Chapter 56: Storage Ring

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Luo Feng was so surprised that he almost dropped his chopsticks onto the table.

“Mother, are you joking? Feng Lingyue and I are best buds, nothing more. Plus, I’m only fifteen!”

“I’m serious.”

Yang Qing narrowed her eyes and said, “Feng Lingyue is such an ideal woman. Even if you look around the entire Billow Dynasty, you’ll be hard-pressed to find such a beautiful candidate. Plus, she’s a genius at that. Sure, you might be fifteen, but what of it? Back at your age, your father was already…”

“Ahem!”

Luo Tian’s face turned red and he coughed loudly.

Yang Qing smiled mischievously at Luo Tian and stated, “What’s there to be ashamed of? After all, you started pursuing me at the age of fifteen in Full Peak Institution, no?”

A look of bliss appeared on Yang Qing’s face as she reminisced the past.

Luo Feng could not help but smile upon noticing his father’s shy expression.

Lin Xiaoxiao’s face appeared in Luo Feng’s mind, prompting him to immediately put his chopsticks down. He declared in a serious tone, “Mother, my goal is to enter the martial arts shrine. Anything else would come after that, including romance.”

“The martial arts shrine…”

Yang Qing paused slightly before furrowing her brows at Luo Feng. “Do you know how tough the road ahead of you is? Hundreds upon thousands of people have tried, but only a few have succeeded. Moreover, it is also riddled with plenty of danger.”

As a mother, Yang Qing had only hoped for Luo Feng to live a peaceful life.

On the other hand, Luo Tian was extremely pleased with Luo Feng’s courage and he loudly declared, “My dear Qing, a true male has broad ambitions! Instead of putting down Luo Feng, we should support him instead!”

“I believe in lil bro too!” Luo Xiao agreed while nodding his head.

As Luo Xiao was about to reach eighteen soon, he had already lost his chance in entering the Golden Halls. As such, the martial arts shrine was a fantasy to him.

Nevertheless, if Luo Feng enters the martial arts shrine, Luo Xiao would be similarly proud as well.

“Fine, but make sure you come back often, then.”

Once the idea of meeting Luo Feng less in the future had crossed her mind, her expression soured.

“Let’s just put this matter to rest for now.”

While looking solemnly at Luo Feng and Luo Xiao, Luo Tian changed topics in a clever manner, asking, “That girl Ling Yue has lent us so much aid, so you’d best return the favor in full by winning the Hunting Meet and take the number one family title! From this moment onwards, the family will use all of its resources to support both of you.”

Luo Tian turned to look at Luo Feng and asked, “Feng’er, how long before you’ll advance?”

He rubbed his nose and answered, “Within these few days, probably.”

“You’re that confident?”

Luo Tian flinched slightly, but soon after, he morphed into an expression of excitement. “Alright! With that, you two will be able to match the Li Brothers almost evenly! Just work a bit harder and you’ll definitely obtain the opportunity to strike them down!”

‘Almost evenly…’

A sly smile appeared on Luo Feng’s face.

At his present state, his odds of success against the Li Brothers were at least 70%, and it might even be higher than that!”

“Also, this now belongs to you two.” Luo Tian brought out a brocade sack and handed it over to Luo Feng.

“What’s this?”

Luo Feng opened up the sack, and to his surprise, there was a whole wad of gold tickets within it. At a rough glance, there were at least two to three hundred thousand taels’ worth of silver.

“Father, what’s this?”

Luo Feng was slightly surprised.

Zheng Hongzhi had just left the family, and as such, the Luo Family needed silver more than ever. Handing over so much capital all of a sudden was not a rational decision.

“The Great Sun Merchant Alliance is holding an auction tomorrow. There’s bound to be plenty of spirit medicine and martial arts there. I want both of you to nab some useful items so that you’ll both become stronger.”

“Relax, I’m not wasting any unnecessary funds. All of this is from my own pocket.” Luo Tian chuckled as he assured the brothers.

Feeling touched by his father’s actions, Luo Feng took the sack and tucked it properly.

The Great Sun Merchant Alliance was Panlong City’s neighboring major city — the Great Sun City’s largest merchant alliance. Every time they hosted an auction, plenty of interesting items were sold within it.

“I have some additional funds on me as well. Take them too, Feng’er.”

Yang Qing handed Luo Feng a brocade sack of her own, and within it, a few dozen gold tickets were seen.

“Thank you, mother.” Luo Feng offered a word of gratitude.

“What’s there to thank me for? It’s my personal wish to see both of you excel after all,” Yang Qing said with a smile.

Luo Feng nodded his head slightly. Having parents like them was a huge blessing.

After finishing dinner, Luo Feng returned to his courtyard.

The moon’s glow was as graceful as flowing water, and below it, Luo Feng could be seen practicing his fist techniques.

During this silent night, Luo Feng’s fist winds were as oppressive as usual. Not only were they steady and powerful, but the slow-looking fists were also still able to stir up a strong gust within the courtyard, causing the surrounding trees to make a ruckus as they swayed back and forth.

During his cultivation of the Roaring Tiger Fist in the past two days, Luo Feng had felt a noticeable change in the technique.

Originally, the Roaring Tiger Fist was an aggressive form of martial arts, but when Luo Feng performed it, it had given a calming sensation.

From its appearance, Luo Feng’s new Roaring Tiger Fist had looked much weaker than the original. However in truth, Luo Feng was able to utilize the hidden potential of the technique, and as a result, his attacks were several times stronger than the past!

After cultivating for a full four hours, a gleam appeared in Luo Feng’s eyes. With his body arched forward, Luo Feng launched his fist in the direction of a thick tree in front of him.

Bam!

Despite being over several dozen feet away from Luo Feng, Luo Feng’s rapid fist wind was still able to cause the thick and massive tree to constantly sway. It looked as if it would snap at any moment.

“The Complete State of the Roaring Tiger Fist!”

Luo Feng retracted his fist, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

Having achieved the Complete State of the Roaring Tiger Fist, in terms of strength, it had already surpassed Yellow Rank Upper Class martial arts.

“I’m likely to be the only one who managed to cultivate a Yellow Rank Middle Class martial art to the Complete State.”

As Luo Feng looked at the scattered leaves around him, he proudly muttered a few words to himself.

Every time a technique advanced in level, the difficulty in cultivating it would increase exponentially. Had it not been for Luo Feng’s great sense of apprehension, cultivating the Roaring Tiger Fist to the Success State would have been an extremely challenging task, and the Complete State would be nearly unattainable for him.

Usually, students would only cultivate the Yellow Rank Middle Class martial arts to the Minor Success State and proceed to focus all their remaining strength on their cultivation.

However, for Luo Feng who possessed a terrifying sense of apprehension, he was allowed to lavishly spend his time cultivating his techniques to the highest possible state.

After taking a short break, Luo Feng sighed faintly and continued cultivating.

…

The second day, Luo Feng woke up by daybreak.

After meeting up with Luo Xiao, the two then left the Luo Residence and headed towards the Great Sun Merchant Alliance’s auction.

On that day, the streets of Panlong City were extremely lively. It was filled with plenty of martial artists, and from the looks of it, it seemed that most martial artists had caught wind of the Great Sun Merchant Alliance’s auction.

The force backing the Great Sun Merchant Alliance was the Great Sun City, and even within the whole of Flowing Cloud Ridge, they were still a powerful force to be reckoned with. Every time an auction was held, several spirit medicine and priceless artifacts would be on sale. As such, they were quite an attractive event for martial artists.

The auction was held at the center of Panlong City. Located there was a stone building towering over 100 feet tall. It had an imposing aura to it, and it looked steadily built. Indeed, this was the Great Sun Merchant Alliance’s auction house.

Numerous martial artists formed a queue that extended all the way towards the auction house. They were all chattering excitedly with the contents of the auction as the main topic of their conversations.

“The Great Sun Merchant Alliance is really good at doing business, huh. To think that they would choose such an opportune moment to host an auction. The Hunting Meet is coming up and those who are competing definitely wouldn’t hesitate to bankrupt themselves in this auction just to get an upper hand during the meet.”

“Indeed. I heard multiple neat items are being sold in the auction this time, containing spirit medicine and martial art manuals. From what I heard, they’re even selling Yellow Rank Upper Class martial arts!”

“Yellow Rank Upper Class martial arts!” The surrounding martial artists gasped in shock upon hearing those words.

“Those Yellow Rank Upper Class techniques cost nearly a million taels for a single manual. We should just forget it, the techniques would definitely be a contested item for the Four Great Families, after all. On that note, my Molten Iron Sword Technique is a Yellow Rank Lower Class technique. So, this time, I’m hoping to nab a Yellow Rank Middle Class technique.” A martial artist heaved an envious sigh.

“It’s just a Yellow Rank Upper Class martial art. Who cares about that? Don’t you know what the most valuable item that’s being sold in this auction is?” A young martial artist in brocade robes exclaimed proudly.

“What’s the item?” A look of excitement began to creep up the martial artists’ faces.

Every time the Great Sun Merchant Alliance held an auction, they had always included grand merchandise within the auctions. These grand merchandise had ranged from spirit medicine, weapons, and even to martial arts, and without fail, these items were always extremely valuable!

After hyping up the martial artists, the brocade-robe teen revealed the item with a delighted grin. “I heard it’s a Storage Ring!”

Woah!

The martial artists gasped in surprise.

Since the Storage Ring was a soul artifact, its value needed no explanation. No one would have imagined having such a grand item to be placed on the auction this time around!

‘A Storage Ring…’

Originally, Luo Feng did not hold much interest in the auction. His opinion, however, had changed upon hearing the discussion.

‘It seems that I’ve made the right choice in attending this auction. I’ll definitely take the Storage Ring for myself!’

Luo Feng instantly made the decision.

“Woah, so there’s a storage soul artifact this time, huh. The Great Sun Merchant Alliance really pulled out all the stops this time, huh.”

Luo Xiao was also slightly surprised at the news, but soon after, he chuckled bitterly. “Alas, with the state our family is in right now, we’re lacking the necessary capital. Otherwise, we might’ve been able to put up a fight for it.”

Luo Feng shrugged off his brother’s words with a chuckle.

After killing Su Laohu and obtaining over a million taels of silver, combined with his parents’ money, Luo Feng was in possession of over 1.6 million taels of silver!

Since the Storage Ring’s price was only placed at around a million tales of silver, Luo Feng was not without a fighting chance.

The two proceeded to the entrance of the auction house, and upon noticing the peculiar attire of the siblings, the female attendant at the front door immediately headed out to greet them.

“May I know who both of you are?”

Luo Xiao stood out and handed over his name plaque. “I’m Luo Xiao of the Luo Family, and this is my brother, Luo Feng.”

“Oh, the two young masters from the Luo Family, huh…”

The female attendant widened her eyes upon noticing Luo Feng. Sensing that Luo Feng was no ordinary person, she mentally noted to herself, ‘So he’s Luo Feng. I heard that he was assessed to have a poor talent for cultivation in the past and was regarded as trash as a result. However, this aura he’s emanating, it’s almost the same as those heaven-defying geniuses. Heck, even the young masters from the Li Family don’t even come close to him.’

As an attendant of the Great Sun Merchant Alliance, she had met countless people before. Among them, plenty had been young and budding teenagers, and as such, she was able to tell a person’s strength based on the aura they exuded alone.

“Young masters, please follow me.”

The attendant’s tone became even more courteous. With a welcoming smile, she pointed ahead and led the two siblings into the auction area.

The auction area was extremely spacious and at its center, a massive stone pillar was erected. Gold and various precious jewels had decorated the surrounding walls of the auction area, generating a mystical radiance, and making the auction look majestic and grandiose.

“Big brother, I must get my hands on a Yellow Rank Upper Class martial art this time around. With that, my abilities will definitely soar!”

Upon entering the auction area, two figures appeared from the lane beside the Luo duo. They were none other than Li Tianyang and Li Tianyao.

The four people locked gazes which then turned chilly as a fight threatened to break out.

“It’s you, Luo Feng!”

Li Tianyang glared coldly at Luo Feng.

Back when they were in the Feng Residence, Li Tianyang had taken a massive hit due to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng cupped his ears as he turned to Luo Xiao. He then asked, “Brother, things are pretty strange as of late. I keep hearing dog barks.”

Luo Xiao resisted his strong urge to laugh as he answered, “Well, what can you do? There are too many strays lately.”

“How dare both of you!”

Li Tianyang was close to exploding. He glared viciously at Luo Feng with veins bulging on his forehead.