Chapter 368: The City Lord Invites Each Other to the Banquet
Night came quickly.
There is no need to be reminded at all, the extreme west city has already sent a special car to pick up Zhu Yuan and Luo Mengxiang.
The City Lord's Mansion in the Extreme West City was on the second basement floor, and if they went alone as Zhu Yuan and Luo Mengxiang, it would be more difficult for them to enter the second basement floor. Therefore, although they have known that there are two floors underground in the Extreme West City, they have basically never reached the second underground floor.
This time, by the light of the banquet invitation, the two of them rarely came to the second basement floor.
The second basement floor is completely different from the first basement level.
The breath of war can be felt at any time on the basement floor, and everyone is highly nervous, and once the war on the ground is tight, manpower will be drawn from the basement floor to support at any time.
But when you get to the second basement floor, it's different.
Although the armament here is more tightly arranged, and machine guns and gun towers can be seen everywhere, the atmosphere has changed.
On the second basement floor, there is no tension of war at any time on the basement level. People who live here can walk the streets at will; You can eat here slowly, or you can have a few drinks and savor it.
On the second basement floor, it's more like life than survival, as if this isn't the Far West City at all.
If the residents of Qingdu City were allowed to live here, they probably wouldn't be in a hurry to leave the Extreme West City.
Compared with the people living here on the second floor of the basement, those people in Qingdu City live a savage life, even Luo Mengxiang, who is the city lord, is envious in his eyes.
However, the area of the second underground floor is far inferior to the first basement floor, and it only took a short time for the City Lord's Mansion of the Extreme West City to appear in front of the two of them.
Zhu Yuan and Luo Mengxiang got out of the car, and under the guidance of the waiter, they entered the banquet hall.
Tonight's dinner is different from the dinner of ordinary rich people, and the dinner here is more like a banquet for monarchs and ministers. Various tables and chairs are arranged in a staggered manner to show different identities and statuses.
At this time, the tables, chairs, and delicacies had been set up, and the waiter led Zhu Yuan and Luo Mengxiang to sit down in the two adjacent seats.
Their position is not far forward, nor backward, they are just in the middle, I don't know if Zhu Yuan is stained with Luo Mengxiang's light, or Luo Mengxiang is stained with Zhu Yuan's light.
However, the two of them didn't care about this, and talked in a low voice.
It didn't take long for the guests and hosts to sit down one after another, and the main seat was naturally sitting on the main seat of the city lord Gong Mingyuan.
The opening remarks were naturally from him, and Zhu Yuan didn't listen carefully, it was nothing more than some greetings and polite words, and most of these words were said to Chongyu, who was sitting not far from him.
After Gong Mingyuan said these words, he began to invite everyone to raise a glass and drink. Zhu Yuan also raised his glass, his eyes swept over Chongyu, and at this time he happened to find that Chongyu was also looking at him.
Zhu Yuan didn't want to look at Chongyu.
Although the joint fight against the enemy at the outpost in another world has alleviated Zhu Yuan's hatred for Chongyu, it is only alleviated. After all, Chongyu is a former enemy, and it is impossible to make Zhu Yuan change his attitude towards Chongyu.
So Zhu Yuan raised the wine glass and turned to Luo Mengxiang, touched Luo Mengxiang's wine glass and drank it all.
Then Zhu Yuan sat back in his place, like an outsider, and began to bow his head and eat the food on his table.
Luo Mengxiang and Zhu Yuan touched the wine glass, and after drinking the wine in the cup, they also ate the food on the table as if no one was around.
Although Luo Mengxiang knew that this practice was a taboo in banquet interactions, since Zhu Yuan did it, she would follow suit.
Anyway, Qingdu City will leave the Extreme West City tomorrow, and it should never come to the Extreme West City again in the future. So Luo Mengxiang didn't care, but more hoped to keep a distance from these high-level leaders in the Extreme West City to avoid accidents when she left tomorrow.
It's a pity that although Luo Mengxiang's idea is good, the development of things can't help her.
Gong Mingyuan did hold this banquet for a purpose. The purpose is just as Zhu Yuan guessed, to retain all the strength as much as possible to deal with the next crisis together.
He didn't know the news of the death of the mutant king, but he could guess the outcome from Chongyu's previous description. Therefore, Gong Mingyuan can also expect that in the near future, the Extreme West City will inevitably face a greater crisis.
This crisis is difficult to overcome with the current ability of the Extreme West City, and even if a group of masters of the Creation Society such as Chongyu join, he is still not at ease.
So when Gong Mingyuan learned that Zhu Yuan was a more powerful sage, he was ready to try to see if he could keep Zhu Yuan and join forces to fight the impending crisis.
Therefore, the protagonist of today's banquet is Chongyu on the surface, but there is actually Zhu Yuan in secret. But it's a pity that Zhu Yuan put on a look that no one is close to, so that Gong Mingyuan has no way to start.
Halfway through the banquet, Gong Mingyuan still didn't find a chance to get close to Zhu Yuan. He frowned, thinking about ways to do so, and his eyes glanced at Zhu Yuan's table from time to time.
This scene happened to be seen by Peng Jun.
Peng Jun is such a delicate character, he immediately understood Gong Mingyuan's thoughts, only to see Peng Jun pick up the wine glass, come to Zhu Yuan and Luo Mengxiang with a smile and say:
"Sorry to forget you're not familiar with this place, two of you. It's better to take the two of you around, get to know other people, and get acquainted with everyone. ”
Zhu Yuan just nodded in response to Peng Jin's words and then didn't move, but Luo Mengxiang couldn't be the same as Zhu Yuan anymore.
After all, Peng Jun is also a figure in the extreme western city, and people came here with a smile on their faces, and it is impossible for Luo Mengxiang, as the lord of a city, to be indifferent. Therefore, Luo Mengxiang got up and said politely:
"It's embarrassing to bother Lord Peng, it's already an honor for us to be lucky enough to attend the palace lord's dinner, and we can't let Lord Peng trouble anymore."
Although Luo Mengxiang's words were tactful, the meaning of rejection in her words was very clear.
It's a pity that Peng Jun wants to create an opportunity for Gong Mingyuan, how can he retreat because of Luo Mengxiang's words. So he continued:
"No trouble, no trouble, this is what I should do, it is my sin to be inconsiderate of the guests."
Saying that, Peng Jun stretched out his hand and waited for Luo Mengxiang and Zhu Yuan.
Where did Luo Mengxiang think that Peng Jun would be so thick-skinned, and looked at Zhu Yuan with some embarrassment. Zhu Yuan had no choice but to stand up, follow Peng Jun with Luo Mengxiang, and began to get to know the people in the banquet one by one.
The first thing Peng Jun introduced was of course Gong Mingyuan, the city lord of the Extreme West City.
Gong Mingyuan was thinking about how to find an opportunity to get close to Zhu Yuan, and at this time, when he saw Peng Jun leading Zhu Yuan and Luo Mengxiang over, he couldn't help but praise in his heart, and then pretended to wait for Peng Jun to introduce both sides before saying:
"It turns out that you are the Zhu Sage, when I heard the Heavy Sage talk about you before, I still wanted to find time to visit you in person. When I saw it today, I was really young and promising, but I didn't expect that at a young age, I would have the same strength as a heavy saint. ”