TFHS: Chapter 65

Since then, there had been no news of Geng Jiulang. Everyone thought that even if Geng Jiulang didn’t die at the hands of the enemy during the chase, he must’ve been seriously injured.

He might’ve managed to escape, but it would be difficult to survive with such serious injuries.

Therefore, despite the Mercenary Hall and City Lord’s Mansion posting a wanted bounty, Geng Jiulang had already died in that chase in the minds of many people.

Who would’ve thought that he would appear in Qingyun City again, but this time, he died very completely. He was beheaded by City Lord Duan of Qingyun City. There was no possibility of resurrection.

“Geng Jiulang was still alive. No, before he came to Qingyun City, where did he hide for the past five years?”

“Did this stubborn guy go to Qingyun City to commit his crimes again?”

“That City Lord Duan is so powerful. A late stage essence dan realm expert couldn’t take him down, but City Lord Duan took him down instead?”

“Tsk, how naive. Do you really think that Geng Jiulang went to Qingyun City to commit a crime? He was clearly heading for the Feng family of Qingyun City, but City Lord Duan set a trap in advance. No matter how powerful he was, he couldn’t escape.”

“You mean…”

“Hmph, someone must’ve helped Geng Jiulang hide. I wonder what that person will think once the news reaches his ears.”

It was only then that Gong Yuming and the others found out the identity of the essence dan realm trapped in Qingyun. They hadn’t expected it to be Geng Jiulang.

“Brother Ming, who do you think sent Geng Jiulang?”

Gong Yuming squinted his eyes. “You are asking even though you already know the answer. Do you really not know who sent him?”

“No way, is it true that the Wan family secretly employed Geng Jiulang? Was it the Wan family who helped Geng Jiulang escape the pursuit of that senior?”

“Hmph, it is hard to say. It depends on what that senior thinks after the news is passed on. But the Wan family will definitely refuse to admit it.”

Gong Yuming listened to their discussion and touched his chin. “I wonder if Geng Jiulang left any evidence on him. If so, where did the evidence end up? Will it end up in the hands of that senior?”

This was clearly a gloating tone. The other members of the Gong family also became excited after hearing it.

The relationship between the Gong family and the Wan family wasn’t very harmonious. They were always at loggerheads and unwilling to give into each other on many occasions.

Since that senior was unable to personally kill Geng Jiulang to avenge his granddaughter, he practiced very hard in the past five years. His cultivation level had improved from the late stage of the essence dan realm to the peak of the essence dan realm.

If that senior really got the evidence, the Wan family would definitely be in trouble. Naturally, the Gong family would be happy if the Wan family was in trouble.

In the City Lord’s Mansion, the young lord, who was in charge of chores for his father, and the City Lord’s men were sorting out the things left behind by Geng Jiulang after his death.

After City Lord Duan and Captain Xie teamed up to capture Geng Jiulang, the two of them didn’t privately take the items from Geng Jiulang. Instead, they asked City Lord Duan to send both the head and the body to the county government through official channels, handing it over to Lord Zong for disposal.

City Lord Duan had no idea if there was any evidence that Geng Jiulang had defected to the Wan family because he never touched Geng Jiulang’s storage ring.

However, City Lord Duan didn’t think that Lord Zong would protect Geng Jiulang. After all, as the lord of the county city and a member of the royal family, Lord Zong had to maintain the image of the royal family.

Evil people like Geng Jiulang were like a cancer in the dynasty. They naturally had to be eliminated.

“I didn’t expect City Lord Duan to be able to capture Geng Jiulang.”

“City Lord Duan mentioned it in his letter. It was because of Captain Xie’s action and Feng JInlin’s reminder that layers of traps were set up in the Feng family’s mansion in advance, just waiting for someone to take the initiative to fall into them. Several aspects are indispensable from this result,” the young lord said lightly. This incident made him very dissatisfied with the Wan family.

Originally, it was just Wan Bairong’s relationship with Wu Yingyan, but this time, the entire Wan family was involved.

Wan Xihai couldn’t give the command alone. He couldn’t do it without the tacit consent of the head of the Wan family.

He also understood the intention of the Wan family’s move. The Wan family wanted to secretly turn to the prince behind the Wu family to try and further improve the Wan family’s status.

Now Gaoyang County was under the control of his father. Due to his father’s status as a member of the royal family, the Wan family didn’t dare to act rashly and could only make small moves in private.

But if the prince behind the Wu family came to power and acted as a backer, his father’s identity wouldn’t be able to suppress the Wan family.

The young lord didn’t think Geng Jiulang would leave no evidence. Sure enough, it didn’t take long for his subordinates to let out a sound of surprise. “Little lord, I found it. This is the account book left by Geng Jiulang. Oh my god, it records a lot of the shady things he secretly did for the Wan family. This Geng Jiulang and the Wan family really deserve to die.”

The young lord immediately took the account book. The entries were shocking.

In order to make Geng Jiulang better work for them, the Wan family would privately satisfy Geng Jiulang’s selfish desires by providing him with young girls.

Over the past five years, more than 50 girls had died at the hands of the Wan family and Geng Jiulang. All traces were obviously cleared by the Wan family, so they hadn’t been exposed until now.

“D*mn it!” The young lord was also angry. “Make a copy and send the original to Senior Jiang.”

“Yes, young lord.”

The young lord calmed down his anger and tapped the table. “This Feng Jinlin is a talented person. It is a good thing that he doesn’t return to the Feng family.”

Otherwise, even the City Lord’s Mansion wouldn’t be able to suppress the power of the Feng family. In every city, the power of the City Lord’s Mansion and the power of various aristocratic families was actually a relationship of the east wind and west wind. Either the east wind overwhelmed the west wind, or the west wind overwhelmed the east wind.

As the aristocratic families grew in power, they would receive more benefits to share. Correspondingly, the proportion of profits that the City Lord Mansion’s could get a share of would be reduced.

There were constant disputes among various forces. What they were fighting for was interests and resources. This was an eternal theme.

Being a member of the royal family sounded glorious, but if they wanted to move up, they had to fight for it.

“Will Feng Jinlin return to the Feng family? Or will he start a new business in Gaoyang County?”

“Even if he starts a new business, his father-son relationship with the head of the Feng family can’t be changed as long as he stays in Gaoyang County.”

“Let’s wait and see what Feng Jinlin will do next. We should be patient.” The young lord was very patient.

“Yes, young lord.”

Like the young lord, many forces in Gaoyang County were watching Feng Jinlin’s actions.

In regards to the Feng family, some people were worried that Feng Jinlin’s return would increase the family’s power. But the Feng family themselves didn’t want to see this situation.

One more person coming back meant one more person competing with them for family resources.

But after those people from Qingyun City arrived in Gaoyang County, they settled in the big house where Feng Ming’s group lived. Even if they went out normally, they only stayed nearby.

Not long after, the recovered housekeeper went out and took the family guards with him. He brought a large amount of wealth obtained from the transfer of family businesses in Qingyun City to various stores to obtain various cultivation resources.

A large sum of money and property went into the hands of Liuyang Pavilion. The cultivation resources they received in return were also enviable.

Every time the housekeeper traveled, he always brought a lot of guards with him because he had to escort property and exchange resources. Therefore, he always paraded through the city in a blatant manner. This made it difficult not to attract attention from all parties, causing people to speculate.

“What is Feng Jinlin doing? Is he squandering all his money without leaving any backup plans for himself?”

“Isn’t he going to use these resources to train the cultivators who follow him? In that case, the cultivators who follow him are blessed. I heard that Feng Jinlin is a generous person.”

“Does he look like he is going back to the Feng family?”

“Looking at their attitude recently, it is likely that some members of the Feng family will change their minds and welcome Feng Jinlin back. By the way, he should bring the resources back to the family so that they can enjoy them.”

“It is a beautiful idea.”

“So he doesn’t want to go back?”

“Even if he goes back, he should use those resources for his own people. That is what he earned himself. Isn’t this the rule of the noble families? if they don’t rely on the family, what they earn personally belongs to themselves.”

The merchants, including the branch leader of Liuyang Pavilion, were all grinning from ear to ear. Feng Jinlin was really generous. They made a lot of yuan crystals from him.

As outsiders imagined, part of the resources brought back were indeed used on the cultivators who followed him.

They were all concentrating on practicing in their own homes and didn’t pay attention to the excitement outside.

They heard that the head of the family wanted to take them out to explore the world. If their cultivation was weak, it would bring shame to the head of the family and hold him back.

Thus, everyone was competing with each other. They were all more hardworking than the other.

The other part of the resources were sealed. Needless to say, they were reserved for the Wind Eagle Mercenary Group. They were all his people, and Feng Jinlin wasn’t partial.

Looking at the momentum of these people, even Feng Ming felt embarrassed about wanting to take a break. This caused him to spend more time practicing.

Sheng Duo, who had persuaded the head of the Sheng family to stay, originally wanted Feng Ming to take him to visit the glamorous world of Gaoyang County. Then he ended up dumbfounded by the result.

Every person looked like a crazy cultivator. This made him feel embarrassed to hang around outside alone. He had no choice but to join the cultivation team with a sad face.

The parties outside couldn’t understand what Feng Jinlin meant. Why was everyone hiding in the house?

Since the Xuanyue Secret Realm was about to open, all the parties had no time to study Feng Jinlin’s intention behind doing this. All their attention was focused on the opening of the Xuanyue Secret Realm and searching for any tokens left over.

Over the years, the number of tokens for the Xuanyue Secret Realm was limited. Most of them were in the hands of major forces, with only a small portion of them leaking out.

Even if there were some that leaked out, the major forces would find ways to get them.

In order to arm themselves,. the cultivators who were going to enter the secret realm bought spiritual weapons, talismans, pills and other resources. In addition, Feng Jinlin had previously asked the housekeeper to carry money and buy resources on a large scale. This resulted in a significant increase in the prices of cultivation resources in Gaoyang County this time. It was even higher than the prices in other county cities.

After all, the time was too short and it was a bit late to transfer them from other places.

Thus, everyone thought that the opening of the Xuanyue Secret Realm had nothing to do with Feng Jinlin. There were no clues that he had obtained the token.

Even Feng Jinghuai and Gong Yuming thought so. Gong Yuming might be a second-generation rich man, but he was also preparing for the battles that would take place after entering the secret realm. He had to pack himself from teeth to the heels of his feet to ensure that nothing would go wrong in the secret realm.

Normally, he would be interested in chatting with Feng Ming but now he didn’t even have time to find Feng Ming.

He was still wondering if Feng Ming would be in Gaoyang County when he came out of the secret realm. He had a feeling that Feng Jinlin didn’t seem to have any intention of staying in Gaoyang County.

This made him feel a bit regretful.