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Chapter 17: Chapter 17 Please eat the stone! You must eat it!
Chapter 17: Chapter 17 Please eat the stone! You must eat it!
Ye Fan turned his head and quietly memorized the appearances of those few individuals!
Ye Fan would find them as soon as possible, investigate thoroughly where exactly the information had come from, and he was determined to deal with that expert before they made a move against the Ye Family.
Upon exiting the underground black market, Wang Fugui sighed helplessly as he watched Ye Fan constantly fiddling with several stones in his hand.
Could it be that he had misjudged the situation?
He thought his elder brother, Su Xing, had awakened, but his brother still looked this way; he wondered when he would fully recover.
Now, if his brother didn't recover soon, the Ye Family really couldn't hold out for much longer!
Just relying on those girls to support them, they couldn't possibly withstand the enemy's onslaught.
"Old Wang, try this, it tastes really good!" Ye Fan passed the pitch-black stone in his hand to Wang Fugui, making Wang laugh and cry, "Big brother, this is a stone, not candy! You can't eat it!"
"Why can't I eat it? Look... just like this, a bite, and it'll crack just like that!" In order to guide Wang Fugui to discover the Vitality Pill within the stone, Ye Fan sacrificed himself by using his teeth to break a stone.
Ye Fan's actions made Wang Fugui's teeth ache.
"I better not!" Wang Fugui shook his head, planning to put the stone away, "I'll take the stone, is it okay if I eat it when I get back?"
"No way!" Seeing Wang Fugui trying to put the stone away, Ye Fan became anxious.
This fool, Wang Fugui, couldn't discover the miraculous qualities within the stone. If he took the stone back with him, it was possible he might just throw it away.
"You said, good brothers should share fortunes and face difficulties together... if you don't eat it, it means you don't regard me as your big brother!" Puffed up with anger, Ye Fan sat down on the ground, intending to act stubbornly.
Wang Fugui looked at Ye Fan with a bitter expression, "Fine! I'll eat it, is that okay? Good big brother!"
Wang Fugui put the stone in his mouth, figuring he could just use a little Qi Force to crush the stone and just pretend for appearances' sake.
Alas!
In this moment, Ye Fan was completely like a child; why was he even arguing with a child?
However, when Wang Fugui's teeth touched the stone's outer shell, he finally noticed something amiss.
This stone wasn't as hard as he had imagined?
The shell was even somewhat soft?
Crack!
Wang Fugui bit into it lightly and without much effort, the edge of the stone split open.
Wang Fugui spat out the two halves of the stone from his mouth and, after carefully observing what was inside, his pupils dilated dramatically, "Vitality Pill... Heaven above..."
He stopped mid-sentence, hurriedly covering his mouth tightly.
Then, he brought the stone up close to his face and inspected it several times again.
No mistake!
It was a Vitality Pill!
This was an elixir pill that was extremely important for breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm or even the Martial Venerable Realm.
With the help of this elixir, breaking through to the Grandmaster could increase the success rate by seventy percent, and for the Martial Venerable, by fifty percent.
But looking over Great Xia, there were only a handful of people who could refine Vitality Pills.
Such elixirs had been hyped up to a price of fifty billion in the market recently, and that was with price but no market; they simply couldn't be bought with money.
Elixirs like this, once exposed, would immediately attract the coveting of countless powerful forces. All would spare no expense in their attempts to seize them!
And now, such a pill was in his own hands?
Having confirmed it was a Vitality Pill, Wang Fugui's look towards Ye Fan underwent a drastic change.
Was this all just a coincidence, or had his big brother done it on purpose?
Ye Fan made a fuss about buying those two rocks, and when they were cracked open, they actually contained Vitality Pills?
Such a coincidence, isn't it even rarer than the chance of winning two hundred million in a lottery?
"Big brother, are you feigning ignorance, or are you deliberately hiding something from me? Did you already know that there were Vitality Pills inside?" Wang Fugui was too astonished, it couldn't possibly be that much of a coincidence.
However, the Ye Fan in front of him looked completely clueless, "Old Wang, how is it? I told you it tasted good, didn't I? Come on, hurry up and eat it while it's hot!"
"..." Wang Fugui was speechless, he looked Ye Fan up and down carefully, making sure Ye Fan was not pretending, then he gingerly stowed away the Vitality Pill, "Big brother, you truly are my lucky star! With this Vitality Pill, I will soon be able to break through to the Grandmaster Realm, and then I can be even more powerful at protecting you by your side!"
Grandmasters in the Grandmaster Realm were not numerous throughout Great Xia.
Usually, a strong person who reached this realm could preside over a territory and become a local hegemon.
A Grandmaster was already enough to support a super clan!
Hearing Wang Fugui speak like this, Ye Fan thought to himself that this boy did have a conscience.
Now, Ye Fan had to keep playing dumb. When many things couldn't be done openly, having Wang Fugui step in was the best option. And naturally, the increase in Wang Fugui's strength was good for Ye Fan as well.
The two of them had just gotten into the car, ready to head home, when Ye Fan's cell phone suddenly rang.
It was Xia Hao calling, "Doctor Ye, may I ask if you are available? I would like to invite you to a meal and introduce you to a few people!"
Xia Hao knew the real situation of Ye Fan!
Yesterday, at the banquet, Ye Fan had revealed his circumstances to Xia Hao. Knowing that he had latched onto a golden thigh, Xia Hao thought to introduce Ye Fan to his direct lineage troops in Cloud City today.
"Lunch? I'm hungry, I need to eat..." Ye Fan responded to the phone and then turned to look at Wang Fugui.
Wang Fugui took over the phone, and after knowing it was Xia Hao on the other end, he replied and took Ye Fan to the place Xia Hao had set.
Wang Fugui was also present at the banquet yesterday and knew about the connection between Xia Hao and Ye Fan.
...
Half an hour later, at the Royal Hotel, in the Tian character suite!
Ye Fan sat at the head of the table, with Wang Fugui sitting next to him, while the table also hosted Xia Hao and several other men.
Among them was the underground godfather of Cloud City, Li Hu, and the Governor of Cloud City, Sun Qian!
"Young Master Ye, let me introduce you, both of these gentlemen are from the Xia Family. This is Li Hu, who has not a small say in some of the under-the-table dealings in Cloud City. If you have any unsolvable issues, you can seek his help!"
Hearing Xia Hao's introduction, Li Hu quickly stood up and bowed respectfully to Ye Fan, "Li Hu has seen Young Master Ye, and I am at your disposal from now on!"
"Another one is the Governor of Cloud City, Sun Qian, who should be promoted to Provincial City in five years, and he is also one of us from the Xia Family! If there's anything official, he can help!"
Sun Qian didn't dare to act too proudly either, standing up as well and respectfully saying to Ye Fan, "Young Master Ye, if there's anything I can help with, I will not hesitate to serve!"
Cloud City was only so big, and actually, without Xia Hao's introduction, both Li Hu and Sun Qian recognized Ye Fan.
Ye Fan's situation was no secret in Cloud City.
Five years ago, Ye Fan was the most famous prodigious talent of the Ye Family, stepping into the Grandmaster Realm at 15, with a limitless future. A car accident left Ye Fan mentally impaired, but it still couldn't cover up his past brilliance.
Both of them couldn't understand why, after the Ye Family had suffered such a heavy blow, with everyone avoiding them like the plague, Xia Hao would choose to treat Ye Fan with such respect, almost as if he were his own father.
But as people nurtured by the Xia Family, they understood that Xia Hao would have his reasons for doing so!
In their minds, they were guessing, could it be that the youngest master of the Ye Family had awakened?
If that was the case, showing goodwill to the Ye Family now could mean taking off later, right?
Of course, Xia Hao knew that Ye Fan was actually lucid, and could understand everything being said; but to keep up appearances, he politely explained to Wang Fugui, "Young Master Wang! I know you are Young Master Ye's best friend and brother. When Young Master Ye is not available, you can directly contact these two!"
"Thank you, Patriarch Xia!" Though Wang Fugui was a bit simple-minded, he also knew that the Xia Family was offering timely assistance at this moment.
In Cloud City, with the overt and covert protection of Sun Qian and Li Hu, Ye Fan would have a lot less trouble!
Just as everyone was starting to eat, Li Hu suddenly received a message from his subordinates, and his face changed drastically, "Young Master Ye, Director Xia, something has gone wrong... My men just sent me a message saying that Old Wolf Wu's men have all moved out, it seems like they are going after Miss Su Yixue..."