when he began to reply to Ouyang Zhongtian, he changed his words and said, "City Lord Ouyang, your conditions are really good, I can't think of a reason to refuse, and I am willing to serve you." It's just that I still have some mundane things that I can't get out of for a while, and after those things are resolved, I will rush to you as soon as possible!"

"Haha, okay, you can relax and solve your own affairs, and come back when the matter is completed, the position of the first alchemist of my City Lord's Mansion will be ready for you at any time!"

Zhan Chen also smiled, in fact, he basically wouldn't join any City Lord's Mansion, but sometimes he couldn't say too much, especially for a person like Ouyang Zhongtian who covered the sky with one hand in Zhongyu City.