Chapter 42: Trading Parties
Lin Chen returned to the stone house, ate the wild boar he hunted last time, and began to continue cultivating, although he successfully passed the assessment today and became an outer disciple of the Divine Sword Sect, but Lin Chen had a faint sense of urgency in his heart, which made him dare not relax.
It wasn't until late at night that Lin Chen fell asleep.
.......
The next day, Source Stone Plaza.
When Lin Chen arrived, it was only eight o'clock in the morning, but the square was already crowded with people, and the sound of shouting came from the square at any time, and the sound of communication was endless.
Today's Yuanli Square is very different from yesterday, the regional division is no longer divided by the mining area, but is divided together, from the entrance is divided into three avenues, the three avenues are placed next to a lot of trading stalls, and at the end of the avenue is a specially vacated platform slightly higher than the flat ground, surrounded by wooden railings.
This is an area dedicated to the exchange between the new outer disciples and the old disciples of the Divine Sword Sect, and the ordinary miners of Nuha Star are not allowed to enter it, and at this time, on the small high platform, there are already many outer disciples in black clothes talking and laughing on it.
Along the road sign of Yuanshi Square, Lin Chen walked towards the small high platform, after yesterday's selection, he also wanted to see who was selected, from the same place to be selected, there was always a feeling of fellow villagers.
Passing by the shouting vendors along the way, there was an endless stream of people on the avenue, but most of them were miners, and today's trading party was not only for the outer disciples of the Divine Sword Sect, but also for the miners.
The Divine Sword Sect is also cleverly arranged, arranging the newly promoted outer disciples and the miners in the same place, but separated them by a high platform, so that the miners below can see the outer disciples in front of them as long as they turn their heads.
Between the high-spirited outer disciples, they occasionally glanced at the miners who were trading below, and that disdainful gaze undoubtedly helped to stimulate the fighting spirit of the miners and give them a strong shot for the hard work of the new year.
Lin Chen walked straight to the small high platform, many people didn't notice Lin Chen, but the closer Lin Chen got to the small high platform, the more eyes focused on Lin Chen's body, and the miners knew very well in their hearts that the people who could go to the small high platform were all people with 'status'.
Just as Lin Chen was about to step into the small high platform, the two black-clothed outer disciples suddenly spoke coldly.
The new disciple showed the jade slip. ”
Lin Chen remembered that the white jade slip that the giant fat man handed over to him yesterday had been brought with him, and he took it out of his arms at this time, and the two outer disciples guarding the entrance immediately relieved their expressions after seeing the jade slip.
"Please come in!"
Lin Chen was about to step in, but an arrogant voice came from behind him, making him stop.
"Yo, I think who this is? Isn't this a forest servant?"
Lin Chen turned around, and three people suddenly came from behind, the leader of which was Zhang Zhuo, who was selected a year ago, Zhang Zhuo was wearing white clothes at this time, which was obviously different from the other black-clothed outer disciples here, and next to Zhang Zhuo was a man in black and ...... Li Mei.
Zhang Zhuo looked at Lin Chen with an arrogant expression and smiled slightly, "I said, are you in the wrong place, this is a place where only new outer disciples can come, not a miscellaneous disciple like you can come." ”
Lin Chen didn't speak, but looked at Li Mei next to Zhang Zhuo suspiciously, he remembered that Li Mei seemed to be a woman with two dogs, why did she follow Zhang Zhuo now?
Seeing that Lin Chen didn't speak, Zhang Zhuo suddenly became angry, and looked at the two black-clothed disciples guarding the door next to him, "What did you do, where did the miners from here block the door, and you still don't drive him away?"
The two black-clothed disciples listened to Zhang Zhuo's words, a little hesitant, glanced at each other, and were hesitating whether to speak.
Seeing this, Zhang Zhuo was even more angry, "Didn't you hear what I said? Leave me with unrelated people! Immediately! Immediately! Otherwise, I will report to the chief later, so that you two can't eat, go around!"
One of the black-clothed disciples seemed to be startled, and couldn't help but speak anymore, "Senior Brother Zhang Zhuo, this is our new outer disciple this time, and he has just ...... I've already checked his jade slip just now. “
Zhang Zhuo was stunned, his eyes widened slightly, and he turned his head to look at Lin Chen, he still wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say when the words came to his mouth.
Li Mei next to her smiled slightly, stroked Zhang Zhuo's arm and said, "Zhuo Shao, let's go in first, there is no need for some little people to be too serious, why bother to be angry." ”
Zhang Zhuo Tie nodded with a blushing face, waved his hand, and then led the two of them into the small high platform, and the other of the two black-clothed outer door disciples who were guarding the door immediately stretched out his hand to stop the two behind Zhang Zhuo, and said, "Zhuo Shao, the two behind you, please show the jade slip, this is what the elder requested." ”
Zhang Zhuo suddenly turned his head and glared at the black-clothed disciple angrily, "I know it's my friend, and you still want to show me the jade slip? Are you so brainy? Just an outer disciple, you dare to look down on me Zhang Zhuo? Who gave you the guts? Ah! Get out of here!"
Zhang Zhuo's shoulder directly hit the black-clothed disciple who stretched out his hand, and the disciple was suddenly knocked back two or three steps back, he was not convinced and wanted to step forward to reason again, but he was quickly pulled by another black-clothed disciple, and hurriedly smiled at Zhang Zhuo, "Zhuo Shao, please inside, two friends, please inside!"
"Hmph!" Zhang Zhuo flicked his sleeves and strode in with Li Mei and the two.
It wasn't until Zhang Zhuo and the others had entered the high platform that the black-clothed disciple let go of his hand and said with a sigh.
"Are you crazy, dare to go against Zhang Zhuo?"
"The rules are set by the elders, even if it is Zhang Zhuo, you can't break the rules. ”
"Don't mess around, Zhang Zhuo is an inner disciple now, and I heard that he is still ....... Forget it, don't talk about it, it's okay to know about this kind of rumor. ”
Lin Chen was stunned for a moment when he listened to it, it seemed that Zhang Zhuo had made great progress this year? Zhang Zhuo had made a name for himself in the Divine Sword Sect? He couldn't help but ask, "Two senior brothers, what else is he?"
The two black-clothed disciples glanced at Lin Chen, and did not answer Lin Chen's words, but said a little impatiently, "You are a new disciple this year, you have just been promoted, where is there so much nonsense, I see that your relationship with Zhang Zhuo is not very good, it is better to be careful when you reach the Divine Sword Sect in the future." ”
Lin Chen asked a little puzzled, "Why be careful?"
"There is no reason, I will persuade you, there are few inner disciples of the Divine Sword Sect who can afford to provoke him, let alone the outer disciples. ”
Lin Chen shook his head and didn't ask any more, he raised his steps and also entered the high platform, there were already a lot of disciples here, but most of the disciples were dressed in black, and Zhang Zhuo seemed to be the only one in white.
Could it be that the inner disciple's clothes were white? Lin Chen couldn't help but guess.
This also directly made Zhang Zhuo's figure particularly prominent, and all the black-clothed disciples present were paying attention to Zhang Zhuo's movements intentionally or unintentionally, and Zhang Zhuo was also taking Li Mei and other disciples to talk and laugh at this time, as if he had forgotten the unpleasantness just now.
Lin Chen took a look at the people present, he didn't find the giant fat man, and Li Yi and the others from yesterday, he didn't know anyone else, so he had to go to the food area of Xiaogaotai and eat something, the Divine Sword Sect specially provided food and drink for this exchange meeting, and there were also fruits and drinks that were not usually seen.
Lin Chen picked up a red fruit similar to watermelon in front of him and ate it, the taste in the mouth was a hundred times better than the wild fruit here, there was plenty of moisture, Lin Chen hadn't eaten such a delicious fruit for a long time.
However, while Lin Chen was eating the fruit, Zhang Zhuo left the crowd with Li Mei and walked towards Lin Chen's position, although everyone didn't care about it on the surface, but secretly, all the black-clothed disciples were faintly paying attention to Zhang Zhuo's movements.
Zhang Zhuo took Li Mei to Lin Chen's front and stopped in the food area.
Immediately, Zhang Zhuo poured himself a glass of wine, and after pouring it full, he picked up the wine glass with his right hand, raised it to his lips and took a sip, and then did not turn his head, and said while looking for food.
"I heard, you took my storage bag?"
Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, and replied, "What storage bag, it seems that I haven't seen it." ”
Zhang Zhuo paused to find food, stood up and continued, "The two dogs have told me, do you still have to quibble?"
"Not knowing is not knowing. ”
"Pretending to be innocent in front of me, the consequences are not something you can bear,"
Lin Chen stopped eating the watermelon, and seemed to remember something, "Oh, you said that Ergouzi's storage bag, I heard...... It seems to have been snatched away by Supervisor Liu. “
"Supervisor Liu?"
"It's the overseer of our mine. ”
Zhang Zhuo sneered, shook his head and said.
"How is it possible? A mine supervisor, why did you snatch the storage bag of the second dog, besides, I gave it to him personally, are you going to treat me like a child and bluff me?"
Lin Chen didn't look at Zhang Zhuo either, his mouth was full of indifference.
"If you don't believe it, forget it. ”