Chapter 1: Siblings

  The weather in the wilderness is similar to a child's face, changing suddenly. A few days ago, the sun was shining brightly, and even white clouds were hard to see. But in the blink of an eye, heavy rain poured down on Xianmeng City.

  Lin Hongjin has been having a tough time for the past three months, and it can even be said that he's been feeling down... The ultimate reason is partly because of Lu Chen.

  Three months ago, Lin Hongjin got to know Lu Chen. As a Qi-refining seventh-layer cultivator with no power and no strength, he had to guard the city gate of Xianmeng City for three years. Although it was only one month each year, it still wasted a lot of cultivation time. Moreover, as a newcomer to the Xianmeng City organization, there were some miscellaneous tasks to be handled in the alliance, so it was even more difficult for him to improve his strength compared to some scattered cultivators.

  Lin Hongjin is a relatively proud person, and most of the time he won't stand on the street like some people, watching the crowds flowing by, using his eyes to find some easily deceived monks, letting them take out their hunting gains and sell them to designated places, thereby earning himself a commission. When he came to Xianmeng City, he only knew Lu Chen, this one strange person who agreed to bring things over for him to handle...

  "He's indeed a freak, clearly only having the strength of 5th layer Qi Refining, yet he can kill the Lone Fire Wolf. Is it that the unchanging laws of the Cultivation World don't apply to this kid?"

  For Lu Chen, Lin Hongjin still held a glimmer of hope... So even when he wasn't on guard duty, he would from time to time ask about news regarding Yu Hu. However...

  For three consecutive months, Lin Hongjin went from disappointment, very disappointed, extremely disappointed, all the way to today, finally giving up.

  "It's been three months without any news from Yu Hu, sigh, it seems he won't be coming back, ninety-nine percent chance he's already dead in the Flood Desolation."

  Lin Hongjin was not feeling sorry for Lu Chen, he just felt lost and sighed that his luck was bad. He had finally found someone who could let him act as an intermediary to sell goods, but before he could even earn a single spirit stone, it all fell through...

  The plan fell through, and someone's thoughts were temporarily put down, but there was a little bit of resentment still lingering in the bottom of their heart, revealing a hint of bitterness...

  Three months later, it was Lin Hongjin's turn to guard the city again. He stood at the west gate as usual, inspecting some monks coming and going... The heavy rain had weakened, and the sky was scattered with sparse water droplets, sprinkling on his face, slightly cool.

  Just as Lin Hongjin was lost in thought, a figure that seemed both familiar and strange suddenly appeared in his line of sight. Lin Hongjin first squinted his eyes to take a look, then widened them in disbelief, until the figure fully emerged from the misty rain, at which point Lin Hongjin's mouth finally dropped open in excitement...

  "Jade... Jade Lake?"

  At this time, if there were two or three duck eggs, it's estimated that they could be stuffed into Lin Hongjin's mouth without much effort...

  "Hey... Lin Dao You..."

  From a distance, Lu Chen hooked up the corner of his mouth and waved at Lin Hongjin.

  Someone was still in a state of shock, with a petrified expression that hadn't changed one bit. Those large pupils were as if they had seen something unbelievable.

  "Hey!"

  Shaking off the mud from his feet, Lu Chen arrived in front of Lin Hongjin and saw that this young man, who was only a few years younger than himself, had an expression as calm as a sculpture. Lu Chen stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Lin's eyes: "Lin fellow, what are you looking at?"

  "I... you... I... I'm shocked, aren't you dead?"

  Lin Hongjin finally shouted and called out after hesitating for half a day, attracting the surrounding crowd to stop in their tracks and look over at him.

  "Damn it, how can you talk like that? Can't you see that Boss has been cultivating outside for three months and now he's going to die?"

  Lu Chen was furious and couldn't calm down, he wished he could go forward and strangle this timid and frightened guy to death...

  But he didn't...

  With a flick of his tongue, Lu Chen gave Lin Hongjin a look as if he wanted to beat him up and said: "Lin fellow, we don't have any grudges against each other, why do you curse me to death the moment we meet?"

  "Uh..." Seeing Lu Chen's sharp eyes, Lin Hongjin only then realized he had lost his composure, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hastily apologized: "Oh, Jade Lake fellow Daoist is overthinking it, Lin has no such intention..."

  Lin Hongjin wanted to explain further, but Lu Chen interrupted him, saying: "Alright, I understand, no need to say more."

  "No need to ask, this kid must have been paying attention to himself for the past three months. Seeing that he hasn't returned for a long time, he's determined that he died in the Flood Desolation." Lu Chen thought to himself, also not making it clear.

  He waved his hand, and the crowd around him also dispersed. Lu Chen pulled Lin Hongjin over and whispered in his ear: "Lin fellow, didn't you say last time that I had goods here, can you find me?"

  Up till now, Lin Hongjin still hasn't recovered from the shock of Lu Chen being able to come back alive. Upon hearing his words, he didn't carefully analyze Lu Chen's mysterious actions and merely nodded his head, asking: "Is Fellow Daoist Yuhu still selling materials for the Unihorn Flame Wolf? Ah, just look for me, how much do you have?"

  Lu Xuan looked around cautiously and saw no one paying attention to him, then slowly stretched out a finger.

  "Ahh." Lin Hongjin was somewhat disappointed and reached out to take the Ling Stone.

  Lu Chen pressed his hand down and said, "It's not just one."

  "Huh?" Lin Hongjin was slightly stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "That's right, three months without coming back, how could it be possible to only hunt and kill one single-horned fire wolf."

  "Ten?"

  Lu Chen mysteriously shook his finger.

  Lin Hongjin's eyes sparkled with excitement as he looked around cautiously and asked, "Is that one hundred?"

  Lu Chen still smiled, he leaned in close and whispered in a weak mosquito-like voice: "One thousand?"

  "How much?"

  Lin Hongjin let out a cry of surprise and took two steps back, pointing at Lu Chen in disbelief: "O...one..."

  Not a sound came out, Lu Chen quickly moved forward, covering Lin Hongjin's mouth with one hand, and said in a severe tone: "Don't make any noise, be careful of being robbed."

  "Hmm..."

  Lin Hongjin nodded his head wildly, pointing vigorously at the hand covering his mouth, making it impossible for him to utter a word.

  Lu Chen slowly relaxed and hastily looked around vigilantly, fortunately, he didn't find anything.

  Turning his head around, Lu Chen chuckled and said: "How is it? Lin Dao friend, can you eat it?"

  As Lu Chen expected, Lin Hongjin shook his head very decisively, like a rattle drum.

  Lu Chen curled his lip and thought to himself: "I knew you little brat couldn't take it, yet you still tried to brag..."

  Crazy despising Lin Hongjin, Lu Chendao said: "Sigh, I'll think of a way myself."

  "Wait." Seeing Lu Chen wanting to leave, Lin Hongjin quickly pulled him back and said: "Yu Hu Dao friend, although I can't eat it, but I can take you into the Xian Alliance auction house. There are familiar people there, and we will definitely be able to make a profit."

  "Oh?" Lu Chen steadied himself and looked at Lin Hongjin in surprise.

  Lin Hongjin patted Lu Chen's hand, signaling him not to make a sound, then walked aside and instructed another city guard monk for a while before turning back and saying: "Yuhu Daoist friend, please follow me."

  "Go if you must go. Anyway, fighting is prohibited in Xianmeng City, I'm afraid you'll snatch the position of this Daoist master." Thinking of this, Lu Chen quickly followed up.

  As Lin Hongjin said, he didn't deceive himself. The two of them walked hastily one in front of the other and bypassed several main roads, finally arriving under a magnificent building.

  The entrance was a circular palace, about four or five stories high, with a pointed top adorned with pearls and glass, the outer wall was made of high-quality red bricks, just by looking at it, you could tell how solid it was. And above the gate of this palace, which was several meters wide, hung an ultra-large plaque.

  Xianmeng Auction House

  Arriving at the Xianmeng Auction House, Lin Hongjin stopped in his tracks and said to Lu Chen, "Wait a moment, I'll go inform them."

  As he spoke, Lin Hongjin quickly stepped up the stairs and whispered a few words to the two burly men standing at the door before walking in...

  Lu Chen waited listlessly for a while, and soon Lin Hongjin came out again, cupping his fists in greeting: "Fellow Taoist, please follow me..."

  "Alright."

  Lu Chen nodded and followed Lin Hongjin into the largest trading organization in Xianmeng City: Xianmeng Auction House.

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