TFHS: Chapter 86

Han Shu felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Once she saw Feng Ming smile without denying it, she knew that this Bai Qiaomo was that Bai Qiaomo.

Did any cultivator who met Fellow Daoist Wu Hai know that his true identity was Bai Qiaomo?

It was impossible for anyone to connect the identities of the two.

No wonder why Feng Ming said that Fellow Daoist Bai’s identity was somewhat special? How special? It was obviously very special. Presumably, her master, no, her grandmaster would be very interested in recruiting Bai Qiaomo to study him after knowing about his situation.

Han Shu looked at Feng Ming with some confusion. “Should I be honored that Fellow Daoist Feng trusts the character of my grandmaster?”

“How can it be? Senior Yu does things that are obvious for all cultivators to see.”

By now, Han Shu had no doubt that Feng Ming was Fellow Daoist Wen Ze. It was because both of their speaking styles were a bit unflattering, no, funny.

Han Shu said, “I can make a suggestion to my grandmaster, but it is hard to say if he will accept another disciple. There are many people who have wanted to be his disciple in recent years, but no one has done it since Uncle Sang. Grandmaster’s demands are getting higher and higher now.”

Feng Ming raised his chin. “Since I dare to find him, I am naturally confident.”

“I also brought an apprenticeship gift. I want to ask Fellow Daoist Han to forward it to Senior Yu. By the way, these are some pills I usually refine casually. I also want to ask Fellow Daoist Han to let Senior Yu look at them.”

Was this how the words ‘look at them’ were used? Han Shu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Han Shu took the box that Feng Ming pushed over. There was a formation engraved on it. At a glance, she knew that it was Wu, no, Fellow Daoist Bai’s method. She probably couldn’t break it.

“Fellow Daoist Feng, do you really believe that Grandmaster will like the apprenticeship gift in the box?”

“Oh, by the way—” Feng Ming hit his head. “Fellow Daoist Han, you must let Senior Yu open the box and take a look at the items inside. You will regret it if you don’t. Really, I won’t force it if he refuses to give me a chance after looking at it.”

Han Shu was surprised. What was in the box that made Feng Ming so confident?

Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind. Could it be the sixth-grade spiritual plant that he got in the spiritual plant garden that day?

If it was true, she had to say that Fellow Daoist Feng was really friendly and generous. He didn’t hesitate to take out the sixth-grade spiritual plant as an apprenticeship gift.

She remembered that Fellow Daoist Bai was given up by his family. Besides, his family wasn’t that big. Would he be willing to give away a sixth-grade spiritual plant?

The people outside were trying every means to find the Wen and Wu brothers. Wasn’t one of their purposes to take advantage of the sixth-grade spiritual plant they carried? Did these people know that Feng Ming gave away this spiritual plant so casually?

Han Shu said, “Okay, I will try my best and ask Fellow Daoist Feng to wait for the news.”

“Okay, I’ll leave everything to Fellow Daoist Han.”

After talking about it, Han Shu didn’t delay and went back to the academy to see her grandmaster.

She was curious about what the sixth-grade spiritual plant was and whether her master would be tempted by it or not.

She released the formation and put away the formation disk. Then the two of them walked out of the box.

Just as she was about to leave the teahouse, a cultivator rushed in from outside and shouted, “Excuse me, there is shocking news. Senior Jiang has been silent for several years, but now he has taken action again. He is targeting a wealthy family in Gaoyang County.”

A guest in the teahouse responded, “Senior Jiang? Senior Jiang Qian? The Senior Jiang Qian who failed to kill Geng Jiulang five years ago and went into hiding while offering a high reward on Geng Jiulang’s whereabouts?”

“It is him. Geng Jiulang died in a small town with no reputation not long ago. It was only then that everything that happened five years ago was exposed. It turned out that an aristocratic family helped Geng Jiulang cover up his whereabouts and deceived Senior Jiang. In the past five years, Geng Jiulang has been working for that aristocratic family. This time, he was unlucky enough to hit an iron plate and was killed. Then the truth was discovered. How could Senior Jiang swallow this?”

“Which family in Gaoyang County?”

“The Wan family of Gaoyang County.”

“It turned out to be the Wan family. Why didn’t the Wan family think about it? What is the benefit of going against Senior Jiang?”

“What benefits? It is to let Geng Jiulang secretly do shady things for them. In the end, the Wan family isn’t innocent. If Geng Jiulang hadn’t been unlucky enough to be killed and evidence was found on his body, how could the Wan family be involved? Senior Jiang wouldn’t have suspected the Wan family at all.”

“It seems that the Wan family also helped Senior Jiang search for Geng Jiulang’s whereabouts five years ago, so Senior Jiang owed the Wan family a favor. Oh my god, the Wan family is so shameless. They accepted Senior Jiang’s favor while hiding the enemy.”

The moment the cultivator rushed in and called out Senior Jiang and Gaoyang County, Feng Ming stopped in order to hear the big news that happened in Gaoyang County.

As a result, it turned out that he had something to do with this matter. No, to be precise, it had something to do with his father. Wasn’t Geng Jiulang killed by his father, who remotely controlled QIngyun City and united Captain Xue and City Lord Duan to kill him, exposing the old story?

His father must’ve expected this matter to come out the moment he knew Geng Jiulang’s identity.

Han Shu was also surprised. She naturally knew about Senior Jiang’s pursuit of Geng Jiulang five years ago, as well as the Wan family in Gaoyang County.

She knew that some aristocratic families were shameless, but she hadn’t expected the Wan family to be so shameless that they didn’t even take Senior Jiang seriously. They dared to take in a vicious person like Geng Jiulang.

The moment Gaoyang County was mentioned, she suddenly remembered Feng Ming’s identity. She turned around, looked at the person in surprise, and asked in a low voice, “Are you the five million one? The one from the auction?”

Feng Ming was speechless. “Why did you give me such a nickname? It is so unpleasant.”

Han Shu nodded in agreement. “It is time to change it. Change it to 50 million.”

Feng Ming: Pfft.

It was better to call him Feng Ming. Why give him some weird nickname?

Han Shu left with a smile. She felt happy when she thought about Feng Ming’s dumbfounded expression. She had to say that Feng Ming’s actions against Wu Yingyan in Gaoyang County made her feel very refreshed.

The reason why she didn’t immediately associate Feng Ming with the incident was because when she heard other people talk about the ger previously, they referred to him as Bai Qiaomo’s ger.

Perhaps it was because Bai Qiaomo’s reputation was too loud. They might not know other people, but few people didn’t know who Bai Qiaomo was.

It was just like her. She only realized who Feng Ming was belatedly.

Hang Shu returned to the academy and went to find her grandmaster. She always felt that the box with the formation seal that she brought back was a bit hot. It was better to send it to her grand master as soon as possible.

Feng Ming also immediately went back to the inn to find his father. He had a look of excitement on his face.

In the inn, Sheng Duo was excitedly talking to Father Feng and gesturing with his hands.

The moment he saw Sheng Duo’s expression, Feng Ming guessed that what Sheng Duo was saying at this moment was exactly what Feng Ming wanted to say.

“Feng Ming, you are back. Come on, I was telling Uncle about Senior Jiang Qian. Have you heard? The Wan family in Gaoyang County is unlucky.”

Feng Jinlin knew his child best. Based on his expression, he had probably already heard about it.

Feng Ming was still a bit excited. He nodded again and again and sat down to gossip with everyone.

“Yes, Fellow Daoist Han and I were just coming out of the teahouse when we heard someone shouting about this. Originally, I was still wondering when Senior Jiang Quan would get the news about Geng Jiulang. I didn’t expect that it would be delayed until this time. Now I see that the Wan family is unlucky, I am really happy.”

Feng Jinlin smiled. “I know a bit about why Senior Jiang was delayed in taking action. I heard before that Senior Jiang went out to look for opportunities in order to improve himself. Perhaps he also wanted to find traces of Geng Jiulang. People couldn’t get in touch with him in the place where he went. Not long ago, Senior Jiang came out on his own and received the news. He immediately left for Gaoyang County.”

“It is good that this incident is happening now. It will divert everyone’s attention.”

The commotion caused by Ming’er and Bai Qiaomo was too great. As a biological father, Feng Jinlin still hoped to reduce the attention.

At this time, Jiang Qian attacked the Wan family. This happened to achieve the effect he wanted.

“I heard that Senior Jiang had some unpleasant troubles with the Jiang family due to Geng Jiulang’s incident five years ago. If it wasn’t for avenging his granddaughter, he would’ve accepted Sihong Academy’s employment five years ago. This time, Senior Jiang might take a position at Sihong Academy after settling the old feud. This is why Lanshui City is paying more attention to Senior Jiang.”

Feng Ming said in surprise, “There is such a thing. If Senior Jiang joins, the overall strength of Sihong Academy really won’t be weak.”

“Yes.” Feng Jinlin nodded. “Currently in the Dongmu Dynasty, only the Royal Cultivation Academy, which is backed by the royal family, can overpower Sihong Academy in terms of strength. But listening to the name, you should know what type of place it is, Ming’er.”

Feng Ming nodded. It wasn’t like he hadn’t heard the name of the Royal Cultivation Academy before. There were a lot of princes, grandchildren, and aristocratic children in it. Could civilian cultivators mix in?

Compared with the Royal Cultivation Academy, Sihong Academy had a much wider enrollment target. There were people with powerful backgrounds here, but at least ordinary cultivators had a chance to get ahead.

On one side, they talked happily about the losses caused to the Wan family and the blow to the Wan family’s power. On the other side, Han Shu came to her grand master’s cave and asked to see him.

The medicine boy sent a message to Yu Xiao, who was studying an ancient pill prescription. Yu Xiao put down the book in his hand. “Han Shu, that girl is coming to see me? Tell her to come in. This girl won’t come here rashly.”

Out of his six disciples, five of them had accepted apprentices. It was only his sixth and youngest disciple, who was devoted to refining medicine and was unwilling to accept a disciple, thinking it was a waste of time.

Yu Xiao wouldn’t interfere in this matter, but he knew all his grand disciples and felt that the vision of his disciples wasn’t bad. Among them, Han Shu was a more outstanding one.

If he had some free time, in addition to cultivating, he would point things out to these grand disciples.

It was because he had gone through this and knew how precious the guidance of a senior was for cultivators, especially alchemists.

Han Shu got permission and went to see her grandmaster as soon as she came in. There was no one in her lineage who didn’t respect her grandmaster.