Chapter 139: The Feng Family's Provocation

After Yan Jiu finished speaking, the whole venue was stunned; no one expected that Yan Jiu would actually pass Jishi Hall to Su Ruo.

After all, everyone present knew just how great the value and influence of Jishi Hall were.

Madam Feng was even more shocked and bewildered; she never expected that the yellow-haired girl she had looked down on just a few days ago would suddenly become the owner of Jishi Hall, someone all the nobles would have to curry favor with.

After everyone reacted, they all turned their gazes to Wen Xiuyuan and the two others, for in terms of status, position, and strength, they were all more qualified than Su Ruo to inherit Jishi Hall.

But the scene of a brawl that everyone had imagined did not occur; Wen Xiuyuan and the two others remained calm and composed, as if they had already known about this.

Everyone couldn't help but speculate in their hearts, wondering whether Wen Xiuyuan and the two others were truly that magnanimous or merely pretending so well as to deceive everyone.

Yan Jiu paid no attention to the shocked and astonished gazes of the crowd; he looked at Su Ruo kneeling before him and directly took off a black Feng Feng Zhihuan and placed it on her hand.

This ring has existed for three hundred years now; it is the symbol of each generation of Jishi Hall's master.

But what no one expected was that, the moment Su Ruo slipped on the ring, the originally somewhat overcast sky instantly became bright.

Five-colored rosy light pierced the clouds and fell straight onto Su Ruo.

A flash of golden light streaked across, and from the distant horizon came the sound of a clear phoenix cry.

Though brief, this scene directly shocked everyone present, leaving them all utterly certain they had not seen wrong.

But because the times are now special, although everyone harbored doubts and shock in their hearts, no one spoke them aloud.

No one noticed that Yan Jiu, at this moment staring in shock at Su Ruo, trembled at the corners of his lips and called out: "Founder Ancestor!"

But it was only an instant; he immediately suppressed his emotions.

"Junior Sister, you just..." Ji Linye looked at Su Ruo with a face full of surprise; he had just wanted to speak, but was immediately pulled back by Song Zhizhou beside him.

After receiving Song Zhizhou's eye signal, Ji Linye immediately obediently closed his mouth, swallowing all his words back down.

And the person most shocked among those present was Su Ruo herself, for the moment she put on the ring, she directly reclaimed twenty percent of her fortune.

As her fortune returned, Su Ruo's appearance and demeanor seemed to have undergone a tremendous change.

Although her face was still the same, it was now more gorgeous, possessing a beauty that startled the heart; at the same time, the aura surrounding Su Ruo grew stronger, giving her whole being a sense of being reborn.

Although Su Ruo did not understand what mysterious power the ring possessed that could help her reclaim her fortune, the result was undoubtedly good.

Amid the astonished gazes of everyone, Su Ruo rose from the ground; for some reason, when they looked at her, they even felt a sense of a phoenix's cry piercing the heavens.

At the same moment, a sudden exclamation rang out from the crowd: "Ranran, what's wrong with you?"

Madam Feng embraced the suddenly vomiting blood and fainting Feng Xiran, shouting in panic; when the crowd looked over and saw the large bloodstain on Feng Xiran's chest, they were all startled.

Wen Xiuyuan was the first to rush forward to help, but after taking Feng Xiran's pulse, his expression instantly turned solemn.

"How is my daughter? Speak quickly!" Madam Feng urged anxiously.

Wen Xiuyuan did not answer her question; instead, he took out a pill and fed it to Feng Xiran.

Not long after the pill was taken, Feng Xiran slowly regained consciousness, but her complexion remained deathly pale and she had not a shred of strength throughout her body.

"Mom, I feel awful." Feng Xiran collapsed into Madam Feng's arms, her gaze toward Su Ruo growing even more resentful; just moments ago she had actually lost another twenty percent of her fortune.

After her fortune was seized, it directly caused her body to become instantly weak; the remaining strength was nowhere near enough to support her body.

Of course this was not the worst; the worst was that she could only watch helplessly as Su Ruo took away her fortune, unable to do anything.

Su Ruo looked at Feng Xiran and instantly understood why Feng Xiran had been targeting her.

Madam Feng hurriedly comforted Feng Xiran, saying: "Don't be afraid, baby; Mom is here, and I will surely find the best doctor to treat you."

Then, she sharply questioned Wen Xiuyuan: "How is my daughter? Come on, tell me!"

Wen Xiuyuan's brows knitted tight; he actually could not find any illness in Feng Xiran, which was very strange.

Seeing Wen Xiuyuan's stern silence, Madam Feng flew into a greater rage, speaking without restraint: "Are you even a doctor? Can you treat illness? If something happens to my Ranran, can you bear this responsibility?"

Wen Xiuyuan's thoughts were still completely immersed in studying and pondering Feng Xiran's illness, as if he hadn't heard Madam Feng's words at all.

In his mind, he compared every illness with Feng Xiran's symptoms, but found none that matched.

Wen Xiuyuan is a medicine obsessive; once he becomes absorbed, no one can wake him.

Seeing this, Madam Feng became even more furious, believing that Wen Xiuyuan was deliberately refusing to properly diagnose Feng Xiran.

But before she could erupt, Yan Jiu, seated in the place of honor, spoke first: "Miss Feng's illness is beyond our ability to treat; Madam Feng, you should seek a more capable physician."

Madam Feng stared at Yan Jiu in shock and asked: "What did you say?"

Yan Jiu looked at her, speaking word by word with deliberate pauses: "I say, my disciple is shallow in learning and unable to cure Miss Feng's great illness; you should still seek a more capable physician."

"Furthermore, starting today, all medical clinics under our Jishi Hall will no longer accept patients from the Feng family."

Yan Jiu already held a grudge against the Feng family because of Su Ruo's matter; today Madam Feng dared to cause a scene at his disciple's ceremony, openly rebuking his most favored disciple, which made the short-tempered, fiercely protective Yan Jiu unable to bear it.

If it were another time and Madam Feng still retained a shred of reason, perhaps she would have endured it then.

But now, because of Feng Xiran's sudden vomiting blood and fainting, Madam Feng had become anxious and panicked to the point of completely losing her reason.

Upon seeing that Yan Jiu, merely a doctor, dared to treat her this way, she immediately flew into a rage, shouting: "You're nothing but a physician; what do you have to be arrogant about?"

"If you won't look, then you won't look; I simply don't believe that in Kyoto, aside from your Jishi Hall, there is no other clinic capable of treating illness."

"But you had better think it through—can you really bear the cost of offending our Feng family?"

The people around all looked at Madam Feng as if she were a fool, thinking she must be mad to dare to challenge Yan Jiu.

And if everyone remembers correctly, Elder Feng seems to still be receiving Yan Jiu's treatment!

Hopefully after today, this Madam Feng will still have the confidence to say such words.