Chapter Summaries

Mi Hai investigated the deaths of Kou Zhi and other Kou family members, but found no useful clues about the killer. With the family’s power broken and its survivors dead or fleeing, the investigation remained unresolved, while the Special Affairs Administration also began looking into Chen Mo and Ni Ni.

• Zhang Yuan told Mi Hai that the crucial storage device was missing and he could not remember who had taken it.
• Mi Hai joined the investigation after Kou Zhi was found murdered inside the Special Affairs Administration branch office, where the spotless scene offered no clues.
• The branch head and Mi Hai reviewed the surveillance footage and found no faults that explained Kou Zhi’s death.
• A detailed report revealed that the Kou family head and many other family members had also been killed, leaving NT City’s Kou family vulnerable to revenge attacks.
• Mi Hai found that the Kou family had nearly been wiped out or driven from NT City, but his investigation uncovered no important information.
• The Special Affairs Administration began investigating Chen Mo and Ni Ni.

Mi Hai and Ning Yongzhi set aside the investigation into Chen Mo, while Chen Mo resumed his daily routine and began admitting residents to the Gourd Valley sanatorium. Ouyang Ruo Xi visited him to thank him for treating her father, then left Chen Mo wondering whether she had come because another problem had arisen.

• Mi Hai reviewed Chen Mo's comprehensive file, set aside his suspicions, and left the Kou family investigation inconclusive as he focused on Zhang Yuan's missing portable storage device.
• Ning Yongzhi refused the branch head's request to have Chen Mo cooperate with the investigation, and Chen Mo faced no consequences.
• Chen Mo returned to his daily cultivation and work as the first-phase sanatorium in Gourd Valley began admitting residents after his examinations.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi visited Chen Mo and thanked him for treating her father, while Chen Mo insisted their arrangement had been a transaction.
• When Chen Mo asked whether she had come for a reason, Ouyang Ruo Xi asked if they could simply drink tea, then nodded after he worried that something had happened to her again.

Ouyang Ruo Xi told Chen Mo that her family had regained control and invited him to a major Martial Artist auction after securing him an Invitation Letter. Chen Mo became interested in the Herbal medicine on offer but hesitated to accept the invitation.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi told Chen Mo that her father had recovered control of the Ouyang Family, their opponents had surrendered benefits, and her Marriage Alliance with the Han Family had been canceled.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi invited Chen Mo to a Martial Artist auction and listed Cultivation Methods, weapons, pills, company shares, and Herbal medicine among its usual offerings.
• Chen Mo grew interested when Ouyang Ruo Xi mentioned Herbal medicine, hoping the auction might have valuable Medicinal Materials.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi gave Chen Mo an Invitation Letter she had obtained in the Ouyang Family's name, and Chen Mo questioned where it had come from.

Chen Mo accepted an auction Invitation Letter that Ouyang Ruo Xi had obtained for him, while making clear he wanted no favors from the rest of her family. Nangong Xue then told him she would visit the next day to explain her plan to transfer her critically ill mother to West City for treatment.

• Chen Mo asked whether Ouyang Ruo Xi had obtained the Invitation Letter herself and accepted it after she confirmed she had.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi said she would pick Chen Mo up for the auction, then left after a brief, awkward exchange over tea.
• Nangong Xue called Chen Mo and said she had decided what to do about her mother's treatment and would explain it in person the next day.
• Nangong Xue consulted doctors, who warned that her bedridden mother was too frail to move, but she ruled out pressuring Chen Mo to make a house call.
• Nangong Xue persuaded the doctors to plan a cautious transfer of her mother from the Nangong family to West City using a specially modified vehicle and necessary medication.

Chen Mo refused Nangong Xue’s request for a house call, so she decided to bring her failing mother to him instead. After reviewing five years of her mother’s medical records, Chen Mo began assessing whether he could treat her.

• Chen Mo agreed to meet Nangong Xue the next morning and spent the evening cultivating before practicing his Fist Technique at Gourd Valley.
• Nangong Xue arrived at Chen Mo’s home and asked him again to make a house call, but he refused and explained that he had patients at the Special Affairs Administration.
• Nangong Xue agreed to bring her mother to Chen Mo and gave him her medical examination reports and records.
• Chen Mo spent more than half an hour studying the records, which showed that his mother’s condition had continued to worsen despite careful treatment.

Chen Mo reviewed Nangong Xue’s mother’s medical records and warned that her condition was too critical for a safe transfer to his home. He gave Nangong Xue three pills to help delay her decline, leaving her surprised by their price and eager to obtain more.

• Chen Mo examined Nangong Xue’s mother’s records and said her condition was serious, then reviewed and praised the experts’ transfer plan.
• Chen Mo warned that Nangong Xue’s mother might not survive the journey and refused to make a house call, angering Nangong Xue.
• Chen Mo offered another way to reduce the risk and brought Nangong Xue a jade bottle containing three pills.
• Chen Mo instructed Nangong Xue to give her mother one pill every eight hours and charged her six hundred thousand for the medicine.
• Nangong Xue asked to buy dozens more bottles after learning the pills contained Dragon Blood Vine and Stone Heart Flower, but Chen Mo said he had no more.

Nangong Xue paid Chen Mo for the medicine and signed his Disclaimer Agreement before arranging treatment for her seriously ill mother. She agreed to take Chen Mo to a Crimson Eye Gold mining site in Myanmar in a few months, and left to prepare for her mother's stay.

• Nangong Xue transferred Chen Mo six hundred thousand for the medicine, then signed the Disclaimer Agreement required of patients staying at his facility.
• Nangong Xue told Chen Mo that the Crimson Eye Gold came from a jade mining site in Myanmar and offered to take him there on her next business trip in a few months.
• Chen Mo and Nangong Xue agreed on a one-million treatment fee for her mother's illness, in addition to the monthly accommodation fee.
• Chen Mo said he could not guarantee success but would do his best to treat Nangong Xue's mother, and Nangong Xue left to arrange for her mother to be brought over.

Chen Mo inspected Gourd Valley’s new staff and facilities, then treated patients in the Special Affairs Administration ward. He began removing the remaining Alien Energy from two patients, while the rest of the ward watched under his strict rules.

• Chen Mo visited Gourd Valley, where Guards introduced by Hu Hai Tian secured the entrance, and checked the offices with Qi Yacheng and Ding Lanhua.
• Chen Mo inspected the cafeteria, pharmacy, and medical duty areas, where Doctors and nurses from various hospitals had begun working shifts.
• Chen Mo visited the Special Affairs Administration’s ward and learned that four of the six patients were recovering while two patients with Alien Energy remained bedridden.
• Chen Mo began treating the two patients by applying needles to absorb their remaining Alien Energy, allowing the observers to watch but forbidding questions or noise.

After treating the patients at Gourd Valley, Chen Mo set rules for admitting future cases and checked on the recovering residents. Old Man He then asked him to take in more patients, and Chen Mo agreed subject to reviewing their medical records.

• Li Puhe asked Chen Mo to accept another batch of patients, and Chen Mo agreed on the condition that he review each patient's medical record first.
• Chen Mo examined Hu Guo Zhong and Old Man Ji, telling them they could move into the Villa Area within a week.
• Chen Mo instructed the duty doctors to prepare an Intensive Care Ward and said no patient could be admitted without his approval.
• Chen Mo visited Old Man He, Old Man Wu, Yang Heyu, and the others, examining them and joining them for tea.
• Old Man He asked Chen Mo to take in more patients, and Chen Mo agreed to review their records before accepting them.

Chen Mo accompanied Ouyang Ruo Xi to a secluded martial artist auction after she picked him up from Gourd Valley. They entered through multiple Invitation Letter checks and settled in a private room, where Chen Mo wondered what the auction would offer.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi waited over an hour for Chen Mo, then drove him toward the auction after he forgot his phone at home.
• Chen Mo showed Ouyang Ruo Xi the Invitation Letter she had given him, and she explained that entry required a recommendation and guarantor.
• Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruo Xi reached a secluded clubhouse in a neighboring county and passed several Invitation Letter checks.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi told Chen Mo that she had often attended auctions while searching for ways to help her ill father.
• Chen Mo noticed their private room had no visible auction hall and asked Ouyang Ruo Xi whether it was the venue.

Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruo Xi watched the auction hall, and she explained how bidding worked and how the auction was divided into two parts. The crowd gathered as auctioneer Yao Kai opened the auction.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi turned the private room’s mirror into transparent glass, and Chen Mo looked over the venue.
• An attendant gave Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruo Xi the auction catalogs, and Chen Mo spotted several medicinal materials he wanted, including Heavenly Heart Grass.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi showed Chen Mo how to bid and explained that the first half featured cataloged items while the second half auctioned unexpected items.
• Yao Kai quieted the crowd, announced the start of the auction, and struck the gong.

Chen Mo watched the auction with Ouyang Ruo Xi, who stopped bidding on ginseng when she suspected trouble was coming. Han Junji then entered their private room, and Chen Mo recognized him as the Northwest Han Family heir pursuing a marriage alliance with Ouyang Ruo Xi.

• Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruo Xi watched the auction, where ordinary buyers bid on antiques before the martial arts families began competing.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi bid on fifty-year-old Changbai Mountain ginseng, but withdrew when the price reached 2.5 million yuan and she sensed trouble.
• A few minutes later, Han Junji knocked loudly and entered Ouyang Ruo Xi's private room.
• Han Junji questioned Chen Mo's identity, and the two men introduced themselves without shaking hands.

Han Junji visited the Ouyang Family’s private room during the auction and found Chen Mo with Ouyang Ruo Xi, sparking jealousy. Unable to force or harm Ouyang Ruo Xi because of their relative strength and guards, he tried to learn Chen Mo’s relationship with her, but she rejected his familiarity and left him asking whether she understood his feelings.

• Han Junji’s history with Ouyang Ruo Xi was revealed: he pursued her at auctions, while she and her father rejected his advances and he could not overcome her or her protectors.
• Han Junji entered the Ouyang Family’s private room after bidding against them for ginseng and saw Chen Mo beside Ouyang Ruo Xi.
• Han Junji politely asked Chen Mo about his relationship with Ouyang Ruo Xi, while suspecting Chen Mo might belong to the Chen Family of Cangzhou.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi told Han Junji to address her by her full name and said her relationship with Chen Mo was none of his business.
• Han Junji felt humiliated and jealous, then asked Ouyang Ruo Xi whether she still did not understand his feelings after all these years.

Ouyang Ruo Xi rejected Han Junji’s attempts to claim her, and Han Junji left after threatening that she would one day come to him for help. Afterward, Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruo Xi sat through the auction, where she tried to prompt him to ask about his suspicions.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi told Han Junji that she would decide her own affairs and wanted nothing to do with him.
• Han Junji asked whether Chen Mo was the reason for her rejection, but Ouyang Ruo Xi said Chen Mo was only an ordinary friend and demanded that Han Junji leave.
• Han Junji offered ginseng as a tonic for Ouyang Ruo Xi’s father, and she refused it while beginning to suspect the Han Family’s involvement in her father’s illness.
• Han Junji threatened Ouyang Ruo Xi, glared at Chen Mo, and left with his people.
• Chen Mo returned to the sofa to watch the auction, and Ouyang Ruo Xi asked whether he had anything to ask; when he said he would listen if she wanted to tell him, she turned away in annoyance.

Han Junji raged after Ouyang Ruo Xi rejected him and asked Han Wei to capture Chen Mo so he could punish him. Han Wei agreed after Han Junji promised to secure a core disciple spot for his child, but refused to help abduct Ouyang Ruo Xi because of her protector.

• Han Junji smashed up his private room after learning that Ouyang Ruo Xi had chosen Chen Mo, then ordered the staff to clean up the damage.
• Han Junji asked Han Wei to kill Chen Mo, but Han Wei refused because his duty was only to protect Han Junji.
• Han Junji promised to use his father’s influence to get Han Wei’s child into the Han Family’s core group, and Han Wei agreed to make one move.
• Han Junji told Han Wei to capture Chen Mo so he could personally teach him a lesson.
• Han Junji suggested bringing Ouyang Ruo Xi as well, but Han Wei refused because she had a protector near his strength and the Ouyang Family might retaliate.

Han Junji planned to press the Ouyang Family to finalize his marriage to Ouyang Ruo Xi, unaware that Ouyang Jing had stripped Ouyang Xuan of power and Ouyang De Pu was missing. At the auction, Ouyang Ruo Xi admitted she had brought Chen Mo as a shield against Han Junji, and Chen Mo accepted the arrangement as an exchange for learning about the auction.

• Han Junji told Han Wei he would ask his father to urge Ouyang Xuan to settle the marriage after they returned.
• Ouyang Jing refused Ouyang Xuan’s request to search for Ouyang De Pu, leaving Ouyang Xuan powerless and under surveillance.
• Chen Mo watched the auction as the price for a hundred-year-old Polygonatum rose past three million.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi admitted she had brought Chen Mo because she expected Han Junji to attend and wanted him to serve as her shield.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi said she trusted Chen Mo because of old grandpa, and Chen Mo accepted her arrangement as an exchange for bringing him to the auction.

Chen Mo waited through the auction while wondering why Han Junji had not interfered with his bids, unaware that Han Junji planned to take his purchases after Han Wei killed him. The first half ended with a processed Heavenly Heart Grass up for auction, which Chen Mo doubted would be useful to him.

• Chen Mo bought several medicinal herbs during the first half of the auction but avoided bidding on antiques.
• Chen Mo sensed that Han Junji was furious and suspected he had a plan waiting until the auction ended.
• Han Junji told Han Wei he had let Chen Mo buy herbs so they could take them after Han Wei captured or killed him.
• The auctioneer introduced a processed Heavenly Heart Grass with a starting bid of fifty million.
• Chen Mo realized the processed herb might not suit his cultivation methods and felt disappointed because he already had living Heavenly Heart Grass growing in his Universe Bead.

Chen Mo drove up the price of Heavenly Heart Grass to make Han Junji pay far more than it was worth, and Han Junji ultimately won it for 360 million. After the first half of the auction ended, Ouyang Ruo Xi explained that only Martial Artists could attend the second half.

• Chen Mo observed that Ouyang Ruo Xi was surprised he had not bid on the valuable Heavenly Heart Grass.
• Chen Mo bid against Han Junji to provoke him, and Han Junji angrily raised his offers.
• Chen Mo kept pushing up the price until Han Junji won the Heavenly Heart Grass for 360 million.
• The first half of the auction ended, and Chen Mo asked Ouyang Ruo Xi why people downstairs were leaving.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi explained that ordinary people had only been brought in to warm up the auction and that the second half was restricted to Martial Artists.

During the auction break, Chen Mo watched a dance performance, irritating Ouyang Ruo Xi, who shut off the view before asking why he had stopped bidding on the Heavenly Heart Grass. Chen Mo explained that its high price and uncertain condition gave him reason to let Han Junji have it, but left its other uses unexplained.

• Chen Mo watched the dancers while Ouyang Ruo Xi grew annoyed that he ignored her.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi turned the glass opaque, and Chen Mo used his Spiritual Sense to see her amused expression.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi asked why Chen Mo had given up on the Heavenly Heart Grass, which Han Junji wanted.
• Chen Mo said the price exceeded his estimate and the dried, processed grass might not retain all its medicinal efficacy.
• Chen Mo hinted that the Heavenly Heart Grass had other uses but did not explain them.

Chen Mo told Ouyang Ruo Xi why he had encouraged Han Junji to buy Heavenly Heart Grass, while hinting that he might take it from him. After receiving the auction catalog, Chen Mo found a Hundred Fragrance Fruit he wanted for cultivation and a leg technique manual he hoped to study.

• Chen Mo explained that Heavenly Heart Grass could treat bone injuries, that he wanted Han Junji to spend more, and that the grass might not remain Han Junji’s.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi warned Chen Mo that Han Junji had a Houtian Layer Eight bodyguard and belonged to the powerful Northwest Han Family.
• Chen Mo dismissed the warning and resolved to retaliate if Han Junji came after him.
• A service worker brought Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruo Xi the auction catalog.
• Chen Mo spotted a Hundred Fragrance Fruit, which he planned to plant in Inside Universe Bead, and a leg technique manual he wanted to use for reference.