Backstage at the auction, Cang Xuan came in person and handed the brocade box to Lin Feng. There was a curiosity in his expression that said, "I really want to know what you saw," but he restrained himself from asking.
Lin Feng got the brocade box, opened it, reached out and took out the black piece of iron, holding it with one hand.
The moment the tentacles were touched, the vibration suddenly intensified, and then at the moment the two things came into contact, they confirmed each other, and then slowly subsided, like two people hugging each other in silence after a long separation, unable to speak.
He stood in the hall for a moment, not letting the people next to him notice anything unusual. He put the iron piece in his arms, patted it, turned around and walked out.
Walking to the door, Su Yao stood in the shadow of the side corridor.
She didn't participate in the bidding, she was just watching, but her eyes were not on the stage. From the moment Lin Feng walked in, she kept falling on him until the end.
The two looked at each other and paused briefly.
"One million buys a piece of iron," she said, her tone calm, and she couldn't tell whether it was a compliment or a criticism, "I'm very sure."
"Buy whatever you can," Lin Feng said, "This piece of iron is more than worth the price to me."
Su Yao looked at him for a moment, hesitated to speak, and finally just said:
"Boundless Wastes is not peaceful over there. You'd better be prepared before you go."
"Thanks for the reminder," Lin Feng said, "You too."
Location: Flowing Cloud City Outside Wilderness Official Road
The auction ended late at night.
Lin Feng did not spend the night at Flowing Cloud City, and went directly out of the city gate with Blood Scorpion and Old Wang, intending to find a place in the countryside to solve the fusion problem of the piece of iron. He did not want to make too much noise in a crowded place.
After walking about ten miles from the city gate, the surrounding lights gradually became sparse, and both sides of the official road turned into continuous wilderness meadows. Occasionally, the wind blew, the grass waves rolled, and the air was dry and smelled of ore.
Lin Feng walked in front, not fast but steady.
Blood Scorpion was walking on his left, humming a little tune that he didn't know where he had learned.
Old Wang was walking on the right side, holding a bag of dry food bought from Flowing Cloud City in one hand, and putting the other hand on his waist, calmly holding the handle of the mid-grade artifact dagger given to him by Lin Feng.
"There are people following," Old Wang said calmly, without whispering, as if he was saying that the wind was getting stronger tonight, "At least from four directions, the number of people is about... I counted, no less than fifty."
"I know," Lin Feng said, "Those who followed from the city gate have followed for ten miles."
Blood Scorpion stopped humming, tilted his head, scanned his senses, and smacked his lips:
"There are some strong auras, two Middle Divine Marquis Stage, at least four Peak Divine General... Oh, there is another one," he paused, "It's a bit hidden deep, not sure."
"That one belongs to Su Yao," Lin Feng said, "The others are the various buyers at the auction who are interested in that piece of iron."
"What should we do?"
Lin Feng thought for a while and said:
"There is a valley ahead, the terrain is closed, just right, go over there."
Blood Scorpion was stunned for a moment. "Go? Shouldn't we avoid it?"
"No," Lin Feng said, with a slight hint of happiness in his tone, "Lead us there, it's a good place, and you won't have to run around for a while."
Blood Scorpion reacted for two seconds, then suddenly understood, and the corners of his mouth raised:
"... Master, do you want to resist robbery?"
"It's called reverse rights protection," Lin Feng corrected, "They came over and planned to take action. They were the first to make mistakes. I was just doing a reasonable asset recovery."
Blood Scorpion looked at Old Wang, Old Wang looked at Blood Scorpion, and they both put their hands on their weapons at the same time.
The valley is three miles ahead. The terrain is naturally closed, with stone cliffs on both sides. There is only one passage in and out. It is a good place for an ambush, but it is also a good place to close the door and beat the dog - it depends on who is smarter and who can beat the dog better.
Lin Feng walked into the valley.
The people following behind, after confirming that they had entered the valley, quickly gathered and surrounded the only exit.
Lin Feng stopped in the middle of the valley, turned around, and watched the shadows emerge from the shadows in all directions, slowly surrounding the three of them. There were about seventy people, divided into five or six groups, keeping a distance from each other. Obviously, they were not the same travelers, and they just happened to choose the same opportunity to attack.
One of them was walking in the front. He looked like he was a shopkeeper of a chamber of commerce. He was followed by two Peak Divine General guards. He bowed his hand to Lin Feng and spoke in a pretended polite tone:
"My friend, I think you paid 1 million to buy this piece of iron tonight, so you must be very concerned about it. We are willing to pay 1.2 million to buy it back. Your distinguished guest will only make a profit, so why refuse?"
"You can earn 200,000 yuan if you change hands. It's a good deal." Lin Feng lowered his head and looked at the position of the iron piece in his arms, "But I won't sell it."
The shopkeeper's smile faded, and the guard beside him took a step forward:
"Dear guests, please do not think that just because you have done something at Flowing Cloud City..."
"Okay," Lin Feng interrupted him and raised his head, "How are you going to rob?"
There was a brief silence in the encirclement, and then more than seventy people took action at the same time.
Lin Feng did not move, did not retreat, and did not take a stance.
He just put his hands in his pockets, stood there, and shouted loudly:
"Robbery!! Hand over all your space rings!!"
The circle was silent again, longer than before.
Someone in the crowd spoke, with a bit of uncertainty in his voice. "... What, what did he say?"
"He said robbery." The person next to him confirmed.
"Who robbed whom?"
"It seems... he robbed us?"
"But we are here to rob him..."
Lin Feng has started to move.
He walked towards the nearest group of people, twelve Divine General Realm, lined up in a row, with weapons raised, but no one stepped back when he moved forward, because people's instinct is to freeze when they can't figure out the logic.
He picked up the first person from the team, pulled up his collar, and casually took off the space ring on the other person's hand, stuffed it into his pocket, and threw the person into the grass next to him.
Then the second, the third...
The entire row of twelve people was picked up one by one like plucking carrots, the rings were taken away, and they were thrown into the grass neatly and efficiently without any unnecessary movements.
By the time the people in the first group reacted and were ready to fight back, Lin Feng had already finished searching and walked towards the second group.
"Up!!!"
Finally, someone shouted, and the entire encirclement was in chaos, with more than seventy people rushing forward at the same time.
The following scene is not accurate enough to describe the scene as "chaos", it was more like a unilateral body search.
Lin Feng was weaving back and forth in the crowd, without any big moves, focusing on one thing: picking off the ring. The person on the left rushed towards him, he stepped aside, grabbed the other person's wrist, and took off the ring. The person on the right made a move, and he knocked it away and took off the ring on the finger of the opponent's weapon hand; someone even jumped up from behind and tried to press him from above, but he raised his hand and slapped it away, and took the opportunity to search for the secondary ring hanging on his waist.