Chapter 91: It's Not Over Yet

  In the quiet store hall, Zhang Yi's strange laughter stood out particularly.

  The old shopkeeper stared at Zhang Yi with a look of shock and amazement, he was a shrewd businessman, how could he not hear the threatening tone in Zhang Yi's words?

  But!

  "This 'old brand hundred medicine hall' is his, it's the goose that lays golden eggs, if because of these two young men and women, he cuts off his own financial road, that would be more painful than killing him."

  What's wrong?

  Was I really going to sell them that one and only Dark Thunder Flower of mine?

  He didn't have many precious medicinal materials, and this Mingdian flower couldn't be considered a treasure of the store. However, he had previously relied on "using fake to confuse real" methods to sell it at high prices twice, earning a fortune.

  If they sell the electric flowers to them, they will cut off a way for themselves to make money, although this way is not legitimate.

  But if it's not sold...

  Weighing the pros and cons, thinking carefully.

  At last, he made up his mind. Although he was very annoyed with Zhang Yi in his heart, the astute him still didn't show it out. After squeezing out a hint of smile, he said: "You two, wait for a moment, I'll be right back."

  Gu Xinyue's face, from Zhang Yi's suggestion that the electric flower was fake, became dull and stupid, with an unbelievable expression flowing in her eyes, feeling as if she were dreaming.

  As she watched the old shopkeeper leave, she came to her senses and reached out to grab Zhang Yi's arm, asking with great curiosity: "Zhang Yi, how did you know that the Nether Flower was fake?"

  Zhang Yi was held by Gu Xin Yue, feeling a bit uncomfortable, his arm moved twice, but he couldn't get rid of it. With a hint of helplessness, he didn't want to embarrass Gu Xin Yue either, so he let her hold onto him and said:

  "The petals of the Meng Dian Hua are elliptical in shape, with sharp small thorns at the base of the stem and leaves. On the leaf surface, there are fine lines crisscrossing, and at the connection points between these lines, if observed carefully, they resemble lightning symbols. The appearance of Hei Ku Hua is very similar to that of Meng Dian Hua, but upon closer inspection, it can be seen that its root thorns are soft and not sharp like those of Meng Dian Hua; while the leaf surface has undergone processing, most of the texture appears to be lightning symbols, but there are also many places where the processing is incomplete, failing to display the lightning symbol."

  Gu Xinyue's eyes widened, as if she was looking at a monster, staring at Zhang Yi. She muttered to herself: "Are you an alien? Or do you have an encyclopedia of medicinal materials in your brain? You remember such subtle differences so clearly?"

  Zhang Yi sighed and said, "If you were a child, just barely able to recognize the characters in medical books, your master would force you to spend all day copying medical classics and memorizing them by rote. You could have done it too."

  In his mind, he recalled the scenes of following Master Mo Wenfeng to learn: whether it was severe winter or scorching summer, whether it was icy and snowy, or sunny like fire, from the age of nine, under Mo Wenfeng's guidance, he had already learned all the Chinese characters and words that should be learned before high school, and constantly copied, recited, and understood the literal meaning...

  "Hey, what's on your mind? You're so absorbed?"

  Gu Xinyue pinched Zhang Yi's arm and asked curiously.

  Zhang Yi woke up from his memories and smiled faintly: "I remembered learning traditional Chinese medicine with my master when I was a kid."

  Gu Xinyue was puzzled and asked: "Zhang Yi, who is your master after all? Being able to teach such an excellent disciple like you, I believe he can't be an ordinary person!"

  Zhang Yi smiled faintly and looked towards the stairs.

  The shopkeeper held a red wooden box in his hand and came to the front of the two, saying seriously: "This strain of Mingdian flower is a precious medicinal material from 800 years ago. Someone once offered 20 million for it, but I didn't sell it. So if you really want it, you must pay 20 million."

  Zhang Yi took the red wooden box, opened it with one hand while saying lightly: "Shopkeeper, relying on such fake and deceptive means, I'm afraid you haven't made less money? Do you really want to ruin the reputation of your medicine shop for just this one stem of Lingzhi?"

  "You... don't threaten me!"

  The shopkeeper's face showed anger and he shouted in a low voice.

  Zhang Yi shrugged and said lightly, "We'll give you a price increase of two million. We bought this Meng Dian Hua for ten million yuan. If you agree, we can make the deal immediately. If not, let's wait and see, and let your store go bankrupt. We can't fully vent our anger!"

  The old man in the shop secretly felt a pang of heartache, but facing Zhang Yi's naked threat, he could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger. He clenched his fists slowly and said angrily: "I'm unlucky, I didn't expect you to have such good eyesight. 10 million, immediate transaction."

  Ten minutes later.

  Zhang Yi and Gu Xin Yue walked out of the store entrance.

  The shopkeeper standing at the door beckoned to his silent partner and said in a cold voice, "You follow them closely, I've already informed Gao Lao Er. That kid made me lose face and took advantage of me so much, I absolutely can't let him get away with it."

  "Yes!"

  The shop assistant nodded and quietly followed him out.

  The medicine market stall area, Zhang Yi and Gu Xin Yue were surrounded by more than a dozen young men with bad intentions while preparing to leave. The leader was a man in his thirties who was also the most hated and helpless rascal in the entire Jiangnan City Medicine Market.

  "This guy's got a lot of good fortune!"

  With a toothpick in his mouth, the old man with a stupid look on his face insisted on imitating the little horse brother in the movie "A Better Tomorrow", but ended up being unrecognizable.

  Zhang Yi reached out and wrapped his arm around Gu Xin Yue's shoulder, quietly shielding her beside him. Only then did he ask coldly: "Who are you people? Get out of the way."

  He detests these rascals and scoundrels, loathing them from the bottom of his heart.

  Because of these people, they are young and full of evil intentions, all day long they don't study or learn anything useful, they are gluttonous and lazy, relying on bullying others, often using improper means to make money.

  A person lives a lifetime, should sit upright and walk straight, be a decent person, work diligently.

  If they rely on their own wisdom and hands to make a living, they will absolutely not be inferior to others, but if they take the wrong path and harm people and themselves.

  Gao Lao Er glanced at Zhang Yi with disdain, his fiery gaze scanning Gu Xin Yue's sensitive areas repeatedly, and chuckled: "Beauty, I'm Gao Lao Er, a big shot in the medicinal market. Give me some face, how about I treat you to dinner?"

  "Not interested."

  Gu Xinyue never put the thugs in front of her in her eyes, and her tone was also somewhat cold. It was Zhang Yi who hugged her, with a defensive look that wanted to protect her, which warmed her heart.

  The flow of people in the booth area was not small, and I saw Gao Lao Er bringing a dozen or so men to surround a young couple, with the surrounding crowd gathering around.

  "Alas, this damned old man is bullying others again. I'm afraid these young men and women are in for a disaster!"

  "It's really infuriating, that old man must have been attracted to the girl and had a dirty mind. This scoundrel will not have a good ending."

  "I hope that man has some backbone and won't let Old Man Gao bully that poor girl!"

  "That young man is probably going to get a beating..."

  “……”

  The onlookers whispered to each other, daring to be angry but not daring to speak out. They could only pray for Zhang Yi and Gu Xin Yue to get through this ordeal safely.

  Gao Lao Er seemed to have expected Gu Xin Yue's response and sneered, "No big deal, even if you don't agree, it's fine. I was thinking that if you behaved yourself, your little boyfriend would be spared from having his arms and legs broken. Since you're not giving us face, we'll just have to let him spend a year or so in the hospital."

  As he spoke, his eyes swept over the suitcase in Zhang Yi's hand, secretly calculating: Ge Zhāngguì that iron rooster is actually willing to pay 1 million to let me help him snatch back this suitcase. I'm afraid there are precious and valuable medicinal materials inside. I'm not stupid! If there really are more valuable precious medicinal materials inside, do I still care about that 1 million?

  Gu Xinyue looked at Gao Lao Er and the dozen or so thugs with ill intentions surrounding them, her heart coldly laughing. With just one hand, she could take down these few pieces of trash. But on her stunning face, she intentionally revealed a worried expression, turning to look at Zhang Yi's calm face and asking:

  "Zhang Yi, you... are you afraid?"

  Zhang Yi immediately pushed Gu Xin Yue out and said: "I'm really scared, otherwise you can have dinner with them?"

  Gu Xinyue's eyes widened, and a thin layer of anger appeared on her absolutely beautiful face:

  "You..."

  Zhang Yi's body was like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, and a whirlwind swept past Guxin Yue's side. Zhang Yi had already appeared in front of Gao Lao Er.

  A plain and unadorned straight punch hit Gao Lao Er's face, while the whip-like leg that was drawn back kicked sideways onto the cheek of the young man standing beside Gao Lao Er.

  "Ah..."

  Two mournful cries startled the crowd that had been discussing in the surroundings, and suddenly became silent.

  Attacking like a storm, his fists were merciless and accurate, Zhang Yi's body was charging forward, every time he charged in front of one of the thugs, the other party would be knocked flying.

  Ten seconds!

  Including Gao Lao Er, more than a dozen thugs were knocked to the ground by Zhang Yi. As they struggled to get up from the ground, Zhang Yi would kick them hard in the waist, sending them flying again.

  Gu Xinyue's eyes were wide with shock as she stared at the scene in front of her, as if she was dreaming. She simply didn't dare to believe her own eyes, and rubbed them hard before confirming that she wasn't seeing things.

  Zhang Yi he...

  How is he so fierce?

  Even if I could knock down all these thugs myself, it's impossible to do so that quickly, right?

  The crowd surrounding them was also shocked by the scene before their eyes, they were all stunned like wooden chickens, looking down at the dozen or so thugs rolling on the ground in pain one moment, and then looking up at Zhang Yi the next, some of them with twitching mouths, others desperately swallowing saliva.

  "Isn't this a movie shoot? How can this young man be more formidable than a martial arts master?"

  A voice with a trembling tone murmured, and suddenly all the people woke up from their daze, their eyes filled with a worshipful expression, and thunderous applause "pa pa" rang out.

  "Zhang Yi, let's go!"

  Gu Xinyue picked up Zhang Yi's suitcase, which he had just put down, and said.

  Zhang Yi's eyes flashed with cold light:

  "It's not over yet!"