The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

On Chen Dong's end, Yang Mingshan brought over a tablet and zoomed in on a picture of an Alchemy Furnace for him to see.

"Senior, please take a look. Will this one do? It's a fine treasure from my Nanchuan Yang Family's private collection! If nothing else, its stability is absolutely top-notch!"

Chen Dong looked at it and shook his head. The Alchemy Furnace in the picture was indeed good, but it had an aura of death clinging to it. 'It must be one of those burial goods, probably stolen from a tomb by the Yang Family,' he thought.

It would be first-rate for concocting poisons, but its effectiveness would be greatly diminished when refining healing medicines. For a breakthrough pill like the Mingxi Condensation Pill, it would undoubtedly explode.

Yang Mingshan grew discouraged. He had shown his best item, and it still wasn't good enough. Feeling anxious, he began to pace back and forth in the living room.

Having Chen Dong consume the Mingxi Grass directly was clearly impossible. His only choice was to once again mobilize the family's power to search for leads on a Pill Furnace.

The Yang Family's third brother, who was standing to the side, spoke up, "Doesn't the Zhang Family, that medical dynasty, have an ancestral Alchemy Furnace? That one would definitely work!"

Yang Mingshan shot him a glare. 'The fewer people who know about the Mingxi Grass, the better, and you want to go ask them to borrow their Pill Furnace?! What are you thinking? Besides, would they really just lend out their ancestral Alchemy Furnace?'

"That method won't work!" Yang Mingshan said.

The fourth brother of the Yang Family, who had the air of a street punk, chimed in. "I know where to find a Pill Furnace. We wouldn't have to borrow it, either. We could just pay some money to use it."

Yang Mingshan immediately asked, "Where?"

"The Military Suppression Department!"

Yang Mingshan felt like coughing up blood. 'The Military Suppression Department! How could he even think of that? Is that a place for sane people to go? No normal Martial Artist would ever want to set foot in there.'

Chen Dong, however, was intrigued. "The Military Suppression Department has a Pill Furnace?" he asked.

Chen Dong had heard of the famous Military Suppression Department, but he'd never had any direct contact with them and didn't know much about them.

The fourth brother puffed up his chest proudly. "I had the honor of being thrown in there once. Did three years of hard labor before they let me out. The Military Suppression Department headquarters has a Divine Artifact Pill Furnace, and any department personnel can pay a fee to use it."

Yang Mingshan snorted. "Hah! Are you a member of the Military Suppression Department? You were thrown in there for committing a crime! And no one here is a member of the department, so what's your point?"

The fourth brother rubbed his head, looking embarrassed. "Hey, I was just trying to think of where to find a Pill Furnace!"

Chen Dong chuckled. "At least we have a lead. I'm actually quite curious about the Military Suppression Department myself. We could try to make contact. If worst comes to worst, we'll just offer them a lot of money to see if they'll let us use their Pill Furnace for a bit."

Hearing Chen Dong say this, Yang Mingshan had no choice but to agree, ordering the fourth brother to go and make contact with someone from the Military Suppression Department.

Since there was no better solution for the time being, Chen Dong took his leave of the Yang Family. He was ready to go back and slack off... no, that's not right, he was ready to go back to work.

Downstairs at the Li Group building, the four Guardians of the Star-Picking Sect stood together at the entrance. Huang Yongfeng had made an excuse not to come along; he really didn't want to run into Chen Dong right now.

The two Li Group security guards saw the four strange-looking men and approached them. "Excuse me, who are you? Can we help you?"

The Great Guardian stroked his two-foot-long beard and spoke with a murderous expression. "You ants are not worthy of knowing our names. Go and call Chen Dong out here! I'm going to tear him to a million pieces!"

The guards knew Chen Dong, but they figured these four were lunatics. They had no intention of calling anyone and just wanted to drive them away.

But then the big-bearded man's tone suddenly shifted. "The ancients said, 'The Yellow River flows from the west, splitting the Kunlun, roaring for thousands of miles to strike the Dragon Gate.' We should let out a mighty roar! We don't need you ants to announce us."

As soon as he finished speaking, he channeled his True Qi and unleashed a devastating roar at the Li Mansion. "CHEN DONG, IF YOU'VE GOT THE GUTS, GET OUT HERE-E-E-E!!!" The sound was so immense that the windows of the security booth shattered instantly, and car alarms began blaring throughout the distant parking lot.

His three companion Guardians all shook their heads. 'The Great Guardian's interpretation of poetry is certainly one of a kind,' they thought.

Xuan Kexin, who happened to be near the entrance, frowned and clicked over in her high heels. "Who are you people, and what's all this shouting? You're going to burst my eardrums!"

Seeing this, the security guard quickly tried to pull her back. "President Xuan, you don't want to mess with these guys!"

The Great Guardian gave her a cold look. Noticing her sharp, imposing aura, he stroked his beard and announced, "We are the four Guardians of the Star-Picking Sect, and we are here for vengeance! And who are you?"

When Xuan Kexin heard they were looking for Chen Dong to get revenge, she immediately piped up. "You want to beat up Chen Dong? Perfect, so do I! Too bad he's not at work today. Otherwise, I was planning to tear him a new one at the morning meeting!"

The Great Guardian's eyes filled with admiration. "It is as the poets say: 'When golden wind and jade dew meet, their union surpasses countless worldly encounters.' I have trained for decades in the Star-Picking Sect, and I never imagined that upon descending from the mountain I would meet such a heroic figure as yourself. I consider you a kindred spirit!"

The other three Guardians were dying from secondhand embarrassment. 'Is that really how you use that poem?' They couldn't stand it anymore. They grabbed the Great Guardian and started to drag him away, terrified he would completely tarnish the Star-Picking Sect's reputation if he kept talking.

Xuan Kexin watched the four bizarre figures make their hasty retreat, momentarily dumbfounded.

Little did they know, a figure in a black uniform was watching the entire scene from a distance. They pulled out a phone to make a report. "Inspector, I've spotted four Celestial Spirit Powerhouses from the Star-Picking Sect in front of the Li Group building. It looks like they're trying to challenge Chen Dong. Awaiting your instructions!"