Chapter XXXIX: The Assembly Begins
"It's normal for you to have this kind of thought, but those are the people of the top ten families in the imperial capital, not to mention those from the Treasure Pavilion who just left, even for us, they are absolutely unprovoked. The Pavilion Lord said solemnly.
Wind Chime has known the Pavilion Master for a long time, but she has never seen such a serious side of the Pavilion Master, and she even frowned when she spoke.
"Maybe it's not very intuitive to say this, I'll take a relationship that is very close to us as an example, for example, the current Zizaitang, the reason why we don't want to confront them now is because they have a silver-level pharmacist, the silver-level pharmacist has not only reached a very high level of his own strength, but at the same time, the people around him who can be driven by him are also very strong, and there are many people who are strong, it is such a strong opponent for us, in fact, for the imperial capital Lu family, it is a matter of one sentence, Zizaitang is gone, and the gap between the two sides is so terrifying that it is suffocating。 The Pavilion Master seemed to be very weak to say what he was holding back in his heart.
The content of this passage made Feng Chime dumbfounded, in her heart, she had already overestimated the strength of the ten major families in the imperial capital, but this passage of the Pavilion Lord Tu woke her up, and she couldn't help but feel that her previous thoughts were too naïve.
"Wind chime, this is just the Lu family, as far as I know, in the ranking of the top ten families in the imperial capital of the Eastern Saint Empire, the Lu family is only ranked ninth. The Pavilion Master said with a wry smile, he also knew how much shock this sentence would bring to the wind chime, maybe only the wind chime had really gone out to see the world would understand what he was saying now.
"What? How could this be, such a powerful Lu family is only ranked last among the top ten families, so how powerful will the top families be?"
Lowering his head and pondering, the wind chime seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly raised his head to look at the Pavilion Master in front of him and asked, "Pavilion Master Tu, do you still remember the medium-grade bronze-grade spiritual liquid formula in Yuan Chen's hand in the drug gambling activity just now?" Although Yuan Chen explained that he picked it up by accident, this kind of talk can only deceive ignorant people, the spiritual liquid formula in the hands of high-level pharmacists is even more important than their lives, unless it is absolutely necessary, who will discard the spiritual liquid formula that is regarded as a treasure at will?"
"So····· Wind Chimes, what do you want to express?" replied the Pavilion Lord.
"The subordinates think that Yuan Chen, who is from a small chamber of commerce in a remote area, must not have a simple background behind him, maybe there is a high-level pharmacist behind him to guide him. Wind Chimes said.
After listening to the conjecture of the wind chime, the Tu Pavilion Lord thought for a moment, then shook his head with a smile and said: "Whether it is true or not, we have no way to judge, but that kid is indeed a very interesting little guy, he can bet on the five-grade elixir in the gambling drug activity I set up, whether he has a good teacher or an excellent talent, it means that this little guy is really not simple, if there is a chance to meet it in the future, try to contact him as much as possible." ”
"It's the cabinet master, and the subordinates understand. Wind Chimes chimed in.
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His gaze returned to Yuan Chen's group
Since everyone left Qingsu Pavilion, they walked wordlessly all the way to the inn where they stayed not long ago, and the group of people who had gone out together in a relaxed and happy way now just waved goodbye and returned to their respective rooms.
The expressions of the few people who returned to the room were different, compared to Shi Meng and Cheng Zhen, who were in charge, the mood of Yuan Chen and Yunxi did not fluctuate much, after all, the qualifications for this gambling drug activity were all handled by Shi Meng, although the last five-grade elixir was bought and sold by Lu Jiaqiang, but Yuan Chen and the two did not lose anything.
Yuan Chen's performance in this drug gambling activity is also very perfect, whether it is the copper-level elixir formula he took out or the victory he won in the drug gambling activity, it has fully paved the way for Yuan Chen's identity as a pharmacist apprentice, and now even if Yuan Chen himself said to Shi Meng that he is not a pharmacist apprentice, Shi Meng may not believe it.
And Yunxi finally realized what he lacked through this gambling drug conference, and his original contempt for Yuanchen disappeared in an instant.
Compared with the calm duo on this side, Shi Mengcheng is really more violent.
Originally, according to the market situation, the five-grade elixir could hardly be priced according to the value of the gold coin, and almost all of them were exchanged for equivalent items by the buyer, even if they were purchased with money, the five-grade elixir was at least more than one thousand spirit crystals, and Lu Rong of the Lu family only used three hundred spirit crystals to buy the elixir in Shi Meng's hand.
In the past, Shi Meng would not do this kind of loss-making business at all, but today's buyer is the Lu family in the imperial capital, even if Shi Meng feels that he is losing money on the sale, this time he will have to break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, after all, in the eyes of the Lu family, the Shi family in a small town is simply a garbage-like existence.
"Damn, this group of miscellaneous people, if our power is about the same, we will not be treated like this at all, Yangyan Town is still too small, my management of the Shi family over the years can be said to be more and more perfect, resulting in no sense of urgency in my heart now, too comfortable! My vision is too low! I, Shi Meng, swore that I must let the Shi family develop to the level of surpassing the Lu family in the imperial capital, and trample those miscellaneous people under their feet. Shi Meng slammed into the wall around him, and said with clenched teeth.
"I believe that the young master will definitely be able to do it. Cheng Zhen on the side comforted.
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Time passed quietly in this noisy noise, with the upcoming launch of the elixir conference, the largest event in Qingsu City, the number of people who came to Qingsu City from the outer city in the past two days has also increased dramatically, and even many hidden families who specialize in elixir have also come together, and have also released cruel words, saying that they want the laymen in Qingsu City to know what the principle of refining medicine is.
So in the only two days left, there were many chambers of commerce that actually started to make a handicap, which not only brought traffic to their chambers of commerce, but also made many outsiders full of curiosity about this unfamiliar elixir conference.
Driven by this situation, many of the originally not very famous chambers of commerce are now also making money every day, and the three giants of the Qingsu outer city are obviously so red that they can't stand it, and soon a huge handicap called the Qingsu Inner City was opened, and there is no official statement, everyone knows who is standing behind the handicap of the Youth League that was temporarily formed.
However, the big chamber of commerce also has the advantage of the big chamber of commerce, although the idea of opening the relevant handicap of the elixir conference this year was thought up by some small chambers of commerce, but the connections of these chambers of commerce are not as good as the big chambers of commerce of Qingsu Pavilion, Zizai Hall, and Elixir Zhai.
After all, whether it is the people of Qingsu City or those from other places, they still believe in the strength of these three families, at least they will not be distressed because they can't get gambling funds from sitting in the bank.
At the moment when gamblers are betting at the hottest moment, the three Qingsu Pavilion have once again launched a blockbuster news, they have made a simple prediction of the strength of most of the players who came to participate in the competition, and made a simple prediction ranking of these people, and then published the ranking table in the handicap hall to facilitate gamblers to understand the strength of all parties and press.
This initiative has been unanimously praised by the majority of participants, although this is just a gimmick for the prediction list made by the three major chambers of commerce, but this list does not contain a trace of real strength ranking, after all, this is made after the full investigation of the three major chambers of commerce, and it is also credible to a certain extent.
The annual elixir conference is a very prosperous event for Qingsu City, which can not only help Qingsu City's elixir trade increase turnover, but also improve the overall reputation of Qingsu City and make its ranking in the Eastern Saint Empire rise, which is a benefit that even the city lord of Qingsu City cares about very much.
Therefore, even the city lord of Qingsu City did not stop the current trend of gambling among the whole people, but also provided great support and help for this behavior, and even the pavilion lord of Qingsu Pavilion, the younger brother of the city lord, said to his subordinates in private: "This year's elixir conference may be the most prosperous and popular one since the establishment of this elixir conference, and it is also the one that the official supports the most." ”
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It was another day of sunrise and sunset, and at the moment when the popularity of the entire Qingsu City reached its peak, the prelude to the elixir conference finally began.
With the sound of birdsong in the early morning, Yuanchen and his party also walked out of the inn slowly, Yuanchen and Yunxi who participated in the competition have successfully registered, but they still need to get up early to get the number plate when they participate, for a small chamber of commerce like them, there is no special person to deliver the number plate of this service.
Although it was early in the morning at this time, the midsummer sun was still scorching, coupled with the extremely increased passenger flow due to the elixir conference, Yuan Chen and the others could clearly feel a sense of suffocation when they walked on the endless streets.
Yuan Chen turned to look at Shi Meng and Cheng Zhen, the mental state of the two at this time can be said to be well adjusted, and there is no trace of chagrin on their faces that was affected by the Lu family the day before yesterday, but now the two are still talking happily on the street, and the negative emotions brought by that day are deeply hidden.
After walking for about half an hour, Yuan Chen and the others also came to the place where they received the number plate at the edge of the inner city of Qingsu, and it was here that Yuan Chen really understood the prosperity of the Elixir Conference.
All kinds of shouts filled Yuan Chen's ears, and countless voices and scenes such as delivering information leaflets, scolding each other, shouting and betting on the market, buying and selling all kinds of elixirs, etc., were all in Yuanchen's view.
Especially the huge circular building in front of him, so huge that Yuan Chen didn't know what words to use to describe it, originally in his impression he had thought that the huge and luxurious Treasure Pavilion, at this time, after comparing it with the building in front of Yuan Chen, he would sigh that the Treasure Pavilion he had seen was like a toy.