Chapter 233
After all, even before the twenty-first century, not every member of those glorious and prosperous ancient martial arts families was able to successfully cultivate internal energy.
And since all the ancient martial arts families retreated to the ancient martial world, those family members who were unable to cultivate internal energy were all expelled from the ancient martial world.
Not only in the imperial capital, but also in Shanghai City and some other major cities, there were martial arts schools.
Most of these martial arts schools were opened by these people who had been expelled from the ancient martial arts world.
There is also a small number that have gone to the Shaolin Temple to become monks.
The ancient healers, on the other hand, must have practised ancient martial arts.
This is because only with enough internal energy in their bodies can they perform more ancient needlework.
However, ancient healers only have the most basic ancient martial arts training, and cannot be equated with real ancient martial artists.
On the contrary, because of the refining of rare herbs and the testing of medicines, their bodies may not be as strong as those of ordinary people, and there are not a few who die at an early age.
Unless, of course, there really was someone who was a dual practitioner of ancient martial arts and ancient medicine.
Unfortunately, such a person basically does not exist.
For many years, neither the ancient medicine world nor the ancient martial arts world has produced a few.
To be a dual practitioner of ancient martial arts and ancient medicine, genius would not even be enough to describe it.
Therefore, in order to protect their family members, generations of ancient medicine families have been married to ancient martial arts families.
Whether it’s the ancient medicine community in China or the alchemy community on the O Continent, there is no major international power that will offend.
Anyone can fall ill at times, and only a divine doctor can pull himself back from the line of life and death.
The Dream Family, the only ancient medical family still active in the imperial capital.
But it was only people like Mu Heqing, Elder Nie and Nie Yi who knew that the Meng family played with ancient medicine, not Chinese medicine.
Although Mu Shenzhou was a member of the Mu family, he was not qualified to access the core of the imperial capital at all, so he was naturally not aware of it either.
Not to mention, Madam Mu, a housewife.
Ying Ziji closed her computer and came to be a little interested: “The family history of the Meng family, how long is it?”
Although quite a long time had pa*sed, she could still barely remember the names of a few of her apprentices.
She had one apprentice whose surname was Fu.
But it was possible that her apprentice had later changed his surname.
She had counted for this apprentice of hers at the time, and his name was not very good and would affect his fortune.
“It’s not short compared to the Mu family.” Fu Yun Shen nodded, “Less than two hundred years.”
Ying Ziji nodded slightly.
That didn’t seem to be her apprentice.
She would leave it alone.
“Mu Lao’s illness was always looked after by the Meng family before.” Fu Yun Shen faded, “Only it was never cured, and there were always after-effects.”
“After you cured Old Mu, the Meng family even moved to recruit you into their family.”
“No.” Ying Ziyi didn’t look up, “Old age.”
Fu Yunshen suddenly smiled, he got up, walked over and naturally rubbed her long soft hair.
A cynical tone.
“Little friend, how old are you here? Don’t steal my words.”
His light amber pupils shimmered and floated, like stars, bright and bright, floating emeralds and streamers.
When he looks at her, his eyes always soften unconsciously.
The hostility buried in the depths of his eyes is removed.
The only thing that remains is a bone-chilling tenderness.
The emerald fragrance of his body pours down faintly and lingers in her.
Ying Zidian’s hand pressing on the keyboard paused.
“It’s better not to go.” He added a bit of weariness to his brow, “What about brother, there are conflicts with the Meng family, if you go, what will I do?”
Ying Ziji was slightly surprised: “What kind of conflict?”
Fu Yunshen nestled back into the sofa, his eyes slightly narrowed: “Just because of something, he beat up a full member of their family and was hunted for a while.”
His tone of voice was lazy, with a different kind of sensuality.
The tone was light, as if he was talking about having another cup of tea of some sort.
“……”
Ying raised his phone, “There’s still an hour left, play the game online?”
Fu Yunshen didn’t refuse.
The two of them boarded the game and formed a team.
In the middle of controlling the game character, she looked up and raised her eyebrows to look at Fu Yunshen.
The man’s long, slender fingers glided across the screen, scattered, but precise each time he released the game character’s skills.
He was wearing a white shirt, which set off his upside-down face with a demonic air.
I’m afraid the director of ibi and the detective agents didn’t know until now that their top executive officer, was also on their wanted list.
**
The party was attended by all the celebrities in Shanghai, and naturally Fu’s family was also present.
After the dance, Su Ruan and Fu Yixian went to the side to rest.
She naturally saw Fu Yunshen, but it was just a glance.
When she didn’t know that it was because of Master Fu that Fu Yunshen was able to come in?
But Fu Yixian was different, he had a personal invitation.
One glance would tell who was more powerful.
“Xiao Ruan, you can sit here first.” Fu Yikhan, “I have something to discuss with dad.”
“You go ahead.” Su Ruan waved her hand, “I’ll be fine on my own.”
She also knew that there was an auction coming up next.
On the auction list was a necklace that she really liked and she planned to auction it off.
After Su Ruan ate a piece of snack, she saw the waiter who came over with a C*cktail and gave her eyes a beat.
She called out to the waiter and pointed to the tray, “Give me this.”
It was a very delicate glazed cup, to be more luxurious and also ancient in style.
The C*cktail inside, which was also specially mixed, was different from the other cups.
Su Ruan liked it right away.
The waiter was stunned, and he was busy saying, “Young Madam Fu, this is not-”
Su Ruan saw him not move and reached for it directly herself.
She elegantly took a sip of the C*cktail, and specifically left a red lip mark on the gla*s.
And then looked up, displeased: “Not what?”
The waiter was anxious: “This is a special cup for another guest, not provided by the hotel.”
“What exclusive or not exclusive?” Su Ruan laughed, “Is it hard to say that I don’t have the right to use a cup? If I like it, it’s mine.”
She had been spoilt growing up and was used to being arrogant, she didn’t see anything wrong with it.
The waiter was even more anxious; he didn’t know what to do.
It wasn’t until he saw the girl who had gone to fetch the cupcakes approaching that he finally found a lifeline: “Miss Ying, your cup ……”
“Oh, yours, huh?” Su Ruan recognised Ying Ziyi at once, arrogant tone, “Sorry for using your cup.”
She wanted to show Fu Yunshen that not everyone could compare to her.
Ying Zidian’s eyelashes dropped and she looked at it with little emotion, indifferently, “It’s dirty, throw it away.”
She had a cleanliness fetish, so she would always carry cutlery with her.
The smile on Su Ruan’s face froze.
Her face turned green little by little to an iron blue at the end, and she was so angry that she trembled: “You’re humiliating me?”
Ying Zidian yawned and inclined his head, “Sort of.”
“And you?” Su Ruan couldn’t calm down, she turned her head violently, the tips of her eyes were crimson, “Just to see her treat me like this?”
Fu Yunshen lazily lifted his eyelids and raised his chin, gesturing to the waiter at the side, “Give her a bill.”
The waiter took out the bill book he carried with him, wrote it down and handed it over to Su Ruan.
It was clearly written in black letters.
Delicate jade porcelain cup.
Price, half a million.
Su Ruan’s expression froze, and a blush of shame surfaced on her face, a manic one.
It was as if she had been slapped out of thin air, and it hurt hotly.
Admittedly, half a million was nothing to her, but this was a slap in her face.
A clear and distinct humiliation.
“Call the money over in ten minutes.” Fu Yunshen didn’t look at her again, “Don’t make me rush.”
Su Ruan directly cried out in anger, her fingers trembling, “Fu Yunshen, wait!”
She ran away crying.
“Luckily it wasn’t used.” Ying wiped her hands, “It’s quite disgusting.”
“It’s fine, I earned half a million for nothing.” Fu Yunshen laughed lightly, “It’s enough to buy a few thousand more.”
Of course they weren’t exquisite jade cups, they were wholesale items that Ying Zidian bought on Star.
Fifteen dollars a piece.
She didn’t skimp on food, but she didn’t care that much about the things she used.
A little is a little.
Ying Zidian pressed her head: “Let’s go over there.”
**
As the auction approached, the waiters had removed the tables and replaced them with seats.
Ying Zidian sat in the far corner and closed her eyes to recuperate.
The blue and white glazed red porcelain barn that Mu Heqing had asked her to buy was the penultimate lot, and it was still very early.
She had also looked at the auction list and there was nothing she needed.
Ten lots were quickly auctioned off and the highest one, a necklace, sold for nineteen million.
“The next item up for auction is a tulip.” On the stage, the auctioneer spoke, “A very rare hybrid variety, the bidding starts at ten thousand.”
Ying Ziji opened her eyes, her eyes abruptly certain.
She could see at a glance that it was not a tulip, but a snow lingzhi.
But because the snow lingzhi looked so much like a tulip, ordinary people couldn’t tell the difference.
Snow Lingzhi, a very rare herb, was able to cure a hundred poisons.
She had used it before.
Ying did not expect that there would still be snow lingzhi growing on Earth nowadays, when the resources are so scarce.
After thinking about it, she still raised her sign, “One million.”
This figure drew the attention of everyone present, and they were all a little stunned.
Mu Shenzhou glanced at the expression of the man next to him.
He knew that the Dream Family had come this time for this auction item.
But it was impossible to get them to spend a million on it.
Originally, the Dream Family had only planned to offer a maximum of fifty thousand.
Mu Shenzhou stood up and called a halt to the auction: “I request that this lot be re-auctioned, but Miss Ying cannot participate, or-”
He paused: “It’s fine if you put this tulip out, and there won’t be so much trouble.”
Chapter 234
Indeed, outside the imperial capital, the Dream Family’s reputation outside was far inferior to that of the Mu Family and the Nie Family, and ordinary people didn’t even know about it.
Even the Fifth Family was inferior.
Because of the gradual decline in the number of fortune tellers, the Fifth Family had turned to business back in the late twentieth century.
Although it was not quite as good as the Mu family, it was still firmly rooted.
After all, the family history of the Fifth Family could be traced back to the Tang Dynasty.
Fifth Shaoqin’s talent for trigonometry was so good, originally because his ancestors, had previously been inside the Forbidden City, divining trigrams for the disciples of the imperial family.
To the outside world, the Meng family was a family of Chinese medicine practitioners.
However, only those who have really come into contact with the Dream Family know that even though the Dream Family’s history is far less than these families, it is terribly strong.
An ancient healer must have an ancient martial artist guarding him or her.
A powerful ancient martial artist was able to sweep right through a large family in the ordinary secular world.
This is why, the great clans are all committed to going for ancient martial artists.
With an ancient martial artist sitting in the town, what else would they be afraid of?
Mu Shenzhou did not know about the existence of ancient doctors, so he had also always felt that the Meng Family was completely unable to compete with the Mu Family.
However, he had heard Madam Mu mention that Mu Heqing’s illness had been treated with great care by those divine doctors of the Meng Family.
This was not a secret in the Mu family.
When Mu Heqing was around, the Mu family would not fall.
Therefore, every member of the Mu family was in awe of the Meng family members.
Mu Shenzhou felt more and more that Ying Zigui really did not have any eyesight, and was even more disappointed.
Even the Mu family would not go and fight for things with the Meng family, and whatever the Meng family needed should have been prepared.
To rob the Dream Family of a rare tulip variety that they had already booked?
Wouldn’t that be cutting oneself off straight away?
The Dream Family’s family members all know medicine and are located in every major hospital in the country, and indeed the world.
If you offend the Dream Family, no one will be able to treat you if you fall ill in the future.
It was because Mu Shenzhou knew this that she asked Ying Zigui to let go of this lot.
This was a reminder and advice to her.
The guests in the ballroom were not expecting such an incident in the middle of the auction.
The person who spoke was also Mu Shenzhou, the first son of the Mu family.
In an instant, all eyes converged on the girl who had raised her card.
They were inquisitive and surprised, and a little scrutinised.
Zhong Manhua didn’t bother to look.
Her fingers squeezed the bag in her hand, and a strong feeling of embarra*sment came straight to her head, making her breathless.
The reason why she would rather give Ying Zidian a gla*s of juice with sleeping pills than take him to the party was because this situation would arise.
Now she had lost her face not only in the gentry circle in Shanghai, but also in front of several young masters and young girls in the imperial capital.
It was only after a long time that Zhong Manhua could barely catch her breath.
She had made the right decision in the first place, the eldest young lady of the Ying family could only be Ying Yuexuan.
“Mu Shenzhou, what a laugh.” In the silence, Ying Tianru stood up, “May I ask what right you have to terminate the auction?”
His eyes were cold and cool, “If I remember correctly, even your invitation, which was not given by Elder Mu, does not allow others to attend, what do you think you are?”
Once these words were spoken, the guests were stunned.
The people who came to this ball were all from the major gentry, and they all knew Mu Shenzhou’s identity.
The Imperial Capital Mu family!
So even though he hadn’t organised this ball, on the surface, everyone treated him as half of the person in charge.
“Heavenly Law!” Zhong Manhua’s face also changed, but with so many people, she couldn’t be very loud, so she could only grit her teeth and suppress her voice, “Tianru, you’re crazy!”
The Ying family was one of the four most powerful families, but how could they compete with the Mu family?
If they offend the Mu family, what kind of business success can the Ying family have in the future?
A simple word from the Mu family could kill the Ying family’s path.
Mu Shenzhou was stunned for a moment, but quickly regained his composure: “It’s true that my invitation was not given by my grandfather, I got it on my own.”
Ying Tianru’s eyebrows were slightly stern, and he snorted.
He, who was always elegant and noble, also let out a direct foul word: “Then what you’re saying is bullsh*t.”
The guests whispered.
Mu Shenzhou pursed his lips.
On his side, the man finally reacted.
There seemed to be a few smiles in his eyes, but they did not reach the bottom of his eyes.
He took a sip of his tea before he spoke, his voice like a cold pearl, pleasant to the ear: “I’m sorry, but I wanted this rare flower seed too much.”
“But I didn’t have that much money with me at the time, so I have to ask this young lady to withdraw from this auction and bear the pain.”
“Afterwards, the Dream Family will make one free visit for you, regardless of any fees.”
Zhong Manhua jerked her head up, and there was a moment of surprise.
She had been asking Madam Mu to contact the Meng family, but the Meng family had never come.
Now that there was such a good opportunity in front of her, there was absolutely no way she could miss it.
Old Lady Ying’s headache could not be delayed.
“She will withdraw from the bidding.” Zhong Manhua straightened her lapel and stood up, smiling at the man, “She doesn’t know anything about flowers either, it’s a waste to sell it down, she’ll let it go to Sir.”
After saying that, she turned her head again and called out very gently, “Ziggy, say yes, if you want flowers, mummy will go back and buy you many pots, okay?”
A flower in exchange for a free visit to the Dream Family.
“Mrs. Ying is funny, she’s playing the affection card at this time.” Fu Yunshen’s eyelashes twitched and he laughed lightly, his tone was cool, “Do you need me to remind you once again -”
“Ying Yao Yao’s account has been moved out of the Ying family, she’s not a member of your family.
Ying Ziji’s one hand was propped up on her head, her pupils were as bright as snow, her tone of voice was cold and slow: “I don’t know if I took too much.”
Zhong Manhua couldn’t believe it.
It was as if someone had punched her in the face, and even the blood on her lips had faded away.
She heard all the noblewomen around her who were close to her whispering and looking up at her.
“Hey, so they weren’t kicked out, but left on their own? Then Lady Ying you really are talking nonsense.”
“Forget it, I’m used to it, Manhua you’ve always valued face and it’s normal to tell lies.”
“But Manhua, you …… are not even someone’s mother anymore, how did you say those words just now?”
Zhong Manhua’s ears perked up and she couldn’t even stand up.
Her face was blue and white for a while.
She had always valued her face and was an elegant noblewoman in front of and behind people.
She had never been spoken to like that before.
Ying Yuexuan helped her to sit down: “Mum, have some hot water.”
Zhong Manhua’s body is cold, her fingers are shaking and her throat is even drier: “Your sister …… Your sister is simply ……”
Ying Yuexuan frowned: “Mom, isn’t the auction for the highest bidder? And that tulip was originally the one my sister saw first, so since she has money and a high bid, it’s hers.”
“Where did she get the money?” Zhong Manhua’s chest rose and fell as she sneered, “Look who she’s with? Fu Yunshen!”
“Someone gave her some money and she sold herself, you think she still earned it herself?”
She had never given Ying Zidian a card, even Ying Yuexuan didn’t have a million dollars of pocket money.
Ying Yuexuan didn’t say anything.
The man who had spoken earlier raised his eyebrows and looked at Mu Shenzhou.
Mu Shenzhou shook his head: “The matter with the Ying family is a bit complicated.”
The man pondered a little and didn’t ask any more questions, but just said, “We must get it today.”
“It will be given to you.” Mu Shenzhou nodded, “She is young and doesn’t know any better, I hope you won’t bother with her.”
This was said about Ying Ziji.
“Oh?” The smile on the man’s lips deepened, “Naturally, I wouldn’t bother with a little girl.”
Even if anyone here knew how to heal, they wouldn’t be able to see that this tulip was actually the very precious medicinal herb Snow Spirit Chi.
Snow Lingzhi, too, was something that only ancient healers knew how to use.
When placed in an ordinary person’s home, it would indeed be a more ornamental flowering species.
Mu Shenzhou let out a sigh of relief and gestured to the auctioneer on the stage, “Start again.”
The auctioneer was originally from the Imperial Capital side, so naturally he would not try to offend Mu Shenzhou and the Dream Family.
“I’ll put it up for auction for you.” Mu Shenzhou said and raised his card, “Fifty thousand.”
The auctioneer dropped the hammer quickly, fearing that it would be robbed.
Only then did the man’s slightly furrowed brows slowly relax.
But just an instant before the auctioneer dropped the hammer for the third time, a lazy, low voice rang out.
“Five million.”
“……”
A dead silence fell over the room.
“Or-”
Fu Yunshen turned his head sideways, and his handsome face was instantly revealed to the crowd, turning them upside down.
His tone was as lazy as ever, but his voice was wrapped in coldness: “You can also let me not participate in this auction.”
Mu Shenzhou’s expression also became completely ugly, his lips pursed even tighter.
The man next to him also curbed his smile and looked towards the source of the voice for the first time.
Upon this look, his eyes instantly tightened.