Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City-Chapter 412 Qingyang Town

Sun Xiong’s face immediately showed a hint of embarrassment as he awkwardly said to Su Qingyan, "When we first excavated that place, we indeed discovered a few ancient artifacts, and even had experts come over to appraise them. However, they couldn’t determine which era those artifacts were from; they only mentioned that it’s very likely that some ancient ruins existed there, but because so much time has passed, only a few artifacts remain."

"Later, the people from the Cultural Relics Bureau took away the artifacts. I used this opportunity to promote Qingyang Town. As for those so-called extraordinary and miraculous events, in fact, I made them up to attract people to visit. They are not to be taken seriously."

Upon hearing this, Su Qingyan obviously felt disappointed; she had thought she might actually see some miraculous phenomena.

Sun Xiong quickly added, "However, after several years of development, Qingyang Town has already become a very mature high-end resort. There are indeed many fun things inside, and you can even experience the feeling of being in an isolated paradise like Peach Blossom Land."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Since that’s the case, then please help us arrange it, Patriarch Sun."

Since Su Qingyan felt that she hadn’t had enough fun yet, he naturally needed to continue to take her out for more.

Su Qingyan also nodded her head. Even if she couldn’t see any miraculous sites, it would still be nice to relax and enjoy herself.

Sun Jingyi, standing to the side, quickly said, "I can be the tour guide!"

Chen Fan shook his head and said, "No need, the two of us will go by ourselves."

Sun Jingyi’s face immediately fell, feeling as though she was being rejected. However, thinking it over, if she went along with them, wouldn’t she just be a third wheel? Perhaps Immortal Master Chen was rejecting her because she would be in the way, so she dismissed the idea.

Seeing this, Sun Xiong revealed a smile, and said to Sun Jingyi, "Why go and disturb Immortal Master Chen and Lady Chen’s time together? You should just stay home and behave."

He then took out two beautifully crafted tickets with gold edging and an air of elegance from his clothes and handed them to Chen Fan, "Immortal Master Chen, these are the Exclusive Tickets for Qingyang Town, which entitle you to the highest level of treatment in the town."

Qingyang Town is focused on high-end tourism, so in order to make the wealthy feel that they are getting value for their money, the tickets were divided into five levels.

They are, in order of ascending prestige: Silver Ticket, Gold Ticket, Platinum Ticket, Diamond Ticket, and the top-level Exclusive Ticket.

The Silver Ticket is the cheapest, yet it also costs ten thousand yuan just for the basic services in Qingyang Town and the most rudimentary experience.

For every level above, the price increases by fifty thousand yuan, and the Exclusive Ticket in particular requires three hundred thousand yuan for just one.

Such prices are already exorbitant for ordinary people; after all, three hundred thousand yuan could be the down payment on a house for some, but for the wealthy, there is not much difference between three hundred thousand and three hundred.

Therefore, those who go to Qingyang Town are generally very affluent individuals.

Of course, most people only purchase Gold or Platinum Tickets, with very few opting for the Exclusive Ticket.

Chen Fan did not demur and took the two tickets.

"I will inform the person in charge at Qingyang Town to be at your service at all times. If there is any issue, you can directly contact the person in charge there," Sun Xiong said with a smile as he handed Chen Fan a business card.

After Chen Fan had taken the card, he said, "Then, thank you very much, Patriarch Sun."

Sun Xiong replied with a smile, "No need to thank me, Immortal Master Chen. It is truly an honor for you to take Lady Chen to visit Qingyang Town. I couldn’t be happier."

Su Qingyan, listening to Sun Xiong call herself Chen Fan’s wife, felt quite pleased with herself.

She smiled at Chen Fan and said, "From now on, please call me Lady Chen, you hear that?"

Chen Fan gave her a roll of his eyes, "That’s what others call you. I should call you my wife."

Su Qingyan blushed and stopped paying him any attention.

In the middle of the night.

Su Qingyan was deep in sleep when suddenly, a feeling of palpitations came over her, waking her up instantly.

She vaguely felt as though she was being targeted by something profound and mysterious, but the feeling disappeared just as quickly as it had appeared.

Confused, she drifted back to sleep as drowsiness overcame her once again, without giving it another thought.

...

Early the next morning.

Chen Fan and Su Qingyan didn’t bother the Sun family too much; after they got up, they took a taxi to the tourist service center for Qingyang Town in Luoyun City.

Because Qingyang Town was deep in the mountains, isolated from the world, it wasn’t easy to reach, so the Sun family had spent a huge sum of money to build a special train service from Luoyun City to Qingyang Town.

Therefore, tourists who purchased tickets to Qingyang Town had to first go to the tourist center to uniformly board the special train.

This was also a feature of the Qingyang Town tourism experience. As the train traveled between the mountains, passengers could enjoy many beautiful sceneries not seen at ordinary tourist sites.

When Chen Fan and Su Qingyan arrived at the tourist center, they found that many people were already in line at the ticket-checking area.

It seemed that there was no shortage of wealthy people in Huaxia.

In order to make passengers feel the value of the tickets they had bought, the Sun family divided the special train into five different carriages, each offering different levels of service.

However, no matter what class of ticket was held, everyone had to line up to get their tickets checked before entering the waiting platform, then queue up again to board the train.

Chen Fan and Su Qingyan joined the queue at the back of the line.

Su Qingyan’s face was lit with excitement, "They say Qingyang Town is like Peach Blossom Land, isolated from the outside world. Now I can finally experience the feeling of being removed from worldly conflicts."

Chen Fan smiled and nodded.

At that moment, a surprised shout came from behind them, "Chen Fan?"

Chen Fan turned around and saw a man and a woman appear behind him. They were in their late twenties—the man tall and muscular, the woman sultry and seductive.

The man who had called out to Chen Fan was the one speaking.

Chen Fan stared at the man for a moment, confusion flashing in his eyes, but it quickly dissipated as he remembered who the person was, "Cousin Shihao?"

Wang Shihao laughed, his tone reeking of contempt, "I can’t believe it’s really you. Who would have thought you’d be willing to come to a place like this, did you sell everything you own to buy a silver ticket just to see the world?"

This man was the nephew of Chen Fan’s mother, Wang Suyun, whom Chen Fan had only met when he was a child.

Wang Suyun hailed from the Wang family in Rongcheng, which had a certain level of power locally and was considered a fairly strong second-tier family with deep roots.

The Wang family had once wanted to use Wang Suyun to forge a marriage alliance with another family to gain benefits, but Wang Suyun was a person who refused to submit to fate and had already fallen in love with Chen Bahuang, Chen Fan’s father.

After a decisive move, Wang Suyun secretly registered their marriage with Chen Bahuang and followed him to Jiangcheng.

The Wang family was furious, vowing to disown Wang Suyun and reclaim all of her property.

Wang Suyun didn’t care. As long as she could be with the man she loved, she was willing to accept even a life of hardship.

Later, the couple settled in Jiangcheng, and Wang Suyun’s contact with the Wang family in Rongcheng was severed.

It wasn’t until Chen Fan was eight or nine years old that Wang Suyun took him to visit the Wang family.

However, upon their return, they didn’t receive a warm welcome from the Wang family and were ridiculed as country bumpkins facing cold disdain.

Although he was young at the time, Chen Fan could never forget the distaste of being looked down upon by everyone.

Especially Wang Shihao, who bullied Chen Fan almost every day during his visit because he thought Chen Fan’s clothes were too cheap. He considered him a little beggar and didn’t want such a poor relative in his family.

Reflecting on those past events, Chen Fan’s expression turned cold, but he still politely replied, "I didn’t expect to encounter you here. What a coincidence. Perhaps we can tour together."

Wang Shihao snorted, "Tour together? Don’t make me laugh. We bought the platinum tickets, and even if we’re going to the same place, you’re not qualified to hang out with us!"