TFHS: Chapter 53

Feng Songhai frowned after hearing his grandson’s words. He felt very annoyed with Wu Yingyan, but there was nothing he could do.

“You said that Hongrui listened to Wu Yingyan and persuaded Linlang to come back with him?”

Gong Yuming might be very annoying, but Feng Jinghuai was also clear that there was no need for him to lie about such things. Gong Yuming just liked to watch the excitement.

Feng Jinghuai said, “It should be. We will know if Cousin Hongrui takes Sister Linlang to the Jinyuan Auction House tomorrow.”

Feng Songhai frowned even more before he relaxed again. “I didn’t expect this Hongrui to have so many tricks. But did he think he could hide it from the head of the family? There is nothing in this clan that can be hidden from the eyes and ears of the head of the family.”

In other words, Feng Hongrui’s future in the clan would be limited if the head disliked him, even if Feng Hongrui was the head’s grandson.

Even if his father was the young head of the family and the future head of the family, he wasn’t sitting in the position of head of the family yet.

The head of the family was very cold-blooded and heartless, but there was one good thing about him. He was very fair in doing things. It was a blessing for his children and grandchildren, such as a grandson like Jinghuai, to have such a head of the family.

“Stay away from Hongrui in the future,” Feng Songhai warned.

“I know.” Feng Jinghuai listened to his grandfather very much because he knew that his grandfather was doing it for his own good, not just for the sake of self-righteousness.

The first thing Feng Linlang and Feng Hongrui did when they came back was not to visit their parents, but to see their grandfather.

However, they were stopped outside the door. The attendant guarding the door said politely, “The master is resting. Young lady and young master, you can come back later.”

Feng Linlang was slightly surprised, but left with her younger brother without objection.

It was because she knew that no matter whether it was true or false, she wouldn’t be able to refute her grandfather.

Feng Hongrui looked back in an unconvinced manner. “How can Grandfather be resting at this time? It must be that old guy making his own decisions. He relies on the fact that he is Grandfather’s confidant and doesn’t take us seriously.”

Feng Linlang said rationally, “Uncle Liu doesn’t dare. Hongrui, you are too worried. Maybe Grandfather is really in trouble and it is inconvenient to see us. Okay, let’s go see Mother and Father.”

“Okay. By the way, Sister, there will be a lot of good things at the auction at Jingyuan Hall tomorrow. Sister, take me to participate. If you don’t go, I can only go with Wu Yingyan.”

“Okay. Why can’t I take you there? But you have to take care of anything you like.”

“Okay, I’ll come by myself as long as you are willing to take me there.”

The brother and sister didn’t notice that a spiritual force was circling in the sky before retracting.

Over there, the man the siblings called Uncle Liu came in and reported, “The young lady and young master have left.”

The head of the Feng family said in an expressionless manner, “It will be the same in the future.”

Uncle Liu was surprised, but he carried out his master’s instructions without any principles. He responded positively before retreating, loyally guarding the door for his master.

Early the next morning, the Jinyuan auction hall was crowded with people, many of whom were waiting to enter the auction hall. There were also many cultivators who rushed in overnight from outside Gaoyang County. Everyone in the Jinyuan Hall was delighted to see this scene.

Feng Ming, his father, and Bai Qiaomo came here early and were very surprised to see this scene. “I thought we came early enough. I didn’t expect others to be earlier than us.”

Feng Jinlin could understand. “Except for those who have private rooms, other cultivators want to go in early to get a good seat. There are indeed some good items on the auction list this time. I think Jinyuan Hall spent a lot of effort to gather these auction items.”

Feng Ming saw that the queue at the entrance was long. “Dad, should we also follow the queue? How long will it take?”

Feng Jinlin flipped his hand and took out a silver card. “That isn’t necessary. With this silver card, we can enter through the VIP channel. It isn’t the highest level, but we can still enjoy the treatment of an upper private room.”

“That’s great. Let’s go inside quickly.”

Feng Jinlin introduced the rules of the Jinyuan Hall Auction House to Feng Ming. VIPs entering the auction house were divided into four levels.

The highest level was the supreme VIP, who held a purple-gold card. Guests of a distinguished status could directly enjoy such treatment. For example, each of the four major families had at least one supreme card.

In addition, they needed to hold a Jinyuan Hall yuan crystal card worth one million yuan crystals.

Below the supreme VIP was the golden important VIP, who had to hold a yuan crystal card worth 500,000 yuan crystals.

Further down was the silver VIP, which could be obtained for only 100,000 yuan crystals.

The worst was the bronze VIP. Whether they could enjoy the treatment of an upper private room depended on the situation.

For Feng Jinlin, the silver treatment was enough. There was no need to brag for the sake of face. His yuan crystals could be used where it was more needed.

He had two lines of development in his hand, and there were many places where he needed to use yuan crystals.

There were fewer people in the VIP channel, and there was almost no need to queue. There was also a person to receive them respectfully and lead them in.

Feng Jinlin walked in front while Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo followed behind, one to the left and one to the right.

As they approached the entrance passage, a figure rushed out from the side and almost collided with Feng Jinlin in front.

Feng Jinlin took a step back and passed by the man. The man whispered an apology and hurried past again like someone was chasing him.

“Dad, did you get hit? What’s wrong with this guy?”

The reception staff at the entrance also saw it and hurried over to them. “I don’t know where this blind guy came from that he almost bumped into our guests. Three distinguished guests, please follow me into the venue.”

Feng Ming glanced back but couldn’t see the figure anymore. The man had merged into the crowd outside.

The man’s entire figure was shrouded in a black robe, so it was impossible to see what he looked like.

After he withdrew his gaze, Feng Ming’s lips curled up. He entered the passage with Bai Qiaomo and his father.

At this time, Feng JInlin flipped his hand and put an anonymous yuan crystal card into the storage ring. The matter was done.

Currently, the head of Jinyuan Hall wasn’t paying attention to the situation outside. He saw that the person who had chased outside came back and asked hurriedly, “How is it? Where is that person? You came back so soon. Did you catch him?”

The guard replied, “Master, that man was very cunning. He quickly jumped into the crowd and disappeared. We couldn’t disperse the crowd for our search.”

The master of Jinyuan Hall waved his hand in disappointment. “That’s it. In fact, I had a premonition that we couldn’t catch this man’s tail, or else this person wouldn’t be bold enough to dare to send the soaring dragon pill to auction.”

Then he was ecstatic again. “I didn’t expect that I could add another fire before the auction started. Not to mention our Jinyuan Hall, even in the entire Gaoyang County, the soaring dragon pill has only appeared a few times. At this time, it appeared in our Jinyuan Hall.”

The soaring dragon pill was a fifth-grade pill that could only be refined by a fifth-grade alchemist. There was no fifth-grade alchemist in their area.

“Quickly spread the news first. Say that there will be an important confidential item being auctioned at this auction. It will definitely set off a climax. Just spread the word. There is no need to announce the name of the soaring dragon pill. The more mysterious it is, the better.”

“Okay, I will do it right away.”

The subordinates and managers went about their business. The master opened the jade bottle in his hand again. He was very happy to see the golden elixir inside.

The appearance of the soaring dragon pill would definitely bring their auction hall to a higher level.

It was a pity that there was only one. If there was another one, he could’ve kept one for himself. Unfortunately, this one was specially designated for auction by the seller.

Anyone who could produce the soaring dragon pill, whether it was his own or an accidental one, must be a very important person. In fact, the master of Jinyuan Hall didn’t want to offend this person. He was just thinking, what if the other party still had the soaring dragon pill in his hand? It was actually expected that he couldn’t catch up with the person. He just didn’t want to give up.

After entering the auction hall, Feng Ming looked around but didn’t see the conflict scene he expected.

Bai Qiaomo pulled him by the hand and whispered, “We are a bit early.”

Therefore, the people Feng Ming wanted to see, such as Wu Yingyan, Feng Linlang and the others, hadn’t arrived yet.

Feng Ming raised an eyebrow. “It is a pity.”

Bai Qiaomo laughed. Why was Feng Ming so eager to confront those people? He wondered what those people would think if they knew about this.

In fact, Bai Qiaomo and Feng Jinlin both hoped to avoid it if possible. After all, humiliation was inevitable if they really collided.

Even if they got back at those people later, what was supposed to happen would still happen.

Feng Jinlin brought them over early with the intention of avoiding them.

The three of them followed the staff into an ordinary private room. There were snacks and spiritual fruits prepared on the table in the room. Then the waiter brought them spiritual tea.

Feng Jinlin waved his hand. They didn’t need anyone to wait, and the service staff retreated again.

Feng Jinlin was worried and set up a formation again. He created an isolation formation to prevent eavesdropping. Then he took out the anonymous yuan crystal card he had obtained when entering the venue. He carefully checked whether Jinyuan Hall had tampered with the yuan crystal card before handing it to Bai Qiaomo to take a look.

Bai Qiaomo finished the inspection and returned it. “Nothing has been done. I’m afraid Jinyuan Hall didn’t expect it and didn’t have time to do anything.”

Feng Ming nodded. “Yes. How could they expect someone to send the soaring dragon pill at this juncture?”

If they didn’t want to raise yuan crystals, they wouldn’t have put this soaring dragon pill up for auction.

Just as the three of them were talking, a waiter knocked on the door of the private room, and Feng Ming jumped to open it.

The waiter conveyed a message to them at the door. It was that there would be a mysterious and precious auction item at this auction.

After closing the door again, Feng Ming winked at the other two people, and all three of them laughed.

Jinyuan Hall acted quickly and kept it mysterious, which made people want to know what the mysterious auction item was.

A quarter of an hour later, more VIPs entered the private room.

There were also quite a few people sitting in the lobby downstairs. The auction hall was buzzing.

Gong Yuming got up early and rushed to the auction house with other members of the Gong family.

He was prepared to watch the big show, but he heard that Feng Jinlin, Feng Ming, and Bai Qiaomo had already arrived while Wu Yingyan’s group hadn’t appeared.

Gong Yuming complained, “He really treats himself as a VIP and has to appear last.”

The other children of the Gong family were also disappointed. They couldn’t see a big show when they came here, but another thing interested them.

“I heard that they received another auction item this morning and it is very valuable. JInyuan Hall didn’t reveal what the item is, but they spread the word that they would never let the distinguished guests who came here be disappointed. Brother Ming, what do you think it is?”

Gong Yuming wasn’t very interested in this. “What else could it be? Either an elixir or treasure that can improve cultivation, or high-grade spiritual tools, talismans, formations, or good-quality beast eggs and desolate beast eggs. It is always these things that are indispensable.”

“That is because Brother Ming’s standards are too high. All the things that you reported are extremely precious. Every time they appear, they will cause a rush for them. This time, Jinyuan Hall got the Blue Frost Spring Water, and people will definitely be rushing for it. I wonder how high the price will be.”

The four major families might have some stock in their warehouses, but they couldn’t meet the needs of all the family members.

Therefore, once it appeared, the respective families would also participate in the auction.

This was why the four major families all sent their elders to this auction.

Gong Yuming knew this but wasn’t interested. He looked outside and said, “Huh? The sixth elder of the Feng family and Feng Jinghuao are here. Feng Linlang and Feng Hongrui didn’t come with them? I’m going to talk to Feng Jinghuai.”

Gong Yuming stood up and left the Gong family’s VIP room. On the way, he stopped Feng Jinghuai and greeted Elder Feng. Then he dragged Feng Jinghuai aside and whispered in his ear, “Your cousin Feng Ming is here. As his cousin, do you want to go to their private room to say hello?”

Feng Jinghuai was surprised. “He is already here? I’ll ask my grandfather.”

Feng Songhai had already entered the Feng family’s VIP room. After listening to his grandson’s words, he thought about it and replied, “Go if you want. By the way, I want you to remind him, although presumably Jinlin already knows it in his heart.”

“Yes, grandfather.”

Feng Jinlin also saw the Feng family members and his sixth uncle in the private room. He pointed them out to Feng Ming.

Last time, Feng Songhai didn’t meet Feng Ming when he went to Qingyun City.

Feng Ming looked very curious. “Does he look like the head of the Feng family?”

Feng Jinlin and Bai Qiaomo both laughed. Feng Jinlin hadn’t seen his biological father for many years, but he knew one thing.

“Sixth Elder Feng’s cultivation is much lower than that of his brother, the head of the Feng family, so he must be much older than the head of the Feng family in appearance. I haven’t seen my father for many years, but I don’t think his appearance has changed much. I guess he looks to be in his 30s.”

“Oh, that is a big difference. Sixth Elder Feng looks like he is in his 40s or 50s. He is quite suitable for being a grandfather.”

People from the four major families arrived one after another. Feng Jinlin and Bai Qiaomo introduced them to Feng Ming to avoid him not recognizing them if they met in the future.

The four major families all sent family elders as representatives to participate in the auction. Feng Jinlin wasn’t surprised by this.

Feng Ming blinked when he saw this big battle. He forgot to ask Bai Qiaomo one thing, which was how he managed to get the Blue Frost Spring Water in his previous life.

It was obvious that it must’ve been much more difficult than this time. Bai Qiaomo definitely didn’t have such strong financial support back then.

From another perspective, it was likely that without their participation, the Blue Frost Spring Water wouldn’t have been won by the four major families. Instead, another dark horse emerged, but this dark horse wasn’t very lucky.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the private room again, and Feng Ming went to open it again. He became a bit upset when he saw the person standing outside.

After a few encounters, he got to know this person’s character very well. He knew at a glance that this person was here to watch the fun.

“What brings Young Master Ming here? What’s going on with Young Master Huai?”

Feng Jinghuai was very embarrassed. Even he could see what Gong Yuming meant, so how could it be hidden from others? He felt a bit sorry for his cousin Feng Ming.

Feng Jinghuai hurriedly explained, “I knew that my cousin and uncle were here, so I came over to say hello. Grandfather asked me to come over to remind my uncle and cousin to be careful later.”

He could be smiling in front of Feng Ming, but Feng Jinlin was also in the private room. No matter what, he was an elder.

Gong Yuming winked at Feng Ming before bowing in the direction of Feng Jinlin. “Yuming greets Uncle Feng.”

Feng Jinlin sat inside and said, “Young Master Gong is too polite. Ming’er, don’t be rude.”

Feng Ming glared at Gong Yuming before stepping aside. “Do you want to come inside and talk?”

Gong Yuming wanted to come in, but he had only heard of Feng Jinlin’s name recently and hadn’t been in contact personally. He wanted to observe from the side.

As a result, Feng Jinghuai used all his strength to hold this person back, not letting him in. “There is no need to go on. If my cousin or uncle needs anything, please ask the waiter to pass a message to the Feng family’s private room. Young Master Ming and I will leave first. We won’t disturb you.”

After speaking, he dragged the person out while ignoring Gong Yuming’s struggle.

Feng Ming was amused by what he saw. He simply stood at the door with crossed arms and watched Gong Yuming being dragged away.

This guy surnamed Gong always liked to watch his shows. This time, he would return the favor and watch Gong Yuming’s show.

Seeing the evil smile on Feng Ming’s face, Gong Yuming covered his face with his hands. It turned out that Feng Ming’s personality was exactly the same as his. It was a pity that they met too late.

At this time, there was another commotion outside. Gong Yuming moved quickly, broke free from Feng Jinghuai, and ran toward the railing. As expected, he saw Wu Yingyan and the Feng siblings appear.

Gong Yuming said excitedly, “It’s coming. It is finally here.”