Manager An was stunned when he was asked the question, and then he smiled bitterly and said: "City Lord, the situation in the inner city is very delicate now. Everyone thinks that City Lord, you have the intention to abdicate in favor of others. I wonder if you really have this plan?"
This issue is not only concerned by Manager An, but also by the entire city lord camp.
If the big city lord wants to abdicate and let the second city lord take over, that would explain his recent behavior of doing nothing and almost being a Buddhist.
However, if the big city lord really wants to do this, he can at least tell his subordinates in advance so that everyone can be mentally prepared.
The great city lord said nothing, not even a hint.
In this way, the situation becomes even more subtle. Everyone has various speculations in their hearts, but no one can tell clearly what the big city lord thinks.
"Xiao An, have you forgotten what the city lord said last time?"
Hearing the words of the Great City Lord, Manager An was also startled. He remembered that he and the Great City Lord had a similar conversation last time. In the end, the Great City Lord actually wanted Su Chen to be his successor.
But, let an alchemy genius be your successor?
During this period of time, Manager An did not disclose the news to anyone. He even took time to digest the news.
At that moment, Manager An had no choice but to change the subject: "Sir City Lord, among the top 100 Sanren in the alchemy competition, the one who topped the list has outstanding alchemy talent. Should we recruit him?"
The great city lord chuckled and said, "No matter how talented this kid is in Alchemy, can he be as good as Su Chen?"
"It is still incomparable to Su Chen, but such an alchemy genius is still rare. If we don't get in touch with him, other forces will not be worthy of such an alchemy genius."
Manager An still wants to maintain the absolute authority of the Great City Lord camp in all aspects.
> The big city lord was noncommittal: "Xiao An, calm down. If this person is a person of great wisdom, he will naturally make the wisest choice for him. If he is short-sighted and makes an unwise choice, it proves that he
It’s useless to recruit people like this who only have talent and no wisdom.”
These words made Manager De'an helpless, knowing that the big city lord did not intend to let them take the initiative to recruit.
Manager An had no choice but to ask again: "Lord City Lord, Su Chen is out training, and he doesn't know when he will be back?"
"Generally speaking, he should be back in the near future. However, it is not necessarily true. After all, the outside world is never smooth sailing."
The big city lord smiled lightly and said, "When he comes back, I would like to give him a task. When the time comes, tell him for me."
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Su Chen spent half a month on the road and finally returned to the inner city.
As soon as he entered the inner city, Su Chen felt a fanatical atmosphere. No matter where he went, the crowd was almost always talking about the main tower trial.
There are various versions of the rumors, all of which are accurate. Of course, the most popular rumor is that the eldest city lord is getting older and may give up his position to the second city lord.
Su Chen naturally scoffed at this rumor.
Although the Great City Lord is not young, he is already a mid-level powerhouse in the Transformation Realm, and has already touched the threshold of the high-level Transformation Realm. Such strength is definitely not comparable to old age and frailty.
Those rumors were not so much spread by the civilians in the city, but rather that someone above them deliberately released such news to confuse people's minds.
Su Chen could think of it with his toes. This must be related to Er Cheng
The Lord has something to do with it. Even if the Second City Lord himself did not give the order, it was the people under him who did it.
This kind of rumor satisfies the public's gossip mentality, and is also very lethal to the big city lord.
Of course, rumors are rumors, and everyone is still full of doubts about whether the second city lord can maintain the glory of Halloween City like the big city lord.
Obviously, until now, the Second City Lord has not come up with any convincing means.
When they arrived at the gate of the inner city, the guards guarding the gate suddenly became energetic when they saw Su Chen.
"It's the Sultan who's back!"
"It's really him!"
This news spread to the Dan Dou competition as if it had wings.
The rematch of the alchemy competition is about to begin, and the top 100 alchemy geniuses are preparing to determine the best and enter the alchemy area of ​​the main tower.
When they heard the news that Su Chen was back, everyone was shocked and felt a little pity for Su Chen. He couldn't keep up with the alchemy competition.
The Great City Lord's camp also heard the news of Su Chen's return.
"I'll pick up Su Chen." Manager An took the initiative and said.
"I'll go too." The head of the Huangfu family stood up unexpectedly.
"I'll go too." Another head of the Jinying family also said.
It was obvious that Manager An finally revealed the information he received from the Great City Lord to some senior officials in the direct lineage of the Great City Lord. That's why they were so enthusiastic about the news of Su Chen's return.
Su Chen didn't expect that so many big people would come to pick him up, and he even felt a little embarrassed for a while.
"Everyone, what virtue and ability do I have to ask you to personally come to pick me up?"
Su Chen asked.
Manager An smiled and said: "Sultan Saint, you missed the alchemy competition in the main tower trial."
Although they said they missed it, everyone present looked relaxed and did not feel very sorry or sad for Su Chen. Obviously they also knew that for Su Chen now, participating in the alchemy competition was overqualified.
Su Chen also smiled and said: "I wasted time practicing outside."
As he spoke, he clasped his fists one by one and thanked the senior officials of the Great City Lord's camp who were present. Then he walked up to Huangfu Jue and put his arms around Huang Fu Jue's shoulders.
"Brother Huangfu, I have some good news for you. This time I went out and got a batch of intermediate-level elixirs in the cave world."
Su Chen said, then lowered his voice and said to Huangfu Jue, "There are some auxiliary materials you have never found."
"What?" When Huangfujue heard the words, his whole body was shocked as if there was an electric current.
Even the head of the Huangfu family not far away heard these words, and his tiger body swayed slightly with mixed emotions.
They naturally knew that the auxiliary materials Su Chen mentioned were the ones they had never found and were used to refine life-extending elixirs.
Now that Su Chen has found it, doesn't it mean that everything is ready for refining the life-extending elixir, all it needs is the east wind?
Although the head of the Huangfu family has lived for a long time and has seen many storms and waves, he feels an indescribable sense of joy at this moment, as if a dying person has seen the hope of life, which is incomparable to any joy in the world.
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"Don't get excited, we'll discuss it in detail when we have time." Su Chen didn't want to say too much at the moment.
Huangfujue took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down: "Brother, I owe you again."
Chapter completed!