Chapter Sixteen: Scheming

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  Inside the heavily guarded Jinyang Mansion, a middle-aged man wearing brocade clothes sat upright in a large chair, his eyes cold and unyielding, staring fixedly at a young man on the ground.

  The young man was trembling all over, not even daring to breathe a sigh of relief. He was clearly extremely intimidated by the middle-aged man on the big chair. This young man was none other than Jin Yang, the young master who had been chasing and killing Yang Yi a few days ago.

  Only one person has the qualifications to make the young master of the Golden Sun kneel on the ground, and that is Jin Wuyi, the master of the entire Golden Sun Mansion.

  Jin Wuye looked at his son kneeling on the ground and was filled with indescribable anger.

  Bang

  Suddenly, Jin Wuyi slapped his palm towards the table beside him, and the powerful force immediately made the table split into four or five pieces.

  "You scoundrel, this little brat, actually dares to play this trick, taking the Huálóng Lìng to auction, really asking for death, asking for death!"

  Jin Wu Xie looked extremely furious.

  "Get up, this is your own foolishness, you have to bear the consequences yourself. If it were decades ago, I wouldn't be so anxious, but in just three months, it will be the time of the Dragon Palace's hundred-year Dragon Transformation Grand Competition. Without the Dragon Transformation Order, you won't have a chance to participate in the competition, and by then, you'll never have the opportunity to become an official disciple of the Dragon Palace, your entire life will be over!"

  Jin Wu Xie was also a participant in the Huálóng Dàsài, where he ranked 989th and barely became an official disciple of the Huálóng Palace. After advancing to the fifth stage of Blood Condensation, he arrived at Jīn Yáng Fǔ as its master, renowned throughout the land. Therefore, when his own son lost the Huálóng Lìng, he felt boundless rage.

  However, he only has this one son and naturally wouldn't beat him to death. He could only hold back his anger and coldly say: "This time the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce obtained the Huálóng Lìng, they're heavily promoting it, even attracting some of the surrounding estate owners to come over. Who knows if those high-and-mighty cave masters will also send people to bid on it? Our chances aren't big, but we still have to try our best."

  Jin Wuye looked at his disappointing son and said in a low voice, "Go and sort out all our Blood Crystals. Tomorrow, go to the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce as well. Perhaps there's still a chance to get the Huálóng Lǐng back through auction. It's all because of you, this good-for-nothing thing that can't even accomplish anything but only causes trouble! Hurry up and go!"

  Jin Yang hastily nodded and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, quickly retreating. He didn't understand either, why every time he was in front of his father, he would feel an inexplicable sense of fear.

  Jin Wu Xie's eyes gleamed with a cold, murderous intent as he gazed out at the sky beyond the door. He muttered in a low voice, "No matter who you are, daring to toy with my Jin family like this... Hmph! Even if the Huo Long Command is not in your hands, I will still tear you limb from limb!"

  Let the golden evil hatred enter the bone, hating to get fragmented into ten thousand pieces. At this time, he was quietly sitting in a spacious and luxurious house, carefully looking at the auction items provided by Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce for tomorrow's auction.

  In this long list, there were many treasures that Yang Yi had never seen before, and Yang Yi looked at them with great interest.

  "Found it! A drop of condensed blood from a five-element high master's essence is indeed on this list!"

  Yang raised an eyebrow and a hint of excitement appeared on his face.

  "The starting price is 50,000 Blood Crystals. Tsk, tsk, it's really high, but I can now mobilize a million Blood Crystals, so I'm not afraid of not being able to buy it."

  Yang's eyes flickered with a burst of essence.

  He came to the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce this time to auction off the Huánglóng Lìng, and he didn't think about hiding it at all. Even if he deliberately hid it, he couldn't hide it from the people of Jīnyáng Fǔ. The Jīnyáng Fǔ saw that even if they caught him, they wouldn't be able to get the Huánglóng Lìng, but they wouldn't let go either. They would be furious and continue to hunt down Yáng Yī.

  Yang Yi had thought of this possibility, and it was quite large, but he had also made preparations. The reason he came to the Wanxiang auction was that he saw a drop of condensed blood from a five-element high master in the auction list.

  Although it's just a drop, because the Quintuple Blood Formation Master has already opened up the Heavenly Bridge, they can communicate with the external Yuan Qi, and their refined blood contains incredibly powerful strength, several tens of times stronger than that of a Quadruple Blood Formation Master. Yang Yi has refined four drops of Quadruple Blood Formation Masters' refined blood, and now he's just one step away from breaking through. He must rely on the powerful assistance of this drop of Quintuple Blood Formation refined blood to break through the boundary. Once he reaches the Quadruple Blood Formation, Yang Yi will be able to display all sorts of magical techniques, greatly increasing his power, and it's not impossible that he'll be able to contend with the Master of Jinyang Prefecture.

  This was Yang Yi's plan, and although it seemed very dangerous and crazy, it was the most correct and rational approach.

  Yang Yi continued to comprehend the Xianpin Wujue Jiugong Huanying, a martial art with infinite secrets. The more he practiced, the more he felt its profundity and benefited greatly from it.

  Time flies when you're practicing, and before I knew it, a day had passed, and gradually it was getting dark.

  A knock at the door of Yang Yi's house was heard, and when he opened it, it was the palace-dressed woman who had received him that day.

  "What's wrong?" Yang Yi asked.

  The woman in palace attire said respectfully: "The auction is about to begin, Old Liu asked me to invite the gentleman to hurry to the auction and take a seat, lest you miss the timing!"

  Yang looked up at the sky and nodded slightly: "Alright, let's go now!"

  Having said that, he followed the woman in palace attire towards the auction.

  Before long, Yang Yi arrived at the auction house. The entire auction hall was filled with people, row upon row of chairs arranged in an orderly fashion throughout the venue. Yang Yi estimated that there were nearly a thousand seats available.

  However, these are all ordinary cultivators. Most of them are scattered cultivators, and some have encountered strange encounters and own a lot of wealth, but they are in the minority. Those who really have money, tens of millions or hundreds of millions, even tens of billions of blood crystal stones, belong to the luxurious and hidden VIP rooms upstairs.

  These VIP rooms are mostly for people with status or astonishing wealth, such as the master of a mansion, who have the qualifications to sit inside. In order to give Yang Yi a good impression, Liu Lao arranged for Yang Yi to become a VIP and indeed put in some thought.

  Entering the VIP room, it was found that although the outside of the VIP room was pitch black, everything outside could be clearly seen from inside the room, which is really unbelievable.

  The woman in the palace dress next to him seemed to have seen through Yang Yi's mind, and smiled slightly: "This VIP room is specially arranged for those noble guests, luxurious and comfortable, but most importantly, it can see the overall appearance of the exhibits on the display platform, which is very helpful for the VIPs to choose the auction items."

  Yang nodded slightly, and indeed found that the auction items on the front display platform could be seen very clearly from within the VIP room. The designer of this VIP room had also put in a lot of thought, designing it with great ingenuity.

  Just as Yang Yi sat down and was waiting quietly for the auction to officially begin, his eyes suddenly narrowed slightly, and he saw two people walking in from outside, one of whom was a young man, who was none other than Jin Yang's young master.

  In front of Jin Yang's young master was a middle-aged man with a gloomy face, his eyes swept over the nearly thousand ordinary seats below in an instant, revealing a hint of puzzlement, and then he walked into the VIP room.

  Yang Yi's heart moved slightly, and he asked the palace-dressed woman beside him: "Who is the person walking in front of Young Master Jin Yang?"

  The woman in palace attire flashed a hint of divine light in her eyes, but still replied respectfully: "That is the master of Jinyang Prefecture, Lord Jin Wuyi!"

  Yang had already guessed it in his heart, and he just confirmed it. He had expected the other party to come, and there was no surprise in his heart. So he teased: "Oh? Is that the person I offended? It seems that I will have a hard time leaving this door today!"

  The woman in the palace dress moved slightly, and then said: "Sir, please rest assured that our Chamber of Commerce will send someone to escort you back to the backyard of the Chamber of Commerce later. After your affairs are handled, you can leave freely. Moreover, it is forbidden to fight within the Chamber of Commerce. No matter who dares to raise their hands against others in the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce will consider them an enemy and can choose to eliminate them!

  Yang Yi heard the palace-dressed woman speak calmly, but her heart was slightly shaken. This Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce even made Huilong Palace wary, so it's naturally not afraid of anyone, and indeed has such a big tone.

  Na Jin Wuye led the young master of Jinyang Fu into the VIP room, but whispered to the attendant beside him: "Go and bring Liu Lao from your Chamber of Commerce, I have something to say."

  The servant who was attending to them immediately walked out and soon, Liu Lao Da walked into the VIP room with a smile: "It turns out that it's Master Jin's noble visit, I'm so sorry for not welcoming you from afar, please forgive me."

  Jin Wuye returned a courtesy, but his face grew increasingly gloomy. He said in a low voice, "Liu Lao, we don't speak in riddles among us. I trust that with the noble merchant association's capabilities, this matter should be investigated clearly. That little brat dared to play tricks on my Jin family; this breath of mine is hard to swallow. Since the Huálóng Lǐng has already entered the auction, it can be considered settled. Please, Liu Lao, as a favor to me, hand over that detestable little brat for me to deal with. The entire Jīnyáng Fǔ will be eternally grateful!"

  Liu Lao's face still wore a smile as he said, "What is Young Master Jin talking about? No matter who Young Master Jin is referring to, as long as they are guests of the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, we have an obligation to protect their safety. This is also one of the rules of the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, and I'm sure Young Master Jin is aware of it."

  Jin Wuye's face changed color and he looked somewhat embarrassed, his voice low as he said: "Liu Lao, you really won't give in? Not even this little bit of face for Jin Mou?"

  Liu Lao's face also turned cold, and he said coldly: "If it were another day, I would invite the master of the Jin Mansion to taste some fine wine. However, this matter is not something I can help with. Once you leave the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, Master Jin can do as he pleases - the Chamber of Commerce has no control over that. But if it's within the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, no one dares to take action! I have other matters to attend to, farewell!"

  Liu Lao didn't give Jin Wuxie face and left directly.

  Jin Wuye's face was as dark as water, his body trembling slightly with rage. He took a deep breath and looked around before calming down, letting out only a soft hum of displeasure.

  The Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce is not something that a small official like him can afford to provoke, let alone an official, even if it were the Dongzhu or even above the Dongzhu, the vast Huilong Palace would not dare to easily offend the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, so he, Jin Wuyi, could only endure.

  The young master of the Golden Sun family next to him slightly turned his eyes and said in a low voice, "Father, don't get angry. Didn't Old Liu just say that? In the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, we are not allowed to use force, but outside the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, isn't it up to us? Hehe, we'll just guard around the auction venue and wait for that little brat to come out. Then, Father can take action and kill him. The Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce won't have anything to say."

  Jin Wuye looked at his son, seemingly not as foolish as he had imagined, and nodded secretly. He then fell silent, shifting his gaze to the auction stage.

  Not long after, the auction officially began!