Chapter 665: Handling the Aftermath

Chapter 665: Chapter 665: Handling the Aftermath

For a moment, the auction hall fell completely silent.

Then the entire place erupted into an uproar.

"The Meng Family is innocent?!"

"So the Righteous Sword has already investigated everything!"

"As expected of the Righteous Sword! He spent the entire night uncovering the truth!"

The cultivators exchanged excited looks, their exhaustion seemingly forgotten as they discussed Li Feng’s verdict.

Some looked relieved, while others couldn’t help feeling ashamed for having suspected the Meng Family in the first place.

...There were also a few who seemed dissatisfied with the verdict.

However, none of them dared voice their objections in front of the Righteous Sword.

After all, even if they had doubts, who among them would dare openly challenge the judgment of someone who had protected them from last night’s attack?

Matriarch Meng Wan stood beside Li Feng, maintaining her usual dignified smile.

However, beneath her calm expression, she couldn’t help feeling a little complicated.

She knew perfectly well that Li Feng hadn’t spent the entire night questioning witnesses or examining evidence.

In fact, she was probably the only person in the entire auction hall who knew exactly how he had spent those hours.

Still, she had no intention of exposing him.

Instead, she glanced at Li Feng with a faint smile, her eyes carrying a hint of amusement and warmth.

’What a mischievous little fellow.’

Strangely, after their... ’mother and child’ bonding, Meng Wan found herself feeling a little more affectionate toward Li Feng.

It was a warmth she hadn’t expected to develop so quickly, and it seemed to come from somewhere deeper than simple gratitude or attraction.

Perhaps it was because she had... lost her own son at such a young age.

That loss had left a void in her heart that she had long since learned to live with.

She rarely allowed herself to dwell on it, much less speak of it to others.

Yet, as she looked at Li Feng’s composed face and remembered the way he had sought comfort in her embrace, a familiar tenderness stirred within her.

For a brief moment, she couldn’t help imagining what it might have been like if her own son had grown up beside her.

Would he have been as mischievous as Li Feng?

Would he have worn that same infuriatingly calm expression whenever he got away with something?

The thought brought a faint, bittersweet smile to her lips.

’Perhaps I’m simply projecting my feelings onto him...’

Meng Wan gently shook her head, dismissing the thought before it could linger too long.

Li Feng was not her son, after all.

She understood that perfectly well.

And yet, as she stood beside him, she found herself wanting to look after him a little more than she had before.

Even if that meant... indulging in his mischievous and... lewd behavior.

_

_

_

Soon, the cultivators began crowding around Li Feng, eager to ask him all sorts of questions about the previous night’s attack.

Some wanted to know how he had uncovered the truth, while others asked whether the attackers had been connected to any major sects or influential families.

Li Feng patiently answered what he could, though he naturally kept certain details to himself.

He also offered reassuring words to the injured cultivators and promised that both the Autumn Pavilion and the Meng Family would assist with the aftermath of the attack and compensate them for the trouble they had suffered.

To further reassure everyone, Li Feng even distributed a Flawless-Grade Rank 2 Recovery Pill to each injured cultivator.

The moment they received the pills, the cultivators’ faces lit up with surprise and gratitude.

A Flawless-Grade Rank 2 Recovery Pill was no ordinary medicine.

Even for cultivators with considerable wealth, obtaining one wasn’t necessarily easy.

Yet Li Feng had handed them out so casually, without showing the slightest reluctance.

"As expected of the Righteous Sword!"

"Not only did he protect us last night, but he’s even giving us recovery pills!"

"Such generosity! This is what a true righteous cultivator should be!"

The cultivators’ earlier exhaustion and dissatisfaction quickly disappeared, replaced by genuine gratitude.

With their injuries taken care of and compensation promised, everyone left the auction hall in a much better mood than they had expected.

Before departing, many bowed deeply toward Li Feng, thanking him for his kindness.

Li Feng simply smiled and waved them off, maintaining his usual calm and dignified appearance.

Only after the last cultivator had left did he finally let out a quiet breath.

"Finally. That’s taken care of."

While Matriarch Meng was busy giving instructions to her subordinates, Li Feng quietly summoned the Divine Brick.

The familiar brick appeared in his palm, barely attracting any attention.

With a subtle movement of his fingers, he silently commanded it to fly toward his VIP room.

Yao Xin, Han Wei, Ye Mo, and the other puppets immediately understood his intention.

One after another, they slipped and disappeared inside the Divine Brick.

Once everyone had returned, Li Feng casually put the brick away, his movements so natural that no one nearby seemed to notice anything unusual.

By the time Meng Wan finished speaking with her subordinates and turned back toward him, he was already standing there with his usual calm expression, as though nothing had happened at all.

_

_

_

The two of them left the Autumn Pavilion together and boarded the waiting carriage.

Soon, the carriage began moving through the streets, leaving the commotion of the auction behind. Inside, the atmosphere was considerably quieter.

After some time had passed, Li Feng, who had leaned back against his seat and closed his eyes, suddenly spoke softly.

"Matriarch Meng, you should know that even though I’ve reassured everyone with my reputation, there are still plenty of people who remain dissatisfied with the verdict."

"And among them are some rather influential figures. A few even possess considerable strength and authority."

Li Feng kept his eyes closed, his tone as casual as though he were discussing something trivial.

"My words might have been enough to silence them for now, but that doesn’t mean they’ve truly accepted the outcome. Some may simply be waiting for an opportunity to challenge the Meng Family again."

Strangely, however, there was no reply, and Li Feng continued.

"That’s why I intend to give everyone in the capital a proper answer."

Slowly, a faint smile appeared on his relaxed face.

"And, of course, someone will have to take the blame for all of this, and I happened to have one person in mind... O-Ohh~"

Li Feng let out a long sigh of relief and slowly opened his eyes.

He looked down and saw Meng Wan’s beautiful, mature face right between his legs, her lips stretched tight around the base of his little brother as he was currently ejaculating.

Thick spurts were still pouring out of him straight into her mouth.

Her eyes were half-lidded and calm, one hand resting lightly on his thigh while she kept him deep, swallowing around him without pulling back.