Chapter 2348: Chapter 2352: No First Come, First Served?
After Jiang Chen and the others left the Demonic Beast Forest, they hurried all the way to this place.
Their missions all have time limits. They need to complete the tasks within two months and then send a signal for the responsible elders of their respective academies to pick them up, awaiting the main academy to escort them back. If they exceed the deadline, they will be eliminated.
Fortunately, the main academy’s assessment tasks are conducted in the large domains surrounding the Demonic Beast Forest; otherwise, there might not be enough time even for traveling.
But even within neighboring large domains, Jiang Chen and the others spent half a month traveling through teleportation arrays to reach this abandoned town, after all, not every city has a teleportation array.
"Do none of you carry gold coins?"
Jiang Chen was taken aback and looked at Lin Shanshan in surprise, "Aren’t there some places that specifically require transactions with gold coins?"
"Those places are usually equipment shops or special locations like this. Most of the cultivator trading places on the mainland don’t use gold coins."
Pang Wei glanced at Jiang Chen indifferently and said arrogantly, "Of course, if you want to find some superiority in the secular world, you can take gold coins and roam around."
"Pang Wei, Jiang Chen just doesn’t understand, why do you mock him?"
Lin Shanshan frowned and glared at Pang Wei.
"Doesn’t understand? How come at this age he still doesn’t understand? Bringing so many gold coins out, is it not to feel superior in the secular world?"
Pang Wei sneered, looking at Jiang Chen with contempt.
Wu Hen raised his eyebrows and spoke indifferently, "If you have opinions, you can leave now, no one’s stopping you!"
"You..."
Pang Wei’s eyes shifted upon hearing this, he looked at Wu Hen and reluctantly closed his mouth.
The captain can expel team members. Although Wu Hen isn’t the captain, Jiang Chen is, and Pang Wei realized this now, calming down his arrogant demeanor.
Jiang Chen ignored Pang Wei and turned to the leader among the five main academy students, "Senior Liu Chang, do you know anything about this abandoned plain?"
"I know, I have trained here before, but..."
Liu Chang nodded and then smiled lightly, "I can’t provide you with any information. If you want to gather intelligence, you have to do it on your own. We are only responsible for saving your lives in life and death situations."
"Don’t think that with us here, you can behave recklessly. In this abandoned plain, there are many beings that even we can’t contend with. If you find yourself in danger and we can’t rescue you in time, you’ll die for nothing!"
Wu Zhong softly cautioned.
Jiang Chen nodded slightly, not relying on Liu Chang and the others to save him. At any time, relying on oneself is the most reliable method.
"Oh, Senior Liu Chang, please tell us something!"
Lin Shanshan’s eyes darted as she pulled on Liu Chang’s arm and shook it.
"It’s useless to act coy, Junior Lin; we must adhere to the rules."
Liu Chang chuckled and removed Lin Shanshan’s hand, glancing at Jiang Chen, "Junior Jiang Chen, have you already found a way to gather information?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Shanshan and the others looked at Jiang Chen; they have been moving together and haven’t seen Jiang Chen seeking any pathway!
Jiang Chen smiled slightly and said softly, "Hope it proves useful."
Thud, thud, thud!
Just as Jiang Chen finished speaking, a sound of footsteps echoed. A waiter from the tavern walked up the stairs towards Jiang Chen and the group, although his expression was somewhat unnatural.
"Young sir, these gentlemen and ladies wish to have a conversation with you."
The waiter approached Jiang Chen gently.
Jiang Chen and the others looked up. Behind the waiter were five young men and women who looked proud, and they were dressed gorgeously, with a superior temperament, obviously from prominent families.
Sensing the energy fluctuations from the five, Jiang Chen muttered inwardly, Divine Infant Realm Peak.
These five, all possess cultivation at the Divine Infant Realm Peak!
"Brother, the five of us would like to ask you to kindly yield those three rooms to us."
A young man in blue stepped forward, looking down at Jiang Chen. He took out a Spirit Stone from his Space Ring and placed it directly on Jiang Chen’s table, "This is a High Grade Spirit Stone, consider it compensation, brother."
"Whoa, High Grade Spirit Stone, quite extravagant!"
"Those people must be from prominent families, right?"
"Seems they came for the rampaging Necro Spirit as well!"
"Hmph! People who are usually invisible come only after the Necro Spirit rampages, trying to claim what’s already done!"
The diners around noticed the commotion there, whispered discussions sprung up, some eyes showing greedy glances, sizing up the five young men and women, contemplating some deceitful intentions.
Liu Chang and the others remained silent, watching Jiang Chen with interest, as did Feng Qingyang and several others, awaiting Jiang Chen’s response, curious about how this captain would handle the situation.
Jiang Chen glanced at the young man and turned to look at the tavern waiter, "Hey, do you allocate rooms based on identity or first come, first served?"
The waiter was slightly taken aback, straightening his face, "It’s first come, first served."
"Then where are our room keys?"
Jiang Chen eyed the waiter’s empty hands, a hint of puzzlement in his eyes.
"Well..."
The waiter glanced at the young man in blue, about to speak, when the young man hastily said with a stern face, "Brother, I am Meng Tianjiang of the Meng Family from Qinghe Realm Qingyang Prefecture. Would you give me some face?"
"Qingyang Prefecture Meng Family?"
"Turns out they are from one of the four major families of Qingyang Prefecture!"
"Meng Tianjiang? Isn’t he the Young Master of the Meng Family? Seems the others are Young Masters of the other three great families!"
"The one in white is Liu Yunjian, the son of the Prefecture Lord of Qingyang Prefecture. I’ve seen him in Qingyang Prefecture!"
Upon hearing Meng Tianjiang announce his name, the surrounding crowd was momentarily surprised, scrutinizing Meng Tianjiang and the five others, while some keen-eyed individuals recognized the identities of the other four.
"Hey, are the keys missing?"
Jiang Chen ignored Meng Tianjiang and asked the tavern waiter again.
Meng Tianjiang’s face turned grim, coldly looking at Jiang Chen, "Brother, you’re being excessive!"
The tavern waiter glanced at Jiang Chen, who still paid no attention to Meng Tianjiang, then turned to a young man in white behind Meng Tianjiang, "Young sir, please return the keys to me."
The young man in white’s eyes narrowed slightly, stepping to Jiang Chen and speaking with a deep tone, "Liu Yunjian of Qingyang Prefecture, who are you?"
Jiang Chen and the others had changed out of their academy uniforms upon leaving the Demonic Beast Forest for convenience, so Meng Tianjiang and the others didn’t recognize their identities.
The waiter glanced at Jiang Chen, noticing he still ignored everything, his eyes still fixed on him.
"Young Master Liu, please hand over the keys!"
The waiter straightened his demeanor, sternly looking at Liu Yunjian, and spoke in a deep voice.
Though the tavern doesn’t wish to stir trouble, the power backing them isn’t afraid of Qingyang Prefecture.
Even though Qingyang Prefecture is the nearest prefecture to the abandoned town, not even the Domain Lord of Qinghe Realm can deal with this place, let alone a small Qingyang Prefecture.
