Chapter 2146 Establishing Authority

After everyone sat down, Tuoba Yun said: "Qianji City is a poor and remote place, and we can't afford to give out good things to entertain seniors and fellow Taoists. Small gifts are not a sign of respect, so please don't despise them."

Such a sumptuous welcoming banquet, with extra spirit stones, if this is not considered good, then it would be a bit hard on the conscience. The other party was obviously being modest. Venerable Huoyan smiled and said: "Tuoba Yun is too polite. This welcoming banquet in Qianji City is very much to our liking. Thank you for your hard work."

Hearing Venerable Huoyan's praise, Tuoba Yun was immediately delighted. It was worth spending so much effort, and he finally got recognition. He said: "As long as seniors and fellow Taoists like it."

With such a sumptuous banquet as a base, and the deliberate flattery of the cultivators in Qianji City, Venerable Huoyan was happy and did not deliberately make things difficult, so everyone enjoyed the welcoming banquet and both the host and the guests were happy. After having a good meal and a good drink, Tuoba Yun bowed and said, "Senior Huoyan, your residence has been prepared. It is the residence of the former city lord Meng Qianji. You can move in at any time."

The city lord's residence is generally the best in the entire fairy city. These people are really attentive. Venerable Huoyan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Have the residences of the people I brought been arranged?"

Tuoba Yun said, "The residences of other Taoist friends have also been arranged. They are in the guest area next to the city lord's mansion. It's just that Qianji City is small in scale and has a poor foundation. It's the first time to receive so many Taoist friends at the same time, so the living conditions are a little worse. I hope you can understand."

"I understand the difficulties of your Qianji City. It's good to have a place to live during an emergency. Everyone won't mind." Venerable Huoyan directly mentioned everyone's attitude.

Since Venerable Huoyan had said so, it was naturally difficult for everyone to say anything else. At this time, Venerable Huoyan suddenly looked at Yang Chi and others and said, "The matter of Qianji City cannot be delayed. After arranging the accommodation today, you Ugly Group will work hard and set off early tomorrow morning to investigate the situation in the mine vein first."

Venerable Huoyan is the leader. It is impossible for him to go out in person as soon as he arrives at the place. Instead, he sent the Ugly Group where Qingyang was to investigate the accident site. Although the mayor of Qianji City had an accident, Meng Qianji was only at the eighth level of the Transformation of the Spirit, and the strongest of the followers he brought was only in the middle stage of the Transformation of the Spirit. The Ugly Group had eight late stage Transformation of the Spirit cultivators, and there were three who had reached the Perfect Transformation of the Spirit. It was the second strongest group among the eight groups brought by Venerable Huoyan, and should be able to deal with the matter in the mine vein.

In fact, judging from the information obtained before, this mission to the mine vein is still somewhat dangerous, and the first investigation team sent out is likely to suffer losses, but Venerable Huoyan is not distressed. Most of his direct lineage is in the Zi Group and the Yin Group, and those two groups are the basic base.

They had just arrived in Qianji City, so why should the ugly team have to work harder? Moreover, the future of this mission was uncertain and dangerous. Yang Chi didn't want to take this mission, but he didn't have the courage to resist the cultivators of the Void Refining Sect. It seemed that their Ugly Group was the most suitable among the eight groups. Yang Chi hesitated for a moment and could only respectfully say, "We will set off tomorrow in accordance with the orders of Venerable Huoyan."

Venerable Huoyan made such an arrangement to establish his authority. In addition to his own direct lineage, the Ugly Group was the strongest among the other groups. If the people in the Ugly Group were disobedient, he would not mind giving them a warning. If the people in the Ugly Group accepted the mission humbly, then other groups would not dare to challenge his authority in the future. Now that Yang Chi and others had honestly accepted the mission, Venerable Huoyan stopped while he was ahead and comforted them, saying, "I also know that it is a bit unkind to send you on a mission right after arriving in Qianji City, but among the entire Lu Team, only your Ugly Group has this ability. As the saying goes, those who are capable should do more work. You have worked hard this time. I remember everyone's contributions and will compensate you later."

All As an old fox who has practiced for thousands of years, everyone knows that what Huoyan Venerable said is just a promise, and the possibility of fulfilling it in the future is very small. However, the task has been accepted, and it is impossible to regret it. After completing this task, the other party will have no reason to find them again next time there is a similar task. So Yang Chi said: "It is worth working hard for Wuhuo City."

Huoyan Venerable was very satisfied with Yang Chi's attitude and said: "It is good that you have this awareness. When you meet the city lord after completing the task in the future, I will definitely say a few good words for you. You are tired from the journey. You have to set off early tomorrow morning, so go back and rest early."

After Huoyan Venerable said this, he went to the residence of the former city lord Meng Qianji under the leadership of Tuoba Yun. Yang Chi and other ugly group members were led by a sixth-level cultivator of the God Transformation to the guest area next to the city lord's mansion. This cultivator was called Gongyang Yu, and his cultivation level was second only to Tuoba Yun in Qianji City.

The Ugly Team will have another mission tomorrow, which is considered a great achievement. Tuoba Yun specially sent Gong Yangyu to entertain them and arranged the best houses in the guest area for them. At the same time, Gong Yangyu will also be the guide tomorrow, and will take them to the mine. After all, Qingyang and others have just arrived and are not familiar with the road.

After arranging the accommodation, Gong Yangyu and the Ugly Team agreed on the time to set off the next day and returned to the City Lord's Mansion. Yang Chi looked at everyone and said, "I didn't expect that Venerable Huoyan would send us on the first mission. The mine must be very dangerous. I can't refuse. I'm sorry."

Yang Mei comforted: "Brother, what are you talking about? Everyone saw the situation at that time. Since Venerable Huoyan has set his eyes on us, he will not allow us to refuse. It has nothing to do with you."

The flower-faced grandmother said: "Although the disappearance of the Qianji City Guard Battalion and Meng Qianji and others is rather strange, it is not necessarily caused by the mine. Let's go and have a look tomorrow. Maybe we are lucky and there is no danger. Besides, we are eight late-stage spiritual transformation cultivators, so we are not afraid of danger."

"Yes, if you encounter such a thing, you will be stabbed if you stick your head out or hide your head. Since you can't avoid it, just go ahead. We won't blame you." Jin Tianliang echoed.

There are a total of eight cultivators in the ugly group. In addition to Yang Chi, Yang Mei, Qingyang, the flower-faced grandmother and Yuanbao Tongzi, there are three more cultivators, namely Jin Tianliang and Ming Tianshu, two eighth-level spiritual transformation cultivators from the fairy city under Bibo City, and He Wushou, an eighth-level spiritual transformation cultivator from a medium-sized family in Bibo City. These three people are not strong, and they are not familiar with Yang Chi and others. They don't have much presence in the ugly group. Basically, they just follow what Yang Chi and Qingyang say, and rarely express their opinions.

However, Yang Chi, Qing Yang and others were not snobs who flattered the powerful and looked down on the weak. They had never made things difficult for the three of them. Sometimes they would even take special care of them when they encountered problems. Therefore, the eight cultivators in the ugly group got along quite well without any unpleasantness.