The great leader, hearing Huang Daoren's words, asked with great curiosity, "Which powerful opponent are you referring to?"
Huang Daoren replied, "This person is named Shen Ruobing, a formidable businesswoman in C City's commercial sector. It can be said that she possesses a certain renown in the furniture industry!"
"Ah, wasn't it rumored that Shen Ruobing had withdrawn from the furniture industry?"
"I don't think so. I only heard that she left C City and retreated to the countryside!"
"I heard that Shen Ruobing comes from a family of artisan cultivators. If she has gone into seclusion, it must be for cultivation!"
"If Shen Ruobing emerges this time, she will undoubtedly bring exquisite furniture. It will be very difficult for ordinary exhibitors to win against her at this furniture exhibition!"
For a moment, the exhibitors below the stage, as well as some people familiar with Shen Ruobing, began to discuss animatedly.
The great leader, listening to the discussions from below, couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is Shen Ruobing here? Could you please introduce her so everyone can meet her!"
"Shen is here!" At this moment, a clear and beautiful voice came from behind the crowd.
In a flash, Shen Ruobing parted the throng. Her appearance, along with her exquisite beauty, instantly stunned everyone present.
"Heavens, is this Shen Ruobing? She looks like an immortal who has descended to the mortal realm!" Especially those who had interacted with her before were dumbfounded.
Had she been researching beauty treatments during her period of absence from C City?
"Master, you have worked hard!" Shen Ruobing approached Cheng Xiaofan and bowed deeply.
Her bow caused everyone present to be taken aback.
This young man, so young, was actually… Shen Ruobing's master?
How had they never heard of her having such a master before?
No wonder this young man had confronted Huang Daoren!
After all, the young man was Shen Ruobing's master. He must have seen that Huang Daoren had tampered with the furniture exhibited by the Lu family, and that was why he had flown into a rage and beaten Huang Daoren.
One was Shen Ruobing's master, and the other was Lu Xiaofei's master. The two masters fighting could only be for the sake of their disciples.
There was nothing wrong with that!
It was just that the young man was superior and had beaten Huang Daoren to the point of crying for help.
It was likely that Huang Daoren, frightened by the young man, had finally begun to speak the truth.
Just as everyone was letting their imaginations run wild and coming up with their own conjectures, the great leader shifted his gaze from Shen Ruobing to Cheng Xiaofan.
The great leader asked with a smile, "Young man, I didn't expect you to have such an outstanding disciple at such a young age. Can you tell me your name?"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled faintly and said, "My name is Cheng Xiaofan!"
The great leader was stunned. "Hmm, this name sounds familiar. It seems Hua Sheng from the overseas liaison office mentioned you to me."
Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, "If Old Hua mentioned me to you, then it's definitely me. I was invited by the overseas liaison office to treat Meilina."
"Ah, so you are the divine doctor Cheng invited by the overseas liaison office!"
The great leader excitedly ran down from the stage and clasped Cheng Xiaofan's hand tightly, saying, "Divine Doctor Cheng, it is a great honor to meet you!"
Cheng Xiaofan immediately withdrew his hand from the great leader and said, "Excuse me, this is the site of the furniture exhibition. My current identity is Shen Ruobing's master, an exhibitor. I don't wish to associate with anyone here. Let's not get too chummy."
His words immediately earned a round of applause from the audience.
Wu Kebao's face turned ashen. He knew he was completely finished today.
Having accepted a bribe of five million from Lu Guangtao, he would likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
"Divine Doctor Cheng, you are absolutely right!" The great leader immediately withdrew his hand and returned to the stage to sit down.
He then put on a serious expression and asked Huang Daoren, "Huang Daoren, now that all the exhibitors are here, tell everyone truthfully, what technical treatments did you apply to the furniture exhibited by the Lu family?"
"I..." Huang Daoren, thinking of the forbidden techniques he had used on the Lu family's exhibited furniture, panicked and stammered, unable to speak.
He feared that once he revealed it, he would incur the wrath of the crowd and be beaten again.
There was a chance he might lose his life.
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled, placed his hands heavily on his shoulders, and patted them twice. "Huang Daoren, if you dared to do it, what is there to be afraid of saying?"
"Speak up and let everyone broaden their horizons!"
"Keeping it inside will kill you!"
"I'll say it, I'll say it! I'll confess honestly!"
Thinking that his internal organs were still sealed by Cheng Xiaofan's true qi layer by layer, Huang Daoren was terrified. "To ensure that the Lu family's exhibited furniture would win the championship, I applied the Soul Capturing Technique to those pieces of furniture!"
"What is the Soul Capturing Technique?" the great leader pressed.
Huang Daoren wiped the cold sweat from his face. "The Soul Capturing Technique is a forbidden evil art. Once this forbidden technique is applied to an object, anyone who sees it will experience instability in their spirit, mind, and energy, become attracted to the object, and even develop a strong sense of possessiveness."
Hearing his words, many people on stage and in the audience had subtle, almost imperceptible changes in their expressions.
After a long pause, the great leader said to Huang Daoren, "You have immense courage to use evil arts to deceive people!"
"I know I was wrong. It's all my fault for being greedy. Lu Guangtao promised me that if I could help his son win this furniture exhibition, he would give me ten million for my troubles!" Huang Daoren quickly said.
The great leader sneered and said indignantly, "Huang Daoren, you truly live up to your reputation as a Daoist skilled in evil arts. Even I was deceived. Looking at the Lu family's exhibited furniture, I thought it was truly the rarest and most exquisite in the world. It turns out it was all an illusion!"
He immediately declared, "Someone, bring all the furniture exhibited by the Lu family here!"
With the great leader's decree, everyone present knew that the Lu family's championship was over.
Lu Xiaofei, seeing that the situation was not good, tried to slip away. However, police officers appeared and quickly apprehended him.
Soon, security guards brought over all the furniture exhibited by the Lu family.
However, from the outside, the furniture still looked exquisite and very beautiful. A single glance was enough to be captivated.
"Huang Daoren, immediately remove the forbidden techniques from these pieces of furniture and show everyone the true appearance of the Lu family's exhibited furniture!" the great leader said coldly.
At this moment, Huang Daoren's face turned ashen.
The sweat on his forehead streamed down as if he had been caught in the rain.
Seeing him hanging his head in silence, the great leader asked in annoyance, "What, you're unwilling to remove the forbidden techniques from the furniture?"
Huang Daoren hurriedly replied, "It's not that I'm unwilling to remove them. It's just that after I remove them, anyone who has been captivated by the furniture will vomit blood!"