Returning to the house and sitting on his seat, Zhan Chen was still looking at the invitation in his hand over and over again. The birthday banquet was scheduled for seven o'clock in the evening a week later, and the guests going to celebrate the birthday had to arrive early.
Because, on that day, a grand birthday celebration ceremony will be held from morning to night. At that time, all guests must go to the main hall to offer birthday gifts to Ouyang Zhongtian. Then, those who wish to celebrate his birthday will be temporarily arranged in Ouyang Zhongtian's city lord's mansion.
Rest here. It is not until night that it is time for the group banquet.
To be honest, Zhan Chen really didn't want to go to this banquet, because Ouyang Zhongtian is a powerful martial saint, a powerful figure in the neutral area, and he is just a little ant in front of him.
.He is used to living alone, but now he has to come into contact with such a big force, which will not be a good thing.
However, he still had to attend this banquet, because the invitation was handwritten by Ouyang Zhongtian, and it was signed with his name and covered with his tourmaline. He couldn't help but give face.
To take a step back, if he was resented by such people because he didn't attend the birthday banquet, then he wouldn't be able to hang out in Zhongyu City, let alone look for Zhou Ziru.
It seems that I have to attend this banquet. Zhan Chen sighed deeply and immediately thought: If I am going to attend the banquet, I have to prepare a gift. What should I prepare?
He thought about it carefully, this kind of strong man has never seen anything good, so I am afraid that no matter how precious I give him something, he will not take it seriously. Therefore, the gift is just a formality.
In the end, he decided to refine an eighth-grade mid-level elixir and present it to him. After all, this was the thing he could best use.
As a result, the miserable Zhan Chen lost a lot of money again. The cost of refining the eighth-grade mid-level elixir was very high. It cost him more than 300,000 top-quality yuan stones at one time.
Three days later, the elixir was refined to a nine-to-one quality. Looking at the dazzling golden elixir in his hand, Zhan Chen really had the urge to refine it immediately. However, in the end, he was restrained by himself.
Lived.
Putting the elixir into the jade bottle, Zhan Chen sighed deeply, touched his Qiankun bag, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Now there are only hundreds of thousands of top-quality Yuan stones left in it. Is this the so-called feeling of being stretched thin?
Yuan Stone, I want to find a way to earn Yuan Stone quickly, Zhan Chen thought hard.
The week passed quickly, and Ouyang Zhongtian's birthday was coming in the blink of an eye. On this day, Zhan Chen went out early and set foot on the road to the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord's Mansion is located in the center of Zhongyu City, and the closer he is to the City Lord
The streets of the mansion become more lively and lively.
Because Ouyang Zhongtian will hold a long banquet in the square around the City Lord's Mansion, and all the expenses for this banquet will be paid for by the City Lord's Mansion. All citizens of Zhongyu City can join the banquet and share the delicious food for free.
The city celebrates together. Zhan Chen can imagine what kind of lively scene it will be.
Arriving at the city center, Zhan Chen immediately saw an extremely vast circular square lying in front of him. At this time, many people were already setting up in the square to prepare for tonight's open-air banquet.
The tall and magnificent City Lord's Palace is located in the center of this square. It covers an area of hundreds of thousands of square meters and is composed of dozens of large and small buildings. Among them, the tallest central palace, more than 100 meters high, is Ouyang's palace.
The palace where Zhongtian lives, where he usually lives and practices and handles various affairs in the city.
There are many spiritual trees and flowers planted around the city lord's palace and between buildings, making the entire city center look like a big park.
There are also groups of guards patrolling around the city lord's palace, strictly prohibiting any stray people from approaching.
When Zhan Chen approached the gate, he was stopped by the guard at the gate. After he showed his invitation to the birthday banquet, he was put into the city lord's palace by the guard and instructed to go to the central palace to pay a visit to Ouyang Zhongtian.
Walking through the beautiful gardens and passing tall buildings, Zhan Chen immediately found the central palace that the guard said.
A long queue has already formed at the entrance of the palace. There are at least hundreds of people queuing up to wish Ouyang Zhongtian his birthday. They are either the city lords of the generation or the heads of the local big families. They are usually very arrogant, but now they all stand obediently one after another.
Waiting in line, not daring to make any mistakes.
There are still several guards standing at the entrance of the palace. They only let one or a few people in according to the invitation each time. The others can only wait for the next call from the herald before it is their turn to have an audience.
Seeing this, Zhan Chen lined up at the back of the queue without saying a word, and immediately behind him there were new arrivals joining the long queue.
Seeing this formation, Zhan Chen was also secretly frightened: Ouyang Zhongtian is so grand, how many guests will be invited to this banquet?
After a long time, it was his turn, and after showing the invitation to the guard, he was let into the palace.
After entering the palace, Zhan Chen looked around. The place was decorated magnificently, whether it was the soft and luxurious red carpet, the thick carved pillars made of pure gold, or the exquisite murals on the walls and ceilings.
This shows the unique status of this city lord.
While he was looking around, a handsome middle-aged man in rich clothes walked out of the corridor inside. When he saw Zhan Chen, he asked: "Who are you?"
Zhan Chen saw that he had a high level of martial arts cultivation and must be a great figure even in front of Ouyang Zhongtian, so he raised his hands and saluted: "Senior, I am Xu Shan."
It turns out you are Xu Shan, you are indeed a hero. The young middle-aged man looked at Zhan Chen up and down and praised him sincerely.
The senior was so complimentary.
Okay, without further ado, let me introduce myself first. My name is Li Yishan, and I am the commander of the city defense army of Zhongyu City. The city lord has been asking to see you before, so come with me.
Good Zhan Chen hurriedly followed him, and the two of them walked deeper into the palace.
When did City Lord Ouyang know me? It seems that I have never met him before. Zhan Chen finally couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and finally asked the question that had been lingering in his heart.
In fact, the city lord took a fancy to you during the last Hundred Saints Martial Arts Tournament. It turned out that you were also a prodigy in alchemy, so he paid more attention, so he sent you an invitation this time.
So that’s how it is. How virtuous and capable I, Xu Shan, am, to be so favored by the city lord?
Don't underestimate yourself, at least this is the first time I have seen a genius of your age who can do such an outstanding job in both alchemy and martial arts.
Thank you for the compliment, sir
While the two were talking, they had already arrived in front of the main hall. Zhan Chen looked up and saw Ouyang Zhongtian sitting on the dragon chair on the high platform in the middle.
Seeing this, Zhan Chen hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said loudly: I'm going down to Xushan to pay my respects to the Lord of the City.
When Ouyang Zhongtian saw Zhan Chen, he felt happy and said: Xu Shan, get up quickly.
As soon as Zhan Chen stood up, he took out the elixir he had refined, and said to him: Lord City Lord, in order to celebrate your birthday, I have specially refined an eighth-grade intermediate-grade Yiyang-Strengthening Golden elixir for you.
Hope you will accept it.
Oh, bring it up quickly and show it to me, Ouyang Zhongtian said with interest.
It was Zhan Chen who took the elixir he had refined and handed it into his hands.
Ouyang Zhongtian opened the jade bottle and took out a golden elixir exuding a nine-color elixir. He observed it carefully and exclaimed: It is indeed a golden elixir of rank nine or above, Xu Shan. To be honest, I know you and Han Xiao.
Best ever
There are two beautiful alchemists. In the past, I have only seen seven-turn elixirs at most. But since this Alchemy Conference, two alchemists who can refine nine-turn elixirs have been born in our Zhongyu City.
It’s my Zhongyu City’s good fortune
City Lord, you have given me too much praise.
It's a pity that Han Xiao already belongs to Yuxia Palace and can no longer join the City Lord's Mansion. What about you, are you interested in working for me? Ouyang Zhongtian stared at his eyes and suddenly asked.
Zhan Chen was unprepared for a moment and was stunned for a moment before he smiled and excused himself: I only have the preliminary level of martial saint. Even if I want to serve the city lord, I am powerless.
Although your cultivation level is only at the elementary level of Martial Saint, your combat power is above the intermediate level of Martial Saint. The most important thing is that your alchemy skills are unmatched. Our city lord's palace needs talents like you, Ouyang Zhongtian immediately retorted.
Zhan Chen lowered his head and remained silent.
Ouyang Zhongtian extended an olive branch again: If you join our Zhongyu City, you will have many benefits and you will get the best treatment, such as the best training environment, the best food and living, and the best servants to serve you. Of course, we will also arrange it for you.
The task of refining elixirs, but this is also a mutually beneficial thing. You can take this opportunity to improve your elixir refining skills. The key is
You can also have access to a large number of eighth-grade elixir prescriptions; and I also allow you to take more elixirs from the treasury every month and refine some elixirs you need; if you like to fight, our city
The palace also has many capable guards who can compete with you in martial arts at any time. In short, your strength can be best improved when you are here with us.
Ouyang Zhongtian's words really moved Zhan Chen. Each of these conditions was a fatal temptation for him. However, he still had some scruples in his heart and asked the most realistic question: But what if one day I
Want to leave the city lord's mansion?
Ouyang Zhong was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: I, Ouyang Zhongtian, am very open-minded and all talents can come and go freely, but I also have a bottom line, that is, everyone who joins the City Lord's Mansion must serve me for more than thirty years.
, you can decide to stay or go freely after that, you should think about it carefully.
Zhan Chen sighed in his heart: It seems that Ouyang Zhongtian became the lord of Zhongyu City not only because of his strong strength, but also because of his broad mind, which made all the talents from all over the world gather under his command. However,
If I were asked to stay for thirty years and one day found out the whereabouts of Ziru or Meier, mother and son, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to stay for a moment. It seems I have to refuse him.
However, when he started to reply to Ouyang Zhongtian, he changed his mind and said: City Lord Ouyang, your conditions are really good. I can't think of any reason to refuse, and I am willing to work for you. However, I still have some worldly affairs to deal with.
I can't get away for the moment. After I resolve those matters, I will come to you as soon as possible.
Haha, you can calm down and solve your own problems. Come back when things are done. The position of the number one alchemist in my city lord's mansion is ready for you at any time.
Zhan Chen also smiled. In fact, he basically wouldn't join any city lord's mansion. However, sometimes you can't speak too harshly, especially for a person like Ouyang Zhongtian who covers the sky with one hand in Zhongyu City.