Chương 198: Vomiting blood out of rage

The young man stood there in a daze, his body trembling in rage.

"You! … You all! …" he suddenly spoke in a shivering voice. When had he ever been subjected to such humiliation? Never! He was born with a silver spoon, with high talents. His clan nurtured him as the next clan chief, the hope of the clan. This Yihua clan's selection competition was the beginning of his journey in life. He was destined to soar into the ninth heaven as a divine dragon amongst men, shine during the hundred continent and, catch the attention of a second grade force and be invited by them.

He would be nurtured by that force too and eventually reach the peak of the four regions. He would have all he desired, wealth, women, treasures! He was a future Lord! And here, in the beginning of his journey, a group of kids younger than him just humiliated him so much? Even though no one was nearby, he still felt like the whole world was laughing at him!

"What? Beggar young master still isn't satisfied? You're even trembling, it's obvious that you've never seen such amount of connate crystals. And these ones are spirit crystals, far surpassing the connate crystals in value. With them, you should have no problem living your life in a village without a need to beg anymore. You don't have to tremble so much in happiness" Yan jian chose this moment to strike again without mercy. There you have it! Bastard! To think you dare to pressure me! Hmph!

My younger brother is stronger than me. He'll avenge me. Where did all your arrogance go to? Yan jian thought and laughed to himself.

"How dare you! You son of a b*tch!" One of the servants behind the young man lost his cool and cursed. The next moment, Long Feng suddenly vanished like a ghost and reappeared before this servant. PA! * Before anyone could react, a react, a resounding sound echoed as Long Feng slapped the servant. The servant's face instantly swelled up and a few of his tooth were spat out along with blood while he stood there in a daze, his mind echoing with the same sound. Long Feng silently reappeared in his original spot.

"No one insults my friends! One more word of insult and none of you will be leaving here with your legs!" His voice sounded like the voice of a demon to the second servant and he stood there, shaking in fear.

"Damn you! This young Lord is the young master of the Zhuge clan! I am destined to rule the four regions in the future! How dare you goddamned ants bellitle me?!" The young man suddenly exploded, shouting in an enraged voice. His outburst startled Long Feng, Yan jian and Li Yue'er. A minute later, Yan jian began to laugh his head out, Long Feng was chuckling and Li Yue'er was smiling faintly.

"Now I'm completely sure that you're nuts. Young Lord? Future ruler of the four regions? Hahaha! This is the most funniest joke I've heard in forever!" Yan jian laughed.

"Beggar young master, no, Zhuge young master, you have great aspirations. If you work hard enough, you will definitely achieve it in like a hundred thousand years. Don't ever give up" Long Feng added, 'consoling' the young man.

"Yeah, that's right. I'm sorry for laughing just now. With training, you can definitely rule your own four regions, like when you reach the peak imperial realm in another hundred years, you can rule over the Yihua continent and three other nearby low grade continents as your four regions!" Yan jian spoke amidst his laughter.

"You! You bastards! …" the young man was so enraged that he suddenly bent over and spat out a mouthful of blood and then fainted on the spot. The sudden change shocked Long Feng, Yan jian and Li Yue'er and even the last conscious servant as they watched for the first time as someone vomited blood out of rage.

"So the saying of vomiting blood from rage is true" Yan jian murmured.

"Did we kill him?" Long Feng immediately asked worriedly. If this young man suddenly died like this, then Long Feng would definitely feel guilty because it wasn't his intention to kill the youth. All he wanted to do was get back at the young man for mocking them.

"No, he's not dead. He just burned his heart from anger. There's also a possibility of him forming a heart demon of us" Yan jian replied. Long Feng sighed.

"As long as he's alive…"

"You all! You have completely offended the Zhuge clan. The Zhuge clan will definitely not let you off!" The last servant pointed at them and shouted. The other servant was still in a daze because Long Feng had infused his soul power into his mind when he slapped him.

"You do realize that we can also easily deal with you and spread you three out in the open for people to watch?" Yan jian suddenly spoke with a smile after a slight silence. The servant shivered and rushed forward to lift up their young master and also support the other servant as he led them away.

"Who said you could leave?" Long Feng suddenly spoke, causing the servant to stop dead in his tracks and turn around.

"I agree that I am weaker than. You, but you should know when to back off, otherwise I will fight it out with you even if I die and the Zhuge clan will never let you go!" The servant gathered his courage and spoke coldly in an obviously shaking voice.

"Your void rings!" Long Feng ignored the servant's words and ordered.

"What…" the servant was startled.

"Are you deaf? Hand over your void rings and you can leave!" Long Feng repeated.

"You! … don't go too far!" The servant roared. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.

"Hmph! This is me being merciful. Is your void ring more important than your life?" The servant gritted his teeth and took off his void ring and threw it over to Long Feng. Long Feng grabbed the ring with a smile. The servant was about to turn and leave when Long Feng stopped him again.

"What else do you want!" The servant shouted in frustration. Long Feng ignored him and walked over to the servant's side, scaring the poor guy so much that he moved a few steps backwards, almost turning and running. His face also turned pale. Long Feng easily covered the distance and stood before the servant, but his eyes weren't even on the guy. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the unconscious Zhuge young master's hand, taking his void ring off before the servant could react.

"Beggar young master… I mean, Zhuge young master, thanks a lot for the kindness. I wish you a quick recovery" With another stretch of his hand, the other servant's void ring was also taken.

"Alright, now you can go. We'll take our spirit crystals back since you don't need them anymore. I hope we meet again" Long Feng bade them farewell and returned back to Yan jian and Li Yue'er's side, leaving a dumbstruck servant standing. The servant shivered in rage, but smartly didn't say a word and left with his young master and companion.

"Alright, what were we talking about again?" Long Feng returned and asked.

"Wow, brother Long Feng, I even forgot about the void rings. Luckily, you remembered. This Zhuge whatever guy definitely knows about the Yi and Hua Auction and will definitely bring lots of spirit crystals from his clan to participate in the auction. If we also put a few more items for auction, we can generate enough money to squander during the auction!" Yan jian exclaimed, staring at Long Feng with admiration.

"Oh, yeah. What's an auction again?" Long Feng asked, making both Li Yue'er and Yan jian speechless again.

"Brother Long Feng, you are seriously lacking in experience in this world." Yan jian sighed, not even having the heart to laugh. He proceeded to explained what an auction was,"An auction is a place where a person or group of people bring up an object, whether it is a treasure or anything and two or more people raise the price to surpass the others.

Whoever bids the highest amount for the object and no one else bids after a three count would be the winner of that bid and will take the item after paying""That happened a lot in the clan back then, when father or an elder wishes to sell something and several others want to buy it. It's the same thing" Long Feng said.

"That's right, it's the exact same thing only on a larger scale with rare treasures as the items." Yan jian nodded.

"Oh." Long Feng understood. After observing the Yi and Hua Auction House again, he turned to another building, the final building. This one was a palace relatively closer to them. The palace was also large, only inferior to the auction house. It was well decorated and was the only place that had figures in the distance entering it. The Zhuge young master was also going there when he ran into them. Long Feng already guessed which building it was.

"That's the participants lounge, a building for the participants of the selection competition. We have to go and check in there and if Hua Liuli wrote down our names, we'll be fine otherwise…" Yan jian explained and paused.

"Otherwise what?" Long Feng asked.

"Nothing serious. We get beaten and probably a few broken bones for trespassing. In that case, Li Yue'er's veil will fall off and she'll be held and engaged to some hedonistic young master. It's not serious at all" Yan jian said smilingly and glanced at Li Yue'er with his right eye. It was obvious that he still held a grudge against her for beating him up.

"You want another beating?" Li Yue'er glared at him, causing him to hiccup.

"No! I'm just stating facts that could happen. Of course, if that Hua girl wrote down our names, then it would be fine" Yan jian immediately clarified. He would be crazy if he allowed himself to receive another beating here.

"Don't worry. If it's Liuli, I trust her. Let's go" Long Feng smiled faintly and headed towards the participants building. He was very confident that Hua Liuli wouldn't forget to write down their names. It was quite the opposite, in fact. She would do so the first chance she got.

"Alright, let's go" Yan jian hurried after Long Feng without looking back as he could still sense Li Yue'er's glare on his back. A few minutes later, the trio arrived at the participants palace. At the entrance stood a middle aged man with an intimidating aura. There were two youths standing by the palace doors as the middle aged man sent his perception into a token he was holding. After a while, he nodded at them, confirming that the two youths had their names in the list.

He gave them two bronze keys and let them in. The middle aged man then turned to Long Feng and the other two.

"Your names!" The man spoke emotionlessly.

"Long Feng""Yan jian""Li Yue'er" The three of them said their names. The middle aged man sent his perception into the token again and only turned to them after a while.

"Long Feng!" He called out. Long Feng stepped forward and the man gave him a golden key while scrutinizing Long Feng. The keys are of different levels? Then I can assume that golden key is a high level key. Long Feng thought as he examined the key, finding a simple formation which he didn't recognize in it. He remembered that those other two youths were given bronze keys.

"Li Yue'er!" The man called out again and gave Li Yue'er a golden key as well.

"Yan jian!" Yan jian stepped forward with a smile and stretched out his hand. The man took out a bronze key and gave him, leaving Yan jian dumbfounded.

"Senior, is there a mistake here? You gave my friends golden keys and gave me a bronze key?" He inquired, wondering if the colours were merely different and the keys weren't divided into levels.

"There is no mistake. You can go in" the middle aged man replied without even glancing at Yan jian.

"But…are the keys equal and only the colours differ?" Yan jian asked again.

"You'll find out when you get in." The man said and turned deaf ears to whatever Yan jian asked after that, not replying to him again.

"Let's go brother Yan jian." Long Feng pulled Yan jian into the palace and Li Yue'er trailed behind them.

"But brother Long Feng, this isn't fair. That man should have given me a golden token too!"

"It's nothing. Who knows, the keys were just coloured differently and don't mean anything at all." Long Feng consoled. Yan jian nodded, accepting this until they reached the end of the hallway and were greeted by a large hall. Many doors were arranged along the walls of the hall; around a hundred doors exactly. Some of the doors were open, showing that behind the doors were simply decorated rooms with one bed, a futon on the floor and a center table with nothing else.

The only thing different was that the natural energy was suddenly twice denser than outside.

"These are the rooms?" Yan jian asked. Many people were not in their rooms and were either discussing with others or sparring in the hall. Long Feng, Yan jian and Li Yue'er's entrance didn't bother anyone as they all continued their actions.

"Look, the doors are all bronze!" Yan jian exclaimed, a bad feeling taking root in his mind.

"There's a stair case to the next floor too" Long Feng observed. The staircase was entirely silver in colour and was very eye-catching, but no one in the hall paid any attention to the staircase.

"Let's go see what's on the next floor!" Long Feng proposed and they all went towards the staircase. This finally caught the attention of some people.

"They're going to the next floor!" Someone spoke to his colleague.

"Hmph! They must be newcomers. They don't look like they have silver keys too. They'll come back like most other newcomers." The other person replied. Long Feng and the other two climbed up the staircase and soon reached the second floor. The scene was almost exactly as the one below, but smaller, the natural energies was twice denser than the first floor and the rooms were much fewer, only about fifty and were all silver in colour. Many people were also gathered in the hall either sparring or discussing.

Their sudden entrance alerted some people but they didn't bother about them.

"Brother Long Feng…the doors are silver and there is a golden staircase to the next floor" Yan jian spoke sadly. He had already understood that the palace was divided into categories with bronze being the lowest and golden probably being the highest. And he got the lowest key!

"Don't worry. It's still not confirmed!" Long Feng consoled him even though he was also sure that the palace was divided into levels.

"Shall we?" Long Feng took the lead and walked towards the staircase, instantly drawing the attention of almost everyone in the hall.

"Who's that?"

"Never seen him before""Does anyone knows him? He's going to the third floor!"

"Is he serious or he's just foolish?" Many people began to speak, their gazes filled with curiousity. Yan jian and Li Yue'er followed, also drawing the attention and curiousity of the youths to them. A few minutes later, they reached the third floor and confirmed that it was the final floor. They also confirmed that the palace was divided into three levels based on the key one received. This floor was much smaller, having only about twenty rooms.

Each of the room was large and lavishly decorated with large beds, comfortable futons for cultivation, bathrooms, and energy gathering formation. The natural energies in this floor was triple that of the second floor! Coupled with the energy gathering formations in each room, the natural energy in the rooms reached the level of the Lei clan's valley, now the Long clan's valley. There was no one in sight in the hall and all the doors were closed with a few doors, about ten of then being bright. The rest were dark.

"The dark doors are unoccupied while the bright doors are occupied!" Long Feng observed.

"Yeah. Who the hell allocated the keys to the participants?" Yan jian asked sourly.

"We wouldn't know because we were added by Hua Liuli" Long Feng reply. Yan jian immediately froze.

"That's right, it's her. She did this! She gave you both gold keys and gave me a bronze key intentionally!"

"Well, I wouldn't rule that out considering how you two never got along. But come to think of it, you don't get along with anyone other than me. Even miss Li here wouldn't refuse a chance to beat some sense into you." Yan jian laughed.

"But this is too much. She's bullying me! Am I to stay alone in the first floor while you and Li Yue'er get to stay here? It's completely unfair!"

"You don't have to stay in the first floor. You can come stay with me. The room is big enough for two people" Long Feng replied.

"Thanks brother Long Feng. You're a life saver! I knew I could count on you. But even then, I'll give this Hua girl a piece of my mind when I see her!"

"Hua Liuli. If you want her to give you a gold room, at least get her name right. She's Hua Liuli, not some Hua girl. It's not surprising that she left you out. You should be grateful that she added your name in the list at all. After far as I know, she could 'forget' to write down your name and get you beaten up for trespassing. Of course, it's nothing serious to you" Long Feng spoke, instantly leaving Yan jian speechless.

It was true, Hua Liuli could have 'forgotten' to write his name if she truly wanted to get even with him. She could then come and apologize later saying it was a mistake and add his name then. Considering all of these, he remained silent.

"Miss Li, you can choose your room" Long Feng turned to Li Yue'er and said. Li Yue'er nodded but didn't move. Long Feng walked up to a dark door and inserted his golden key into the keyhole, instantly opening the door and went in with Yan jian. Li Yue'er then chose the room directly next to the one he chose and walked in too.

Alright, this is my longest chapter so far with 3k+ words. Enjoy☺️