51: invitations

Although Ling Feng highly approved of Family Disciples going out for training and experiencing trials of life and death, blood and fire, this did not mean blindly allowing them to go out for training.

If Family Disciples with lower cultivation went out for training, Family Elders would lead them to the outskirts of the Lianyun Mountains, incidentally collecting some Spirit Medicine for the Family and hunting some Vicious Beasts.

As for Prodigies like Ling Zifan, who were direct descendants, they had their own arrangements for going out for training, and the Family found it difficult to interfere too much, so they often went out alone.

However, to prevent some old guys from making a move against him, Ling Feng arranged for people from the Shadow Pavilion to keep a close eye on him.

After all, the Ling Family currently only had these two Prodigies, and nothing could be allowed to happen to them.

“Thump-thump… thump-thump…”

Just as Ling Feng was deep in thought, a series of hurried footsteps instantly pulled his thoughts back.

When Ling Feng looked in the direction of the footsteps, he saw Ling Buyi’s figure had already appeared at the courtyard gate.

Soon, Ling Buyi's figure appeared at the courtyard gate.

When he saw Ling Feng next to Ling Di, his face immediately lit up with joy, and he quickly walked up to Ling Feng and said with a smile.

“I just heard that brat Zifan say you came out of seclusion, and that you even agreed to him going out for training alone. I thought that brat was just making things up because he wanted to go out for training by himself, I didn’t expect you really came out of seclusion.”

“Mm-hmm, I just came out of seclusion today, and I’ve agreed to Cousin Zifan going out for training.”

“Only when a fledgling eagle leaves its comfortable nest can it spread its wings and brave the unpredictable winds and clouds. Cousin Zifan’s talent is not bad, and he has his own path to walk. As a Family, all we can do is make him understand that no matter what he encounters, the Family will always be his strongest backing.”

“But Uncle, don’t worry, I will send people to look after Cousin Zifan.”

“Mm-hmm, Uncle won’t say too many words of thanks.”

“By the way, Uncle, I suppose you didn’t rush here just for Cousin Zifan’s matter, did you?”

Seeing this, Ling Feng immediately spoke again to inquire.

“Mm-hmm, there are other matters.”

“Feng’er, do you still remember Manager Wang of the Flying Cloud Commerce Guild?”

Hearing this, Ling Buyi immediately responded affirmatively.

“I remember, what’s wrong?”

After a moment of thought, Ling Feng nodded, his face full of questions as he inquired.

“Didn’t you order some Spirit Medicine and finished Medicinal Pills from Manager Wang last time? Manager Wang personally brought them over two days ago, but you were still in seclusion at the time, so I paid the corresponding Spirit Stones from the Family first.”

“In addition, Manager Wang also gave me an auction invitation, asking me to be sure to pass it on to you, inviting you to attend the Flying Cloud Commerce Guild’s annual auction in the Great Chu Dynasty’s capital city.”

“Mm, you can handle the matters of the Spirit Medicine and Medicinal Pills. However, you paid for these Spirit Medicine and Medicinal Pills with the Family’s Spirit Stones, so I’m afraid a large portion of the Family’s Spirit Stones have been used up, right?”

Hearing this, Ling Feng first spoke indifferently about the matter of the Spirit Medicine.

“Mm, the Spirit Stone expenditure was indeed very large, but the Family has accumulated quite a few Spirit Stones through its operations during this period due to the increase in strong practitioners. For now, it’s still enough.”

After hearing Ling Feng’s words, Ling Buyi quickly responded and explained.

“Mm, there are some Spirit Stones in this Storage Pouch, take them.”

Hearing this, Ling Feng immediately took out a Storage Pouch full of Spirit Stones directly from the System backpack and tossed it to Ling Buyi, saying in an unquestionable tone.

“Okay.”

Ling Buyi was also accustomed to Ling Feng’s mysteriousness and did not act overly polite with him. He immediately put away the Storage Pouch and responded with a smile.

“Uncle, by the way, what’s the situation with this Flying Cloud Commerce Guild auction you just mentioned?”

Seeing this, Ling Feng smiled, then asked again with a question.

“I’ve already sent people to inquire about it. This Flying Cloud Commerce Guild’s auction is very famous. It holds a large-scale auction once a year. In the Xuantian Continent, the Flying Cloud Commerce Guild’s auction location is not fixed, but rather rotates among the branch guilds in all the capital cities of the various Dynasties throughout the Xuantian Continent. This year, it just so happens to be held at the Flying Cloud Commerce Guild branch in our Great Chu Dynasty’s capital city, and the time is in ten days.”

“It is said that many extremely rare items appear at each auction, so countless Schools and Family forces attach great importance to the Flying Cloud Commerce Guild’s auction, and all send people to participate in the bidding.”

“Manager Wang also asked me to tell you that the scale of this auction is larger than in previous years, and the items for auction are even rarer.”

After speaking, Ling Buyi immediately took out an invitation from his Storage Pouch and handed it to Ling Feng.

Ling Feng took the invitation and saw that there was some Spiritual Qi flowing on it, making it quite extraordinary.

“Okay, Uncle, I know about this matter. There’s nothing going on in the Family during this time, so I might as well take this opportunity to go out and wander around.”

“Mm, if that’s the case, then I’ll go get busy first.”

Ling Feng nodded, responding with a smile.

“Okay.”

Just as Ling Buyi was about to turn and leave, several loud noises came, instantly attracting his gaze.

“Rumble…”

“Rumble…”

Ling Buyi, Ling Feng, and the others all looked in the direction from which the loud noises came, only to see that it was inside Ling Wuji’s courtyard.

Seeing this, Ling Feng’s figure flashed, and he was the first to rush towards Ling Wuji’s courtyard. Ling Buyi and Ling Di also flashed their figures and followed closely behind Ling Feng.

Soon, the three of them arrived inside Ling Wuji’s courtyard, only to see that Ling Ying had already led the Shadow Guards to protect the entire courtyard. Ling Feng couldn’t help but frown, and he immediately asked Ling Ying.

“Uncle Ying, what happened?”

“We pay our respects to the Family Head.”

“Reporting to the Family Head, it was fine just now, but then it suddenly became like this. To be safe, we arranged for the Shadow Guards to protect the courtyard.”

Upon seeing the arrival of Ling Feng and the others, Ling Ying, leading the two Shadow Guards beside him, first respectfully saluted Ling Feng, then explained again.

Suddenly, an anomaly occurred, and a blood-red Qi rushed into the sky, mixed with a faint Dragon might.

At the same time, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi rapidly gathered towards the courtyard like a flood. As the Spiritual Qi continuously entered, the blood-red light pillar that shot into the sky became even more vibrant, and the accompanying Dragon might gradually became extremely obvious.

As time passed, the surrounding Spiritual Qi became increasingly thin, and the Spiritual Qi produced by the Spiritual Vein was simply insufficient to support its needs.

Seeing this, Ling Feng secretly thought.

“Not good!”

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