A carefree soldier king in the city

Chapter 282 Visiting the Night Market

Besides these, there is another person who cannot be ignored. He is also an elder, but not among these elders: the Enforcement Elder of the family. He holds the power of life and death within the entire family; he is the King of Hell of this family, and a single misstep can cost you your life. The Enforcement Elder usually only obeys one person: their family head. Therefore, if other elders commit wrongdoings, he also has the right to bring them to justice. This is a special mission bestowed upon the Enforcement Elder by the family, and a symbol of his special status, much like the law itself.

Before the law, everyone is equal. He will not refrain from doing anything to you just because you have a high status. He will act in accordance with the law and do what is right.

These are the elders of the family. Of course, since they are elders, they naturally have their own disciples. Except for some particularly important matters that require the elders' presence, most of the matters are handled by their capable disciples.

Besides these, there are other individuals within the family who hold significant positions, second only to the elders. These are the heads of the household, responsible for either internal family affairs or matters outside the family. This group is not to be overlooked; they are analogous to the country's logistics department, foreign ministry, and interior ministry.

These eight major cultivation families are structured in this way: the highest-ranking person is undoubtedly the family head, followed by the elders, then the stewards, then the core disciples, then the inner disciples, and finally the outer disciples.

Inside the He family's main hall, known as the Council Hall, the patriarch He Jingde sat in the center, flanked by more than ten elderly men, some dressed in blue robes, others in gray robes, some in white robes, and still others in dark green robes…

Lin Feng stood respectfully in the very center.

He Jingde lowered his eyebrows, as if he was thinking about something. The others remained silent, and the atmosphere became somewhat tense.

"Senior Brother Jingde," the elderly man in the white robe sitting at the front on the left broke the tense atmosphere, asking, "I wonder why you summoned us here so late at night?"

He Jingde's brows relaxed slightly, and he said to Lin Feng, "Feng'er, repeat what you know!"

Lin Feng raised his hand and said, "Yes."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "My fellow disciples, this is what happened. When my brother Lin Yun and I went down the mountain to train on the orders of my father and the elders, we encountered a young man named Chao Bufan last night. He is only about twenty-three years old, but his cultivation level is far above mine and that of my fellow disciples. That is why I came back to report to my father."

The elders were all surprised upon hearing this. The white-robed elder at the front on the left asked, "Nephew Lin Feng, is what you just said true?"

Lin Feng raised his hand and replied, "Uncle-Master Jinshui, everything I said is true, absolutely true."

This old man named Jinshui was Murong Jinshui, the eldest elder of the Murong family. Murong Jinshui frowned slightly and asked again, "Nephew, have you ever fought with this person?"

"No, when I passed by him, I was stunned by the powerful aura emanating from him that only cultivators possess. So, Senior Brother Lin Yun and I chased after him. After exchanging a few words with him, I asked him where his cultivation came from, and he replied that a senior had taught him."

"Was he taught by a senior?"

Everyone present was astonished and began to whisper among themselves. Some said that Lin Feng might have made a mistake, while others said that it was impossible for other cultivators to exist in HX. He Huacheng, the eldest elder of the He family, asked in bewilderment, "Lin Feng, are you sure you haven't made a mistake?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng replied decisively, "Elder, how could I fabricate such a serious matter? Everything I said just now is true. Besides Senior Brother Lin Yun and myself, Senior Brother Feilong, Senior Sister Yanhong, Senior Brother Beixiao, and Senior Sister Sanmei were all present at the time. Oh, by the way, Senior Sister Yanhong and Senior Sister Sanmei have also returned to their respective families to report this matter."

City C, H Province.

The death of Huang Mengting's elder brother left the family deeply grieving. But the dead cannot be brought back to life, and they can only accept the loss and move on. This perfectly illustrates the saying, "What goes around comes around." Furthermore, they received the compensation they were entitled to—over 100 million yuan—an astronomical sum for an ordinary family. In other words, her brother's death was "worth it," a death that had its purpose.

In the afternoon, after learning that the murderer who killed the eldest brother had died under mysterious circumstances, the family breathed a sigh of relief and were also secretly excited. Huang Mengting, however, knew some clues.

"Mengting, come on, let's go for a walk."

Tang Qianqian and the others wanted to take Huang Mengting out for a walk to help her relax and adjust her mood as soon as possible, since she was going back to S City tomorrow.

Since it was a rare opportunity to visit her hometown, Huang Mengting had already planned to take her sisters out for a stroll, so she nodded slightly and said "Mm".

As they left the house, Li Wei said, "Mengting, this is your territory. You know it best. What fun things are there?"

Huang Mengting hesitated for a moment and said, "If it were daytime, we could go for a walk in the 'National Park,' there are lots of fun things to do there, it's just a pity that the National Park is not open at night. How about we go to the night market instead?"

No one objected; the point was to get Huang Mengting out to relax.

The so-called night market is actually a three-kilometer-long commercial street, with half-meter-high stone blocks at both ends to prevent vehicles from entering or leaving. This night market seems to be a bit different from other places, as it is divided into different areas. For example, clothing vendors are divided into one area, barbecue vendors into another, and other goods vendors into yet another. The three-kilometer-long commercial street is divided into more than ten different areas.

Zhang Xiuli said, "I heard from a friend that this night market is the largest in the country. It's not open during the day, only at night. She said that the jewelry stores here have many pieces that you can't buy anywhere else. Mengting, is that true?"

Huang Mengting seemed to have recovered from her sadness, nodding and saying, "Yes, it's true. Especially the antique shops inside, the items there are very valuable, so antique enthusiasts from all over the country, and even some foreign antique enthusiasts, will choose this place as their first choice if they want to collect antiques."