Chapter 96: The Master of the House Meets

  Sorry everyone, Xiaolong's condition is not good today. The three updates before this were all stored drafts, and this chapter was written at night, the slow speed drove me crazy, but I still managed to finish it. Tonight I'll rest well, so it shouldn't affect tomorrow's update, however, the morning one might be a bit late, I need to find my state.

  Under the leadership of Ouyang Qianyun, the two of them entered this large family without any obstacles, which made ordinary people dare not to step in. After entering, there were pavilions, towers, fake mountains and fake lakes everywhere.

  "This is indeed the luxurious life of the rich." Zhang Cheng sighed and followed Ouyang Qianyun into the hall.

  At this moment, there were already six people in the hall talking about things. Two of them he knew, one was his father Zhang Fang and the other was Ouyang Tianhong, the father of Ouyang Qianyun.

  The remaining four were middle-aged men, who were sitting on both sides at this moment, chatting and laughing with Ouyang Tianhong and Zhang Fang, obviously of the same level.

  Although Zhang Cheng did not know them, he was able to guess their identities with great accuracy. These few people should be the heads of several large families from other countries that Ouyang Tianhong had mentioned earlier.

  "Zhang Cheng, the first one on your right is Shangguan Yun Kong, the head of the Shangguan family, who is also the father of Shangguan Hongyan. He's from the Tianlong Empire. Next to him is Shen Tu Wanli, the head of the Shen Tu family from the Donglai Empire. On your left are Li Kun and Sima Chaoyi, who are the heads of two major families from the Qingluan Empire and Huangming Empire respectively." Ou Yang Qianyun whispered in Zhang Cheng's ear.

  "Hmm!" Zhang Cheng nodded his head, having a general understanding of the identities of these four people. However, because of Shangguan Hongyan's matter, he couldn't help but take an extra glance at Shangguan Yun Kong.

  This person looks like he has a few similarities with Shangguan Hongyan, but it's not that he looks very much like a woman. On the contrary, he looks very masculine and handsome, so it can be seen that when he was young, many women must have been infatuated with him.

  "Daughter, you're back! Come, come and greet your uncles!" Ouyang Tianhong's face lit up with joy as he saw Zhang Cheng and Ouyang Qianyun arrive. He immediately walked over to them and pushed Ouyang Qianyun and Zhang Cheng in front of Shangguan Yun Kong, saying: "Yun Kong brother, this is my daughter! How about it? Isn't she just as lovely as your precious daughter?"

  "Hehe, not bad, not bad!" Compared to Ouyang Qianyun, Shangguan Yun Kong seemed more interested in Zhang Cheng, looking at him and asking: "This little brother should be Zhang Lao's son, right?"

  "Haha, great, he is indeed my son!" Zhang Fang also walked over, saying with a proud face.

  "What a talented person, Tian Hong younger brother! I'm really envious of you, finding such a good son-in-law. If he didn't have an engagement, I'd really like to let my daughter snatch him away!" Shangguan Yun Kong had long known that the batch of Zhudi Dan that Ouyang Tianhong was selling belonged to Zhang Cheng, and also knew that Zhang Cheng had joined the Dan Dao Sect.

  So he really envied Ouyang Tianhong for having such a son-in-law, which was more promising than having the support of a Xiu Zhen Menpai.

  If Zhang Cheng is willing, he can really give his daughter as a gift to him, so as to establish the relationship between their official family and Zhang Cheng.

  However, it seems that this is just his wishful thinking. Moreover, if he knew that his daughter had an unpleasant encounter with Zhang Cheng outside before, who knows what he would think?

  "Haha, Uncle Shangguan is joking, I'm already very satisfied with Qianyun!" Zhang Cheng smiled, although Shangguan Hongyan was beautiful and matched his aesthetic standards, he couldn't stand her temper.

  In comparison, Ouyang Qianyun is even better, gentle and considerate, beautiful and elegant, capable in both the kitchen and the bedroom, although not now, but definitely can in the future.

  "Haha, Upper Official brother, don't you dare have any wicked ideas! He's my future son-in-law, whoever tries to snatch him away will have to get through me first!" Ouyang Tianhong laughed.

  "I'd like to, but my daughter has to listen to me!" Shangguan Yun Kong said.

  "Haha, Officer Shang, take a seat!" Ouyang Tianhong then introduced the two of them to Shen Tu Wanli, Li Kun and Sima Chaoyi.

  These three people gave Zhang Cheng a completely different feeling. Shen Tu Wanli was indeed as his name suggested, looking very honest and generous, but in his eyes, there was also a flash of cleverness, clearly he was not as simple as he appeared on the surface.

  Li Kun gave Zhang Cheng the first impression of a smiling tiger, although his face always wore a smile, but his eyes gave people a very sharp feeling.

  As for Sima Zhao Yi, although he didn't say much, he was the one who gave Zhang Cheng the best feeling among the four people. Because he gave people a very real feeling, not like Shen Tu Wan Li pretending to be silly, nor like Li Kun deliberately being pretentious.

  "All right, young master, you and Qianyun sit down and listen. We are discussing the auction tomorrow. You are the owner of this batch of Dan medicine, so you have the right to know." Ouyang Tianhong said, pointing to the chair beside him.

  "Ah, good!" Zhang Cheng wanted to hear about the differences between auctions here and on Earth. If they weren't good, he could introduce some advanced methods, after all, this was directly related to his interests.

  As he spoke, Zhang Cheng pulled Ouyang Qianyun to sit down on one side, while the kitten was taken into Ouyang Qianyun's arms. Although it struggled a bit, under Zhang Cheng's stern gaze, it could only obediently stay in Ouyang Qianyun's embrace.

  Ouyang Tianhong sat back and said, "Everyone, this time what we are going to sell is the foundation-building pill, which is not ordinary. The most important thing for us to solve is still the safety of this batch of pills! More than half a month has passed, I don't know if you have obtained the king's consent and sent the tribute of the foundation-building period to serve as the guardian?"

  "We, the Tianlong Empire, have decided to dispatch three Foundation Period attendants to be in charge of security for this auction!" replied Shangguan Yun Kong.

  "We, the Eastern Empire, have also sent three foundation period saints to offer sacrifices. They have already arrived at the auction site!" said Shen Tu Wanli.

  "Our Qingyuan Empire is slightly smaller, so we only sent two foundation-building experts. They have already arrived at the auction site!" Li Kun replied.

  "Our Huang Ming Empire has also sent two people, just like the Qing Luan Empire!" Sima Zhao Yi replied.

  "The Tianlong Empire has three, the Donglai Empire has three, the Qingluan Empire has two, plus the Huangming Empire's two and our Huaxia Nation's five. This way, we'll have fifteen Foundation stage experts guarding us, so I believe there shouldn't be too much of a problem with safety." Ouyang Tianhong continued, "Since that's the case, let's discuss how to sell this batch of Foundation Pills for as high a price as possible!"

  "After nearly a month of intense publicity, many ancient Xian families and sects have come with quite a few people. Moreover, there are overt and covert frictions between the various families. We can take advantage of this to increase our profit margin." said Shangguan Yun Kong.

  "Hmm, what the host of the Upper Official's household said is indeed correct. The struggles between these Cultivation families and sects are extremely intense. If all fourteen pellets of Dan medicine were to be auctioned off at the same time, it would inevitably lead to a fierce price war, only then can we obtain even higher gains." Shen Tu Wanli nodded in agreement.

  "This approach is good, it intensifies the contradictions between various big families and thus gains greater benefits. I agree with this too." Li Kun replied.

  "Does the master of the Sima family have any advice?" asked Ouyang Tianhong.

  "I don't have any opinions, I think it's fine this way too." Sima Zhao Yi nodded and said.

  "Since everyone has no objection, then let's do it this way..."

  "Wait a minute!" Zhang Cheng interrupted Ou Yang Tianhong's words at this moment.

  "What's wrong, young master? Do you have any opinion?" Ouyang Tianhong asked curiously.

  "Yes, I have an idea. The method Uncle Shentu mentioned is good, but I think it's not the best way!" Zhang Cheng replied.

  "Oh, then tell me your thoughts." Shentu Wanli asked with some curiosity.