The Beautiful CEO's Dragon Blood Bodyguard-Chapter 673 - 0: Whose Hongmen Banquet
Chapter 673: Chapter 0673: Whose Hongmen Banquet
Zhang Li’s family lived in a remote rural area, and the police notified her relatives, asking them to come and claim her body.
Once the relatives heard there was no money to collect and that they would have to spend a portion of the funeral expenses, they immediately refused the call.
After learning about this, Ding Xue had no choice but to call Wang Xiaoya.
Wang Xiaoya went to claim the body and had Zhang Li buried in Binhai City’s finest cemetery.
When the burial took place, the sky was overcast.
Scattered snowflakes started to float down.
Long Fei, holding a black umbrella, stood to one side, sheltering Wang Xiaoya.
Lin Yingying, Chu Feng, and Leilei, all colleagues from the HR department, came to send Zhang Li off.
After the funeral was over, Lin Yingying intentionally took the others away early, leaving time for Long Fei to accompany Wang Xiaoya.
Chu Feng placed a bouquet of white flowers in front of the tombstone and sighed at Zhang Li’s photo, "I’m sorry, I was in seclusion when you called. Rest assured, I won’t let any of your killers off. Down there, they will be at your mercy, for you to punish and kill. Rest in peace, my girl!"
Wang Xiaoya took a spirit fruit out of her embrace and buried it in front of the tombstone, "Lily, this is a spirit fruit I brought back from the Secret Realm. I wanted to give it to you as soon as I returned, so you could become like me. You wouldn’t have to be bullied by men and could become strong on your own. Rest assured, I will avenge you. Your family is my family now, Wang Xiaoya, and I will take good care of them for you."
Long Fei didn’t say much else, everything started with the Yan Family, and everything would end with the Yan Family.
The Jiang Family had already sent word that the Yan Family was going to send people to tonight’s pill auction.
By then, they would all be killed.
The location of the auction was still in the Jiang Family’s vineyard, but this time all the invitees were from the Cultivator Families.
The Jiang Family deliberately leaked information that tonight’s auction would feature elixirs far beyond the usual, guaranteed to shock the Cultivation World.
Even the major families from South Yangtze had sent people to attend the auction.
Rumors were spreading that the Yan Family Ancestor had come out of seclusion and refined a Third-Tier Pill.
While First and Second Grade Elixirs were quite common, a Third-Tier Pill was indeed a rarity of the world.
Even Huaxia’s current best pill alchemist couldn’t refine a Third-Tier Pill.
Its value, as one could imagine, was enormous.
Originally, Long Fei had planned to sell a pill, to bring sufficient liquid assets to Lin’s Group.
After what happened to Zhang Li, tonight he would not only sell a pill but also take lives.
Before the sky darkened, luxury cars sped along the roads, one by one entering the Jiang Family’s auction site.
Strangely enough, elsewhere the grapevine leaves had long since withered.
But here, the leaves were still as green as summer, unaffected by the winter’s cold winds.
This was all because the Jiang Family had set up a formation here, pulling moisture and spiritual energy incessantly from the surroundings.
With such warmth and nourishment from the spiritual energy, the grape leaves grew faster.
With constant falling and regrowth, they naturally remained evergreen throughout the seasons.
In a black Land Rover, Nie Jinghong was driving in front, with Yan Danni and Lei Jun sitting in the back.
Lei Jun’s complexion was pale as clay, and he had not shown his face for many days since Zhang Li’s incident.
During this time, he had received a few inquiries from the police.
But as rehearsed in advance, he was watertight in his responses and had even provided an alibi.
That day, he had gotten someone to make a surveillance video of him hosting guests.
Some people also vouched for him, so the police currently couldn’t do anything to him.
He reminded Yan Danni, "The Jiang Family has a very good relationship with Long Fei and Chu Feng. You killed Zhang Li, and they will definitely not let you off. This auction could be a trap. If you’re smart, it’s not too late to turn back now."
Yan Danni laughed disdainfully, "What a joke, I, Yan Danni, have never been afraid of anything in my life. To tell you the truth, if they don’t come for me, I will go after them myself! The Yan Family has mobilized seven second-generation Elders. If they dare show up today, not one of them will escape. Who will take down the prey, that remains to be seen by their fortune!"
Lei Jun closed his eyes and said no more.
Zhang Li’s death had greatly shaken him; he felt as if he were living like a walking corpse.
If he could die now, it would actually be a relief for him.
It was cold outside, and the auction was being held in the conference hall on the first floor of the building.
As soon as Lei Jun and his two companions got out of the car, Long Fei knew they had arrived.
He did not rush to take action, only waiting for the auction to finish before settling scores with them.
This time, the Cultivator Families from both North Yangtze and South Yangtze had gathered together, all of them the vigorous younger generation.
Even the Jiang Family’s alliance ceremony last time hadn’t seen such a complete turnout.
Yan Wuji hadn’t come; according to Wang Xiaoya, he had encountered an opportunity in the Secret Realm.
Under the protection of the Yan Family Elders, he had not come out but had instead started a secluded meditation directly at the base in the Secret Realm.
The members of Dragon Group had all gained something, but Wang Xiaoya, missing Long Fei too much, had asked Instructor Shen Feng for leave to return.
She, too, had obtained a significant opportunity and had now broken through to the Enlightenment Realm.
As for what specific opportunity she had obtained, she did not say, as if she had hidden many secrets.
At the auction, as usual, there were three items.
The first two were Spirit Fruits found by Jiang Yunyi and Jiang Yunlan of the Jiang Family in the Secret Realm.
It was said their effects were almost on par with a First Grade Elixir, exactly the Spirit Fruits that Wang Xiaoya had buried in front of Zhang Li’s grave.
Zhang Li hadn’t had the fortune to benefit in her lifetime; had Wang Xiaoya returned just one day earlier, Zhang Li’s life would not have turned out this way.
The auction prices for these two Spirit Fruits eventually broke a hundred billion.
What everyone valued most were the seeds inside, hoping to cultivate a Spirit Tree from them, which would be a fortune made.
The Jiang Family had long seen through everything; the current environment on Earth simply couldn’t support the growth of a Spirit Tree.
However, some second-tier families, rich and bold, still wanted to give it a try.
Since they could not enter the Secret Realm, possessing an item from the Secret Realm would at least bring them some prestige.
First-tier families weren’t interested in Spirit Fruits; their clan’s younger members had brought back quite a few opportunities this time.
What they were really interested in were Third-Tier Pills, which could save lives at critical moments.
The third auction item, amidst the eager anticipation of the crowd, was finally brought up.
Just as the rumors had suggested, it was indeed a Third-Tier Pill.
The auctioneer introduced it excitedly, saying the pill was called the Black Jade Life-Continuation Pill. Unique in the world, its appearance was like black jade, smooth and unparalleled. It could regenerate flesh and skin, replenish blood and nourish qi, and just a whiff of it could invigorate and refresh one’s mind.
As soon as the box was opened and the pill revealed,
a fragrance indeed permeated the entire auction hall; the three lines swirling on the pill amazed everyone, who praised the Yan Family Ancestor as a Pill Alchemist of stature akin to a Mount Tai in the field, shocking all with just a move.
The appearance of this Third-Tier Pill would definitely propel the Jiang Family into the ranks of the first-tier families.
The new Clan Leader of the Jiang Family, Jiang Zongcheng, looked embarrassed because the Yan Family Ancestor had not yet left seclusion.
This pill had not come from the hands of the Ancestor, but was refined by Long Fei.
Long Fei had asked them not to reveal this, and they had not spoken openly, letting everyone gossip.
The starting price of this pill was outrageously high, beginning at a base of five hundred billion.
For ordinary people, even the top tycoons in Huaxia would consider this fifty billion a significant amount.
But to these Cultivator Families, five hundred billion really wasn’t much.
Especially the first-tier families, each with a foundation of over a thousand years.
Over generations, the families had accumulated unimaginable wealth.
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