Gong Yuming looked Feng Ming up and down. It wasn’t known if he believed it or not, but he raised his thumb and praised, “Uncle Feng and Young Master Ming have good ambitions. Yuming admires you.”
Feng Ming waved his hand modestly. “No no, you are too kind, Young Master Yuming. In fact, it is mainly because of my father’s hard work.”
“Pfft.” Gong Yuming laughed again. It turned out that Feng Ming also knew he was a second generation rich person like them.
Since Gong Yuming was curious, he naturally inquired about the situation of the father and ger in great detail before coming.
What Feng Ming said wasn’t false. His uncle Feng Jinlin was truly a talent. He left home to work hard when he was still a minor. Over the years, he had never relied on the Feng family of Gaoyang County. He had come all the way to where he was today entirely on his own.
He was in the late stage of the essence liquid realm. Such strength wasn’t bad among the four major families today.
Among Feng Jinlin’s peers, how many could surpass him?
Wasn’t it seen that even Feng Jinghuai’s grandfather, the sixth elder of the Feng family, was only in the middle stage of the essence liquid realm?
Feng Jintai, the young master of the Feng family, had only reached the peak of the essence liquid realm thanks to the Feng family’s superior resources, but this was only one level higher than Feng Jinlin.
Gonh Yuming himself was a second generation, but he admired those who had real skills and abilities, such as Feng Jinlin.
He had admired Bai Qiaomo, the former favored pride of heaven, but now he felt pity and sympathy for Bai Qiaomo.
This time, he took the opportunity to look at Bai Qiaomo’s recent situation. Now that they were face to face, he found that Bai Qiaomo didn’t look decadent at all. His relationship with Feng Ming seemed to be good.
Gong Yuming thought that the ger called Feng Ming was very interesting. They might be dining at the same table, but Gong Yuming spent most of his time talking to Feng Ming and occasionally showed concern for Bai Qiaomo.
Feng Jinghuai didn’t say much. Most of the time he was silently observing Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo.
Gong Yuming was curious about the purpose of Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo’s visit to Gaoyang County. Feng Ming replied, “Of course, we are here to have fun. This is the first time I’ve been away from home so far since I was a child. I heard that there are many good things in Gaoyang County, so I decided to buy some to bring back.”
“I see. Do you need me to be your guide”? No, that isn’t right. With Young Master Bai here, there is no need for us. Young Master Bai is also very familiar with Gaoyang County.”
Feng Ming nodded. “Yes, I asked Brother Bai to be my guide.”
The meal took over half an hour. After the meal, Gong Yuming and Feng Jinghuai had no reason to stay any longer. They left the restaurant and went home.
Feng Jinghuai knew why his grandfather went to Qingyun City last time. He always felt a bit uncomfortable when facing Feng Ming, so he was relieved when they parted.
Gong Yuming glanced back and could no longer see Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo. He said jokingly, “Are those two some type of wild beast to frighten you so much?”
Feng Jinghuai was ashamed. “What am I afraid of? I just feel uncomfortable. We should’ve been very close, but we aren’t much better than strangers. Logically, I should invite them to live in the Feng Mansion but I didn’t even ask when we separated.”
Gong Yuming said carelessly, “You are just worrying for nothing. They clearly aren’t going to return to the Feng house to live. It is useless for you to ask.”
Feng Jinghuai also knew that this would be the result, but he felt it would be inhumane not to speak up. He asked, “Has Young Master Yuming satisfied his curiosity this time?”
Gong Yuming touched his chin and smiled. “These two are much more interesting than many people in your Feng family. Unfortunately, I can tell they won’t stay in Gaoyang County for long. They will have to go back in the end. Moreover, they got married at such a young age.”
Feng Jinghuai was startled. “What are you planning? You also said it. Feng Ming is married.”
Gong Yuming’s expression was dark. “What can I do? What are you thinking about? Forget it, I can’t explain it to you. I’m too lazy to pay attention to you. I’m going back.”
Gong Yuming waved his hand and took the guards back home. He treated Feng Jinghuai as if he just used this person and discarded him without any attachment.
Feng Jinghuai had a headache. Forget it. He should just listen to his grandfather and practice hard. He couldn’t handle these schemes that used his mind.
Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo were also discussing these two. Bai Qiaomo saw that Feng Ming and Gong Yuming were chatting happily during the meal and thought that Feng Ming had a good impression of Gong Yuming.
Feng Ming waved his hand. “Forget it, everyone is just being polite. He and Younger Brother Sheng aren’t the same person. Younger Brother Sheng is really naive. This Young Master Yuming looks like this on the surface, but in fact, he has a lot of tricks in his mind.”
Bai Qiaomo admitted that Feng Ming’s judgment was correct. It wasn’t easy to have such a status in a family as big as the Gong family, and to be favored by the head of the Gong family.
The Gong family was different from the Sheng family. The Gong family was wealthy and powerful. The head of the Gong family had dozens of grandchildren. The Sheng family only had Miss Sheng and Sheng Duo.
Feng Ming lowered his voice and bit Bai Qiaomo’s ear. “Say, what type of person is the head of the Feng family?”
As he was chatting and eating with the two people earlier, he also learned some information about the Feng family.
The more Feng Ming knew about the Feng family, the more curious he became about his nominal grandfather, the head of the Feng family.
This person first threatened his father to accept the marriage proposal with the Bai family, but then ignored his biological son for so many years.
After coming to Gaoyang County, Feng Ming used the banner of the Feng family and the head of the family actually admitted it.
But apart from the verbal acknowledgment, there was no actual action.
Of course, Feng Ming’s original intention was to use the name of the Feng family and his goal had been achieved.
“The head of the Feng family?”
Bai Qiaomo frowned slightly as he recalled the situation in his previous life. However, there wasn’t much about the situation of the head of the Feng family of Gaoyang County in his memories. It was more about the entanglement between Feng Linlang and Wu Yingyan. The head of the Feng family seemed to have always been a hidden figure behind the scenes.
“In fact, I have never met the head of the Feng family in my two lifetimes. I only heard about him from other people. However, there is one thing that might be crucial. In my memory, the other three families of Gaoyang County all experienced great turmoil. After the turmoil, their power was greatly reduced and they had to move away from Gaoyang Country. Only the Feng family didn’t decline.”
Bai Qiaomo was trying to recall it. Suddenly, he tapped his forehead and said, “Oh, there is one more thing. Gaoyang County once faced an extremely dangerous beast wave. During that wave, countless cultivators in the county were killed or injured. There was also a very powerful desolate beast that appeared. At that time, no cultivator in the city could match the desolate beast or kill it.”
“Seeing that the desolate beast was about to break through the city wall and lead other desolate beasts to attack the city, it was the head of the Feng family who stood up and killed the wild beast at the cost of being seriously injured. This allowed Gaoyang County to survive the crisis, and he was rewarded by the dynasty.”
“Later, I didn’t hear about the cultivation level of the head of the Feng family declining. I think that after he recovered from the serious injury, it didn’t affect his subsequent cultivation. Therefore, the status of the Feng family didn’t decline. Instead, it rose due to this incident.”
“That was a level six desolate beast, which is equivalent to the soul opening realm of a cultivator. The strongest cultivator in Gaoyang Country is the peak of the essence dan realm. No cultivator has broken through the essence dan realm and advanced to the soul opening realm.”
This was news he heard from other cultivators after he left Gaoyang County.
Feng Ming blinked and said, “So the head of the Feng family is actually the strongest person in Gaoyang County?”
Bai Qiaomo hadn’t thought much about it before, but recalling the situation now, he said, “The most powerful person in Gaoyang County doesn’t belong to the aristocratic families but the City Lord’s Mansion. That Zong Houye is at the peak of the essence dan realm and is expected to advance to the soul opening realm. Other families also have hidden essence dan realm masters who should be old monsters who have lived for an unknown number of years. That crisis forced these hidden masters out, but it still failed to resolve the crisis.”
Feng Ming hissed. “Could it be that the head of the Feng family is actually hiding deeper than anyone else?”
Bai Qiaomo smiled. “I didn’t dare to think about it before, but now thinking about it, I can’t rule out this possibility. Junior Brother Ming, you seem to be very afraid of your grandfather.”
Feng Ming curled his lips. “If he is really hiding so deeply. it will be disadvantageous to me and my father. Who knows what he is thinking? He said that the relationship between us is clear, but there is no guarantee that he won’t push out me and my father again the next time something happens. From the current situation, the head of the Feng family seems very cold but I heard he likes Feng Linlang very much. This girl is his most valued grandchild.”
“The one he values the most?” Bai Qiaomo curled his lips. “Not necessarily. From what I know, this person is indeed very cold-hearted. Perhaps he only values the overall interests of the Feng family.”
The more they talked, the more he felt that this person was unfathomable. Feng Ming touched his arm and said, “This is just the first time. It is better not to provoke this person in the future. Once the auction is over, we will leave Gaoyang County as soon as possible.”
Bai Qiaomo smiled. In fact, he didn’t want to stay in Gaoyang County any longer. In his two lifetimes, he didn’t have a very good impression of this place.
So after he left this place, he never came back. All types of things about this place were learned from other people. What he knew wasn’t very detailed.
After returning to his residence and when Feng Ming was alone with his father, Feng Ming recalled the conversation with Bai Qiaomo during the day and asked his father the same question again.
Feng Jinlin touched Feng Ming’s head. He felt that his child’s intuition was very strong and sharp. “You are right. He is a very cold-blooded person. I saw through it at the beginning.”
“Don’t look at the fact that he has quite a few children. In his eyes, there are only two types of children, the useful ones and the useless ones. Even toward my older brother, the current young master, he doesn’t have much father-son affection.”
Feng Ming felt that this person was even more terrifying. He regretted being too reckless this time. How could Feng Ming use such a person just because he wanted to?
Feng Jinlin saw that Feng Ming was scared and said with a smile, “Don’t worry. Unless you are useful, he won’t pay much attention to you.”
Feng Ming hugged his father’s arm. “Fortunately, you left that house early on. Otherwise, I don’t know if you would be affected. I think the Jinghuai I saw today must be okay.”
“Sixth Uncle’s grandson? Sixth Uncle really values his own children and grandchildren. Compared to my father, Sixth Uncle is just an ordinary person with normal human emotions and shortcomings.”
Normal people were good. Feng Ming was afraid of meeting crazy people and abnormal perverts.
“That’s right.” Feng Jinlin was concerned about his own child despite being busy. “The Su Wenfan you had people watching has changed his temperament. What happened?”
“Oh, I forgot to tell Dad about what happened that night.” Feng Ming scratched his head and said quickly. “He was possessed by someone else, but his original soul hadn’t dissipated. That is why he has returned to normal now. The possessed soul had some problems, and was caught and locked up by Brother Bai. There are some things I don’t know how to tell you now, Dad.”
“It’s okay.” Feng Jinlin was very tolerant of his child. “As long as this person doesn’t bring danger to you, Ming’er, it is fine. Once you’ve figured out what to say, it won’t be too late to tell me.”
It mainly concerned the story of Bai Qiaomo as a protagonist and his rebirth. Feng Ming felt it wasn’t appropriate to say this without Bai Qiaomo’s consent.
Of course, if it was really a matter of great importance, then Feng Ming would stand on his father’s side without hesitation. After all, his father was the closest person to him.
Speaking of Su Wenfan, Feng Ming made people pay a bit of attention to Su Wenfan’s current situation. He was told that Su Wenfan stayed with the Fengle Caravan. Now he was running errands and doing some chores in logistics. The current Su Wenfan was much more down-to-earth than the previous one in Qingyun City.
Bai Qiaoyu went to look for him several times without giving up, but Su Wenfan always avoided her on the pretext of being busy. It was obvious that he was no longer willing to get close to this young lady. It was obvious that Bai Qiaoyu must be so angry that her head was going to smoke.
Feng Ming laughed a few times before putting the matter aside. He decided not to disturb Su Wenfan’s life.
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In addition to handling business, Feng Jinlin also took the task to take Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo into the inner city. They couldn’t come to Gaoyang County without seeing the scenery of the inner city.
Feng Ming really wanted to see how big the difference was between the inner city and outer city. Didn’t Bai Qiaomo say that the inner city was covered by a huge yuan gathering formation?
There were also city walls and gates separating the inner and outer cities. If they wanted to enter the inner city, they also needed to exit and enter through the city gates.
Feng Ming followed his father and waited in line to enter the inner city, watching the situation here.
There were two entrances to the city gate. He noticed that at the other entrance, people entering only needed to show an ID card, and they would be allowed in without inspection.
Even those who were riding in luxurious carriages with logos were allowed to pass by the city guards when they saw the logo without checking who was sitting in the carriage.
Compared to the city gate outside, the people entering and leaving here had more arrogant expressions on their faces. Some of them frowned in disgust when they saw the people queuing here to enter the inner city, as if these people would taint the environment of the inner city.
Finally, it was Feng Ming and his two companions’ turn. The armored guards stopped them and asked, “What is your purpose for entering the inner city?”
“Play.”
“How long will you play for?”
“One day.”
“How many people?”
“Three.”
“The total is 150 yuan crystals. Keep this token. If you lose it, the token can’t be replaced, and you will be directly expelled from the city after being found. If you don’t leave the inner city within one day, you will also be expelled.”
The city guard accepted the yuan crystals handed over by Feng Jinlin with a straight face. Then he gave special instructions while giving out the three tokens.
“Yes, we understand the rules.”
“Go.”
Feng Ming was shocked by the conversation. For just one day, each person had to pay 50 yuan crystals.
After leaving the city gate, Feng Ming looked back curiously and asked, “Dad, what if I want to live here for a long time?”
Feng Jinlin explained, “If you become a qi gathering realm cultivator, you can obtain the qualification to live in the inner city. In addition, if you have a certain amount of assets, you can also obtain the qualifications. But in addition to the qualification, the inner city is very expensive. The biggest expense is in real estate. An ordinary three room house will cost at least 10,000 crystals. The closer to the center, the higher the price.”
Feng Ming gasped when he heard this. “Then is the largest house owner in the inner city the city lord himself? Then wouldn’t the city lord make a lot of money just by selling houses?”
Feng Jinlin nodded. “That’s right. The city lord is very wealthy.”
Bai Qiaomo introduced it. “There is a large piece of land in the inner city that belongs to the city lord. The city lord sent people to build a number of caves there, which are specially rented out to cultivators who stay in the inner city. The annual rent of those caves alone is lucrative. This business is only done by the city lord.”
Feng Jinlin laughed when he heard this. “The four major families might be envious of this income, but unfortunately, the city lord is too powerful. They can only watch the city lord earn a large sum of money every year by renting the caves.”
Feng Ming commented, “This is the poorer becomes poorer, the rich becomes richer.”
“Not bad.” Feng Jinlin and Bai Qiaomo agreed with Feng Ming’s summary.
After passing through the gate between the inner and outer cities, Feng Ming could clearly feel the vital energy here. It was a bit stronger than that of the outer city.
People living in the inner city didn’t need to practice from birth and it was estimated that they could easily reach the body tempering realm. Even if they had ordinary aptitude, they could cultivate to the meridians opening realm.
For those children from aristocratic families, cultivating to the qi gathering realm shouldn’t be a difficult task. Of course, it would be more difficult to go further.
But no matter what, the starting point was much higher than that of the people in the outer city or even Qingyun City.
This was a second-grade city. It was easy to imagine the living environment of a first-grade city or even a super-grade city.
This entire society was like a pyramid. Feng Ming and the Qingyun City where he lived weren’t at the very bottom of the pyramid, but they belonged to the bottom group.
In this world, strength was respected and hierarchy was also very strict. It was extremely difficult to break this pattern and achieve a class leap.
Even a gifted child of heaven like Bai Qiaomo offended the upper class on the road to advancement and was immediately cast into the dust. No one and no force would pursue the perpetrator for him.
If Bai Qiaomo hadn’t been lucky enough to obtain the golden finger or if it was someone else, they would’ve had to wander in the dust all their lives until their sharpness was worn away. They would’ve suffered in pain all their lives.
Feng Ming asked curiously, “Our Feihong Continent is like this. Is it the same on other continents?”
“Other continents?” Feng Jinlin’s eyes lit up when he heard this.
Bai Qiaomo thought for a moment. “The situation of each continent is different, but a situation like the Feihong Continent is rare. In other continents, strength is more respected. As long as you have natural talent, your chances of success will be much greater.”
Feng Jinlin deliberately looked at Bai Qiaomo. Bai Qiaomo knew about the situation outside? It was impossible for him to find it in the Kunyuan Sect, so he might’ve obtained it from other channels before.
Feng Jinlin touched Feng Ming’s head. “The routes to other continents are controlled by the dynasties and top forces. Without reaching the top, ordinary cultivators don’t even know that there is a world beyond this world. They think there is only Feihong Continent in the world.”
Bai Qiaomo smiled. “Uncle Feng, there are exceptions to everything.”
Feng Jinlin didn’t know what the exception was, but Feng Ming understood it.
Bai Qiaomo did it in his previous life. He left the Feihong Continent and went to the outside world.
So apart from the dynasties and top forces, Bai Qiaomo also knew a way to leave.
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