114: Undisguised intentions

The virtual battlefield faded away like a receding tide, and the cold metal hatch slid open, revealing the real light from outside.

Lin Feng, Qin Yuyan, Chen Feng, and others sat up from their respective simulation pods.

A suffocating rage, almost solidifying into substance, instantly filled the entire hall.

All the talented Summoners who had been defeated by Lin Feng and Qin Yuyan focused their gazes on the two, their eyes filled with humiliation, jealousy, and unwillingness, as if they wanted to devour them alive.

Especially Chen Feng, his face was ashen, his lips trembled, and vengeful flames burned in his eyes.

“Lin Feng! Qin Yuyan!”

Chen Feng suddenly jumped out of the simulation pod, pointing at the two, his voice distorted by extreme anger.

“You two just wait! This isn’t over! My grandpa won’t let you off! You’re dead! I’m going to make sure you can’t survive in the Professional Association! I’m going to make you…”

“Enough! Chen Feng!”

A majestic roar, like a clap of thunder, instantly silenced all the whispers and angry gazes in the hall.

Zhao Tieying’s tall figure appeared at the doorway, his face grim, his sharp gaze sweeping over Chen Feng like a knife, carrying the pressure of a transcendent expert, which choked the latter’s arrogant demeanor and made his face even uglier.

However, Chen Feng was clearly blinded by anger; he stiffened his neck, glaring back at Zhao Tieying without showing any weakness. Although his voice was lower, it was still full of venom.

“Zhao Tieying! Don’t think that just because you’ve been promoted to council member, you can do whatever you want! Do you dare to touch me? My grandpa…”

“Shut up!”

Zhao Tieying’s voice grew even colder, and the invisible pressure made Chen Feng feel suffocated.

But he indeed did not dare to make a move, even though Chen Feng’s attitude towards him was extremely contemptuous.

“Lin Feng, Qin Yuyan, come with me.”

“As for you, whether you come or not is up to you.”

After Zhao Tieying finished speaking, he turned and strode out.

Chen Feng was indignant, glaring at Lin Feng and Qin Yuyan, who were following behind Zhao Tieying, with eyes full of venom, and then grudgingly followed them.

Passing through a long alloy corridor, the group arrived at a solemn and spacious meeting hall.

The heavy metal door slid open silently, and bright but not dazzling light poured out.

A huge circular conference table occupied the center, with seven or eight figures in the Professional Association’s senior council member uniforms seated behind it.

They were of varying ages, with profound temperaments, their gazes scanning the three who walked in as if substantial, and an invisible pressure permeated the air.

Lin Feng’s gaze immediately caught an old man sitting near the head of the table.

He was gaunt, wearing an immaculate white research robe, his silver hair meticulously combed, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses rested on his nose. Behind the lenses, his eyes were sharp and cold, as if they could penetrate flesh and look directly into the soul.

There was no expression on his face, but the gloomy aura that warned people to stay away made one instinctively uncomfortable.

This was none other than Chen Feng’s grandfather, the dean of the Professional Association’s Pharmacy Research Institute, Chen Xuantong, known as the “Pharmacy Madman” and “Ruthless and Unfeeling”!

“Grandpa!”

As soon as Chen Feng saw Chen Xuantong, he clung to him like a drowning man grasping a life raft. The frustration he had felt in front of Zhao Tieying instantly erupted.

He lunged forward, his voice choked with sobs, as shrill as a child who had suffered a great injustice.

“Grandpa! You must uphold justice for me! They… Lin Feng and Qin Yuyan! They ganged up on me in the virtual battlefield! Qin Yuyan’s Ice Phoenix forcibly touched the power of rules with the help of star marrow, and that despicable Lin Feng even used hundreds of disgusting insects to surround me! They cheated! They just want to make me lose face in front of you! Grandpa, you must help me get revenge! Kill them! Cripple their summoned beasts!”

Chen Feng cried and howled, as if to pour out all his failures and humiliations, his trembling finger pointing at Lin Feng and Qin Yuyan, his face smeared with snot and tears, completely losing all composure.

However, Chen Xuantong did not immediately fly into a rage or comfort his grandson as everyone had expected.

He didn’t even glance at Chen Feng.

His cold, emotionless eyes had been fixed on Lin Feng and Qin Yuyan from the moment they entered the meeting hall.

Like two scalpels, they precisely and slowly cut, examined, analyzed, filled with inquiry and a chilling interest.

His gaze first fell on Qin Yuyan, lingering for a moment between her and the Ice Crystal Phoenix proudly perched on her shoulder, the light behind his glasses flickering slightly, as if analyzing something.

Then, his gaze slowly shifted to Lin Feng.

This time, it lingered longer, the desire for inquiry and cold curiosity in his eyes almost materializing, as if Lin Feng was not a living person, but an extremely precious experimental sample awaiting dissection.

The entire meeting hall fell into an eerie silence.

Only Chen Feng’s out-of-tune wailing echoed.

The other council members also noticed Chen Xuantong’s unusual behavior. They exchanged puzzled glances, but no one spoke to break the suffocating silence.

The atmosphere became extremely heavy, like the dead calm before a storm, so oppressive it was hard to breathe.

Zhao Tieying frowned deeply, standing aside, his hands already slightly clenched.

Time passed by, minute by minute, and Chen Xuantong remained silent, only staring intently at Lin Feng and Qin Yuyan with his cold, sharp eyes.

Lin Feng felt a chill rise from his spine—it was the feeling of being targeted by a top predator.

Qin Yuyan also frowned slightly, and the phantom of the Ice Crystal Phoenix emitted a colder aura, silently resisting the invisible pressure.

Just as this suffocating silence reached its peak… “Slap!”

A crisp, loud slap, like a clap of thunder, exploded in the silent meeting hall!

Everyone was stunned, including Chen Feng, who was still wailing.

Chen Feng clutched the side of his face, which had instantly swollen red, his eyes wide with disbelief, his pupils filled with extreme shock, bewilderment, and grievance, as if his entire world had collapsed.

He stared blankly at his most beloved and dependent grandpa, the one who had always doted on him and indulged him, his lips trembling, but he couldn’t utter a single word.

He never dreamed that his grandpa would hit him in public!

And for those two “enemies”?!

Chen Xuantong slowly withdrew his hand, as if he had just brushed away a speck of dust.

He didn’t even look at Chen Feng, his gaze still fixed on Lin Feng and Qin Yuyan, especially Lin Feng.

On his impassive face, a corner of his mouth finally twitched, revealing an extremely stiff, even bizarre, “smile.”

“Useless.”

The cold voice, like a poisoned ice pick, clearly pierced Chen Feng’s eardrums and echoed in the meeting hall.

“You can’t even endure such a small setback, only crying and complaining, disgracing the Chen family.”

Chen Feng looked as if he had been struck by lightning, his face instantly turning as pale as paper, his body swaying precariously.

Chen Xuantong’s gaze refocused on Lin Feng, the desire for inquiry and interest in his eyes undisguised, even carrying a hint of fanaticism.

“The failure of the Bone-Corroding Poison Scorpion is due to the inherent flaws of the experimental subject and a lack of skill; there’s nothing more to say.”

He paused, his voice deep and clear, each word like an ice bead hitting the ground.

“But you two… especially you, Lin Feng.”