Chapter 2

Eh, have you heard? Yesterday, the young sect master of Yun Lan Sect personally came to the Xiao Family to call off the engagement, and it seems they even set up some kind of three-year agreement.

Having just heard about it, I actually want to see what face the Xiao Zhan father and son have left to go on living with. After saying that, the person gave a hehe smile, showing a gloating expression.

Exactly, if it were me, I'd just commit suicide on the spot to avoid embarrassing the family.

At the gate of Wu Tan City, Lin Feng saw this scene and thought to himself: 'Did the Yun Lan Sect come yesterday to call off the engagement? Too bad I was working all day yesterday; otherwise, I might have had a chance to witness that dramatic scene.'

But looking at it this way, Yao Lao will probably show up soon.

Returning to the city, on the way to the shop, Lin Feng heard countless conversations mocking Xiao Yan's broken engagement, and he couldn't help shaking his head.

From this, it's basically certain that the Jia Lie and Oba families are behind the scenes, stirring things up to thoroughly disgust the Xiao family.

However, being mocked by so many people is indeed closely related to Xiao Yan himself.

Back when Xiao Yan still had his talent, relying on the Battle Master and several Battle Fighter strong guards arranged by his father Xiao Zhan, he acted high and mighty in Wu Tan City, offending many people.

Lin Feng also wanted to get on good terms with Xiao Yan, who was his age back then, so that when Xiao Yan's strength declined in three years, he could occasionally give him some motivational soup.

That way, when Xiao Yan later becomes successful, any benefits would definitely not miss him.

Unfortunately, by that time Xiao Yan's cultivation talent had already been publicized by everyone in the Xiao family, known to all.

Moreover, being the son of Xiao family patriarch Xiao Zhan, Lin Feng's status meant he had no right to speak to that genius of Wu Tan City.

Broken engagement? Suction Palm?

Lin Feng suddenly recalled that in the original story, the day after Xiao Yan's engagement was broken off, he seemed to have picked up a low-tier Mysterious Tier battle technique, Suction Palm, for a bargain at the Xiao Family market.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng's eyes lit up—this was his easiest chance to obtain a Mysterious Tier battle technique, and he had to seize it.

He immediately turned and ran toward the Xiao Family market...

Arriving at the Xiao Family market, after passing several stalls, he finally found that black iron sheet on a small stall at a corner.

Finally found it.

Lin Feng looked at the black iron sheet on the stall, sensing a faint soul fluctuation on it, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The black iron sheet was very old, covered in rust spots, and still had some unwashed yellow mud attached, looking as if it had just been dug out of the ground.

But Lin Feng knew that inside it was a scroll of a low-tier Mysterious Tier battle technique.

Battle techniques, as the name suggests, after practice, when battle qi flows through the meridians recorded in the technique, they allow battle qi to be unleashed in a special way, doubling its power!

Of course, battle techniques also have grades, no different from those of cultivation methods.

However, compared to cultivation methods of the same rank, battle techniques are worth a bit less.

Lin Feng steadied his mind; these guys are all profiteers—once they see you show interest in something, they'll hike up the price. He didn't want to be a sucker, especially since he really didn't have much money on hand.

Approaching the stall, Lin Feng didn't touch the magic cores worth several hundred gold coins, but instead casually picked up a few old trinkets to look at.

Upon seeing the crystal ball for testing battle qi attributes, he realized he had never tested his own battle qi attribute.

He casually picked one up and, smiling at the shifty-eyed mercenary behind the stall, said, 'Boss, how much for this?'

'Ten gold coins.' The man glanced at what Lin Feng held, then noticed his plain clothes, not looking wealthy, and offered a fair price.

Can you make it cheaper?

The man impatiently waved his hand and said, 'No, the attribute-testing crystal balls are this price all over the market; if you think it's too expensive, go dig your own at the mine and polish it yourself.'

'All right.' Lin Feng feigned disappointment with a nod, then rummaged through his pockets, finally scraping together ten gold coins to hand to the man.

The man checked the amount, then waved his hand to indicate Lin Feng could leave.

'My table's a bit wobbly; can I use this to steady it?' Lin Feng, suppressing his excitement, casually picked up the black iron sheet and said.

'Sure, scram, don't block my business here.' The man glanced at the item in Lin Feng's hand, saw it was just a piece of scrap iron he'd picked up randomly in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, replied irritably, then shoved Lin Feng aside.

Lin Feng didn't mind, thanked him, picked up the item, and prepared to leave the Xiao Family market.

'Excuse me, are you selling this black iron sheet?'

Just after turning the corner, a black-clad youth about Lin Feng's age quickly stepped in front of him, pointing at the black iron sheet Lin Feng was about to slip into his collar and said.

'Huh?' Lin Feng looked up and saw that the black-clad youth who had stopped him was someone he recognized—Xiao Yan.

He froze for a moment, then quickly guessed that Yao Lao must have sensed something inside this black iron sheet.

However, when his gaze shifted to the girl beside him, he couldn't help but flash a look of astonishment.

The girl was cool and detached, like a white lotus just beginning to bloom; though young, she already bore an otherworldly air, her graceful figure forming tempting curves—hard to imagine how, if she grew up, she would become a city‑toppling beauty.

Lin Feng thought to himself, 'Is this Xiao Xun'er? She's indeed pretty, but it's basically impossible now to try to get on good terms with her.'

He quickly came to his senses and said to Xiao Yan, 'Not for sale.'

Xiao Yan glanced at Lin Feng's clothes, then feigned casualness: 'My table's a bit uneven; I need something to level it. I think that iron sheet in your hand would work well. How about this—I'll give you five gold coins for it; you sell it to me, how does that sound?'

Hearing the familiar words, Lin Feng twitched the corner of his mouth; if he hadn't read the original, he might really have been fooled by Xiao Yan's acting, and he immediately replied, 'No way, not for sale!'

'Could he also know the secret of this black iron sheet?' Seeing Lin Feng refuse, Xiao Yan secretly thought to himself.

But recalling what Yao Lao had just said, this iron sheet could contain at least a Mysterious Tier battle technique—the highest level the Xiao family possesses—so its value goes without saying.

Besides, Xiao Yan now hasn't seen the vast outside world, his horizons haven't opened, facing the temptation of Mysterious Tier Dou Technique, it's really hard to resist.

Moreover, the Lin Feng before him is just a teenager in his teens, dressed very ordinarily, not looking like he has any background.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan cleared his throat and said, 'Let me introduce myself: I am the head of the Xiao Family, the son of the five-star Grand Dou Master Xiao Zhan, the Third Young Master of the Xiao Family.'

Speaking, his tone shifted: 'Lately Wutan City has been a bit unsettled; missing a person isn't strange. You, why not give it some serious thought?'

Yao Lao saw Xiao Yan's action and did not speak to stop it, after all, the survival of the fittest is the main theme of the Dou Qi Continent.

Such things in the Dou Qi Continent are truly normal; moreover, Lin Feng is merely an ant with ten-star Dou Force, and there's nothing dangerous about it.

Being threatened, Lin Feng felt anger in his heart, but considering his own strength, he endured it and then said, 'Since Third Young Master wants to buy, I bought this for ten thousand gold coins; let me sell it to him at the original price, how about that?'

'Ten thousand gold coins? Haha, you think I'm a fool.' Xiao Yan, angered, let out a cold laugh.

Just now, while he was searching for a first-tier wood-attribute magic core in the distance, Yao Lao reminded him; although because the distance was too far and the market was noisy, he didn't hear Lin Feng and the stall owner's conversation clearly, but from Lin Feng's clothing one could tell that Lin Feng definitely couldn't produce ten thousand gold coins—this was treating Xiao Yan as a gullible fool.

Lin Feng suppressed his anger and said, 'Then what do you want?'

"This is one hundred gold coins; give me the iron piece."

Upon hearing that, Lin Feng felt the urge to punch Xiao Yan to death; after all, even a low-level Mysterious Tier fighting technique is worth tens of thousands of gold coins.

But Xiao Yan actually tries to forcefully buy it with just a hundred gold coins, really bullying people too much.

But with others holding the knife and cutting board and I as the meat, Lin Feng could only silently accept the gold coins, hand over the iron piece, and leave this place feeling stifled; at this moment, he had never craved power so much!

"Yao Lao inside the space ring watched Lin Feng's departing figure and sighed: 'To quickly grasp the situation and give up what's already in hand—this lad is not simple!'"

"Xiao Yan, you brat, wait for me; you'd better not let me get a chance, otherwise I'll make you sick." Returning to the cave where he broke through to Fighter, Lin Feng's anger was hard to quell, and he exclaimed indignantly.

After his emotions calmed, Lin Feng took out the crystal ball he had bought earlier, gripped it tightly, and then poured his Dou Qi into it.

The instant his Dou Qi entered the crystal ball, a burst of scorching red light shot out from it, dyeing the cave's gray-white stone walls all around a deep red.

"Fire attribute? Not bad."

Watching that scorching red, Lin Feng prepared to put away the crystal ball, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a faint green light flickering within the red glow.

Seeing that hint of green, Lin Feng couldn't help but exclaim, 'Fire-wood attribute?!' His expression then turned delighted.

Possessing the fire-wood attribute, plus the enhanced soul perception from his transmigration, this means he has the talent to become an alchemist!

Alchemists, as the name suggests, can use medicine cauldrons to refine all kinds of miraculous pills.

If a faction possesses a strong alchemist, it can help its disciples quickly increase their strength, heal injuries, and furthermore continuously draw powerful individuals to the sect, greatly boosting the sect's power.

Therefore, any alchemist will be eagerly courted and fawned over by all sides.