Extreme Almightiest Young Master
Chapter 2494 - 2473: Reunion with the Beautiful Woman
Chapter 2473: Meeting the Beautiful Woman Again
In the darkness of night, Lin Feng brought Ma Biaohu and Tangyuan back to the inn by the market square, and Tao Tao, summoned back by Lin Feng’s Divine Sense, also returned there. Out of caution, Lin Feng set up an Isolating Formation in the room, and only then did he let everyone speak.
"Boss Lin, you really have a way with things. That bastard Junior Sect Master died without even knowing how he died. I’m just really curious, what exactly was that stuff you had Tangyuan put in? Can’t they detect it or what?" Ma Biaohu looked at Lin Feng and asked in high spirits. He truly was curious about this whole affair—strictly speaking, what he was curious about was that "medicine"!
"You tell him what it was." Lin Feng looked at Ma Biaohu and immediately laughed, then directly said to Tangyuan, telling Tangyuan to explain it to Ma Biaohu.
"That wasn’t medicine at all, it was just the liver of a Luosha Beast." Tangyuan spoke up at this moment.
"Liver? How’s that possible? How could liver make Ling Shaoqiu have an accident?" Hearing Tangyuan say this, Ma Biaohu was immediately baffled and asked in confusion.
"It’s actually very simple. What’s that tonic soup Ling Shaoqiu likes to drink made from? It’s boiled from all kinds of animal whips. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, that stuff is pure extreme Yang. Liver belongs to earth and has the effect of detoxifying and stabilizing Yang. Put the two together, and the Yang Qi in Ling Shaoqiu’s body will keep accumulating. When it reaches a critical point, it’ll inevitably erupt like a tsunami. Then I secretly used my Divine Sense to activate his Kaiyang Acupoint. That alone was enough to trigger a Yang depletion phenomenon in him."
"Normally, if a Yang depletion like that is discovered in time and treated with special techniques, it wouldn’t necessarily kill. But given the situation at the time, there was no one else in the room. I then used my Divine Sense to restrict his body so he couldn’t call for help, so he ended up dying from Yang depletion. After he died, I secretly used Gang Qi to erase all traces on his body. That way, anyone who examines him can only conclude he died of Yang depletion." Lin Feng smiled and explained in detail, because he knew if he didn’t lay it all out, Ma Biaohu and the others would keep asking until they got to the bottom of it.
"Boss, won’t that tonic soup itself arouse suspicion?" Ma Biaohu raised another question at this moment. He felt like that tampered tonic soup seemed suspicious too!
"What suspicion could there be? You think there are traditional Chinese doctors from Earth in the Myriad Heavens Divine Realm?" Lin Feng laughed as soon as he heard Ma Biaohu’s words, then continued, "Besides, the ingredients for that tonic soup have already been thrown away by the kitchen. Who could still go and examine them? And even if they did find them, no one in the Myriad Heavens Divine Realm would think that tonic soup is a problem, because it’s not poison at all—just food incompatibility."
After saying this, Lin Feng looked at Ma Biaohu and, smiling, teased him: "Of course, if you feel like you’d like to drink some of that tonic soup, I can arrange a bowl for you. Want some?"
At these words, Ma Biaohu’s face instantly turned green. He stared at Lin Feng in horror and said, "Boss Lin, that’s not a joke you can make. I haven’t done anything wrong, and I’m an upright man, a man who has transcended low-level tastes. How could I possibly need that sort of thing..."
Seeing Ma Biaohu so nervous, Lin Feng and Tangyuan both burst out laughing, and even Tao Tao couldn’t help covering her mouth as she laughed. Originally she’d been worried Lin Feng might run into trouble over there, but now, after hearing everything Lin Feng said, she was completely relieved and overjoyed. Being able to get rid of a future opponent in such a way was really great!
But just then, Lin Feng suddenly turned his gaze to Tao Tao and asked her, "How are things over at the City Lord Mansion?"
"There doesn’t seem to be anything unusual. The City Lord Mansion suddenly mobilized and sealed the city. They publicly announced that the city gates won’t reopen until the cause of Ling Shaoqiu’s death has been fully investigated." Tao Tao answered immediately, but then added another line to both the protagonist and Lin Feng: "Oh right, there’s one more thing. It seems a few Prominent Families in the city went to see the City Lord, but as for what exactly it was about, I don’t know."
"Mm, that’s pretty much what I expected. In that case, there’s no need to worry about the City Lord’s side. Starting tomorrow, we’ll just keep treasure-hunting in this market." Lin Feng set the tone for their next moves at this point.
But Tao Tao didn’t understand what Lin Feng meant and immediately asked, "Brother Lin, since our future opponent was Ling Shaoqiu and we’ve already killed him, why don’t we go to the shop and hurry up and get it established? That way we can start making money as soon as possible!"
"Yeah, we should hurry up and renovate!"
"That’s right, Boss Lin, we really should get Holy Pill Pavilion up and running!"
It wasn’t just Tao Tao; Ma Biaohu and Tangyuan were also puzzled. Ling Shaoqiu was gone—why weren’t they renovating the shop, and why were they still going treasure-hunting? What was this supposed to mean?
"You’re not thinking far enough ahead."
Seeing how anxious they were, Lin Feng said to them, "Things are nowhere near as simple as you think. That shop already had friction with Ling Shaoqiu, and then Ling Shaoqiu suddenly dies. If we start renovating immediately after his death, what do you think the people from the Lingxiao Sect will think? Of course they’ll suspect us. So we can’t make any moves right now. We wait two months, let this whole affair blow over, then go renovate. At that point, no one will bother us."
These words instantly left them all stunned. To be honest, they really hadn’t thought that far. Looked at this way, they truly were being too hasty; it really would draw unwanted attention.
Seeing that they’d understood his point, Lin Feng continued, "And in fact, it’s not just about Ling Shaoqiu. There’s something else you haven’t considered. Without Ling Shaoqiu interfering, you think the other Prominent Families in the city will ignore that shop? If my guess is right, a lot of people are going to jump in. What we need to do is just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. I’m planning to demolish and rebuild that shop anyway, so let them toss it around as they like. As long as the shop belongs to us in the end, that’s all that matters."
"And this way, we also force all the people behind the scenes to come out. Then we’ll know exactly what kind of opponents we’re facing, and we can slowly play them all to death one by one. We went to all this trouble to kill Ling Shaoqiu; there’s no way we’re letting anyone else reap the benefits for free." Lin Feng added as he looked at them. In truth, he didn’t want to overthink things either, but human nature was greedy, so he couldn’t afford not to be on guard. Not to mention, there was something else he hadn’t said aloud—he had a feeling that City Lord wasn’t a good person either, and might very well be their biggest enemy in the future.
After hearing Lin Feng’s words, everyone fell silent and fully grasped his intentions. If they hadn’t had Lin Feng’s foresight, things would probably get horrendously complicated later and become a huge headache. But now, all they needed to do was wait.
After they finished discussing matters, Lin Feng treated everyone to an excellent meal. After they were done eating, Lin Feng actually had the restaurant prepare a very lavish takeout meal, then took everyone out of the restaurant. This left Tao Tao and the others confused; they had no idea what Lin Feng was planning.
Lin Feng led the way in front, turning here and there, until they arrived outside a medium-sized courtyard. Then he knocked on the door. Not long after, they heard footsteps from within.
The door opened, and the person who came out was precisely the middle-aged beautiful woman they had met earlier in the shop. Seeing Lin Feng, the middle-aged beauty froze on the spot.
"Young master, how did you find this place?"
The middle-aged beauty was truly puzzled. She had secretly hidden her husband and daughter here and had been extremely careful every time she went in and out, not letting anyone follow her. How could Lin Feng have found this place directly? What on earth was going on?
Perched openly on Lin Feng’s shoulder, Tangyuan looked at the dazed middle-aged woman and said, "If my Boss wants to find someone, there’s no one he can’t find. Don’t worry, we don’t mean you any harm."
Hearing Tangyuan speak, the middle-aged beauty was momentarily stunned. She hadn’t expected the little creature on Lin Feng’s shoulder to talk. At that moment, Lin Feng handed the takeout container in his hand to the middle-aged beauty.
"Let’s talk inside. As for it, it’s my pet." Lin Feng said with a gentle smile.
"All right, everyone, please come in quickly." The middle-aged beauty came back to her senses then, said a simple line, and opened the door to let everyone into the courtyard.
The courtyard wasn’t large, but it was tidily kept. At the back stood a two-story small building. It looked a bit old, but its antique charm made it rather comfortable to look at.
The group entered the first floor of the small building, which was a hall with several chairs in the middle—a simple reception room. Above that was a separate dining room for meals with a large table inside. There were staircases on both sides of the reception room leading upstairs. It was clear that the upstairs area must be the living quarters.
Facing the middle-aged beauty’s puzzled gaze, Lin Feng smiled and said to her, "I came here to congratulate you. You probably don’t know yet, but last night, the whole Ling City was in chaos. The Junior Sect Master of the Lingxiao Sect, Ling Shaoqiu, died in Wanhua Tower."
"Ah! Th-this... how is that possible!"
The middle-aged beauty froze where she stood when she heard this, almost unable to believe it. She stared at Lin Feng, unable to accept his words. How could Ling Shaoqiu just die out of nowhere like that?
"Auntie, Brother Lin is telling the truth. If you don’t believe it, go out and ask around; you’ll see." Tao Tao came to the middle-aged beauty’s side at this moment and said with a smile.
"Ah! Th-this really is the heavens opening their eyes..."
Hearing Tao Tao’s words, the middle-aged beauty finally believed Ling Shaoqiu was truly dead. In an instant, tears of excitement burst from her eyes, and she was too choked up to speak. It was all because of that bastard Ling Shaoqiu that her family ended up like this. Now he was finally dead—this was a heaven-sent blessing of the highest order...