Chapter 378: Earning Trust
The banquet was held in the city lord's mansion, and the location was naturally chosen in the first half of the part where the guests could enter and leave freely. Duan Ling couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, because he hadn't been able to see Lin Wan.
Zhou Huang was overjoyed because he got rid of the king's name and found a strong man like Duan Ling, and he was very happy to keep drinking with everyone at the banquet.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhou Di let everyone continue to drink freely, while he said goodbye and left. Everyone knows that the city lord has been hit hard in the battle with the king's name, and he must go back to heal at this time. It's just that to everyone's surprise, when he left, he also took Duan Ling with him by the way.
Duan Ling followed behind Zhou An, and the disappointment in his heart was suddenly swept away, because the place where he and Zhou Huang went was the second half of the mansion where the guests needed to stop, and that secret territory that belonged to Zhou Huang alone.
"Brother Duan, you are the first guest to enter here. Zhou Di said to Duan Ling with a smile, and his words also conveyed a message to Duan Ling, Duan Ling was his most valued right-hand man at this time.
Duan Ling knew that this was because Zhou Huang valued his strength and wanted to entrap himself. He deliberately froze, showing a flattered look.
"Since we call each other brothers, we will be honest with you, and you can come here at any time to find me if you have anything. He was very satisfied with Duan Ling's expression and continued to walk forward.
Duan Ling obviously felt those people who were hiding in the dark, and he also instantly let down his vigilance against him.
Zhou Di just wanted to let Duan Ling feel how sincere he was to him, and at the same time to remind the chess pieces hidden in the shadows that Duan Ling would be his own person in the future.
Duan Ling didn't speak, but slowly followed Zhou Di. As he went deeper, his heart pounded, for the path he knew so well that his soul had scanned these places countless times.
That's right, this is exactly where Zhou Di and Lin Wan stayed together. It was a mansion where the lights never seemed to go out, and when they walked to the door, Lin Wan, who was like a stunner, appeared in front of them.
"City Lord!" she was sitting lazily on the luxurious carpet, and the moment she saw Zhou Di, she immediately got up to meet him and threw herself into his arms.
It wasn't until she saw Duan Ling behind Zhou Huang that she realized that her behavior was a little inappropriate at this time. At the same time, she was also surprised why a young man suddenly appeared in the back half of the City Lord's Mansion, which had always been forbidden for idlers to break into?
"Wan'er, this is my brother Duan Ling who I just recognized today. After seeing the question on Lin Wan's face, Zhou Di pulled Duan Ling forward and introduced her.
As soon as Lin Wan heard this, she instantly understood the weight of Duan Ling in Zhou Di's heart. Obviously, Zhou An's ability to bring Duan Ling here to meet her shows Duan Ling's importance.
"I've seen my sister-in-law. Duan Ling nodded at Lin Wan, but his gaze didn't look at her.
Lin Wan's cultivation was only in the early stage of the Immortal Realm, and for Duan Ling, this kind of cultivation could not pose a threat to him at all. But if he showed the slightest hint of interest in Lin Wan, he would definitely not be able to escape Zhou Di's eyes.
"Since Brother Duan is his own person, he will have to share more worries about the city lord in the future!" Lin Wan nodded at him, looking virtuous and docile, it was really difficult to compare her with the woman who coveted glory and wealth in Fang Pingshu's mouth.
"Yes!" Duan Ling lowered his head and said yes, everything was shown without the slightest flaw.
After Zhou Di saw Duan Ling's performance, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. This is indeed a test for him to Duan Ling, Lin Wan has a beautiful face, and he also has a body that can make men crazy. If Duan Ling showed a little interest in Lin Wan, even if he didn't withdraw Duan Ling's promise that he could come here at will to find himself, he would secretly tell those chess pieces to pay attention to all Duan Ling's movements.
Zhou Di even has confidence, as long as it is a man, there are probably not many people who can maintain their inner composure after seeing Lin Wan. And Duan Ling's performance made him very satisfied, because Duan Ling was one of the few people who didn't have any ripples in his heart.
It's just that what he didn't know was that Duan Ling had already defined Lin Wan, no matter how charming she was, he already had a sense of rejection for her from the bottom of his heart. Secondly, Lin Wan still has a gap compared to Xue Yingwu and Li Ranyan, how could Duan Ling have a strange feeling for her?
"Brother, there are two things that cannot be given away for brother. One is this delicate woman. He said to Duan Ling, then turned to face Lin Wan again, stretched out two fingers to lift Lin Wan's chin, and then continued: "The other one is the Supreme Treasure Spirit Jade Bed. ”
"Spirit Jade Bed?" Duan Ling asked softly, and at the same time, he also knew how important Lin Wan was in Zhou Di's heart.
"That's right, the Spirit Jade Bed was obtained from inside a huge star, and practicing on it can be twice as effective with half the effort! Although Brother Wei can't give it to you, but you have made such a great achievement today, I will make an exception for you to use it to practice once. Zhou Di said to Duan Ling with a smile.
"Wan'er, you can rest first, I'll take Brother Duan to the secret room. Zhou Di smiled at Lin Wan, and then walked with Duan Ling to the secret room on the other side.
Duan Ling was extremely eager to be able to probe Lin Wan to see if the Supreme Order was in her body, but he still resisted such an urge. Even if he found out that Lin Wan really had the Supreme Order in his body at this time, he couldn't take it away.
It is true that Zhou Huang has injuries on his body, but there are too many people hidden here, and if he alarms the guests in the mansion again, it is not practical to escape in the hands of so many masters.
And now that he has won Zhou Di's trust, naturally he doesn't have to take such a big risk.
They walked around two small buildings and entered a nondescript old hut. There was a candle burning in the house, but there was nothing in the house.
I saw Zhou Di walk to the candle flame and stretch out his hand to turn on the candlestick. The walls behind the candelabra parted in both directions, revealing a staircase leading to the underground. Doing all this, Zhou Di was in front of Duan Ling, and he didn't treat Duan Ling as an outsider at all.
They walked slowly down the stairs, and on the candlesticks on both sides of the stairs, all the candlesticks suddenly lit up, making the underground secret room instantly bright.
A moment later, they reached the end of the stairs, and Duan Ling immediately felt a sense of relief. In front of him appeared a room several feet in diameter, and in that room there was a bed that looked like a block of ice.
The whole body is white, and there are bursts of mist rising on the bed, and occasionally you can feel the illusion that everything in heaven and earth is in front of you from the spiritual jade bed. It seemed that in that bed, there was all the breath of all living beings.
Duan Ling was shocked, this spirit jade bed could indeed be called a treasure, even the Void Tree obtained from Ke Zhouhe's hands was probably not as precious as this spirit jade bed. What made him even happier was that just by coming to this secret room, his cultivation showed a hint of a breakthrough.