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Chapter 331 Evil Antiques

"I'll go with you," Leng Shaoting said.

"I'm going to dig up an ancient grave! You're a military officer who is supposed to stop me from doing so, but you propose to go with me?" Gu Ning teased.

"Since I'm willing to take the risk of going with you, aren't you supposed to reward me?" Leng Shaoting looked straight at Gu Ning in an amorous way.

Gu Ning of course understood what was on his mind, and gave him an angry look. "Since when have you been so good at flirting?"

"Ever since I've been with you," Leng Shaoting replied. It was true that Leng Shaoting had become outgoing and talkative since Gu Ning became his girlfriend.

Gu Ning flushed a little, and glared at him, but she didn't seem mad at all. Instead, Leng Shaoting was turned on by her slightly red, beautiful face. "Ningning, if you look at me like that for much longer, I'll lose control of myself." His voice was hoarse.

Gu Ning felt like laughing. Why couldn't she look at him like that? She just gave him an angry look, and he got sexually excited because of it? Leng Shaoting was really horny now. Gu Ning ignored him and walked quickly ahead to keep a distance away from him.

There were three workers in all in Xiangyun Antique-store. One was the store manager, and the other two were salesmen. When Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting got to the store, there was no guests inside. Seeing that they were coming in, a salesman welcomed them at once. "Welcome to our store! Please enjoy yourself."

Gu Ning didn't expose her identity right away, but ambled around in the store. It seemed like she had no intention to buy anything. In fact, Gu Ning did it on purpose to test their attitude towards different guests. And it turned out that they were still very polite and kind, at least superficially. After Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting had stayed in the store for a long time, a salesman even poured two cups of tea for them.

When Gu Ning was about to open her mouth, a middle-aged man came inside with a sack in hand. Seeing the man, Gu Ning squinted, because this middle-aged man was in the same condition as the stand owner that Gu Ning had just met. Or to be specific, this middle-aged man looked even weaker and his forehead was even darker. Obviously, he had touched ancient objects with Yin.

Afterwards, Gu Ning's sight fell on the sack in the man's hand. She used her Jade Eyes and saw that there was a pile of antiques inside, but most of them were fake. However, there were two real antiques. One was a bronze glass which was 14 CM tall, and the other was a bronze mirror that was 19.3 CM tall. Both of them were from Warring States Period. Meanwhile, there was a mixture of white and black mist around the two real antiques.

It seemed that the two ancient objects were from the same grave as the bronze dagger, and the grave had probably existed since the Warring States Period or earlier.

"I just got a bunch of objects from the countryside. Do you want them?" the man asked.

"Come on in! Let me check first," the store manager said to him.

There were both real and fake antiques on sale in the store. As long as its style was good and its price wasn't high, they would buy it.

"Wait a second," Gu Ning said.

The store manager stopped and looked at Gu Ning. "May I help?"

Gu Ning took out her certificate and handed it to the store manager. The store manager was surprised to find out that their boss was such a young girl. "Nice to meet you, boss!" It was totally beyond their imagination that their new boss was so young! The other two salesmen immediately went over and greeted Gu Ning, "Nice to meet you, boss!"

Gu Ning nodded lightly and said to the store manager, "May I have a look of those objects too?"

The store manager was Chen Darong. He was in his early forties and always worked hard. This year was the 20th year that he had been working in Xiangyun Antique-store. He had started his career as an apprentice, and was now an antique expert.

"Sure, boss," Chen Darong said. He didn't despise Gu Ning just because she was young. The fact that she was able to buy Xiangyun Antique-store already proved her ability. Smart people would never judge a person from appearance.

After that, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting followed Chen Darong and the man and walked into a room. When they were in the room, the man put the sack down and opened it.

Gu Ning pretended to choose among the pile of ancient objects before she picked the bronze mirror and the bronze glass up. "I'll take these two. Uncle Chen, you can choose among the rest!" Gu Ning said to Chen Darong.

Gu Ning needed to drive the Yin of those two objects away before she put them in the store. Otherwise, all the people in the store would be affected.

Chen Darong was surprised that Gu Ning called him Uncle Chen. It seemed like their new boss was quite pleasant.

"Sure," Chen Darong said. He didn't ask why Gu Ning took the two bronze objects. Since Gu Ning chose them, she was going to pay for them herself. The two objects cost her ten thousand yuan in all. The man didn't know that they were real antiques, so he sold them at the same price as the fake antiques.

Some antique dealers would go to antique stores first when they got a lot of ancient objects from the countryside. If antique stores didn't want their objects, they would sell them on the antique street themselves.

"Where did you get these ancient objects?" Gu Ning asked the

man.

"From several villages, like Fengyang Village, Daning Village and so forth," the man replied.

A question dawned on Gu Ning suddenly. These real antiques were newly dug out from graves. If the village citizens really dug them out from graves, they should know that they were real. Why did they still sell them at a low price to the antique dealers? Gu Ning couldn't figure it out. It seemed like she had to go to the village on her own to find out the truth.

Later, Gu Ning used an excuse to use the bathroom and put the bronze mirror as well as the bronze glass in her telepathic eye space. There was a large amount of power in her telepathic eye space, so the two objects would be purified automatically.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting didn't stay in the store any longer, and left for Fengyang Village.

However, Gu Ning wasn't in a hurry to enter Fengyang Village in the day, because they were going to search for the grave. It was better if they slid into the village during the night. And they couldn't directly drive into the village, so they booked a room at a nearby hotel. They planned to park the car in the parking lot of the hotel before they walked to the village in the night.

Chapter 332 Visit the Ancient Grave in Fengyang Village

After their search, they found a small town two kilometers away from Fengyang Village, so Gu Ning decided to book a room and park their car there. Leng Shaoting agreed with her after she told him her plan.

Fengyang Village was located in an area near the capital, but because the capital was so large, it took at least an hour and a half of driving for them to get to the small town. And they still needed to walk for another 20 minutes to arrive at Fengyang Village from the small town. Therefore, Gu Ning prepared to leave at 4 pm. It would be 5:30 pm when they arrived at the town, and it would be dinner time. In the winter, the sky went dark at 6 pm, so it was a great time for them to discuss a plan after dinner. They still had two hours to prepare some food and tools before they left.

There were mountains all around Fengyang Village. It was impossible for them to find the ancient grave the moment they got there. It would probably take them hours or even days to find it. And in order to not

ev

attract attention, they couldn't ask the

villagers. However, no matter whether they could find the ancient grave, they had to go back to the capital tomorrow night.

There were a lot of tools in Gu Ning's telepathic eyes space, but it wasn't convenient for her to take them out, because she still didn't want Leng Shaoting

to know her secret.

For now, Gu Ning wasn't clear about the condition of the ancient grave. Had only a few found it, or had a majority already found it? However, since antiques dealers were able to sell those bronze objects, the ancient grave must not have been discovered by the

government yet. If the government knew about it, it would shut its entrance and send an archaeological team to do the study. However, the ancient grave was full of Yin, and those archaeologists would be affected

too.

Gu Ning would give Leng Shaoting her night-luminescent pearl to protect him before they got into the ancient grave, but the most important first step was to find the

ancient grave.

Two hours later, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting arrived at the small town which was the one nearest to Fengyang Village. They booked a room and parked their car before they went to have dinner. After dinner, it was almost 6:30 pm, and the sky was completely dark now. The two then set out on their adventure.

Within 20 minutes, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting arrived at Fengyang Village, which was completely dark. Even with her acute sight, Gu Ning could barely figure out where the road was.

She looked at the surrounding mountains and had no idea where they should start. The mountains were too far. Even though it was hardly possible, Gu Ning still used her Jade Eyes to give it a try. However, unfortunately, her Jade Eyes were only effective within 200 meters, and she couldn't see the mountains at such a far distance.

Right at this time, they heard a car driving over. In order to not be discovered, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting immediately hid in the grass at the roadside. A van stopped at the entrance of Fengyang Village and four men who each had a big backpack got out of it.

"Come on! Be careful. Don't let anyone else find us," one of them said.

Hearing that, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting

understood that they came here for nothing

good. They also thought that they could be grave diggers. Gu Ning instantly used her Jade Eyes to scan their backpacks. There were all kinds of tools for grave-digging in their backpacks.

Once they four men left, the van drove away

without delay.

"Let's follow them," Gu Ning said. Leng Shaoting gave her an affirmative nod. After that, they quietly followed the four men.

Half an hour later, they had climbed halfway

up one of the mountains, and the four men never found out that Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were following them. Afterwards, they stopped at a rather steep rock wall and uncover an area of grass. A hole immediately appeared; it was probably the dug up grave.

The four men fastened ropes and abseiled

down.

After the four men were in the ancient grave for a long while, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting approached the hole. However, they didn't get in right away. Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes to check the depth and the four men's location first in case they met them by accident.

The hole was about 20 meters deep, and there was a tomb tunnel beneath it. About

three or four meters from the tomb tunnel,

there was an anteroom, which was about ten square meters in size. And four coffins were laid in the anteroom. The four coffins had been opened already. That was all that Gu Ning could see with her Jade Eyes.

The four men were in the anteroom but they didn't stay there because they had already stolen all the valuable objects there. Thus

they were walking towards other anterooms,

but it wasn't easy to get into an anteroom.

From the ancient objects that they had already found, they knew that the person who had been buried in this ancient grave had to be an important figure, so it was highly possible that there were traps or poison at the entrances of the anterooms.

The four men came to another anteroom, but didn't dare walk in directly. Instead, they

checked the surroundings carefully, and

didn't walk inside until they were sure that

there was no danger.

Now was the time for Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting to abseil down. Gu Ning took out her night-luminescent pearl, but didn't reveal it fully, because its light was very

bright.

"Here." Gu Ning gave the night-luminescent pearl to Leng Shaoting. "This is a night-luminescent pearl. You can use it to light the way."

It was too complicated for her to explain the Yin and her magical power, so she could

only use the excuse.

"A night-luminescent pearl?" Leng Shaoting was quite surprised that Gu Ning had such a priceless jewel, but he didn't ask further, and took the night-luminescent pearl.

Gu Ning also told Leng Shaoting not to show its light fully in case the four men would find out. After that, they put on gloves and abseiled down. Once they were in the tomb tunnel, they walked to the first anteroom. Before long, they came to the first anteroom which had already been robbed clean.

It was a mess in there and there were pieces of blackened bone with some armor in each of the coffins. They could be servants that

had been buried together with their master.

Right when Gu Ning was about to use her Jade Eyes to check the four men's location, they suddenly heard an agonized scream followed by messy footsteps.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting sensed that something must be wrong, and walked out of the anteroom without hesitation, but they encountered the four men right as they left the anteroom. The man who was running in the front saw two shadows in the tomb tunnel and was frightened to a stop right away, the other three men who were running behind him didn't expect that he would stop all of a sudden and knocked him over directly. However, they were in a dangerous situation and immediately struggled to get back on their feet. All of them were scared to death when Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting appeared in their sight.

Chapter 333 Bats in the Ancient Grave

One of them said in a trembling voice, "Are-are you human beings or ghosts?"

"Ghosts," Gu Ning joked because she thought that it was funny. However, the man relaxed instead. "You can speak, so you're human beings, but get out of here right now. There is a group of bats flying towards here!"

They weren't curious about why Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were here, because there were many grave diggers. It wasn't uncommon that others found this ancient

grave.

A group of bats? Hearing that, Gu Ning immediately used her Jade Eyes and saw a large group of black bats flying towards this tomb tunnel from an anteroom.

The four men ran to the anteroom beside Gu Ning and were about to close the door, but Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were still out in the tunnel. "Hey, do you want to get in here or not? We're closing the door," one of them said. Although they were opponents as grave diggers in the same ancient grave, the four men had already warned Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting that there was a group of bats. If Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting wouldn't come inside, it wasn't their fault.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting then walked into the anteroom without delay, and a man closed the door tightly. They were all relieved afterwards. Seconds later, they all heard the continuous noise made by the large group of

bats.

"What should we do now? The bats are afraid of light and fire, but there are too many bats and our flashlight are barely enough. I don't think that there is anything we can burn here," a man said.

"Reveal the night-luminescent pearl fully now," Gu Ning said to Leng Shaoting.

Leng Shaoting nodded then revealed the entire night-luminescent pearl. Shortly, the anteroom was completely lit up, which shocked the four men. They looked to the light source and rounded their eyes in shock. "Ni-night-luminescent pearl!"

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting stayed calm, examining their faces. If they were kind people, Gu Ning wouldn't mind bringing them out, but if they dared to scheme against them for this night-luminescent pearl, Gu Ning wouldn't help them at all.

Three of the four men were astonished, but didn't show any greedy expressions. However, the last one seemed to have his

own plan. Of course, just because the three

men didn't show their greed didn't mean that they had no intention to steal it from Gu Ning. So Gu Ning was on alert now.

She turned to a man who was around 25-years-old; he was the youngest one among them. "You're injured."

Indeed, the man had been bitten by a bat and his face started to turn back, which was a sign of being poisoned. Hearing that, the other three men looked to the youngest man with one accord and asked nervously, "You're injured? Where?"

"I-I was bitten by a bat!" The man hadn't felt the acute pain from the back of his hand until now. He was horrified, because they all knew that bats in ancient graves were extremely poisonous. Although he wouldn't die quickly, he would be dead after one or two hours if he hadn't been administered in

time.

"Oh, the antidote!" Three of them immediately took off their backpacks searching for medicine. They were gravediggers and always carried all kinds of antidotes with them. They took out the antidote and covered the youngest man's hand with it. However, the antidote would only be effective after a long time. Besides, even if the poison in the youngest man's body was resolved, he would be weak in the following days, which would affect his later movements.

Gu Ning walked to them and gave them a small porcelain bottle. "If you trust me, you can take this. It will be effective within seconds." In the porcelain bottle was medicine that Gu Ning had made with her power and water today.

They gave Gu Ning a glance, but didn't take the porcelain bottle right away. It was hard for them to believe her. They had a suspicion that Gu Ning would kill them all and be in possession of all the antiques in this ancient grave. They had just met each other and they were opponents as grave diggers.

Gu Ning understood why they hesitated, so she explained, "I'll take responsibility no matter what happens."

Hearing that, they chose to believe her for now, and took the medicine. They also knew that their antidote wouldn't be effective soon. Although the youngest man could be saved, their following actions would be greatly affected.

The youngest man took Gu Ning's medicine at once.

Once the medicine which was actually just a mixture of Gu Ning's magical power and water went into the youngest man's mouth, he felt a cold air and it was really comfortable. The cold air immediately flowed through his entire body. He didn't feel any more pain, and he stopped bleeding as well. Most surprisingly, he got his strength back like lightning. The people around his were all quite astonished.

The man's wound wasn't healed yet, because of the lack of power. However, Gu Ning did it

on purpose. If the medicine was too

effective, it could cause her trouble.

"Thank you so much!" the four men said to Gu Ning

"My pleasure," Gu Ning replied and asked. "You're professional grave diggers, haven't you found anything strange about this ancient grave?"

Gu Ning wasn't sure herself, but tried to get more information from them. Once Gu Ning asked that question, the four men's faces all changed. Apparently, they indeed had been through something strange. The four men had been to this ancient grave last week, but they were all sick ever since. Thus they didn't come back again until a week later

when they recovered. Ever since they had been to this ancient grave, they had been having nightmares and lacked energy, but the four men didn't know why Gu Ning asked that question, so they stayed quiet and waited for her to finish her sentences.

"I can tell what has happened to you all from your appearance. Out of my kindness, I can be honest with you. The ancient objects in this grave are evil and contain Yin. If you take them, the Yin would affect your health and you would be either weak or sick. It's also possible that you'll die in the near future," Gu Ning said.

It sounded so unusual and unbelievable, but the four men who had been through it couldn't doubt it.

"Then what should we do?" the youngest man asked in anxiety.

"Do you mean that we better give up these antiques?" a man who was around 35-years-old asked in an unpleasant tone.

"If you want to live, you better give up, but if you don't care, just take them," Gu Ning said.

"Stop scaring us! If we give up, you'll have the chance to take them all!" another man who was around 30 years old retorted.

Chapter 334 Fortune or Life

Although they had felt uncomfortable for a period of time, it was impossible for them to give up those antiques in such a large amount.

"Lao San!" the oldest man among them, who was around 40-years-old, snapped at the man. He believed what the man had just

said, but he believed what Gu

had said more. He had been a grave digger for a long time, and was willing to accept it.

"Since you don't believe it, I won't force you," Gu Ning said.

"Well, are you going to give up the ancient objects in this grave too?" Lao San asked, but he obviously didn't believe that Gu Ning would.

"Of course I won't!" Gu Ning said it plainly. Hearing that, the four men were upset at once, but before they could say another word, Gu Ning added, "You should know that night-luminescent pearls are full of power and can drive Yin away. Thus the ancient objects won't affect me much once they are in my hands."

They were grave diggers who had been in touch with far more unusual things than common people, so they sort of believed in Yin and Yang

Leng Shaoting didn't have that experience, but he had heard of Yin and Yang. He neither believed nor

disbelieved it, but he was curious

about it.

"So what? We can steal the night-luminescent pearl and it'll be ours," Lao San said aggressively.

"Lao San, how can you do that?" The oldest man was displeased.

"Boss, are you going to listen to her and give up all of the valuable antiques?" Lan San argued. Only fools would give up the fortune right in front of their eyes.

"Well, do you think that you have the ability to steal it from me?" Gu Ning asked with disdain.

"You…" Lao San was irritated. However, before he could attack Gu Ning, his boss stopped him. The oldest man said to Gu Ning, "Miss, I know that you're just being kind to tell us that, but it cost us a lot of energy and effort to find this ancient grave and dig this hole. It's impossible for us to leave here with empty hands."

"Of course I won't make you leave with empty hands. So, I have two ideas. First, I can transfer a hundred million yuan to your account and then all the ancient objects in this grave would belong to me," Gu Ning said, but she was interrupted by Lao San.

"A hundred million yuan? Do you think that we are beggars? A. random object in this grave is worth over ten million yuan!" he said in anger.

He was right. A random ancient object in this grave was worth over ten million yuan. Thus it wasn't fair for them, however that was only when their life wasn't in danger.

"You indeed would rather die for money!" Gu Ning shook her head resignedly and signed. "Well, second, we can compete against each other for the antiques."

"That's reasonable," Lao San said, but others remained silent.

"However, physical attacks are not allowed. If you attack us, we don't mind fighting back," Gu Ning warned. "And if you choose the second, I won't bother saving your life again, or protecting you from

the bats outside."

Gu Ning thought that she had already saved them once and warned them. Even if they were all dead in front of her eyes now, she wouldn't feel guilty, because they deserved it.

Hearing that, the four men panicked a little. The large group of bats outside was indeed a major threat!

"Alright, then we'll leave first," Gu Ning said. She and Leng Shaoting then took out protective suits and put it on, in case the bats bit them. Gu Ning already knew that this ancient grave was dangerous, so she had checked related knowledge on the Internet beforehand. She was aware that there could be bats, mice or snakes in it. Although the protective suit couldn't stop the poisonous animals from attacking them, it wouldn't be difficult for them to deal with them given their outstanding agility.

Seeing that Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting put on protective suits, the four men were envious, especially Lao San who was already jealous of them and couldn't wait to leave this anteroom. He was worried that Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting would get all the antiques before them.

"Hey, if you open the door now, the bats will get inside!" Lao San tried to stop them.

"Don't worry. I won't allow a single bat to get in here," Gu Ning smiled with disdain.

Lao San lost his patience and urged his partners. "Boss, let's get out of here now!"

However, his boss suddenly said to Gu Ning, "Miss, we choose the hundred million yuan over the ancient objects in this grave, but you need to keep your promise."

"What?" They were all surprised. Lao San, on the other hand, was furious. "Boss, what do you mean? Are you scared of what this girl said?"

"Lao San, I don't have the right to stop you, but if you still regard me as your boss, please take my advice and don't leave here. If you insist on walking out, you can go alone," the oldest man, Lao Da, said. He wasn't scared of what Gu Ning had said, but he knew that Gu Ning had told them the truth. Although grave-digging was always dangerous, he wasn't willing to die for money.

"What about you?" Lao San asked looking to Lao Er and Lao Yao.

Although Lao Er and Lao Yao were reluctant to give up the priceless antiques, they always trusted Lao Da and chose to follow his lead as usual. "We'll follow Lao Da," Lao Er and Lao Yao replied.

"Fine, very well. I'll go alone!" Lao San was extremely mad, and made up his mind to go out alone. He put on his mask and took out a burning torch.

Gu Ning looked to Lao Da and others. "Since we made an agreement, you can wait here for us. Once we're out of this grave, I'll transfer the money to you. I promise."

"Sure," Lao Da answered. He could only choose to trust her now. After that, Gu Ning said to Lao San, "TIL. protect them, so you need to leave before us. I'm afraid that the bats will fly inside when you open the door."

"You…" Lao San was angry that Gu Ning despised him. He snorted with anger, and opened the door, walking out with the burning torch lifted in his hand. Nobody stopped him; not because his partners didn't care about his life, but because he didn't value his own life.

Chapter 335 Lao San's Death and the Black Moving Body

Because of the bright light of the night-luminescent pearl, the large group of bats was just flying from left to right outside, but didn't dare to come inside.

Before Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went out, she said to Lao Da and others in the anteroom, "It's his own choice, and whether he can stay alive had nothing to do with me."

Lao Da and the others also knew

that even if Lao San died, they couldn't blame anyone.

"Once we're out, you need to immediately close the door," Gu Ning reminded them.

The moment that Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were out, Lao Da closed the door and no bats had the chance to fly inside.

In the tomb tunnel, Lao San was holding his burning torch, so the bats didn't dare to approach too close, but the light of a single burning torch was too weak in front of thousands of bats, thus some bats still attacked Lao San once in a while, which scared him.

As for Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting, they had the night-luminescent pearl to protect them from the bats. However, if they didn't kill the bats, it could still be dangerous. No one could promise that the bats wouldn't attack them or bite them by chance.

At this time, Gu Ning heard Lao San's agonized shout. Obviously, he had been bitten by bats. Lao San used his antidote to stop the effects of bats' poison. And although he survived, he was much

weaker.

"Let me ask you for the last time. Do you want the antiques or your life?" Gu Ning still had her sympathy towards Lao San and gave him one last chance.

"It's none of your business!" Lao San said in anger and continued to walk ahead.

Since he said that, Gu Ning wouldn't persuade him anymore.

She took out a flame thrower from her backpack and sprayed flame at the group of black bats behind them. The flame thrower emitted flames that were two meters long and ten centimeters wide. Once the flame was sprayed out, a group of bats were ignited. They struggled, then died and fell.

Lao San was so jealous of Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting. He was eager to grab the night-luminescent pearl and flame thrower from them, but was afraid that he couldn't beat them alone.

After spraying flame three times, almost all the bats behind Gu Ning were dead, but it wasn't realistic to kill them all, because some of them hid away. As long as they weren't being threatening, Gu Ning wouldn't bother killing them.

Gu Ning only killed the bats behind her, but there were a lot in front of Lao San. With a single burning torch, he could hardly escape from their attacks.

Lao San went to the anteroom that they had opened before the bats flew out, but he couldn't get inside right away because the bats were precisely flying out of this anteroom. He cautiously looked inside.

There were a lot less bats in it, but

they all flew backwards seeing fire.

"Don't go inside!" Gu Ning tried to stop Lao San, but he refused to listen to her. Lao San walked in directly and later screamed in horror and pain. When Gu Ning followed him, she saw Lao San lying on the ground with blood around his body. He was dead already. And there was a black moving body standing in front of Lao San. It was a zombie. Before they went into the anteroom, Gu Ning had used her Jade Eyes and saw the zombie. She was shocked to find that there really were zombies in this world.

It was because she was so stunned that she failed to stop Lao San in

time, but she had indeed warned

Lao San to not go inside

beforehand. If he had listened to

her, he wouldn't have been killed, but the truth was that Lao San had died because he refused to listen to Gu Ning's advice.

In the first anteroom, the three men heard Gu Ning's voice and Lao San's scream. They had a premonition that Lao San was in trouble. If Lao San was really in trouble, they would feel terrible too, because they had been working together for two years. However, Lao San valued money too high, and he would risk his life for it. Besides, Lao San had betrayed them for money, which Lao Da kept a secret. That was the reason why he hadn't tried his best to stop Lao San. He had planned to dismiss Lao San after this time. Lao San had done a lot to discover this ancient grave after all.

"Boss, is Lao San in trouble?�� Lao Er asked.

"I have no idea," Lao Da said. He wasn't sure either.

Leng Shaoting was terrified too when the black moving body appeared in his sight. "What the hell is that?" He had been through many dangerous situations and places, and he had fought in the Amazon Rainforest, but he had never panicked in front of scary beasts or enemies. However, this black moving body was too strange and horrifying. It looked like a human being, but had black fur all over its body. It seemed to be a gorilla, but was obviously not.

"A zombie," Gu Ning said. It wasn't the normal zombies that they had seen in the horror films. This zombie smelt like rotten corpse, which was quite disgusting.

What? A zombie? Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was more than shocked. He had only heard of ghosts and monsters in tales. To his astonishment, there were really zombies in this world. His original views of this world started to change dramatically.

The zombie was afraid of light and fire too, so it didn't dare to approach them because of the night-luminescent pearl in Leng Shaoting's hand, but a zombie was much more threatening to Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting than a group of bats, because it was really strong and could use other things to attack them. Without hesitation, the zombie threw the heavy cover of a coffin at them.

It happened too fast and suddenly, so Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were almost hit by it. However, the heavy cover hit between the two of them, so Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting escaped in two different directions. However, that being the case, Gu Ning was out of the brightest light, and the zombie seized the chance, attacking Gu Ning with his sharp, black nails.

"Ningning!" Leng Shaoting was shocked. He ran to Gu Ning at once, but unexpectedly, the zombie moved much faster than him and got close to Gu Ning like lightning.

Gu Ning wasn't weak either. She fought against the black moving body with her magical power, so it didn't hurt her. At the same time, Gu Ning said to Leng Shaoting seriously, "Keep the night-luminescent pearl bright and never let it leave your hand!"

Gu Ning was really worried that Leng Shaoting would ignore the night-luminescent pearl in order to help her. If the night-luminescent pearl was covered, it would be a great advantage to the zombie. Besides, it Leng Shaoting lost the protection of night-luminescent pearl, he would be hurt by Yin.

Seeing Gu Ning being so serious, Leng Shaoting bore her words in mind. Luckily, the zombie wasn't able to hurt Gu Ning, and Leng Shaoting was less concerned. However, he still wanted to help Gu Ning.

Chapter 336 Bronze Chimes

Leng Shaoting had to be cautious and couldn't move too fast in case the night-luminescent pearl would fall, so he immediately took out his gun, shooting at the back of the zombie. However, the bullets failed to hurt it at all.

"Guns or knives are useless. It's only afraid of fire and light!" Gu Ning said to Leng Shaoting.

The zombie abruptly turned around when it was shot in the back. It wanted to attack Leng Shaoting, but was scared of the bright light. Thus it turned back right away and continued fighting with Gu Ning.

During the three seconds when the zombie turned back, Gu Ning finally got a chance to pull out the flame thrower, spraying flame at it.

Boom! The flame thrower sprayed out strong flames which burned the zombie. It screamed and jumped around in severe pain. Gu Ning immediately took out a bottle of gasoline and poured it over the zombie. The fuel immediately ignited even stronger flames. The zombie's agonized scream was quite horrifying and it smelt so acrid.

The three men in the first anteroom all felt terrified by the horrifying scream, and it didn't sound like a human being's voice.

"What is the sound? I don't think a human being can make it." Lao Yao's face turned pale. He trembled in fear and hid behind Lao Da.

"Is there any monsters?" Lao Er was also scared and guessed.

Lao Da remained silent. Although he had the same idea, he didn't want to scare himself. They wanted to go out and check it themselves, but none of them dared to move a step.

The zombie stopped struggling after 10 minutes of being burned in strong flame. It fell down on the ground, but it was still ablaze.

It seemed easy for Gu Ning to kill the zombie, but it was just because of the flame thrower. Otherwise, it would have been extremely difficult to get rid of the zombie.

"Stare at it, in case comes alive again all of a sudden. I'll go over there to search for ancient objects," Gu Ning said to Leng Shaoting before she went to the coffin.

Gu Ning didn't want Leng Shaoting to follow her, because she planned to secretly put the ancient objects into her telepathic eyes space. In addition, there was a large amount of Yin around these ancient objects. Gu Ning was unwilling to let Leng Shaoting touch them, even though he had the night-luminescent pearl in his hands.

Although the zombie stopped struggling, it twitched. Leng Shaoting was also worried that it would regain its life suddenly, so he stayed at the same place fixing his eyes on

it.

Gu Ning went to the coffin, and even though there weren't many ancient objects in it, each piece of them was priceless. Most of them were made of bronze, which showed that this grave must have been built in the Warring States Period.

There were 12 pieces of bronze in the coffin, including a bronze sword, a bronze bird and beast pattern pot, an animal-shaped bronze statue, and so forth. Those ancient objects were completely covered by black mist, and there was no touch of white mist at all.

The man who had been buried in the coffin had already turned into a zombie, so it was understandable that the ancient objects were so evil.

Gu Ning put five pieces of bronze into her telepathic eyes space, and the other seven pieces of bronze were put into her backpack. She could easily put the ancient objects in her backpack into her telepathic eyes space as long as she wanted.

In fact, she put some pieces of bronze into her backpack for Leng Shaoting's sake, in case he would think that it was strange that her backpack seemed the same after she had put so much stuff into it.

After that, Gu Ning went back to Leng Shaoting's side. The black moving body was still twitching, so they couldn't leave yet.

During this time, Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes to look into another closed anteroom. There was no coffin in it, but a wooden box and a set of bronze chimes. Seeing the bronze chimes, Gu Ning was greatly surprised, because she knew that they had to be extremely priceless.

There were 65 pieces of bronze chimes in all, which were divided into three layers and nine groups according to size, hanging on the clock frame. There was a Fu Bell and 45 Yong Bells divided into 5 groups in the middle and lower layers of the clock frame. Bells hanging in the middle layer had a bright sound, while those hanging in the lower layer had a low sound. Other than the Fu Bell and Yong Bells, there were also 19 Niu Bells, which was smaller than Yong Bells, hanging on the upper layer of the clock frame in three groups.[1]

In 19XX, in the Tomb of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, two sets of bronze chimes were unearthed. One group was made up of nine pieces, while the other was seven. The bronze chimes were exquisitely decorated, and well-made. According to the textual research, they were the court instruments of Wu Guo in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Even after being buried in the earth for 2,500 years, the two sets of bronze chimes were still able to make clear and beautiful sounds. Unfortunately, the set of bronze chimes which consisted of three layers and nine groups were still missing.

If this set of bronze chimes in this ancient grave was discovered, it would cause a great sensation in music, art and antique industries. Many famous museums would fight for it. Moreover, the whole set was worth at least several billion yuan, which was quiet exciting. And in the wooden box were other ancient objects.

To Gu Ning's surprise, all the ancient objects in this anteroom were purely covered with natural power.

Gu Ning thought for a while and figured it out. The ancient objects that she had just discovered were buried with a man, who must have been tortured before he had been killed. Thus those ancient objects were affected by his deep hatred. And this anteroom where the set of bronze chimes was placed was separated from that one, so there was no Yin in it.

It wasn't hard to take the ancient objects in the wooden box, but the set of bronze chimes was too heavy to carry. In that case, Gu Ning had to put it into her telepathic eyes space, and she had to avoid Leng Shaoting. Therefore, Gu Ning said to Leng Shaoting, "Shaoting, you can stay here and I'll go out to have a look. If you're worried about me, you can stand at the door of this anteroom, staring at this zombie and keeping an eye on me."

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was of course worried about Gu Ning's safety, but he compromised in the end.

The anteroom that Gu Ning was leaving for wasn't far away. There was only a short distance of four meters. Leng Shaoting stood at the door, staring at the zombie which was still burning, and kept an eye on Gu Ning at the same time.

Gu Ning went to the anteroom, and used her Jade Eyes to check its door. Luckily, there were no traps or poison powder. She opened the door, which astonished Leng Shaoting. He was concerned that there could be more bats or another zombie inside.

"Ningning!" Leng Shaoting called Gu Ning worriedly.

"It's fine," Gu Ning comforted him, then directly pushed the door open.

Seeing that there wasn't anything strange coming out, Leng Shaoting relaxed. Gu Ning used a flashlight to light the anteroom and said to Leng Shaoting, "There's nothing terrifying in it, just pieces of bronze."

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was relieved.

Afterwards, Gu Ning walked inside. She immediately put the set of bronze chimes into her telepathic eyes space, and opened the wooden box. There was a lot of bronze in it, because bronze was quite popular during the Warring States Period. Gu Ning carried the wooden box out and put it down at the door. She then went back to check on the zombie which had finally stopped twitching and was almost burned into ashes. It was impossible for it to come alive again.

[1] Fu, Yong and Niu bells are ancient Chinese bells that have different shapes and octaves. When combined and because of their shapes they can produce a full 12-octave scale instead of just five-octaves.

Chapter 337 Deadly Body Poison

"I think we're done here. Let's go back now!" Gu Ning said.

"Sure," Leng Shaoting replied. He then went to carry the wooden box. Although it was heavy, Leng Shaoting was able to lift it. They stopped at the first anteroom again, and Gu Ning said loudly, "You can come out now!"

The three men in it couldn't wait to leave. Once they heard Gu Ning's voice, they immediately opened the door and walked out. Lao Yao asked, "What was the terrifying scream just then? I was so scared."

"A zombie," Gu Ning said directly. If they didn't know the truth, they would probably think that it was easy to get the ancient objects in this grave.

"What?" Hearing that, they were all shocked. They obviously knew what a zombie was, but they had only heard of it from the older generation's story. None of them had ever seen one in reality.

"What-what happened to the zombie?" Lao Yao asked again.

"I burned it to death, but Lao San was killed by it," Gu Ning answered.

Although the three men were mentally prepared, it was still unpleasant to hear the terrible news.

After a few seconds of mourning, Lao Da sighed and said, "Let's move Lao San's body out of here!" Although Lao San had betrayed them, they were close friends after all. Besides, he was dead now, and they felt that it was necessary to bury him well.

"Wait!" Before they could act, Gu Ning stopped them. "Lao San was killed by the zombie, and his body has already been poisoned. If you try to move his body, you might be affected by the deadly body poison and die in the near future. One can never be too careful. Besides, if he becomes a zombie later, a simple grave can't stop him. Thus I think that it's better to leave him here."

Gu Ning wasn't threatening them, but it was possible, even if barely. Hearing that, the three men were all shocked. No matter if it was true or not, they didn't dare to bring Lao San's body back, or to have a look of the zombie. Nevertheless, they didn't doubt what Gu Ning had just told them. Although they didn't see the black moving body with their own eyes, they had heard the strange scream, which a human being couldn't make.

"Well, I think that we better leave now!" Lao Yao was too scared to stay here for a second longer. Although he had dug up graves many times, it was the first time that he had been through such weird things. Not only Lao Yao, even Lao Da and Lao Er who had been grave diggers for over a dozen years felt that it was very terrifying. Afterwards, they noticed the wooden box beside Leng Shaoting's feet. They knew that there had to be antiques in it.

If they didn't know that there was a zombie, they would be reluctant to miss those antiques, but now, they only felt that they were lucky. If they had been greedy and risked their lives for fortune, they would have been killed too. If they were dead, fortune would be meaningless.

In fact, a hundred million yuan was a lot, and each of them could get twenty-five million yuan. However, Lao San was already dead, so they would share the money with Lao Si who had driven them here. There were five members in their team. Sometimes, one of them would be the driver, while the rest went to dig graves. Although the amount of money they got couldn't compare with priceless antiques, they kept their life after all. Even if Gu Ning didn't give them the money, they wouldn't bother to argue.

Gu Ning saw their reactions, and had a good impression of

them.

The grave hole wasn't big, and it only allowed one person to get through at a time, so it was impossible to carry the wooden box and leave at the same time. Gu Ning then decided to fasten a rope around the wooden box and pull it up after she got out. When the wooden box was pulled out, the three men followed. Leng Shaoting was the last one who got out of the hole.

They couldn't leave just like that; they had to fill the hole before leaving. It was very deep, and the gravediggers had moved the earth somewhere else in case someone found out. Thus it wasn't easy for them to fill it now. In the following hours, they cooperated to finish the task.

Leng Shaoting didn't want Gu Ning to do the labor work along with them, so he told her to stay on the side and guard the wooden box, while the men went to move rocks and earth. They used rocks to fill in the bottom, and the earth was placed on the top. After that, Gu Ning planted a small tree which was as thick as her arm into the hole.

"Well, after what we've been through together, I bet you trust me to some extent now. You know that it's too late to transfer the money now. Thus I think that we should go back to town and stay in the hotel for a night. We can go to the bank tomorrow. What do you think?" Gu Ning asked them. She had no intention to trick them, but they were still strangers after all.

Although there were many antiques without Yin in the wooden box, Gu Ning didn't tell them nor share with them. Since they already made the agreement, they had to stick

to it now.

"No problem."

Lao Da agreed with Gu Ning. A hundred million yuan was a considerable amount of money, and they couldn't transfer it online. In addition, they indeed had a certain amount of trust towards Gu Ning now. If Gu Ning wasn't willing to give them the money, she wouldn't have rescued them. And they already felt lucky enough to stay alive after what they had been through. Money wasn't very important to them now.

"However, our friend is waiting for us now," Lao Da said.

Gu Ning understood that it must be their driver. Actually, it would be convenient if they had a car to move the wooden box back.

"Oh, do you mean the one who drove you here? I think that we should probably move this wooden box back by car. Please call him to pick us up!" Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, the three men were surprised. How come she knows it? However, they soon realized that Gu Ning must have seen them. Unexpectedly, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting had noticed them at the very beginning.

After that, they climbed down the mountain and went back. It was around 12 am when they left.

Once they were back at the foot of the mountain, their phones got reception. Lao Da immediately sent a message to Lao Si and told him to pick them up. When they walked to the entrance of Fengyang Village, the van was already waiting there.

Chapter 338 It's Useless to Think Further About It

When the man in the car saw Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting, he was surprised. "Lao Da, who are they? And where is Lao San?"

"Lao San's dead, and these two are our life-savers. Alright, we better leave right now, and I'll tell you that details when we get back," Lao Da said.

"What? Lao San is dead?" The man, who was called Lao Si, was astonished. Although he never liked Lao San, they had known each other for many years. It was shocking that Lao San was suddenly dead. Besides, what had happened in the ancient grave? Why were these two strangers their life-savers? Lao Si had many questions in his mind, but Lao Da wouldn't tell him until they got back.

They all got in the car and drove to the small town. On the way, they introduced themselves to each other. Lao Da's full name was Li Maosong. He was 42-years-old. Lao Er was Sun Chao, who was 38-years-old. Lao Si was Zhao Jiangquan, who was 29-years-old, and Lao Yao was Guo Yiyang, who was just 26-years-old.

Gu Ning introduced herself to them too, but she didn't tell them Leng Shaoting's full name. She just told them that Leng Shaoting's family name was Leng. Other than that, she also told them that she and Leng Shaoting were a couple.

Li Maosong and Gu Ning exchanged phone numbers so that Li Maosong could contact her.

About 10 minutes later, they arrived at the parking lot and stopped beside Leng Shaoting's car. Leng Shaoting got out and moved the wooden box to the trunk of his car. They had prepared a big suitcase in the trunk. Leng Shaoting placed the ancient objects into the big suitcase and then carried it back to their room in the hotel. It would be too noticeable if they carried the wooden box.

Gu Ning ordered two rooms for the four men, and the two rooms were right next to the one where Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting stayed. Gu Ning did it on purpose to calm the four men's worries.

After that, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went back to their room, while Li Maosong and the others went into the same room, because they had a lot to discuss.

"What did you get?" Zhao Jiangquan asked the moment they walked inside.

"Nothing," Li Maosong replied.

"What? Why?" Zhao Jiangquan was shocked.

"We almost died in there! Who cares about the antiques?!" Sun Chao said seriously. He then told Zhao Jiangquan what they had been through in the ancient grave. Zhao Jiangquan rounded his eyes in shocked and felt terrified. A zombie? Jesus, it is real? And the zombie killed Lao San?

Zhao Jiangquan didn't blame them because they had made the deal with Gu Ning, because he would have done the same thing. Life was more valuable than money after all! Lao San had risked his life for money, and had been killed in the end.

"Nevertheless, can we trust them?" Zhao Jiangquan asked. He was worried that Gu Ning would lie to them.

"I trust them. If they didn't want to give us the hundred million yuan, they could have just abandoned us in the grave. Moreover, she did rescue us after all. If she is unwilling to give us the money, we won't say anything," Li Maosong said. "Alright, it's useless to think further about it. Let's have a rest now!"

They knew that it was meaningless to think about it right now, and they all agreed with Li Maosong, so they stopped discussing it. Lao Er and Lao Si left for another room afterwards.

That night, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting slept like babies, but the four men could barely sleep. Although it was useless to be worried, they couldn't help doing it.

The next morning around 7 am, the four men got up and gathered together in a room, waiting for Gu Ning.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting made it a habit to get up early, so they were both awake at 7 am. Gu Ning understood that Li Maosong and his friends had to be anxious throughout the whole night. Thus she didn't want to let them wait any longer, and called Li Maosong once she was prepared. However, it was too early, and the bank wasn't open yet. Therefore, they had to wait till 9 am.

Li Maosong and his friends immediately went outside, waiting for them in the passage after he hung up the call with Gu Ning. Thus the moment that Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting stepped out of their room, they saw the four men in the passage, which was quite amusing.

"The bank isn't open yet. Let's go check out and have breakfast first!" Gu Ning said.

"Sure," the four men answered.

Afterwards, they checked out together and went to have breakfast. Then they drove to the bank without delay. At 9 am, the bank opened. Gu Ning and Li Maosong went to complete the transfer procedure. When the money was transferred to their accounts, Li Maosong and his friends were finally relieved.

"Miss Gu, Mr. Leng, thank you so much for saving our lives this time!" Li Maosong thanked Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting seriously. No matter what, they had earned a lot this time. Sun Chao and the others also thanked Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting.

"You're welcome," Gu Ning said. "Goodbye then."

After that, they separated, and Gu Ning along with Leng Shaoting went back to the capital.

"Are you going to put those ancient objects in Xiangyun Antique-store, or keep it elsewhere?" Leng Shaoting asked.

"I'll choose some to put in Xiangyun Antique-store, and we can keep the rest in your house for now," Gu Ning said. She didn't want to attract too much attention, because it was illegal to dig up ancient graves.

"Sure," Leng Shaoting said.

After they arrived at the capital, they went to the antique street first.

There was a big suitcase of antiques in their car, and it wasn't safe. Thus Leng Shaoting would stay in the car, while Gu Ning left for a while. Actually, Gu Ning deliberately avoided Leng Shaoting, because she planned to take out some ancient objects from her telepathic eyes space. And it wouldn't be convenient if Leng Shaoting was with her. Most importantly, it would be strange if she carried a pile of antiques around all the time, so she had to avoid Leng Shaoting.

Gu Ning went to buy a 26 inch suitcase first and put several antiques in it before she walked ahead. When she walked past a public washroom, she went inside and secretly took out more antiques from her telepathic eyes space. Afterwards, she went straight to Xiangyun Antique-store.

However, the moment that Gu Ning arrived, she saw a person arguing in Xiangyun Antique-store. There was a group of onlookers gathered around at the door of Xiangyun Antique-store. And a man inside was arguing in anger, "Chen Darong! Master Luo just sold Xiangyun Antique-store, and you are already starting to ruin its reputation! This teapot is obviously a fake, but you claim that it is real. I wasted two hundred thousand yuan on it, and you need to compensate me! Otherwise, I'll call the police."

Chapter 339 Troublemaker

The group of onlookers burst into discussions.

"No way! Xiangyun Antique-store deceives consumers?"

"Xiangyun Antique-store may not have done it in the past, but it's hard to tell now since its boss has changed."

"Exactly, businessmen only care about profits!"

"I think the new boss is ruining Xiangyun Antique-store's reputation!"

"True!"

Chen Darong didn't panic but calmly looked at the middle-aged man who was causing trouble in the store. "Mr. Wu, are you sure that this is the teapot that you bought from Xiangyun Antique-store?"

Mr. Wu ran a restaurant outside of the antique street. He was rich and loved to collect antiques. Unfortunately, he didn't know much about antiques.

"Are you kidding me? If it's not, I wouldn't come here! It's the same as the picture!" Mr. Wu was angry.

"Really? Let me check first," Chen Darong said. Mr. Wu then gave the teapot to Chen Darong without hesitation, like he wasn't lying at all.

Chen Darong had a closer look of the teapot then said, "You're right. It indeed looks the same as the one in the picture, but there is something very different."

"Where?" Mr. Wu was nervous, and refused to believe it. Obviously, Mr. Wu came to cause them trouble on purpose. Both Chen Darong and Gu Ning, who was outside, were aware of that.

Chen Darong sneered and asked, "Did you bring the picture with you? I can point it out for you."

Seeing Chen Darong being so confident, Mr. Wu, instead, hesitated. Is there really something different? He thought to himself. Impossible! It is an exact replica of the real one. How come it's different?

"It seems that you don't have the picture with you. Don't worry. I do," Chen Darong smiled after Mr. Wu remained silent for a long while. "Jian, go and get the contract of the teapot for me."

The purchasing of real antiques required the signing of a contract between the seller and the buyer. Not only the text contract, but also the full-scale high-definition pictures of the objects needed signing, in order to prevent such things from happening. Some people might buy the real antiques, and use fakes to extort money.

"No problem." Jian was a worker in Xiangyun Antique-store. He immediately went to the document room.

At this time, Mr. Wu felt more nervous, because this teapot wasn't the real one. Although it was an exact replica, it was fake. However he couldn't back away now. Thinking for a while, Mr. Wu forced himself to face it.

Jian gave Chen Darong the contract that they had signed with Mr. Wu, but Chen Darong didn't open it right away. Instead, he said seriously to Mr. Wu, "Mr. Wu, I don't know why you had to do this today, but if you're willing to stop it now, and apologize, I can pretend that nothing has happened. If you insist, I won't show any sympathy."

Mr. Wu, however, felt humiliated. If he stopped it right now, it would mean that he admitted that he used the replica to try to extort money, which was quite shameful. Thus Mr. Wu argued in anger, "Chen Darong, don't ever try to scare me. I did buy this teapot at Xiangyun Antique-store!"

Mr. Wu ignored the worse result that would occur if his scheme was exposed directly in public in the end.

"Well, since you insist, you can't blame me." Chen Darong didn't bother to waste time arguing with Mr. Wu any longer. "In fact, the clearest proof isn't the difference between this one and that one in the picture, but that this teapot is newly made. There is a smell of smoke around it too!"

Saying that, Chen Darong looked straight at Mr. Wu. "Mr. Wu, I think that you're too impatient and stupid."

Hearing that, everyone was surprised.

"What? It's fake?"

"I knew Xiangyun Antique-store wouldn't do such a thing!"

"Exactly, I think Mr. Wu is so shameless to try to trap Xiangyun Antique-store."

"I agree!"

Most of the people chose to believe Xiangyun Antique-store, so they all defended Chen Darong.

"It's bullshit!" Mr. Wu raised his voice in anger, but wasn't confident. He didn't expect that Chen Darong had such an acute sense of smell. To be exact, he didn't know that there would be a smoke smell around the newly-made teapot.

Chen Darong wasn't irritated at all. "If you don't believe me, you can invite Master Zuo to come here."

Master Zuo was a household name in the antique street. He was both an antique expert and a skillful handicrafts maker. Everyone had great respect for him, and he was well-known for his honesty. Therefore, once Master Zuo showed up, people would believe him.

Hearing that, Me. Wu panicked. He tried to grab the teapot, but was stopped by Chen Darong.

His action totally exposed his scheme.

"Jian, call the police!" Chen Darong was a kind person, but not a coward. Since Mr. Wu insisted on shaming himself in public, he wouldn't mind helping him. And it was also a great chance for him to set an example, in case such a thing happened again.

Mr. Wu immediately begged Chen Darong, "Mr. Chen, it's all my fault. Please forgive me this time! I promise that I won't do it again."

However, Chen Darong ignored him. Seeing that, Mr. Wu wanted to escape, but was caught by Chen Darong.

"Chen Darong, you better let me go now, or my cousin-in-law will get revenge on you!" Mr. Wu threatened. Mr. Wu's cousin-in-law was the boss of Guyun Antique-store which was also located at this antique street, and his name was Zhang Hongqiang. Once Mr. Wu mentioned Zhang Hongqiang, many people started to realize the dirty secret behind Mr. Wu's scheme.

Guyun Antique-store wasn't far from Xiangyun Antique-store. Although Guyun Antique-store was popular too, it couldn't compare with Xiangyun Antique-store. Therefore, Xiangyun Antique-store was always Guyun Antique-store's opponent. The previous boss of Xiangyun Antique-store was a member of the Antiques Association, so Zhang Hongming didn't dare to cause him trouble, even though Zhang Hongming also had powerful support. He had schemed against Xiangyun Antique-store in vain before.

However, now Xiangyun Antique-store had a new boss. Zhang Hongming also found out that the new boss was just a young girl, so he couldn't wait to damage Xiangyun Antique-store.

"Be my guest then." Chen Darong wasn't afraid at all.

"You…" Mr. Wu was mad.

Before long, policemen arrived and took Mr. Wu away. The crowd dispersed later too. Gu Ning didn't walk inside until then.

Seeing Gu Ning coming, Chen Darong immediately went out to welcome her. "Nice to meet you, boss!"

Chapter 340 Make Friends with Master Xu

"Hi, I brought some real antiques to sell," Gu Ning said. She didn't mention what had just happened at all, but she was very satisfied with the way Chen Darong had handled it.

"Real antiques?"

"Real antiques?"

The minute that Gu Ning finished her sentence, two surprised voices sounded at the same time. One was from Chen Darong, while the other was from outside of the door.

Gu Ning and Chen Darong looked towards the voice. It was an old man who was around 70-years-old, followed by two bodyguards. Seeing the newcomer, Chen Darong immediately went forward to welcome him with great respect. "Master Xu, it's so nice to meet you. You're always so energetic!"

"Stop flattering me. I just came to see whether there are any good objects for collecting. Miss, you just said that you have some real antiques. Would you mind showing them to me?" Master Xu quickly walked to Gu Ning and urged.

Master Xu had a great relationship with the previous boss of Xiangyun Antique-store, so Chen Darong was also very familiar with him. Master Xu was known as an antique

addict around this street.

Gu Ning smiled gently and said, "Sure, please follow me, Master Xu."

Gu Ning then guided Master Xu to the lounge. They sat down in the lounge. Gu Ning opened her suitcase, and bared the antiques in their sight.

There were five pieces of bronze in all, including a bronze dagger, a bronze spear and so forth. Other than the bronze, there were also five other ancient objects, like the pastel plate, a pair of pastel dragon and phoenix bowls, a Chongzhen blue and white pen holder, and so on.

Both Chen Darong and Master Xu were shocked when they saw the 10 ancient objects.

"Boss, are these all real?" Chen Darong asked, and couldn't believe his eyes. It was too unbelievable to be true.

Although the 10 ancient objects weren't the most expensive ones among all the antiques that Gu Ning had till now, they were like a fortune in Chen Darong's eyes. Any single one of them was worth at least millions of yuan.

Master Xu didn't trust Gu Ning as much as Chen Darong did, because he had just met Gu Ning, so he decided to do an appraisal.

"Come on, give the identification tools to me right now!" Master Xu urged Chen Darong.

Chen Darong went to bring the identification tools from the counter at once. Master Xu was then absorbed in appraising the ancient objects. Chen Darong joined him too. The most exciting moments for antique lovers were when they appraised ancient objects, even if the ancient objects weren't theirs.

"It's real!" Master Xu was thrilled after the identification of the first ancient object.

Afterwards, Master Xu and Chen Darong appraised the other ancient objects one by one. During the time, they were getting increasingly excited.

When they finished appraising everything, Master Xu pointed at several ancient objects and asked Gu Ning, "Miss, what are their prices?" Although it was hard to get real antiques, people had different taste concerning collection, so Master Xu would only buy what he liked.

"How much do you think they're worth?" Gu Ning asked Master Xu. There were no exact prices for antiques, only approximate ones.

"From my experience, each of them is worth about three million yuan. Would you mind selling them to me at the price of three million yuan each?" Master Xu asked. He gave Gu Ning a reasonable price.

"You can just pay me eight million yuan in all," Gu Ning said. She had bought those antiques at the price of thousands of yuan each, so she didn't care much about its

price.

Hearing that, Master Xu was quite surprised. "Really? Do you think that it's a profitable deal?"

Although she had to be very rich if she had bought Xiangyun Antique-store, she was a businesswoman after all. And the most important thing for a businesswoman was to make profits.

"Of course it is. And I also want to make friends with you. Please don't mind the fact that I'm very young," Gu Ning said. She understood that Master Xu was from a powerful family, and it wouldn't do her any harm to make friends with him.

"Ha-ha, ha-ha! Great. I like your personality!" Master Xu laughed and agreed. Although Gu Ning was merely a young girl, she was mature and stable, which left a good impression on Master Xu. He appreciated her ability and was also curious about her.

"Well, I personally like porcelain, but one of my old friends Tikes bronze. Let me call him now, and tell him to have a look here." Master Xu just made friends with Gu Ning, and he couldn't wait to help Gu Ning attract more clients.

"Thank you so much!" Gu Ning said.

"My pleasure," Master Xu replied. And he called his old

friend at once. However, before Master Xu could say a word

when the phone was answered, another old man said in the phone without delay, "Hey, are you back in the capital?"

"I just arrived, and I'm at the antique street now. Don't you like bronze? There are several pieces of bronze in Xiangyun Antique-store. Come on and have a look!" Master Xu said.

"What?" Another old man was obviously excited. "I'm coming right now! Wait for me."

Master Xu's old friend was coming. As the boss, Gu Ning of course couldn't leave right away. Thus she sent a message to Leng Shaoting and told him to wait for a while longer.

Gu Ning was busy with her business, so Leng Shaoting didn't mind waiting for her.

Around 40 minutes later, Master Xu's old friend arrived. He called Master Xu loudly before he even walked inside, "Xu!"

"Come here!" Master Xu replied, and an old man who was around 70-years-old immediately came over.

If Leng Shaoting had been here, he would have recognized this old man, because the old man was exactly Jiang Zhongyu who had been the head of the National Antiques Association. However, Gu Ning failed to recognize Jiang Zhongyu. Jiang Zhongyu was also followed by two bodyguards.

Most of the people in the antique industry knew Jiang Zhongyu, so they were all surprised to see Jiang Zhongyu walking into Xiangyun Antique-store. And the moment that Jiang Zhongyu entered Xiangyun Antique-store, many people followed him.