"Oh? What opportunity? Tell me." Jiang Chen had a good impression of Mr. Xiao. Since there was such an opportunity, he naturally wanted to hear about it.
"In a few days, there will be a selection meeting in the City of Sin. This selection will be hosted by the City Lord's Mansion."
"Oh? What to choose?" Jiang Chen expressed some interest.
"Of course it's about selecting strong people and selecting geniuses. In recent years, the three major forces on Dongyan Island have also continued to expand, and there is a very shortage of manpower, especially truly capable talents. The City Lord's Mansion needs to strengthen their control.
Continuous external expansion requires manpower to support it. Therefore, this selection is not just a formality, but a very grand one. The city lord's palace also attaches great importance to it."
"If chosen, what are the benefits?" Jiang Chen asked curiously.
"Of course there are many benefits. First of all, the selected person will enter the eyes of the City Lord and become the direct lineage of the City Lord. The City Lord is the top figure on Dongyan Island. In addition to the watchers, the City Lord can be said to be the most powerful person on Dongyan Island.
The top group. Think about it, what kind of benefits does this have?"
The young master's words made Jiang Chen fall into deep thought.
The city lord selects talents with extremely high standards. Once selected, it does mean that he can have access to the highest level things.
What Jiang Chen lacks now is high-level things.
Even if you want to escape from Dongyan Island, you have to come into contact with more secrets. Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be in danger.
"What qualifications are needed to participate in this selection?" Jiang Chen was obviously tempted.
"No qualifications are required, but you must have the guarantee of the seven major forces. Without the guarantee of the seven major forces, you will not be qualified to register."
There are seven major forces in the City of Sin. The Tiannan Alliance that Mr. Xiao belongs to is just one of the forces.
Need guarantee?
Jiang Chen laughed a little and looked at Mr. Xiao: "So, the qualifications for registration are not low. If I remember correctly, Brother Xiao, you are from the Tiannan Alliance, which is one of the seven major forces.
Bar."
Mr. Xiao smiled and nodded: "That's what I want to say. I can vouch for Brother Jiang."
"Brother Xiao, I'll think of a way to deal with the guarantee. I appreciate your kindness." Chen originally thought it was good that Mr. Xiao was willing to guarantee.
But he immediately thought that he would have to escape from this place in the future. If Mr. Xiao guarantees his participation in the selection.
If he pats his butt and runs away in the future, Mr. Xiao will most likely be implicated.
In this way, Jiang Chen was embarrassed to let Young Master Xiao vouch for it.
Mr. Xiao was slightly startled: "Do you doubt that I don't have this ability?"
Jiang Chen shook his head: "Brother Xiao, don't think too much. It's a good thing to ask you to vouch for me. However, my future is uncertain, so if I ask you to vouch for it, I'm afraid that one day I will implicate you."
Mr. Xiao is a smart man, and he understood what he said.
His eyes widened: "Your obsession with escaping from here is really crazier than the average person. Are you serious?"
"I must leave this Dongyan Island." Jiang Chen's tone was extremely firm.
Mr. Xiao sighed, he didn't know what to say.
"Brother Jiang, I appreciate your determination. I will not reveal this matter to others. However, you must remember that Jiang Chen should not make any random attempts before he is absolutely sure. Because escaping in winter is
Yandao is the number one sin."
"On Dongyan Island, sometimes even if you kill people and set fires, it may not be a capital crime. But if someone wants to escape, it will definitely be a capital crime!"
Mr. Xiao warned in a solemn tone.
"I understand, thank you Brother Xiao for reminding me." Jiang Chen cupped his hands and said, "However, I still have to participate in this selection. I don't know about this guarantee, is there any other way?"
Mr. Xiao sighed: "There are many ways. In fact, this guarantee is also an opportunity for the seven major forces to make money. Any force will give a lot of guarantee places for sale. Think about it, the people who plan to participate in this selection
Many, not everyone has the background of the seven major forces. So if they want to participate in the selection, they must rely on buying and selling quotas."
"Oh? There is such a thing?" Jiang Chen felt happy.
If it is a monetary transaction, then you will feel at ease.
"Well, now some of the seven major forces have begun to sell quotas. One quota requires 30,000 Heavenly Spiritual Stones, which is quite expensive."
Just to recommend one quota requires 30,000 Heavenly Spiritual Stones, which is indeed a sky-high price.
Just imagine, if you recommend 10,000 places, that would be 300 million Heavenly Spirit Stones. This is simply a business of counting money while lying down.
Jiang Chen cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Brother Xiao, for your advice."
Mr. Xiao pressed his hand: "Okay, let's not thank you again and again. After drinking your wine, I should have vouched for you once and returned the favor."
Jiang Chen smiled and said: "If you can solve the problem with money, just use money to solve it. This will avoid any future troubles and teach others to take advantage of it."
Thirty thousand heavenly spirit stones are not particularly expensive. At least for Jiang Chen, he can afford it.
Afterwards, the two of them did not mention the selection again. On the contrary, the young master seemed to be very curious about the outside world, and his words were full of fascination with the outside world.
Jiang Chen sighed: "When will the ban on Dongyan Island be lifted, allowing everyone to regain their freedom and be able to come and go freely?"
"It's so difficult! This is the fate of Dongyan Island." Mr. Xiao's tone was a little sad.
The two chatted until very late before saying goodbye. It was obvious that Mr. Xiao admired Jiang Chen very much.
Obviously, Jiang Chen's different way of life from others has won the favor of Mr. Xiao. And this Mr. Xiao happens to be a person of good temperament.
After Jiang Chen returned to his room, he unexpectedly found some exquisite food placed at the door of his room. Obviously, looking at this handiwork, it must have been done by Xingtong.
Jiang Chen picked up these snacks and returned to his room.
Jiang Chen couldn't help but be moved by Mr. Xiao's information. He felt that he should give it a try.
If you can enter the city lord's mansion and get close to the city lord, maybe you can get higher-level news?
There was nothing to say that night. Early the next morning, Jiang Chen planned to find a big influence and pay money to buy a guaranteed spot so that he could participate in the selection.
"Brother Jiang, are you going out?" Xingtong also got up very early and was walking with her father outside the corridor. When she saw Jiang Chen walking out, she also said hello.
"I'll go out and sign up to participate in the selection of the City Lord's Mansion." Jiang Chen didn't intend to hide it.
Hearing this, Xinghui's eyes lit up: "Master Jiang, are you also planning to participate in the selection? With Master Jiang's young talent, the selection competition is indeed a very good platform for his rise."
"Do you know about this trial?" Jiang Chen was a little curious.
Xinghui sighed: "Of course I know, because I have participated before. It's just that there are too many and too strong opponents. My strength and talent are pretty good, but in the end I still failed to be selected. However, Mr. Jiang's talent is amazing, and the selection competition
, you can definitely stand out.”
"I accept your good words." Jiang Chen smiled, cupped his hands and walked out.
Xingtong looked at Jiang Chen's leaving figure and said softly: "Dad, Brother Jiang, can he succeed in participating in this selection? He offended the city guards before, and now he participates in the selection, will he be resented by others?"
"Tong'er, you are overthinking. The city guards are just ordinary sergeants. With their little ability, they have no right to speak in front of the city lord. If Mr. Jiang really stands out from the selection, those city guards will flatter him.
It’s too late and you still dare to think about taking revenge on him?”
After all, Xinghui is a veteran, and he can see many problems more clearly.
Looking at the direction Jiang Chen was leaving, Xinghui was thoughtful. After a long time, Xinghui sighed: "Tong'er, it may be fate to meet Mr. Jiang. Do you know what dad is thinking about most right now?"
"What?" Xingtong was puzzled.
"Dad now really wants Mr. Jiang to win the selection and become the city lord's confidant. In this case, he will be a member of the city lord's palace in the City of Sin. With his talents, he may be able to rise to power in a few years.
.In this case, perhaps it is a very good choice for dad to entrust you to Mr. Jiang."
"Ah?" When Xingtong heard this, his beautiful face turned pale, and his face was filled with fear and shyness. "Daddy, don't you want Tong'er anymore?"
Xingtong said, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Silly boy, why doesn't daddy want you?" Xinghui quickly wiped her daughter's tears and said softly, "Tong'er, daddy has been in bad luck in this life, and his ability is almost over here. But you are different, you still have
Young, your life should not be shaped like this. Dad does not expect you to be able to stand on the heights of others, but at least I hope you can have peace of mind and not live in fear every day like you are now. If this Mr. Jiang
Once your mind is settled, he may really be a very good person to entrust. Moreover, Mr. Jiang, he doesn’t have a Taoist companion on Dongyan Island yet..."
Xingtong's face turned red. Her father's topic made her so shy that she couldn't say a word. I don't know why, when she heard her father say this, she felt faintly scared and worried, but at the same time
I felt something strange again.
This strange emotion turned out not to be a very objectionable topic to his father.
"Tong'er, Daddy is not joking, nor is he talking nonsense. Daddy was injured this time, and I thought about it a lot when I was about to die. The one I can't let go of the most in my life is you. I protected you very well back then.
So your current temperament can be said to be out of place on Dongyan Island. If you don't have a stable settlement in the future, Dongyan Island will be really dangerous for you."
This is not because Xinghui is discouraged, but because he has stayed on Dongyan Island for a long time and understands Dongyan Island better and better. Because of this, he becomes more and more pessimistic.
Xingtong was speechless. She was as smart as snow. Although she was simple, she was very well-behaved at heart. She knew that her father's words made a lot of sense.
My personality is indeed not suitable for survival on Dongyan Island.