Chapter 56: Garbish and Lies
It was still pouring rain in the sky.
Smith stopped speaking after throwing the bait.
He waited patiently for Chen Jing to give a reply, and he was very sure that Chen Jing would be able to agree.
The reason is simple.
He had read Chen Jing's information.
also knows what Chen Jing's living environment is like.
Smith knows that there are few people who live in this land who do not want to chase fame and fortune......
"How do I know if you're lying to me?" Chen Jingjiang asked suspiciously.
Hearing this, Smith's heart was ecstatic.
But he didn't dare to show the slightest emotion, so he could only rack his brains to appease Chen Jing and give an explanation.
"From the moment you show your extraordinary abilities, I won't lie to you anymore, you have no idea how valuable a powerful transcendent like you is to the Guild......"
With that, Smith stretched out a finger and took turns pointing over the three corpses.
"Even if you directly tell the association to kill these three members, the people at the top of the association will not punish you, they will only praise you for your youth and vigor......
"Realistic enough." Chen Jing couldn't help but laugh.
"The world has always been like this." Smith pointed to the cloudy sky with a finger up, "Right and wrong are in their thoughts, you just need to show your due value." β
"It seems that your organization is not humane at all...... If I'm going to join in...... Maybe you'll sell me someday......"
Chen Jing said with a smile, and before Smith could answer, he diverted the topic.
"Tell me, what are you coming to my grandfather for today?"
This time, Smith was quick to give the answer.
It's like it's prepared in advance.
"For some documentation."
In Smith's eyes, his words sounded extremely believable.
He quietly observed Chen Jing, hoping to see something from Chen Jing's face, because he couldn't be sure if Chen Jing's previous performance was true or false.
Did Chen Bofu tell him about the original incident?
No.
Wrong.
I should have told him.
Since this kid is an extraordinary being, it means that Chen Bofu must have done something to him, and it is very likely that he will give the incident back then......
"It's not a document, is it?"
Chen Jing knew that Smith was.
But he always remembered the psychology that his college instructor taught him.
So Chen Jing knew that he couldn't tell all lies now.
Only half-truths and half-truths will make this kind of old man who has read countless people fall for it.
"How do I remember it's a stone tablet?"
"You!! You really know everything!! β
"Know a little."
Chen Jing admired the stunned and surprised on Smith's face with great interest, and his words were still half-truths.
"But my grandfather really didn't say anything about you [Aether Society], he once mentioned you to me......"
"What did he say about my ......" Smith stared at Chen Jing in a vain attempt to see the flaw in his subtle expression.
Chen Jingpi shrugged his shoulders without smiling, and gave the old man an answer.
He's actually gambling.
He bet that all of Smith's earlier experiences were true.
Because he had never heard the old man say those things.
If what Smith said was false, but he acted to believe it again, then Smith would have doubted him no matter how stupid he was.
But if it's true......
"I understand the principle of enjoying the shade under the big tree." Chen Jing seemed to regard himself as a chess piece, and moved another step forward on the chessboard, "As long as the conditions you offer are suitable, it is not impossible to join your association......
When Smith heard this, his complicated expression was suddenly replaced by a smile.
"Child, just mention the conditions, these three people's lives are mine, and I will help you explain them to the association."
You killed those two people in the first place.
Count it on yours?
It's so stinky and shameless.
Chen Jing couldn't help but complain in his heart.
"First, that's the end of today's matter, don't use this matter to trouble me again in the future......"
"Don't worry about this, it won't be."
"Second ......"
Chen Jing scratched his rain-soaked hair and put forward the most critical conditions.
"You came to my grandfather to get the stele...... Forget it...... Is this going to be the end of it? β
"This! This will not work! β
Smith's reaction was somewhat unexpected by Chen Jing, and he stuttered as he spoke excitedly.
"That stele was named by the association to get it back! This! It's non-negotiable! β
Seeing this scene, Chen Jing couldn't help but sigh.
He thought he could just leave things at that.
At least at this juncture, he didn't want to provoke a behemoth like [the Aether Society]......
If [the Aether Society] is as big as Smith said, it will be very difficult to join and get out of it.
But if negotiations with Smith fail, then let the big man go back.
This is undoubtedly a return to the mountain.
But if he is ruthless, he chooses to kill people......
Don't think about it, the association will also find trouble for him.
After all, four big living people disappeared in the mountains, and no one died or a corpse was missing, how could the association not suspect him?
So the only optimal solution at the moment is to join them.
Yes.
Join the [Aether Society].
Even if Chen Jing doesn't want to do this, there is only this option at present.
In the final analysis, it is still not strong enough......
He's just a little old man who is afraid of even light thermal weapons.
If he has the strength of that crazy grandfather in the inner world, not to mention that he is afraid that some association will come to find trouble, even if the president comes, he will have to take three big mouths from him!
"I'm in trouble now......"
Chen Jing felt a little headache.
Watching Smith's thirst for talent before, he thought that this matter could be easily discussed.
But what I didn't expect was that the stele would have such great significance to the association...... Roll call to get it back?
That stele must be in the old man's study, right?
So......
Do you want to use that stele as a vote?
Give him the things first, and let him take them back to the association.
As for the future, we will talk about it later.
There's always a time to get things back......
"The stele is for you...... It's not impossible......"
Just when Chen Jing was hesitating whether to agree to him, the exam light curtain that he had closed suddenly lit up.
What is displayed above is not a candidate information page, but a line of garbled text.
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Chen Jing looked at this line of suggestive information in disbelief, and then looked at the old man Smith, who was only two meters away from him.
At this moment.
The information on the light curtain changes again.
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"You lied to me."
"Huh?"
Smith wondered if he had misheard.
I heard Chen Jing relieved before, and he was still immersed in silent joy and didn't come back to his senses.
"What did you say, kid?"
"I said ......"
Chen Jing put away the smile on his face, and the look in his eyes was colder than the rain.
He stared intently at Smith.
But more precisely.
He was staring at the behemoth that had crawled silently out of the muddy rain behind Smith.
"You lied to me."