"Just through the two ultimate-grade Foundation-building Elixirs and that box, he has the confidence to confirm that I am Lin Er, and he dares to stand up for me at this critical moment. This time, I really owe him a big favor!" Lin Yi could not help but feel grateful in his heart.
At a distance of nearly 60 meters, Lin Yi and Hong Zhong looked at each other from a distance and nodded tacitly. Everything was said without words.
Seeing that Hong Zhong personally came forward to testify for Lin Yi, this time, even Xu Lingchong was dumbfounded.
Before facing Manager Ling Hua, Xu Lingchong at least had the idea of bowing to him on the wrist, but facing Hong Zhong, the big boss of the Hong Chamber of Commerce, he really did not have the guts to question him.
As the full representative of the Hong Chamber of Commerce in the north island, in terms of power and status, Hong Zhong was almost no lower than any senior elder of the three pavilions. Even compared with his grandfather, Xu Yuanzheng, he was not inferior at all.
Even if Xu Lingchong had a few more guts, he would absolutely not dare to open his mouth and question Hong Zhong in front of so many big shots in such a public place. If he dared to do so, there would only be one end for him in the end, and that would be asking to be humiliated.
However, not being able to question Hong Zhong face to face did not mean that he would easily let go of Lin Yi.
Xu Lingchong had an idea and said to Lin Yi, "Since Mr. Hong has personally come forward to testify, then I will no longer doubt the authenticity and origin of these two ultimate-grade Foundation-building Elixirs. However, I want to know, Lin Yi, as a newcomer of the Blue Cloud Pavilion, where did you get so many spiritual jades to buy these two ultimate-grade Foundation-building Elixirs?"
If there was no reasonable explanation for this question, it would also be very fatal.
Generally speaking, there were only two sources of spirit jades for newcomers. The first was the monthly salary that the Welcoming Pavilion gave them, but it was only a trifling piece. The second was obtained through some low-level tasks, such as going to the Spirit Jade Hall to mine and so on. Although this reward was slightly higher than the salary, it was still pitifully little.
Two top-grade Foundation Building Pills would cost at least several thousand spiritual jades. It was impossible for a newcomer to afford them with his meager income. Furthermore, Lin Yi was a grassroots newcomer of Blue Cloud Pavilion. Moreover, he had come from the secular world, so he had no background to speak of. Where did he get such a huge sum of spiritual jades to purchase the top-grade Foundation Building Pills? There was definitely something fishy about it!
However, Lin Yi was burning with rage! If he had the strength and wasn't a newbie, who would dare to ask him this? There were so many gifts, yet no one asked about the origin of the gifts, and no one even asked about the origin of the spiritual jades used to purchase the gifts. However, Xu Lingchong had repeatedly made things difficult for him. Relying on his identity as the Big Senior Brother in charge and his grandfather's power, very few people interfered.
Hong Zhong had originally wanted to be a good person to the end, and help Lin Yi to dodge this question. After all, if Lin Yi stumbled on this question, his previous protection would be in vain, and he himself would even be implicated.
However, before he could speak, Lin Yi had already answered without hesitation, "About this, previously, Meng Jueguang organized a large group of people, and inexplicably took the initiative to send spiritual jades to me. Three for one, and four for one. He said that my spiritual jades were good, and could be used to carve some kind of spiritual jade carving for Miss Shangguan. With so many people rushing to send spiritual jades to me, naturally, I have more and more spiritual jades on hand."
Xu Lingchong was stunned when he heard this. He had vaguely heard about this matter from his subordinates, but at that time, he didn't pay much attention to it, so he didn't look for Meng Jueguang to understand the specific situation.
"Even if Meng Jueguang wants to make a spiritual jade carving, he only needs one or two pieces. How could he let a large group of people rush to send spiritual jades to you? Do you think they are all fools?" Xu Lingchong's mind turned, and he immediately sneered and questioned.
Lin Yi, on the other hand, was not flustered. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Whether they are fools or not, I'm not sure. Anyway, when they came to exchange spiritual jades with me, they used this excuse. If Young Master Xu doesn't believe me, why don't you ask Meng Jueguang? This matter was organized by him, and the one who exchanged the most and the most diligent was also him. As for the reason, only he himself knows the best! "
"F * ck!" Xu Lingchong couldn't help but curse in front of the crowd. Under the stunned gaze of the crowd, he forcefully swallowed the second half of the sentence. Motherf * cker, Meng Jueguang has long been dead, why would I ask!
This time, Xu Lingchong was really helpless. With the death of Meng Jueguang, it could be said that the dead could not testify.
Regarding the matter of exchanging spiritual jades, apart from Lin Yi himself, among all the people present, only Xu Lingchong and Kang Ming Ming had heard about it. However, because they didn't get involved, they didn't know the specific situation.
The two of them only roughly knew that Meng Jueguang and his group should be exchanging useless jades for the good jades in Lin Yi's hands, and it was impossible for them to send spiritual jades to him as Lin Yi said. After all, Meng Jueguang and his group were not fools!
However, if they wanted to expose Lin Yi's lies, they had to confront the people who exchanged spiritual jades with him. This was not easy to operate.
Firstly, these people were not at the scene. There were so many important people present, and they wouldn't keep waiting here for such a small matter. Secondly, even if they found these people now, it would be difficult to make them speak the truth in public.
One should know that the act of exchanging useless jades as good jades in private was a fraud that the Three Great Pavilions and the Chamber of Commerce Alliance had explicitly prohibited. Once it was exposed, one would be severely punished. Who would dare to take such a risk?
Seeing that Xu Lingchong couldn't speak for a long time, Shanghai Laner finally found an opportunity to beat up Lin Yi. "Now you can't say anything, right? You actually suspect this and that about my Junior Brother. I don't know who is the one who has a guilty conscience. Hmph!"
Xu Lingchong was choked speechless. Although he was very unwilling to let Lin Yi escape, things had already come to this. In his heart, he also knew that even if he held onto Lin Yi's weak points and refused to let go, it would be very difficult to kill him.
There was only one reason. The important people present had already started to not stand on his side. If he continued to be entangled like this, not only would he not be admired by others, he would instead be hated by others. The gains did not make up for the losses.
The root cause of all this was none other than one person, Hong Zhong.
Actually, most of the people present could see that Lin Yi's final explanation about the source of the spiritual jades had many unbeknownst to them. Simply relying on this point to completely explain the source of the thousands of spiritual jades was actually very far-fetched and not very tenable.
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