Chapter 88 How to Purchase from the Auction House 7 Public Fire Control...
Gong Shi controlled the fire, which rose three zhang high.
"You fatherless brat, are you doing this on purpose?! You're ripping me off with spirit stones! Don't you even know who I am? You dare to act as a shill?"
Xie Jiaoyue calculated the time; it was already this late, and Gong Shiyu was still swaggering around here.
It seems that Gongshi's ability to act is not very good. Gongshi Yu spent so many spirit stones for no reason. Logically speaking, there should have been a clever servant who secretly went back to report to Gongshi Yu without telling him. Gongshi should have found out by now.
For a direct descendant of the Gongshi clan to spend so many spirit stones on a furnace cauldron in front of everyone is hardly something a respectable young master from a prominent family would do.
Sure enough, Xie Jiaoyue only paused for a moment without replying immediately, and then she saw the Gongshi clan emblem appear at the end of the street in the distance.
The efficiency is a bit slow, but it's still tolerable.
She looked around again and sure enough, she saw several people wearing the insignia of the Heaven and Earth Bureau in the shadows.
After all, this time, because of the Azure Kite Secret Realm, people from several surrounding cities have gathered in Yicheng. If Yicheng messes up and causes a serious incident at such an important time, it will be the Yicheng Heaven and Earth Division that will lose face.
Xie Jiaoyue, having ascertained the situation, immediately began to cry: "The Gongshi Clan is going too far! This is how you treated my mother back then, humiliating her at will just because she was a cultivation vessel, selling her like an object to others. It was my mother who worked hard to raise me alone after her Daoist partner passed away. You haven't shown any remorse all these years, and now you're even using my father as an excuse. Is this how the Gongshi Clan behaves?"
Although she was crying, her voice was not quiet, and everyone around her could hear her clearly. They wished they could grab Xie Jiaoyue and make her explain in more detail.
This is gossip from the Gongshi family, the most prestigious family in Yicheng! Normally, no one would dare to touch it! This Miss Xie is incredibly bold. If we miss her, we might never find another place to enjoy gossip from the Gongshi family again.
As for the Gongshi family, the incident involving Gongshi Rao back then, although not a big deal for a noble family, had to be kept secret and not discussed in public.
Otherwise, where would the Gongshi family, as the most prestigious family in Yicheng, put their face?
The Gongshi cultivators who arrived were still quite far away when they heard Xie Jiaoyue's words, which were choked with sobs.
The attendants who followed were so frightened that their legs went weak, while Gongshi Yu's biological father, the Grand Elder of the Gongshi Clan, was filled with anger.
He really didn't want to acknowledge that fool as his son. He was shrewd all his life, helping the Gongshi clan's reputation rise steadily. How could he have such a foolish son who allowed others to publicly expose his family's shameful secrets?
If he shouts a few more times, he'll be laughed at at future clan gatherings.
However, Gong Shiyu himself was completely unaware of this, and he still stood there saying to Xie Jiaoyue, "I don't know about these things."
The Grand Elder of the Gongshi Clan, who was still on the road, breathed a slight sigh of relief and continued, saying that what Xie Jiaoyue said was all false and made up. He added that even if she couldn't do other things, she could at least do this little thing.
Gongshi Yu said, "But we are the Gongshi clan. So what if we did it? What can you and the Xie clan of Jinling City do to us? Dream on! You'll kneel if we tell you to!"
The voice was resounding and forceful, displaying the grandeur of the most prestigious family, displaying an arrogant and lawless demeanor, as if they believed themselves to be the best in the world.
It was him. He was a direct descendant of the Gongshi clan and the only son of the Grand Elder, the core power leader of the Gongshi clan. Although the Grand Elder didn't care much about him, no matter what mistakes he made, there was always someone to back him up. He was fearless!
"You unfilial son, shut up!"
Gong Shiyu was startled when he heard the voice behind him.
What's going on? Why do I think I hear my dad's voice?
My dad is so busy, how could he possibly have time to come here?
This trick must have been orchestrated by Xie Jiaoyue. There's a bunch of random things at these stalls; maybe some of them have a similar effect, and Xie Jiaoyue used them.
"Xie Jiaoyue, you dare to imitate my father's voice? Let me tell you, he is the Grand Elder of the Gongshi Clan. If you offend him, you may not be able to leave Yicheng intact!"
The Grand Elder had already reached behind Gong Shiyu. He raised his hand high and slapped Gong Shiyu on the head.
"You unfilial son, you didn't understand when I told you to shut up!"
Gong Shiyu turned around in alarm, and a familiar face appeared above him in an extremely angry manner, spraying him with angry spittle, which he didn't even have time to wipe away.
Holy crap! Dad! Alive!
After the initial shock, he clutched the back of his head in pain; that slap hurt terribly!
Tears welled in his eyes as he cried out in pain, "Dad, why are you here? Why did you hit me?"
The elder almost choked on his breath. Even now, after all the slaps had been delivered, he still didn't know why he had been hit.
That's a complete idiot, absolutely a idiot.
The Grand Elder glanced around and saw that several members of the Heaven and Earth Division were already approaching. One of them even had a long sword in his hand. If he hadn't arrived in time, it would have been the Heaven and Earth Division that had arrived.
If that blockhead son were invited to the Heaven and Earth Bureau as a guest, his little body would be bruised and battered afterward.
"They've come all the way from Jinling City, and this is how you treat your guests? Is this how I taught you?"
Gong Shiyu stared blankly at his father with his eyes wide open.
"What's wrong? I bought them so many things and spent the whole day with them. Is it a problem for me to ask Xie Jiaoyue to keep me company? She's just a furnace cauldron; it's an honor for her that I even took a liking to her. Besides, she went to all that trouble to come to Yicheng just to seduce me, didn't she?"
Seeing Gong Shiyu's expression, the Grand Elder was both angry and frightened, and slapped him across the face.
This time he used all his strength, not only slapping Gongshi Yu to the ground, but also silencing him.
At his signal, the attendants rushed forward and dragged Gong Shiyu to the back, completely eliminating any possibility of him making a move.
If this were at home, there would be no problem with what they said. But saying these things here makes it seem like the Gongshi clan is deliberately making things difficult for other noble families and trying to force their daughters into marriage.
The principles set forth by the Heaven and Earth Bureau are very clear: it is acceptable for noble families to have conflicts over resources, and it is also acceptable for them to fight to the death in places like secret realms, but peace must be maintained in the main city and no reckless actions are allowed.
The main city is less the shared territory of various noble families and more the territory of the Heaven and Earth Bureau. The Heaven and Earth Bureau is established on the absolute peace of the main city.
The Azure Iris Secret Realm is less the property of the various aristocratic families and more the property of the Heaven and Earth Bureau.
Otherwise, why would so many aristocratic families be given separate quotas? Do they really think these families are all kind-hearted people who would cooperate so generously?
Furthermore, because the Azure Kite Secret Realm is different from ordinary secret realms, only those below the Golden Core stage and under the age of twenty-five can enter. Therefore, the Heaven and Earth Bureau issued a strict order that even when competing for resources in the Azure Kite Secret Realm, one must not kill each other.
I don't know why, but in recent years the Heaven and Earth Bureau has been protecting new talents more and more.
If Xie Jiaoyue persists in her actions at this point in time, Gong Shiyu's eligibility to enter the Qingyuan Secret Realm might be in jeopardy.
After dealing with his rebellious son, the First Elder finally looked at Xie Jiaoyue.
As the eldest elder of the Gongshi clan and a powerful figure in the clan, he usually dealt with the core members of various aristocratic families and the Heaven and Earth Bureau, and even occasionally met people from Heaven-level or Earth-level aristocratic families.
Moreover, he was Xie Jiaoyue's elder. Although the kinship was distant, if you think about it carefully, Xie Jiaoyue should call him her uncle.
The Grand Elder naturally adopted the posture of a superior.
"You must be Xie Jiaoyue. I've heard of you. I even held your mother, Shi Rao, when she was little."
He felt that he was giving Xie Jiaoyue a way out. He had punished his son and saved face for her. What could Xie Jiaoyue, a mere young girl, possibly do?
Xie Jiaoyue didn't expect that this person would start by playing the emotional card.
It's kind of funny. Is there any emotional appeal that Gong Shi Rao and Gong Shi Shi can still play between them?
"Elder, is it? Did you hold my birth chart when my mother was almost given to that old man, or did you hold my birth chart when Gong Shiyu planned to make me his concubine?"
The elder's face immediately darkened.
He has been in power for many years; how could he possibly submit to Xie Jiaoyue?
Moreover, Gong Shiyu didn't actually do anything to Xie Jiaoyue, and he also disciplined his own son. Since there was no further conflict between them, Xie Jiaoyue would have no grounds for complaint even if she went to the Heaven and Earth Bureau.
The Grand Elder transmitted his voice to Xie Jiaoyue: "Xie Jiaoyue, think it through. In Yicheng, and even in the entire Southwest Region, our Gongshi Clan is ultimately greater than your Xie Clan. Befriending us will not do you any harm."
The implication is that even if Xie Jiaoyue lived her entire life in a safe city, under the protection of the Heavenly Court, the Gongshi Clan would still have plenty of ways to deal with the Xie Clan through overt means.
At that time, would the Xie family risk the fate of the entire clan because of a little girl?
Xie Jiaoyue understood.
That's interesting; he threatened her.
His technique was also more sophisticated than Gong Shiyu's; he directly transmitted his voice, giving her no chance to retrieve the image-retention bead.
"Elder, show some sincerity, otherwise I'll stay in Yicheng for a while longer, and I might just want to become a storyteller."
The content was simple: Gongshi was a despicable person who used his daughter as a bargaining chip in a transaction.
This kind of content is simple yet exciting. It can be further written about how her mother escaped the clutches of evil, encountered a divine love, then her lover died, and she bravely raised her daughter to adulthood, cultivating her into one of the top figures in the clan school.
It's a classic tale of a struggle for survival, and just thinking about it makes it incredibly popular.
"After all, my Xie family is poor and life is not easy. If you don't give me some spirit stones, I won't be able to make a living and I'll have no choice but to become a storyteller."
"I'll shut up for a hundred high-grade spirit stones."
The First Elder roared in fury: "You're dreaming!"
"two hundred."
"Don't try to extort me. If you're so capable, go ahead and tell the story. Do you think the Gongshi clan is afraid of you? I'd like to see which restaurant would dare to let you tell stories."
"Three hundred, oh right, I've taken a liking to Hongyun Restaurant and bought it. It'll definitely be a great place for storytelling."
Jin Wan, who was buying Hongyun Restaurant under Xie Jiaoyue's remote command, sneezed.
Sister Jiaoyue is amazing! She actually bought him a restaurant! He'll be the head chef from now on!
The price at Hongyun Restaurant is exactly three hundred high-grade spirit stones.
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