Wang Xiaoyan immediately expressed her displeasure. "Boss Xiao, how can you do this? You already reached an agreement with Chen Jie just now, and now you're looking for someone else?"
Chen Jie waved his hand. "It's fine, Xiaoyan."
He looked at Xiao Ding. "I promise you!"
Xiao Ding's expression relaxed. This way, he wouldn't offend Chen Jie and could still have Meng De act on his behalf.
If Meng De solved the problem, he wouldn't have to pay ten million. But if Meng De couldn't, he could still ask Chen Jie to step in.
"Kid, you're quite confident. But meeting me is your misfortune, because I can easily break this feng shui formation!"
Meng De smiled confidently and took out a small compass from his pocket.
Following that, he began to move around the auction house.
He shifted many movable facilities within the auction house, and even punched a hole in the wall.
He chanted incantations.
After a while, the auction house, which had previously felt oppressive, now exuded a sense of ease.
Everyone's hearts lifted, realizing that Meng De's actions had been effective.
Yi Zhentian was full of disappointment. It seemed this was not the Yin Dragon Swallowing Heaven formation after all.
He walked up to Chen Jie and said regretfully, "Master Chen, it seems you won't be getting this money."
"Not necessarily," Chen Jie said calmly.
"Oh?" Yi Zhentian asked, puzzled.
"You two, stand behind me." Chen Jie instructed.
Although Yi Zhentian was confused, he still stood behind Chen Jie with Wang Xiaoyan.
"Master Chen, did Meng De not succeed?" Yi Zhentian asked doubtfully.
Chen Jie sneered. "Succeeded? He's already halfway to losing his life!"
"Kid, stop with your alarmist talk. You were exposed as a fraud, and now you're spouting nonsense? Master Meng will quickly prove you wrong!" Yin Chuji said to Chen Jie, disdainfully.
Chen Jie said playfully, "A word of advice, this useless person isn't just risking his own life!"
"Master Chen, what exactly is going on?" Yi Zhentian's face showed surprise and uncertainty.
"Just wait and see!"
At this moment, Chen Jie felt a surge of malevolent energy wash over him.
Almost instantly, everyone felt as if something had changed within the auction house.
Chen Jie raised his hand, and any malevolent energy that approached him was absorbed.
Yin Chuji shivered. He also felt that something was wrong and quickly ran behind Chen Jie.
Only then did he feel a little better.
"This is bad! Such dense evil energy!" Meng De's face changed drastically. This aura was so strong it almost made him breathless.
At the same time, Meng De's phone suddenly rang.
He took out his phone. "What is it?"
"What? My uncle is dead?" Meng De exclaimed.
Meng De's face suddenly contorted, and then he sighed, "I understand. I'm handling something outside right now, I'll contact you later."
As soon as he hung up, his phone rang again. "President, why, why have you expelled me from the association?"
"What? You're saying the mistress I kept jumped to her death?" Meng De cried out in shock.
Even now, he hadn't realized something was wrong. Two consecutive pieces of news had struck him, leaving him utterly dejected.
Soon, a third call arrived. "No, don't! My money, why is my money frozen? Damn it!"
Following that, a fourth and fifth call came, all delivering unfortunate news to Meng De.
Yi Zhentian and the others exchanged bewildered glances.
Bad news kept coming, and it was obvious to anyone with a brain that this was unusual.
Wang Xiaoyan asked curiously, "Chen Jie, is this the consequence you mentioned?"
Chen Jie said lightly, "This is just an appetizer. The real consequences are yet to come!"
"Ah?"
Wang Xiaoyan gasped, and then Meng De received another call. He roared, "No! My son! Who, who hit him to death? Tell me, and I'll slaughter their entire family!"
At the same time, a pillar beside him suddenly collapsed. Meng De, lost in his extreme shock and grief, did not notice this change.
"Master Meng, be careful!" Xiao Ding warned.
However, it was too late.
With a loud crash.
The pillar directly struck Meng De's head, shattering it.
"What!"
Yin Chuji's face changed dramatically as he rushed to Meng De's side. "This, this..."
Xiao Ding also stared blankly at Meng De's corpse. "Master Meng, he's just... dead?"
Wang Xiaoyan also felt uncomfortable. A living person dying before her eyes in such a short time was hard for her to accept.
"I told him long ago he was digging his own grave, but he wouldn't listen. He brought his own doom!" Chen Jie said coldly.
Just then, Xiao Ding's phone rang.
"What?"
He exclaimed.
Then, he hung up the phone.
He looked at Chen Jie for help. "Master Chen, my car dealership's steel frame collapsed, smashing over a dozen of my luxury cars. Does this, does this have anything to do with my auction house's feng shui?"
Chen Jie replied, "You were just contaminated by malevolent energy. Your bad luck has only just begun."
"What..."
Just then, his phone rang again.
"Ah? What did you say? My foreign trade clothes were found to contain contraband? Someone's coming to arrest me?" Xiao Ding clutched his phone, his face filled with despair.
He was already filled with regret. Not only did Meng De fail to solve the problem and get himself killed, but he also dragged Xiao Ding down with him.
Ring ring...
The ringing of the phone sounded like a death knell, and Xiao Ding dared not answer it.
Yin Chuji was filled with terror.
He never imagined that Xiao Ding's auction house could be so bizarre.
Then, a cold smile flashed in his eyes. He pointed at Chen Jie and said, "Boss Xiao, didn't he say he could solve it? Let him solve it for you!"
Boss Xiao immediately grasped at a lifeline and pleaded with Chen Jie, "Master Chen, please act quickly! I'll give you thirty million, no, fifty million!"
Chen Jie glanced at Yin Chuji, then said to him, "Bring that spirit stone over!"
Xiao Ding was stunned, then ran frantically to a corner, found a spirit stone, and handed it to Chen Jie.
Chen Jie raised his hand, sat down cross-legged, and began to cultivate.
He had long thought of a solution.
There was no need to break any formations.
This contaminated spirit stone was likely the cause of the attraction of malevolent energy.
He only needed to continuously absorb the energy within the spirit stone, allowing the powerful malevolent energy in the auction house to continuously flow into the spirit stone, thus dissolving it.
As Chen Jie cultivated, the spiritual energy and malevolent energy within the spirit stone were continuously absorbed by him.
Chen Jie's strength also grew steadily.
The spirit stone, like a sponge, frantically absorbed the surrounding malevolent energy.
Yi Zhentian and Wang Xiaoyan rushed to Chen Jie's side. Wang Xiaoyan looked worried.
"What is Chen Jie doing?" Wang Xiaoyan asked Yi Zhentian.
Yi Zhentian shook his head in confusion. "Forgive my poor eyesight, but this is the first time I've seen someone break a feng shui formation like this."
Yin Chuji looked at Chen Jie with a cold smile.
Of course, he didn't believe Chen Jie's abilities were superior to Meng De's.
Therefore, he deliberately let Chen Jie act, intending to send him to his death.
However, his expression gradually began to change.
Because, as Chen Jie cultivated, the surrounding environment also began to shift.