For a moment, Qin Yi did not sense the aura of any supreme treasure here. His brows furrowed slightly.
They had spent several hours traveling all the way from Haicheng. Could the matter of Huang Qiao's second uncle discovering a thousand-year-old Lingzhi be a lie?
If it turned out to be fake, or if his second uncle discovered that the Lingzhi was not a thousand-year-old one, but just an ordinary Lingzhi, then they would truly have made a wasted trip!
Ordinary Lingzhi, aside from being used for medicinal purposes, was of little use to Qin Yi.
After all, he had found a fifty-year-old Lingzhi on Tian Mountain a few days ago, and he still had it.
Just as Qin Yi's thoughts were drifting, Huang Qiao knocked on the tightly shut door of the building.
*Knock, knock, knock…*
Unexpectedly, Huang Qiao had barely knocked a few times when the door suddenly burst open, and a woman rushed out, wielding a kitchen knife.
"You scoundrels, I'll fight you to the death..."
The woman opened the door and swung the kitchen knife at Huang Qiao.
Huang Qiao was startled!
Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and the woman's movements were too slow. He dodged backward at once.
The woman closed her eyes and chased after him, still wanting to hack at Huang Qiao.
At this moment, Huang Qiao grabbed her wrist and stopped her movements, saying, "Auntie, what are you doing? It's me, Huang Qiao!"
Qin Yi and Xiong Zhentian watched this scene, completely bewildered and not understanding what was happening.
Upon hearing Huang Qiao's voice, the woman opened her eyes.
When she saw clearly that it was Huang Qiao, she immediately put down the kitchen knife. "Xiao Qiao, why are you back? I'm sorry, I thought you were..."
She looked full of apologies.
"Didn't Uncle call me this afternoon saying he found a thousand-year-old Lingzhi? I brought my boss back, thinking we could buy the Lingzhi!"
Huang Qiao looked at the kitchen knife the woman had put down and asked, "Auntie, what's going on with you? Why are you..."
However, it was better for Huang Qiao not to mention the Lingzhi. As soon as the woman heard him speak of it, a fierce anger resurfaced on her face.
With red eyes, she gritted her teeth and said, "The thousand-year-old Lingzhi is gone!"
"Gone? How can it be gone?" Xiong Zhentian asked, walking up.
This was something Qin Yi wanted, and he had been thinking of buying it for Qin Yi.
Qin Yi also stepped forward, looking at the woman with a puzzled expression, awaiting her answer.
The woman looked at Xiong Zhentian. Seeing this, Huang Qiao quickly introduced, "Auntie, this is my boss, Master Xiong!"
Upon hearing this, the woman glanced at Xiong Zhentian again, withdrew her gaze, and was about to say something when a voice came from inside the house.
"Ru Bi, who is it? Are those scoundrels still bothering us, back again?"
Huang Qiao recognized the voice as his second uncle, Xu Jingliang's.
The woman heard this, turned her head, and replied, "No, it's Xiao Qiao who's back!"
Then, she said to Huang Qiao, "Come in first!"
Following Huang Qiao's second uncle and aunt, the three of them entered the house.
As soon as they entered, Qin Yi and the others saw a middle-aged man sitting there, his face bruised, his body injured, and his clothes stained with blood. He was tending to his wounds and applying medicine.
Seeing him, Huang Qiao was stunned for a moment, then rushed forward and asked, "Uncle, what happened to you???"
The woman took the medicine from Xu Jingliang and began to apply it for him.
Xu Jingliang glanced at Qin Yi and Xiong Zhentian without asking anything and replied to Huang Qiao, "Alas, I was beaten by someone! I found a thousand-year-old Lingzhi, and then someone found out. They came to my house to snatch it. When I refused, they beat me!"
"So all these injuries are from them!"
"When you knocked just now, I thought they were back, so I went out with the kitchen knife..."
Huang Qiao's second uncle and aunt said this while the aunt applied medicine to Xu Jingliang, with a hint of embarrassment.
"What?" Huang Qiao asked angrily upon hearing this, "Who is so lawless, daring to come to someone's house to snatch things in broad daylight?"
Qin Yi also couldn't help but ask, "Who snatched the thousand-year-old Lingzhi?"
This was something he desperately wanted. If it had indeed been snatched, he would find it and get it back no matter what!
Xu Jingliang did not hide anything and replied, "We don't know those two people! However, they looked fierce and unpleasant. They clearly weren't good people!"
"And they were very skilled. When I refused to give them the Lingzhi, one of them casually waved his hand and sent me sprawling to the ground. Your aunt and I were like children in front of them, with no power to resist at all!"
Xu Jingliang spoke with great indignation, but Qin Yi sensed more deep powerlessness in his tone!
Otherwise, a thousand-year-old Lingzhi, an item worth hundreds of millions, would not have been given away if the attackers weren't too strong. Xu Jingliang would have fought them with his life.
Hearing this, Huang Qiao exchanged a look with Xiong Zhentian, both of their expressions complicated.
Now that the Lingzhi had been snatched and Xu Jingliang didn't even know who the attackers were, Xiong Zhentian had no way to find them, even if he wanted to!
Most importantly, with only a description of "fierce and unpleasant appearance," even if Xiong Zhentian could find them, it would take a lot of time, and by then, it was unknown if the thousand-year-old Lingzhi would still be there!
For a moment, Xiong Zhentian turned back and showed Qin Yi an apologetic expression.
After a while, Qin Yi and Xiong Zhentian went outside the house. Xiong Zhentian said, "I apologize, Divine King. I've made you come all this way for nothing today!"
Qin Yi shook his head and said, "This has nothing to do with you."
It was not something Xiong Zhentian could control that Xu Jingliang had found a thousand-year-old Lingzhi and it was snatched.
"Divine King, what do we do now?" Xiong Zhentian asked again.
Qin Yi thought for a moment and said, "You immediately contact people and investigate. See if you can find out who snatched it!"
"Okay!" Xiong Zhentian responded, immediately pulling out his phone and making a call, mobilizing all his connections to search for clues.
Although this was not Haicheng, but just a small town, with Xiong Zhentian's network, it was still possible to investigate.
While Xiong Zhentian was on the phone, Qin Yi's phone rang. He looked at it and saw that it was Luo Dexuan calling again.
Qin Yi answered and asked curiously, "Patriarch Luo, is there something else?"
"Mr. Qin, good news, incredibly good news!" Luo Dexuan said excitedly.
Qin Yi became even more curious, "What incredibly good news?"
"Mr. Qin, just now, I received news that a five-thousand-year-old Lingzhi has appeared!" Luo Dexuan said. "In one day's time, this five-thousand-year-old Lingzhi will be auctioned, and the auction will be held in your Haicheng area!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yi was not surprised at all. He stood frozen in place.