"Mr. Qin, Pavilion Master Luo, you've arrived too!"
At this moment, someone who had been conversing with Ming Xuanyuan approached Qin Yi and Luo Dexuan, initiating a greeting.
Luo Dexuan looked at the person and replied, "Patriarch Zhuge, you're quite early!"
"Not really, just a few minutes before you!" Patriarch Zhuge looked at Qin Yi and asked, "Mr. Qin, did you and Pavilion Master Luo come together?"
"Mm."
Qin Yi nodded in response.
Seeing this, a complex look flashed in Patriarch Zhuge's eyes.
Previously, they had always wanted to befriend Qin Yi but had never found an opportunity. Now, seeing Luo Dexuan so close to Qin Yi, Patriarch Zhuge naturally felt a pang of envy.
"Pavilion Master Luo..."
Just then, Ming Xuanyuan walked over.
Upon seeing him, Luo Dexuan quickly cupped his hands and said, "Protector Ming!"
Although Ming Xuanyuan was only the fourth-ranked figure in Miaobao Pavilion, and Luo Dexuan was the pavilion master of Iron Wire Fist Hall, a leader of a faction, Miaobao Pavilion was far stronger than Iron Wire Fist Hall. Therefore, Luo Dexuan was quite courteous to Ming Xuanyuan.
Ming Xuanyuan, accompanied by Xiang Zuo and Xiang You, greeted Luo Dexuan. His gaze then shifted to Qin Yi, "This young friend looks unfamiliar, I don't seem to have seen him before. May I ask..."
Before Luo Dexuan could answer, Patriarch Zhuge interjected, "Protector Ming, this is Qin Yi, who shone brilliantly at the martial arts exchange meeting in Nan Province not long ago, crushing the arrogant spirit of Bushido!"
"Oh!"
Upon hearing this, the eyes of Ming Xuanyuan, Xiang Zuo, and Xiang You lit up, and they couldn't help but look at Qin Yi a few more times.
They had naturally heard about the Nan Province martial arts exchange meeting. However, due to the poor development of the Nan Province martial arts world and the weakness of its various factions, they hadn't paid much attention!
Ming Xuanyuan and the other two quickly regained their composure and said politely, "As expected, a hero emerges from youth! Young Friend Qin, to defeat a Bushido master at such a young age, your future is boundless!"
Qin Yi, sensing that these were mere pleasantries, didn't say anything, merely offering a faint smile in response.
Afterward, Ming Xuanyuan did not linger to chat with Qin Yi and the others, and instead moved on to greet other guests.
As soon as Ming Xuanyuan and his group left, Patriarch Zhuge pulled Luo Dexuan aside and scanned the assembled guests, asking, "I wonder if Wudaōzi will be here?"
Luo Dexuan followed his gaze and scanned the people around the platform. Not seeing Wudaōzi, he shook his head, "I don't know!"
"By the way, Old Luo, last time Bushido was annihilated by Zhongnan Mountain, Wudaōzi demanded things from the various factions in our Nan Province martial arts world, but then suddenly stopped... I'm puzzled about what Wudaōzi was thinking!" Patriarch Zhuge said with a puzzled expression.
Hearing this, Luo Dexuan looked at Patriarch Zhuge and said, "Brother Zhuge, have you forgotten what I told you on the phone last time? The annihilation of Bushido had nothing to do with Zhongnan Mountain. It was Mr. Qin who did it!"
"The reason Wudaōzi changed his mind and dared not demand things from us was because Mr. Qin personally went to Zhongnan Mountain, found Wudaōzi, and exposed his lie! That's why Wudaōzi had to change his mind and couldn't demand anything from us anymore!"
"!!!"
Patriarch Zhuge froze in place.
Last time, when he called Luo Dexuan, the latter had indeed said that the annihilation of Bushido had nothing to do with Zhongnan Mountain and that Qin Yi was responsible.
But at that time, he had dismissed it as Luo Dexuan joking and hadn't believed it.
Now that Luo Dexuan was saying it to his face, and with such a serious expression and tone, not joking at all, his mood suddenly became a little complicated.
Could it be that Bushido was indeed destroyed by Qin Yi, and Zhongnan Mountain was not involved?
Patriarch Zhuge couldn't help but turn his head to look at Qin Yi, who was standing beside him.
Qin Yi felt Patriarch Zhuge's gaze but paid it no mind. His sole focus now was on whether Miaobao Pavilion was involved in Xu Jingliang's robbery!
Qin Yi also released his senses, carefully observing his surroundings.
If there was a five-thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum here, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the air would surely be unusual.
However, after Qin Yi released his senses and carefully scanned the area around the platform for several hundred meters, he found no anomalies.
Under these circumstances, Qin Yi became even more bewildered!
Could it be that Miaobao Pavilion's claim of finding a five-thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum was false? Or perhaps, that Ganoderma lucidum was not here at the moment, but had been placed elsewhere by Ming Xuanyuan and the others, and had not yet been brought over?
Just as Qin Yi was racking his brain, his phone rang.
He took it out and saw it was Xiong Zhentian calling. Qin Yi answered, "Hello?"
"Mr. Qin, we've found something..."
Xiong Zhentian immediately said, "The surveillance footage in Heyuan Town captured the two people who robbed Xu Jingliang. They've sent it to my phone. Shall I forward it to you?"
"Okay, send it to me immediately!" Qin Yi said.
After hanging up, Xiong Zhentian wasted no time and quickly sent several surveillance photos to Qin Yi.
Qin Yi opened them, and his expression instantly changed!
Because, in the photos sent by the other party, the two people were Xiang Zuo and Xiang You, who were accompanying Ming Xuanyuan.
At that moment, Qin Yi looked into the distance at Xiang Zuo and Xiang You, who were following Ming Xuanyuan around greeting people, and his eyes narrowed slightly!
It really was them!
The people from Miaobao Pavilion were bullies and robbers who preyed on ordinary people!
If that was the case, then the five-thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum Miaobao Pavilion announced they were going to auction must be the one they had robbed from Xu Jingliang!
A millennium-old Ganoderma lucidum was being hyped as a five-thousand-year-old one...
Miaobao Pavilion certainly had a knack for this.
Having confirmed it was Xiang Zuo and Xiang You, Qin Yi had no intention of exposing them immediately.
Currently, he didn't sense the Ganoderma lucidum nearby. If he rashly confronted them now and they denied it, what then?
Therefore, Qin Yi decided to wait. He would wait until the auction began, see the Ganoderma lucidum, and then expose Miaobao Pavilion's deception and retrieve the Ganoderma lucidum that rightfully belonged to Xu Jingliang.
As the time neared twelve o'clock, more and more martial artists arrived.
To Qin Yi's surprise, with about fifteen minutes left until noon, a white car stopped outside, and a stunning figure stepped out.
Upon seeing her, Qin Yi was immensely surprised.
A moment later, she entered and walked directly towards Qin Yi.
As she approached, Qin Yi asked, "Group Leader Xue, you're here too!"
Indeed, the person was Xue Qiao'er.
"I was originally going to Hai City to find you, and I suddenly heard that Miaobao Pavilion was holding an auction here today, so I came..." Xue Qiao'er said. "I guessed you would be around! And I was right!"
"You were looking for me?" Qin Yi asked, puzzled. "What do you need me for this time?"