110: I was just purely curious.

Hua Clan Merchant House.

When Feng Ming and Uncle Zhong arrived in the main hall, they were shocked by the scene before them.

The merchant house was packed with a sea of people.

There were as many as eight queues.

They were lining up to have their tickets checked, as if they were about to participate in some event.

"Second Young Master, these people are all here for the auction. It's only half an hour before the auction begins. The rule here is that anyone who comes must pay one Spirit Stone."

"Even if you don't buy anything, you still have to pay. It's a threshold of sorts; otherwise, even more people would attend. This way, they can make quite a few Spirit Stones from a single auction."

Feng Ming nodded. He could understand this. One reason was to set a threshold to filter out those who were just there to watch the fun.

Another reason was screening; after all, someone unwilling to spend even one Spirit Stone might not be willing to buy anything else.

In other words, by excluding those with low consumption potential, the transaction rate of the auction would increase.

"Come, let's join a queue too!"

After Feng Ming finished speaking, he and Uncle Zhong found a line to join.

Huangfu Rui, Huangfu Jing, and Huangfu Yunyan entered the Hua Clan Merchant House one after another.

Although Huangfu Rui's IQ wasn't very high, he wasn't so stupid that he dared to do just anything.

At the very least, he didn't dare to make a move inside the Hua Clan Merchant House.

After coming in, he only glared at Feng Ming with rage before going to line up behind another group of people.

Just because he couldn't make a move didn't mean he didn't have other ideas.

He had already decided that he would definitely sabotage Feng Ming's bidding today.

Of course, the most important thing was to keep an eye on him and wait for him to leave the merchant house to take the opportunity to kill him.

Huangfu Jing, who followed closely behind, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his brother didn't attack. He quickly lined up behind him and took the chance to advise him.

"Big Brother, calm down first. We must plan this matter carefully."

"Feng Ming is not that easy to deal with, and this is the Hua Clan Merchant House..."

Huangfu Yunyan hadn't expected that her painstaking instigation would have no effect at all. Seeing that the idiot Huangfu Rui didn't make a move, a flash of displeasure crossed her eyes.

At this moment, she had no other choice but to wait in line patiently.

While Feng Ming was waiting in line, he suddenly heard the people in front of him discussing.

"How strange, why is the Hua Pavilion open to the public today?"

"I don't know. I haven't heard that the City Lord or the Clan Chief of the Huangfu Family is coming?"

"Then it doesn't make sense. Could it be that some other big shot is coming today?"

Feng Ming listened from the side and managed to pick up some information.

To summarize, this Hua Pavilion was the merchant house's top-tier private box. It wasn't easily opened to the public, and only particularly important guests would be personally received by the person in charge of the merchant house, Hua Dieer.

Feng Ming wasn't curious about which distinguished guest was coming today, but he was somewhat interested in the person in charge of this merchant house.

"Brother, can you tell me more about it?"

The man was talking excitedly when he heard someone asking. He turned his head, saw Feng Ming, and his eyes lit up.

"Your Excellency must be the Second Young Master of the Feng Family. I've heard much about you."

Feng Ming was stunned. It seemed Uncle Zhong's early efforts had paid off; he was already quite famous.

"That is indeed me."

The man nodded and exchanged a few pleasantries with Feng Ming before starting his story.

"The manager of this Hua Clan branch is named Hua Dieer. She's from the main branch in Qian Prefecture. But you know how big families are—if she had a high status, she wouldn't have been sent out to manage Family properties, especially in a small place like Qingyang City."

"Although Hua Dieer isn't favored, she's still a member of the Hua Family. I've heard she was born with a pair of Soul-Snatching Eyes. Whoever she looks at becomes dazed, and some even have their souls snatched away on the spot. It's very eerie."

Feng Ming's lips twitched, feeling that these rumors were a bit exaggerated.

"Is it really that eerie? If that's the case, who would dare come here to buy things?"

The fellow laughed and said, "It's normal that you don't know since you just arrived. Hua Dieer has been here for two years, but she doesn't appear often. Even the management of the shop is done from behind the scenes."

"So far, only two people have seen her face: the City Lord and the Clan Chief of the Huangfu Family."

"Only when these two come to the Hua Clan Merchant House will Hua Dieer personally welcome them! As for others, I've never heard of anyone who could get this lady to receive them personally!"

Feng Ming couldn't help but click his tongue. As expected of someone from the Hua Family; even someone from a small branch was so mysterious.

The fellow said, "It's just strange today. I haven't heard that either of those two is coming, so why was the Hua Pavilion prepared?"

"But it's also normal. After all, they are big shots, and they won't report their whereabouts to us."

Feng Ming nodded upon hearing this. That did make some sense.

While Feng Ming was chatting with the man, he also attracted the attention of many people. He had already shown his face at the city gate earlier, and now many people around recognized him.

There were even quite a few people discussing him and his Family's Medicinal Pills in low voices.

While they were waiting patiently in line, a maidservant walked over and stopped in front of Feng Ming.

She bowed to Feng Ming and said, "May I ask if Your Excellency is Young Master Feng Ming?"

Feng Ming was startled and nodded.

"And you are?"

The maidservant quickly spoke up, "I have been ordered by my Young Miss to invite Young Master Feng upstairs for a chat."

Hearing this, Feng Ming couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"May I ask which Young Miss your lady is?"

He only knew a few girls, and having just arrived in Qingyang City, he didn't know anyone else.

Lu An'an's maid was not this one, and he hadn't seen Lu Qianqian's, but it probably wasn't her.

So he had no idea whose maidservant this was.

The maidservant heard him and said, "My Young Miss is, naturally, the manager of this merchant house, Miss Hua Dieer."

When she introduced her, the maidservant's tone carried a hint of pride.

"What?"

Feng Ming was somewhat surprised. He obviously hadn't expected the Young Miss the maid mentioned to be the mysterious figure they had just been discussing.

The other people waiting in line nearby were even more dumbfounded.

Feng Ming looked at the maidservant and said,

"Can I ask a question before deciding whether to meet your Young Miss?"

The maidservant was stunned for a moment before smiling and saying,

"You may!"

Feng Ming swallowed his saliva and asked,

"Does your Young Miss really have Soul-Snatching Eyes?"

As soon as Feng Ming's question left his mouth,

the people around him all looked at him with strange expressions. After all, everyone discussed it out of pure curiosity,

but no one would ever ask such a thing directly in public.

It was too impolite.

The maidservant was also amused and said,

"Young Master Feng is truly a joker. How could anyone have such eyes? My Young Miss's gaze is just relatively deep, and ordinary people simply can't keep staring at her."

"As for the Soul-Snatching Eyes Young Master Feng mentioned, it's pure nonsense."

Feng Ming smiled and nodded.

"It's fine even if she does. I'm just purely curious!"

"Let's go!"

Feng Ming said as he motioned for the other party to lead the way.

Uncle Zhong followed closely by Feng Ming's side as they went upstairs with the maidservant.

The surrounding people looked on with excitement and red eyes.

The expressions on their faces were filled with envy, jealousy, and hate.

Many people who didn't know Feng Ming also began to inquire about him.