"Damn it! The Colosseum is so screwed up, I lost five games in a row!"
"Tsk~ Five games are nothing! I lost 800 yuan, 800 yuan! I even mortgaged the magic weapon!"
"You guys are really funny. You can only win, but you can't afford to lose?"
"That's right, things have changed. In the past, 'Friends of Women' almost lost everything, but now they have won a lot! They have won all the money in four games in a row. I estimate that the storage bag contains at least 3,000 spiritual stones!"
"I heard that the ladies who lent Meng Yuliang his prayer beads received double returns. Is it true?"
"If you lose, you will win, but to be honest, since the Peng family took over the Colosseum, there have been fewer winners."
"There must be something fishy!"
"They provided you with monster corpses to examine, but you couldn't find any evidence. Why do you say there's something fishy about it?"
"It's useful to pull these hairs. Think about how to get back the profits. There will be a beast fighting competition next month. Make sure you know where to start!"
"Mad, I want to sign up. If I draw a good lottery, I can become rich overnight!"
"You, the fifth level of Qi refining, are you going to die?"
"..."
"There will be a wedding banquet at Zhong Mansion in three days. Are you going to have a cup of wedding wine?"
"I didn't get the invitation."
"You are so late in the news. The Zhongfu is holding a flowing banquet on Cangbao Street for three days and three nights. As long as you don't cause trouble, you can go to congratulate and ask for a wedding drink."
"Yes, yes, I'm going to go too. There will definitely be many monks in the city gathered by then. I must go and see it."
"Speaking of evil... Master Zhong is really arrogant and arrogant. He married twelve concubines at one time, which is probably unprecedented in the entire Yan Kingdom!"
"I heard that more than half of them are female cultivators with spiritual roots, and all of them are extremely beautiful."
"I asked eight female cultivators, and I also got news that the Zhong Mansion and the City Lord's Mansion are getting married, and Qin Ben is marrying a clan girl who is at the peak of the sixth level of Qi Refining!"
"Hiss~ From now on, the Zhong Mansion is stronger than the average small cultivating immortal family!"
"No!"
"Here... let me do the math. The Zhong Mansion must have more than thirty wives and concubines, right?"
"The most powerful man in Qingyang, you are busy tonight!"
"Do you know that there are descendants of Linggen appearing in Zhong Mansion?"
"Who knows? I wouldn't tell anyone if I did."
"Hey, who do you think is Zhong Yan's backer?"
"It's not easy anyway. Otherwise, he could have become a retinue mage as a fourth-level Qi refining practitioner?"
"Furthermore, someone in Yangquanfang City found out that the two late-stage monks invited by the Zhong Mansion to eradicate the Xue Mansion were the daughters of the five peak masters of the Fire Cloud Sect!"
"Hiss~ No wonder the backstage is so tough!"
"Also, don't forget, the Shen family of Changning Establishment came to have a marriage, and if a direct lady dies, it doesn't matter."
"Anyway, Zhong Mansion is not something that ordinary people can mess with."
"..."
In the blink of an eye, for a month, two things were being discussed in restaurants, teahouses, and streets across Qingyang City.
One is about the Colosseum, and the other is about a wedding in the Zhong Mansion, where twelve wives were married at one time, and the "Twelve Zodiac Signs" were laughed at.
Three days later.
March 18th.
Outside the Zhong Mansion, along the entire Cangbao Street, there is a long line of flowing water banquets, as far as the eye can see. There are monks, warriors, and ordinary people.
It was festive and lively.
The city lord's palace dispatched two thousand sergeants to maintain order, so naturally no one dared to act like a monster and cause trouble.
Those with status in the city received invitations and entered the palace.
Such as:
Monks: Yang family, Colosseum Peng family, Baifu, Duobao Taoist, retinue mage Tao Ran and many later monks.
Mortals: City Lord's Mansion, Caoyun Gang, Ten Thousand Halls and many martial arts families in the city.
In addition, over at Fangshi, Han Jiuping and Zhang Dongzhuo also specially asked for leave.
Zhong Yan naturally wanted to invite Lin Zhengping, but there was no response to the summons. He learned from Han Jiuping that he was in seclusion.
He also asked someone to deliver invitations to several shopkeepers with whom he had friendships in the market. Some of them were present in person, while others sent people to send gifts and congratulations on pretexts.
The 'Qiu family', which ranked second in strength in the city and was at odds with the Zhong Mansion because of Li Henian, also received the invitation, put aside their past grudges, and came to the door with gifts.
now.
On the high platform built in the square of the outer courtyard.
Zhong Yan was dressed in a red brocade robe, with red flowers on the chest and red silk ribbons wrapped around him. He was holding the twelve concubines lined up behind him. They were all dressed in bright red dresses, with their heads covered with red caps. They engaged Tingting, a red and festive scene.
Yuan Ziyi: 29 years old, with two spiritual roots of wood and gold, building one layer of foundation
Qin Ziyue: 22 years old, with three spiritual roots of water, wood and earth, and the peak of the sixth level of Qi refining
He Jinyan: 25 years old, with three spiritual roots of wood, metal and fire, and six levels of Qi refining (has broken through)
Wen Hong: 21 years old, with dual spiritual roots of fire and wood, fourth level of Qi refining
Gu Baiyu: 20 years old, three spiritual roots of fire, wood and water, fourth level of Qi refining (has broken through)
Wen Yongshan: 23 years old, has the four spiritual roots of water, wood, earth and metal, and the third level of Qi refining
Su Yunxi: 20 years old, has the four spiritual roots of fire, earth, wood and water, and the third level of Qi refining (has broken through)
Ye Weiwei: 16 years old, with spiritual roots of gold and fire, and a level of Qi refining
Jiang Huan: 19 years old, unknown spiritual root, seventh level acquired warrior
Li Jingqiu: 17 years old, acquired third level warrior
Li Jiaxin: 23 years old, second level innate warrior
Wan Qiwen: 22 years old, a first-level innate warrior
The last two were naturally from Marriage Pavilion, and Lin Xuelan chose them from Wangxi City.
After the ceremony, Zhong Yan thanked the guests with a speech and greeted the many guests together with Yu Qingyao.
The "Twelve Zodiac Signs" were surrounded by Dongcao and a group of maids, and rode back to the deep courtyard in a carriage.
Erchongyuan Taoyuan.
Those gathered here are all responsible for the strength of the city.
Divine consciousness passed by, and except for Qin Ben, who was the 'mother's family', and two warrior generals, more than 90% of the remaining ones were late-stage monks.
There were two hundred people, most of them unfamiliar faces.
Zhong Yan couldn't help but be shocked. There were only fifty-six invitations sent out, most of which were registered at the Keqing Mansion.
For the others, he asked Bai Siyuan to guard the gate and bring in the later monks when he saw them.
Today is really different from the past!
I think back when he first arrived in Qingyang City, there were only four late-stage monks in the city, and Li Henian, who was on the sixth level of Qi Refining, was firmly in the top ten in terms of strength and had a great reputation.
However, Zhong Yan also knew that many of them were attracted from surrounding cities by the beast fighting competition in the Colosseum.
"Thank you Mr. Peng for the favor!"
Zhong Yan smiled and stepped forward to toast, but he was speechless and funny in his heart.
Peng Wanli brought an exaggerated chair over, which was incompatible with the surrounding tables and chairs.
Zhong Yan remembered that it was the black pear wood chair inlaid with tiger-striped animal skin that he sat on in the Colosseum Square last time.
What kind of hobbies are these?
"Congratulations to Master Zhong for bringing home so many beauties!"
Peng Wanli has a handsome face and a naughty smile. He is very proud of himself. The Colosseum has made a lot of profits recently.
"Master Zhong remembers to come to support the beast fighting competition next month."
"must!"
Zhong Yan and Yu Qingyao were walking among the monks holding wine glasses, followed by Tang Xiaoshu who was carrying a tray of wine bottles.
For most monks, the Zhong Mansion wedding banquet is just an excuse to provide a gathering place. What they value is naturally the opportunity to get to know and communicate with all parties.
Table after table.
Twos and threes.
Chatting about various topics from all over the world: strange things, prayer beads, wars in Wei State, the Colosseum, sea beasts in the Wei River, secrets of ancient tombs...
Some even trade in place to replace resources.
"Shopkeeper Liu!"
"Fellow Daoist Zeng!"
"Fellow Daoist Huang!"
"..."
Zhong Yan walked all the way to a table in the back where Taoist Duobao, Yang Yanqing and his wife were sitting.
However, the person who came this time was not Huo Qingqing, Yang Yanqing's Taoist lover, but the woman from the Zhou family. I heard her name was Zhou Qian, with a beautiful face, busty breasts and a noble temperament.
There is also an old man in white robe accompanying the two of them, who is the legendary guest of Qi Refining and Perfection left by the Zhou family.
After some congratulations and chatting, Yang Yanqing smiled and said: "We have reached an agreement with Yangquanfang City, we just have to wait for the city to be completed."
Zhong Yan's eyes flashed: "Then we should be able to settle in this year?"
Yang Yanqing shook his head and said: "At least it will be in the second half of next year. It takes time to build the formation. What is finalized now is fifty shops in three streets and nine lanes."
The old man in white robe said: "Just the division of ownership of each store will take a long time."
Zhong Yan looked at it and asked, "What are the confirmed ones?"
Yang Yanqing said: "The majority are in the Fire Cloud Sect and the Five Elements Sect, and the rest are the immortal cultivating families in Qingyang and Wangxi cities, mainly those who are closer to Qingyang..."
This is one of the benefits of establishing a cultivating family.
The location of shops in the market, the discovery of new mineral deposits, the secret realm of birth, etc., the cultivating family can participate in and profit by ranking the capital according to their strength.
The Immortal Cultivating Family mentioned here is a regular Immortal Cultivating Family whose spiritual veins are recognized.
If there are no spiritual veins, Yan Guo doesn’t know how many there are.
Different from ordinary martial arts families, families with three or five monks are also called Xiuxian families.
Some families have dozens of guests and guests, but they are not recognized even if they have no spiritual veins.
This type of family mainly makes a living by helping to grow spiritual crops, escorting transportation, and hunting.
Either it has little benefit or it is very dangerous.
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