Chapter 50: Chaotic

"I think it is..."

"Did she say Asura?"

Those voices were quite loud to be called as murmurs. People were curious and suspicious as they talked amongst themselves. A lot of them stood up and tried to get a better view of the scroll.

"What relation does the Lin family have with Posion Asura?" Chae family head questioned from the top balcony.

This morning was getting hotter and sweat was forming on the back of my neck. I thought about letting Ling'er stand up now. I eyed her. This heat was slowly ruining the make-up she was wearing. Beads of sweat also covered her neck.

Even so, she was comfortably sitting on my lap now. After an hour, she'd figured out the best sitting position for herself. I slightly moved my leg up and she glanced at me.

Even with a neutral expression, her gaze still seemed cold. It was hard to discern what she was thinking. I took out my Silverite once again and she hurriedly turned her head sideways, tightly pressing her lips together.

I was amused by that reaction. I unfolded it and started fanning us. Finally, a cool sensation enveloped us. Ling'er seemed surprised but not too much. The wind repeatedly sent her hairs back as she looked ahead.

The "disscussion" was getting heated. Elder Han had already been called out and he made pathetic excuses before his family head.

"Old Lin, let it be for now. Some things can be overlooked once in a while, it's not Lin Han's fault. Continue the auction." Someone from Dou family spoke. I didn't know much about their family head so I wasn't sure if it was him that spoke earlier.

"Hmm?" I suddenly noticed something different about the dark scroll. I pat Lingling's head that was half blocking my view and she titled it to one side.

I leaned closer, unintentionally hugging her from behind and narrowed my eyes. That wasn't the scroll I'd given to Lin Cheng.

'A counterfeit? Crafty Lin Han, did he really think I wouldn't be able to tell it apart?' I wasn't expecting this. Though, only I knew that this scroll was a copy. It would still have the desired effect anyway.

"The starting price of this technique scroll is just 2,000-"

The voices that had died down were immediately followed by a group of people shouting from below.

"What are those?"

"Ash Pearls!"

"Grab it-"

Yes, Chunu had done it! All fourteen of those glittering beads fell from the third balcony and landed on the floor or heads of people at the ground floor.

"What's going on!?"

People started pushing each other. If it was one or two, then someone could've pocketed it silently. But fourteen pearls could not go unnoticed. Each Ash Pearl cost 300 gold kins at least. For young masters, only all of those gems would garner their interest, but for the spectators down below, even one was like a lottery.

"Give it to me! I saw it first!"

"Hahaha! He has another, don't try to hide it!"

Pulling and pushing escalated to brawling and while the guards tried to stop these greedy people, there were too many of them.

Lin family elders swatted those who were making more noise with their moves and just as they thought the situation was coming in control, someone shouted.

"Young master... Young master Chae Lee is dead! Oh no, he has been poisoned!"

While others didn't know who spoke in this crowd, I could distinctly recognize the voice of Tuo Bao.

People went to confirm this and a greater bout of shouting followed from above. People from Chae family started searching for the culprit but another shout demanded their attention.

"It must Lin family, their drinks! Poison Asura is behind them!" This was Tuo Yiwu. I'd paid these two Tuo brothers 50 golds for shouting these lines.

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Their timing was precise and seeds of suspicion were placed in the minds of Chae family elders. The only reason I wanted the dark scroll to appear in the auction was to make Lin family seem like they were associating with Poison Asura.

"Old Lin, you colluded with that poisoner to finish off the Gang family and now you're targeting us!?" thundered Chae family head.

'I guess it's about time...' I stopped fanning and put my fan back.

Ling'er suddenly grimaced as her lower body jerked towards me. I'd meant to pat her but I accidentally spanked her for real this time. I was getting too excited.

Before she could burst out, I told her to get up. We couldn't stay here, a fight was about to happen.

"Was there any reason to hit me so hard at my..." Trailing off, she felt her butt. The sound of my earlier slap was very crisp, her white flesh had to have turned red due to that. Rage and humiliation mixed in her expression and Ling'er couldn't hold back from attacking me.

I blocked her punch as she got up from my lap. It was a powerful move with the full force of a fifth rank body.

"You should postpone this violence for later if you don't want to die here." My words stopped her from punching me once again.

Dou family head wasn't doing anything to stop the fight that was about to ensue. Lin family elders defended their clan leader, while the people from Chae family indignantly accused Lin family of breaking the peace of the town, and trying to threaten them with a greater power.

People feared Poison Asura not just because he could posion anyone but also because he was unknown till now. The same thing was happening right now. Guests at the first balcony were already scrambling towards the exit. No one cared what happened to the auction now as their lives were more important to them.

I wore the hood of my robe and Ling'er covered her face with a shawl. We discreetly came out of our booth and hurried towards the stairs.

"You go down and meet up with Hu Shuo. Don't let Lin Cheng or that elder see you."

"What? Then where are you going?" Her hand was already on the railing.

"I'm going upstairs."

No such bond had formed between us that'd make Ling'er worry for me. At that moment, she might've even wanted me to die here considering how I took advantage of her earlier. She just told me to be fast and stepped down.

'They should be here now... Oh, Chunu!' as I went to the top balcony, I saw my sister lurking behind the booths trying to reach the stairway.

There were high-ranking practitioners all around. Viscera purifying practioners of the Chae family had directly jumped down with their family head to confront the Lin family. Other Body Tempering pracitioners were checking Chae Lee's booth.

They had caught a few servant girls of the Lin family. I also noticed that a lot of them seemed to be searching for someone, most likely Chunu who had been with their young master.

"You people are going too far!" Lin family head was furious. Who was it that schemed against him!? He knew no one from his family would kill the heir of Chae family, not so blatantly.

The auction house was emptying quickly and a crowd of people were clumped on the hall. The fighting down below was getting brutal and the auctioneer was nowhere to be found. Instead, the two family heads faced each other on the podium.

'Hmm? When did Dou family head join them...?' Dou family appeared to be on Lin family's side for whatever reasons.

As I assessed the situation while getting closer to Chunu, someone noticed that I wasn't wearing the clothes of any prominent family.

"Who are you?"

Chunu finally saw me and ran towards me. I gave a quick karate chop to the person who questioned me. As we met up, I held her hand and passed her the silver patterned token.

"Go go go! Downstairs, at the storeroom!" I pushed her before she could even call me and she had to hastily move her legs. The sounds of hurried steps disappeared in a while as I looked around myself. The booths of the third balcony were bigger and more secretive.

'Damn it! Where is Feng Yi?' Just as I thought that, a group of young men came for me with swords and daggers in their hands.

I had no time to unsheathe my sword so I jerked my left hand. Unfolding Silverite, I successively parried a pair of swords and rotated my body, pushing the men back.

'There she is!' I suddenly saw Feng Yi step out of a booth at the far end. Dou Peng also came out and what the... he seemed subservient to her!

'Just what magic did this girl invoke?' I really had a hard time- I mean, no time to comprehend what I saw. These practitioners were coming in groups.. I had to deal with their relentless attacks for now.

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