After the apocalypse, the people of Yan Jin had an instinctive sense of superiority. Not only did they look down on the people of Yuzhang Base City, but they also looked down on the people of the other six base cities.
The new Yan Jin was the first base city to be rebuilt, and a savior like Kenzu had come from that city. The people of Yan Jin had their noses raised to the sky.
How could the other base cities compare with Yan Jing?
The other base cities had records of being conquered, but Yan Jin had never been conquered in the past 1,000 years. That was enough for the people of Yan Jin to be proud of for the rest of their lives.
Yan Jin was indeed powerful. Although the people of the other base cities were dissatisfied with the attitude of the people of Yan Jin, they could not refute it. In the eyes of the people of the other base cities, Yan Jin was indeed the most powerful base city. What they desired the most was to move to Yan Jin and become a Yan Jin citizen.
However, in the past two years, the other base cities had found a reason to mock Yan Jin. The Sword Tower had lost one-tenth of its Natural Sword Ladies, and they had been betrayed by their own traitor. That was something that had never happened in the other base cities. Yan Jin was the only one that had ever happened. That was the perfect reason to mock Yan Jin.
As a result, the people of Yan Jin had been living in such mockery during the past two years. Countless netizens had been posting posts on various forums to mock the people of Yan Jin. They would mention Yan Jin intentionally or unintentionally. For example, "The Sword Tower in our city is so beautiful. It's not like the Sword Tower in Yan Jin. It's beautiful, but it's empty inside!"
For example, "My neighbor was robbed. That thief was awesome. Luckily, he wasn't in Yan Jin. Otherwise, he would have stolen everything from the Sword Tower in Yan Jin."
The netizens, who couldn't wait to bring up the Yan Jing Sword Pavilion in every sentence, provoked the anger in the hearts of the Yan Jing people to the extreme.
But just like the people of the other base cities could not refute the arrogance of the people of Yan Jin, the people of Yan Jin could not refute the mockery of others either. After all, the Sword Ladies of the Sword Tower had been lost, and they had been stolen by their own people.
The people of Yanjing had been suppressing such a matter for two years, and they had long been filled with anger. Now that they suddenly heard the Great Sun Sword Immortal announce that those lost Natural Sword Ladies had returned, the people of Yanjing felt that their two years of depression and anger had been instantly released. No one dared to use such a matter to mock Yanjing City anymore. The high and mighty status of the people of Yanjing had returned. Of course, the people of Yanjing would happily rush onto the streets, cheering for this wonderful thing.
However, after the celebration, the people of Yan Jing found that they were still being ridiculed on the Internet. This was because the Great Sun Sword Immortal had admitted at the press conference that these Natural Sword Ladies had been found with the help of Yuzhang City's Hongjun Sword Immortal Gu Han. All the members of the Yan Jing City Sword Committee bowed to Gu Han at the press conference, expressing their gratitude.
Actually, a portion of the Sword Immortal level sword bearers were not willing to do this, but the Great Sun Sword Immortal had forced them to.
Because the Great Sun Sword Immortal knew that Yan Jin City's rejection of Guhan had made Guhan extremely unhappy.
If Guhan was just a normal Sword Immortal level sword bearer, it would be fine. But Guhan could very likely become an Emperor Sword bearer on par with Kenzu in the future. It was better to resolve this grudge as soon as possible.
Anyway, it was just a bow. He would not lose a piece of flesh. It was no big deal!
But what the Great Sun Sword Immortal did not expect was that this would become a new reason for the people of other cities to mock the people of Yan Jin. "These laughable people of Yan Jin still have the face to dance. The Sword Ladies were all found by Sword Immortal Hong Jun. In the end, Yan Jin City still has to rely on Yuzhang City's help. This is a huge joke. It's really too funny!"
Among them, the people of Yuzhang City, who were the worst in Yan Jing City, were the happiest to ridicule Gu Han. Because Gu Han was from Yuzhang City, Yan Jing City owed Yuzhang City a big favor. They could finally vent their anger that had accumulated for a year. There was nothing more joyous than this.
In the face of such ridicule, the Yan Jing people still felt a little aggrieved, but at least they felt more comfortable than before. Forget it, the noble Yan Jing people would not bother with these tasteless country bumpkins.
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The day after the press conference ended, the Great Sun Sword Immortal came to Guhan's hotel again.
"What else is there?" Seeing the Great Sun Sword Immortal appear again, Guhan asked curiously.
"It's like this. Due to the rejection of the Imperial Zergs, the Yan Jin City Sword Committee feels very bad. Therefore, we have decided to give Sword Immortal Hong Jun 10 million Hero Coins as compensation. We hope that Sword Immortal Hong Jun can understand Yan Jin City's difficulties!"
The Great Sun Sword Immortal said sincerely. From this, it could be seen that the Yan Jin City Sword Committee was very afraid of Guhan. Otherwise, they would not have taken the initiative to give 10 million Hero Coins to make up for Guhan's dissatisfaction.
Guhan had to admit that Yan Jin City's actions had indeed made up for his good impression in Guhan's heart. As the saying went, one did not hit a smiling person. Moreover, this was a smiling person who had given him 10 million Hero Coins.
Therefore, Guhan still squeezed out a smile and accepted the Hero Coins without hesitation.
But what Guhan did not expect was that when the Hero Coins were transferred through his personal terminal, his personal terminal did not have 10 million Hero Coins, but 20 million Hero Coins.
"Why is there another 10 million?" Guhan asked in confusion.
"Oh, the remaining 10 million Hero Coins are your reward from the Sword Committee!"
The Great Sun Sword Immortal explained with a smile. "You fought Zhou Yu with your wits and risked your life to enter the dungeon alone to save two million souls. Those are all great contributions. The Sword Committee will definitely reward you.
"But because your contributions are too great, the Sword Committee could not come to a consensus on how to reward you. It was only yesterday that they finally came to a consensus and decided to reward you with 10 million Hero Coins. So in total, it will be 20 million Hero Coins!"
"Thank you very much!"
Guhan smiled at the Great Sun Sword Immortal again. The Great Sun Sword Immortal repeatedly said "You're welcome" and prepared to leave Guhan's residence.
"Wait!"
Guhan suddenly called out to the Great Sun Sword Immortal. The Great Sun Sword Immortal turned around in confusion and heard Guhan say calmly, "Since Yanjing City is so sincere, and Great Sun Sword Immortal has helped me so much, after my base city is built, I will give Yanjing City a quota of 1,000 immigrants, and you, Great Sun Sword Immortal, an immigration quota of 100."
"Thank you!"
The Great Sun Sword Immortal didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Who would care about the immigration quota for a base city that hadn't even been established yet? And even if it was established, even if the Great Sun Sword Immortal was given 10,000 immigration quotas, he wouldn't send a single family member away from Yanjing City. This quota was a little too useless for him.
Although he was complaining in his heart, the Great Sun Sword Immortal had no reason to reject it. In the end, he could only smile and accept it.
"I was just worrying about what to do with your sword marks. Who would have thought that these Hero Coins would come to me!" Guhan turned around and smiled at the four sword ladies behind him.
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"Excuse me, I would like to exchange for a new Dimensional Pocket," an elderly sword wielder said to a staff member behind the counter with a smile.
"2333 Hero Coins!" the staff member behind the counter said with a stiff expression.
"Why did the price increase again!
Wasn't it still 2200 Hero Coins three months ago? "The elderly sword wielder cried out when he heard the staff member's price.
"Now is a time when resources are tight. Why are you spouting so much nonsense … Are you going to exchange or not?
If not, then hurry up and leave. Don't stand here and get in the way! "
The staff member said angrily when he heard the elderly sword wielder say this. He even rolled his eyes at him for free.
"You … sigh …" The elderly sword wielder was angry at first, but in the end, he retreated helplessly. He could only accept his fate and take out another 133 Hero Coins.
This was something that could not be helped. If this staff member was a staff member from another place, the elderly sword wielder would have used his status to viciously rebuke him.
But the staff members of the Merit Store were not ordinary staff members. They were staff members with extremely deep backgrounds.
Although the staff members of the Merit Store were also ordinary people, what kind of place was the Merit Store?
It was a unit under the direct management of the Sword Committee. Moreover, it was the unit under the Sword Committee that had the most profits … After all, the Merit Store was in charge of exchanging for rare goods that could only be exchanged with Hero Coins. They were precious goods that could not be bought with RMB.
Working in such a place, as long as a small report of the sword mark powder was lost and the bottle of sword mark powder was sold on the black market, it could easily be exchanged for a thousand RMB. A lost Dimensional Pocket could be exchanged for a super high value of three million RMB.
As long as one did not lose anything too precious, the Sword Committee would turn a blind eye to such things. A small staff member, as long as they did their job properly and did not leave any evidence, could easily earn hundreds of thousands of RMB in a month. It was simply the best job in the world.
This job was so good that one should not expect to work in the Merit Store … Almost all the staff members here were from the Emperor Sword World or the descendants of the Sword Immortal Family. These descendants did not have the talent to become sword wielder. In order to make their lives richer and easier, their elders, who held real power, thought of all kinds of ways to stuff them into the Merit Store.
This was extremely normal. No matter how many years had passed, as long as politics were in the hands of humans, this kind of abuse of power for personal gain was absolutely something that could not be prohibited. There was nothing strange about it.