Chapter 185 - A Business Transaction (1/2)

The two wooden doors closed on the red-bricked building. A dozen or so eyes immediately focused upon Qin Fen’s body.

As others studied Qin Fen, he studied the others as well.

All sorts of people of the earth could be said to have congregated in this room. People with black hair and yellow skin. People with blue eyes, golden hair, and white skin. There were even people with brown hair and black skin.

As Qin Fen looked, his eyelids twitched over and over. The population of the Federation was numerous, and so, he was not the only person to be talented in martial arts. Looking at the appearance of the people before his eyes, Qin Fen knew that each and every one of them came from families circumstances that weren’t simple. They likely all came from wealthy and respectable backgrounds.

These people were given supplementary nutrition of all sorts since they were little. The quality of their bodies, compared to that of normal people, possessed innate superiority. In addition, they possessed all sorts of martial arts that were out of the norm in origin.

As long as they had the talent for practicing martial arts, they would easily surpass their peers on the road of the martial dao. Among their population, they would become gifted, talented, or even geniuses.

It wasn’t impossible to use piles and piles of giant sums of money to pile out a young expert.

Qin Fen looked around the crowd, and his eyebrows suddenly shot up. He saw the figure that he could barely consider familiar among the crowd. It was Ge Bing.

Back when Qin Fen was in the State of Korea executing a mission, he had met this Ge Bing, who was arrogant due to the resources he possessed.

Ge Bing had clearly discovered Qin Fen. His eyes seeped with an arrogant and lofty look. The corners of his lips lifted into a very disdainful smile. He shifted his gaze to a different spot, adopting an attitude where he completely ignored Qin Fen.

Qin Fen also shifted his gaze. He found it impossible to do things like flattery and fawning to rise up and social status. In addition, all the people who have come here today were all fighting for Song Jia. It could be said that Qin Fen’s relationship with these folks was that of enemies.

The other people revealed sneering looks after they sized Qin Fen up. How was such a man able to enter this circle of the selection process? He wore the military uniform of a recruit, and there was no hint of the powerful individualistic air that was usually nurtured by growing up in a prestigious house. Such a person was no true rival in this place.

Everyone retracted their gazes, placing them once more on to other people. They pondered just who was the most important rival among the people in this room.

As for Qin Fen, nobody stepped forth to provoke him or use him as a stepping stone to give themselves prominence.

Practically all the people who were able to enter this room were not that of new money. Everyone had received what was called high society instruction.

They understood things very well. If this was an ordinary day on the outside, stepping on this newly arrived kid would perhaps cause some other ignorant kids to feel reverence for them.

However, in this place, stepping on this destitute kid would not raise one’s own social status.

On the contrary, taking the initiative to step on this destitute kid was something that was extremely beneath their social standing.

Qin Fen found a corner to sit. He sat on the rug, and he quietly adjusted the state of his body.

“During times when you don’t know what sort of circumstances you might encounter in the near future, it is best to prepare to the greatest extent. Do your best to prepare in what you can prepare.”

This was something that Squad Leader Hao had once said. At this moment, Qin Fen revered it like words from the Bible.

Ge Bing couldn’t help but study Qin Fen some more during this time. It was impressive to be able to sit, meditate, and adjust oneself without regarding anyone else in this environment, where the children of rich and powerful families were all over the room, and everyone was a young and outstanding martial artist. This meant that he couldn’t underestimate Qin Fen’s mental quality.

Ten minutes. Fifteen minutes. Two hours….

Everyone part of the selection process remained just as they had in the very beginning. There was no one who was puzzled by waiting this long.

In fact, some of these people had already waited a day and a half.

In this place, one needed to learn to be patient. Those who enter the inner hall would walk out with happy expressions on their faces a few minutes later, as they completed the final test of the initial selection process.

Some people entered the inner hall and stayed there for two days in a row. In the end, they walked out of the inner hall with emaciated and sorry faces. They left in an ending where they were eliminated.

Nobody asked these people, who were either eliminated or made it through, just what sort of test they encountered. Powers like the Song Family certainly wouldn’t allow people to work together to take these tests. Asking would only reveal one’s stupidity.

The sun traveled to the west until it was about mealtime. Qin Fen’s body didn’t move a single inch from beginning to end, and Ge Bing’s assessment towards him increased a bit once again.

On the first day of Qin Fen’s arrival, he didn’t reveal the least bit of tension. He sat with such calmness and composure for an entire day’s worth of time. Ordinary people should not possess such emotional strength.

The door to the room of red brick opened once more. It was now time to eat. Of course, the Song Family wouldn’t handle meals. Everything had to be resolved by one’s own means.

“You have half an hour.” Butler Hou faced Qin Fen, who walked out of the room along with everyone else, and said, “If you’re not back into the room in half an hour, then it counts as your failure.”

“Oh Qin Fen.”

Lin Liqiang started the flying saucer model sports car. He descended into the courtyard once again, and he held seven or eight greasy roasted legs of lamb as he arrived before the door.

Qin Fen didn’t act courteously around Lin Liqiang. As he tore at the fresh meat of the roasted lamb leg, he looked at the other suitors in bafflement as they left.

“There are different from you. They need to go out to eat.” Lin Liqiang tore off a piece of roasted lamb. He smiled and shook his head very disdainfully. “They have accumulated face, this thing, to a certain degree. There are some things they have to do even if they don’t want to.”

Qin Fen passed Lin Liqiang a cup of fruit juice, indicating to him to continue his explanation.

“Using words that the majority of people can understand, these people are all people of influence.” Lin Liqiang downed the cup of apple juice. “Therefore, they need to constantly maintain their imposing air. For example, when it comes to eating, even though they only have half an hour, they choose not to stay here to eat. It is completely within their ability to wait here until the time has come to enter the room. However, if they were to do this, this would express to the others that they are scared. That they do not have guts. When that happens, the other people will likely immediately join hands to stomp on this person. This is to have that person lose the qualifications to take the test.”