Chapter 219
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Chapter 219: A Broken Mirror!
The figure walked at a steady pace, head lowered, concealing their face.
Suddenly, they stopped and raised their head, looking toward where Fang Yu stood.
And Fang Yu was staring right back at them.
Their gazes met in mid-air.
Fang Yu could only see a pair of eyes.
Because everything below the eyes was covered.
What surprised Fang Yu was this person’s pupils.
They were actually grayish-white.
The person stared at Fang Yu with hollow, emotionless eyes.
At that moment, Fang Yu suddenly had a feeling that this person was grinning at him.
Though the person’s face was covered and their expression couldn’t be seen, Fang Yu just had this feeling.
After looking at Fang Yu for a few seconds, the person shifted their gaze and continued walking toward Hua Man Lou.
Fang Yu slightly furrowed his brows.
This person was too strange, not only emanating more than ten different auras but also having eyes that didn’t look human…
“Mr. Fang!”
While Fang Yu was pondering, a pleasant female voice suddenly appeared behind him.
Fang Yu turned around to see Ji Rumei with a smile on her face.
Ji Rumei wore a white evening gown, her hair pinned up, with light makeup that made her look stunningly beautiful.
But her face looked too much like Leng Xunshuang from years ago.
Fang Yu only glanced at her before quickly averting his gaze.
“Mr. Fang, it’s been a long time! I didn’t expect to meet you here.” Ji Rumei said delightedly.
“I’m just looking around with a friend,” Fang Yu said.
“Just looking around? Don’t you want to trade something, Mr. Fang? There will be many rare items at tonight’s exchange meeting, perhaps including some monster cores that you need,” Ji Rumei said.
“I didn’t bring anything with me, so I can’t trade,” Fang Yu said.
“That’s no problem. If Mr. Fang sees anything he likes, just let me know, and I’ll try my best to help you acquire it,” Ji Rumei said with a gentle smile.
“Alright, we’ll see,” Fang Yu said.
“Miss Ji.”
At this moment, a man’s voice rang out.
Hearing this voice, Ji Rumei’s expression slightly changed.
Turning around, she saw a man around thirty wearing gold-rimmed glasses standing before her.
“Hello, Mr. Zhu,” Ji Rumei said politely.
This was Zhu Chao, the son of Zhu Bao, the underground boss of Jiangnan.
Ji Rumei had met Zhu Chao two or three times on various occasions, and since then, Zhu Chao had been harassing her, much to her annoyance.
But due to Zhu Chao’s background, Ji Rumei didn’t dare to completely offend him.
“Miss Ji, I knew I would see you here. Indeed, I had just arrived and caught sight of you right away, hehe,” Zhu Chao said with a smile.
Behind Zhu Chao stood a middle-aged man in blue robes, with cultivation at the half-step master level.
“Mr. Zhu, if you have no other business…” Ji Rumei didn’t want to talk with Zhu Chao any further.
At this moment, Zhu Chao glanced at Fang Yu, narrowing his eyes slightly.
“And this is…”
Ji Rumei looked at Fang Yu and said, “This is my friend, Mr. Fang Yu.”
“Fang Yu?”
Zhu Chao felt the name sounded familiar but didn’t have a strong impression.
He didn’t think much about it, but he was puzzled.
How could this simply dressed, ordinary-looking young man be friends with Ji Rumei?
From the first time he saw Ji Rumei, he had been deeply infatuated with her beauty, and since then had been looking for opportunities to chat her up, hoping to win her over.
But Ji Rumei’s response had been cold, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
Because Ji Rumei wasn’t an ordinary woman – she was the daughter of the Ji family of Jiangnan.
With this background, Zhu Chao didn’t dare to force himself on her like he did with other women.
He had to rely on his personal charm to win Ji Rumei’s favor.
But just now, seeing Ji Rumei chatting happily with Fang Yu, jealousy arose in his heart.
How could the woman he had his eyes on be so close to another man?
“Hello, Mr. Fang. I’m Zhu Chao. People in our circles like to call me Young Master Zhu, hehe,” Zhu Chao forced a smile and said to Fang Yu.
But Fang Yu completely ignored him.
At this moment, that person emanating strange auras had already entered Hua Man Lou.
Fang Yu stared at their figure, frowning slightly.
“Hey! Kid, Young Master Zhu is talking to you, didn’t you hear?” Zhu Chao’s half-step master follower glared at Fang Yu angrily.
Fang Yu looked at him, about to speak.
“Welcome everyone to this trading meeting. I am the Treasure Master, you all should know me, so I won’t introduce myself,” said a slightly chubby man standing at the corner of the stairs leading to the second floor, smiling at the crowd below.
The people who had been talking immediately stopped and turned to look at the Treasure Master.
“Many of you aren’t first-timers at these trading meetings, so you should know the process. Just stand where I am now, present your treasures, and state their value. Interested parties can bid, trade items, or make direct cash purchases – any method is fine as long as both parties agree.”
“Well, without further ado, let the trading begin. As per tradition, I’ll start things off,” the Treasure Master smiled slightly, took out a storage bag from his pocket, and from it retrieved a fan-shaped object.
When he displayed this object to everyone, they realized it was actually a mirror.
This mirror was clearly not complete but rather a piece of a whole mirror, and quite worn, appearing to be quite old.
“Can anyone guess what the function of this broken mirror is?” the Treasure Master asked with a mysterious smile.
The crowd discussed among themselves, everyone knowing that anything the Treasure Master presented would definitely not be trash, but rather something of the highest quality.
“I guess it’s a magical weapon, a light-focusing mirror that can convert light into power for attacks.”
“Looking so worn and missing such a large piece… it’s probably not a magical weapon, right? It might just be an antique.”
“How could it be just an antique? Did you see the smile on the Treasure Master’s face? I’m sure it’s something good… though I don’t know what it does.”
“No one can guess? Then I’ll tell you directly,” the Treasure Master said while playing with the broken mirror.
“This is a protective magical treasure. I don’t know its real name, so I call it the Spirit Protection Mirror,” the Treasure Master said.
Spirit Protection Mirror? A protective magical treasure?
This broken mirror didn’t look like much of a powerful magical item at all.
The crowd discussed among themselves.
“Treasure Master, what are its functions? Could you demonstrate?” someone asked.
“Of course. Are there any master-level experts present? Would one please step forward,” the Treasure Master said.
The crowd discussed again, and then a man in purple robes stepped forward.
“That’s Red Wolf! The head of Red Wolf Gate! He’s here too!” someone exclaimed upon seeing this man.
Red Wolf Gate was a sect in the Huaibei region, known for their arrogant and domineering style. They were notorious in Huaibei, and many martial artists hated them but could do nothing about it.
Fang Yu had encountered Red Wolf Gate disciples at White Spring Mountain before.
“What do you want me to do?” Red Wolf looked at the Treasure Master and asked.
“Brother Red Wolf, it’s been a while,” the Treasure Master first greeted Red Wolf with a smile, then said seriously, “Brother Red Wolf, please strike at me with your true qi.”
“Strike with one palm?” Red Wolf frowned slightly.
“Yes, but note, just strike at me, don’t destroy Hua Man Lou, or I won’t be able to afford the damages,” the Treasure Master said with a smile.
Hearing the Treasure Master’s words, the crowd gasped in surprise.
Asking a long-established master to strike with true qi?
That power was no joke!
But at this moment, Red Wolf’s aura had already risen.
He gathered pale-colored true qi in his left palm and struck out.
“Boom!”
The true qi rushed toward the Treasure Master!
At this moment, the broken mirror in the Treasure Master’s hand emitted a golden light.
The golden light spread outward like a shield, enveloping the Treasure Master’s entire body.
When Red Wolf’s true qi touched the shield formed by the golden light, it instantly dissipated!
The golden light continued for about five seconds before slowly fading away.
The Treasure Master still stood in place, smiling, without suffering any damage.
The crowd erupted in exclamation!
This kind of self-activating protective magical treasure was something everyone present dreamed of possessing!
“Through my testing, this Spirit Protection Mirror’s upper limit can withstand a full-force strike from a master-level expert,” the Treasure Master said.
“I want to buy it! No matter how much it costs, I must have it!”
“With this magical treasure, it’s like having several extra lives! Must buy it!”
“It can block a master-level expert’s full-force strike… isn’t this defense attribute too powerful?”
Everyone on the first floor was excited, exclaiming continuously.
At this moment, Fang Yu’s eyes showed extreme shock.
He never expected to see this sacred artifact here, one that had driven countless cultivators crazy in the past!
In another corner of the first floor, the masked strange person was also looking up at the broken mirror in the Treasure Master’s hand, their grayish-white pupils gleaming with light!
