Chapter 2093 The Pearl is Stolen

The sect leader didn't know what had happened, but something must have happened.

That wasn't how it was just now... those two people weren't acting like that.

I could clearly sense their hostility towards each other, their competitive spirit, and their almost undisguised struggle!

Chen Mengyun is clearly escalating her demands! Huo Wendong is obviously trying to wipe her out completely!

I rested for a while, and when I came out again, my friend, if you've found a new shore, please forget about me!

What the hell is this bizarre plot?!

What just happened?!

Lu Chengwen hid in the shadows, sucking his fingers as he watched the scene unfold.

Luo Shiyin said, "President Lu, should we intervene?"

Lu Chengwen shook his head: "You can't make a move lightly. These deals involve too much money. If something goes wrong and it gets traced back, there will be huge risks. All the contracts might be voided."

The sect leader blocked the two people, refusing to let them leave no matter what.

"Don't go! Please don't go! Let's talk, Mr. Chen, you name your price first!"

Chen Mengyun said, "I won't make any more offers. You can talk to President Huo."

"Mr. Huo, please say something!"

Huo Wendong: "Friends are more important than anything!"

"No... friend... Mr. Huo, please name your price!"

Huo Wendong: "One million!"

The sect leader's eyes widened: "One million!? Mr. Huo, are you kidding me?"

"Yes! I don't want to spend a single cent!"

The strategist pulled Huo Wendong aside: "Are you out of your mind?!"

Huo Wendong grabbed the strategist by the collar: "If you keep nagging me, I'll kill you!"

The sect leader roared, "How dare you speak to President Huo like that!"

The strategist was both aggrieved and angry: "He's the one insulting me now!"

Chen Mengyun said, "President Huo, please don't be so polite! This deal is yours."

Huo Wendong laughed and said, "I'd rather die! Even if my whole family dies! I won't do this deal!"

The sect leader asked, puzzled, "Why?!"

Huo Wendong pointed at the strategist: "Ask him!"

The strategist's eyes widened: "Did you just have your brain replaced? Are you not going to discuss this business deal anymore?"

Chen Mengyun said, "I'll offer 80 million to buy that piece of land!"

The sect leader was stunned: "Eighty million!?"

Chen Mengyun said, "This is my final price. If you sell, I'll buy; if not, I'm leaving."

Huo Wendong laughed heartily: "I'll offer fifty million!"

The sect leader was furious: "I won't sell! I'd rather die than sell! No amount of money can buy it!"

The sect leader roared, "Close the gate! No one is allowed to leave until this matter is resolved!"

At this moment, Lu Chengwen stepped forward: "Hey, calm down, everyone! Calm down, don't get excited, haha!"

Huo Wendong pointed at Lu Chengwen: "Lu..."

"It's still uncertain who will emerge victorious!"

"You are Lu..."

"All roads lead to Rome!"

"You fucking want to..."

"That's right! I'm going to help you finalize another great collaboration!"

Huo Wendong pushed Lu Chengwen away: "You are..."

"Do you want a big luminous pearl?"

Huo Wendong was taken aback: "Night...Night-shining pearl?"

Lu Chengwen whispered, "These guys are from the martial arts world. If you piss them off, you won't be able to leave. If you want to live, listen to me and don't expose my identity."

Lu Chengwen walked up to the sect leader: "Our sect leader has a top-grade luminous pearl in his collection! Isn't that right, sect leader?"

The sect leader nodded: "Yes."

Huo Wendong looked around and said, "Let me see it."

Lu Chengwen helped the sect leader sit down and walked over to Huo Wendong: "This is definitely a quality you've never seen before!"

He turned back and said to the sect leader, "Sect leader, there is a traitor among us."

The sect leader tugged at his collar: "I've noticed it too! In just a short while, the world has changed."

Lu Chengwen said, "Huo Wendong likes antiques and collectibles. Why don't you show him the luminous pearl?"

“Show it to him?! That’s my family heirloom! I’m not selling it!”

"Oh, the so-called price is... you name your price, and he haggles. This gentleman has plenty of money and loves antiques the most."

The sect leader roared, "This is my ancestral treasure! Selling it would be an insult to my ancestors!"

Huo Wendong became serious: "Can't we at least take a look first?"

Lu Chengwen said, "That's right! I reckon you can get that much from him!"

The sect leader was taken aback: "Only twenty million?"

"Twenty million!"

Huo Wendong laughed: "Lu... what was your name again?"

"Xiao Wen".

"Fine! Xiaowen, am I out of my mind, or am I just plain stupid? Spending two hundred million on a bead? What kind of bead could be worth two hundred million?!"

Lu Chengwen angrily said, "This is an heirloom of our sect leader, collected by his ancestors since the dinosaur era! It's still around today! Don't even mention two hundred million, if it were auctioned off, it might fetch a billion! Do you understand its historical significance?!"

"Okay! I'll take a look!"

The sect leader, panting, said, "Son, go and bring out our ancestral luminous pearl and show it to President Huo."

Lu Chengwen said, "But Mr. Huo, if you've taken a liking to our Night Pearl and want to buy it, then this deal will have to... hehe, you have to do it with us, you can't cooperate with anyone else."

The sect leader nodded: "Yes!"

Chen Mengyun looked at the sect leader and said, "Sect leader, you two talk, I'll be leaving now."

The sect leader roared, "President Chen, no one is allowed to leave until this matter is settled! I said that!"

Chen Mengyun said with dissatisfaction, "Sect Master, I consider you a friend, how can you treat a girl like this?"

"President Chen, I'm not targeting you! I feel like someone is playing me, someone is... I absolutely refuse to accept this shift in the situation today! No one is leaving until we find out who's behind this! That's how we, the Cleaver Sect, conduct ourselves!"

The sect leader looked around and said, "In all my years in Saihe, I have never suffered such a loss! I have been a tyrant in Saihe, a domineering and forceful maneuver, forcing countless people to their deaths and ruining countless families!"

Lu Chengwen whispered a reminder: "Sect Master, this matter has not been explicitly stated."

The sect leader didn't care anymore: "In Saihe, I'm the only one who tricks people, no one can play me like this!"

The strategist leaned closer: "Sect Leader, Xiao Wen is very suspicious!"

The sect leader looked at the strategist and said, "I think you're suspicious too!"

The strategist's eyes widened: "Sect Master! I have been loyal to you all these years, and you still doubt me!?"

I suspect everyone!

At this moment, the young sect leader arrived, which was quite awkward.

"Father."

The sect leader stared at the junior sect leader: "What's wrong? Speak your mind!"

The young sect leader looked troubled: "The luminous pearl... is gone."

The sect leader suddenly stood up: "What did you say?! Say it again!"

The luminous pearl has disappeared!

The sect leader suddenly turned around, looked at everyone around him, raised his arm, and slowly said, "Seal all the doors, front and back. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave this house!"

Huo Wendong said, "Huh!? Why?! I didn't even know you had beads!"

The sect leader trembled with rage: "Just now... while you were resting, the pearl was still there! I just checked! After I came out, you all wanted to withdraw your investment and were in a hurry to leave. Did you really come here to discuss business? Or were you using business as an excuse to steal my luminous pearl, and then immediately retreat after succeeding?!"

The sect leader stood up and kicked over the coffee table that was blocking his way.

"Everyone! Body search!"