Chapter 485
Lin Qingjia didn’t react for a moment, she was slightly stunned: “My own life, I-”
As the words reached her lips, a very plainly dressed person suddenly appeared in her mind.
Lin Qingjia’s hand trembled and the teacup in her hand dropped.
“You’ve forgotten?” An Ruojin looked at her and wiped her mouth again, “You were the one who ran to come with me at that time, and cried that you didn’t want to stay in a place like that.”
She hadn’t even thought of bringing a dragger at first, but as a child Lin Qingjia was smart enough to keep following her.
When she arrived in the imperial capital and security was tight, she had to bring Lin Qingjia with her all the time.
Later, when she was looking for another high branch, she inadvertently bumped into the Lin family
Lin Qingjia leaned back on the wooden chair, her eyebrows lowered and her voice trailed off, “It’s not like it was anything important many years ago, so indeed I won’t remember.”
In fact, she knew very well.
She had a good memory, and even after more than ten years had pa*sed, she could recall Wen Fengmian’s voice and appearance.
In terms of looks and temperament, Wen Fengmian definitely did not lose out to Lin Jingyun.
But in other aspects, it was indeed far worse.
Moreover, it was only after stepping into the ancient martial world and the ancient medical world that one would realize how weak the previous world was.
Lin Qingjia pursed her lips slightly.
“Sigh, mother also didn’t expect him to return to the Ji family and come to the auction.” An Ruojin put her handkerchief down and spoke with a smile, “How can you say that you are also his own daughter, there is no enmity between father and daughter, do you want to go and meet him?”
Lin Qingjia was about to speak when a little boy came running from outside to the compartment and pounced on her side, “Sister.”
This was her younger brother, Lin Shao.
“Shao’er.” An Ruojin stroked the little boy’s head, “Why don’t you go to your grandparents’ place?”
“Come and stay with mummy for a while.” Lin Shao was very well behaved, “Grandparents asked me to call my sister over.”
An Ruojin was delighted, “Shao’er is understanding.”
Her own son was better, unlike that freak who was born staring at her with his eyes and was sick.
If it wasn’t for that, she would have left him with that trash Wen Fengmian and not taken him away?
At least her son was still useful.
But it was good that she now had a son and a daughter, so she got the word “good”.
It was his loss that Wen Fengmian didn’t have one.
“Mom, Dad is coming soon.” Lin Qingjia was silent for a long time and got up, “I’ll take Shao’er to grandparents’ side.”
An Ruojin didn’t say anything else, “Go on.”
Lin Qingjia led Lin Shao outside and spoke softly, “Shao’er, if sister has a younger brother, you-”
“No, no!” Lin Shao glared at this, “Sister can only be mine, who else? I’ll kill him, is he as smart as me as powerful as me?”
Lin Qingjia smiled, “No.”
Lin Shao was an ancient martial artist, Wen Huilan was an ordinary person, he couldn’t even speak clearly, how could the two compare?
“That won’t do.” Lin Shao hummed, “I’m the only one who can have such a powerful sister anyway.”
His sister had many suitors, many of whom would also send him lots of snacks and fun things.
Lin Shao tugged at Lin Qingjia’s clothes, “Sister, grandparents are still waiting for you.”
Lin Qingjia returned to her senses: “Go.”
**
The other side.
On the way to the auction building.
Lin Jinyun and another elder were walking across with the Taylor family.
The Taylor family had come this time to make amends in person for that incident at the Saint Sa City Pier.
This was the middle-aged man’s first time in the ancient martial world, and he was inevitably a little curious.
He looked around and his gaze suddenly lurched.
Not far away, the man had a long, slender, tall and upright figure.
Even with his mask on, it was hard to conceal his clear and unmistakable style.
The middle-aged man paused and narrowed his eyes.
Lin Jinyun noticed his reaction, “House Master Taylor?”
The middle-aged man withdrew his gaze and hesitated for a moment, “It’s nothing, I seem to have seen someone familiar.”
He dismissed this statement before himself, giving a secret laugh.
That person had always been in O Continent, so how could he have appeared on this side of the Ancient Martial World?
It was only that back and aura that was somewhat similar.
Lin Jinyun didn’t ask any more questions, “This way please, Lord Taylor Family.”
The four major zaibatsu of the o-continent were on par with them in terms of strength.
If we were to talk about various means, the Taylor family would have to have more.
However, this was the Ancient Martial World, so Lin Jin Yun wasn’t afraid that the Taylor Family would do something.
Moreover, there was still the Hall of Justice here.
Lin Jinyun knew from the Hall of Justice that Fu Yunshen had come.
He was one of the few people who knew Fu Yunshen’s true face.
The Xie family had messed with the Hall of Justice that time, and had made Fu Yunshen take action himself.
But he wouldn’t bother to remind the Xie family of this kind of thing.
The middle-aged man followed Lin Jinyun to An Ruojin’s box, and Ying Ziyi returned to Wen Fengmian’s side.
By this time the auction had already started, the previous lots were all small items, none of the big families had made a bid yet, and the buyers were all on the ground floor.
It wasn’t until after the seventh lot appeared that there was a movement in one of the boxes where the Lin family was located, “One hundred thousand.”
The ratio of currency to cash in the ancient martial world was one to ten, a figure that, when put outside, would be one million.
Ying Ziji’s hand supported his chin, and his slightly closed eyes opened at this moment.
Wen Fengmian turned his head: “Yoyo, the medicine you need?”
“Hm.” Ying Zigui nodded slightly, “This one is specially for you, it can help you open up all your acupuncture points, I expect that after you take it, your cultivation can go up to fifty years.”
Rao Wen Fengmian could not help but be shocked, “Fifty years?”
There were not many people with fifty years of ancient martial arts cultivation, but most of them were in their seventies or eighties and could already serve as elders of small and medium-sized families.
Ying Ziji raised his eyebrows, not slowing down, “Dad, that’s because you’re a gifted Ancient Martial Artist, an ordinary Ancient Martial Artist should be up to fifteen years.”
So ancient medicine and ancient martial arts were complementary existences.
When she returned to Earth she heard that the ancient medicine and ancient martial arts worlds had been married and didn’t find anything surprising.
Only the needle technique and the method of refining medicine on how to make the cultivation of ancient martial artists soar, she had not pa*sed down.
Her disciple, Fu Shi, only knew a few of them.
Wen Fengmian wrinkled his brows: “Will it affect your body? A little bit of influence is not allowed by father.”
He was also clear that ancient doctors refine medicine, sometimes refining their own life span.
“No.” Ying Ziyi yawned, “Dad, am I that weak?”
“……” Wen Fengmian coughed, “Yun Shen helped you shoot?”
“Yeah.” Ying nodded, “He’s in the other box, it’s more convenient for him not to be with us.”
The ancient martial world had too much burning and looting going on.
Especially after the auctions, there would be all sorts of fights after leaving the auction hall, and death was inevitable.
But robbing the great clans and the Hall of Justice still had to be weighed up.
Wen Fengmian nodded: “It’s time to thank him properly.”
Ying Zigui gave a pause and pressed her head: “Dad, you don’t want me to hear this word ‘thank’ now.”
She already had a shadow.
The guests were all a bit surprised by the Lin family’s “100,000” offer, especially those from the ancient medical families.
Because there was nothing too special about this herb, at least not at the moment, the price was only 10,000 at most.
However, for some low-level ancient martial artists, it could supplement their cultivation by a small amount, but the Lin family would not be able to see it.
But the Lin family wouldn’t have nothing to waste 100,000 on.
“It should be that Miss Qingjia has found something again.”
“Miss Qingjia’s dual training in ancient medicine and ancient martial arts is truly impressive.”
“I have to say that with Miss Qingjia, ancient medicine has also developed quite a lot.”
Since this herb was only available to Lin Qingjia, they naturally couldn’t possibly fight over it.
Lin Qingjia’s reputation in the ancient medicine and ancient martial arts circles was even far higher than the Lin family’s elder group.
Many people had been saved by her.
The auctioneer was about to drop his hammer when another voice came from another box.
“Half a million.”
In one fell swoop, it had doubled five times.
The guests were all astonished.
Naturally, the Lin family was not willing to be outdone and followed suit.
“Six hundred thousand.”
The voice continued.
“One million.”
The person responsible for helping Lin Qingjia auction off the herbs was the third elder of the Lin family, and when the price was raised like this, his fire came up: “One hundred and one–”
Before he could say this, he was stopped by Lin Qingjia: “It’s too expensive, let it go.”
The Third Elder said, “But this is not what you need?”
“It’s fine.” Lin Qingjia smiled and shook her head, “The price is beyond expectation, it’s better not to bid.”
This herb wasn’t precious, it was just rare, and had appeared a total of ten times so far.
She had also read many ancient texts and reasoned that this herb was likely to make an ancient martial artist’s cultivation soar.
So there was the idea of wanting to study it, but hadn’t tried it yet.
Lin Qingjia sighed softly.
But there was a high chance of failure, so there was really no point in wasting all this money on a shot.
“How does this work?” The third elder frowned and stood up, “I want to see who dares to compete with the Lin family.”
This was Lin Qingjia’s primary medicinal material, and it was about the development of ancient medicine.
Could someone else take it?
Chapter 486
The Third Elder knew clearly that the old ancestors of those ancient medical families must have pinched quite a few prescriptions for medicines and methods of laying needles in their hands.
These things were not all written down in books.
They could not be learned without a teacher to pa*s on the teachings.
But these old ancestors don’t come out either.
The most recent time was when the old ancestor of the Fu family came out when the Ling family sent them a traitor to the Fu family.
But the Lin family’s side didn’t find out if the old ancestor of the Fu family had any dealings with the Lin family.
Lin Qingjia’s medical skills were better than those of the ancient doctors of the older generation, just because she could innovate.
The Third Elder was one hundred and twenty years old, an age that would be considered prime among ancient martial artists.
There were some things he understood more than Lin Qingjia; ancient medicine had come to the present, and it could be said that it was retreating step by step.
The decades when ancient medicine first appeared were far stronger than now.
And because of the retreat of ancient medicine, ancient martial artists had fewer external objects to rely on
Lin Qingjia had made a lot of contributions to the ancient medicine community, and it was easy for the Lin family to hire ancient doctors.
That was why the Lin family had gone out of their way to train Lin Qingjia.
“Third Elder, you-” Before Lin Qingjia could stop him, the Third Elder had already lifted the curtain and walked out.
He looked towards the compartment where the previous voice had come from and saw the name of the compartment –
Candle Shadows Shake Red.
The Third Elder’s expression changed slightly, “The Hall of Justice?”
Apart from the three great clans of Lin, Yue and Xie, the Hall of Justice also had a few fixed boxes, the difference being that the boxes in the Hall of Justice were all named with four words.
So just by the names of the boxes, the Third Elder could recognise them at a glance.
No wonder he had the guts to compete with their Lin family.
Lin Qingjia heard this and frowned, “If it’s the Hall of Justice, then it’s better to let it go.”
“Qingjia, if you want it, the old man will give you the auction.” The Third Elder was faint, “The auction is fair, if he, the Hall of Justice, wants it, he must also have money.”
The Hall of Justice itself was very rich, but it did not mean that the people of the Hall of Justice were very rich.
Moreover, the Hall of Justice was, to put it bluntly, a place that managed the ancient martial world, the same as the One Word Team in the Imperial Capital.
If the old ancestors of the Lin family were to come out, the Hall of Justice really didn’t have any ancient martial artists at that level of cultivation.
But the ancestors’ generation, that also depended on whether they were willing to come out or not, the Elders’ Group couldn’t even invite anyone.
Coming out, that was also a time when the survival of the Lin family was at stake.
“It’s not too important.” Lin Qingjia smiled and discouraged, “Third Elder, give up a step, there is no need to start a conflict with the Hall of Justice.”
The Third Elder was somewhat reluctant to give up, but being so persuaded, he went along with it.
He nodded, “Since you say it’s not important, then I’ll definitely give you the auction for the next few herbs.”
But at the back, not to mention the Third Elder, even Lin Qingjia couldn’t sit still.
She needed a total of seven herbs, and now five of them had come out, all of which had been auctioned off by the Hall of Justice.
Moreover, the price of each herb was far more than the Lin family had expected.
The Lin family was a large family, but they didn’t bring so much money to one auction, more resources, they were going to train their offspring.
At this time, the next lot began.
On the stage, the auctioneer introduced, “This herb is called Purple Frost Spiritual Ginger, the effectiveness of which is clear to all of you ancient doctors, starting bid, eight million, please.”
This was the highest starting bid for a herb at the moment.
“The Purple Frost Lingzhi is more important to me.” Lin Qingjia cupped his fist at the Third Elder, “I’ll also trouble the Third Elder to definitely help me bid it off.”
The Third Elder nodded, and his face was unpleasant.
He was just about to open his mouth to bid when the voice that had competed with him earlier came out first.
“Ten million.”
The one responsible for voicing his bid was Yun Shan.
Of course, he was following Fu Yunshen’s wishes.
Their young master’s only flaw was that he had too much money.
The Third Elder’s face sank as he gritted his teeth, “Fifteen million!”
Fu Yunshen’s expression did not move, his eyebrows were light, and his long, slender fingers gently clasped the table.
Yunshan immediately raised the price again, “Twenty million.”
“Twenty-five million!”
“Thirty million.”
“……”
After a few rounds of bidding, the price of the herbs had been raised to ninety million.
Not to mention the other guests, even the auctioneer himself was stunned.
He only knew that it was the Justice Hall’s box, and did not know the identity of the people in the box.
The Third Elder almost said it through clenched teeth, “One hundred million!”
One hundred million was equivalent to one billion outside.
Fu Yunshen lifted his chin, his lips hooked up, a light smile misty in his peach blossom eyes, “Offer, five hundred million.”
Yunshan: “……”
What could he say?
What could he say?
Even if you have money, you can’t lose it like this.
Another person who thought the same thing was Ying Zigui.
She didn’t know how many times she felt that she couldn’t earn money as fast as Fu Yunshen could spend it.
Ying Ziji picked up her mobile phone and called Fu Yunshen: “It’s too expensive, don’t shoot it.”
When she went to see him just now, he gave her some miniature signal transmitters that could be attached to her phone.
So she handed them out to Ji Li in pa*sing.
Over the earpiece, Fu Yunshen’s voice was slightly lowered, cynical as ever: “What you want, of course you have to film it.”
After a pause, he added, “The Hall of Justice will take 30% of the final auction fee, don’t worry, I have the money.”
When the Hall of Justice provided the platform, it would charge an intermediate fee.
And this 30% intermediate fee would be paid to him.
With so five hundred million dollars smashed down, the Lin family also shut up.
The Third Elder went from being angry at first to calming down now, “Is it the top bra*s of the Hall of Justice?”
“Third Elder, I don’t think so.” Lin Qingjia shook her head slightly and smiled, “If it was the top bra*s of the Hall of Justice who desperately needed these herbs, they would have withheld them before the auction and wouldn’t be putting them on the auction block.”
The Third Elder was furious again, “I wonder which person who doesn’t know what’s good or bad has to rob from us.”
Could the Hall of Justice not know the importance of Lin Qingjia?
The Third Elder grimaced, “There’s one last piece, this one, and there’s no way we’ll let the Hall of Justice snatch it away again.”
Lin Qingjia still needed one more medicine, the Bone Building Pill.
The Bone Giving Pill was taken out by the Hall of Justice, and it was only this one.
It was said to have been found by the Hall of Justice from a tomb, and it was no longer edible after a hundred years.
The Bone Giving Pill greatly stimulated one’s healing ability, and was even able to allow people with amputated thighs to grow back over a period of time.
Many ancient medical families were prepared to bid for it and develop the recipe for this medicine.
On the stage, the auctioneer spoke again, “Bone Growth Pill, starting bid, ten million.”
Suddenly hearing a familiar name, Ying Ziji slowly looked up, his expression slightly paused.
This, the starting price was worth 10 million?
If it was put out there, it would be a hundred million?
So in fact, she was really a rich woman?
“According to the records, this Bone Building Pill is quite miraculous.” On the phone, Fu Yunshen’s voice rang out lazily, “Yoyo, do you want it? No need to save me money.”
“No.” Ying Ziji propped her head up, “It’s useless.”
Why should she spend money on something that she could make a baking pot with her hands?
Fu Yunshen smiled, “Well, good.”
Ying Zigui thought for a moment, “The provider is the Hall of Justice, you found it?”
“A tomb.” Fu Yunshen was faint, “There are quite a few other things inside besides this medicine.
Ying Zidian thought for a moment.
She understood.
When the ancient medical world had first opened up, the Bone Growth Pill was not an uncommon contraption.
She had also made quite a few of them and casually gave them to Fu Shi, who in turn had distributed them to some ancient martial artists at her behest.
However, she really didn’t give the recipe for the Bone Growth Pill to pa*s on, including Fu Shi.
“The Ling family has invited you.” Fu Yunshen spoke again, “Will you go to the Ling family later?”
Ying Zidian nodded, “Go ahead.”
Listening to the bidding, Fu Yunshen suddenly smiled, “Yoyo, if you don’t want it, I’m going to raise the price.”
Ying Ziji’s eyes twitched slightly: “Hm?”
Fu Yunshen swept a glance at the Lin family’s box, “Yunshan, offer, five hundred million.”
The corners of Yunshan’s mouth twitched, not sure why their young master was still bidding, but that was all he said.
The auctioneer wiped his sweat, “The Candle Shade Shaking Red box offers five hundred million, is there more?”
The third elder was simply furious and blurted out, “One billion for the Lin family!”
“……”
At once, there was silence.
The Third Elder’s face was sullen and cold as he raised his voice, sneering, “Your Excellency from the Hall of Justice, do you want to add more?”
A lazy voice rang out, containing a smile, “Ah, sorry, wrong number was quoted, it was originally meant to be fifty million, please forgive me.”
The Third Elder almost fainted with anger.
But the price had already been quoted, and with so many people watching, he couldn’t backtrack even if he wanted to.
The Bone Growth Pill, naturally, ended up in the hands of the Lin family, but the Third Elder couldn’t be happy at all.
However, at the thought of Lin Qingjia being able to work out the prescription, the Third Elder was barely in a better mood.
He sulked, “It must be deliberate, when the auction is over, I will definitely take a trip up to the Hall of Justice.”
The Third Elder did not wait for a response, and when he turned his head, he saw Lin Qingjia in a daze: “Qingjia?”
Lin Qingjia returned to her senses and shook her head, “It’s nothing.”
**
The candle shades were shaking red in the box.
Fu Yunshen’s eyelashes moved slightly, still on the phone, smiling lowly: “Yoyo, look, you’ve earned it back this way.”
On the side, Yunshan sighed.
Their young master was the one who really knew how to make money.
Otherwise, how else would the venus group have become the number one group in the world?
Yun Shan felt that if their young master could meet with the person in charge of the Laurent family, he might have a lot of common views on making money.
On the other end of the phone, Ying was slightly silent: “One month.”
“A month of what?”
“Can’t kiss me.”
Fu Yunshen looked slightly puzzled, and his trailing voice lifted, “Hm? What kind of reasoning is that?”
“It doesn’t make sense, you can try it if you sneak up on me.”
“……”
Under the intense auction, Ji Yiyuan also finally calmed down.
Next to him was Yan Ruoxue.
Yan Ruoxue had come with her a*sistant and didn’t feel much about the auction, she was just looking at it.
Ji Yiyuan lowered his voice: “Miss Yan, I just saw Ji Yihang with his family in the box on the first floor, who gave him the invitation?”
“A private box?” Yan Ruoxue frowned, “That’s not possible.”
Even Ji Yihang was worthy?
“But I just saw it.” Ji Yiyuan’s face was bitter, “He -”
Before he could finish his words, one of the guards of the Ji family hurriedly came down from upstairs and reached Ji Yiyuan, “Ji Yiyuan, the family head is calling you up.”
Ji Yiyuan shivered for a moment and immediately got up.
Yan Ruoxue went on to watch the auction.
On the side, the a*sistant suddenly spoke up, “Ah, Professor, I remember, I said that the person who looks like Wen Fengmian is Miss Qingjia, they have very similar features.”
“Professor, you said Miss Qingjia wouldn’t be the same as Wen Fengmian ……”
Everyone knew about the fact that Lin Qingjia wasn’t Lin Jinyun’s own daughter.
But she was so outstanding that no one would bother to hold on to that.
“What are you thinking?” Yan Ruoxue snorted coldly, “Wen Fengmian, an ordinary person like him, could have a daughter as gifted as Miss Qingjia? If you say that to the Lin family, you’ll see if you still have a life.”
“Wen Fengmian’s daughter, at most, is at Ying Ziji’s level, all right, shut up.”
The Ji family had focused on biochemical experiments so that they could research techniques to rival ancient medicine.
But after more than ten years, it had not been successful.
Lin Qingjia was a recognized genius in the ancient medicine and martial arts circles, and she had developed several new medicines for ancient medicine.
It was true that Ying Zigui was a genius, but that was only in the outside world, could she compete with Lin Qingjia?
The a*sistant thought about it and felt embarra*sed, “There are quite a lot of people who look alike, it’s true that I’m overthinking it.”
**
Upstairs.
Inside the box.
Ji Yiyuan was timid: “Dare I ask the family head, what are your orders.”
“I heard that this is someone you call something inside the entertainment industry.” Family Head Ji handed the photo over, “Tianhao quite likes her, take a look and see how you can find her.”
Ji Yiyuan took the photo, glanced at it, and whirled around with great joy.
“Young Master Tianhao has taken a fancy to it?” He could hardly restrain his excitement, “Her name is Ying Ziji, she’s Wen Fengmian’s daughter, she’s also considered our Ji family, feel free to move, it’s okay.”
If he couldn’t take care of Wen Fengmian’s family, how could the Ji family not take care of their own?