Not right!

The Nine Leaf Emerald and the Nine Snake Diagram weren’t just similar; the more you looked, the more alike they became. Especially the direction of the nine leaves, which were exactly like nine snake heads.

Yun Chang said, "This emerald pendant is Yue Ling's favorite accessory. She rarely lets anyone touch it. She said it's a naturally formed emerald, one in a million, that her father bought for a lot of money."

Zhao Ci said, "I've investigated the origin of the emerald. It's very clean."

"This emerald was directly extracted from the original stone by an emerald merchant. It was made into this Nine Leaf Tree pendant with almost no carving. Back then, Xie Sanbao spent tens of millions to buy it. He even went to the masters of the sect to bless it."

"Soon after Xie Yue Ling wore the Nine Leaf Tree, she disappeared. Xie Sanbao firmly believed that the Nine Leaf Tree was protecting Xie Yue Ling's safety. From then on, he never let the Nine Leaf Tree leave Xie Yue Ling."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but nod slightly and say, "In that case, the Xie family's business is quite interesting!"

There has always been a saying in the art world: people can find treasures, and spiritual treasures can also find people.

It's easy to explain how people find treasures. Sorcerers robbing tombs and entering secret realms are just trying to get some treasures to sell for a good price. However, it’s not necessarily the same for spiritual treasures finding people. Treasures finding people either involve karma or carry grievances.

Sometimes, people can't be too happy when they get a certain treasure, because there might be a killing intent hidden in that treasure.

I heard Feng Ruoxing tell me a story about a blood jade. The blood jade in the story, no matter who got it, would eventually return to the hands of someone with the surname Wang in various reasonable ways. Whoever obtained the blood jade would have their entire family killed within a short period of time.

The ownerless blood jade would then be transferred again in a reasonable way until it fell into the hands of the next person with the surname Wang, killing again.

It wasn't until a sorcerer accidentally saw the blood jade that he uncovered its secret. It turned out that the real owner of the blood jade was the one who was framed by an ancestor with the surname Wang and had his entire clan exterminated. Before he died, he used the blood jade to set a curse, wanting to repay the hatred of his clan being exterminated tenfold.

That's why the blood jade would constantly track down the descendants with the surname Wang, and even if they only had a trace of blood relationship with that person, they would become the target of the blood jade's pursuit.

According to Zhao Ci's current information, Xie Yue Ling seemed to have encountered a spiritual treasure seeking a person.

However, Xie Yue Ling has been safe and sound until now, but the people around her are constantly dying, which is somewhat different from a spiritual treasure seeking a person.

It seems that I really have to go to the charity event to take a look.

However, the thought of changing clothes makes my face twitch.

Ye Yang usually wears a white suit, so he doesn't need to change.

But I can't!

Feng Ruoxing and the others made me a black suit, saying that I should wear it to attend important occasions.

I said long ago that it was unnecessary. What important occasions could I attend? I can't wear it usually. Now, if someone wearing a suit pops up on the street, they're either a receptionist or selling insurance. Who else would wear a suit and wander around?

I threw it in the closet without even trying it on.

Besides, Ye Yang uses a soft sword, and Feng Ruoxing uses a short sword, which can be hidden anywhere without hindering anything. I use double knives! Where can I hide the knives if I wear a suit?

Don't tell me I have to pull out the knives from my crotch as soon as I make a move?

I have to wear it this time!

I gritted my teeth and limped towards the venue in leather shoes. Ye Yang was still teasing me from the side: "Are you marching? Don't be afraid of creases in your leather shoes, just walk normally."

"Don't take such big steps! Now is not the time to walk like a dragon and stride like a tiger, be careful to tear your pants."

"When you eat the buffet later, don't wipe your mouth with your tie!"

"If you get oil on your hands, you can use a napkin, don't wipe it on your pants."

I was almost driven crazy: "Do you think I'm an idiot? When have I ever wiped my hands on my pants?"

Ye Yang said with a serious face, "Just in case."

He was deliberately insulting me.

Just because I don't wear a suit or eat Western food doesn't mean I'm a country bumpkin. If I really wanted to follow Western dining etiquette, I'd be more standard than anyone else.

But do I usually need to?

Don't tell me I have to bring a knife and fork when I'm gnawing on a pig's trotter?

Do I have to swirl the glass twice and smell the aroma of the wine when I'm drinking bulk liquor?

If I really did that, I'd easily get kicked out. That's not called refined living, that's called being pretentious, the poorer you are, the more pretentious you become.

Walking with Ye Yang, I was about to roll my eyes out for the rest of my life. If he said a few more words, I might foam at the mouth.

When I got out of the car, Ye Yang finally shut his mouth.

I stretched out my arm: "Who's going to come over and hold my arm?"

"Bah! Who's going with you?" Feng Ruoxing directly took Yun Chang's hand: "You two can figure it out yourselves! Whether you hold hands and go in, or hold arms, you decide!"

Ye Yang and I looked at each other and showed a look of disgust at the same time. We both lifted our feet and walked towards the venue.

Later, Feng Ruoxing said that the two of us looked like Hei Bai Wu Chang (Black and White Impermanence, underworld guardians) joining forces to attend the Hongmen Banquet. Not only did we take the same steps, shoulder to shoulder, but we also walked with the wind.

If the two of them hadn't separated in time and followed on the left and right, Ye Yang and I would have easily been mistaken for people who were there to cause trouble and been stopped by the security guards.