"Same to you. From now on, Young Hero Lin will be the honorary vice president and a member of the senior management of our Hong Chamber of Commerce. Among the three pavilions on the north island, you're the only one with such an honor!" Hong Zhong sighed from the bottom of his heart.
Lin Yi, a newcomer of Blue Cloud Pavilion, had become the honorary vice president of the Hong Chamber of Commerce. It was a legend if it was spread out.
"I'm just an honorary vice president, while you, Mr. Hong, are the vice president with real power. We're not at the same level at all. I'll have to ask you to take care of me in the future," Lin Yi said modestly.
This was the truth. Although the credit belonged to Lin Yi, the biggest beneficiary was Hong Zhong. He was promoted from the manager of the north island branch to the vice president of the headquarters of the Hong Chamber of Commerce, second only to the president and the executive vice president. He was almost the third in command. This kind of promotion speed was no different from riding a rocket.
"Young Hero Lin, you're flattering this old man. With Young Hero Lin's shocking ability, not to mention the Vice President, even if I were to sit in the President's position, I would still have to rely on you." Hong Zhong shook his head and burst into laughter. Then he sighed and said, "However, it's true that time makes the hero. I've been working hard for decades, but I've been stuck in the position of the manager of the North Island branch. Now that I've experienced a crisis, I'm suddenly promoted to the position of vice president. It's unreal."
"There's an old saying in the secular world: risk and benefit are always proportional." Lin Yi nodded.
"Thanks to Young Hero Lin, I was able to get out of danger this time. Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to keep my position as the manager of the branch. I would've become a scapegoat for those above me. I wouldn't have the glory I have today," Hong Zhong said with lingering fear.
There were no flashes of swords in the business world, but the dangers within were far greater. Even Hong Zhong couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought about the sudden crisis. Thank goodness he had Lin Yi with him!
While the two of them were talking, the new day of the auction had already begun in the clamor. Hong Zhong immediately suggested, "Although the mission has been completed, the Four Islands Auction is a rare opportunity. If Young Hero Lin has no objections, we can stay on this Extreme North Island for two more days. If you see anything good on the way, Young Hero Lin can just tell me and I will definitely help you get it. It will be a token of my gratitude. Young Hero Lin, please don't refuse."
Seeing that Hong Zhong was so sincere, Lin Yi naturally couldn't refuse. He nodded and said, "Well, thank you in advance, Mr. Hong. I also want to see what good is there!"
This time, he owed Hong Zhong too much. If he didn't let Hong Zhong compensate him in private, the other party would feel apologetic. This kind of feeling might not be a good thing if it accumulated for a long time. Moreover, it wasn't suitable for long-term cooperation in the future. He might as well let Hong Zhong ease his feelings a little. In any case, Hong Zhong didn't look like someone who lacked spiritual jades.
Compared to yesterday's auction, although the scale of today's auction was a bit lower, if one were to talk about the oddities of the items being auctioned, it would definitely surpass the previous one. It was an eye-opener.
There were many things that even the professional experts present couldn't explain. They could only vaguely evaluate that this item was extraordinary, and the specific uses needed to be explored.
Lin Yi had always been very interested in these strange things. Even if he couldn't figure out the truth, there was still a ghostly thing that had lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years in the space of the jade pendant. He could more or less see something. If he wasn't careful, he might accidentally find a treasure like the Star Inkstone. Wouldn't that be a big profit?
However, it wasn't only Lin Yi who was interested in these strange things. The others also had the same thoughts of picking up leftovers, especially Nan Tianba's group. Because of the existence of Yu Zhe, who had read a lot, their ability to pick up leftovers was far beyond that of ordinary people.
While Lin Yi was busy picking up leftovers with these people, Tian Chan had already followed the people from the Pill Hall and Zheng Tianjie's corpse back to the middle island.
After hearing the news of Zheng Tianjie's death, the Pill Hall, which had always been quiet, suddenly erupted. Especially Zheng Tianjie's grandfather, the vice head of the Pill Hall, Zheng Dongjue, almost fainted on the spot.
Zheng Tianjie was the only master of the golden core stage among his grandchildren, and he was also a refiner. He had unlimited potential, and he had always had high hopes for him. He was being groomed as a successor, and now, after a trip to the Extreme North Island, he came back as a charred corpse. How could he accept this?
"Who did it?" These two words came out of Zheng Dongjue's hoarse voice, as if it came from hell. It made all the disciples of the Pill Hall tremble in fear.
Other than Zhang Liju and a few other disciples, everyone else was trembling under Zheng Dongjue's aggressive gaze.
In the end, an elder who led the team to the Northernmost Island this time had no choice but to bite the bullet and stand up to explain, "Deputy Hall Master, Young Master Zheng's death was not a homicide, but … but when he was refining pills last night, his cauldron accidentally exploded."
"Cauldron exploded?" Zheng Dongjue looked at him coldly and raged, "Tianjie was a level four refiner, and a master of the golden core stage! How dare you say that he died from a cauldron explosion? Why don't you blow one up for me!"
This elder was so scared that he shrunk his neck, speechless. One couldn't blame Zheng Dongjue for reacting like this. In fact, even these people found it hard to believe at first, but after checking the scene and the corpse, they finally came to the conclusion that it was a cauldron explosion.
"Hmph! I don't believe this stupid conclusion of yours at all. Go get all the elders here, I'll check again! "Zheng Dongjue gritted his teeth and roared.
As the vice head of the Pill Hall, when Zhang Liju wasn't here, Zheng Dongjue was pretty much the final decision maker in the Pill Hall. Even those elders with high positions wouldn't go against him easily, much less something like this.
Seeing that all the elders had arrived, Tian Chan's heart suddenly jumped to her throat. Everyone in front of her was a famous big shot in Middle Island. Putting aside their identity as Super Alchemists, whether it was their strength or their foresight, they were far from ordinary people. Especially when it came to the inspection of a cauldron explosion, they were the experts among the experts.
Holding her breath, Tian Chan watched as all the elders went up to check the corpses one by one. She had never felt so nervous before, afraid that these people would notice something unusual.
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