Chương 197: The arrogant young master

The central square was very easy to find, because it was in the very center of the city, and also because it was the most peaceful area in the entire city. Every other place in the city was noisy except for the central square. In fact, there was not a soul in sight from a certain point till the central square because it was a restricted area to everyone in the city except the participants. The square was large, taking roughly one seventh of the entire city. The square was bare with only about three large buildings.

In the very center of this square was a huge square arena. This arena was large and had four large pillars at the four corners of the arena, each pillar as thick as ten humans together. One could tell from the runes engraved on the four pillars that there was a powerful formation on the arena and the pillars were the cores of the formation. Long Feng's attention was drawn to this arena the moment he saw it and he couldn't help but ask,"What sort of formation was laid on this arena?"

"I'm not sure, but according to the rumors, this arena was built to copy the main arena where the hundred continent meeting takes place. Even the formation is only a copy that captures a tenth of the true arena" Yan jian replied. Long Feng was instantly dumbfounded.

"This is just a copy? And only a tenth of the main one?"

"That's right. This one tenth I said is just an estimation. It could be exaggerated, but it could also be an underestimation of the true arena. I personally think the main arena should be much more grandeur than this. It was after all, something built by the four region's forces" Yan jian added, his face bursting with pride at his knowledge. Long Feng stared at the large arena for a moment longer before he looked around. To the right of the arena was a tall tower.

The tower was magnificently built and was the next most eye-catching building after the arena.

"What's that tower?"

"Em… I'm not so sure, but er…it should be an important building" Yan jian muttered. Long Feng glanced at him,"You don't know?"

"It's alright for me to occasionally not know some things. Besides, it's probably not an important building which is why I don't know it" Yan jian huffed.

"It doesn't look unimportant to me" Long Feng shrugged and turned to another building. This one was located at the other end of the central square, almost not even within the square at all. It was a large palace, the largest palace Long Feng had ever seen. On the main entrance, a plaque with the words 'Yi and Hua Auction House' was hanged above the door. The palace gave off a feeling of grandeur and wealth with a touch of elegance.

"Now that's a truly famous building. The Yi and Hua Auction House is the best auction house in the entire continent, jointly managed by the Yi and Hua clans. It only opens once in ten years, during this selection period, but the Yi and Hua clan use this period of ten years to gather precious treasures to be auctioned. These treasures range from incomplete spirit armament to imperial armaments and imperial grade martial skills and rare cultivation resources." Yan jian explained before Long Feng could even ask.

"Oh" Long Feng nodded and paused looking slightly hesitant.

"What? Have a question?" Yan jian asked with a cheeky grin.

"A small question actually. What is an auction?" Long Feng asked softly. His question froze the grin on Yan jian's face and even Li Yue'er's brows raised in shock under her veil. She almost couldn't stop herself from smiling at Long Feng's naiveness. Yan jian was similarly lost for words and he was about to laugh out. But right then, a burst of laughter sounded from behind them. Yan jian looked back, almost jumping in shock while Long Feng frowned and turned around.

Standing a few feet behind them was a young man leading too other youths who looked like his servants. They looked at him fawningly. The author's narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. This man had sharp facial features and a fairly good looking face, with an arrogant expression that seemed to be permanently etched onto his face. His eyes were filled with disdain as he glanced at Long Feng. Even both of his servants had disdainful expressions when they looked at Long Feng.

The youth was obviously the one who had laughed just now.

"Where did these village bumpkins come from? Actually asking what is an auction! Hahahaha!" The young man spoke and laughed out loud again. Luckily, this was the central square and there was no one close enough to listen, otherwise Long Feng would have instantly became a joke.

"Who are you? And I don't remember speaking to you" Long Feng spoke coldly with a frown. What was there to laugh about in my question? I mean, what's that bad about not knowing what an auction is???

"Of course you didn't speak to me, but this is the central square, entry is prohibited to beggars. I should kill you immediately for stepping into this area but as I'm in a good mood today, I will spare you. As for my identity, beggars aren't worthy of knowing that. Now get lost!" The young man spoke with a benevolent smile, but his gaze was dripping disdain.

"You! …" Yan jian was the first to blow his top. Even Li Yue'er's eyes became frosty and was fixed on the young man. The moment things went south,, she wouldn't hesitate to attack.

"What? Our young master spared you beggars worthless lives and you don't thank him and scram immediately? Do you want to die?!" One of the servants behind the young master obviously saw this as a chance to impress the young man and shouted coldly.

"Don't bother about them. They must be some beggars who wandered in here. Let's see what I can do for them?" The young master interrupted and took out fifteen spirit crystals from his void ring and threw it at Long Feng's feet on the floor.

"Take this. You can leave your life in peace with five each. No need to thank me" the young man smiled mockingly. Long Feng stared at this young man coldly, but he didn't lose his calm. Li Yue'er also glared at the young man but wouldn't attack without Long Feng saying so. As for Yan jian…

"Bastard! Who the f**k are you calling beggars? Motherfucker! You're the damned beggar! Your entire family is made of beggars!" Yan jian exploded with rage and cursed loudly. The young man's face instantly soured. Before he could speak, the two servants behind him Immediately rebuked,"The audacity! How dare you insult our young master? Do you even know who he is? With a word, he could end your entire lineage and blood completely!" The first servant shouted coldly, his aura threatening to erupt.

"To think you dare to call our young master a beggar, and his entire family! Do you even have any idea who you are insulting?" The other servants added.

"Hmph! You want to fight? I'm not afraid of your beggar master. As for you two, to follow behind a beggar and fawn on him, I have no words to describe you!" Yan jian reply, not backing down at all. If it came to fighting, he was confident that no youth below twenty five years in this continent would be able to fight Long Feng. At that time, he could hide and watch a show…

"How brave of you. I didn't quite hear what you just said. Could you repeat yourself?" The young man spoke up, his face dark and his eyes were icy.

"I said…" Yan jian was about to repeat himself when he swallowed back his words, or he was forced to swallow back his words. The young man had stepped forward, releasing an awe inspiring spirit realm aura! He was more specifically at the rank two spirit realm, comparable to the jianhai clan's clan chief! And all of the pressure of this aura was focused on Yan jian who was so pressured that he couldn't speak.

"What? Can't speak? Afraid?" The young man asked coldly. Yan jian glared at him and struggled to open his mouth,"Fuuuckk youuu!" He spoke amidst gasps. The young man's face instantly darkened again.

"You think I can't do anything to you? Killing is prohibited in this city, especially in the central square, but nothing was said about beating someone half to death. Besides, even if I crippled you, the Yihua clan would overlook it!"

"Really? Cripple him? I'll love to see you try" Long Feng stepped forward and stood before the young man, placing Yan jian behind him. The pressure was instantly shifted to him, but he remained unruffled even under this pressure. This kid… The young man instantly frowned, surprised that Long Feng could withstand his aura. But he soon regained his calm. His clan had specifically nurtured him from his birth with treasures for this moment, this hundred continent meeting.

He was the hope of his clan, a clan that was only second to the Yihua clan in this province. How could a beggar compare to him?

"Hmph! So you are a slightly stronger beggar. What are you going to do?" Long Feng smiled faintly.

"Brother Yan jian!" He called out softly.

"Hm?" Yan jian, who was currently breathing heavily looked up upon hearing his name.

"This young master here asked you to repeat what you said, didn't he?" Long Feng asked with that same faint smile on his lips. Yan jian was instantly rejuvenated, his energy restored.

"Right brother Long Feng! Hey you beggar young master! Hmph, You want to fight? I'm not afraid of your beggar master. As for you two, to follow behind a beggar and fawn on him, I have no words to describe you!" He paused and smiled before adding with gusto, "Oh, I also said, Fuuuckk youuu!" This time, he even lifted his middle finger to the young man.

"You are seeking death!" The young man was so enraged that he was shaking but he didn't attack just yet. He wanted to be sure how strong this youth standing before him was. Although he was arrogant, he wasn't stupid. This trio were obviously unafraid of him even after he showed his cultivator. That meant they had something to rely on. He was at least smart enough to infer that.

"Oh, is beggar young master not satisfied? You don't have to be embarrassed. Alright, let me see what I can help you with…" Long Feng added and rubbed his void ring… The young man instantly had a bad feeling. And just then, Long Feng threw out a bunch of spirit crystals, hundreds of them, numbering almost a thousand in total.

"Have these. And those fifteen you took out earlier, you didn't have to show us how poor you are. These thousand spirit crystals should be enough for five generations after you to live in peace. You don't have to thank me. I'm just that good natured" Long Feng said with a gentle smile on his face. One who knew nothing would really believe that the young man was a beggar and Long Feng was helping him. Yan jian gave Long Feng a thumbs up in admiration. Brother Long Feng truly knows how to help one to vent your anger!

In the brief silence that followed, Li Yue'er suddenly threw out another thousand spirit crystals on the floor, making a loud noise.

"Oh yeah, we're all good natured. Let me help you too. Unfortunately, I'm poorer than them so you have to make do with these" Yan jian definitely wouldn't let go of this chance to fan the flames. He also threw out lots of crystals on the floor, thousands of them infact, almost ten thousand. But these Crystals made Long Feng's eyelids to twitch.

"…?!" Brother Yan jian! … It couldn't be helped, as the thousands of crystals Yan jian took out were neither spirit crystals nor Yang crystals. In fact, they were not even Yin crystal but the worthless connate crystals! Such crystals were useless to cultivators at their level and none of them would even deem it necessary to move with them and even took it as an insult to do so. Even Long Feng had gotten rid of all his connate and Yin crystals, leaving then for the Long clan. But Yan jian…

Actually had so much connate crystals in his void ring! Just how much of a miser was he exactly?