Zhao Feng was reading a jade slip in the Council Hall. When he saw Lin Taichu enter, he immediately set the jade slip down.
"Your Excellency, you must have heard about what happened at the east-city Auction House."
"I heard. The one who booked the entire place was Wu Yin."
Zhao Feng frowned. "Wu Yin? Someone from the Wuming Sect bought out all the goods in the Auction House? What is he trying to do?"
"His target isn't the goods. It's something in the Auction House warehouse. He bought everything by booking the place, and once the goods are shipped out, he'll slowly search through them."
"The goods in the warehouse all come from unclear origins. A lot of them were smuggled in from outside. Even I don't know exactly what's in there. How does Wu Yin know the warehouse has something he wants?"
"The Wuming Sect's intelligence network runs deeper than you think. They may have been operating in Luofeng City for many years and long since figured out the Auction House's situation."
Zhao Feng's expression grew grave. "If Wu Yin really is looking for something, then that thing must be very important, important enough for him to spend five hundred thousand Spirit Stones on it."
"The problem now is, the thing Wu Yin wants may also be something the Dantai Family wants."
Zhao Feng's eyes lit up. "Your Excellency means Dantai Ming was angry because Wu Yin beat him to it and bought away the thing he wanted?"
"It's possible. Dantai Ming was also near East City Square this morning. When he saw me come out of the Auction House, his face turned ashen, and he turned and left. If he were only passing by, he wouldn't have reacted like that."
"If the Dantai Family and the Wuming