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"Mr Ye, did Xu Han'dong really not experience any grudges with you?" Suddenly thinking about something, Ding Bao's tone couldn't help but become nervous.

"No, I just came to chat with me this morning." Ye Xuan said, but his tone was bland.

However, when Ding Bao heard this, he had already guessed that it might be something related to Jiang Yuran. It was not convenient for him to ask any further questions, so he replied, "It's good that nothing happened.

"Isn't his relationship with Jiang Family quite good? And she even treats Yuran as if she were her own. " Ye Xuan said.

"Sigh, Mr Ye, you should know as well. If he doesn't have any permanent friends, if he, Xu Han'dong, wants to dominate the entire Haidong Province in the future, he will definitely have a conflict of interest with it." Ding Bao laughed bitterly, "Furthermore, his father-in-law is the former boss of the Jiangnan military region. Although he retired, there are still a lot of people from the same family who are still old, so there aren't many who can afford to offend him with Haidong."

"No wonder …" Ye Xuan nodded.

With this kind of father-in-law as his backing, Xu Han'dong couldn't help but feel that it was impossible for him to not develop.

Seeing that he wanted to interfere with Jiang Yi betrothing Jiang Yuran to him, it seemed that things weren't as simple as it seemed on the surface of relationships. If he arranged for his own people to marry Jiang Yuran, then it was very likely that his entire Jiang Family would fall into's control.

At this moment, Xu Han'dong had already imprinted the words "scheming" and "old fox" in Ye Xuan's heart.

"Oh right, Mr Ye, I personally wish to ask you for a favor." Ding Bao suddenly said carefully.

"What is it?"

There's still half a month before the leaders of all the cities in the northern part of Haidong sit together, divide up their areas of influence, and distribute benefits. In the past, there's always a competition on the sea, and all these years, the old man would ask for the help of one of his friends, an expert of his, but that expert suddenly passed away from an old injury not long ago. Ding Bao said and sighed.

"Because of this, the old man has always been worried. After the young miss's second uncle, Jiang Weiguo, found out about this, he took the initiative to recommend a young expert to him. But if the old man agrees to let Jiang Weiguo's people help him fight the competition, it would be equivalent to giving away all of his authority in Jiang Family."

After saying all that, Ding Bao's mouth was filled with a bitter taste.

Ye Xuan roughly knew what he wanted to say after hearing this, and asked: "Ding Bao, you were once the Underground King of Yan City, why didn't you help Elder Jiang fight?"

"Sigh, Mr Ye, you might not know this, but it is said that there are many experts in the arena battle, and there are even some experts in the martial arts world. Ding Bao laughed bitterly.

The last time he saw it, Ye Xuan fighting against over a hundred people of the Black Dragon Brotherhood by himself, made him respect them as a god. He was definitely much stronger than those experts of the martial world.

As for him, who used to be the king of the Yan City, he sounded mighty and mighty. However, once he was out of the Yan City, when placed on the large platform called Haidong Province, he was simply not worth mentioning and no one would put him in their eyes.

Everyone had crossed the sea, and had spent a great deal of money to hire various experts in national techniques, boxing, and Taekwondo from home and abroad. If Jiang Family only relied on him, Ding Bao, to keep it up, then it would have long failed to even protect the basic plate of Yan City.

"You want me to help the old man?" Ye Xuan asked, but in his heart he thought that Elder Jiang must have owed him such a great favor, so he definitely would not send Ding Bao to invite him.

On the other hand, Ding Bao was extremely loyal to Jiang Yi and told him about this in private.

"Mr Ye, if you are willing to help, that would be for the best." Ding Bao's tone became excited, "Actually, the Old Master has already invited a tyrant from the province, but I'm afraid that Martial Cultivator s with inner strength are not enough, so I wanted to invite you to suppress them."

"I also want to meet the other inner strength experts. When the time comes, I'll go help Elder Jiang." Ye Xuan readily agreed.

"When the time is up, I will inform Mr Ye!" Hearing that, Ding Bao was overjoyed.

After understanding Xu Han'dong's situation, Ye Xuan walked to the outdoor platform on the third floor of the villa and started to cultivate quietly.

Now that Ye Xuan had completely grasped the Qi-gathering Arts and had cultivated the surrounding spirit energy to the perfection stage, he could faintly feel that he was under the shackles, unable to break through any further.

Obviously, the cultivation method written on this piece of Qi-gathering Arts was still too shallow, and was not enough for Ye Xuan to progress further.

It was just that in this world, it was too difficult to find another Qi Refining mantra, and he had no way of knowing where to start.

Standing up, he realized that Zhang Min had called him multiple times, it was just that his cultivation was just too godly, and he did not realise it.

When he directly called back, Zhang Min's beautiful voice could be heard from the other side: "Ye Xuan, the first antiques auction is going to be held tonight, why don't we go together?"

"Alright."

Ye Xuan immediately took a shower, and met her at Zhang Min's home, then rushed to the location of the antique auction.

The antique market of Yan City was very popular, so every year's auction would be held at the Zhang Family's antique market in the northern district of the city.

According to Zhang Min's introduction, the Haidong Province mainly consisted of the four great ancient families, the Zhang Family had always been rooted in the Yan City, the other three families were Luo Family, Wan Family, and Ning Family, and each family had their own forces spread out around the Yan City in a few cities and counties.

After arriving at the Zhang Residence Auction House, there was an old man waiting at the door.

"This is Zhang Gu, Uncle Gu, a master of antiques from the Zhang family. He is also a noble who brought me into the antiques industry." Zhang Min introduced with a smile.

"Miss Zhang is too polite. If it wasn't for your father, I wouldn't be here today." The old man called Zhang Gu sighed and said, "May I know who this is?"

"Uncle Gu, he's my partner. His name is Ye Xuan." Zhang Min said as she looked at Ye Xuan.

Zhang Gu nodded, and then led the two in.

Back then, Zhang Min's father saved him in the midst of trouble, so he too felt grateful and was extremely polite to Zhang Min. However, in his heart, she knew that Ye Xuan was a suitor for Zhang Min, and he had seen too many people like him.

Therefore, Zhang Gu did not give Ye Xuan any face at all.

"The antiques at this auction are collected from all over the world by the Four Great Clans." As Zhang Gu walked, he introduced the items displayed in the Exhibition Hall to Zhang Min.

"This is a witch's pendant from northern Europe. It is said that it will bring unpredictable luck to the wearer."

"This is an ancient jade found in the tomb of an aristocrat during the Three Kingdoms period. It is said that a large number of military officers of the Golden University died in order to obtain it."

"This is an ancient sword of the Tang Dynasty."

"This is …"

The entire hall was filled with all kinds of antiques, and they were about to be auctioned off, greatly gaining the favor of the upper echelons of Yan City.

Zhang Gu was very complacent when he introduced them, the history behind the introductions seemed like it was all his own. Each of them had a huge background with a mysterious background, causing Zhang Min to continuously nod his head, an expression of admiration on his face.

"Ye Xuan, what do you think of all these?" Zhang Min asked expectantly.

Ye Xuan opened his eyes and scanned through, then gently shook his head and said: "These are all normal antiques, there's nothing mystical about them."

With his discerning eyes, he naturally could see that these antiques did not release Treasure Qi s. The so-called mysteries, legends, and curses were just baseless rumors and stories, and there were even many fakes and fakes.

Zhang Gu was displeased to hear it. This was something that had been painstakingly searched all over the world by the Haidong Province and the four great ancient families, yet it was rejected by a little kid who was only in his early twenties. How could he feel comfortable?

As an antique master, Zhang Gu immediately thought of showing Ye Xuan some colors, then smiled and said to Zhang Min: "Miss Zhang, the real treasure is over here, please follow me."

"Really?" Zhang Min excitedly followed. When she arrived at the second floor of the exhibition hall, she was immediately attracted by the items placed on the stage in the center.

It was a colourful bead that was stored in a glass box. However, if one looked closely, they would see that it was more like a bloody eyeball. It was very mysterious and strange.

Zhang Min's expression could not help but sink into confusion. Only when Ye Xuan gently shook her shoulders did he come back to his senses, and said in shock: "This is the treasure that is being auctioned?"

"That's right." Zhang Gu laughed complacently.

When he looked at Ye Xuan, he saw that Ye Xuan's expression did not change in the slightest.

The moment an ordinary person saw this bead, they would be attracted by its mysterious power, as if they had fallen into a whirlpool, and only after a long time would they come to their senses.

Just now, Zhang Min had fallen into a state of confusion, but Ye Xuan was fine. To be able to wake Zhang Min up, this made Zhang Gu feel weird.

"This pearl was found in an ancient city deep in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is a divine object that the natives worship, with the divine ability to regulate wind and water, to avoid danger. For so many years, that small island has been smooth sailing, but was later robbed by pirates. When Zhang Gu introduced himself, his tone carried a trace of arrogance.

"It is indeed extraordinary." Zhang Min praised.

After Zhang Gu heard this, his smile became even wider.

He was all smiles as he looked at Ye Xuan, only to see Ye Xuan shaking his head slightly. His face turned cold as he said: "Mr Ye doesn't seem to be interested in our Zhang Family's treasures?"

"Hehe, in my opinion, this is not a true treasure, but an evil being." Ye Xuan said with a serious face.

This was because when he looked through the perspective of the eye, he discovered that the bead was filled with dense black air, just like the Black Light that he had seen on top of people's heads.

This black aura was very likely to be the opposite of the Treasure Qi, it was also something that could bring calamity to people.

"What?" After Zhang Gu heard this, a wave of anger rushed out from the bottom of his heart.

This kid is so young, what does he know about antiques? Isn't it just coveting Zhang Min's beauty, wealth, and coming with her?

Furthermore, if Zhang Min did not bring him here, this brat did not even have the qualifications to look at these antiques.

Thinking to this point, Zhang Gu couldn't help but sneer: "Even this Precious Bead isn't worthy of being in Mr Ye's eyes. I wonder what is the true treasure in your eyes?"