Chapter 114: Going to the Banquet
Staying in the city for more than a day, Jun Ziyang was busy running his own creation house.
Although it was only a new store opening, business was good.
There are two reasons for this.
First, because there are not many foundries in this world who can help others customize equipment, the number of equipment shops that accept customization is small.
Second, Junziyang's creation house has special rules.
If the casting fails, the full compensation is the only one in the world.
It's the equivalent of telling people that you have nothing to lose even if you come and fail to build.
Who wouldn't want to give it a try?
After accepting the first person's customization, Jun Ziyang understood the needs and concerns of customers, so he wrote the rules of the creation house more clearly on the storefront.
On the first day, Junziyang had already received 10 pieces of purple customization.
The next day, someone contacted Junziyang early and said that he wanted to customize equipment.
Because Junziyang's store is written, only 10 pieces of purple clothing are accepted a day.
"Let's dig up a treasure first." Waking up from the hotel in the morning, Jun Ziyang first went to an offline copy to dig treasures.
After digging treasure, I took 10 orders of customized business.
It's still early, and Hua Yulan's birthday party won't start until the evening.
"It's past 9 o'clock, you should be up early, right?" Hua Manqiu sent a message.
"Well, something?" Jun Ziyang replied.
"Ready to go, I'll send a flying train to pick you up. Or is that the hotel right? Hua Manqiu asked.
"I'm in the offline dungeon now, and you call someone to wait for me at the door of the offline dungeon." Jun Ziyang is still in the copy and has not come out.
"Digging for treasure again? You still really have a soft spot for digging for treasures. Hua Manqiu said with emotion.
"Your sister won't let me go, what can I do in the city? If you're bored, just find something to do. ”
"By the way, doesn't the birthday party start in the evening? Let's go? Jun Ziyang looked at the time, and it was only 9:10 in the morning.
"The location of the birthday banquet is not in the city, in a small village on the outskirts of the city, although it is not far away, but wouldn't it be good to go over early to find out about the banquet?"
"I'm thinking about you, after all, you may turn against my sister at any time, it's good for you to go over early and learn more about the banquet environment, right?" Hua Manqiu said with a smile.
"Okay."
Hua Manqiu sent a small flying train and waited at the door of the offline dungeon.
The flying train is one of the common means of transportation in the city, which can fly at high altitude, and the energy used is the air energy produced by the copy, which is environmentally friendly and convenient.
Jun Ziyang got on the train.
At 10 o'clock, the train arrived at the small village that Hua Manqiu said from the offline copy.
It should belong to the countryside, surrounded by mountains and rivers, dense vegetation, fresh air and pleasant scenery.
The only difference from the countryside in Jun Ziyang's perception is that there are no crops here.
Because in this world crops cannot survive. All food production comes from dungeons.
"Here we are." Hua Manqiu greeted Junziyang at the door of the banquet venue.
The venue for the banquet was chosen next to a river, which had a large meadow with five quaint courtyards.
Each courtyard is large in size and is also connected to each other by passages.
There are already many people who have arrived before Junziyang.
"There are a lot of people coming, and it looks like everyone is ready to arrive early?" Jun Ziyang looked at the vicinity of the courtyard, and many people gathered around to talk and laugh.
Judging from the clothes of these people, it is clear that they are definitely not the staff of the Drunken Flower Chamber Guild to organize this banquet.
They should all be invited guests.
"yes, it's about noon, and the people are almost there. It's all old friends and old-timers, so let's come over first to see if there's anything we need help with. Hua Manqiu said.
"I don't know anyone, you find me a quiet place, and I'll stay by myself." Jun Ziyang looked at these unfamiliar faces, and when he thought of Lao Qin's words, he decided not to have any contact with these people until Lao Qin came.
"You're not going to meet these people?" Hua Manqiu asked.
"As I said, my deal with you is null and void, you don't need to introduce my bounty to these people anymore, and besides, I have no interest in reaching out to them." Jun Ziyang shook his head.
"Whatever you want, Xiao Chen, take this gentleman to find a quiet room, don't let people disturb him."
"I won't accompany you, you don't want to contact these people, in fact, I don't want to contact either, but as the host, I have to say hello."
"You are at your own convenience, if you need anything, you can speak at any time." Hua Manqiu arranged a staff member for Jun Ziyang.
"I know, you go get busy." Jun Ziyang said.
The staff took Jun Ziyang to a room where no one was around.
"Sir, if you need anything, just tell me. I'll go out first, you rest. The staff said.
"Well, thank you."
The wing room is on the second floor of the courtyard, close the door of the wing room, Jun Ziyang opened the window and began to observe the people outside.
According to the guest list sent by Hua Manqiu, Jun Ziyang has already mastered all the public information of these people.
What are the names of these people, which city, and what positions they are in the management guild, Junziyang knows everything.
Among these people who participated in the banquet, the biggest one should be An Shaoye from H City, he is also the youngest person to participate in the banquet, of course, not Junziyang.
An Shaoye is twenty-two years old this year, older than Jun Ziyang.
Most of the others are over thirty years old, and most of them are in their forties and fifties.
"Lao Qin is right, this banquet must be strange." Jun Ziyang stood in front of the window, looking at these people inside and outside the courtyard, and felt more and more that the meaning of this banquet was unusual.
Hua Yulan is a young girl, and at her birthday party, it stands to reason that there should be some friends of the same age as her, and the elders should not be very interested in this kind of banquet.
Even if they could come, it wouldn't be so many people.
There are more than thirty people who come now, and Junziyang has not seen a single one under the age of forty.
They all came from other cities, can Hua Yulan have such a big face? These people can let their juniors come to participate, why should they come by themselves?
"Where are you?" Lao Qin has arrived.
"Second floor, I see you." Jun Ziyang stood in front of the window and beckoned to Lao Qin outside the courtyard.
"I'll come up." When Lao Qin saw Jun Ziyang's location, he immediately rushed over.
"You came quite early, you don't know anyone, don't you think it's a little boring? No wonder they hid here. Lao Qin entered the door and pulled a chair and sat down.
"It's boring." Jun Ziyang said.
"This wing...... The location is very good, with a great view, facing the road, anyone can see it, just right, I can talk to you about what these people are. Lao Qin glanced out the window.
"Yo, as soon as I came up, I saw a big man. Look, that guy, the youngest one, see? Lao Qin pointed to the gate of the courtyard, a person who had just gotten off the flying train.
"He's An Shaoye, right?" Jun Ziyang saw the person coming, compared the information he had collected, and determined that this person was An Shaoye.
"It seems that you have done some homework more or less, that's right, this person is the eldest young master of Fang Hu Island of the H City Management Guild, An Shaoye. This person is very powerful. Lao Qin smiled.
An Shao is also tall, with short hair, slightly dark skin, wearing a neat black suit, with a resolute face, sharp edges and corners, a pair of bright eyes, and a tiger-like style when he walks.
He got off the train, and Hua Manqiu stepped forward to greet him.
Judging from the contact between the two of them, the two should be very familiar with each other, like old friends.
Hua Manqiu still looked very smug and not serious, An Shao was also very regular, and after coming into contact with Hua Manqiu, he greeted the others.
An Shao also seems to know these guests, these people are all considered An Shaoye's predecessors, and An Shao also saluted one by one when he saw these people.
His salutes were almost all identical, one by one, repetitive as if they were mechanical.
"H City is a B-level city, and An Shao is also an important figure in the B-level City Management Association, so his strength must be powerful." Jun Ziyang said.
"Do you know why he also came to Hua Yulan's birthday party?" Lao Qin asked.
"I think he seems to be very familiar with Hua Manqiu, and he must be good friends with Hua Yulan." Jun Ziyang guessed.
"Not only that, the Drunken Flower Guild and the Fanghu Island Guild have maintained a friendly relationship for a long time, the Hua family represents the Drunken Flower Room, and the An family represents Fanghu Island."
"The two families have been friends since their father's generation." Lao Qin said.
"Fathers started? Then why didn't I see Hua Manqiu's father? In the city's public information, Hua Manqiu's father is never mentioned, nor is there any mention of his mother. Jun Ziyang asked.
"Legend has it that Hua Manqiu's parents are dead, but it's just a legend, and it hasn't been confirmed." Lao Qin's words broke Jun Ziyang's doubts.
"Dead?" Jun Ziyang was taken aback.
"Or do you think there are so many people from the older generation at this banquet? It's not easy. Lao Qin sighed.
"How did you die?" Jun Ziyang asked.
"Well, I didn't plan to tell you about it, but since you were invited to the dinner, I think Hua Manqiu may have already told you something, and I also asked the president, and he said he could tell you." Lao Qin said slowly.
The president of Lao Qin is the president of the Beidou Academy in Z City, Bai Yiguang.
"It can't be related to a world mission, right?" Jun Ziyang recalled what Hua Manqiu said on the day he first came to the city.
"Yes, it has something to do with the world mission. Did Hua Manqiu tell you that the failure of the world mission was deliberately obstructed by someone? Lao Qin asked.
"Yes." Jun Ziyang nodded.
He was right, and his father was involved in the world mission he was talking about. That mission did fail, and Hua Manqiu's father was missing, and it is said that he had died. Old Qin said in a deep voice.
"You're looking into this too? Is that what Hokuto Academy means? Jun Ziyang asked.
"The world is not as simple as you think, and when you are exposed to the world's tasks, you will understand what I mean."
"Now, I think you understand a little bit, didn't you just encounter something strange in the City Race dungeon?" Lao Qin glanced at Jun Ziyang meaningfully.
"Do you know about the secret profession?" Jun Ziyang was stunned.
"I know a lot of things, as a city's management guild, not only to manage the city's internal affairs, but also to control a lot of news that ordinary people can't see at all times."
"It's no secret what happened to your bounty group in the City Race, after all, you're quite noisy, aren't you?" Lao Qin said with a smile.
"Then do you know why these people from the dark profession want to provoke me?" Jun Ziyang asked.
"I don't know about this, and I wonder what to do. You kid...... I can't even see through it. ”
"The copy of the city race was targeted by the dark professionals, and you were inexplicably involved in Hua Yulan's dinner, and these things had nothing to do with you." Lao Qin was also quite puzzled.
"Then I can only understand that Hua Manqiu is making trouble." Jun Ziyang could only think of this one possibility.
"Figure it out for yourself, I can't help you. Returning to the topic of dinner, if you look at these people, can you see the connection between them? Lao Qin looked out the window again.
"I didn't see it before, but after you said it, I understood it."
"These people should be the people who participated in that failed world mission with Hua Manqiu's father back then, right?" Lao Qin's words had already helped Jun Ziyang clear his thoughts.
"My mind is spinning pretty fast. A total of 55 people participated in that world mission, and those who could come came. Lao Qin said.
"Then why are you here?" Jun Ziyang stared at Lao Qin.
"I'm here, it's naturally that world mission, and someone from the Beidou Academy has also participated, and I'm here on his behalf." Lao Qin said.
He did not mention who the people who had been involved in that world mission were in the past.
"I can let you be the representative, in the Beidou Academy Guild, I can't think of a second person." Jun Ziyang said.
Lao Qin's status in the Beidou Academy is high, and if he can come to participate in the dinner as a representative, this person's status must be higher than Lao Qin.
So who else?
It can only be Bai Yiguang, the president of Beidou Academy.
Bai Yiguang is extremely mysterious, and his age is unknown, it is rumored that he is only in his twenties, if it is true, then he is about the same age as Hua Manqiu.
If this is the case, how could Bai Yiguang participate in that world mission with Hua Manqiu's father?
At that time, Bai Yiguang was estimated to be only a few years old, right?
From this point of view, this person cannot be Bai Yiguang.
"Whatever you want." Lao Qin didn't admit or deny it, and played a tai chi.
"These people who participated in that world mission are here, that is, to bring this matter up again, is it for Hua Manqiu's father?" Jun Ziyang asked.
"Part of the reason, but not all."
"As for the deliberate obstruction of the world mission, some people have suspected it for a long time, but there has never been an opportunity to bring together many people involved to discuss it."
"This banquet is an opportunity, and everyone knows it. Whoever does not come, who has a ghost in his heart. ”
"So you see, everyone who can come is here, and if the dinner starts, then there will be a good show to watch." Lao Qin said.
"But this is a good show, and I don't have a role." Jun Ziyang said.
"Bystander Qing, as the only outsider, maybe, you can see more and more clearly." Lao Qin said.
"I hope so."
(End of chapter)