The restaurant where Ling Tian and Tong Gui stayed was located in the west of Dongcheng District, separated by a river from Zhongcheng District.
After walking out of the restaurant, Ling Tian simply crossed the long river and entered the Zhongcheng District.
There is no doubt that in terms of prosperity, Zhongcheng District is far superior to Dongcheng District.
The main street is crowded with people and there are various buildings along the street.
After wandering on the street for a while, Ling Tian's eyes couldn't help but be attracted by the crowded crowd in front of him.
There, there were many people gathered around the door of a tall building, and they didn't know what the excitement was about.
"Jushi Hall?"
As Ling Tian approached, he noticed the plaque in front of the tall building.
The three big characters with flying dragons and phoenixes on it actually reveal the power of the looming divine patterns.
Out of curiosity, Ling Tian squeezed into the crowd.
He originally thought there would be some sales-related activities in front of Jushitang.
But I saw a woman in a plain skirt kneeling on the ground, her head lowered as if she was begging for something.
"Please, give me the seven-color stone. I really need this stone."
In front of the woman in plain skirt, stood a young man in rich clothes.
Behind the young man in fine clothes were two men who looked like bodyguards.
"Haha... I asked you to kneel down, do you really kneel down?"
The young man in rich clothes looked down at the woman in plain skirt with a playful expression. He was holding a colorful stone in his hand and said with a smile, "I can give it to you. Just lick my shoes clean, and I will give this colorful stone to you." For you."
"Ha ha……"
When the young man in fine clothes finished his words, the two guards behind him also laughed.
The people around him looked helpless. Although they sympathized, no one dared to step forward to intervene.
Ling Tian was puzzled, the seven-color stone was a material for refining weapons.
Since this woman in plain skirt needs the seven-color stone, she must also be a weapon refiner.
In the Divine Weapon City, weapon refiners are not uncommon, and can even be said to be very common.
Therefore, in terms of status, there are also high and low levels.
But even the lowest-status weapon refiner wouldn't be in such a state of desolation that he could be bullied at will, right?
Curious in his heart, Ling Tian asked a middle-aged man crowded beside him, "Brother, what happened?"
The middle-aged man glanced at Ling Tian, but he didn't mind explaining Ling Tian's doubts.
After sighing, he said to Ling Tian, "Tong Xinye from the Tong family came to Jushitang to buy a seven-color stone. It happened that Young Master Tiefeng from the Tie family also wanted this seven-color stone. Young Master Tiefeng offered a higher price. Jushitang naturally sold the seven-color stone to Master Tiefeng. But Tong Xinye insisted on the seven-color stone, and the two had a little dispute, which led to the scene just now."
"You said that woman is Tong Xinye?"
When he heard the words Tong Xinye, Ling Tian's eyes flashed.
Because Tong Xinye was kneeling with her back to him, he could not see Tong Xinye's face clearly.
Of course, even if he could see Tong Xinye's face clearly, he wouldn't recognize her.
He was surprised, was Tong Xinye's situation in Shenbing City so miserable?
According to what he had learned from Tong Gui before, although Tong Xinye was not the biological child of Tong Kai, the current head of the Tong family, he still had a biological mother who was the wife of the head of the family?
"Yes! Don't you know Tong Xinye?"
The middle-aged man heard the sound and nodded affirmatively.
When he looked at Ling Tian again, his eyes flashed with doubts, "It seems that you are not from the Divine Weapon City, little brother?"
In Shenbing City, Tong Xinye is also considered a celebrity.
After all, her mother is the wife of the Tong family, and her adoptive father is the head of the Tong family.
As for who the biological father is, everyone in Shenbing City also knows it well.
It was Tong Gui, one of the two prides of weapon refining in Shenbing City in the past.
With such a life experience, how could he not be famous?
"Yes. I just arrived at the Divine Weapon City today."
While Ling Tian nodded in agreement, he couldn't help but frown, and asked the middle-aged man again, "Brother, I heard that Tong Xinye is a young lady from the Tong family, right? How dare someone from the Tie family do this to her? "
"What kind of young lady is Tong Xinye? Her status in the Tong family is not as good as that of some of the collateral descendants, and her status is probably slightly higher than that of the servants."
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "Actually, seven-color stones are sold at Tong's Stone Store in Dongcheng District. Do you know why she comes to Jushitang in Zhongcheng District to buy them?"
"Why?"
Ling Tian looked curious.
"Because Tong's Shihang doesn't sell her anything at all!"
The middle-aged man replied helplessly.
Tong's Stone Shop is an industry owned by the Tong family.
Jushitang is an industry under the Weapon Refining Guild.
Ling Tian could probably guess it from what the middle-aged man said.
The reason why the young master Tie Feng from the Tie family dared to humiliate Tong Xinye so unscrupulously was entirely because of the Tong family's connivance.
In Shenbing City, although Tong Xinye was a member of the Tong family, she was not protected by the Tong family.
As time went by, other people in Shenbing City became more and more courageous, and no one cared about Tong Xinye's identity.
You can even get a sense of superiority from the process of bullying Tong Xinye.
Tong's Stone Shop belongs to the Tong family, but it does not sell Tong Xinye's seven-color stone as a member of the Tong family.
This also shows how harshly the Tong family suppressed Tong Xinye and how harshly they controlled Tong Xinye's resources.
This is obviously because he doesn’t want Tong Xinye to refine weapons!
Tong Xinye did not accept her fate and wanted to change her situation by refining weapons.
That's why she went from Dongcheng District to Zhongcheng District.
I hope I can buy seven-color stones from Jushitang.
In the past, she basically bought the materials she needed for weapon refining from this Gathering Stone Hall.
After all, Jushitang belongs to the Weapon Refining Guild. Since it is open for business, it will not refuse to sell because of Tong Xinye's identity.
The Tong family's hands are still far from reaching Jushitang.
It's just that Tong Xinye was unlucky today. When she came to Jushitang to buy the seven-color stone, there was only the last piece of the seven-color stone left.
Coincidentally, Tie Feng from the Tie family also came to Jushitang to buy things. Seeing that Tong Xinye wanted to sell seven-color stones, he deliberately bought Jushitang at a higher price.
For Jushitang, it is the same whether it is Tiefeng or Tong Xinye.
Since there was only one piece of the seven-color stone left, in order to seek higher profits, it was naturally sold to Tiefeng, who paid the higher price.
"Is what you said true?"
At this time, Tong Xinye, who was kneeling in front of Tiefeng, slowly raised her head, tears of grievance filling her eyes.
"Would you like to know if you try it?"
The look on Tiefeng's face became more and more joking. While saying this with a sneer, he stepped forward with his left foot, as if to signal Tong Xinye to lick the shoe under his foot.
Tong Xinye held back tears and stared at Tiefeng's dusty left shoe, clenching her fists involuntarily.
Just when everyone thought she was really going to do what Tiefeng said.
Her body suddenly stood up from the ground, and she reached out with all her strength to grab the seven-color stone in Tiefeng's hand.
In the end, she still didn't choose to do it.
Perhaps, this is also her last stubbornness!
