TFHS: Chapter 144

After the Wind Eagle mercenary group, the cultivators from other forces also fled back to Chiri City. This meant there weren’t many casualties.

Soon after, rumors about a flood dragon in the sea also spread in Chiri City. Some of the rumors were so vivid that it seemed as if the people involved had seen the flood dragon with their own eyes.

This was a flood dragon. There had been no dragons on the Feihong Continent for a long time. The flood dragon was undoubtedly the closest thing to a dragon.

Thus, many cultivators in Chiri City formed a team and went to the sea to look for traces of the dragon.

Some people came to ask Feng Jinlin’s opinion. Feng Jinlin told them the truth. The Silver Armor Army, the Phoenix Guards of the Nanhuang Dynasty, and the core disciples of the Shengyuan Sect were involved in this matter. If they didn’t care about this, they could go.

This truth made some cultivators stay, but there were still some cultivators who weren’t afraid of death and left Chiri City.

Feng Jinlin certainly wouldn’t continue to persuade him. If he wanted to die, no one could stop him.

A few days later, Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo didn’t expect for Kong Zhao to come again and ask to see Bai Qiaomo by name.

Feng Ming also followed, wanting to ask about what was happening at sea.

Seeing Kong Zhao, Feng Ming asked curiously, “Senior Kong, have you found that cunning flood dragon?”

Kong Zhao smiled and shook his head. “I’m sorry to disappoint Young Master Feng. All of us, including the Phoenix Guards of Nanhuang and the disciples of the Shengyuan Sect, haven’t been able to find the whereabouts of that evil beast. It slipped away completely. This time, I came here to persuade Young Master Bai again.”

Feng Ming really looked disappointed, and Bai Qiaomo raised an eyebrow.

“Senior Kong, my decision won’t change.”

“How does Young Master Bai know what I am going to say?”

Bai Qiaomo smiled slightly. “It is nothing more than the various benefits of joining the imperial court, but compared to freedom, I still choose not to join.”

Kong Zhao still didn’t give up. “Young Master Bai is so young and has a good chance of reaching the essence dan realm. It will be no problem for you to advance to the soul opening realm in the future. Young Master Bai, you know, after joining the imperial court, it will be easier to advance to the soul opening realm. The soul opening realm isn’t the end for a cultivator. IF you want to continue to climb up, you must leave the Feihong Continent. This can’t be achieved without the help of the imperial court. Does Young Master Bai want to stay on the Feihong Continent all your life? Even if you don’t want to, does Young Master Feng want to?”

Feng Ming touched his chin. This silver armored guard actually set his sights on Feng Ming. If Feng Ming didn’t know the truth, he might really be tempted.

Bai Qiaomo smiled. “Senior Kong, we are still young and can’t consider such long-term things. Feihong Continent is big enough, but my Junior Brother Ming and I haven’t even traveled around the Dongmu Dynasty. How can we talk about other things?”

Seeing Bai Qiaomo’s stubborn look, Kong Zhao could only sigh and shake his head.

He thought that a genius like Bai Qiaomo would pursue higher realms and was a person with long-term vision.

He hadn’t expected Bai Qiaomo to only see what was in front of him. What a pity.

There really weren’t many people with extremely high talent and a strong will.

But even after saying this, Bai Qiaomo refused to listen. Kong Zhao had to give up, saying, “I hope you two don’t regret it.”

“No,” Bai Qiaomo answered calmly.

Kong Zhao didn’t stay long and left after saying this.

Feng Ming felt deeply moved. This Kong Zhao guard was truly loyal to the imperial court. After seeing a genius like Bai Qiaomo, he wanted to win Bai Qiaomo over for the imperial court.

It was a pity that what the other person thought was good might not necessarily be suitable for them. Besides, did Kong Zhao really know the secrets of the court?

Feng Jinlin had been very busy, preparing to open a seafood restaurant. After the three major forces withdrew from the sea area, he asked Meng Yao and Zhan Hui to go and bring the chefs from their old lair to Chiri City.

During the time spent researching dishes, Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo tried many new dishes and gave their comments.

All the members of the mercenary group were also food tasters and enjoyed the feast.

After repeated experiments, the first seafood restaurant under the Wind Eagle mercenary group in Chiri City was officially opened. The name of the restaurant was Wind Eagle Seafood.

Due to its novelty, it caused quite a stir on the first day of opening. Many cultivators were willing to come and try it out.

On the first day of the restaurant opening, the butler, Uncle Zhao, handed a letter to Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo. It was sent to the mercenary group.

The two of them took a look and saw that it was sent from Sihong Academy.

The two of them hadn’t hidden their itinerary from their respective masters. They sent a letter to Sihong Academy when they decided to come to Chiri City.

Now that a letter arrived, the two of them hurriedly opened it. They were worried that it was an urgent matter, or a letter wouldn’t have been sent so far away.

After quickly scanning the letter, the two of them looked up at each other. Feng Ming sighed. “We are both destined to be hard-working. We will be busy again.”

“Young Master, is there something urgent?”

Feng Ming put the letter away and told Uncle Zhao, “My master wrote to say that the league held by the court is approaching. He wrote to inform us to participate and to go directly to Imperial City to meet up with him.”

Uncle Zhao was a bit disappointed when he heard this. This meant that the young master was leaving soon, and it wasn’t known when he would see the young master again.

But he was also proud that the young master was going to represent the academy in the Imperial City League.

“Then Uncle Zhao, I will quickly prepare the luggage and food for the young master and your husband. Then I will ask someone to notify the master.”

“Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Zhao.” Feng Ming didn’t refuse Uncle Zhao’s kindness.

After Uncle Zhao left, Bai Qiaomo said, “The time of the league has been advanced.”

Feng Ming hadn’t paid much attention to the league. “So the time has advanced. No wonder why Master didn’t mention this when we went out. By the way, why was it advanced?”

Bai Qiaomo really knew this. “It is because Imperial City wants to select a group of young cultivators to send to a secret realm controlled by them and the other four major forces. The opening time of this secret realm has been advanced, so the time of the league has also been advanced. The league is a qualifying competition, and the competition is for the qualification to enter the secret realm. I think Master and the others might know this, but it isn’t easy to say too much in the letter. We will know it when we go to Imperial City.”

Feng Ming was surprised. “So, we will be able to fight with the young cultivators of other major forces soon?”

Bai Qiaomo thought about it and realized that this was the case. Then he saw Feng Ming’s eyes light up.

Rather than retreating, he was eager to try. He couldn’t wait to compete with the younger generation of geniuses across the entire continent.

Feng Ming rubbed his hands together. “Master and the others are so wise. How can there be a league without the two of us? Then we will go together to meet the talents from all over the continent.”

This meant that they had already secured two places. Feng Ming was very confident that there would be no surprises.

Bai Qiaomo smiled and said, “Okay, let’s go and see it together.”

Feng Jinlin came back after receiving the letter. He hadn’t received the news yet, but he definitely wouldn’t stop Feng Ming from going to participate.

He might be reluctant to let Feng Ming go, but he knew that this was a great opportunity for Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo to advance.

This was a great opportunity to exchange ideas with talented people from all walks of life. It was only through comparison and communication that they could make progress. It was only by gaining more knowledge that they could broaden their horizons.

What’s more, this was an opportunity to take advantage of the imperial court and the imperial family. Once the league was over, the selected talents would be rewarded.

Feng Jinlin advised, “You two have to be careful and don’t act rashly. Dad will try to open the seafood restaurants in other cities as soon as possible. Then you will have multiple places to go, and it will be convenient to communicate.”

Feng Ming nodded. He also hoped that his father could open the chain seafood restaurant throughout the Dongmu Dynasty as soon as possible, and throughout the Feihong Continent in the future.

From now on, wherever he went, he could have a meal in his own restaurant. This was more worthy of the title of young master.

Feng Jinlin prepared a pile of food and other self-defense items he had saved up. The next day, he reluctantly sent his child and son-in-law out of the city.

He watched them ride on the wildebeests until their figures disappeared from sight. Then he turned around and returned to Chiri City.

Feng Jinlin’s mood didn’t become depressed due to his child’s departure. Instead, he became more motivated and wanted to expand his power as soon as possible so that his child would have more people to rely on.

He knew that his Ming’er had always wanted to be a second generation rich man who lived a life eating and drinking. Unfortunately, Feng Ming grew up too quickly and he had no time to realize Feng Ming’s dream.

Feng Jinlin couldn’t help smiling at the thought. Both Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo would grow faster in a place where talented people gathered.

This time, Bai Qiaomo’s situation could no longer be concealed. It was conceivable that Gaoyang County would be very lively by then. It was a pity that he couldn’t see it.

Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo took the main road, which was relatively less dangerous. However, even if they were attacked by wild beasts, most of them would become dead souls.

That night, when camping in the wild, Bai Qiaomo took out their palace and set up layers of formations to cover up the camping site.

Feng Ming looked at Bai Qiaomo with shining eyes. He was a very curious person, but he had endured for many days and didn’t ask about the dragon.

Bai Qiaomo was able to hold himself back. He had a flood dragon hidden on his body, but even Feng Jinlin didn’t notice anything wrong.

Feng Ming didn’t dare tell his father about this out of fear of implicating his father.

Feng Ming asked, “Is the little snake still alive?”

The black crystal turtle’s small eyes were also staring at Bai Qiaomo as if asking the same question.

Bai Qiaomo laughed. “How can he not survive? He is alive and well, full of life.”

He found a separate space in the Green Gathering Bead to lock up the little snake, so that the remnant soul didn’t discover the existence of the little snake.

It was possible that this remnant soul would want to take over the body if he discovered the existence of the flood dragon. After all, a flood dragon’s body was quite good. If he evolved further, he might have a chance to evolve into a real dragon.

After Bai Qiaomo took out the little snake, the snake was still coiled up in a ball, pretending to be dead and not moving.

Feng Ming curiously poked the little snake. “Is this what you call lively and energetic?”

The black crystal turtle crawled over, stretched out his head, and opened his mouth to bite, but the little snake slid behind Bai Qiaomo.

Bai Qiaomo smiled. “Isn’t this quite lively?”

Feng Ming laughed. “Brother Bai, is this really a flood dragon? How could a flood dragon be afraid of a black crystal turtle?”

Bai Qiaomo also laughed. “He shouldn’t be afraid of ordinary black crystal turtles, but Junior Brother Ming’s one must have some special blood that suppresses the little snake.”