Chapter 459 158 Invitation
Early in the morning of the second day, Jiang Chen was woken up by the Hundred Poison Demon Lord, asking him to prepare to go to the City Lord's Mansion to participate in the alchemist banquet held by Huang Yuantong. This banquet was nominally for the alchemists who came to participate in the Jingzhou Fair. But in fact, everyone knew that this was Huang Yuantong's desire to select a high-level alchemist from among them to refine the Ambergris Blood Clearing Pill for his daughter.
Jiang Chen finished washing, and then with the Hundred Poison Demon Lord, just when he walked out of the door, he suddenly heard a burst of fragrant wind coming, and then he heard a crisp and pleasant female voice sound: "Huh? Jiang Chen? How did you come out with the Hundred Poisons seniors? β
He looked up and saw that it was Zhou Ling, who used the blood bone skeleton to show favor to him at the auction yesterday and made him owe him a favor. This woman is wearing an emerald green Luo skirt, which looks even more charming and charming in the golden sunlight.
Before Jiang Chen could answer, the Hundred Poison Demon Lord asked strangely, "Spirit girl, how did you know Jiang Chen?" It stands to reason that you've never met! β
"We haven't met before, but we met last night when we were listening to Xiang Xiaoxie!" Zhou Ling stared at Jiang Chen with a pair of pretty eyes and said, "Brother Jiang, why are you here with the Hundred Poisons Senior?" β
When Jiang Chen was thinking about how to answer, the Hundred Poison Demon Lord relieved him first: "Spirit girl, Jiang Chen is the descendant of an old friend of mine, he came to participate in the Jingzhou Trade Fair, and he has no place to live for the time being, so he temporarily lives here with me...... By the way, you came to me today for something? β
"I see!" Zhou Ling breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hundred Poisons Senior, I originally came to you to tell you that I had discovered a high-level alchemist. With his help, maybe he will be able to cooperate with Master Shangguan to refine the Ambergris Blood Clearing Pill. Wake up my beautiful sister. But now it seems that you have already known each other, and I am doing this more! Now that you're going out, you must be planning to go to the City Lord's Mansion to participate in the alchemist's banquet selection, right? "Tree like a web address: heiyaΠΏge
She couldn't help but feel a little heartache at this time, 230,000 spirit stones bought the blood bone skeleton and gave it to Jiang Chen, in order to invite Jiang Chen to participate in this alchemist selection, she thought that Jiang Chen had the strength to refine the ambergris blood purifying pill. But she didn't expect that this guy was originally going to participate, so she spent the spirit stone in vain.
But. She immediately realized that this investment in favors was not a loss. In the past, he only thought that Jiang Chen was an alchemist, a disciple of the Heavenly Demon Sect in the foundation building period. And now there is a new discovery: Jiang Chen actually has a shallow relationship with the Hundred Poison Demon Lord, who is famous for his use of poison, and if he is good with him, it is equivalent to a closer relationship with the Hundred Poison Demon Lord.
Moreover, I heard that the Hundred Poison Demon Lord said that Jiang Chen was the descendant of an old friend of his. But this old poison is all the cultivation of the Yuan Infant Stage, and his old friends are only afraid that nine times out of ten they are also Yuan Infant Stage cultivators. Doesn't that mean that Jiang Chen also has a Yuan Infant Stage Monk behind him?
Zhou Ling thought about it. I was even more impressed with Jiang Chen. Although she knew that the Heavenly Demon Sect did not have a Yuan Infant Stage Cultivator. But he knew that Jiang Chen was not favored by a certain infant old monster? He was accepted as an apprentice, or a descendant.
Although some hermit masters themselves do not often come out to move, their descendants and relatives often walk everywhere. These people are equally unfathomable, and their actions are nowhere to be found. Some are willing to wander the world and become a casual cultivator, while others want to join a certain force. Ahead. And Jiang Chen is afraid that nine times out of ten, he belongs to the latter.
Thinking of this, she also restrained the slight unhappiness just now, and when she saw that Jiang Chen and the Hundred Poison Demon Lord both nodded yes, she still said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then let's go to the City Lord's Mansion together!" Uncle Huang and I haven't seen each other for a long time. β
The Hundred Poison Demon Lord had already prepared a very wide luxury beast cart at the gate of the courtyard. Then the three of them got into the beast cart and galloped towards the city lord's mansion.
Then. The Hundred Poison Demon Lord explained Jiang Chen's confusion: It turned out that Zhou Ling was Huang Xiuli's best friend this week, and the two were like sisters and had an excellent relationship. After Huang Xiuli's accident, Zhou Ling also let go of her identity as the granddaughter of the head of the Demon Sect and ran around, looking for elixirs and rescue methods for her everywhere. Let the whole group of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance be very moved. Huang Yuantong even gave Zhou Ling a token of the alliance leader, and when he saw the alliance leader, he allowed her to act cheaply in Jiangling Mansion.
Only then did Jiang Chen understand why Kang Lianzuo was so afraid of Zhou Ling during the auction. Even if the strength of the Demon Sect is stronger than that of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance, it is still a strong dragon that can't overpower the ground snake. It turns out that there is such a relationship in the relationship.
"By the way, Brother Jiang, I heard that there are quite a few alchemists who were invited to the City Lord's Mansion to attend the banquet this time, all of them are people with a few brushes, and almost none of the alchemists dare to go. It is said that all of them are alchemists of the second order or above. I heard that if I can really help the Yellow Alliance Master successfully refine the Ambergris Blood Clearing Pill, I think the reward will be extremely rich, and in the name of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance, as well as the Yellow Alliance Master's love for my beautiful sister, I will not treat people badly. Brother Jiang, you have to take advantage of the opportunity! Zhou Ling reminded in a pleasant voice. She still knows the inside story of this banquet quite well.
Jiang Chen smiled, he didn't care what Huang Yuantong's remuneration was, as long as he could refine this ambergris blood purifying pill and make the Hundred Poison Demon Lord owe him a favor, it would be enough. You must know that it is very rare to let the Yuan Infant Monk owe himself a favor from a Foundation Monk Monk. Especially in terms of cultivation and exercises, if he can give careful guidance, he will benefit immensely.
It didn't take long for the beast cart to stop at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. This castle lord's mansion is very magnificent, and it is a very wide mansion. The gate at the gate of the courtyard is not much smaller than the city gate, and the beast cart can drive directly in.
After entering the gate, there was a huge square, and now dozens of beast carts had been parked in the square, and there were some badges and markings on the bodies, which seemed to be owned by the alchemists who participated in this banquet.
After Jiang Chen and the others got out of the car, a middle-aged man wearing the badge of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance stepped forward and said with a smile on his face: "Hundred Poison Seniors, Fairy Zhou, Jiang Daoyou, you have finally arrived, please here!" β
With that, he leaned down slightly and made a "please" gesture. Then he led the way.
Jiang Chen couldn't help but be secretly frightened, because this person seemed to be a housekeeper from the outfit, but he actually had a mid-stage foundation cultivation. It seems that the status in this city lord's mansion is definitely not ordinary.
"Huh! How do you know about me? He immediately asked, with some curiosity. It was not surprising that this housekeeper knew the Hundred Poison Demon Lord and Zhou Ling, after all, one was Huang Xiuli's master. One is Huang Xiuli's best friend, who must have been here often before, but this is the first time she has been here.
After hearing this, the housekeeper smiled slightly and said, "Jiang Daoyou is a senior disciple of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and he is a second-order alchemist at a young age, which is very rare in the alchemy world. Moreover, it can make Fairy Zhou not hesitate to offend Kang Lianzuo, and spend 230,000 spirit stones to make friends. How could our alliance leader not pay attention? β
Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and immediately understood that Jiangling City was the territory of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance, and as the leader of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance, Huang Yuantong, didn't know how many eyes and ears had been planted in various places in the city, but he was afraid that every move of the monks in the city was well understood. Last night's private trade fair of the ghost monks, there must have been some of his people among them. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so clear about what happened.
When Zhou Ling heard this, he took a sip, blinked his big beautiful eyes and asked, "Steward Zhang, how many alchemists have you invited to the banquet today?" Has Master Shangguan arrived? β
"Master Shangguan stayed in the City Lord's Mansion last night, and many fellow practitioners of alchemy arrived early. I'm exchanging alchemy experiences with each other in the main hall. You're late! The butler smiled slightly.
After a while, he led the three of them to an antique, spacious and bright hall.
At the entrance of the hall, there are many monks of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance who wear badges as guards to maintain order, and it seems that the guards are still quite strict.
After walking into the main hall. Jiang Chen found that this hall was very large, surrounded by a row of tables and chairs made of red sandalwood. In the middle, it is vacant, forming an open space with a radius of more than 100 zhang. It seems that most of it is a place for drills or assessments.
Hundreds of people were already seated in the hall, and nearly 100 of them were dressed in alchemist costumes. Looking at their faces, it is obvious that they are not young.
However, they were all indifferent, and they did not have the slightest restraint in thinking that this was the headquarters of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance. On the contrary, because he had met so many fellow practitioners, he happily discussed the issue of alchemy.
Although there were less than 100 alchemists attending the banquet, all of them had relatives and friends, or alchemy boys, apprentices, guards and other figures accompanying them, and the number of people in the main hall had more than doubled.
Jiang Chen noticed that at the table not far from the entrance, someone was discussing in a whisper: "Huang Yuantong, the leader of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance, is just refining the 'Ambergris Blood Clearing Pill?' How many alchemists are needed? You must know that you have invited President Shangguan here! β
"Although the Ambergris Blood Clearing Pill is very complicated to refine, it requires the cooperation of more than one person. But you don't really need so many people, at most two or three people are enough. The Huang Alliance Master must have wanted to find the most suitable two from these alchemists to come out and cooperate with Master Shangguan. After all, time was pressing, and he didn't want to put his beloved daughter's healing on hold. Anyway, I heard that those who are not selected will also have a small gift, and we can't afford to lose! The other man, apparently aware of the situation, spoke eloquently.
"Another audition?" After Jiang Chen heard this, his brows suddenly furrowed a little. Because he had already seen that most of these alchemists present were cultivating in the Jindan period, and there were very few in the foundation building period. Although I don't know their alchemist level, I guess I am definitely at the bottom of these alchemists.
"Let's see what happens! Anyway, you just do your best! I don't know exactly what the refining method of the Ambergris Blood Clearing Pill is, and what kind of selection method President Shangguan wants, so let's see how he arranges it then! The Hundred Poison Demon Lord said. Apparently he wasn't very confident either.
Jiang Chen nodded helplessly, and then together with Zhou Ling and her two junior disciples, they found a table and sat down, they were naturally sitting with a group of foundation building period monks.
However, according to the usual practice, the Hundred Poison Demon Lord was invited by Steward Zhang to the top VIP seat, where all the old monsters sat in the infancy stage.
Between the two of them was the largest number of Jindan monks.
And those guards and attendants who were body refiners, as well as the alchemy apprentices in the Qi refining period, had no seats at all, and could only stand behind their masters with their hands in their hands. The whole hall is clearly distinguished.
In the main seat of the main hall, there sat an old man in a black robe. The old man was small, with white hair and a look of sadness on his face.
Beside him sat two elderly men who looked to be in their fifties. One person has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a Chinese face, and a very powerful appearance. The other person has a withered appearance and a thin body, but a pair of small eyes are very sharp, giving people a feeling that they are not to be messed with.
Jiang Chen tried to release his divine sense, but as soon as he touched the three of them, they disappeared like a stone sinking into the sea. His heart suddenly froze, and Fang withdrew his senses. I know that the cultivation of these three people is far higher than my own.
Zhou Ling whispered to Jiang Chen, "Brother Jiang, these are the three giants of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance. In the middle is the alliance leader Huang Yuantong, who has the mid-Yuan infant cultivation. On his left and right were the two deputy alliance leaders, both of whom had the early cultivation of the Yuan Infant. The mighty one on the left is Wang Zijun, and the thin one on the right is Kang Jianfei, the father of Kang Lianzuo who competed with us yesterday. This person is very scheming, his ambition is not small, and he and Wang Zijun are very close to each other, and the relationship is very stiff, and it all depends on Huang Yuantong to mediate. It seems that it is not good for a gang to be too loosely managed. β
Jiang Chen nodded, there were actually three Yuan Infant Stage cultivators in this Scattered Cultivation Alliance, and they were indeed extremely powerful. It's no wonder that although it was only a loose alliance, it was enough for the five first-class sects with multiple Yuan Infant Stage cultivators not to dare to underestimate its strength.