TFHS: Chapter 121

Shi Yan listened to his grandson and found that Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo were very interested in the Netherworld Valley.

Moreover, a strange plant entered the belly of Feng Ming’s pet beast, the black crystal turtle. This was unheard of for him and was very rare.

The black crystal turtle hadn’t shown any movement since his deep sleep. It was unknown what changes would occur when he woke up.

But since they were here, they naturally had to go to Netherworld Valley to see if there was a chance to go in. There was no need to worry if they couldn’t.

Therefore, Bai Qiaomo nodded. “Thank you, Captain Shi. We want to go see it and open our eyes. After we get there, Captain Shi doesn’t need to pay attention to us anymore. If we have the chance to get in, we will go in. If not, we won’t force it. Everything should be done according to one’s ability.”

The more Shi Yan talked to them, the more he admired Bai Qiaomo and Feng Ming. He didn’t know where they came from. They might have their own secrets but went out for training.

However, he could see that even though this person was covering it up, Bai Qiaomo wasn’t very old. He was probably in his 20s. At this age, he reached the middle stage of the essence liquid realm. He was nothing if not a genius.

He thought that these two people were probably the disciples of some big noble family who came out for training. What was rare was that they had a peaceful temperament, which was completely different from the disciples of the big noble families that he had come into contact with.

The latter was very arrogant and didn’t take a mercenary group like them seriously.

In the old man’s opinion, Bai Qiaomo’s temperament would allow him to go further in the future.

So even if someone under his command suggested finding a way to keep the Qiao brothers in the mercenary group, the old man never mentioned it because he knew that the Golden Eagle mercenary group was too small for these two.

The reason why Old Shi couldn’t see through it was that the jade pendants currently covering up the two of them were created by Dean Pei. Their essence couldn’t be seen through as long as the other person’s strength didn’t exceed Dean Pei.

Due to this, Dean Pei felt free to let his disciple go out for training, and it was the same for Yu Xiao.

“Haha, okay. Then come with us. We will set off tomorrow.”

“Okay, I will listen to you.”

After knowing that Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo were going together, Cheng Miao happily packed up and prepared to set off together.

He didn’t want to enter the Netherworld Valley, but wanted to participate in his grandfather’s important events. Then he would just stay outside the valley and wait for his grandfather to come out.

He had long been mentally prepared to run around with the mercenary group. He liked this type of life.

Early the next morning, some members of the mercenary group set off with their captain. Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo followed Cheng Miao and Old Shi. Where could there be a safer place than the old man’s side?

There weren’t many accompanying members, but they weren’t weak in strength. The worst ones were in the early stage of the essence liquid realm. There were also some experts in the essence dan realm who would stay outside and be responsible for everyone’s safety.

The entire Golden Eagle mercenary group now had three essence dan realm experts. In addition to Old Shi, the strongest, there were also the two deputy captains.

No matter where they went, the Golden Eagle was a very strong mercenary group. Otherwise, how could they arouse the fear of all forces in Pingwang City?

They traveled quickly and arrived at the Netherworld Valley the next day, not Beidou Town.

Beidou Town was still some distance away from the Netherworld Valley, but now there were many cultivators gathered outside the Netherworld Valley. Various tents were propped up and it looked like a market town.

Of course, once the matter was over, the cultivators here would disperse again. Such a lively scene would only happen if there was another rare treasure or a relic.

Shi Yan personally led the team and arrived, which attracted a lot of attention. The rest of the mercenary group camped to rest, and someone came to visit the captain, Shi Yan.

From his negotiations with these people, Shi Yan learned that a seven-left insect flower plant could support a protective shield to isolate the poisonous gas outside after being refined.

After testing, this protective shield could bring up to ten people in. The result was very gratifying. At first, they thought that only two or three people could enter.

Other forces and cultivators watched as they talked.

In the crowd, Feng Linlang and Wu Yingyan were watching the scene.

They also heard about the name of the Golden Eagle mercenary group and knew about the commotion between the young master of the Golden Eagle group and the three children of Pingwang City.

The most important thing was that as soon as Captain Shi Yan came forward, he snatched a mature seven-leaf insect flower plant from everyone’s hands.

This made Feng Linlang and Wu Yingyan feel very envious. it would be great if this strange plant fell into their hands, but they also knew that this was a fantasy. At this time, unless they took it by force, even the background of the Wu family wasn’t useful.

Fortunately, Wu Yingyan had reached an agreement with one party. They would bring him and Feng Linlang in together.

It wasn’t easy to get two places, so Feng Hongrui had to wait outside. Feng Hongrui also knew that he couldn’t force it.

The three of them stood there talking.

Apart from Shi Yan, the object of Wu Yingyan’s attention was the central figure in this topic, Cheng Miao.

He commented, “He only looks so-so. I thought he was extremely beautiful. If it wasn’t for his grandfather, he would just be…”

Wu Yingyan snorted lightly. He didn’t continue talking in order to not leave a bad impression on Feng Linlang.

What he actually wanted to say was, ‘He doesn’t even want the money given to him.’

Feng Hongrui didn’t have so many scruples and agreed. “No, I heard that it is very dangerous in the Netherworld Valley. Sometimes the weak ones might survive while the strong ones might be in trouble. If his grandfather fails to come out alive, the fate of this ger will be very miserable. Who would take in this burden?”

“I heard that he doesn’t even recognize his biological father and never appeared in front of his father in the past. The one surnamed Lu is also unlucky. I heard that he is still seriously injured now. I don’t know if it will affect his future cultivation.”

Feng Linlang didn’t comment and just watched indifferently.

For a person who wasn’t good at cultivation, it didn’t matter how strong his backing was. He was destined not to be in the same world as her.

Therefore, she didn’t pay much attention to him. The ones who deserved her attention were Shi Yan himself and the Golden Eagle mercenary group he owned.

In the future, if something happened to Shi Yan or if he retired, the person who would inherit the Golden Eagle mercenary group wouldn’t be his descendant, Cheng Miao. In the mercenary world, strength spoke for itself, and fists were used to judge superiority.

Feng Hongrui frowned. “More and more cultivators are coming here. Brother Wu, is there still no news of these two people? Don’t they dare to come?”

Wu Yingyan wasn’t happy when hearing this. He wanted to crush to death these two people as quickly as possible outside. However, now he hadn’t even caught their whereabouts.

“No, we are still investigating. Maybe it was the guy surnamed Yu who gave them some type of spiritual weapon to hide their identity.”

Feng Hongrui said in surprise, “Is that guy surnamed Yu really interested in them so much? What happened to him? Isn’t it true that the ger has bad qualifications? Why was he picked by Yu Xiao? Or is the news originally spread wrong, and he isn’t bad at all?”

“If that is the case, wouldn’t it be very troublesome to find them? What should we do?”

As a direct descendant of the Feng family, he didn’t want to hear the name Feng Ming at all or be in the same place as him. Thus, he was the one who wanted Feng Ming to disappear the most.

In his view, side branches should serve the direct lineage honestly.

Even people like Jinghuai were obedient. How could he forgive Feng Ming, who climbed on top of them? Even his own father Feng Jinlin was the same. Compared with Feng Hongrui’s father, he was just a concubine’s son.

If Feng Ming knew what Feng Hongrui was thinking, he would really laugh loudly.

What type of environment was it where they still had to talk about people born from legitimate and illegitimate children? Were legitimate children inherently noble and illegitimate ones destined to be lowly and worthless?

This was a fantasy cultivation world where the strong were always respected and the weak were eaten by the strong.

Everything was empty in the face of absolute strength.

At most, the legitimate children were born with more resources than the illegitimate ones. However, if they didn’t work hard and their strength wasn’t improved, they still wanted to rely on their background to be superior to the illegitimate one? This was wishful thinking.

Besides, let’s talk about the reasons for legitimate concubines. Shouldn’t he find the person who artificially created this distinction to settle the score? He looked down on concubines, but his father took concubines. He should take care of his own father’s belt.

Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo helped set up their tent. They finished everything and took a walk around the settlement here.

Cheng Miao stayed calmly in the camp because he didn’t want to meet people from the Lu and Cheng families. There must be people from these two families coming too.

As time passed, there were even stalls in this settlement. Some cultivators set up stalls on the spot, selling items they didn’t need and buying items from other stalls. It was quite lively.

They walked around in a circle before finding the target person they were looking for and inquiring about his movements. This person actually had the leisure to send out a lot of manpower just to find two people.

Feng Ming sneered. He asked people to find them. Sure enough, there were still a lot of yuan crystals.

They returned from a long walk and happened to catch up with dinner in the mercenary group. Feng Ming happily took Bai Qiaomo to eat barbecue together.

The mercenaries who cooked this barbecue were very skilled. The meat was so fragrant that Feng Ming could eat it to the fullest.

During the meal, everyone was exchanging the information they found out.

In addition to the strange plant in Shi Yan’s hand, the other four plants had full groups. Now only the one in Shi Yan’s hand was left, which was being targeted by many forces.

The forces that came to the old man before were trying to reach an agreement with him. The other party would pay a certain price for two places.

“Qiao Hai, what are your thoughts? Do you want to follow?” Shi Yan asked Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo. If they wanted to enter together, these two places would definitely belong to them.

Shi Yan didn’t care about this small profit. His grandson’s life-saving feelings were more important.

Feng Ming shook his head. During the walk just now, the little turtle finally showed some movements. It wouldn’t be long before he woke up. “Senior, don’t worry about us. We have our own arrangements.”

Shi Yan knew that they weren’t being polite. He was also very curious about the small turtle. He wondered if the small turtle could bring them into the Netherworld Valley.

“Okay, on my side, I will take two people in, and the others will stay outside. I will transfer the remaining seven places.”

“We will listen to the boss, but you should be careful. The cultivators of the other families are calculating.”

Shi Yan snorted. “Am I so easy to calculate against? I am just giving up the places. I didn’t say that I would stand on the same side as them. After I bring them in, I will go about my business and ignore them.”

Shi Yan also talked about the other people who wanted to enter the Netherworld Valley. Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo listened carefully and found out one thing. Feng Linlang and Wu Yingyan were also going to enter the valley. They got the quota from the Nie family.

Feng Ming secretly thought, ‘Is this quota so easy to get? In order to pursue a beauty, the man surnamed Wu even promised the favor of the Wu family. I don’t know what the Wu family will think if they know this.’