181: Chapter 181 Qin Feng's Attitude

The news of Qin Hai's crushing defeat spread through the upper circles of Kyoto in less than half a day, as if it had grown wings.

The dignified Second Elder of the Qin Family, a Peak Grandmaster, had gone to expose a fraud with an A-rank Shield-Breaking Hammer. In the end, not only did the hammer fail to damage the wall, but the recoil shattered his hand bones, and he was forced to flee in disgrace by Lin Fan.

It was simply the biggest joke of the year!

In an instant, the Qin Family's reputation in Kyoto plummeted, and their stock prices dropped accordingly. Meanwhile, Lin Fan's dilapidated warehouse for the "New Martial Arts Special Strategy Department" was instantly shrouded in a mysterious and inviolable veil because of that wall that even a Grandmaster couldn't break.

At this moment, inside the warehouse.

Lin Fan was sitting cross-legged on the priceless S-rank star alloy floor, playing with a small object in his hand.

"Beep~"

Just then, the military encrypted communicator Lin Fan had placed to the side suddenly lit up.

The signal source showed: Northern Frontier Third Military Region, Frontline Command Headquarters.

Lin Fan raised an eyebrow. The Third Military Region? Did he have any acquaintances there?

He connected the call.

A holographic projection instantly unfolded in mid-air.

Before the lens sat a young man wearing blood-stained battle armor. His features were cold and hard as if carved by a knife, and his brow carried a murderous aura born from years of struggling on the edge of life and death. However, his eyes were exceptionally calm, even carrying a hint of a merchant's shrewdness.

"Brother Fan!"

The man spoke, his voice raspy yet slightly excited.

"Young Master Qin, are you looking for a manager to get revenge for your family's Second Elder? I consider you a dear friend and a brother!" Lin Fan took a sip of goji berry tea, looking at the other party with a half-smile.

"Heh."

Hearing this, the man actually twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing an extremely rare smile. "Get revenge? No, I'm here to thank you."

Lin Fan's eyes narrowed slightly.

An undisguised look of mockery flashed in Qin Feng's eyes. "That old thing is nothing more than a dog raised by my stepmother. Over the years, relying on his status as a family elder, he has constantly throttled my supplies on the front lines."

"Your move today didn't just break his dog paw; it slapped the faces of all those useless old geezers in the Qin Family until they were swollen."

Qin Feng leaned forward slightly. Even through the screen, Lin Fan could feel the oncoming wave of ambition. "Brother Fan, based on our friendship in the Tianjiao Camp, I also consider you a dear friend and a brother!"

"Now, I've come with sincerity to talk business with you."

"Oh?"

Lin Fan grew interested. "What business? Let's get this straight first: I don't give credit, and there are no returns."

"I want you..." Qin Feng stared into Lin Fan's eyes and said word by word, "To completely cripple the Qin Family on Kyoto's commercial battlefield."

Hearing this, Zhao Wujing, who was miserably mopping the floor nearby, jerked his hand, nearly dropping the rag.

What did he just hear?

The eldest young master of the Qin Family was actually colluding with an outsider to bring down his own family?

Lin Fan wasn't surprised at all. Instead, he revealed his signature Shrewd Merchant smile. "Young Master Qin, that will cost extra. Besides, offending the entire Qin Family is no small matter!"

"Because you've already offended them, and I need a purge; I need to take control of the Qin Family."

Qin Feng pulled a chip from his tactical vest and inserted it into a card reader. "As a gesture of sincerity, this is the layout of all the Qin Family's core industries in Kyoto, the cash flow loopholes of the weapon shops they're promoting this quarter, and... the actual base price of the 'Black Gold Battle Sabers' they're about to launch."

"With these, plus your miraculous blind box methods, I believe it's enough to shrink the Qin Family's commercial market share in Kyoto by half."

"When the time comes and the stock price collapses, those old geezers will have no choice but to sell their shares to stop the losses. And I will step in as the savior to buy the dip."

At this point, Qin Feng paused, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes. "As for you, you can step over the corpse of the Qin Family to firmly establish yourself in Kyoto. This deal is a guaranteed win for you."

Lin Fan looked at the encrypted files beginning to transfer on the screen, his finger lightly tapping his knee.

He was silent for three seconds.

"Deal."

Lin Fan snapped his fingers. "Young Master Qin, although you're a ruthless one who would even dig up his own family's ancestral grave, I have to say... I like your personality."

Qin Feng gave Lin Fan a deep look. "Pleasure doing business with you."

The communication cut off.

...

Kyoto, the Qin Family's ancestral residence.

The atmosphere was as oppressive as the silence before a storm.

Inside the meeting hall, Qin Hai's hand was wrapped in thick bandages, and he sat in the first seat on the left with a livid expression. In the main seat, the head of the Qin Family, Qin Tiannan, had a face as deep as water.

"A disgrace! This is an utter disgrace!"

Qin Hai slammed the table with his uninjured left hand and roared, "That Lin Fan not only injured me but also publicly humiliated the Qin Family! If we don't retaliate, how can the Qin Family maintain its footing in Kyoto?"

"The Second Elder is right!"

"We must sanction him!"

"Blacklist him! We must implement a total boycott!"

The surrounding high-level members of the Qin Family chimed in one after another, filled with righteous indignation.

"Enough."

Just then, a cold voice rang out in the center of the hall via holographic projection.

Everyone looked up to see the projection of Qin Feng in his battle armor appearing in mid-air.

"Qin Feng?" A flash of disgust crossed Qin Hai's eyes when he saw Qin Feng. "Why aren't you serving properly in the military camp? What are you doing interfering in a family meeting?"

"I just wanted to remind Second Uncle of one thing."

Qin Feng looked at Qin Hai expressionlessly. "Because of your stupid actions this morning, the Qin Group's stock price dropped by three percent before closing, and five billion in market value has evaporated."

"You!" Qin Hai trembled with rage.

"Furthermore, that Lin Fan is now a specially appointed strategic consultant for the military, with the General Ye Canglan standing behind him." Qin Feng's voice was frighteningly calm. "At this critical juncture, you go and provoke someone with a military background? Second Uncle, do you think the Qin Family isn't dying fast enough?"

"Impudent!"

Qin Hai stood up abruptly and pointed at Qin Feng's nose, cursing, "I am your elder! You disrespectful brat, this is no place for you to speak. Our family honor has been damaged; are we supposed to just swallow our pride?"

"Family Head!"

Qin Hai turned to Qin Tiannan with a face full of grief and indignation. "I propose that we immediately mobilize all family resources to conduct a comprehensive commercial siege against Lin Fan. Doesn't he want to open a shop? Then we'll make sure he can't sell a single item. We'll bankrupt him! We'll make him come crawling on his knees to beg us!"

Qin Tiannan was silent for a moment before finally nodding slowly. "Approved."

"Additionally..." Qin Tiannan glanced at Qin Feng's projection. "Qin Feng, the front-line battles are intense; do not worry yourself with family affairs. Cut his signal."

"Zzt~"

The holographic projection instantly extinguished.

Qin Feng looked at the darkened screen before him, the corner of his mouth curling into a cold arc.

"A bunch of idiots."

His fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard, sending an encrypted data package he had prepared long ago.

Recipient: Lin Fan.

...

Inside the warehouse.

"Ding!"

Lin Fan looked at the massive file received on his communicator. When he opened it, he instantly sucked in a breath of cold air.

Good grief!

This Qin Feng is truly ruthless!

In this data, not only were the locations of over a hundred core Qin Family shops on Kyoto's commercial streets detailed, but even their supply channels, the schedules of the warehouse managers, and even the loopholes in the anti-counterfeiting arrays for their shop treasures were clearly written!

Especially that "Price List for Recently Promoted Products" was practically a "license to kill."

The "Black Gold Battle Sabers" the Qin Family was so proud of were priced at 800,000, but the cost price was actually only 120,000?

They're even more unscrupulous than me!

"Tsk tsk tsk, so this is the familial love of a great clan. Truly touching."

While lamenting Qin Feng's "righteous betrayal of his kin," Lin Fan casually forwarded the data to Zhao Wujing, who was mopping the floor.

"Old Zhao, stop mopping."

Lin Fan called out.

Zhao Wujing straightened his back, sweating profusely and looking resentful. "Brother Fan, what now? I've mopped this floor three times already; it's cleaner than my face!"

"Go. Go to the Bureau of Industry and Commerce right now and register a new company for me."

Lin Fan stood up from the floor, an excited light shining in his eyes.

"Register a company?" Zhao Wujing was stunned. "What's the name? 'Myriad Treasures Pavilion Kyoto Branch'?"

"Too tacky."

Lin Fan waved his hand, his gaze sweeping over the mountain of military scrap in the corner of the warehouse. A Shrewd Merchant smile appeared on his face that made even Zhao Wujing's scalp tingle.

"Let's call it... [Pinxixi Military Industry Special Sale Outlet]."

"Huh?" Zhao Wujing was bewildered. "Pin... Pin-what?"

"Stop talking and just go!"

After sending Zhao Wujing off, Lin Fan turned and walked to the pile of S-rank scrap.

In the dead of night, it was the perfect time to cause trouble.

"System, time to work!"

With a thought, Lin Fan summoned the myriad races blind box system.

Since the Qin Family wanted to play at commercial boycotts and price wars, he would play along with them.

"The Qin Family's main products are weapons and armor, right?"

Lin Fan looked at the broken ship-cutting sabers, shattered mecha exoskeletons, and discarded engines tainted with Abyss energy that had been hauled back from the battlefield.

In the eyes of others, these were nuclear waste that required huge sums of money to dispose of.

But in the eyes of Lin Fan, who possessed the "Furnace of All Things" and "Blind Box Packaging" abilities, these... were all artifacts for dimensionality reduction strikes!

"Smelt!"

"Package!"

Buzz!

A deep blue system light instantly illuminated the entire warehouse.

Lin Fan tossed a broken Grandmaster Level battle saber into the furnace, removed the impurities, kept the core "Gengmetal Qi," and then grabbed a common fine iron sword to inject the Gengmetal Qi into it.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successful production!]

[Obtained: Disposable Flying Sword Blind Box (C-rank appearance, A-rank lethality)]

[Description: Ordinary appearance, but internally seals a strand of Grandmaster Level Gengmetal sword qi. It shatters after one strike, but that one strike can take the head of a Martial Master!]

[Cost: 500 yuan (Fine Iron Sword) + 0 yuan (Scrap)]

[Suggested Retail Price: 9,999 yuan]

Looking at this "disposable flying sword" with its restrained cold light, Lin Fan's smile was so wide his mouth was crooked.

How much did an A-rank battle saber from the Qin Family sell for? 800,000!

How much was my "disposable A-rank flying sword"? 9,900!

Even though it's disposable, for the vast majority of martial artists adventuring in the wild, a strike that can save your life at a critical moment—even if it's one-time use—is definitely much more attractive than an 800,000-yuan family heirloom!

"Again!"

Lin Fan picked up a piece of a shattered mecha heart-protecting mirror.

[Ding! Production successful!]

[Obtained: Absolute Defense Shield Blind Box (Trial Version)]

[Description: Upon activation, generates a Grandmaster Level shield that lasts for 3 seconds.]

[Cost: 200 yuan]

[Suggested Retail Price: 4,999 yuan]

...

An entire night passed.

The system notification sounds in the warehouse never stopped.

When the first ray of morning light spilled through the crystal window, the space behind Lin Fan was already piled high with all sorts of flashy blind boxes.

There were "Hit and Run" flying swords.

There were "Three-Second Real Man" shields.

And there were "Brute Force Miracle" disposable gauntlets.

Looking at this room full of equipment emitting an enticing luster—and with costs so low it was outrageous—Lin Fan unscrewed his thermos and took a blissful sip of goji berry tea.

"Commercial competition? How can you compete with my cheat?"

Lin Fan picked up a blind box and played with it.