Urban Supreme Medical Saint
Chapter 139 - 138: Xu Zhenhua’s conspiracy! (First update!)_1

Chapter 139: Chapter 138: Xu Zhenhua’s conspiracy! (First update!)_1

At this moment, Zhou Chenglong’s face was pale, devoid of his previous arrogance.

Perhaps due to the special nature of Elder Wan’s elixir, it took a few minutes before Zhou Chenglong slowly woke up. As soon as he tried to move his body, he was held in place by the expert beside him.

"You shouldn’t make any major movements for now, else I can’t guarantee that your Dantian won’t be affected."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chenglong nodded his head and turned his gaze towards Ruan Feilong, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

Though it was not Ruan Feilong who injured him, that man indirectly led to his own demise! For such a mortal, death is a must!

At the same time, a flash of determination appeared in Zhou Chenglong’s eyes. He had to find out the origins of this bracelet! Such a powerful artifact must belong to him alone!

Simply because those insignificant people do not deserve to possess it!

As for the bracelet on Elder Wan’s hand, it remains to be seen whether he alone can hold onto it!

Suddenly, Zhou Chenglong felt a pair of eyes on him from the second-floor balcony. He turned his gaze and saw Ren Feifan standing there, nonchalantly.

At that moment, Ren Feifan had a faint smile on his face as he had just finished flirting with Xu Shihan and Ye Qingcheng, feeling naturally delighted.

However, that smile, in Zhou Chenglong’s eyes, was nothing short of infinite mockery!

"Ren Feifan! You trash dare to mock me!"

At this moment, a raging fire burned in Zhou Chenglong’s heart. In his injured state, he found everyone irksome, especially Ren Feifan!

Simply because he laughed!

Ren Feifan, on the far-off second floor, naturally noticed the cold, murderous intent in Zhou Chenglong’s gaze, and his smile suddenly froze.

Could it be that this fellow has discerned that I was the one who refined the bracelet?

Ren Feifan quickly dismissed this idea. If Zhou Chenglong truly knew the origins of the bracelet, he wouldn’t have been so eager to intervene.

It seemed that he, without rhyme or reason, had become the scapegoat for Zhou Chenglong’s frustrations.

Given Zhou Chenglong’s murderous intent, it seemed that he might not be able to resist taking action soon.

But... could he?

Zhou Chenglong, how long do you think you can still live?

A day?

Two days?

Or three years?

No! As long as I want you dead...

Even if the entire Hidden Gate is behind you, I, Ren Feifan, will kill without mistake!

Ren Feifan suddenly erupted with strong Evil Qi, causing Zhou Chenglong to momentarily freeze.

"This guy actually wants to kill me too?"

Zhou Chenglong quickly dismissed this as a ludicrous idea. Given Ren Feifan’s cultivation, which was at most of the Huang Rank Realm, how could he possibly kill him? Not to mention that Zhou Chenglong had the experts from the Outer Hidden Sect backing him!

The powerful Evil Qi did not escape Elder Wan’s notice. Lifting his eyes, he naturally saw Ren Feifan.

For some unknown reason, despite being a Profound Extreme Realm expert, he couldn’t see through Ren Feifan’s cultivation levels. In fact, Elder Wan had been paying attention to Ren Feifan from the start.

That was because Ren Feifan was the first one who discerned the value of the bracelet amidst so many people.

This was not an ordinary person; he would have to properly meet this young man.

...

Meanwhile, taking advantage of everyone’s focus elsewhere, Xu Zhenhua pulled He Daoming into a private room and closed the door tightly.

A puzzled He Daoming asked: "Old Xu, what are you doing?"

Xu Zhenhua walked to the door and placed his ear against it, listening for a moment to assure there was no one around. He then made a shushing gesture and asked: "What were you planning to auction off next?"

He Daoming was a bit lost due to Xu Zhenhua’s ambiguity and replied, "Didn’t we agree on this before? If the bracelet sells, we would proceed to auction the other one..."

His voice trailed off when he caught on to what Xu Zhenhua was implying. He stared wide-eyed at Xu Zhenhua in front of him!

He finally realized what Xu Zhenhua was up to - he wanted to take the other bracelet for himself!

"Old Xu, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Xu Zhenhua’s eyes were unusually serious as he explained, "You’ve seen the value of the bracelet as well, but only a few people know about the other one being auctioned. Thus..."

"So you plan to seize it?" He Daoming was taken aback and said with great shock. The act of seizing was a major taboo in auctions!

If people found out about this, it would completely tarnish their reputation!

Xu Zhenhua shook his head and instead asked, "Are you sure this bracelet was provided by the Ye family?"

He Daoming nodded and whispered, "To be precise, it was given to me by Ye Qingcheng, but it does seem a bit strange for the Ye family to auction off such an against-the-heavens thing. If people outside found out about this, it would definitely incite panic!"

At the mention of Ye Qingcheng’s name, Xu Zhenhua’s expression tightened. He found a seat and sat down, lightly tapping his fingers on the table as he muttered, "Something is not right about this. The Ye family might have experts but they definitely don’t have this sort of foundation. I guess the Ye family didn’t even know the value of the bracelet! But now that they know, I think we could have a talk with the Ye family."

He Daoming was dumbfounded but it seemed plausible!

"So, your plan is to stop the auction of the other bracelet and return it to the Ye family?" He Daoming asked again.

Xu Zhenhua shook his head and leaned over to whisper into He Daoming’s ear, "We’ve been friends for decades, practically inseparable. I’ll tell you this, but I hope you can keep it a secret for me - I plan to keep this bracelet! And then give the Ye family another identical one."

He Daoming was stunned, his body even becoming rigid. Xu Zhenhua was playing with fire!

If Ye family discovered this switch, the Xu family would undoubtedly be disgraced and expelled from the Jiangnan Province community!

He kindly reminded him, "Old Xu, you can’t do this, the Ye family is no paper tiger."

"I’ve made up my mind, you don’t need to say anything further. I think whether the Xu family can reclaim their top position in Jiangnan Province may all lie within this bracelet!"

...

After a considerable interruption, the auction finally continued. Perhaps due to the sudden appearance of the bracelet, everyone was somewhat distracted and the originally highly anticipated auction items did not fetch high prices.

During the entire second half of the auction, only two items fetched high prices - a pill called the Vitality Creation Pill and an ancient book, the Flowing Water Sword Technique. The rest of the items were just mediocre, until the appearance of the last item.

Ren Feifan clearly understood that from the three items that Ye Qingcheng stressed upon in the morning, the pill and the book have already been auctioned off. Hence, what was left was the brocade box, the item Elder Ye wanted the most.

Suddenly, Ren Feifan seemed to have realized something. He had definitely auctioned off two bracelets, but only one had been auctioned so far!

What’s happening?

Ren Feifan immediately turned his gaze towards Ye Qingcheng. Did Ye Qingcheng keep one for herself?

At that moment, Ye Qingcheng and Elder Ye’s attention were completely fixated on He Daoming’s hand since the item he was about to auction was their primary objective for the trip!

Seeing Ye Qingcheng so focused, Ren Feifan shook his head, putting the bracelet incident at the back of his mind and turned his gaze back to the auction on the first floor.

He Daoming straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, gently placed the brocade box on the table, and announced: "This is the final auction item and also the most essential one in the second half of the auction. Inside the brocade box is half a key. It is said that if the three complete keys are gathered, they can open a certain mysterious place. Where this mysterious place is, I do not know."

"As for what material this key is made of, I do not know. Whether it hides any cultivating treasure, I still do not know. The world is so vast, I, He Daoming, am a mere mortal. There’s no need for me to keep gabbing. Finally, due to the uniqueness of this auction item, there is no starting bid, no minimum bid increment. The highest bidder gets the item!"