The door of the house was opened, and a white figure walked out. At the same time, a feeling like a spring breeze rushed towards the three people outside the house.
This spring breeze soon blew through the entire Wanhua Garden. In an instant, all the sad birds flew away. Some birds even made crisp chirps when they flew away, and the original sadness was swept away.
"Good morning, you three! Are you here so early to enjoy the flowers?"
Ye Qing said with a smile. Suddenly, his eyes swept over the entire Wan Garden, showing a thoughtful expression.
"I didn't expect this sadness to be so powerful. I have to control it carefully in the future."
Ye Qing secretly decided in his heart.
"Oh, I don't know what happened. After the rain last night, Wanhuayuan became like this."
Shang Rou said, with regret in her eyes, and then she said to Ye Qing: "We came to you for something."
"Oh, please speak."
Ye Qing stared at Shang Rou and said.
Seeing Ye Qing staring at her, Shang Rou couldn't help but blush slightly and said, "First of all, I want to thank you for rescuing my brother together yesterday. Also, my father has just finished his retreat and wants to talk to you."
Ye Qing smiled awkwardly and said: "I didn't do much yesterday. Since the Lord of the Merchant Castle has left seclusion, I'll go for a walk."
So, a group of people left Wanhua Garden.
Shang Jie looked at Ye Qing and murmured in his heart: "He's just a warrior, why is my father looking for him? Does this man have any special abilities?"
Soon, a group of people arrived at the reception hall of Merchant Fort. Ye Qing was already accustomed to the architectural style of this world. It was huge. If he didn't know that the people here were no different from him, he would probably think that giants lived here.
The reception room of Merchant Fort is very tall, and you can still hear the echo when walking inside.
At this time, Shang Zhentian was sitting in the main seat, with five middle-aged people sitting next to him. These six seats were on a higher level. Below were two rows of seats, all of which were young men and women in their twenties.
Seeing Ye Qing and the others arriving, Shang Zhentian hurriedly greeted them with a smile.
"Little brother, how is your injury?"
Hearing Shang Zhentian's address to Ye Qing, most people in the hall changed their expressions at the same time. Especially the five middle-aged people in the first seat, but they just passed by for a moment and soon returned to their original expressions.
The young people in the two rows below began to whisper.
"Who is this kid? The castle master is so polite to him. His cultivation level is only average."
"Yes! He is probably a child of some big family. His cultivation talent is average, but his status is very high."
"It's actually Shang Rou who went to invite him. This is so embarrassing. I want to know what he is capable of."
With his powerful soul power, Ye Qing naturally heard all their words, but Ye Qing naturally would not argue with these people.
"Thank you for your concern, Lord Shang. To be honest, I haven't thanked Lord Shang for saving my life. Lord Shang can just call me Ye Qing."
Ye Qing said with a smile.
"Okay, Ye Qing, please come in!"
Shang Zhentian directly led Ye Qing to the first empty seat under the first seat. This move immediately caused an uproar.
"Brother, this is not appropriate. Originally, it was very special for him as an outsider to attend the meeting of our Merchant Fort. Now that he is allowed to sit at the top of the younger generation of our Merchant Fort, some people may be dissatisfied."
At this time, a middle-aged man in black clothes with a gloomy face said.
"Yes, my second uncle is right. The first seat should be for Shang Rou or Shang Hua. Why let a stranger sit here?"
"Well, yes, you can see that Brother Shang Hua's expression has changed. He is a ninth-level martial artist. He is the most talented one in our Merchant Castle."
"That's right, why is he, a little warrior, sitting there? There are many people here who are higher than him. Let's wait and see the show."
After hearing what the middle-aged man in the seat said, there was a burst of discussion underground.
"Shang Zhenqiang, I naturally have my own reasons for this arrangement. You don't need to say more."
Shang Zhentian glanced at the middle-aged man who spoke before and said, and then asked Ye Qing to sit down.
The man named Shang Zhenqiang snorted softly and said: "You are the castle lord, of course I have to listen to you."
Shang Zhentian didn't care about the meaning of his words, and sat directly on his seat, scanning the people below with his eyes, and suddenly everything became silent.
"Today we are mainly discussing the enrollment of Tianyao Academy in Lingcheng next month. Our Merchant Castle has five places to participate in the preliminary round. Let's reserve these five places today."
After Shang Zhentian finished speaking, he looked around, waited until everyone around him nodded, and then said: "We will continue to choose the five strongest juniors to participate in the preliminary round as usual."
"Just do as big brother says and quickly choose the right person."
One of the people sitting in the upper seat said.
"Fourth brother is right. According to the realm of cultivation, the top five should be Shang Hua, Shang Rou, Shang Ming, Shang Long and Shang Hui. However, considering that there may be some people with higher combat talents who can leapfrog the battle
.Let’s do this, anyone who wants to participate in the preliminary round can challenge the five of them, and the winner will participate.”
Shang Zhenqiang said to the people below.
In fact, Merchants Fort uses this method to select personnel every year, but no one has ever been able to challenge successfully.
Although Shang Rou was only selected this year, and only a few senior executives of the business knew about Shang Rou's cultivation, and no one outside knew about it, no one was still willing to challenge him.
So Shang Zhentian continued: "This year's rules are basically the same as in previous years, but our Merchants Fort's record has always been mediocre in the past. Even though we passed the preliminary rounds, we never won in the finals."
After a pause, Shang Zhentian continued: "But this year is different. This year, there are many geniuses among the young generation of our merchant fort, including children with high-level martial arts masters like Shang Rou and Shang Hua, as well as Shang Ming, Shang Long and Shang Hui.
The strength of these children, whose sixth-level martial arts masters are close to those of high-level martial arts masters, has greatly improved compared to previous years."
Hearing this, everyone in Merchant Fort smiled, as if they had seen victory.
"However, I have understood that the strength of our opponents has also improved greatly this year, so we do not have any advantage, especially Chen Tian of the Chen family and Sun Tianyi of the Sun family are both ninth-level martial arts masters.
If we encounter them, we will still be in a lot of trouble."
"I wonder what brother can do?"
The middle-aged man who was called fourth brother asked before.
"Hey, why did Shang Zhentian ask me to come and listen to what they said? He didn't ask me to help them participate, right?"
Ye Qing muttered in his heart.
"That's what I want to say. I decided to let Ye Qing go with them to participate in this preliminary competition." After Shang Zhentian finished speaking, he turned to Ye Qing and asked, "Ye Qing, are you willing to help?"