Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

Chapter 50 Discovering the Secret

A dozen minutes later, Chen Lie's communicator rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Chen Gequn's call, so he immediately answered.

"Hey, Chen Lie, I was in a meeting and didn't see you. Your mom said you were coming to Yunchuan today, have you arrived yet?"

Chen Gequn's voice came through the communicator.

"I'm right outside Lingfeng Group, Dad. Could you bring out the spirit energy crystal card for Yaoyao? I'll take it back for him."

"Okay, wait for me a moment, I'll be right out!"

After saying that, Chen Gequn hung up the call.

About ten minutes later, Chen Gexing walked out of the Lingfeng Group building.

"Chen Lie?"

"dad!"

Chen Lie saw Chen Gequn and immediately went up to him.

Upon seeing Chen Lie, Chen Gequn immediately grabbed Chen Lie's arm and led him into the Lingfeng Group building.

"Come on, let's go to the reception room and rest for a while."

Seeing this, Chen Lie allowed his father to lead him into the Lingfeng Group building.

Upon arriving at the reception room in the lobby on the first floor, Chen Gequn took out an exquisite box and handed it to Chen Lie.

"This is the Void-Breaking Fist crystal card I bought for your sister. This martial arts crystal card is really scarce. I went through a lot of trouble to get it through someone. Please take it back for Yaoyao."

"Okay." Chen Lie accepted the Spirit Energy Crystal Card.

"Actually, you didn't have to come, because I'm going back in a few days."

"Go back? Is there something wrong?" Chen Lie asked.

Chen Gequn said, "Didn't your mother tell you? Your second uncle wants to use my military merits to exchange for Blood Mist Flowers for Chen Ye, and he wants me to go back to discuss it in person."

"What's there to discuss about this?"

"You should still go. Your second uncle has mentioned it several times already, and it's not good to keep avoiding him."

Chen Lie nodded. He knew his parents would never disregard family ties, even though his second uncle was worse off than a neighbor's relative.

"By the way, what brings you to Yunchuan?" Chen Gequn asked after saying that.

"I had something to do, so I came with a friend," Chen Lie said.

"Do you have any money on you? Would you like me to give you some?"

"No need, I still have some."

"Hmm, how long do you plan to stay in Yunchuan? Let me find you a place to stay."

Chen Lie said, "No, I'm going back today."

"Be careful on your way back. How did you get here?"

"It was my friend's cousin who arrived in an airship."

Chen Gequn then asked Chen Lie a few more questions, and then asked Chen Lie to sit in the reception room for a while.

About half an hour later, Chen Lie felt that he had spent enough time in the reception room, so he asked Chen Gequn to let him leave.

Chen Gequn said to Chen Lie, "I'll see you out."

Chen Lie nodded, and the two walked out of the reception room together.

As they approached the reception room, they heard a ding, and the elevator doors on the first floor suddenly opened, revealing a girl who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old stepping out.

Chen Gequn greeted the girl as she passed by Chen Lie and his son.

"Young Miss".

"Um."

The girl walked straight past Chen Gequn without turning her head.

"Um?"

Suddenly, the girl noticed out of the corner of her eye that the person she had just seen looked familiar, so she stepped back.

"Wait, you? What are you doing here?"

The girl pointed at Chen Lie.

Chen Gequn couldn't help but ask, "Does Miss know my son?"

"Is he your son?"

The girl's face was filled with disbelief.

At this moment, Chen Lie looked at Chen Gequn and said, "Dad, you don't need to see me off. I can walk by myself."

"Alright then, be careful," Chen Gequn said.

Chen Lie nodded and then walked out of the lobby on the first floor of the Lingfeng Group building.

"Wait a minute!"

Seeing that Chen Lie was about to leave, the girl quickly chased after him out of the Lingfeng Group building and called out to him.

"What's up?"

Chen Lie turned around and asked, "Isn't this the girl I met at the Divine Sense Master Association? I think her name is Shen Feixue."

"Uh... well, the three martial arts treasures you requested are too many. They are all rare treasures that are easy to find. Could you please ask for one less?" Shen Feixue said.

Chen Lie said, "If you can't find it, then forget it. There's no need to haggle with me."

Shen Feixue was pleasantly surprised: "You agreed?"

Chen Lie shook his head: "I do not accept any form of bargaining. If you cannot gather the three martial arts treasures I have listed, there is no need for a transaction."

"Why are you like this?"

Shen Feixue stood with her hands on her hips, looking quite annoyed.

"You've made a profit by exchanging one spiritual treasure for three martial arts gems."

But now you're trying to bargain with me, which makes me doubt your sincerity in this deal.

"If it weren't for you, the spiritual treasure would have been mine, Sister Wei's, sooner or later. You got two martial arts treasures for free, and you still say we weren't sincere?"

"Fine, you can keep the martial arts treasure. I won't trade it!"

With that, Chen Lie walked past Shen Feixue and left.

"Hey, stop right there!"

Seeing that Chen Lie was about to leave, the girl chased after him again and called out to him.

But Chen Lie didn't look back and went to the bus stop to board a flying bus.

"This is outrageous! How dare they ignore me!"

Shen Feixue was furious. In all her life, she had never been ignored like this by her peers.

"You brat, just you wait!"

As she spoke, Shen Feixue took out her communicator and made a call.

"Sister Wei, I've discovered a secret."

A pleasant, clear female voice came through the communicator: "What secret?"

"We just met at the Divine Sense Master Association, that kid named Chen Lie, I've found out his background."

"What did you discover? How did you discover it?"

"I saw it with my own eyes, right in the group's building!"

"The group's building?"

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. It turns out that Chen Lie's father is an employee of our company."

"Really? That's great. With this connection, our deal with Chen Lie will be much simpler and easier."

A girl's excited voice came through the communicator.

"Uh, he just said he's not going to exchange it anymore and wants to cancel the deal with us."

"Cancel the transaction? Why?"

"I just told him that exchanging three martial arts treasures for the Star Soul Tempering Vine was too much, and that I should give him two martial arts treasures instead, but he said we weren't sincere and that he wanted to cancel the deal."

"I really don't know what to say to you. Are you still at the company? I'll come find you!"

A girl's sigh came through the communicator.

"I'm here."

"Okay, I'll be right there, wait for me a moment!"

Shen Feixue put away the communicator that had been disconnected and waited outside the Lingfeng Group building.

Shortly after, a superboat landed in the square of Lingfeng Group. As soon as the superboat landed, the cabin door opened immediately, and Shen Miaowei stepped off the superboat.

"Flying snow?"

"Sister Wei!"

Shen Feixue saw Shen Miaowei, smiled sweetly, and walked over.

Upon seeing Shen Feixue, Shen Miaowei shook her head and said, "You, you, I don't even know what to say to you. Does our Shen family lack such a rare martial arts treasure? Do we need you to go out and haggle over it?"

"Hmph, this isn't about the same martial arts treasure at all. He was too arrogant and disrespectful to me, as if he didn't even see me."

Even when I chased after him and called out to him, he just gave a curt "What is it?" and didn't seem to care about me at all.

Shen Feixue spoke indignantly.

Shen Miaowei thought for a moment: "Is it arrogance? Aren't all geniuses like that?"

Shen Feixue scoffed: "What kind of bullshit genius is he? His father is an employee of our group, which is equivalent to a servant in our Shen family. If this were hundreds of years ago, the son of a servant like him would have to kneel down and kowtow to me, pay his respects, and call me master."