Qin Feng

Qin Feng is the middle-aged owner of Consolidating Equipment Shop 77 in Fei Li City's Jewel Master Trading Center. He is a merchant who hosts Zhou Weiqing's public contest with Yun Li, not a fighter in the Ruffian or Peerless Battalion; the supplied corpus contains no later military identity for him.

Biography

Turning a risky stall into Shop 77's opportunity

Qin Feng meets Zhou while explaining how Consolidating Equipment Masters recruit Followers. Shop 77 is close to failure because Yun Li's presence at neighboring Shop 76 has drawn away its customers, so Qin accepts Zhou's claim to be a remarkably young Mid Level Consolidating Equipment Master and lets him establish a competing stall. The decision risks Qin's reputation if Zhou is lying, but three pairs of Heavenly Jewels make the claim credible. Qin supplies signs, staff, paper, and ink, defends Zhou against the neighboring owner, and then watches the apparent publicity stunt become a genuine contest between talented Masters. (Chapters 55–56)

As Zhou's scroll production proves exceptional, Qin immediately recognizes that a future relationship matters more than short-term sales. He gives Zhou and Yun Li his private upstairs room for the secret stages of their wager, stays outside, and prevents even an anxious Shangguan Bing'er from breaking the privacy he promised. Zhou conceals Yun Li's defeat and asks Qin to announce an overall draw; Qin accepts the public result and uses it to invite customers and potential Followers into Shop 77. After Zhou returns from a second private wager, Qin rapidly assembles a large materials order, sells it for 260,000 gold coins—identified as approximately cost price—and promises both Masters future necessities on the same terms. The contest revives shop traffic enough that their association itself becomes his profit. (Chapters 57–58, 61)

Appearance and personality

Qin Feng is described only as a middle-aged man; the corpus gives no further account of his face, build, or clothing. His two-storey premises provide more visual detail than he does: the private room is carefully furnished and carpeted with matching Heavenly Beast fur, marking him as an established trader despite the shop's recent business crisis. (Chapters 55, 57)

He is commercially alert, cautious, and adaptable. Qin worries about fraud and reputation, yet understands that refusing every risk will leave his expensive shop empty. Once Zhou supplies evidence, he commits fully, provides materials free when publicity will repay the cost, and quickly converts the event into customer traffic. He is also discreet: curiosity does not make him enter the private contest room or openly challenge the convenient stories of two successive “draws.” (Chapters 55–58, 61)

Abilities and cultivation

The supplied corpus does not identify Qin Feng as a Jewel Master, Consolidating Equipment Master, or combatant, and it assigns him no Heavenly Energy stage, Personal Jewels, Stored Skills, or Consolidated Equipment. His expertise is commercial. He understands Follower contracts and the status hierarchy of Consolidating Equipment Masters, can source common paper and ink materials quickly, maintains long-established stock, and judges when a talented customer is worth cost-price treatment. (Chapters 55–56, 61)

That expertise has clear limits. Qin can recognize the implications of Zhou's speed and age, but he is not qualified to evaluate every secret design or infer the hidden results of the wagers. His role is to provide materials, premises, privacy, and a public platform while the actual Masters determine the technical outcome. (Chapters 57–58, 61)

Relationships

• Zhou Weiqing: Qin begins by taking a calculated risk on Zhou's claim, then becomes an accommodating supplier after witnessing his ability. Zhou's contest rescues Shop 77's traffic, while Qin gives him materials, privacy, and favorable prices.
• Yun Li: Yun Li's association with Shop 76 first causes Qin's business crisis. After the contest, Qin treats him alongside Zhou as an honored Master and offers both the same cost-price access.
• Shangguan Bing'er: Bing'er watches the contests from Qin's side. He shares her concern for Zhou but stops her from violating the privacy promised to the competitors.

Items

• Shop 77 inventory: Qin owns a long-established stock of Consolidating Paper, ingredients for Consolidating Ink, and other common Jewel Master supplies. This is business inventory rather than a named personal artifact, and no individual item receives a signature description. (Chapters 56, 61)