Chapter 203: You teased me, I teased you
As Yi Yun ate, he paid attention to the group of people through the corner of his eyes.
The plump youth rubbed his chin while walking to the table before Yi Yun. He sat down, but his men did not sit. They stood apart on all four corners, like door-gods.
This attracted the attention of many as people looked over. Some recognized who the plump youth was.
“Isn’t he the Hongdao Association’s president, Li Hong?”
“He stays in the central divine tower, why would he come to a low-class cook house?”
The Hongdao Association was one of the organizations many people paid close attention to amongst the recruits in the Tai Ah Divine City. Li Hong was considered as an influential person in the Tai Ah Divine City.
To be recognized by so many the moment he sat down, Li Hong felt very satisfied.
“You are Yi Yun, right?”
Li Hong looked at Yi Yun and used a nod as a greeting. “It’s you who… picked the primordial herb?”
Many people knew that someone had picked a primordial herb and had been summoned by the Divine City’s Elder. But they did not know that it was Yi Yun, who was currently eating his meal at a low-class cook house.
Upon hearing Li Hong’s words, they became shocked. Soon, more and more people started paying attention to what was happened at the table.
One was an influential person in the Tai Ah Divine City, the other was a recruit who many followed with interest for having picked a primordial herb.
What were they going to talk about?
Yi Yun wiped his mouth and glanced at Li Hong. Li Hong was smiling affably. With his eyes squinting, it made him look like Maitreya Buddha.
Yi Yun had heard a bit about the Hongdao Association. It was one of the most influential organizations among the recruits. Many recruits wanted to board this cruise liner, hoping that when the Hongdao Association developed itself into one of the strongest factions in the Tai Ah Divine City in a few years, it would also inflate their own status.
Li Hong was strong, but he was not at some fate-defying level. The Hongdao Association set up by him, had a certain limit to its abilities.
It was not easy to prop up this organization.
“It’s me, ” Yi Yun nodded his head.
Li Hong said, “Let me introduce myself. I am Li Hong, the President of the Hongdao Association. I will just cut to the chase. I wish to take you into the Hongdao Association. I have prepared the position of Chief for you!”
When Li Hong said those words, many people who were paying attention to the ongoings were surprised.
Chief?
In the Hongdao Association, besides the President and Vice-President, there was the position of Chief. A Chief was a relatively senior position.
Yi Yun looked at Li Hong with a surprise. He had indeed become famous in the past few days, but it was not earned through his strength. It was earned through picking a primordial herb.
His cultivation level was only in the mid-stages in the Purple Blood. It was very common, and he was just a first-year recruit, yet Li Hong wanted to make him a Chief? How would the men under him be convinced?
“I heard that you encountered a primordial herb while it was experiencing a calamity, and that it happened to experience failure. That was how you picked the herb?” Li Hong poured a glass of water for himself while speaking in a nonchalant manner.
For a Purple Blood realm warrior to capture a primordial herb, it was like a fantasy. But Li Hong had obtained detailed information and knew that Yi Yun was just lucky to encounter the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng that had failed a calamity. As such, it was not surprising for him to capture the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng.
This luck was very enviable.
But good luck was useless. Li Hong knew that Yi Yun was only at the mid-stages of Purple Blood. His cultivation talent was just average. It was very difficult for such a person to stand out in the Tai Ah Divine City.
Yi Yun did not respond to Li Hong’s question, but it was considered a tacit affirmation. It was best if people thought it was due to his good luck that he picked the primordial herb. It saved him trouble from explaining.
“Brother Yi, I heard you aren’t from an affluent family? Your cultivation talent is also not at the top?”
Li Hong suddenly changed the topic and began asking about Yi Yun’s background.
Yi Yun gave Li Hong an unexpected glance, “What’s the matter?”
“Ha! Brother Yi, this old brother didn’t mean to look down on you. You were born from the Cloud Wilderness, but to come this far, you must have had some spectacular adventures. Your cultivation level is at the mid-stages of Purple Blood, right? If I must say, what you should be concerned with is to purchase large amounts of resources to increase your cultivation level.”
Li Hong patted Yi Yun on the shoulder, with a look that seemed to understand Yi Yun well. Actually, much of the information on Yi Yun was provided to him by Zhou Kui.