Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“So this is the so-called sage that Qin Tian found?” Tan Dong asked with a face full of scorn.
Qin Yuan nodded. “Yes, and everything will go smoothly.”
Tan Dong burst out laughing as if he had just heard a joke. “Elder Qin, just leave this matter to me. I’ll take care of it. My one fist can shatter this old man into pieces!”
With that, Tan Dong started eyeing Xue An. He was looking for an opportunity to demonstrate how powerful he was but was a little disappointed to see that Xue An was indifferent. It seemed like Xue An was not even paying attention to anything he was saying.
The contempt in his heart grew.
As a martial arts practitioner, the most important thing was the cultivation of the Qi in his heart.
This was what was meant by the saying “holding on to one’s principles when one is in extreme poverty and not succumbing to power when one is at a disadvantageous situation”.
It also meant that one should not over-react to any situation. Otherwise, no matter how great one’s skills might be, it would still cause a depreciation of one’s vigor and spirit.
But it seems that no matter how many times he provoked Xue An, there was no reacting at all.
This must be an act of cowardice!
Feeling that Xue An did not pose any threat to him at all, Tan Dong cast his gaze outside.
The auction had already begun.
Qin Tian and Liu Shou were sitting in a corner.
The auction began with unremarkable pieces of jewelry, and as such Qin Tian and Qin Yuan did not bother to make any bids.
It was about halfway through the auction when someone brought a box up to the stage.
The auctioneer began his speech: “What I’m going to present to all of you next, is a strange item. It’s something that a tourist accidentally stumbled upon deep inside a mountain. It’s a mysterious item and we don’t even know what this thing is used for. Let’s take a look!”
Having said that, he opened the mysterious box.
Inside was a small sapling that looked withered.
This stirred up a commotion among the audience and many people could not help but burst out laughing.
“This thing here is a mysterious treasure? Then there are a lot of treasures in my house!”
“Is this just a joke?”
But the sound of laughter slowly subsided because the sapling started to grow and sprout at a rate that was clearly visible to the naked eye. All of a sudden, it was blossoming and bearing fruits, all at a very fast speed.
This entire scene seemed like a miracle sent by god, and it rendered many people speechless.
Xue An could see everything clearly from inside the villa. And he could not help but feel his heart skip a beat.
That was actually a Gentian.
It was a type of spirit herb that was considered to be a very common medicinal herb, but it only grew in places where there was Dragon Qi. It may be common, but it was also an indispensable thing that was a required ingredient for the refining of many types of pills.
Xue An never expected to see it on Earth.
At this moment, beneath the stage where he was seated, there was red flashing in Liu Shou’s eyes.
“That’s it!”
Liu Shou had been patiently waiting in Beijiang just for this particular treasure.
With it, Liu Shou would be able to break through this realm and even extend his life.
This was a great temptation that Liu Shou simply could not resist.
“Buy it,” Liu Shou ordered, in a cold and emotionless voice.
Qin Tian, who was always at Liu Shou’s beck and call, immediately began to bid.
At the same time, Xue An also signaled to Qin Yuan. “Buy it, quickly!”
Many other people were also placing their bids. After all, what they had just witnessed was magical and had piqued the interest of many rich men.
As time went on, the only two people that were still bidding on the item were Qin Yuan and Qin Tian.
The price of the auction kept rising until it was extremely high. By now, it was going for a hundred and ten million.
Who would have guessed that a small thing like a little tree sapling would be sold at such a ridiculously high price?
Many people were caught by surprise.
But it was also at this point when many people started to catch some inkling of what was really going on.
This was Qin Tian and Qin Yuan fighting and competing against each other.
Qin Yuan raised the price again.
Liu Shou finally could not hold himself back anymore. He stood up and flashed a threatening smile at the other cabin.
“Qin Yuan, are you asking for trouble?”
These words silenced the entire auction hall.
And then, Qin Yuan went to stand by the window of the cabin. With a smile, he said, “Why? Are you upset because you’re about to lose something that you can’t afford to buy?”
Liu Shou smiled wryly. “I wasn’t planning on making a big deal of this auction. But since you’re so intent on asking for a death sentence, you can’t blame me for what’s about to happen next.”
With that said, Liu Shou suddenly jumped out of his chair and charged at Qin Yuan.
He had a plan and it was now in motion. First, he would kill Qin Yuan, then he would run away with the Gentian.
But just as he reached the front of the room, Tan Dong appeared in front of him. “Just in time!”
Then a fist punched out forcefully.
Tan Dong might be getting on with age, but his martial arts skills have never deteriorated. His punch was so strong it sounded as if a firecracker had been set off in the house.
A smug smile appeared on Tan Dong’s face.
The loud bang was truly a priceless sound.
His punch was powerful enough to shatter stones, let alone human bones.
But the smile froze before it could disappear.
Because Liu Shou did not attempt to dodge the punch. Instead, he turned around and used his back to block the blow.
Bam!
A muffled sound.
Tan Dong felt as though this punch had landed on an already lifeless corpse. There did not seem to be anywhere for him to focus his force on.
He froze for a second while Liu Shou sneered at him. “That’s the best you got? Yet you still dare to stand in my way?”
Liu Shou swept his hand out in a horizontal direction.
Tan Dong tried his best to dodge but he was still hit by Liu Shou’s strike. In a flash, he was sent flying more than twenty steps back. He coughed up a mouthful of blood.
The fear Tan Dong felt was written all over his face. He stared at Liu Shou. “What… you’ve already ascended to the Realm of Patriarchs?”
Liu Shou stood proudly and said, “That’s right. If you die by my hands, you can consider it as your good fortune.”
Tan Dong looked around desperately.
The Realm of Patriarchs.
That was the realm that Tan Dong has always dreamed of entering.
It was only when one had stepped into the Realm of Patriarchs could he be regarded as a true patriarch.
Liu Shou reached out and squarely grabbed hold of Qin Yuan. Then with a cold smile, he said, “You should have long been dead in the first place. I wasn’t expecting some ignorant guy to come to your rescue. But now, no one can help you. You’ve reached the end of your life!”
“What’s the point in fighting and killing?” Xue An sighed softly, interrupting the fight that was going on. “Wouldn’t it be nicer to just sit down and have some tea?”
Tan Dong looked at Xue An as though he was looking at a fool. He could not decide whether this stranger was being stupid or being funny.
It was also at this time that Liu Shou took notice of Xue An. After taking a moment to look Xue An up and down, he gave a twisted smile and said, “What did you say?”
Xue An yawned and stretched lazily, then smiled as he lowered his head to speak to Xue Xiang and Xue Nian. “The two of you can go out with Auntie MengXue now. Go and have fun. Will that be okay?”
“Yes!”
Fan MengXue led the two little girls away.
Then Xue An coolly said, “I see you have some mediocre skills. But that doesn’t make you a sage.”
Liu Shou’s face turned livid with rage instantly and he glared at Xue An. “At first, I wanted to give you a quick death. But now I’ve changed my mind. I am going to torture you to death… bit by bit. And those two little girls, I will train them how to be women…”
The words that were supposed to come next were never spoken. Xue An had appeared right in front of him and then, with a completely expressionless face, had punched him.
How dare he actually threatened Xue Xiang and Xue Nian.
He should just die.
This punch seemed so ordinary; it even seemed a little slow.
But it was exactly a punch like this that Liu Shou could not hide from, even if he wanted to.
He discovered, to his greatest horror, that the flow of Qi in his entire body seemed to be completely blocked. He could not even move a muscle.
Boom!
The punch was earth-shattering and heaven-battering. It rippled out like a huge stone that disturbed the calm waters.
Liu Shou felt as though he had been hit by a dozen elephants. He was sent flying backward, with blood sputtering out of his mouth.
But that was not all.
The force of this punch was so powerful that it rippled out to the buildings behind.
Bam! Boom!
A loud, resounding bang echoed in the room.
The power of Xue An’s fist was so strong that a good chunk of the hall’s ceiling completely flew off.
Starlight from the sky shone down from the hole in the roof.
And fell upon every single dumbstruck face.