Villain: After Intercepting the Female Lead, the Protagonist Collapses - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Being Too Arrogant as a Youngster Is Not Good

Meanwhile, the auction continued unabated, featuring various items like porcelain and landscape ink paintings. Jiang Che, however, had no interest in such things.

About half an hour later, Ah Long, who had been sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes. “Young Master, I’ve broken through to the Innate realm!” he exclaimed gratefully.

“Thank you, Young Master. You are like my second parents! I, Ah Long, will surely follow you to the death!” Overwhelmed with emotion, his eyes brimmed with tears.

“Alright, if you can’t speak properly, just keep quiet,” Jiang Che responded somewhat exasperatedly, finding Ah Long’s way of expressing gratitude a bit over the top, considering their age difference.

“Heh heh…” Ah Long scratched his head awkwardly, realizing the awkwardness in his words.

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“The next item for auction is our finale piece, the ‘Azure Dragon Body Tempering Technique’,” announced the cheongsam-clad woman. “I believe many of you here are somewhat familiar with the concept of ancient martial arts.”

“This ‘Azure Dragon Body Tempering Technique’ is an external practice method from the outer sect of the ancient Azure Dragon Sect. It effectively enhances physical fitness…”

“If practiced according to the method for three to five years, you might even cultivate the legendary internal energy! Starting bid, five million…”

As her voice trailed off, a flurry of bids resounded through the venue.

“I bid ten million!”

“Twenty million…”

“Thirty million…”

“Ah Long, do you understand this kind of external cultivation system?” Jiang Che asked curiously, being new to this world and not quite familiar with such things.

“I understand a bit; I’ve been practicing body refining techniques since I was young,” Ah Long replied earnestly. “Such techniques are good for strengthening the body, but they become less useful after reaching the Innate realm.”

Hearing this, Jiang Che immediately lost interest. He was about to break through to the Innate realm himself, so such a technique was of no use to him.

“Let’s go then, it’s not interesting,” he said, shaking his head, and left the ‘Heaven’ private room with Ah Long.

The auction continued fervently. Ye Chen had initially wanted to participate, but as the bidding by the elites became increasingly exorbitant, he quickly dismissed the idea.

Seeing the person from the ‘Heaven’ private room leave, he hurriedly followed. His main purpose was to retrieve the “Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles” and the Great Restoration Pill.

Outside the Crown Holiday Hotel, Ye Chen quickly caught up with Jiang Che and Ah Long.

“Hold on, I would like to buy the pill and the ancient medical text from you, and we can negotiate the price,” Ye Chen called out loudly to the two figures ahead.

Hearing Ye Chen’s shout, Jiang Che stopped and turned around, looking at Ye Chen with a somewhat mocking smile. “Oh, it’s you, Ye Chen.”

“It’s you!” Ye Chen was stunned, staring at Jiang Che in disbelief. He could have accepted anyone else having those items, but not Jiang Che.

“Surprised, are you?” Jiang Che’s lips curled up in amusement.

“Since it’s you, that makes things easier. I’ll give you two choices: first, hand over the ancient book and the pill directly; second, get beaten up by me and then I’ll take them myself.”

Ye Chen said coldly, harboring no good feelings towards Jiang Che. Now that he knew Jiang Che had purchased the items, it seemed easier to deal with.

“Being too arrogant as a youngster isn’t a good thing…” Jiang Che shook his head, looking at Ye Chen as if he were a fool. He didn’t believe Ye Chen would dare to make a move in broad daylight.

“Young Master, why waste time talking with him? If he’s so arrogant, let me teach him a lesson.”

“Don’t be reckless; we are law-abiding citizens and can’t cause trouble on the street.” Jiang Che glanced at Ah Long and gave him a look before turning to get into his Maybach.

Understanding the cue, Ah Long also got into the car, and they drove off, ignoring Ye Chen’s shouts behind them. This infuriated Ye Chen, who felt powerless since he wasn’t foolish enough to start a fight in public.

“Follow that Maybach!” Ye Chen quickly hailed a taxi and pursued Jiang Che. The Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles and the Great Restoration Pill were too important for him to give up.

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The Maybach sped along the wide road. “Young Master, are we going home now?” Ah Long, driving, looked back at Jiang Che with some confusion.

Jiang Che opened the car window, lit a cigarette, and glanced at the taxi doggedly following them. A playful smile appeared on his lips. “No rush, head towards the forest in the eastern outskirts of Linjiang City.”

“Alright, Young Master.” Although Ah Long was puzzled, he didn’t ask further questions. He pressed the accelerator and headed towards the forest on the eastern outskirts of Linjiang City.