Turning Point

"Sheng Hao, stop right there!" A shout suddenly rang out, and two figures appeared in front of Sheng Hao.

The two men were Ying Qiang and Feng Shu. When they heard that the Sheng Family had also come to propose marriage, they immediately sensed something was wrong and rushed over.

"Sheng Hao, what business is it of yours with our relationship and Ying Rou's? Do you really think that matters of the heart can be controlled by your attitude and power?" Ying Qiang questioned.

Feng Shu also said angrily, "Hmph, Sheng Hao, when I told you I liked Ying Rou, you even gave me your blessing. I didn't expect you to pull this trick today. You really are a good brother!"

Sheng Hao smiled slightly and said to the two of them, "What's wrong? Is it wrong to like someone? I just need a fair environment for everyone to compete with each other. Feng Shu, we used to have a good relationship, we were good brothers! But when it comes to Ying Rou, if you try to use our brotherhood to threaten me and make me back down, then we're no longer brothers! A brotherhood that can't even withstand fair and free competition is better off without!"

Ying Qiang and Feng Shu were speechless.

"When you two were vying for Ying Rou, did you ever consider Ying Rou's own wishes? Did you think that her choice of dao companion was limited to the two of you? That's far too Hegemonic Way. If you really continue like this, do you still have the right to say that you like Ying Rou? You didn't even give her the basic opportunity to choose?" Sheng Hao sneered disdainfully, then his figure flashed and disappeared.

Ying Qiang and Feng Shu fell silent...

After a long while, Ying Qiang and Feng Shu looked at each other and both noticed the pain and helplessness in each other's eyes, as well as a hint of decisiveness...

Perhaps loving her means making her happy...

The meeting took place among the Great Elder and two heads of the Ghost Spirit Faction.

Ying Qiang slowly stood up from his seat, took a deep breath, glanced at the elders and the two family heads around him, and then said firmly:

"Everyone, after discussing it, Feng Shu and I have decided to stop trying to win Ying Rou over. We've decided to give Ying Rou all the power of choice. She can be with whoever she likes, no matter who it is. Even if it's not one of us brothers, we won't regret it!" Ying Qiang announced the result of his long discussion with Feng Shu.

Immediately, the elders in the assembly frowned. After all, they were the ones who made the decision about the last so-called competition, and now they were changing it again. Wouldn't that make these elders lose face?

No, this decision cannot be changed no matter what! It represents the authority of the elders.

The head of the Ying Family stood up and addressed the elders, saying, "That brat Sheng Hao has now obtained the Saint Artifact of two Spirit Venerables, and can completely control the Natural Spirit Faction. He even swore an oath in the name of the two Saint Artifacts and his future position as the head of the Sheng Family —he must marry Ying Rou!" After speaking, the head of the Ying Family sat down. He knew how the elders of the Ghost Spirit Faction Elder Council choose.

The elders' previously firm decision suddenly began to waver...

Inside the Lan Mansion, Lan Hai Tian was telling Zhang Xingfeng about what had happened after Zhang Xingfeng left.

"I can't blame you for this. When I left, the artifact I left you was only supposed to last a year. Besides, you only need enough spirit stones. I only auctioned it off to appease you. Now that the effect has been achieved, it's fine to stop buying and selling the artifact!" Zhang Xingfeng said nonchalantly.

Lan Hai Tian continued, "For the past two years, the Ying Family and the Feng Family have been searching for the person our predecessor found. Unfortunately, during this time, Senior Nine Nether Spirit Venerable was with two other Spirit Venerables, and the other three Spirit Venerables have disappeared, so there has been little progress."

Zhang Xingfeng didn't care; he had already come up with a plan to find Rou.

Learn the art of spirit identification, master it to the highest level, and then search for them one by one yourself!

If they really can't find it, they'll just ask their all-powerful master, Old Man Huo, to step in.

"You don't need to worry about that, I'll handle this myself!" Zhang Xingfeng said with a smile.

Lan Hai Tian suddenly remembered something and said, "Ah, senior, there is one more thing. The two nieces of the Vermillion Bird Clan, the two holy maidens, have been waiting for you. It seems they want to talk to you about divine artifacts. After all, in the past, only the Vermilion Vermillion Bird Clan could forge divine artifacts."

Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly, "I thought of this day a long time ago, but they really weren't very lucky. They waited for me for two years. But that Feng Xing is really good. Without her, Yu Yan would probably be even more lonely."

"Reporting to the patriarch, the Great Saintess of the Vermillion Bird Clan has come to pay her respects to Senior Carefree King!" a servant outside shouted.

Upon hearing this, Lan Hai Tian immediately turned to look at Zhang Xingfeng, Zhang Xingfeng nodded slightly and said, "Let her in!"

The Great Saintess of the Vermillion Bird Clan Feng Ming, was dressed in red, with wisps of flame burning on her body. Her nearly one-meter-long fiery red hair seemed to be burning with flames. As soon as Feng Ming entered the hall, the temperature in the hall immediately rose.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled at Lan Hai Tian beside him and said, "It seems that the Great Saintess of the Vermillion Bird Clan is showing off her power to me!"

Zhang Xingfeng's words wronged Feng Ming. When she first Feng Ming City, she had this thought, but after learning about Zhang Xingfeng's strength, Feng Ming knew that doing so might have the opposite effect, so she didn't think about it that much.

The reason I'm doing this now, with such an outward display of power, is because of... the three guys behind me.

The three Sheng brothers, Sheng Family as "Wind Ming Flash," were truly infatuated with the noble and powerful Great Saintess of the Vermilion Vermillion Bird Clan. They practically clung to Feng Ming every day. Feng Ming had no choice but to unleash her aura to force the three of them back a little; otherwise, the three would have wanted to stick close to Feng Ming.

As soon as Feng Ming entered the hall, he was followed not by Feng Xing or the three Golden Guards, but by the three Sheng Family brothers.

"Junior Feng Ming of the Vermillion Bird Clan greets Senior Carefree King!" Feng Ming said with slight respect. At this moment, Feng Ming was very shocked because she felt a sense of oppression, an oppressive feeling of fire and earth!

She is Phoenix, and now she can unleash an inextinguishable flame, but in front of Zhang Xingfeng, she felt the fire suppressing her. What does this mean?

The Undying Flame is incredibly powerful, almost on par with divine fire in terms of strength. However, it lacks the purity of divine fire! The reason the Undying Flame is so powerful is because it is inextinguishable; that is, it is virtually unquenchable. It wins by attacking over a prolonged period, but in terms of instantaneous attack power, it cannot compare to divine fire.

Although divine fire cannot be sustained, its instantaneous attack power is extremely strong.

Only divine fire and something even more powerful than divine fire... karmic fire, can suppress the inextinguishable flame.

"Don't refer to yourself as a junior anymore. Your sister and my wife now call each other sisters, so just be casual!" Zhang Xingfeng said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Feng Ming was overjoyed. "This Carefree King's skill is so profound. Moreover, he seems to be able to control divine fire. Since he said so, things will be much easier from here on out."

Feng Ming turned to look at the three Sheng Family brothers and said, "Young masters of the Sheng Family, I wish to discuss matters concerning my Vermillion Bird Clan with Senior Carefree King. Would you three be willing to avoid any appearance of impropriety?"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Feng and the others exchanged glances.

"I'm leaving right now, Miss Feng Ming. I am Sheng Feng, and I'm the first one to go. I, Sheng Feng, always listen to Miss Feng Ming!"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Ming and Sheng Shan immediately realized that this was the best opportunity to make a good impression on Feng Ming, but Sheng Feng had already beaten them to it. The two immediately rushed forward:

"Miss Feng Ming, we're leaving too. We all listen to Feng Ming!"

Watching the three young masters of the Sheng Family leave at such a speed, Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly and said to Lan Hai Tian, "It seems that this Great Saintess of the Vermillion Bird Clan still has a lot of charm!"

"Senior Carefree King, please don't make fun of Feng Ming. These three young Feng Ming of the Sheng Family are impossible for me to get rid of. Even if I try to chase them away, they won't leave. I really don't know how to deal with these three guys!" Feng Ming was clearly a bit helpless with these three young masters of the Sheng Family.

"Senior, let's not talk about them anymore, let's get down to business. The reason we came to see you this time is about your business of buying and selling divine artifacts." Feng Ming's expression turned solemn.

"Oh? Trading divine artifacts? That's right. During my absence, Brother Haitian didn't have any divine artifacts to sell. Now that I'm back, I should continue trading divine artifacts. Besides, divine artifacts are of no use to me. Selling them can help my descendants get more spirit stones. Saintess Feng Ming, you think my idea is good!" Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly as he looked at Lan Hai Tian, who seemed hesitant to speak.

Lan Hai Tian looked at Zhang Xingfeng and knew in his heart that Zhang Xingfeng must be joking with Feng Ming. After all, Zhang Xingfeng had just told him that he would no longer sell divine artifacts.

Upon hearing Zhang Xingfeng's words, Feng Ming's expression changed, and she felt a surge of irritation. "If Xiaoyao continues to buy and sell divine artifacts, what will become of their value once there are too many? How will my Vermillion Bird Clan maintain its transcendent status in the Spirit Realm?"

Feng Ming understood perfectly well that the reason why the Vermillion Bird Clan held such a superior position in the Spirit Realm was because of their divine artifacts!

It should be noted that the Spirit Realm is more powerful than the Realm of Divine Beasts. Even the Dragon Clan only holds the same status as ordinary spirit beings in the Spirit Realm. If the divine artifact is precious, the status of the Vermilion Vermillion Bird Clan will also decline significantly.

"Senior, on behalf of my Vermillion Bird Clan, I hope you will stop selling divine artifacts. If you need spirit stones, my Vermillion Bird Clan can provide them. What do you think?" The Vermillion Bird Clan has trillions of people, and their wealth far exceeds that of a tycoon like Lan Hai Tian.

Even if the Vermillion Bird Clan simply collects from countless clansmen, they would still have a staggering amount of elemental stones.

"Oh, is your Vermillion Bird Clan really so generous? As long as I don't sell you divine artifacts, you'll actually provide me with spirit stones?" Zhang Xingfeng seemed quite surprised, but he was secretly smiling.

"Yes, as long as Senior doesn't sell the divine artifact!" Feng Ming said firmly. In her heart, however, she was already thinking about how to go back and talk to the clan leader, asking him to prepare spirit stones.

"Haha... Feng Ming, I won't sell divine artifacts, and as for spirit stones, I don't need that many. With twelve auctions over the past year, I've accumulated nearly ten million spirit stones. That's enough for my descendants. You have the nerve to ask your Vermillion Bird Clan for spirit stones? I, the Carefree King, wouldn't even dare to ask!" Zhang Xingfeng said with a loud laugh.

Feng Ming was stunned when she heard this. She had just planned to ask the clan leader for spirit stones, but Zhang Xingfeng pulled this stunt.

"Feng Ming, Senior Carefree King never intended to sell the divine artifacts in the first place. She was just joking with you," Lan Hai Tian said with a smile.

Feng Ming stared at Zhang Xingfeng in astonishment, while Zhang Xingfeng looked at Lan Hai Tian with a slightly reproachful expression.

"Ah, brother-in-law!" Feng Xing's voice suddenly rang out.

Zhang Xingfeng looked up and saw that Feng Xing and Yu Yan had already entered the hall. Zhang Xingfeng casually beckoned Yu Yan to sit next to him, while Feng Xing went to Feng Ming's side.

"Big sister, what's wrong? Is everything settled? Brother-in-law, my sister and I have been waiting for you here for two years, just to talk about some kind of divine artifact. I've forgotten what it was, but it was something about a divine artifact! Hey, brother-in-law, did you agree to my sister's request?" Feng Xing kept saying.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly and said, "Of course I agree."

At this moment, Feng Ming suddenly revealed a sly smile, but it disappeared in an instant.

"Senior Carefree King, Feng Ming has a favor to ask of you. I wonder if you can grant it?" Feng Ming looked at Zhang Xingfeng with great anticipation.

Zhang Xingfeng had a bad feeling, but he had indeed been toying with the Great Saintess of the Vermillion Bird Clan, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Alright, just tell me what you want. As long as I can agree to it, I definitely can!"

Feng Ming smiled like a little fox and said, "It's nothing, just a small matter. I've seen the divine artifacts that those seniors sell. Those artifacts are indeed more perfect than the ones of my clan. If we use the same materials, my clan can probably only forge low-level divine artifacts, while you seniors can forge mid-level divine artifacts. I wonder if you seniors could guide me on how to forge Feng Ming?"

"Oh, that's simple, it's because of the furnace used for refining!" Zhang Xingfeng instantly had the answer and began to deceive the Great Saintess of the Vermillion Bird Clan.

"A furnace? But what kind of furnace can withstand the onslaught of the inextinguishable flame or divine fire?" Feng Ming was clearly puzzled. Her Vermillion Bird Clan had tried it before, but each time the furnace was refined by the inextinguishable flame.

"As the saying goes, 'A skilled craftsman must first have the right tools,' and this is the reason for the tools!" Zhang Xingfeng's heart stirred, and the black Qi Cauldron slowly floated out. The Qi Cauldron had already become fully materialized when it was able to forge divine artifacts, and now that it had reached the level of a divine Qi Cauldron, there was no trace of qi in it!

Looking at the cauldron emanating the aura of a divine artifact, Feng Ming was speechless. Originally, she wanted to seek the scriptures, but now it seemed that the answer was of no use to her at all.

"Senior Carefree King, the Ying Family has sent an invitation, hoping you will participate in the martial arts contest for marriage held by the Ghost Spirit Faction!" a servant outside announced loudly.