After awakening, the female supporting character in the abused novel only wants to ascend to immorta

Chapter 349 Strong Suppression
Amid the old man's furious shouts, a somewhat effeminate young man strode into the crowd's view. When he saw Hongfeng, his gaze paused briefly, clearly indicating that he recognized her or knew who she was, and was surprised that she was here unharmed.

The old man was furious at Huang Xiao's unwitting confession. Huang Xiao was actually the male concubine of the chief auctioneer of Yehuang Auction House. He had only become the head of the hall by relying on the chief auctioneer's strength and prestige. He had done many stupid things, but they had turned a blind eye to these things because of the chief auctioneer. They never expected that today he would actually provoke a pharmacist who could refine perfect seventh-grade pills!

"Huang Xiao, apologize to him." The old man's face darkened, giving Huang Xiao no chance to explain, clearly intending to force him to express his attitude.

Upon hearing the old man's words, Huang Xiao calmly turned his gaze to Lin Zhao, as if he hadn't heard the old man's order, and asked, "May I ask what your identity is, young lady? The young lady behind you is someone my friend was planning to take away. How come she's with you?"

These words truly stunned Lin Zhao. She had seen brainless people before, but never anyone this brainless. If he could still make excuses for Hong Feng's behavior before, his words now were tantamount to admitting that he allowed a family to snatch someone away at the auction house entrance for personal reasons!
This would be a sensation at any auction house.

So Lin Zhao ignored him, only expressing surprise as she looked at the old man.

The old man's face immediately turned bright red. "You rude brat!"

The next moment, Lin Zhao felt a powerful pressure emanating from the old man, rushing straight towards Huang Xiao.

Huang Xiao's status was entirely due to his promising husband. In terms of actual cultivation, he was not even at the Nascent Soul stage, so how could he withstand the pressure from an old man at the early stage of the Integration stage?

He immediately knelt down in the direction of the red maple leaves.

Forcibly pressing him down to kneel, the old man's expression didn't improve much, because he knew that although Huang Xiao was a man, he was actually petty and calculating. Today, he had embarrassed Huang Xiao here, and he had now completely formed a grudge against the chief auctioneer.

"Zhou Ye, how dare you treat me like this?" Huang Xiao moved slightly and, realizing that his body was completely controlled by Old Zhou, he didn't even bother to maintain a polite facade and directly addressed Old Zhou by his name.

His words drew disdain from other staff members at the auction house.

Huang Xiao, a mere Heartbeat Stage cultivator, not only addressed a Senior in the Integration Stage by his given name, but he was also just a Hall Master. In contrast, Elder Zhou was an elder-level figure at the Yehuang Auction House. Even the owner of the auction house would treat him with deference. Only Huang Xiao, ignorant and fearless, dared to treat Elder Zhou in such an manner.

Does he really think that just because he has a chief auctioneer behind him, he can offend anyone?
Although Mr. Zhou did not want to fall out with the chief auctioneer, it did not mean that he was afraid.

Seeing that Huang Xiao still didn't know what wrong he had done, Old Zhou laughed angrily: "I really have done this, so what?"

Even though the chief auctioneer himself was present today, Zhou Ye still forced Huang Xiao to kneel down and apologize!

Huang Xiao glared at Hong Feng with hatred, then glanced at Lin Zhao with a deep look. As if he had thought of something, he crushed a summoning talisman in his hand when Elder Zhou slightly reduced his pressure.

Lin Zhao saw this but said nothing.

She wanted to see what else this man, who was clearly plotting against her, could do.

Soon, a middle-aged man who walked slowly approached answered her question.

When Old Zhou saw the man, he sneered. The man waved his hand lightly, and Old Zhou's oppressive aura was neutralized. Huang Xiao also stood up, walked behind the middle-aged man, and whispered something to him.

The middle-aged man had a refined and handsome face, but his eyes revealed a calculating look. He glanced at Lin Zhao and smiled, "I wonder what the relationship is between this young lady and Miss Hong? I am Yang Tuo, the chief auctioneer of Yehuang Auction House. I previously asked Huang Xiao to act as a matchmaker for me to bring Miss Hong and Young Master Chen together, but I didn't expect to see Miss Hong here. It seems that my plan has backfired and caused a bit of an accident."

With just a few words, this person twisted Huang Xiao's cover-up and Chen Ze's robbery into his well-intentioned matchmaking and a clumsy attempt, completely absolving himself of responsibility while implying they were ungrateful. No wonder Huang Xiao, that brainless idiot, could rise to a hall master position at Yehuang Auction House; it turns out he had a powerful backer.

Lin Zhao sneered: "Matchmaking? Does Master Yang mean that Young Master Chen brought several Nascent Soul stage cultivators to block my senior sister from entering the sect, threatening her family to force her to go with him? Such matchmaking is not something that disciples of the Phoenix Medicine Sect can accept."

Yang Tuo caught a few words in Lin Zhao's words, glanced at Huang Xiao with displeasure, and roughly guessed Lin Zhao's identity: "Could it be that you are Marquis Wu'an, Lin Zhao, young lady?"

Lin Zhao said, "Young Master Lin Zhao of the Phoenix Medicine Sect, what advice do you have for me, Master?"

"My information was incorrect."

Upon learning that the other party was Lin Zhao, Yang Tuo sighed, seemingly in regret, while Huang Xiao's eyes flashed with malice.

Lin Zhao was clearly the culprit who forced Old Zhou to kneel down, and he would never let this woman go.

Knowing that Yang Tuo was recently looking for female cultivators again, he gave Yang Tuo information about Lin Zhao.

He had been with Yang Tuo for decades and was able to maintain Yang Tuo's favor by virtue of his skills in bed and by constantly finding beautiful women for Yang Tuo.

He vaguely knew that the female cultivators who followed Yang Tuo seemed to have disappeared, but Yang Tuo handled the matter very well, and he was only responsible for finding them.

So the moment he saw Lin Zhao, her beauty and temperament immediately gave him this idea, and after Old Zhou forced him to kneel down and apologize in front of everyone, this idea took root completely.

He was determined to make this woman suffer a terrible death.

However, regardless of her identity as Marquis of Wu'an, her status as a member of the Phoenix Medicine Sect, her status as a seventeen-year-old Nascent Soul cultivator, or her talent and strength in refining perfect seventh-grade pills, it was clear that if Yang Tuo dared to attack her, he would be courting death.

After Huang Xiao realized that Yang Tuo had given up his idea, his expression remained strange, and his malicious gaze lingered on Lin Zhao.

Lin Zhao naturally noticed his gaze, and after blocking Yang Tuo, she had no intention of letting him go: "Hall Master Huang, apologize to my senior sister."

Huang Xiao naturally refused. He had been arrogant and domineering for so many years. Hong Feng was just a wretched girl from a poor family. If it weren't for Lin Zhao, she would have been Chen Ze's plaything. How could she be worthy of his attention?
And you expect me to apologize?

But this time, his patron was not on his side either, and said to him indifferently, "Apologize to Miss Hong, Huang Xiao."

Huang Xiao gritted his teeth and met Yang Tuo's unyielding gaze. He could only say to Hong Feng, "It's my fault. I'm sorry, Miss Hong."

Lin Zhao observed him and said, "Speak louder, be more sincere."

Huang Xiao's fists clenched so tightly they cracked. Hong Feng wanted to persuade Lin Zhao to let it go, but Lin Zhao insisted on seeing Huang Xiao bowing deeply and apologizing, his eyes red, before saying to Elder Zhou, "Please trouble you to take my senior sister and me to see the person in charge."

She had already decided on some things, so there was no need to test them anymore.