Chapter 1286: Chapter 1286: The Yellow Hall Is a Dump
The fine that Cheng Liang had to pay this time was a whopping one thousand Spirit Crystals, which was truly a huge sum. With Cheng Liang’s cultivation, even if he diligently completed tasks every month to earn rewards, he would need to complete about ten tasks in a row before he would have a chance to accumulate such a number of Spirit Crystals. This is assuming he had extraordinary luck and could take on extremely easy tasks. Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve within a month.
"Junior Brother Cheng Liang, I really can’t make the decision on this. You know, the price wasn’t set by me. I’m just someone doing my job here. How would I dare to arbitrarily change the price for you?" Chen Ji looked at Cheng Liang and said with a hint of sympathy. He felt somewhat sorry for him.
After all, in the Yellow Hall, there was a mentor who was obsessed with alcohol and would get drunk to death, along with a fiery-tempered senior sister who would often resort to violence and destroy public facilities. It was a miracle that the Yellow Hall could survive until now and hadn’t disappeared.
But it’s probably difficult for it to last long, considering these two "extravagant" individuals. Sooner or later, the Yellow Hall is bound to cool down. If it weren’t for Cheng Liang, who is frugal and handles internal affairs, the Yellow Hall would have ceased to exist long ago.
Cheng Liang took out one thousand Spirit Crystals from his Spatial Treasure, which was almost his entire fortune at the moment, and handed them to Chen Ji at the counter.
Chen Ji swept them with his divine soul and quickly confirmed the quantity, then collected the Spirit Crystals.
"The quantity is correct, exactly one thousand Spirit Crystals. I’ll now cancel the case regarding your senior sister damaging the facilities." Chen Ji said flatly. Once this matter was handled, his commission could be securely pocketed.
One percent commission, which was ten Spirit Crystals. He only needed to sit here, count the Spirit Stones, and handle related matters to earn a reward that others fought tooth and nail to obtain, which was truly easy and comfortable.
After canceling Zi Ling’s case, Chen Ji saw that Cheng Liang still hadn’t left and couldn’t help but feel puzzled.
"Junior Brother Cheng Liang, do you have any other matters?" Chen Ji looked at Cheng Liang and asked.
"Besides paying the fine this time, I also need you to process identity tokens for our new disciples in the Yellow Hall." Cheng Liang looked at Chen Ji and said calmly.
There is a clear record of this in the Yunlong Heavenly Palace’s roster, so Chen Ji only needed to check to know the number and names of the Yellow Hall’s new students.
"Oh, you guys at the Yellow Hall are actually recruiting new disciples this year?"
"It seems like your Yellow Hall is growing in capability, actually able to coax people into joining." Chen Ji said with a slight smile as he looked at Cheng Liang.
However, he was quite pleased that the Yellow Hall could enroll disciples. After all, who could predict whether the amount of fines collected from the Yellow Hall might increase over time?
Lin Chen and Cheng Liang’s faces turned instantly livid upon hearing Chen Ji’s words. This guy’s mouth was truly venomous; with one statement, he had managed to offend both of them.
If it weren’t for Chen Ji being a disciple in the Law Enforcement Hall, a beating would have been inevitable.
"Stop spewing nonsense and quickly get the identity tokens done!" Although Cheng Liang had always had a good temper, Chen Ji’s words were truly grating at this moment, making him extremely displeased. If his senior sister Zi Yue had been present, Chen Ji might have lost a few teeth.
"Don’t rush, it’ll be done soon. Isn’t it already in the process?" Although Chen Ji responded like this, his hands didn’t stop moving. He immediately began refining. In no time, he took out those identity tokens and engraved the names from the roster on them one by one, finishing quickly.
"Alright, once you take them back, let them refine them with spiritual power, and they’ll belong to them as their own identity tokens." Chen Ji said to Cheng Liang, handing the tokens to him with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Liang accepted the identity tokens, thanked Chen Ji, and was about to turn and leave.
As for Chen Ji, although he was a bit talkative, in reality, he was quite decent, without any airs, unlike some people who thought that working for the Law Enforcement Hall made them superior.
Just as Lin Chen and Cheng Liang were about to leave, they suddenly encountered a group of martial artists approaching, who turned out to be people from the Profound Hall, including Zhang Hongying and Zhang Caiyun.
"Lin Chen, Young Master Yang... you two are doing well in the Yellow Hall, aren’t you?"
Zhang Hongying’s concern was clearly not sincerely directed at Lin Chen, but focused on Yang Minghui. It was just that she felt embarrassed to ask directly, so she included Lin Chen in her inquiry.
"Pretty good."
Lin Chen looked at Zhang Hongying and said with a smile.
"You’re doing pretty well staying in the Yellow Hall? I must say, you’re quite adept at self-deception. What good could possibly be in a broken place like the Yellow Hall?"
Zhang Caiyun looked at Lin Chen and said with a mocking tone.
After all, the Yellow Hall was the worst among the Four Great Halls. Everyone knew its state.
If it were truly good, why would all the Yellow Hall disciples have run away?
"Zhang Caiyun, don’t be so arrogant. It’s not your place to point fingers at how our Yellow Hall is." Cheng Liang, usually good-tempered, was displeased at this moment, being mocked and criticized for the Yellow Hall right in front of him and the new disciples.
"Hah, I’ve said it. What can you do about it?"
Zhang Caiyun looked at Cheng Liang with disdain.
In fact, Zhang Caiyun had nothing against Cheng Liang and had no conflict with him. What irked her was the presence of Zi Ling from the Yellow Hall.
So, naturally, she wasn’t inclined to show the Yellow Hall any face or kindness.
After all, over these years, people from the Profound Hall had been no strangers to being beaten by Zi Ling. And every time Zhang Caiyun stood up for the Profound Hall disciples, she was also taught a lesson by Zi Ling.
Although Zhang Caiyun was not able to defeat Zi Ling, her strength wasn’t too far behind; she cared more about face.
"Cousin, forget it, say a few words less." Zhang Hongying, looking at her cousin, quickly spoke up to advise.
For Zhang Hongying, Zhang Caiyun’s sharpness at this moment made her very nervous. After all, she didn’t want relations between the Profound Hall and Yellow Hall to become too strained, as she wanted to maintain contact with Yang Minghui in the future.
However, if relations between the two halls were too tense now, once each settled in their own hall, they would care more about their halls. How could they meet, let alone have any other development?
"Sigh."
Hearing Zhang Hongying’s words and being held back by her arm to not trouble the Yellow Hall, Zhang Caiyun was suddenly helpless.
From Zhang Caiyun’s perspective, she assumed her cousin was smitten with Lin Chen.
However, in her eyes, apart from being a bit handsome, Lin Chen’s cultivation was merely at the fifth level of the Nirvana Realm. She couldn’t understand what was going through Zhang Hongying’s mind to become enamored with him.