From Evil Sect Leader to Doctor-Chapter 296 - 271: My Turf, My Rules

Wu Yuanyi reluctantly pulled his hand out of his coat sleeve and shook hands with Liu Qi: "Lao Qi, what brings you here?" Typically, those who've washed their hands of this life don't actively reach out to people from the Jianghu, so Wu Yuanyi had to ask.

Liu Qi leaned in close to his ear and whispered, "I'm introducing you to a business opportunity, a chance for some profit. Someone wants to buy tiger whip, a rich second generation, surname Xu, and that's his wife."

Wu Yuanyi took a drag on his cigarette, squinting his eyes as he sized up the young couple, his gaze momentarily lighting up on Hua Zhuyue's face.

Hua Zhuyue frowned slightly in displeasure, and Xu Chunliang silently thought Wu Yuanyi was a lecher.

He patted Liu Qi on the shoulder and walked over to Hua Zhuyue. Hua Zhuyue feigned fear and took a step back, hiding behind Xu Chunliang.

Wu Yuanyi threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stomped it with his foot, and exaggeratedly spat on the ground: "You guys want to buy?"

Xu Chunliang nodded and said, "Why else would we come to you?"

Wu Yuanyi glanced over Xu Chunliang: "Young man looks pretty energetic, not working out down there?" As he spoke, his gaze shifted to Hua Zhuyue again.

Hua Zhuyue silently cursed, you lecher, keep staring and I'll gouge out your two dog eyes.

Xu Chunliang said, "You're meddling too much, aren't you? Do you have the goods or not?"

Wu Yuanyi replied, "Got money?"

Hua Zhuyue opened her phone, showing her Alipay balance. Xu Chunliang glanced at it too, eight digits, she really was loaded.

Wu Yuanyi chuckled, "I only accept cash."

Xu Chunliang tapped his password case.

Wu Yuanyi said, "Open it!"

Xu Chunliang said, "There's no such rule, is there? I haven't even seen a hair, and you've already seen the balance."

Wu Yuanyi snorted coldly, "Here, my rule is the rule."

Hua Zhuyue tugged on Xu Chunliang's arm, "Let's go!"

Liu Qi hurriedly intervened: "Boss Wu, how about this, you show them your herbs first, and then talk."

Wu Yuanyi said, "Lao Qi, it's not that I don't want to save face for you, but things are getting more tense, too many people are envious of me, I have to be cautious." He signaled with his eyes, and two subordinates came over.

Hua Zhuyue said, "What are you doing?"

Wu Yuanyi said, "No need to be nervous, hand over your phones, routine body check."

"I'm not letting your dirty hands touch me!" Hua Zhuyue protested.

Wu Yuanyi indicated to search Xu Chunliang first. Xu Chunliang wasn't carrying any weapons; he handed his phone over.

Hua Zhuyue thought she might avoid being searched, but unexpectedly, Wu Yuanyi called out, "Yan'Er!"

A tall and strong woman walked out of the room. Hua Zhuyue, at 1.71 meters in height, was already considered tall among women, but this woman was 1.8 meters, with dark skin and a sturdy build. She was Wu Yuanyi's goddaughter and capable assistant, Black Swallow.

In front of her, Hua Zhuyue suddenly seemed petite. Black Swallow came over to search Hua Zhuyue.

Hua Zhuyue could only comply. The other party searched her from head to toe and found a small knife on her waist.

Hua Zhuyue explained, "For cutting fruit."

Wu Yuanyi gestured, and Black Swallow tossed the knife to him. Wu Yuanyi caught it effortlessly; this was no ordinary fruit knife.

A BUCK110, a world-renowned hunting knife and one of the most iconic knife designs.

This Buck knife is one of the most influential knives in the history of knives, with a blade edge so sharp that no other knife can compare. Its superior safety lock mechanism, solid brass and wood handle, and 3.5-inch high-quality blade all showcase its classic details.

Wu Yuanyi said, "I'll hold onto this for you."

Black Swallow retrieved two tubes from Hua Zhuyue's pocket that looked like lipstick. Unscrewing them, they weren't lipstick; they were small canisters equipped with spray nozzles, actually pepper spray.

Hua Zhuyue explained, "A woman has to carry some self-defense items."

Wu Yuanyi chuckled, "You're overthinking it. Doing business with me, safety is my responsibility."

Black Swallow searched again and had Hua Zhuyue hand over her phone.

Xu Chunliang said, "Boss Wu, you're really cautious. If you're so scared, maybe you shouldn't be doing business at all."

Wu Yuanyi replied, "Better safe than sorry, young man. When you reach my age, you'll understand."

He turned and walked towards the breeding farm behind. Liu Qi intended to follow, but Wu Yuanyi had him stay back for tea, not wanting him around during the transaction even though Liu Qi was an acquaintance.

Xu Chunliang and Hua Zhuyue followed behind him, with Black Swallow leading six strong men behind them.

Hua Zhuyue smelled the foul stench in the air, frowned, and deliberately said, "It stinks here! What are you raising here?"

Wu Yuanyi said, "Chickens, ducks, geese, dogs." As he spoke, they passed an ostrich garden, where a few ostriches, still awake, stood there, watching the group cautiously.

Wu Yuanyi's farm was like a small zoo, not only with ostriches but also fallow deer and alpacas.

A sudden howling sound came from the front. Although Hua Zhuyue was brave, she still felt a chill in her heart, grabbing Xu Chunliang's arm and saying, "A tiger?" Could it be that Wu Yuanyi really raised tigers on his farm?

Xu Chunliang said, "It seems to be a bear."

Wu Yuanyi turned around and glanced, thinking to himself that this rich kid could actually tell that it was a bear from the sound, which was quite impressive.

Xu Chunliang said, "My family used to raise two bears as pets." Anyway, since he was assigned the rich kid persona, he might as well brag along those lines.

Wu Yuanyi said, "Mr. Xu raises bears?"

Xu Chunliang nodded and said, "Sun bears."

Wu Yuanyi sneered, thinking, "Sun bears? Are those even considered bears?"

As they passed in front of an iron cage, the bear's cries became more mournful.

Xu Chunliang looked into the iron cage, only to see a large black bear confined in a cage about a square meter in size. This was an Asian black bear, whose bile is highly valued for its medicinal properties, such as clearing heat and detoxifying, clearing the liver and brightening the eyes, moistening the lungs and expelling phlegm, reducing blood fat, and cholesterol. This potential profit had drawn many unscrupulous businessmen, leading to a surge in bear farms domestically.

In the early 1980s, the live bile extraction technique from black bears was introduced from abroad. At the time, the Wildlife Protection Law hadn't been enacted yet, so many black bears were sent to bear farms, becoming bile bears, living solely to produce bile.

Due to the terrifyingly high profits, the number of bear farms quickly increased.

The gallbladders of the black bears were implanted with metal or rubber catheters. To prevent the abdominal wounds from healing, bear farm workers had to extract bile from them twice daily, leaving the wounds exposed, frequently infected, festering, and never healing.

The bears suffered greatly during bile extraction; the method was primitive and unsanitary, directly shortening their lifespan. Moreover, confined in small cages long-term, the only activity they could engage in was shaking their heads.

Witnessing the scene before her, Hua Zhuyue was also shocked, not expecting that such animal cruelty still occurred in Dongzhou. Although live bile extraction from bears hadn't been banned domestically, the less harmful tubeless method was now commonly adopted, making this method with tubes illegal.

The bear shelter housed eight black bears in total. Although Wu Yuanyi's bear farm wasn't large, he introduced himself as having obtained a wildlife breeding license while walking.

Xu Chunliang mused inwardly, believing that even if you gather all the permits, it wouldn't change the fact of illegal operation, making it clear to him that this person wasn't good.

Past the bear shelter was a warehouse.

Black Swallow went to unlock the warehouse lock, pulled open the warehouse doors, and someone turned on the electricity, illuminating the entire warehouse as bright as daylight.

The warehouse was filled with a strong smell of herbs, a storage room for medicinal materials, although mostly cleared out, with only a few containers at the center now.

Wu Yuanyi opened one of the containers and went inside.

Black Swallow told Xu Chunliang and Hua Zhuyue to wait, not wanting them to see the secret within.

After about five minutes, Wu Yuanyi returned with a wooden box, placed it on the table, and opened it to reveal the tiger whip he was trading.

The whip had a long cylindrical shape, about 20 cm long, 2 cm in diameter, gray-brown and somewhat translucent. The head was conical, rounder at the top, with small protrusions or granular barbs in the middle and lower part, rough to the touch, with a short stalk inside, flanked by a pair of tiger testicles about 3-4 cm in diameter.

When Xu Chunliang reached out to touch it, Wu Yuanyi stopped him: "You can look, but don't touch."

Xu Chunliang said, "How can I tell if it's real without touching it?"

It was Hua Zhuyue's first time seeing a tiger whip; looking at the barbs, she thought silently that tigers are truly formidable, and that this thing must be both loved and hated by tigresses.

Wu Yuanyi said, "I've been in the Jianghu for many years and never sold fakes."

Xu Chunliang looked closely. Very few ordinary people ever saw a tiger whip, but Xu Chunliang was no ordinary person; he had seen plenty of tiger whips, and this one, although a good imitation, was still false in the end.

"How much are you planning to sell it for?"

Wu Yuanyi said, "This tiger whip weighs 41 grams. The current black market price is 20,000 per gram; such a high-grade tiger whip can't be had for 30,000. As a familiar introduction, I'll count it as 20,000 per gram, 820,000 total, but I'll waive the change and charge you 800,000. Do you have enough money?" His eyes glanced at the money box in Xu Chunliang's hand, estimating it held a million.

Hua Zhuyue thought to herself, how could such a dried-up thing cost 800,000? Wu Yuanyi dared to ask this much, but still there were many eager customers. Men are strange, truly believing that eating this thing could revitalize their vigor? Hua Zhuyue didn't buy it.

Xu Chunliang said, "Boss Wu, you aren't being fair, trying to fool us with a counterfeit."

Wu Yuanyi's face changed instantly: "Watch what you say."

Xu Chunliang said, "Since there's no sincerity, let's call off today's deal." He signaled to Hua Zhuyue, and the two turned to leave.

The six strong men blocked their way.

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