"I forgot about them."
Su Yang took several turns and arrived at the cages on the other side.
Sakada Yae Sakura grabbed the iron bars and stood up, "Su Yang, let me out quickly, or my father won't let you off!"
"Save your strength. Your father is a turtle hiding in his shell; he wouldn't dare come to Longguo."
"Impossible! My father is the head of the Assassination Hall, the number one samurai of Sangguo. He will definitely come to save me!"
Su Yang patted Sakada Yae Sakura's face, unaware of how much her father's head was worth.
Kyoto had once issued an order: whoever killed the head of Sangguo's Assassination Hall would receive a Supreme Token.
Those who possessed two Supreme Tokens could directly be promoted to second-in-command of the Nine Great Departments.
Su Yang wished Sakada Yae Sakura's father would come to Longguo and offer his head.
"Su Yang, no matter what, I'm your woman now. Do we really have no feelings for each other?"
"Stop playing your little games. I, Su Yang, don't lack women, and I have no feelings for you!"
"Su Yang, you bastard, may you die a horrible death..."
Sakada Yae Sakura was distraught. Su Yang was unmoved by either persuasion or threats, and she was helpless.
"You venomous woman who has caused the deaths of so many people in Longguo, may you die here!"
Su Yang patted Sakada Yae Sakura's face, laughed heartily, and left.
As soon as Su Yang left the basement, he heard that Duan Linglong had come to find him.
He had thought she and Duan Linglong were there to plead for Duan Yujiao, but that wasn't the case.
"There's news about those few herbs. We're going to Jinling now."
"Why Jinling again?"
"Nonsense, the underground black market in Songhai has been shut down. If people want to trade illicit goods, they have to go further afield to auction."
Su Yang suddenly realized that there were auctions in the underground black market.
"Get in my car. Your Lamborghini is too conspicuous; be careful of ambushes!"
Duan Linglong got into the black Mercedes van, and the two headed to Jinling again.
In the car, Duan Linglong explained some of the auction rules.
First, transactions would primarily be conducted through barter, followed by cash.
Entry into the auction required verification of each person's liquid assets, with at least one billion required.
Second, fighting and malicious troublemaking were prohibited.
Su Yang asked curiously, "Can't Meng Jing go to the auction? Why are we going?"
"This auction is a bit special. There are many people and many goods, and an extraordinary woman has come to compete for the medicinal herbs."
Duan Linglong frowned, seemingly wary of that woman.
"What woman?"
"She's the president of the Longguo Medical Association, or the Longyi Association President, Tang Xin."
Su Yang's brows furrowed. He had heard of this woman; she was a super capable woman.
At less than thirty years old, she had become the president of the Longyi Association. Although this position didn't hold much power, she controlled the country's medicine.
To put it bluntly, anyone who offended her would never be able to get medicine in the future.
Although the Longyi Association was not one of the Nine Great Departments, it contributed a significant amount of money to the country annually and was highly valued by those in Kyoto.
Su Yang guessed, "Is that Tang Xin also going for the medicinal herbs?"
"Yes, so Meng Jing isn't confident about winning it, which is why she asked us to go together!"
"Alright."
...
Two hours later.
Su Yang and Duan Linglong arrived at the Jinling underground black market. There were even more people than in Songhai.
Stalls lined both sides of the street, selling all sorts of things.
The two arrived at the auction, where the hall was already full.
Su Yang saw many familiar faces: the Meng family, the Li family, and the Huang family.
Duan Linglong pointed to a beautiful woman not far away, "That's Tang Xin, our biggest competitor this time."
"Why does she have a baby face?"
Su Yang was stunned. He had heard that this woman was twenty-seven or twenty-eight, but at first glance, he thought she was underage.
However, Tang Xin's figure was not as immature as a young girl's; her ample curves almost strained her clothes.
As if sensing something, Tang Xin turned to look at Duan Linglong, a smile playing on her lips, her gaze filled with provocation.
Su Yang asked softly, "Do you two have any grudges?"
Duan Linglong said, "I was rated the most beautiful woman in Songhai, and she's the most beautiful in Jinling. She once publicly called me old, and when I retorted, she got upset."
"This... women's hearts are like needles in the sea. I don't understand what's worth fighting over."
As they chatted, someone in the hall couldn't sit still.
An old man carrying a worn wooden Buddha walked onto the high platform, "Everyone, this is a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha that I happened to acquire. Is anyone interested?"
Upon hearing this, everyone stared at the wooden Buddha.
It was about thirty centimeters tall, carved entirely from wood, with a shiny surface and mottled black and yellow colors.
"What's the use of this broken thing?"
When someone asked, the old man hurriedly said, "Those who believe in Buddhism can buy it back for worship. Twenty thousand is not expensive."
"We don't believe in Buddhism, so what's the use of buying it?"
"Exactly, twenty thousand for a piece of broken wood. Whoever buys it is a fool!"
The old man was embarrassed and was about to step down when Su Yang stood up and called out.
"Can I touch the wooden Buddha?"
"Yes... yes, you can."
The old man was overjoyed; someone was finally interested.
Su Yang took the wooden Buddha and weighed it, finding it quite heavy.
He used his clairvoyant eye on the wooden Buddha, and a piece of information unfolded.
[Sakyamuni Buddha Sculpture, Age: One Thousand Years, Made of Golden Crow Wood.]
Su Yang thought that since it was an authentic piece, twenty thousand wasn't expensive. If he bought it and sold it at Wanbaozhai, he might be able to sell it for over a million.
"Alright, I'll give you the money!"
At this moment, Huang Jun, the head of the Huang family, raised his hand, "Thirty thousand, I'll take it!"
Su Yang frowned; this guy was clearly doing it on purpose.
However, Su Yang wasn't short of money, so he raised the price to forty thousand.
"Fifty thousand!"
"One million!"
"Two million!" Huang Jun sneered. In reality, he wasn't interested in the wooden Buddha; he just wanted to annoy Su Yang.
Su Yang was about to give up, but he felt that there might be something else inside the wooden Buddha.
The wooden Buddha was light at both ends and heavy in the middle, as if something was sandwiched inside.
Could it be like cutting open jade, where the real treasure is inside?
Seeing Su Yang fall silent, Huang Jun taunted him, "What? Is Young Master Su from Songhai only capable of this much?"
Su Yang narrowed his eyes. He had money but didn't want to be a complete fool.
"Two million and one thousand. If Patriarch Huang likes it, then Su Yang will let you have it."
Su Yang smiled slightly and put down the wooden Buddha. Huang Jun snorted.
"Only a fool would buy this broken wood!"
Seeing Huang Jun give up, the old man asked Su Yang.
"Young Master Su, what about this..."
"Don't worry, I said I'd take it, and I will."
Su Yang took out his phone and transferred the money, then picked up the wooden Buddha.
However, he didn't rush to leave but took out a small knife and began to cut the wooden Buddha.
"Hahaha, two million for a piece of broken wood, and now you're going to split it open?"
"I'm dying of laughter, hahahahaha..."
The Huang family members burst into laughter, and the people in the hall also chuckled.
Tang Xin even took the opportunity to mock Duan Linglong, "Miss Duan, your boyfriend is quite handsome, but unfortunately, he's not very bright."
"That's better than you not finding a boyfriend!"
"You..."
Just then, after Su Yang cut open the wooden Buddha, a golden light flashed.
"What? Buddha within a Buddha?"