Suddenly, the temperature in the entire VIP room number one plummeted several degrees.
Mingyue couldn’t help but shiver, her heart full of shock. Such a formidable aura, she had only felt it from one person before, and that was her grandfather, Murong Fu.
Yet Murong Fu was the family head of the Murong family, one of Yandu’s top noble houses, a true Energizing Skill Grandmaster Expert.
And Qin Chuan, just a young man of her age, how could he possibly possess such a powerful aura?
"Mr. Qin, you’ve misunderstood!"
Regaining her composure, Mingyue said hastily, "With an Evergreen Pill and a Marrow-Cleansing Pill coming out all at once from you, who could surpass you?"
"Even if you don’t agree to help me, the Blood Bead belongs to you!"
Her face was open and honest, her eyes filled with sincerity.
Hearing this, Qin Chuan then retracted his oppressive aura, and Mingyue felt the pressure on her body disappear instantly, with the shock in her heart intensifying even more.
Being able to release such a powerful pressure and present so many high-level elixirs at once was extraordinary.
Mingyue even wondered if Qin Chuan could be a major young master out for experience from one of the Hidden World Families.
Qin Chuan said indifferently, "Since that’s the case, then bring out the Blood Bead!"
Where was Mingyue’s pride as a daughter of one of Yandu’s top noble families now? She hurriedly took out an exquisite wooden box and said softly, "Mr. Qin, here is the Blood Bead!"
Qin Chuan quickly opened the wooden box, and a pigeon-egg-sized blood-red bead appeared.
"It really is the Blood Bead!"
In Mingyue’s shocked gaze, Qin Chuan directly picked up the Blood Bead with his bare hands.
"This..."
Mingyue said in surprise, "Mr. Qin, the Blood Bead’s toxicity is extremely strong, and even short-term contact with it will cause the poison within the Blood Bead to erode your flesh."
"Previously, a staff member of our Murong family accidentally touched the Blood Bead with his bare hands, and in less than five minutes, he succumbed to the poison and died. Please put down the Blood Bead quickly!"
Qin Chuan did not heed Mingyue, his right hand firmly clutching the Blood Bead, an extremely yin and ice-cold aura spreading from his palm, along his entire right arm, and into his body.
Almost instantly, the toxicity of the Blood Bead was about to invade his internal organs.
Qin Chuan quickly circulated the Great Mysterious True Scripture, and the poison from the Blood Bead that had just attempted to invade his organs was immediately led by a powerful spiritual energy through his Extraordinary Channels and Eight Meridians, ultimately entering his Dantian.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, two violent forces collided within him, furiously battling within Qin Chuan’s Dantian.
Qin Chuan’s face turned pale, and large beads of sweat flowed down his forehead.
He had only wanted to try and see if the poison from the Blood Bead could be neutralized upon contact with the Kunlun Divine Poison, but he hadn’t expected such a violent reaction upon the two great poisons meeting.
The two forces collided, as if they were going to shatter his Dantian.
"Mr. Qin!"
Seeing Qin Chuan’s drenched appearance, Mingyue’s face changed drastically.
She had wanted Qin Chuan to find the master alchemist behind the scenes to save her grandfather, but she hadn’t expected to not even have the chance to explain before Qin Chuan was poisoned by the Blood Bead.
"The Blood Bead is the source of all poison. Since he’s holding onto it, the poison within will continue to invade his body—it’s like he’s playing with fire!"
Mingyue said in utter despair.
To her, whether Qin Chuan lived or died did not matter, but if Qin Chuan died, how could she find that master alchemist?
Just as she was about to call for someone, the aura emanating from Qin Chuan gradually returned to calm.
He slowly opened his eyes, looked at the Blood Bead in his hand, and said excitedly, "It actually works!"
Today’s gains were not small. First, he found a piece of Qi’nan Thunderstruck Wood on the antique street, then he bid on a jade pendant at the auction house, from which he obtained a strand of mystical air that could heal not only his own wounds but others’ as well.
Now, with the Blood Bead, after the test he had just undertaken, he finally confirmed that he could use it to fight poison with poison, using the Blood Bead to consume the Kunlun Divine Poison.
However, the toxicity of the Kunlun Divine Poison was too strong. The Blood Bead alone was far from enough to suppress the Kunlun Divine Poison.
"Mr. Qin, are you all right?"
Murong Mingyue looked at Qin Chuan with a look of seeing a ghost.
Just now, she had clearly seen the effects of the strange poison on Qin Chuan, but now, Qin Chuan had returned to normal.
Qin Chuan casually put away the Blood Bead and asked Murong Mingyue, "You just mentioned that you needed a favor from me?"
Murong Mingyue, although shocked at how Qin Chuan could touch the Blood Bead with his bare hands and be fine, now wanted his help even more.
She pointed to the Evergreen Pill and Marrow-Cleansing Pill on the tray and said, "I want to ask the master alchemist behind these two elixirs to treat my grandfather’s illness."
"If Mr. Qin is willing to help with this matter, you will thereafter be a honored guest of the Murong Family, and I, Murong Mingyue, will owe you a favor."
Qin Chuan said with an expressionless face, "I’m not interested in the status of being a honored guest of the Murong Family, and you can keep your favor. As long as you can do me a small favor, I will save your grandfather."
Murong Mingyue was stunned for a moment, feeling something was off.
Although she didn’t react at once, she got a confirmed reply, as Qin Chuan agreed to help her, but he needed her to do him a favor first.
Murong Mingyue said earnestly, "Mr. Qin, what do you need me to do? Please command me!"
Qin Chuan said, "I want the owner of the Blood Bead!"
As soon as he said this, the expression on Murong Mingyue’s face froze.
With a troubled expression, she said, "Mr. Qin, could you ask for something else?"
Qin Chuan frowned and said coldly, "What? Is that too difficult a favor to grant?"
Murong Mingyue said seriously, "Mr. Qin, the reason why the Premium Auction House has grown to this stage is all thanks to a good reputation!"
"Since the owner of the Blood Bead entrusted us to auction it, it means they trust us, and it would be very inappropriate for us to reveal their identity now."
Qin Chuan sneered, "What if the person is a robber who kills for loot?"
Murong Mingyue was momentarily stunned. From what Qin Chuan said, was the owner of the Blood Bead someone who had stolen it from someone else?
She was not aware of this and spoke with utmost sincerity, "Mr. Qin, please do not make this difficult for me!"
"In that case, forget it!"
Qin Chuan said with an expressionless face and stood up to leave.
What Murong Mingyue didn’t notice was that in the instant Qin Chuan stood up, he flicked his finger, and a burst of energy entered the Evergreen Pill.
Seeing Qin Chuan walking to the door, Murong Mingyue struggled internally. Just as Qin Chuan was about to open the door and leave, she finally made up her mind and called out loudly, "Mr. Qin, please wait!"
Qin Chuan paused, turned around, and asked, "Does Miss Murong have something else to say?"
"Mr. Qin, as long as you are willing to help me, I can become your woman right now!"
As she spoke, Murong Mingyue started removing her suit jacket.
By the time Qin Chuan came to his senses, a perfect body was laid bare before his eyes.