When I entered the basement again, it was already the third day after the cooking competition. In the large living room leading to the iron gate of the Yincheng passage, I also met the other two newcomers who were selected at the same time.

One of them is called Long Xiaoyan, and he is a disciple of the Fire Dragon Gang. His name is Xiao Yan, and he is actually a few years older than me, probably in his early thirties, and his face is more mature.

Long Xiaoyan won the selection quota through the martial arts competition. But I don't know if it's because the Fire Dragon Gang and Yuanbaomen have always been at odds, or because Long Xiaoyan was originally a more arrogant and conceited person, he was not moved by my initiative to say hello, and he didn't even look at me.

However, Cao Zhe, who came from behind, also greeted him, and he finally nodded his head. It seems that there are two reasons for the above!

Cao Zhe is a disciple of the Paper Puppet Sect, the nephew of Aunt Cao, older than me, younger than Long Xiaoyan, twenty-eight years old this year. But he still looks like a big boy, more lively, and likes to talk to people. He was very enthusiastic about me, and soon chatted with me, especially when he heard that I was very familiar with Boss Su, so he said: "Boss Su is my uncle, who taught me origami when I was a child!" ”

With a similar age and a common topic, the distance between the two of us has suddenly narrowed a lot. Long Xiaoyan sat alone on a separate sofa, frowning incessantly, as if he was disgusted by the small talk between me and Cao Zhe.

The three selected candidates are all young and strong Yin cultivators. If we are the strongest of the candidates, it is not necessarily true. At least the old Bing Yuan, who competed with me on the same stage, was definitely no worse than me. The reason why I was able to win with a perfect score was that the first statement of the shopkeeper Weng was absolutely the key, and his statement was obviously from Teng Dewang's secret instructions.

For this detail, Zhao Laodao also analyzed it for me after the game. Teng Dewang's meaning is very clear, that is, he does not want Bing Yuan to win, but hopes that young people like me can be selected, and then enter the Yin City to play for their Teng family.

Zhao Laodao told me: "Although the Teng family only requires the selected candidates to sign a ten-year contract with them, they will always come up with various ways to persuade you to stay and play for them after the contract expires." Therefore, those who are too old may not meet their requirements. ”

I don't think I care about that. Anyway, I'm not a disciple of Yuanbaomen, and when the ten-year period expires, I can leave if I want, and stay if I want, and no one can influence my own decision. Moreover, I was determined to go into the underworld for a while, and it would not hurt to stay for a few more years!

I chatted with Cao Zhe for a while, and the small door on the other side of the living room opened, and it was Lao Xin who came in. This is the third time I've seen him.

"Long Xiaoyan! Cao Zhe! Zhai Zisheng! ”

"Here!"

As soon as the three of us heard Lao Xin call our name, we all hurriedly stood up and answered.

"Let's get my name signed first!" Lao Xin beckoned to us, took out three documents, and sent one to each of us.

When I got it in my hand, it turned out to be an employment contract. There are too many detailed rules in the contract, and I can't read them for a while, so I only noticed these few key terms: a monthly salary of 100 yin yuan; There is one month of vacation per year; The employment period is 10 years!

Sure enough, as Zhao Laodao said, if you want to enter Yin City through the relationship of the Teng family, the price is quite large, and once you enter, you will have to stay below for at least ten years. However, I was mentally prepared for this and did not seem to make a fuss. Long Xiaoyan and Cao Zhe also seemed to have been informed in advance, and they also did not raise any objections to this.

"It needs to be specially explained," Lao Xin emphasized, "This contract is only valid in Zuoqiu City, and once you leave Zuoqiu City without permission, you will be in breach of contract." At that time, we will ask the Department of Yin Affairs to revoke your right of residence, and Zuoqiu City will no longer provide you with protection. In the underworld, if you are expelled by the underworld, it is basically a dead end! ”

"What if we managed to run back to the yang world by ourselves?" Cao Zhe asked a little overspokenly.

"Then we will take some other way to deal with it, and we don't need to specify it in this contract!" Lao Xin's face remained unchanged, but the tone of his words was obviously not good.

I shrugged my shoulders and was the first to sign my name on the contract. I brought it upon myself to enter the Yin City, even if something goes wrong in the future and I want to regret it, I can't complain about others. Cao Zhe and Long Xiaoyan saw that I had signed, so they signed it too.

Lao Xin took back the three contracts and put them with him. Then he asked, "I'll take you down now, are you all ready?" ”

"That's it!" The three of them replied together.

Lao Xin walked to the big iron door to enter the password, turned the key, and finally the heavy iron door was pushed open by the security guard guarding the door. The three of us newcomers followed Lao Xin into the cave behind the door, and jumped into the Yin Vein Passage one by one.

I have already gone back and forth in the Yin veins before, and before I came, Zhao Laodao had already taught me the trick of coming and going in the Yin veins. In fact, it is not difficult to say, the yin qi in the yin veins is as thick as water, as long as you perceive and master the flow direction of the yin qi, it is much easier, it is really similar to swimming.

Long Xiaoyan's movements looked natural and skillful, and it seemed that he came down often. But Cao Zhe was clumsier than when I first entered the Yin Vein, and he couldn't control his body posture at all, and he had to rely on Lao Xin to help him, so that he wouldn't fall on the ground and have a swollen nose.

Lao Xin had already prepared the relevant documents and road guides, and soon took us through the guards' inspection and stepped into the upper city. The Teng family also ran an industry in Shangcheng, and we were finally taken to a trading house and met Teng Boli, the director of the Teng family in Yincheng.

Teng Boli is the eldest son of Teng Dewang, and is now in charge of all the Teng family's business in Zuoqiu City. Lao Xin handed over the three of us and the three contracts to him, and then went back by himself.

Teng Boli looked at the information of the three of us one by one, and then said, "Since you have signed this contract and entered this Zuoqiu City, you will be the people of our Teng family in the future." Zuoqiu City is no better than the upper yang, there are fewer ghosts, and the law and order are chaotic! The laws of the Yang World do not apply here, Zuoqiu City has its own set of rules, I have to tell you about it first! ”

Next, Teng Boli began to explain to us the various rules and precautions in Zuoqiu City. I've heard most of these things Zhao Laodao say, but it's actually quite simple and rude. To sum up, the meaning of Teng Boli's words is one sentence: Be obedient and obey, don't run around!

After explaining the rules, Teng Boli temporarily settled us in a small mansion behind the firm. There was only one large bunk inside, and the three of them slept together. Before leaving, he also confessed: "Someone will come to call you when you eat in a while, don't run around, just go to sleep if you have nothing to do." I'll come back later to arrange a formal position for you! ”

There is no day or night in the Yin City, so I went out of my way to buy an automatic watch with luminescence before I came, so I could keep track of the time at all times. It was five o'clock in the afternoon, and after the three of us had been in the room for an hour, a man from the trading house came and called us to dinner.

The Teng family's trading house was extremely busy, and two rows of warehouses were built alone, and three caravans were unloading. Each caravan had at least twenty giant snails, and the goods they carried were also strange, everything in between. Those guys moved goods back and forth, and ate in turns, and we didn't see Teng Boli at the place where we ate, probably so busy that we forgot about it.

I asked the guy who brought us, "Are you so busy here every day?" ”

He replied, "No, each caravan came back at a different time, but it just happened to be all together today!" ”

"You have so few people and so many snails, how can you manage them?" Cao Zhe also interjected and asked, "Aren't there many ghosts in this Yin City, why don't you catch a few to help you work?" ”

The guy scoffed, "You don't understand the situation!" There are rules here in Shangcheng that ghosts are not allowed to come up, and we have raised a lot of ghost servants and ghost dart masters, but they can't come up. Here, we have to unload the goods ourselves! ”

"And the Ghost Dart Master? What is it for? I asked again.

"Our caravans generally go to various Yin cities to do business, and the terrain in the underworld is uneven, and there are not all kinds of means of transportation like in the yang world, so they basically rely on walking. It often takes a month or two to get on the road. Moreover, there are many monsters and ghosts underground, and there will always be all kinds of dangers, and it is not enough to rely on the Yin Dart Master alone! ”

"Will we be assigned to your caravan as well?"

"Possibly. But now there is a shortage of manpower for caravans, shops, and city guards. It's possible that you'll be assigned wherever you go! ”

Cao Zhe and I glanced at each other, and we both said in surprise: "Is it possible that we can still be assigned to the city guards?" ”

"That's right!" The guy nodded affirmatively, "The Teng family must send manpower to the city guards every year, this is the rule, you can't run!" I reckon at least one of the three of you will be assigned there! ”

Cao Zhe and I stopped talking. The city guard is equivalent to the army of Zuoqiu City, and it is also responsible for the functions of the police station in peacetime, and the management must be very strict. And there are all kinds of dangers with such work, and no one wants to go to that kind of place as soon as they come in.

"What, scared?" The guy laughed.

"Who's afraid?" Long Xiaoyan, who had been silent, suddenly said loudly, "I just want to go to the city guard!" What is there to be afraid of? ”

That guy was robbed of a sentence by Long Xiaoyan, so he was unhappy, and he refused to tell us about the caravan later.

After eating, Cao Zhe and I felt that we had nothing to do in the room, so we took the initiative to help the caravan unload and move the goods. The team leaders and guys were very friendly when they saw that we were diligent. On the first day you come in, it's also important to make a good impression. But Long Xiaoyan was still a maverick, and we went back to the room by ourselves without waiting.