Chapter 255 - Malicious Taunting (2/2)

When the middle-aged scholar saw this, he was stunned. Especially, when he saw Chu Feng entered Keystone Business directly, his eyes flashed a cold color.

“You are just permitted to enter the site. With your poor identity, you will only be ignored and blindfolded by others in this celebration.”

The middle-aged scholar gave a sneer and went in with his team.

At the same time, there was a tremendous outburst of cheers outside. The atmosphere suddenly became electrifying. Many people showed excitement and madness, shouting endlessly.

Needless to say, Liu Qingyan was here.

If Chu Feng saw this scene, he would undoubtedly have been thrilled due to his admiration of Liu Qingyan. However, unfortunately, the meeting with the middle-aged scholar made his mood extremely bad. He had no mind to pay attention to these things.

The middle-aged scholar was named Ruan Lingdu. He was now a counselor beside Governor Liu Wujun.

But Chu Feng knew that Ruan Lingdu had another identity: a highly-valued guest elder of Chu Clan in the Forbidden City.

Chu Feng was also from Chu Clan but different from Ruan Lingdu. He was a real disciple and descendant of Chu Clan.

More than a decade ago, Chu Feng was schemed against and scolded because of a conspiracy for the clan’s power. He was expelled from the Chu Clan from that day on.

Otherwise, how could Chu Feng stay in Mist City with his identity?

What frightened Chu Feng the most was that after he was expelled from his clan, although those enemies dared not kill him easily, they still sent Ruan Lingdu to Mist City to secretly repel and suppress Chu Feng. They brought a lot of humiliation and suffering to him.

In these years, he could have made many powerful connections in the city by virtue of his status as the head of the Commune of Spiritual Tattooists. But since Ruan Lingdu became the adviser of Governor Liu Wujun, Chu Feng had become the person whom many forces didn’t like in Mist City. No one wanted to make friends with him.

According to common sense, Chu Feng should have received an invitation to the Keystone Business Centennial celebration easily as the head of the Commune of Spiritual Tattooists. On the contrary, however, he did not receive it. He had to borrow Lin Xun’s invitation letter to attend this event.

This was the current situation of Chu Feng: expelled by the clan, oppressed, and humiliated by Ruan Lingdu. On the surface, he was a high dignitary, but in reality, he was extremely humiliated.

However, after years of repression, Chu Feng had already honed his tough character and wouldn’t admit defeat readily.

Lin Xun’s appearance gave Chu Feng some hope.

Inside Keystone Business, Chu Feng was soon introduced to a vast and incomparable palace. It was beautifully carved with beams and painted columns. The area was divided into different levels. This hall could hold tens of thousands of people on a rough estimate.

Luxurious!

Magnificent!

Elegant!

This was Chu Feng’s intuitive impression of Keystone Business.

At this time, many people had already come to the hall. Each of them might be a dominant figure in Mist City.

The celebration had not yet begun, so these bigwigs were talking to each other at the moment like a crowd of high-ranking friends, laughing and chatting.

When they saw Chu Feng, all of them showed a little surprise. But then, they turned their heads away with a cold look. They simply ignored the existence of Chu Feng.

Even if Chu Feng had already been prepared for this scene, his heart was still hurt in the face of ignoring.

But soon, he overcame the oppression. He came here to witness Liu Qingyan’s performance. Apart from that, he didn’t expect more. As for the cold eyes in the field, he cared little about them.

Ruan Lingdu followed Chu Feng into the hall and saw the cold reception Chu Feng had suffered along the way. He could not help feeling proud. Wasn’t it self-humiliating to have an invitation letter?

Looking at Ruan Lingdu, no matter where he went, there would always be people who took the initiative to talk with him. He seemed extremely popular.

Compared to Chu Feng, it was a wholly different treatment.

Chu Feng felt disdainful. He knew the reason Ruan Lingdu was so popular: he was the closest advisor of Governor Liu Wujun and had the support of the Chu Clan in the Forbidden City. All of this made his life in Mist City smooth like a fish in the water.

Otherwise, the major forces of Mist City couldn’t reject and neglect Chu Feng with the strength of Ruan Lingdu alone.

Unconsciously, Chu Feng had been led to the front row of the hall by his attendants. This was the seat where the chief VIP was qualified to sit.

Seeing this, Chu Feng could not help but be surprised. How could this be? Even without rejection and ridicule, according to his status as head of the Commune of Spiritual Tattooists, he was not qualified to sit here.

But soon, he vaguely guessed that this might have something to do with Lin’s invitation letter that was sent to him.

Almost at the same time, a person bantered behind him, “Someone is too senseless to raise his status and even wishes to achieve something he shouldn’t. Should we praise his courage or consider him a fool? That’s ridiculous. Have you seen such an insensible clown before?”

Chu Feng knew this was Ruan Lingdu’s malicious taunting without looking back.