Hua Yulan's birthday banquet now seems to be just a cover.

Lao Qin's words solved many of Jun Ziyang's doubts, but there was another point, Lao Qin said that he didn't know at all.

"You don't know who planned this banquet?" Jun Ziyang asked.

"I don't know, I don't think everybody here knows." Lao Qin said.

"You're here on behalf of someone from Beidou Academy, so didn't this person tell you anything?" Jun Ziyang asked.

"He also said he didn't know, he just told me that he had to come." Lao Qin said truthfully.

In this banquet, the planners and inviters on the bright side are Hua Manqiu and Hua Yulan.

But Hua Manqiu is only responsible for planning the birthday banquet, in other words, he is responsible for arranging the scene of the banquet, and it is not he who really has the ability to invite these people.

Who, exactly?

After all these years, I am afraid that that world mission has been buried deep in the hearts of these people.

Hua Yulan's birthday banquet is held once a year, why did she summon these people this time?

As Lao Qin said, if there was an opportunity to bring these people together in the past, someone would have done it a long time ago, but there was no such opportunity.

Maybe these people are not very willing either.

It is only today that they have reunited by attending a junior's birthday party.

Who has the power to call so many people?

There is no answer yet.

Before 12 o'clock, everyone had already arrived.

The 5 rural courtyards are actually not arranged like a banquet at all, and Hua Manqiu didn't bother with it.

He also knew that the real purpose of the banquet was not for these people to play.

It's just straightforward, and the banquet is too lazy to arrange, which also shows the attitude of Hua Manqiu.

"Still in the room? Don't be bored, come out and eat Chinese food. Hua Manqiu sent a message to Jun Ziyang.

"Hua Manqiu told me to go down, saying that it was Chinese food." Jun Ziyang said to Lao Qin.

"Chinese food? Is it an appetizer before the show or is it a straight meal? Looking at these people, although their faces are calm, they can't hide the anxiety in their hearts. ”

"I'm afraid everyone can't sit still. Let's go, it just so happens that I'm hungry too. Lao Qin also looked like he was watching a play.

The two of them went downstairs to the courtyard where everyone was.

This courtyard should be the largest, and it is not a problem to accommodate hundreds of people. There were already nearly twenty tables of food in the courtyard, and there were people at each table.

Lao Qin and Jun Ziyang found a place near the corner and sat down, there were fewer people here.

Everyone is seated.

More than 100 people gathered in the courtyard, which should have been eating and drinking, but the strange thing was that no one spoke, and the courtyard was quiet.

Among the more than 100 people, the high-level staff of the drunken flower room accounted for the majority, but these people sat in the same position as Junziyang Lao Qin, and they were all on the side.

The people who sit in the center are the same people who participated in the world mission.

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of the main hall of the courtyard.

"All the people are here? Let me say a few words. First of all, thank you for being able to attend Yulan's birthday party, and I am very happy to see so many old friends. ”

"Please come here to be quiet, but although this country courtyard is quiet, it is inevitably a little shabby."

"If there are some inconsiderate greetings, please Haihan. The meal has been prepared, so don't all stare at it, what's polite? ”

"The chefs who came this time are the most famous in the city, and I invite you to taste one or two." The middle-aged man stood in front of everyone and said loudly with a smile on his face.

This person is known to Junziyang, the president of the City Drunken Flower Association, and the ID is a fishing fire.

The people of the Drunken Flower Guild generally call him President Fire.

"President Huo, I haven't seen you for many years, your appearance hasn't changed much, it's just that you were just a little follower next to Hua Yushu back then, and now you have become the president."

"You are soaring, Hua Yushu's life and death are still unknown, it is really unpredictable." At the dining table in the center of the courtyard, an old man who looked like he was nearly 60 years old sneered.

"Qi Lao, what you said seems to have a deep meaning." A man in his forties next to the old man answered.

These two people, the IDs are Qiyan and Moon Flowing Frost respectively. Qi Yan is the old man who is about 60 years old, and the moon is the man in his 40s.

They can sit at the same table, which means that the relationship between the two is good.

"I just don't have a deep meaning, so what? This time I participated in the birthday banquet of Yulan girl, and it was clear that she was selling dog meat with a sheep's head, which was not worthy of her name! ”

"Which of you here doesn't understand what this banquet means today, open it up, awkward!" The old man Qiyan had a straight face, and his tone was a little rushed.

This old man must be grumpy, right?

"Qi Lao...... What do you want to say? Yuhuo Chaosheng looked at Qi Yan with a straight face, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

"What do you want to say that you don't know in your heart? Let's just talk about your former president, Hua Yulan and Hua Manqiu's father, Hua Yushu! "The old man is very direct.

"Qi Lao's temperament is really as straightforward as he was back then, okay, since Qi Lao has said it clearly, then I won't pretend to be confused."

"I have always kept the matter of Brother Yushu in my heart, and I still think about it frequently to this day."

"A total of 55 people participated in the mission of the Shadow Sea back then, and 33 people came today."

"The other 22 people either died in the Shadow Sea mission that year."

"Or, or maybe you have participated in the path of the strong all these years, but you haven't been able to come back alive."

"Everyone who can come has come."

"Since everyone knows that the purpose of holding this banquet is for the mission of the Shadow Sea back then, then, I would like to ask Elder Qi to make a start, if you have anything to say, just say it."

The fishing fire tide saw that Qiyan pierced the veil of the banquet, so he didn't hide it.

"Okay, everyone here is my oldest, so I'll rely on the old and sell the old, you're welcome."

"The events of that year are still vivid in my mind now, and I'm afraid that some people have a bad memory, so I'll give you a brief recollection from the beginning."

Qi Yan stood up and began to tell the past of the Shadow Sea mission in concise language.

Jun Ziyang listened very carefully.

Although Qi Yan only said it briefly, it took less than 10 minutes, but Jun Ziyang also roughly understood the process of the mission of the Shadow Sea.

The Glowing Sea was a worldwide mission 18 years ago.

Lao Qin once gave Jun Ziyang a piece of data, saying that there have been 15 world tasks that have not been completed in the past 10 years, but this world task 18 years ago, Lao Qin did not tell Jun Ziyang.

18 years is quite a long time.

At that time, the city was not as prosperous as it is now.

Hua Manqiu and Hua Yulan are only a few years old.

Hua Manqiu's father, Hua Yushu, is the founder of the Drunken Flower Guild and the first president.

After receiving the world mission, the 55 participants came together to form a team of 55 people.

After the mission began, 55 people went to the Glowing Sea together.

Among these 55 people, Hua Yushu is only friends with An Shaoye's father, and the others are meeting for the first time.

According to the old man Qiyan, Hua Yushu was a very easy person to get along with, and he was extremely strong, and he quickly became familiar with other people who were doing tasks.

The old man Qiyan became friends with Hua Yushu in the process of doing the mission of the Glowing Sea.

There is no difficulty indication for the world mission, but each mission is very difficult, and the Glowing Sea is a mission full of danger.

The location of the Glowing Sea is at the easternmost point of the world map, where there is a vast uncharted sea.

The Glowing Sea refers to a certain area of the sea.

Hua Yushu and his party traveled for a full week to reach the edge of this sea area.

On the seashore, a large sailing ship had long been parked, and 55 people got on board and sailed to the unknown seas.

After entering the sea, they encountered a lot of dangers, and the old man did not elaborate on them one by one.

In short, after a lot of hardships, they found the Glowing Sea.

The main purpose of this mission is to find the Glowing Totem in the Glowing Sea, and the system's hint is that the Glowing Totem is located somewhere in the Glowing Sea.

They began to search.

But it has not been found.

One night, when the old man Qiyan went to look for him in the cabin where Hua Yushu was, he found that Hua Yushu was missing.

The only notes left in the room were written on paper, with speculation about the location of the Glowing Totem.

Hua Yushu likes to organize his thoughts on paper, which is his habit, and the notes on the paper can also be seen to be from Hua Yushu's hand.

Everyone thought it was strange, this was on the sea, Hua Yushu had disappeared, where could he go?

The old man Qiyan went to find Hua Yushu because Hua Yushu was suddenly released from the team state, and he left the team.

There are two possibilities to leave a party from the party state.

First, death.

Second, choose to leave the team.

What kind of situation Hua Yushu is, no one knows. Because he's not on the team, people on the team can't see his status.

Messaged him, but no one answered.

Now in the old man's friend list, Hua Yushu's ID is still there, and every year Qiyan has to send a message to Hua Yushu, but it is all in vain.

Later, they went to look for the Glowing Totem according to the speculation that Hua Yushu left on the paper, but they also did not find it, confirming that the speculation that Hua Yushu left on the paper was wrong.

Eventually, the mission failed.

The disappearance of the flower jade tree has instead become the biggest mystery in the mission of the Shadow Sea.

That's probably what the old man Qiyan's memories are.

"Where Hua Yushu has gone, whether she is alive or not, I still don't know."

"But I can be sure that someone deliberately obstructed that world mission!" The old man stared at the fishing fire.

"Someone deliberately obstructed? Qi Lao, what evidence do you have? Yuhuo Chaosheng looked directly into the eyes of the old man Qiyan and responded in a deep voice.

"Of course I have the proof. The glowing sea we are looking for is fundamentally wrong. The old man sighed mockingly.

"Three years ago, the world mission of the Shadow Sea reappeared, although it was different from our mission back then, but we also had to go to the Shadow Sea."

"This task is completed, and the team that completed this task includes people from my guild, and they told me that the Glowing Sea they found is not in the same position as the Glowing Sea we found back then."

"Since they have completed the task, then it means that the Shadow Shadow Sea they found is right, and the Shadow Shadow Sea we found is a fake."

"I'm not the only one who knows about this, right?" The old man looked around with cold eyes.

"Even if the Shadow Sea we found back then was wrong, how could it be proved that someone deliberately obstructed it?" Yuhuo Chaosheng asked.

"The person who took us to find the Glowing Sea was deliberately leading us there. That person, you know him well, right? The old man said.

"I know who you're talking about, but he's dead, long dead. Besides, how do you prove that he deliberately led the wrong way? ”

"At that time, he was the only one in our team who was most familiar with the sea area, and he was also proficient in sea area positioning, and no one questioned the way he pointed out, even if it was wrong, it was not intentional." The fishing fire tide calmly defended.

"The speculations that Hua Yushu left on the paper, I went to the real Shadow Sea to verify, and his speculations were right."

"According to his speculation, I found the Ghost Totem in the real Shadow Sea, but it is already a useless thing."

"Hua Yushu must have felt that something was wrong, and when he found the right answer only to find that it couldn't match the sea area where we were, he must know that something was wrong."

"And the only thing that can go wrong is that the location of the Shadow Sea is inherently wrong."

"When that person pointed the way, Hua Yushu said a different opinion, but unfortunately, in the end, he also agreed with this wrong path, because a person he trusted very much told him that this way to the Shadow Sea was the right one."

"The person he trusts is you, Fishing Fire! I remember at that time, you tried your best to persuade Hua Yushu, right? The old man Qiyan pointed to the fishing fire tide and asked loudly.

"I just believe in the professional judgment made by professional people, Qi Lao, what you said is just subjective assumptions and speculation."

"Your words can't be taken seriously!" Yuhuo Chaosheng said.

"You naturally understand whether it's true or not, and I don't plan to get the answer I want from your mouth, but I'm going to say it so that everyone here knows about it."

"Hua Yushu's disappearance must have something to do with him finding the correct location of the Phantom Totem, that is, it has something to do with you and the person who showed the way."

"Because you don't want to complete this mission. Yes, what I said is speculation, but I believe my speculation! ”

"I'm here this time, first, to tell me what I know, and second, I don't think you can continue to be the leader of the Drunken Flower Guild!"

"Hua Yushu's daughter Hua Yulan has already reached adulthood, and her son Hua Manqiu is also over twenty years old, and the Drunken Flower Guild was created by Hua Yushu, so it is not your turn to be the president of this wolf!" Qi Yan shouted excitedly.

"Elder Qi, I respect you as an elder, please pay attention to a little bit of proportion when you speak! The management guild of a city is to manage the affairs of the entire city, so how can it be child's play? ”

"Even if Brother Yushu is still alive, he will not hand over the position of guild president to a young man in his twenties, and his son will inherit his father's business, so we have to see if he has the ability and the determination to do his best for the people of a city!"

"You think it's a playhouse?" The fishing fire tide was also angry.

"President Huo is right, the son inherits the father's business, and he must have the ability of the father to be able to bear this important responsibility."

"In everyone's eyes, I know what I am."

"My son is gone, I can't take the mess of the Drunken Flower Guild, but my sister can, are you right, President Huo?"

Hua Manqiu stretched her waist and walked out of the main hall of the courtyard with a chicken leg in her mouth, staring at the fishing fire with a smile on her face.

"When Yulan is older, I'll think about it." Yuhuo Chaosheng glanced at Hua Manqiu.

"You started this sentence when my sister was a child, my sister is twenty-two years old, isn't she still grown?" Hua Manqiu took a bite of the chicken leg and slurred his words.

"I said so, at least...... Let's wait until Yulan gets married. "The fishing fire is a little impatient.

"Be louder." Hua Manqiu said.

"I said, when Yulan gets married, I will consider handing over the position of president to her!" The Fishing Fire Tide raised its voice.

"Yo, it's a coincidence, my brother-in-law is here today."

"Brother-in-law, you sit so far away, I'm afraid that you won't be able to hear what President Huo said, let him say it again, do you hear it now?" Hua Manqiu waved frantically at Jun Ziyang, who was sitting in the corner and watching the play with peace of mind.

Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Jun Ziyang.

"I'll go!" Junziyang's eyelids jumped.

I thought to myself: "How did Hua Manqiu's words lead the focus of the topic to me?" ”

"Junziyang, brother-in-law, did you hear that?" Hua Manqiu shouted again.

Jun Ziyang covered his face, wanting to pretend that he didn't know Hua Manqiu.

He really didn't want to get involved in it.

(End of chapter)