Chapter 1989 Drinking Tea and Listening to Music

Du Ruhai furrowed his brow. "Ye Bufan, that name sounds familiar?"

Zhang Song said, "We mentioned this person when we came to investigate last time. Due to Young Miss Luo Yudie, he has some enmity with Second Young Master."

Du Ruhai's expression darkened. The Du Family had lost two core disciples in succession, and both incidents were linked to this person. This was quite unusual.

He looked at Du Gang. "What was this conflict you just mentioned? Why did our Jubao Pavilion have to pay out so much money?"

"I just found out a little about this; I'm not entirely clear on the details. If Elder wants to know, I'll immediately call the person who knows to inquire."

Du Gang was indeed not very clear about the situation. He had investigated for a while without any clues, and finally heard about this matter, so he presented it as an accomplishment.

Du Ruhai said, "Call them over. I want to see what exactly happened."

"Yes!"

Du Gang agreed and walked out. Zhang Laifu was dead, and the experts sent by the Du Family were nowhere to be found. In the end, he could only bring the female attendant over.

"Greetings, Elder!"

The female attendant looked terrified.

"Don't be afraid. Just tell me whatever I ask," Du Ruhai said. "What exactly happened between that Ye and Jubao Pavilion? Tell me truthfully, without hiding a single word.

If you dare to tell a single lie, I will immediately chop off your head."

"Yes!"

The female attendant had never seen such power. She trembled with fear and immediately began to narrate.

Under Du Ruhai's pressure, she dared not conceal anything and recounted the entire incident from beginning to end, including Zhang Laifu's previous embezzlement of Ye Bufan's five billion gold coins.

At this moment, Luo Yuntian, who was beside them, put down his teacup and spoke, "Elder Du, as a member of Jubao Pavilion, to embezzle someone's deposit—your Du Family truly dares to do anything!"

He was a member of the Luo Family, under the Grand Elder, and the Grand Elder and the Elder of the Du Family were not on good terms.

Moreover, he was Luo Yudie's uncle, and before coming, Luo Yudie had repeatedly urged him to take care of Ye Bufan.

If there wasn't a suitable opportunity, he wouldn't have said anything, but now that the opportunity was right in front of him, he naturally wouldn't miss it.

Du Ruhai, however, didn't care about this and pretended not to hear Luo Yuntian's sarcasm. He then said to the female attendant, "You mean that Little fellow found three problematic fakes in a row, and then took 9.2 billion gold coins from our Jubao Pavilion?"

"That's right, it's like that!"

Luo Yuntian again

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said, "I will report this matter truthfully when I return. How is it that such a big incident happened after your Du Family only managed this for a few days?

Selling fake goods in Jubao Pavilion, isn't this going to ruin our Jubao Pavilion's thousand-year-old reputation?"

Du Ruhai's expression was grim. Faced with the other party's mockery, he was speechless and secretly cursed Du Bin as an idiot for doing such a thing.

"Brother Luo, the current problem is not to assign blame, but to quickly find the culprit."

Luo Yuntian said, "That's right, the most important thing now is to find the culprit, but the key is that Ye Bufan doesn't look like the perpetrator at all."

Du Ruhai said, "What do you mean by that? He is the only one who has grievances with Jubao Pavilion now, so his suspicion of acting is naturally the greatest."

Luo Yuntian chuckled. "Elder Du, what you're saying isn't right.

Although the Ye had a small conflict with Jubao Pavilion, think about it: if it were you, after taking 9.2 billion gold coins, would you still come back to cause trouble?

I think unless he was an idiot, he would definitely leave immediately with the money. How could he still commit murder? Isn't that crazy?"

Du Ruhai also felt that what the other party said made sense, but two incidents occurred, and both were related to Ye Bufan, which made him suspicious no matter what.

He said to Du Gang, "Immediately send someone to investigate clearly where Ye went after leaving Jubao Pavilion, what he did, and if he had the opportunity to act?"

"Elder, I have already sent people to investigate, and I believe there will be results very soon."

Just as Du Gang finished speaking, a subordinate rushed in from outside.

"Elder, Young Master, the matter has been investigated clearly."

Du Gang said, "Speak quickly, where did Ye Bufan go after leaving?"

The person said, "Ye Bufan returned to Jubao Pavilion shortly after leaving, purchased some Medicinal Pills, then left there and went to the nearby Heming Teahouse to drink tea and listen to music, not leaving until late in the evening."

"He actually came back," Du Ruhai said with a gloomy expression. "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"Absolutely certain, your subordinate has investigated thoroughly."

After saying that, the person pointed to the female attendant next to him. "It was her who received Ye Bufan when he returned to Jubao Pavilion."

The female attendant quickly nodded and said, "That's right. He said he hadn't purchased a few Medicinal Pills, so he bought some more here. He left about half an hour later, and I was with him the entire time."

Du Gang's subordinate then said, "I also asked at the teahouse. At that time, there were many

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people present, and they saw clearly that Ye Bufan never left the premises, not even to go to the restroom."

"This…"

Du Ruhai immediately frowned. If that was the case, the other party had no opportunity to act at all.

Then he said, "No matter what, that Little fellow took so many gold coins from our Jubao Pavilion. Quickly send someone to arrest him."

"Elder Du, are you crazy?"

Luo Yuntian immediately stood up to stop him. "Although that Little fellow extorted a large sum from our Jubao Pavilion, he earned it with his own ability, by pointing out our flaws.

If it weren't for the problematic items we sold, he wouldn't have been able to obtain a hundredfold compensation.

Now, if we were to act against him, once it spreads, what about our Jubao Pavilion's face? What about this golden signboard?

Precisely because of this, whether for public or private reasons, this person cannot be touched."

"This…"

In fact, Du Ruhai understood this principle; it was just that he had nowhere to vent his anger and had lost his composure.

He snorted coldly and again shouted at Du Gang, "Go and investigate for me immediately! You must find that person behind this and bring him to me! I will tear him into ten thousand pieces!"

Ye Bufan drank tea all afternoon at the teahouse, taking the opportunity to enjoy the songs of this era.

Although the singers at the teahouse were not as flashy as the pop stars on Earth, they excelled in their authentic and pleasant sound.

As evening approached, he checked the time, realized it was getting late, and then left the teahouse to return to Lingxiao Academy.

Upon returning, he immediately found a quiet room, took out his Medicine Cauldron, and began Alchemy.

With his Medicinal Pills complete, the Alchemy process was quick. About half an hour later, a furnace of Nourishing Pulse Medicinal Pills flew out and landed in the prepared jade bottle.

Next was the Kuncheng Medicinal Pill, also successfully refined in half an hour, yielding a total of nine High Grade Medicinal Pills.

Ye Bufan looked at the two bottles of Medicinal Pills in his hand and suddenly remembered the Barrier-Breaking Medicinal Pill from Jubao Pavilion.

At that time, it was said to be a Rank three Medicinal Pill. What Rank were the two Medicinal Pills he himself refined?

He had obtained the Ancient Medical Sect's Legacy, so refining any Medicinal Pill was not difficult for him, and he had never had the concept of grading. He also did not understand the Medicinal Pill grading system of the Kunlun Continent.

In terms of Rank, the Ancient Medical Sect's Legacy was much higher than the Medicinal Pill Legacy of the Kunlun Continent; one could even say they were not on the same level.

Then the question arose: where exactly did his Legacy come from?

Was the Ancient Medical Sect an ancient School from Earth, or did it come from a more Advanced plane, or perhaps the legendary Immortal Realm?