Antique Shop Zero: Disfigured School Beauty Becomes a Succubus to Pay Off Debts

Chapter 38 Real Skills vs. Liars

South China Sea, Green Horse Manor.

Masters from the Southern metaphysics community entered the banquet hall one after another.

Ten people were seated at each table, and nearly a hundred people came, so a total of ten tables were set up.

Bai Litang sat at the head table and warmly invited Xia Li to take the seat of honor: "President Xia, please take a seat of honor."

Bai Litang was already quite surprised and excited that Xia Li was willing to come to Green Horse Manor.

It wasn't because Xia Li was a beautiful woman, but because she was the president of World Dream Group.

Underground tycoons may seem glamorous, but they are actually just opportunistic businessmen who operate in shady and shady ways.

Naturally, she cannot compare to Xia Li, who controls the lifeline of the South China Sea Economic Development Zone.

Does the underworld boss have many desperados under his command?

If Shirley wanted, she could hire professional outlaws from all over the world.

Money talks!

Bai Litang had originally arranged for Xia Li to stay in a guest room.

I plan to wait until after the banquet to select a few truly talented people from the crowd to thoroughly study her destiny.

Now that Xia Li was willing to come to the banquet hall to join in the fun and even sit at the same table with him, Bai Litang was flattered.

You know, in the past, you had to pull some strings to invite Xia Li to dinner.

Xia Li sat down in the side seat with an air of nonchalance, her long legs casually crossed, and chuckled, "This is your game, so naturally you should take the lead. Let's get started."

Bai Litang nodded repeatedly.

He began to speculate.

Could it be that Xia Li has a business partnership with him?

The kind of deep cooperation.

Is Xia Li trying to help him expand his influence in the South China Sea?

Aside from this reason, Bai Litang couldn't think of any other explanation for Xia Li's unusual behavior.

Bai Litang was actually not very willing to let outsiders know the purpose of his banquet for the wandering sorcerers.

After all, offending a supernatural being sounds absurd.

Since Xia Li might be interested in a deeper collaboration with him, he might as well be more open about his unspeakable secret, which would also be a way of showing his loyalty.

Bai Litang no longer stood on ceremony, picked up his wine glass at the head of the table, and glanced at everyone.

Basically, everyone who was supposed to come has come.

The problem is that one of the Onmyoji from Dongying, whom we invited through connections, didn't show up.

It's okay. With so many masters around, one more fortune teller like Dongying won't make a difference.

He tilted his head back and drank it all in front of everyone, revealing the rough and tough spirit of a江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry) leader.

These masters dared not be negligent and all raised their glasses to drink.

A middle-aged man in a long robe wearing sunglasses tried to curry favor with Bai Litang: "Mr. Bai, please tell me what exactly happened to you?"

Bai Litang sighed, clasped his hands in a fist salute to everyone, and said, "Strange things have indeed happened in my family."

The middle-aged man in the long gown immediately perked up.

He used to be a fortune teller under the overpass.

He is completely illiterate.

Fortune-telling methods rely entirely on observing people's expressions and then spouting nonsense based on zodiac signs and constellations.

Having roamed the world for twenty years, I've somehow managed to accurately predict the fortunes of a few people.

Some of those people became big bosses, and some of their businesses took off. They would visit him during holidays and festivals.

That's how he became famous.

However, the gifts his bosses gave him every year were no longer enough to satisfy his material needs.

He wanted to be a staff member in the wealthy families of ancient times, and becoming the advisor of Bai Litang would be the best outcome.

Now we naturally need to work harder.

The middle-aged man in the long gown pretended to count on his fingers, and after a while, he said in a deep voice, "Sir, I have seen it, and you do indeed have something on your mind."

Bai Litang was taken aback for a moment, then quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

The middle-aged man in the long robe took a deep breath, his gaze intense: "In your previous life, you were a Taoist priest who stole a Buddhist scripture and incurred karmic entanglements."

Although your business will be very successful in this life, you will inevitably face a series of disasters in your middle age!

Upon hearing this, a hint of disappointment appeared in Bai Litang's eyes.

A fat man with a kasaya and a big head and ears clearly noticed Bai Litang's disappointment and immediately shouted angrily, "Nonsense! I've seen it. Mr. Bai is just being haunted by a vengeful spirit!"

"As long as a religious ceremony is performed to pray for the deceased's soul and to exorcise evil spirits, everything will be fine!"

The fat man in the cassock looked at Bai Litang and said seriously, "It's because your daughter left home uneasy that she's causing trouble and affecting your career."

Bai Litang's daughter is dead; you can easily find out about this by searching online.

After all, his daughter, Bai Shasha, is a popular actress in Xia Kingdom.

Bai Litang sighed: "Do I look too kind?"

Or do you think my family fortune was won in the lottery?

The middle-aged man in the long gown and the fat man in the cassock were both taken aback.

Bai Litang suddenly slammed his fist on the table and said fiercely, "Take those two out and break their legs."

The middle-aged man in the long robe and the fat man in the cassock both showed fear on their faces.

Several waiters who had previously been respectful to them suddenly turned fierce and dragged the two men out.

The two were dragged out of the banquet hall, crying and screaming.

Upon seeing this scene, everyone shrank back, remaining silent as if trembling in fear.

Bai Litang clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute to Xia Li: "I'm sorry, President Xia, I'm sorry you had to see this."

Xia Li shook her head indifferently, holding a piece of fruit, looking like she was watching a show.

Wang Lei, who was present, was stunned by this nonchalant gesture.

This is the kind of woman a male protagonist in an urban fantasy novel should have!

In the future, can I hand over the management of my harem to her?

Just thinking about it is exciting!

Bai Litang straightened his back and said to the people present, "I have indeed encountered something strange, which is why I have invited you all, who are so renowned, to gather together."

Some of you have genuine talent and skills, but some are just charlatans with empty reputations.

Please be careful what you say and do from now on; I don't like hearing lies.

Everyone fell silent, not daring to utter a word.

Wang Lei stood up in full view of everyone.

Everyone looked sideways.

This kid must be in his early twenties, right?

How could someone in their early twenties understand numerology and yin-yang? That's impossible.

They're really bold to stand up at this time!

Xia Li also raised her beautiful eyes to look at Wang Lei.

To be precise, it was the crow on Wang Lei's shoulder.

Wang Lei felt the beauty's gaze and mistakenly thought he had been favored. A confident smile appeared on his lips, and he clasped his hands in a fist and fist salute: "Mr. Bai, why don't you let me see what has happened in your family recently?"

Bai Litang nodded: "Okay."

Wang Lei glanced at the crow on his shoulder.

The crow understood and stretched its head towards Wang Lei's ear.

As Wang Lei listened, astonishment crossed his eyes: "Something really did happen in your family?"

Bai Litang frowned: "Nonsense! Otherwise, why would I be looking for you?"

Kid, if you dare to lie, you'll end up even worse off than them.

Wang Lei chuckled twice and said, "Quite a few people have died at Green Horse Manor recently, haven't they?"

A hint of surprise appeared in Bai Litang's eyes.

His daughter's death had made the news, but he had never told anyone about the deaths of his other subordinates.

Because those subordinates were not clean and could not withstand investigation.

Bai Litang quickly asked, "Have you found the murderer?"

A slight smile appeared in Wang Lei's eyes: "This matter is very strange, strange because it's too coincidental."

Bai Litang, puzzled, frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Wang Lei touched his nose, organized his thoughts, and said, "There is no murderer."

Bai Litang's brows furrowed even deeper: "No murderer?"

Wang Lei shrugged, looking confident: "None of the dead died in vain; their lives simply came to an end naturally."

That's why I say it's strange that they all died of old age at the same time!

The crow told him these words.

The crow said that everyone dies because their lifespan has run out.

Wang Lei trusted the crow's judgment.

Since he could remember, the crow had said many incredible things, and in the end, all of them were proven to be true.

Therefore, no matter how absurd the crow's words are, they can be taken as the truth.

Wang Lei believes that Crow was right this time too.

He didn't know that there was a scythe that Death had used in this world.

Being claimed by the Grim Reaper cannot be considered a wrongful or violent death.

All the masters present felt that Wang Lei was tired of living.

Several people died of old age at the same time?

What a coincidence!

But these words made Bai Litang's eyes light up.

The deaths of the daughter and her subordinates were all strange.

No one had any wounds or signs of poisoning.

If it's due to the end of one's lifespan, that makes perfect sense!

After all, the opponent is a strange being who may possess such evil magic!

This young man is truly talented.

At least he could see the cause of death of his daughter and his men.

Bai Litang said in a deep voice, "Mr. Wang, please let me go to another place later to discuss this in detail."

Everyone stared at Wang Lei in disbelief.

Was he really right?!

Wang Lei glanced smugly at Yang Xiao sitting next to him, then looked at Sun Jie next to Yang Xiao and said with a smile, "I told you, I have real skills."

Yang Xiao, completely disregarding his image, grabbed two chicken legs and stuffed them into his mouth without looking up, saying, "President Bai, how about I take another look at them for you?"

Bai Litang looked at Yang Xiao with surprise and suspicion.

Is this unassuming fellow actually a master with real skills?

Bai Litang nodded: "Okay."

Yang Xiao put down the chicken leg, his greasy hands making a show of pinching it randomly: "Ouch! Your family messed with someone they shouldn't have!"

Wang Lei sneered, "You mean I misread it?"

I said that none of the deaths were murders; they all died of natural causes.

But you're saying Mr. Bai offended someone?

Are you deliberately going against me?

I've already said it, I'm different from you; I have real skills.

After Wang Lei finished speaking, he looked at Bai Litang and said seriously, "Believe me, the people who died here a few days ago all died of natural causes. There was no murder involved."

Yang Xiao glanced at Bai Litang: "Oh, I've figured it out."

Your daughter is too greedy; she actually wants to take what doesn't belong to her.

Upon hearing this, Bai Litang trembled all over!