Earth – Junhi Country – Yin City.
Gu Family's Private Airport.
Gu Zhongchen was exiting the private plane. It was currently around 12 p.m. The journey from Star City to Yin City took about 5 hours. In that amount of time, Gu Zhongchen broke through another stage of body tempering, had breakfast, and showered in the private plane.
Outside the plane, nine people were waiting for him with three cars. Eight of them wore black suits and looked massive. They were probably his bodyguards, likely arranged by Assistant Zhou on his mother's orders. The last one was standing in front of the eight. He was probably his personal assistant for the duration of his stay.
Seeing Gu Zhongchen, they bowed slightly in greeting, and the assistant came forward, saying, "Welcome to Yin City, young master. I am Lin Yao. I will be your personal assistant for the duration of your stay here. If you need anything, you can tell me."
Gu Zhongchen nodded hearing that. He then asked with a small smile, "Can you drive?"
"Pardon?" Lin Yao asked, shocked by the sudden and out-of-place question.
"Can you drive?" Gu Zhongchen asked again.
Though confused about why he was asked this question all of a sudden, Lin Yao replied, "Yes, sir. I can drive."
Hearing that Lin Yao could drive, Gu Zhongchen nodded and then said, "Good. Then you will be coming with me. We will go somewhere first."
Then he looked at the bodyguards and said, "The rest of you will take my luggage and go to the place I will be staying at." Saying that, Gu Zhongchen then went inside one of the cars.
Hearing the finality in his voice, Lin Yao knew that they could not argue with Gu Zhongchen's decision. He told the bodyguards to do as they were told and went inside the car that Gu Zhongchen was in.
In the car, Lin Yao asked, "Where would you like to go, young master?"
Hearing the question, Gu Zhongchen replied, "The Moonlight Antique and Auction House."
"As you wish, young master," Lin Yao complied and started the car. The Moonlight Antique and Auction House was a famous antique store that the rich visited, so Lin Yao knew where it was.
Though confused about why Gu Zhongchen wanted to go to such a place as soon as he arrived in the city, Lin Yao did not ask him about it, knowing it was not his place.
While Lin Yao was driving to the Moonlight Antique and Auction House, Gu Zhongchen was deep in thought. He was thinking about his plans for the next two months.
There were three main reasons for his coming to Yin City and staying here for two months.
Firstly, he wanted some privacy. With his parents around, Gu Zhongchen could never do anything in secret. His parents would always want to know what he was doing, especially his mother. That would have restricted him a lot.
Secondly, Gu Zhongchen came here to take the opportunities of the protagonist. At one point in the novel, Xu Xialing came to Yin City for business, and the protagonist followed her here as her bodyguard.
Of course, anywhere the protagonist goes, the world gives him fucked up opportunities for no reason at all. However, there was also an opportunity that the protagonist didn't get in this city. This opportunity belonged to a villain.
Gu Zhongchen was here to take all these opportunities. At least he would have been here to take these opportunities. However, now that he knew that his cultivation talent was off the charts, he felt like most of them were just a waste of his time.
So Gu Zhongchen decided that he would take only two opportunities: the opportunity of the villain and an opportunity of the protagonist. Both of the opportunities were inheritances. Getting these inheritances would be very important moving forward.
Lastly, Gu Zhongchen was here to get some capable and loyal subordinates. He wanted to raise martial artists, and he wanted to do so secretly. However, too much attention was on him in Star City. So he couldn't recruit people secretly.
But only a few people knew he had gone to Yin City. So he could do his business in this city in secrecy.
While Gu Zhongchen was deep in his thoughts, thinking about his plans, they arrived at the Moonlight Antique and Auction House.
Stopping at a parking spot, Lin Yao turned to Gu Zhongchen and said, "Young master, we have arrived."
Hearing that, Gu Zhongchen was pulled out of his thoughts. He nodded and ordered, "Stay in the car." Then he opened the door to get out.
However, before going out, he turned toward Lin Yao and said with an intense stare filled with killing intent, "What I am doing here should remain an absolute secret. Even from my parents. I know you will report my movements to my parents at the end of the day. I do not want that. You will tell them what I want you to tell them. If I get to know that you are reporting my actions to my parents, you will suffer. Understood?"
Lin Yao started sweating under his intense stare. He quickly nodded and said, "Don't worry, young master. I won't tell a soul. My lips are sealed."
Hearing him say that, Gu Zhongchen put on a small smile and said, "Good. Follow my orders, and you will be rewarded." Then he went out of the car, heading inside the Moonlight Antique and Auction House.
Inside the store, various antique things were on display. Gu Zhongchen ignored them and went to a counter.
He then pulled out a platinum-coated card from his wallet and showed it to the female worker at the counter, saying, "Tell your manager to come here."
Seeing the card, the worker's eyes widened in shock. She then said with a flirtatious smile, "Please wait, sir. I will immediately go call him." After that, she quickly went to call the manager.
The card that Gu Zhongchen showed was a VVIP membership card. You would have to be very rich and a previous customer to have one. Gu Zhongchen was both, so naturally, he had one.
After a few minutes, the female worker came back with a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man approached him and respectfully said, "Greetings, sir. I am the manager of this branch of the Moonlight Antique and Auction House. May I know your name?"
"My name is Gu Zhongchen," Gu Zhongchen replied with a small smile.
Hearing who he was, the manager became even more respectful and said, "So, it's young master Gu. It's a pleasure to meet you. Sorry for not recognizing you. Please, come with me. Let's go talk in a more comfortable and private setting."
Saying that, he started leading Gu Zhongchen to a private room. Throughout the way, the female worker kept giving Gu Zhongchen flirtatious glances. However, Gu Zhongchen didn't pay her any mind. He had way higher standards.
Inside the private room, Gu Zhongchen and the manager were sitting opposite each other.
Gu Zhongchen pulled out a piece of paper and gave it to the manager. Then he said, "Bring me the items written on the paper."
The manager took the paper and quickly went out to get the items. After some time, he came back with two people, each holding a rectangular wooden box. They put the boxes on the table in front of him and opened them.
One box held a jade bracelet, and the other a strange-looking silver necklace. These items were necessary if he wanted to get the inheritances.
Gu Zhongchen inspected them and confirmed that these were the items he was looking for. He then looked at the manager and asked, "How much are these?"
The manager happily said, "These items are very ancient. The bracelet was worn by multiple generations of the Qi royal family, and the necklace was also made very long ago. Together, the price of these two antique pieces is eleven million dollars. However, we can round it up to ten million."
Gu Zhongchen nodded and paid the money. After that, he got up and left. The manager respectfully followed behind and showed him out.
Now back in the car, Gu Zhongchen said to Lin Yao, "Now go to the central park."
Lin Yao nodded and started the car. After some time, they reached the central park.
Gu Zhongchen took the necklace with him and got out of the car while telling Lin Yao not to follow him. He then went to the center of the park.
The central park of Yin City was in the middle of the city. At the center of the central park was a huge tree. The tree looked very ancient. That's because it actually was ancient. The big tree was about three hundred years old. In fact, Yin City was built around this big tree in the past. Now it was a big tourist spot.
The big tree was actually the entrance to the inheritance site. Nobody's been able to enter because nobody had the key. The necklace was the key to the inheritance site.
Gu Zhongchen went close to the tree and started searching for a handprint. After he found it, Gu Zhongchen wore the necklace and put his hand on the handprint.
As soon as he put his hand on the handprint, a red swirling portal appeared beside him. Then Gu Zhongchen calmly entered the portal. After he went in, the portal closed.
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