84: Chapter 84: The VIP Guests 84: Chapter 84: The VIP Guests Shi Country, Imperial City.

Inside the cold Imperial Palace, a graceful figure stood tall.

It was none other than the Seventh Princess of Shi Country, Lu Qingcheng.

At this moment, two figures clad in nightclothes quickly appeared before Lu Qingcheng, one of whom removed the face cloth from her head to reveal the visage of a young woman.

If Lin Yi had been there, he would have recognized this young woman at a glance—it was his senior apprentice sister, Xi Yue!

Beside her stood Elder Feng.

“How did it go?”

“Did you find out the whereabouts of the Master?”

Lu Qingcheng hurriedly asked.

Xi Yue shook her head and said, “I have searched all around the Imperial City but found no sign of the Master.

It seems that he has most likely been captured by the Martial Arts Academy and is imprisoned deep within their facility.”

Hearing this, Lu Qingcheng’s pretty face sank.

The thing she feared the most had still happened.

Though Master Wu Liang was not dead, being in the hands of the Martial Arts Academy was probably worse than death!

She had to find a way to ascertain Master Wu Liang’s exact location and rescue him as soon as possible!

But this matter required careful, long-term planning.

Now that the Holy Mansion was destroyed, the Royal Family was struggling to stand alone; relying on the strength of the Royal Family alone to overthrow the Martial Arts Academy was simply unrealistic.

On the contrary, the Royal Family’s situation would only become more difficult under the combined pressure of the Martial Arts Academy and the major families!

The slightest misstep could lead to irreversible doom.

“Any news of Lin Yi?”

Lu Qingcheng looked towards Elder Feng.

“No.”

Elder Feng shook his head, “That boy seems to have evaporated; there’s no trace of him in the whole Shi Country.”

“The Martial Arts Academy is still vigorously hunting for Lin Yi.

I believe that the kid is likely not dead.”

Not dead?

Lu Qingcheng’s beautiful eyes flickered slightly.

“Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi, if you’re not dead, where have you gone…”

…

After leaving Yang City, Lin Yi, accompanied by Little Jin, headed straight for Yun Country’s Imperial Capital.

That Talent Night Banquet—he might not have shown much interest outwardly, but he was actually very curious!

After all, in Yun Country, no one knew his identity.

He could act uninhibitedly!

Fighting with people, especially with geniuses, was undoubtedly a quick way to improve one’s strength!

Upon leaving Yang City, Lin Yi’s first stop was Cang City!

As the largest city in the Northern Territory, Cang City was on a scale beyond Yang City’s comparison, and here, the chain commercial powerhouse Wangyue Building had already established its presence!

Lin Yi had fought in the border mountains for half a month, amassing a significant amount of Demon Beast materials, not to mention that he had slain two fat sheep—Lie Yangtian and Lie Feng—his wealth was now substantial!

After arriving in Cang City, Lin Yi went straight to Wangyue Building.

He planned to sell off all the accumulated items he had.

“Master Lin Xiu, greetings.”

The person serving Lin Yi was a beautiful female waiter who, after tallying up the items Lin Yi wanted to sell, looked at him with a smile, “The total value of the items you’re selling comes to 800,000 gold coins.”

“Your transaction amount has met the VIP status of our Wangyue Building, here is your VIP card, please take good care of it.”

A VIP card?

Lin Yi merely glanced at it before taking the VIP card.

“With this VIP card, you’ll get a 20% discount on future purchases at our Wangyue Building.”

The female waiter smiled at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi, not particularly interested, prepared to turn and leave.

“Master!”

However, at that moment, the female waiter called out to Lin Yi.

“Is there anything else?”

Lin Yi frowned.

“It’s like this.”

The female waiter gave Lin Yi a shallow smile, “Tomorrow, our Wangyue Building will be holding an auction.

Many precious collections will be for sale.

I was wondering if Young Master Lin might be interested?”

“Auction?”

Lin Yi’s eyebrows rose.

In Lin Yi’s past understanding, auctions were grand events that only the wealthy could attend.

Unexpectedly, had he also inadvertently joined the ranks of the wealthy?

However, the female waiter clearly had seen him just earn 800,000 gold coins and was a little tycoon, which is why she told him about the auction.

After all, a worth of 800,000 gold coins in Yun Country made him quite a little local tyrant.

“The auction tomorrow will be held on the top floor of our Wangyue Building.”

The female waiter handed him a ticket, “This is an admission ticket, please make sure to attend on time, Young Master.”

“No problem.”

After taking the admission ticket, he left the Wangyue Building directly.

…

The next day.

Outside Wangyue Building, a terrifying number of people had arrived.

Clearly, these people were attracted by the auction at Wangyue Building today, just like Lin Yi.

Wangyue Building enjoyed quite a reputation throughout the Green Ruins Realm.

And this Wangyue Building in Cang City is one of only two Wangyue Buildings in Yun Country, attracting martial artists from the entire Northern Territory of Yun Country to support the event.

However, on the other side of the Wangyue Building, in the VIP passage, there were many fewer people.

At that moment, a purple-robed young man, surrounded by a group of guards, arrived at the entrance of Wangyue Building.

“Young Master Cang Yun!”

The steward at the gate of Wangyue Building immediately came forward to greet the purple-robed young man with a bow, very respectful in his demeanor.

Even dragons don’t suppress local snakes, and the Cang Family, being the number one Familie in Cang City, required even the Wangyue Building to give some face.

Cang Yun nodded, “My elder brother is busy!

I’m here in his place to see if there are any rare items at this auction!”

“Young Master Cang Yun can rest assured, today’s auction is the main event of the year for our Wangyue Building; it will definitely satisfy our esteemed guests!”

The steward of Wangyue Building was full of confidence.

“That’s good!”

“This young master just worries about having money and nowhere to spend it!”

After Cang Yun expressed his satisfaction, he was about to walk into the VIP passage.

Just then, a strange, taunting voice suddenly came from behind.

“Cang Yun!

I heard you got beaten up in Yang City!”

Upon hearing this, Cang Yun’s lungs were about to explode.

He had already ordered his subordinates to keep quiet about this incident, forbidding anyone to mention it again.

Which idiot dared to bring this up in public?

But when he turned to see who had spoken, his face couldn’t help but darken slightly.

“It’s you, Fang Yue!”

In his field of vision, a square-faced youth was walking toward him with a teasing look, not hiding the mockery in his eyes at all.

The Fang Family, also a Familie from the north of Yun Country, from Liu City!

They had always been at odds with the Cang Family!

The auction today had unexpectedly attracted this guy as well.

“What does my beating have to do with you?”

Cang Yun watched Fang Yue coldly.

If it had been under normal circumstances, he would have bickered with Fang Yue for days and nights, but this was an embarrassment for him, and he didn’t want to mention it.

“I’m just too curious.

After all, you are a son of the Cang Family.

Who was it that beat you?

To the point where after getting a beating, you didn’t even dare to let out a fart.

When did your Cang Family become so pathetic?”

Fang Yue looked at Cang Yun, laughing and taunting to his heart’s content.

Cang Yun’s face grew dark, his gaze flickering.

Did this idiot think that getting beaten and not fighting back was his style, as the Second Young Master Cang?

He had, in fact, hired someone to stand up for him, even the big shot Baili Feng, but he ended up getting beaten and cowed by the other party—can you believe that?

Now, his elder brother Cang Lei had already warned him to never mention this incident again and to stop provoking Lin Xiu!

Or he would be left to fend for himself!

No matter how uncomfortable he felt inside, he could only stew on it.