Chapter 859: High-Grade Human Medicine (2/2, please subscribe)

Fang Yue tugged at the corner of his mouth, but said nothing more.

A woman who was originally her son's fiancée, then remarried to her former fiancé's father — what kind of normal opinion could she possibly have?

Turning his attention to the stage, Fang Yue noticed the Clown Host was continuing to explain, at length, the characteristics and functions of this bottle of human medicine.

Simply put, this was a bottle of high-grade human medicine, not the ordinary human medicine circulating on the black market.

Setting aside the side effects for now, in terms of efficacy, it was roughly ten times the effect of the ordinary human medicine currently on the market! Moreover, it was also highly effective for martial artists above the Human rank.

Unlike ordinary human medicine, which began to lose its effectiveness once one went above the Human rank.

From the standpoint of efficacy, human medicine, in a certain sense, was not much different from ordinary cultivation pills.

But the key was that those whose cultivation progressed slowly, whose aptitude was poor, or who had hit a cultivation bottleneck could all achieve their own breakthrough by swallowing human medicine!

Of course, the price was that it would overdraft one's potential, making one increasingly dependent on human medicine — to the point that once one stopped taking it, one's cultivation would stagnate or even regress.

In addition, human medicine also carried great side effects and randomness; one careless slip and one could drop dead on the spot, burn away one's yang lifespan, or have an entire lifetime's cultivation utterly destroyed.

Taking human medicine was a gamble. Although the human medicine circulating on the market was relatively safe and stable, the risk was still enormous.

But when faced with special circumstances such as insufficient aptitude or long-term stagnation of cultivation, many people were willing to risk it all.

This was a weakness of human nature, and also one of the reasons human medicine could sell so well.

The human medicine now up at the Black Bird Auction seemed to be an upgraded version of what was on the market — setting aside stability for now, it was at least ten times more potent, making it a rare item.

Fang Yue suspected this thing was something the Phoenix Organization had only recently developed, then thrown onto the market, intending to use other people as experimental subjects for observation.

Looking at it this way… if someone bought this stuff, tailing that person afterward might just turn up some leads on the Phoenix Organization.

Jingcheng was the Phoenix Organization's headquarters — many people knew this — but no one had ever been able to catch any leads on them or find their headquarters.

This was probably because someone above in Jingcheng was deliberately shielding them, allowing them to be so all-powerful. Moreover, His Majesty or the princes must have had some entanglement with the Phoenix Organization, which was why they turned a blind eye.

"Behind the Phoenix Organization, the First Prince is the most suspect, and the Clown Host's Fourth Prince is next. The other princes are also all suspects."

If one really wanted to investigate, it was a rather troublesome matter; Fang Yue would need some helpers.

But as it happened, his own people had been captured by Juan Niao Lou's people…

He had to be patient. Once he rescued Jing Yan and the others, he could carry out the investigation covertly.

On the stage, the Clown Host had already finished his introduction.

Human medicine was the sort of thing — those who understood naturally understood, and those who didn't wouldn't dare touch it.

Therefore, from the moment bidding began, there had only been about a dozen or so people competing back and forth.

But the price stayed high, climbing steadily.

In the end it jumped to 15 Silver Stones before it was finally secured.

Surprisingly, Ming actually called out a bid once too — only it was quickly surpassed by others, and she didn't participate in the competition again.

And along with Ming's bid, Fang Yue noticed the Clown Host glance over in his direction, then quickly look startled, his gaze lingering on Fang Yue for a while before he finally looked away.

Fang Yue furrowed his brow. He didn't know the Clown Host, but this fellow seemed to recognize him.

Soon, Fang Yue thought of something — namely, that the Clown Host was the Fourth Prince's man, and the Blazing Flame Sect under the Fourth Prince had apparently once wanted to use him and Tail as bargaining chips.

Could it be that idea hadn't been given up on?

Fang Yue's side had already safely reached Jingcheng — were they still going to make trouble?

Besides, even Fang Yue himself couldn't imagine Tail making some huge concession for his sake.

Although he and Tail were on fairly good terms, they hadn't reached that point. Moreover, compared to other girls, as far as Fang Yue could tell, Tail was the very rational type — she wouldn't do anything impulsive.

Therefore, the Fourth Prince's plan was destined to come to nothing.

The auction of the human medicine ended, and the buyer was quickly led by a maid to the back, presumably preparing to take the human medicine and leave the venue directly.

This made Fang Yue frown — his previous plan had been to tail this person and root out the Phoenix Organization.

"Very curious? I happen to know who the fellow who bought the human medicine is." Ming, looking straight ahead without turning her eyes, suddenly spoke up.

"You? Aren't you blind?"

"But I have ears, you know. Didn't you know that blind people are more sensitive to sound?"

"…What are your conditions?"

"None at all. This time it's just a small favor — consider it me doing you a personal one."

Fang Yue was silent for a moment, then said, "Go ahead, tell me. I want to know that person's identity."

He didn't like Ming. In a certain sense, many of the tragedies he had experienced in Qingsi County, and many people's deaths, were all thanks to Ming.

But in order to track down the Phoenix Organization's whereabouts and rescue An Dong'er and the others, he could cooperate with Ming for a while — though only for now.

"Then I'll take it you've accepted my favor. I trust Captain Ye will definitely return the favor someday, right?"

"…"

"Not talking again? Captain Ye really is no fun at all. Back to the subject — telling you is no trouble. The masked man who just bought the high-grade human medicine — his true identity is… Red Division 【Manjushri】 Nian Wushuang!"

"Nian Wushuang!? Isn't that your—"

"Yes, my former fiancé, though now he's just my unfilial son. Although he's named Wushuang and has climbed fast enough, in the winds and clouds of Jingcheng, he's really nothing much to look at. Otherwise, I'd actually be looking forward to seeing how he performs in the future.

Too bad — from the moment he bought the human medicine, he gave up his future and chose the present. I'm afraid, after his strength greatly increases, he wants to challenge my husband Nian Tianjiao and take me back from him."

Fang Yue's face darkened.

What the hell is all this.

Your circle is too messy — can't afford to offend!

Fang Yue tactfully shut his mouth.

As long as he knew who had bought the human medicine, he could figure out the follow-up investigation himself.

Seeming to sense that Fang Yue had lost interest, Ming sighed, twirled a coil of hair around her index finger, and said in a slightly sulky tone, "Captain Ye, is it that I have no charm? Or is it that you have a thing for married women…"

Shameless!

【Shameless!】

Fang Yue:!!!

Fang Yue's face lit up with joy.

Parchment, have you rested enough?

【No! The great and noble Lord Parchment still needs rest. But sleeping too long is too boring—I have to come out for some fresh air!】

【By the way, Fang Yue, you actually have two boats! I'm going to tell on you to You Sisi!!】

(End of chapter)