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Chapter 28: Chapter 28 The Cost of Looking One More Time
Lin Feng gave a faint smile and looked at Hua Gang, "How many Gold Pearls are you carrying?"
Hua Gang’s gaze shifted from the old pharmacist back to Lin Feng. Upon hearing the question, he answered without a second thought, "A thousand Gold Pearls, why?"
As he said this, he even showed a smug and self-satisfied expression; after all, a thousand Gold Pearls was not a small fortune. This time, as the Hua Family’s top genius, the clan surely gave him a hefty reward.
"Just right, hand them all over to me."
Lin Feng spoke indifferently, as if what he was asking for was something very ordinary and natural.
Hua Gang suddenly looked at Lin Feng as if he had seen a ghost, "Lin Feng, have you lost your mind? Asking me for money? Kid, you should be crying tears of gratitude that I haven’t asked you for money, yet you dare to ask me? Don’t you know I now possess the strength of a Martial Apprentice at the Eighth Layer?"
As he spoke, he released a strong aura, clearly a Martial Apprentice at the Eighth Layer. The mercenaries who had ideas about him also restrained their interest. This was not a weak strength.
The group of Hua Family disciples behind him started to clamor.
"See, our big brother Hua Gang scared you, didn’t he? Our big brother Hua Gang is now at the Peak of Eighth Layer, about to break through to the Ninth Layer. Lin Feng, you are seeking death by provoking like this."
"That’s right, I guess this piece of trash is now regretting it a thousand times over in his mind, probably shivering in fear. He doesn’t think his Sixth Layer Martial Apprentice strength is invincible, does he?"
A group of Hua Family disciples looked disdainfully at Lin Feng, while Lin Feng just stared at Hua Gang and calmly said, "Hand over the money, and I won’t hurt you."
"You’re joking, right, Lin Feng? Are you serious?" Hua Gang furrowed his brows.
Lin Feng sighed, tired of the nonsense, and suddenly made his move.
"Seeking death!"
Hua Gang never expected that the other would truly dare to strike, and in anger and fury, he too sent out a furious punch.
"Lin Feng, this is a death you brought upon yourself. Don’t blame anyone else. If you end up crippled, you have only yourself to blame!"
Swish!
In the next instant, the expressions on the faces of the Hua Family disciples froze, their eyes widening.
Because they saw that Hua Gang was actually sent flying with a punch by Lin Feng.
Hua Gang fell heavily to the ground, feeling his Qi-Blood surging in his chest, nearly unable to breathe.
In his eyes, shock and confusion filled; why was his power so great? This was definitely the strength of a thousand jin. As a Martial Apprentice at the Eighth Layer, he only had the strength of eight hundred jin, how could Lin Feng possess such great power?
Could it be that Lin Feng already...
Impossible, that’s absolutely impossible, he’s just a First Grade Star waste, how could he be more fierce than himself? It must be some Combat Skill, yes, definitely a Combat Skill.
Plop!
A pair of feet landed in front of him, Lin Feng squatted down, patted his cheek, and said in a calm tone:
"Where are the Gold Pearls?"
Gulp.
Hua Gang swallowed a mouthful of saliva; he glanced at the still dazed Hua Family disciples and suddenly felt an urge to lash out, bellowing, "What are you still dazed for, take him down!"
The Hua Family disciples then snapped back to reality. All being Third Grade Stars with Cultivation at the Sixth Layer, upon hearing Hua Gang’s command, they all charged towards Lin Feng together.
"How dare you touch our big brother Hua Gang, you’re seeking death!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
However, in the next instant, they each received a punch in the abdomen, falling to the ground alongside Hua Gang, moaning in pain.
Hua Gang was stunned; this time he saw it clearly. Lin Feng possessed the overwhelming strength to defeat multiple Martial Apprentices of the Sixth Layer.
Even for him, facing several Martial Apprentices of the Sixth Layer, although he could win, it wouldn’t be possible to defeat each with a single clean punch.
Martial master, no doubt about it, only a martial master could win so effortlessly. This Lin Feng, damn it, had already become a martial master!
Hiss!
Once Hua Gang realized this, he gasped in shock. Clearly, on the day the Lin Family held the Star Ceremony, he saw it clearly, Lin Feng was just a First Grade Star, he even couldn’t help laughing out loud that day. How did he become a martial master so quickly?
This completely defies all logic.
"Where is the Gold Pearl?"
Lin Feng’s indifferent voice came again, this time, Hua Gang shivered inexplicably.
"It’s, it’s on my waist."
Lin Feng looked down, and sure enough, there was a purse hanging on the Jade waistband, Lin Feng yanked it, and it was quite heavy indeed, containing a thousand Gold Pearls.
Immediately, Lin Feng approached the other Hua Family disciples, who appeared much poorer, but together, they had a hundred Gold Pearls, which Lin Feng took for himself.
"Could you leave me a hundred Gold Pearls, I need to buy some herbs?" Hua Gang pleaded pitifully. He now regretted immensely; damn it, why did he have to see Lin Feng among the crowd.
After seeing him, why did he provoke him? And even if he did provoke him, this damn drug store, why did they have to raise prices at this time? Otherwise, even if he was beaten up, these thousand Gold Pearls wouldn’t have been taken away.
Just because he looked at Lin Feng one more time in the crowd, then a thousand Gold Pearls were gone.
"No." 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
Lin Feng said indifferently and then stepped towards the drug store. There weren’t many people who could afford the up-priced herbs, and soon it was Lin Feng’s turn.
"Sixteen stalks of Dragon Vein Grass."
After paying, Lin Feng left. Outside the drugstore, Hua Gang’s group was no longer visible, and Lin Feng didn’t care—they were just small fries.
Holding the Dragon Vein Grass, Lin Feng turned left and right in the town, shaking off a few who harbored ill intentions and followed him poorly. Lin Feng almost laughed at their clumsy tracking skills, soon after, he bought a horse and hurried back to the Lin Family Mansion in Boyang City.
Meanwhile, a luxurious carriage stopped at the door of the Lin Family Mansion. From the carriage, a peculiarly spriteful girl jumped down first; she glanced at the grand entrance of the Lin Family, then led another girl down from the carriage.
This girl appeared gentle and dignified. She merely took a brief look around and whispered softly, "It seems that the Lin Family indeed has a strong foundation, no wonder my father would..."
"Hmph, so what if they do? With your talent, Sister, you can definitely find a better husband, like Lei Pojun from the Lei Family, who is handsome and powerful, and even possesses a Seventh Grade Purple Thunder Star. Sister, didn’t you always tell me that you wanted to find a husband like Lei Pojun?"
These two were none other than Shen Bingyan and her younger sister Shen Ling’er, who had come from the Hua district town.
"Are the two young ladies here to find someone?"
The Lin Family gatekeeper who noticed the two women’s distinguished air immediately approached them respectfully.
"Hmph, this is my sister, Shen Bingyan. We are from the Hua district town. You don’t need to announce us, but don’t stop us either," Shen Ling’er said petulantly.
Shen Family?
The gatekeeper’s expression turned even more respectful. He had heard that the Shen Family was to enter into a marriage alliance with their Lin Family. Could it be that one of these two beauties was the one?
"Truly naturally beautiful, damn it, all the good ones are taken by unworthy ones. I, a Third Grade Star, can’t even marry such beauties, while that useless young master can."
While inwardly resentful, he dared not show it, only looking at the Shen sisters with a trace of sympathy.
This look was naturally caught by the sensitive Shen Bingyan, who frowned slightly and became even more determined in her mind. Regardless of the circumstances, she would veto this engagement; her ideal man, as her sister mentioned, was Lei Pojun from the Lei Family.
