Sebastian frowned and walked off the stage with Rosalie.Mabel scowled when she saw Sebastian walking off the stage, and she grumbled, "Oh. It's you."How was she so unlucky? What were the odds that she would meet that bastard here?"Why can't it be me?" Sebastian asked.Mabel was momentarily rendered speechless but regained her composure after she saw Rosalie behind him. Her smile was mocking, and her tone dripped with sarcasm as she said, "I was wondering how a piece of trash like you managed to end up on stage, but I see now it's because you have Ms. Griffin with you."Sebastian paid her no mind and flashed her a mild smile before turning to leave. He had no reason to explain himself to someone like her. However, before he could leave, he was stopped by Henrietta. Henrietta had stared silently at Sebastian throughout the interaction and suddenly extended an elegant hand to Sebastian with a smile, "Hello. I'm Henrietta Queen."Sebastian paused momentarily before he shook he
Though he didn't reject her outright, it was clear that he didn't wish to work with her at all.Mabel's expression soured, and she shot him a glare. "Are you sure?" she challenged."I'm sure," Sebastian replied seriously.With that, he turned to leave.Rosalie followed closely behind him, and she snickered, "I think Mabel's brain must be damaged."Sebastian chuckled in response but didn't say anything, and the two soon left.Mabel was practically stomping her feet in anger at Sebastian's rejection, and she grumbled, "That asshole! We'll see how high and mighty you are later!"Just then, Henrietta came down from the stage, and Mabel asked her worriedly, "How is it? Are you nervous? How confident are you in winning?"Henrietta was a woman of a few words, and she simply said, "Don't worry."Mabel flashed her a grin. "Alright then! I'm waiting for you to win first place in this competition then! Once you win, Frostwave Corporations will announce it on social media, solidifying you
All of Steinberg's citizens had been intrigued by the advertisements. As such, a lot of them had bought tickets to watch the competition live.The ones who hadn't been able to buy tickets resorted to watching the live broadcast instead. After all, the competition tonight was a program specifically created by the Good Crestborne production team!Besides, there were also a lot of people who were curious about traditional medicine.After a few days of teaser trailers, as well as advertisements, practically every platform started discussing the competition.At around 6:00 pm, Rosalie drove Sebastian to the competition venue. By some stroke of luck, they bumped into Whitney, Theresa, Mabel, and Crystal the second they got out of the car. Dante was not with them, probably because he was still in the hospital.When Whitney saw Rosalie and Sebastian together her expression darkened.Rosalie had chosen to dress quite provocatively for the competition. She wore a short, crimson dress wit
Besides, she would only end up hurting herself."Don't forget, Whit, Sebastian is here as a competitor tonight. So technically, the both of you are enemies," Theresa reminded her.Whitney frowned at that, and she had a complicated expression.After a while, she sighed and declared, "I know, but I still want to explain myself to him properly."Crystal panicked and tried to talk Whitney out of her decision, "Winnie! Don't do…""That's enough, Mom," Whitney interrupted. "I also want to ask him why he beat up Dante."After that, Whitney marched resolutely to Sebastian as she called out for him.Sebastian frowned when he heard her and turned to face her. "Yes, Ms. Sutton?" he asked coolly."I have something to talk to you about. Can we talk over there for a second," Whitney asked as she side-eyed Rosalie."Rosalie really was radiant tonight," she thought begrudgingly."There's no need. You can say what you need to say here. After all, we're all acquaintances here," Sebastian repli
Inside the venue, Fergus was already seated in the VIP seating area. When he saw Whitney's sour expression, he immediately got to his feet."Winnie, what's wrong? Why do you look so upset? Who bullied you?" he asked with a smile."Nothing happened," Whitney answered coldly.Crystal, who had been walking after Whitney, broke into a wide grin when she saw Fergus."Fergus! You're here!" she exclaimed."Mrs. Mendez," Fergus greeted courteously with a smile. After that, he turned to Whitney to say, "Winnie, I've already made arrangements for you.""Arrangements? What arrangements?" Whitney asked in confusion.Fergus straightened his suit as he explained proudly, "I've talked to the assistant director. They will give more screen time to Henry, so she'll get more recognition!"Besides, I've also told him to pan the camera to you. So, all you need to do is flash a smile and wave," he said with a smug grin, waiting for Whitney to compliment him.Whitney raised an eyebrow. She wasn't
"That's right Ms. Sutton, we should stay away from people like him!" Mabel added as she glared distastefully at Sebastian.Whitney frowned as she watched Sebastian walk over to them. She thought that he would apologize for what happened outside, but to her surprise, Sebastian didn't even look her way and walked right past her to the backstage."Bastard!" Whitney grumbled as she glared at him."You see, he doesn't care about you," Theresa said.Whitney knew what Theresa was trying to say, and her expression darkened further. Eventually, she got up and declared, "I'm going to the bathroom."…Inside the rest area, Rosalie asked worriedly, "How confident are you? After all, you're the first competitor! Why don't I talk to the production team, and you use the formula the professional medicine formulators have given you?""There's no need. I've got it under control," Sebastian assured her mildly. As he spoke, he glanced at the red plastic bag next to him. The medicinal furnace he
Whitney also turned and left after that. A while later, she went to Henrietta's resting area with Mabel."How are the preparations going?" Whitney asked.Henrietta smiled and said confidently, "I'm sure there won't be any problems."Whitney nodded and turned to the screen in the resting area. The screen showed the live stream, and the host was currently introducing the mentors and guest judges.The four mentors and the four guest judges were already seated backstage.The production team had done a great job keeping the identities of the four mentors and guest judges secret, and the crowd went wild when their identities were revealed.The four mentors were professors within the Steinberg traditional medicinal organizations. Namely, they were Roberto Lancel, Theon Smith, Robb Gomez, and the chairman of the traditional medicine organization, Eddard Cosgrove.The rules of the competition were simple.Like a talent show, each judge had a button they could press, and the competit
Justin's humor and personality further boosted his popularity, and he now had millions of fans.He was so popular and beloved that the price for a single ticket to his concert went for a thousand dollars!The four guests were clearly invited to get more people to talk about the competition, and as expected, the Good Crestborne Doctors program had gone viral!The livestream also went from tens of thousands of viewers to millions of viewers!"Oh My God! It's Justin Beaver!""My God! I thought this was a boring show, but I can't believe they managed to invite such cool mentors and celebrities! The production cost for this program must be insane!""I heard that it costs a few hundred thousand dollars for Angelica to appear as a guest on a show!""No fucking way! The mentors and guests invited are too amazing! The program tonight is going to be epic!""These competitors are so lucky to have our idols critique them…"The competition venue was filled with a cacophony of excited whisp
"What is your name, sir?" the bodyguard in the lead asked, smiling as he handed Sebastian a cigarette."Sebastian Ballard." As there was a child in the car and the windows were all closed, Sebastian waved the cigarette away."I've never heard of you before!" The bodyguard gave him a name card and said, "My name is Daxton Haddock!"Sebastian took the name card and smiled at Daxton. "I'm not from Boren. I just came here for a trip to Mount Quiln."Daxton was startled. Although the area around Mount Quiln was a popular tourist area, strange things had been happening there continuously since autumn the year before. No one had come there for a holiday for more than half a year."Mr. Ballard, are you confident of being able to save Ms. Candy?" Daxton asked rather worriedly. After all, even Solomon had said that there was no cure for a condition like hers. Sebastian was a young man in his 20s who looked very confident. It was hard not to be doubtful.Sebastian shook his head slightl
Solomon became agitated when he heard that Sebastian wanted to go to the abandoned mine. He tried to dissuade him. "You must not put yourself in danger, my young friend. Even others would have run into ghosts if they didn't heed warnings."The young man glanced at Solomon and said, "Dr. Jackman, they all say that you're a kind-hearted person. Why are you stopping others from trying to save Ms. Candy when you refuse to do so yourself?"Solomon turned red and sighed. "There was a huge mining accident there 30 years ago, and it's always been tainted with evil. To tell you the truth, my younger brother also didn't heed the warnings and—"Tears slid down Solomon's cheeks. Solomon's younger brother had endangered himself ten years ago to try and cure someone's illness. However, he had been carried back on a stretcher three days after that.He had been in the same state as the little girl and Candy. His eyes had been vacant, and he had neither eaten nor drunk nor slept. After just three
"Yes, we have. Mrs. Wilham from our village is a medium, but she says that she can't cure this child and asked us to look for someone else," the middle-aged woman said and started crying again."What else did she say?" Sebastian asked, bending down to look carefully at the little girl.The middle-aged woman hesitated for a long time before she stuttered, "Actually… Mrs. Wilham says that t-there's no hope for our child anymore! She can only live three more days at most!"Before the middle-aged woman could finish speaking, there was a screech of brakes outside the door. Right after that, there was the sound of hurried footsteps, and over a dozen young men in suits barged in."Which of you is Dr. Solomon Jackman?" the young man in the lead yelled urgently.Solomon answered quickly, "It's me!"The young man waved quickly at the people behind him and said, "Hurry!"Soon, a young woman who was about 20 years old was carried inside.The young woman was pretty, and she was wearing clo
The two apothecaries immediately tossed their brooms aside. One helped the middle-aged woman to open the door while the other took the child from her arms."Time to see a patient, Dr. Larsen!" one of the apothecaries called out to an old doctor as he carried the child inside.The old doctor pushed his glasses up his nose and eyed the mother and daughter. He walked slowly over to the consultation table and sat down."Don't worry, ma'am. What's wrong with the child?" the doctor, Ellis Larsen, asked the middle-aged woman. At that moment, Sebastian and Unus walked into Townsend Clinic together. On the way there, Sebastian had remained focused on the little girl because the look in her eyes was highly abnormal. "Doctor, I don't know what's happened to her. She hasn't eaten or drunk anything since last night, and she doesn't say a word no matter what I ask her. All she does is to stare vacantly into space!" the middle-aged woman said tearfully to Ellis. Ellis couldn't help drawing i
Javier had gone to Sunway for a meeting and was not in Acorn City. Whatever the old man said would be representative of Javier. "Mr. Gabbard, we can't let him go!""Yes, Mr. Gabbard. He's caused such a fuss at the Martial Arts Court that he should at least get both legs broken before we can let him go!""Besides, he injured Mr. Lynch! How will we explain to Mr. Berkeley when he gets back?"A few of the younger deacons protested. "I've already said that these two gentlemen may leave. Anyone who tries to stop them will be executed without mercy!" Cohen Gabbard was furious. Didn't these idiots know how to read the room? Did they have to carry out flattery no matter what the situation was?Didn't they know who the minced meat all over the floor belonged to? Who else could they be except the missing deacons?No matter how they had done it, someone who was able to smash a living person into mincemeat must be extremely powerful indeed. Even if they tried to tie Sebastian and Un
There was a dull thwack. The deacon in the lead didn't even have time to turn and escape before he was squashed into mincemeat by a single punch from Unus. Gleaming blood and flesh scattered everywhere. The rest of them tried to escape when they saw what had happened, but their speed couldn't compare to that of Unus. Before they could get to the door, Unus' fist had already reached them.There was a series of thumps as four or five deacons were all crushed. Blood and lumps of flesh fell all over the floor. The smell of blood hung heavily in the interrogation room.Jayden and Bryson cowered in a corner, trembling.Unus couldn't be human! How could it have reduced a live person to mincemeat with just one punch?As Jayden and Bryson looked on, Unus walked up to Sebastian expressionlessly. He raised his hand and tugged lightly on the chains that bound Sebastian tightly. They immediately broke into numerous pieces.Sebastian stood up and stretched before walking in Colton's directi
"Mr. Lynch! Are you alright?" The deacons surrounded Colton at once.Colton had been very unlucky that day. Not only had Sebastian beaten him half to death, but he had even been injured in the head once again by him, even though Sebastian was chained. When Colton noticed how much he was bleeding, he lost it completely. "Kill him!" he roared in fury, looking crazed. The deacons exchanged looks. They knew how skillful Bryson was. However, Bryson was unable to stand against Sebastian, and it made the deacons even more afraid to move forward.Although Colton was the heir of the Lynch family, it wouldn't be worth getting their arms and legs broken by Sebastian just to flatter him. "Go and get him, damn it! I'll give you money! Each person will get one million. Beat him to death!"Colton was very agitated. He yelled at the top of his voice at Sebastian while pointing at him with his crutch. As the saying went, there would always be a hero when there was a big reward. Upon hearin
A faintly murderous light flashed in Sebastian's eyes, and the deacons felt a chilling murderous energy. The deacon who had been pointing at Sebastian with a steel rod couldn't help stepping backward. He took a long time to recover. Sebastian was bound tightly in chains that were as thick as a man's thumb, and he had been cuffed to the steel chair. There was no way that he could fight back at all.The deacon felt annoyed at being scared by someone in that state, and he pointed at Sebastian with his steel rod again and shouted, "You must be tired of living, you brat! How dare you say Mr. Wentworth's name?""Even Joaquin wouldn't dare to speak to me in that manner," Sebastian said calmly.If Joaquin knew that Sebastian had been arrested by deacons from the Mount Acorn Martial Arts Court, he would kill them all without hesitation!"You're very arrogant! Mr. Lynch specifically mentioned this object. I'll give you five thousand dollars, and you can send it to him. Do you have any obje
"You said that Mr. Lynch wanted to take something that belonged to you. Where is the object?" the deacon in the lead asked, sneering. Sebastian pointed at his shirt pocket and said, "Here!" The deacon pulled out the emerald buckle from Sebastian's pocket. He weighed it in his hand and waved at the other deacons, saying, "Take him away!"When Jayden saw that Sebastian had been marched off by deacons from the Martial Arts Court, he called an ambulance for Colton. Luckily, Colton was from an elite martial arts family. Despite being spoiled, he had at least trained in martial arts, which was why he wasn't as frail as an ordinary person would be. Otherwise, he would have succumbed to his injuries long ago.Bryson and the others were also carried into the ambulance by the medical staff. Solomon sighed as he watched Sebastian leave. Although the Martial Arts Court appeared to be upholding the law, they were actually in cahoots with the Lynches. Now that Sebastian had been taken by t