Chapter 403: Buddies (1/2)
At night, in the food street of the underground ghost market of Floating City, in the hot food stalls, the fume and the smell of food, the noisy voices and the collision of the spatula, everyone's faces are shiny and full of smiles.
This is the fireworks in the world.
”Dang Cang!”
Two iced fruit wine glasses collided, and Li Yao and Meng Jiang, their best friend in high school, drank them all in one go. They laughed and laughed at each other.
”I haven't come back for three years, Lao Du's mulberry wine is still as enjoyable!”
Li Yao licked the corner of his mouth and was full of emotion.
In the daytime, after leaving the middle school for the children of the miners, he went to see Peng Hai, the demon sword brother, and the two went to visit the enlightenment teacher Sun Lao together.
When Sun was young, he was just a low-powered cultivator in the Qi-refining period, but his eyes were like a torch. In his later years, he unearthed two super newcomers, Peng Hai and Vulture Li Yao, which brought him his status in the Chixiao School. The tide is also rising.
In order to build a good relationship with Peng Hai and Li Yao, the Chixiao faction has been taking good care of Sun Lao over the years and arranged a good villa on the outskirts of the city for the elderly to enjoy their old age.
Sun Lao always hated the incident of Li Yao, the second lieutenant general of Chixiao, who was not fake about Chixiao faction. Instead, he likes to wander around the slums every day, trying to find the next good seed, which is also a hobby.
Li Yao had dinner with Peng Hai and Lao Sun, and asked Peng Hai to take care of his shares in the Shuangjiao Club. After dealing with trivial matters, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.
It just so happens that Meng Jiang, the buddy, also finished his three-year career in academy, obtained the license of intermediate image designer, and is about to enter the society.
Li Yao and Meng Jiang hadn't seen each other for three years, so they took this opportunity to meet at their favorite underground ghost market food court.
Steaming mutton fried noodles, skewers of various colors that are thicker than arms, clams that are so spicy that they shed tears, and fat chicken legs. These are all the delicacies of high school.
”Unexpectedly, we still have one day to get together. You can really do it. You will become a foundation building monk in just three years, just like the demon sword Peng Hai back then!”
Meng Jiang filled Li Yao with a smile, and said with emotion, ”I am an ordinary person. I am afraid I have nothing to do in my life. The only thing I am proud of is having a good friend like you! I didn't expect that after you became a foundation-building monk, I still remember my best friend, and I was willing to find me to eat in a place like this. I am really happy!”
”Meng Jiang, you will always be my best friend, why would I forget? Back then, I was seriously injured and fell into a coma when hunting monsters on Demon Jiao Island. Everyone said that I couldn't wake up. But you did your best to defend me in school, and for me, you also had conflicts with many people. I have all this in mind!”
Li Yao clasped his wine glass tightly and said a little embarrassed, ”You know, becoming a cultivator is a matter of sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. I practice crazy 24 hours a day, and sometimes I have to go to the battlefield. I've been fighting life and death for months, and I really don't have time to party with old friends!”
”I understand that the situation is so tense now, you cultivators must be very hard! Now that you have embarked on this path, then you should invest 100% in it and keep climbing! I am still waiting for one day when you become the Nascent Soul Boss , Come see me for a drink again!”
Meng Jiang smiled heartily, ”Don't let me wait too long, if I become a bad old man, and you become a primordial old man, I am embarrassed to take a photo with you!”
Li Yao also smiled: ”Don't worry, you won't be allowed to wait too long!”
”By the way, how about you?”
”Your ideal is to become the best image designer in the entire federation. I know that you have worked very hard in school. You have obtained a lot of intermediate licenses that senior image designers can't get. What do you plan to do next? It's work. Do you start your own business?”
Meng Jiang smiled slightly, and said with a touch of pride: ”I am going to join the army.”
Li Yao was stunned: ”Join the army?”
”Yes.”
Meng Jiang nodded and said, ”Of course I want to start a business and open an image design club myself, but you know the environment of my home, there is no money at all, and my dad has never supported me in this business.”
”Now that the Federation has entered a state of warfare, the status of soldiers has been greatly improved, and the standards for joining the army have also been relaxed. After three years of joining the army, you can get a loan and realize my dream!”
”Secretly tell you, I went to participate in the test a few days ago, and it has passed the test successfully, then as long as the data review is okay, I will be a glorious Federal Army!”
”Ha, even my dad doesn't know this news. If the old man knew, he would be very angry!”
”So it's like this...”
Li Yao thought for a while, took out a black matte surface, very low-key and luxurious Jin Lingtong card from his arms, placed it on the greasy table, and handed it over.
Meng Jiang was taken aback, hesitation flashed under his eyes, he drank a glass of iced mulberry wine, took a deep breath, and pushed the card back again.
Li Yao frowned and said, ”Meng Jiang, we are best friends. Why are you polite with me? The money should be enough for you to open a medium-sized image design club. You don’t need to join the army so hard. It’s very dangerous to go to the front line now. !”
Meng Jiang glanced at the Jin Lingtong Card and seemed a little regretful, but gritted his teeth and smiled again:
”Li Yao, I know you are kind, and the money is nothing to you.”
”However, I have always regarded the two of us as best friends. The friendship we forged since middle school is the purest thing, and I regard it as a treasure!”
”So, I can't use your money to start a business, otherwise I always feel that this kind of friendship is no longer so pure, flawed, and changed.”
”What's more, I still prefer to use my own hands to work out my world bit by bit, compared to the easy success.”
”Only in this way, when I finally build a big image design empire, looking back on the past, I won't feel even the slightest guilty conscience!”
”Even if one day, you really become the Nascent Soul Boss, I will still be able to straighten up, eat meat and drink with you with confidence!”
These words made Li Yao ponder for a long time, and finally touched his head and laughed: