Mu Jinyu and Wen Rou suddenly stopped in their tracks and looked back.
Following behind them was a group of people, both old and young. The one who had just spoken was a white-haired old man.
Yao Liangbi had been focusing his attention solely on Mu Jinyu, not bothering to look at anyone else. Now, hearing their mockery, he turned his head to look, and his face, covered in age spots, couldn't help but show a hint of apprehension.
"Old Man Wei, what's it to you? Save your concern; we don't need it!"
Yao Liangbi's tone was cold and firm.
Upon hearing Yao Liangbi's words, Old Man Wei turned to his followers and laughed, "Haha, it seems that the Medicine Alliance is indeed trash. Now they have even become lackeys for others, how pitiful!"
"Hahaha…" The young people behind Old Man Wei joined in with the ridicule.
Looking at Yao Liangbi and Yao Bilian, their eyes were filled with contempt and derision.
"Who are they?" Mu Jinyu asked indifferently.
Yao Liangbi ignored Old Man Wei and his company, "They are people from the Dan Pavilion in Luo City of Yu Province, skilled in medicine refining. They're the ones I told you about yesterday; the ones who fell out with the Luo Family! I didn't expect them to show up here at the auction!"
"Oh," Mu Jinyu suddenly realized.
Yao Liangbi had mentioned yesterday that the Luo Family originally intended to sell the alchemy techniques and alchemy furnace they acquired. However, negotiations fell through, and the deal collapsed. Then, they contacted the Medicine Alliance and shifted their ground to Jiangnan Province to auction off the alchemy techniques.
It seemed that the Dan Pavilion must have some capability; otherwise, they wouldn't have made the Luo Family so wary, going as far as to change venues!
"Got it. So why don't you scram now? Or do you really want to go in there and make a fool of yourself?"
A young man behind Old Man Wei, seeing the arrogant way Mu Jinyu and Yao Liangbi were conversing, couldn't help but sneer.
They didn't know why Yao Liangbi would acknowledge Mu Jinyu as his master, but it didn't matter. They had never taken the Medicine Alliance seriously to begin with, and how could Mu Jinyu, a young man, regardless of his status, contend with their Dan Pavilion?
Besides, behind their Dan Pavilion stood a Divine Rankings powerhouse.
Although he was at the bottom of the rankings, he was not someone an ordinary organization could compare with!
Even if they were to go up against Dragon King Hall, the strongest organization in Huaxia, they were confident they could hold their own.
And after the death of the Old Dragon King, they did not see Dragon King Hall as a challenge anymore.
If they were so powerful, why hadn't they managed to get the alchemy techniques and furnace from the Luo Family?
The reason was that an ancestor of the Luo Family once had a good relationship with a top ten powerhouse on the Divine Rankings. Thus, the Divine Rankings powerhouse backing the Dan Pavilion did not dare to be too presumptuous toward the Luo Family!
Originally, they planned to offer four third-level spirit medicines in exchange for the Luo Family's alchemy techniques and furnace. To them, this was already showing considerable respect to the powerhouse who was on good terms with the Luo Family.
But the Luo Family did not agree, feeling that the alchemy techniques and furnace were worth far more than that, hence they refused to trade.
Afterward, the Dan Pavilion used their influence in Yu Province to completely shut out the Luo Family, leaving no one willing to trade with them.
They assumed the Luo Family would have no choice but to trade with them eventually.
But who could have expected that the Luo Family would instead run to Jiangnan Province and turn to the Medicine Alliance, intending to sell both the alchemy techniques and the furnace to them.
The members of the Dan Pavilion were instantly enraged!
The Pavilion Master made a call, suggesting the Leader of the Medicine Alliance be aware of the situation.
Consequently, the Leader of the Medicine Alliance did not dare to purchase the coveted alchemy techniques. Instead, they tactfully persuaded the Luo Family to auction off the two items.
This was also a way for the Dan Pavilion to give the Luo Family a way out. Although in the end, they would only offer the Luo Family four or five third-level spirit medicines, publicly, the Luo Family could claim they had auctioned off forty top-grade third-level spirit medicines, preserving their dignity.
"Scram?!"
Mu Jinyu, upon hearing the young man's words, couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle, and then waved his hand.
"Slap!"
A loud slap echoed through the air.
Suddenly, a bright red handprint appeared on the young man's face.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"
The young man was caught off guard and slapped across the face by Mu Jinyu. A buzzing noise instantly filled his ears, and countless stars whirled before his eyes. After spinning around a few times on the spot, he suddenly spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood, mixed with several broken teeth!
"Show some respect when you speak, young man!"
Mu Jinyu withdrew his hand, smiling slightly.
This scene appeared rather odd; the slapped youth was clearly around twenty-three or twenty-four years old, while Mu Jinyu appeared to be no older than twenty to everyone present.
And yet, he addressed the other as if he were an elder lecturing his junior, which was quite strange.
Of course, if they had known about Mu Jinyu being the Tiance True Dragon from the Dragon King Hall, they wouldn't have found it so odd!
"You?!"
"Seeking death!"
"To think, you dare hit someone from our Dan Pavilion..."
In an instant, as the young man from the Dan Pavilion collapsed, everyone from the pavilion glared furiously at Mu Jinyu, ready to teach him a lesson!
However, before they could even make their move, just as they showed signs of action...
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
"Smack!!"
Mu Jinyu swiftly slapped each of them with their favorite "greeting"—a big slap to the face!
"Spurt!!"
All of them simultaneously spat out blood and collapsed, seeing stars, unable to get up for the moment.
Old Man Wei reacted slower than the others. By the time he realized what had happened, the Dan Pavilion disciples he had brought with him were all down on the ground.
Witnessing this sight, his pupils contracted sharply!
The disciples he brought were considered the most talented in the Dan Pavilion. Originally, before the revival of Spiritual Energy, they were at the peak of Dark Energy cultivation.
But with the revival of Spiritual Energy, they had all broken through from Dark Energy to the Early Energy Transformation Stage in a very short time.
If Mu Jinyu could knock them down so easily, his strength was definitely at the Peak Energy Transformation level, or even...
Possibly, the God Realm!
Just as this thought crossed Old Man Wei's mind,
The first young man that Mu Jinyu had knocked down had finally recovered. He staggered to his feet, shook his head a few times, oblivious to the fate of his companions, and roared:
"You fucking dare touch me, you..."
"Smack!"
Mu Jinyu smiled again and handed him his favorite "greeting" once more—a big slap!
"Spurt!!"
This time, the young man with the filthy mouth spat out all of his teeth!
"Let's go."
After glancing at Old Man Wei and seeing that he was so stunned he couldn't speak, Mu Jinyu withdrew his gaze. Not wanting to bully the old man, he then addressed the equally stunned Yao Liangbi.
"Oh, sure, Master, this way please..."
Yao Liangbi snapped out of his shock, quickly suppressed the astonishment in his heart, gestured to Mu Jinyu, and then started heading toward the Jiangnan Auction House.
"Sir, your... your invitation..."
The guard at the entrance of the auction house, having seen the way Mu Jinyu had effortlessly knocked down a group with a smile, was quite frightened, but still his duty compelled him to stammeringly ask Mu Jinyu and his party for their invitation!
Yao Liangbi didn't make it difficult for the guard, and promptly pulled out the invitation before quickly leading Mu Jinyu inside the auction house!