Janet looked at the man next to her and asked anxiously, "What should we do, Mr. Lloyd?" Oscar Lloyd's expression darkened. He smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Ms. Janet! I'm here!"Oscar took two steps forward and removed his shirt, revealing strong muscles. He exuded a strong sense of power as he said coldly, "Okay, I underestimated you. I didn't think you'd be this powerful!"I'll personally fight against you, and we'll see how strong you are!" Oscar took a deep breath and stepped into a fighting stance.A terrifying energy enveloped him. Even the ground beneath his feet was stirred up into eddies of intense energy. Sebastian frowned. A physique refiner?He hadn't expected Oscar to be a physique refiner.Physique refining was a very severe, difficult path. It was a hundred times more difficult than the path of an ordinary warrior or even a Sage. People like Oscar relied solely on their own strength and didn't use any external help. "Take that!" Oscar roared. He
Janet shuddered in fear as she watched Sebastian walking toward her with an icy expression.She had assumed that Sebastian was just a self-proclaimed doctor. But it appeared she was wrong. Sebastian was also a very accomplished warrior!"W-What are you trying to do? I'm telling you! I'm the heiress of the Sunway Connollys!" Janet shrieked rather weakly. Her eyes were filled with terror. Without warning, Sebastian slapped her. He hit Janet so hard that she stumbled to the floor, blood dripping from her mouth. Janet turned and howled at him in anger. "You dare—"Sebastian slapped her again.This time, Janet burst into tears from sheer fright.Her father, who was in a wheelchair, spoke up in anger. "Hey, young man. You injured my daughter and so many of our people from Steinberg Black Tiger Academy. You even killed Oscar. Isn't that enough?"Mike Connolly had stayed silent the entire time since he was severely ill. However, he immediately flared up when he saw Sebastian hittin
"You've even lost half your martial arts training," Sebastian said. Upon hearing his words, Mike indicated for Janet to turn. He stared at Sebastian and cried out, "How did you know?"He hadn't expected Sebastian to be able to tell how bad his condition was with just one look.Sebastian said impassively, "I'm not going to tell you how I know. Besides, if I'm guessing correctly, it was Charles Leyton who told you to come, wasn't it?"Mike was startled. He had told Janet to bring him there because Charles had recommended it.He had seen more than 100 renowned doctors since getting injured, but no one was able to cure him. After hearing that a miracle doctor had cured Reginald, he visited Charles, who had told him about Sebastian.That was why he had instructed Janet to bring him to Steinberg. It was a pity that Janet's wilfulness had caused such trouble."Go home. I'm not going to treat your injuries," Sebastian said coldly. He continued, "Unless your daughter pays for everythi
Sebastian immediately called her and asked, "What is it?"Penelope hemmed and hawed for a while before saying, "I would like you to attend a gathering with me.""A gathering? What kind of gathering?" Sebastian asked in confusion.Penelope said awkwardly, "Just a gathering with a few friends… Forget it if you're busy, Mr. Ballard."She was ready to hang up.Sebastian thought it over for a moment. Since he didn't have anything else on, he said, "Alright. Send me the address."He had appointed her as the general manager, so he should show some concern for her, right? "Really? Thanks, Mr. Ballard! Let's meet at the entrance to the office at 6:00 pm. I'll drive you over to the place," Penelope said excitedly.Sebastian chuckled. "Alright."After hanging up, he sat down in the front hall and began studying the Sky Devouring Bottle once more.…At around 6:00 pm, Sebastian took a cab to the office. He had just reached the entrance when he spotted Penelope.She was wearing a red dr
There were about four or five young, fashionable women seated around the crescent-shaped table. Their long legs were very eye-catching, drawing the attention of many men around them.After sitting down, Penelope began introducing them to Sebastian. "This is Lily Somerby, one of my best friends. She went abroad a couple of years ago. And these are my old classmates, Tiffany Halding, Lindsay Sullivan, and Phoebe Green. Sebastian nodded at them in greeting. "This is… my friend, Sebastian Ballard." After a moment's consideration, Penelope didn't introduce Sebastian as her boss.Out of politeness, Sebastian held out his hand and said, "Hello, I'm Sebastian. It's a pleasure to meet all of you."However, Tiffany, who was closest to Sebastian, only looked him up and down. She ignored his outstretched hand and scowled, looking disappointed."Hello." Tiffany greeted him shortly.Lindsay said casually, "I'm Lindsay."After that, she didn't look at him and whispered something to Tiffany
Sebastian's expression turned very grim. "Foreigners aren't as good as you think they are," Sebastian said coldly. Tiffany laughed contemptuously and said, "Hey, Ballard, you'd better shut up. We know you're jealous. But what can you do? You jerks just aren't as tall and strong as they are. You'd better pray that you get reincarnated into a better body in your next life." Lindsay and Phoebe laughed raucously, looking disdainful. Sebastian frowned. He was about to lose his temper when Penelope tugged at his hand and shook her head. "Forget it. Don't get angry at them." Sebastian exhaled deeply, suppressing his anger for Penelope's sake. Tiffany laughed coldly when she noticed that he wasn't retaliating. "You're such a loser! You won't even fight back when you're insulted!"Lily tried to gloss things over. "Alright, alright. Since Penelope brought him here, we should be nice. Now, look at the time. Mr. Shaw should be here soon."Tiffany looked excited and said, "Mr. Shaw? H
"What are you afraid of? I'm here, aren't I? I don't care who he is. We'll just sit wherever we want to," Sebastian said calmly. He hated people who used their positions to order others around.His words provoked Lester to anger at once, and he looked furious."You're a cocky punk, aren't you? Do you know who I am?" Lester asked coldly, eyeing Sebastian angrily. The subordinates behind him immediately surged up to them and blocked Sebastian's path.Lily and the others stood back to watch, looking contemptuous. "What an idiot. How dare he try to stand up to Mr. Shaw? He has zero self-awareness!" Tiffany snorted, looking scornful.She wanted Lester to teach Sebastian a lesson because she was very annoyed with Sebastian. Men like him disgusted her.Lindsay added, "Forget about him. He just wants to act cool in front of Penelope. Just wait. Mr. Shaw will teach him how he should behave.""What a disgusting little man. I have no idea why Penelope would hang around someone like him
There was an immediate uproar.Lester clutched his bleeding head, howling in pain. Meanwhile, Lily and the others were paralyzed with fear.Penelope was equally shocked. She hadn't expected Sebastian to be so aggressive."You punk! How dare you smash a bottle over my head? I'll kill you!" Lester roared. "Get him!"At his command, his subordinates charged angrily at Sebastian.Sebastian wasn't about to back down. He grabbed the bottles on the table and smashed them over their heads one by one.With a series of thumps, Lester's subordinates all fell to the floor. They held their bleeding heads and howled relentlessly.The sight scared the crap out of Tiffany and the others."Damn! Is this asshole crazy? He beat up Lester and his subordinates?""Oh no! We're doomed! Penelope's friend is insane! Isn't he just asking to die?""Hmph! He doesn't know his own strength. How dare he beat Mr. Shaw up? Wait and see, he's definitely going to die tonight!"They looked angrily at Sebastian
From how pale Sebastian was, Bryson deduced that he must be very sick or extremely weak. He even felt that fighting against Sebastian would be an insult.Although he wasn't the top fighter in the Lynch family, he was still one of the best ones. There was no honor in winning against a sick person."I'm going to give you the same words," Sebastian said, smiling widely."Mr. Lynch, he's actually very powerful. I don't think that Bryson will be a match for him. Why don't you let them attack together?"Jayden had seen Sebastian fight before. Although he could see that Sebastian looked unwell, he was still an expert. It would be better to be more wary. Colton rolled his eyes at Jayden. He knew Bryson's skill level. How could an expert who was at the eighth level of the Energy Refining Technique lose against a sick man?Sebastian looked so frail that he was sure to be knocked out as soon as they started fighting. Plus, the number of people in the whole of Acorn City who could last more
Colton nodded slightly and patted Cliff on the shoulder. He turned and said to Sebastian, "You heard him. He's one of our men. Therefore, you can't take that with you, but you won't make too much of a loss. Here's a check for 500 thousand dollars. Hand that emerald buckle over!"Colton was clearly not going to give Sebastian a choice in the matter. He was used to doing whatever he pleased by relying on his family's influence. Besides, they were also on very good terms with the local Martial Arts Court. He couldn't use his family's connections for the grudge between Jayden and Sebastian, but he would have ample reason to use the Lynches' influence for a priceless emerald buckle.There always had to be a legitimate reason. Clearly, Colton was smarter than Jayden. "I'm not interested in your check, and I'm not going to give it to you either!" Sebastian answered coldly without even glancing at the check.Colton looked thoughtfully at Sebastian and clasped his hands behind his back.
Sebastian had just walked out of the antiques street and had held out his hand to flag down a cab when a middle-aged man in black training clothes walked over to him. The man held out a hand to block Sebastian and Unus' path."Stop!" Sebastian glanced at the middle-aged man and asked, "And what can I do for you?""Mr. Lynch wants to see you. Come with me!" the middle-aged man said icily."Mr. Lynch? Who the hell is that?" Sebastian asked sardonically, sneering. "It's Colton Lynch, and you better remember it!"Sebastian heard a clear, crisp voice. Two young men walked over to him, one walking slightly in front of the other.There was a young man in a branded suit next to the first one. Sebastian couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw the young man next to Colton. It was Jayden, his old friend from Sartvale.Sebastian had never expected to meet Jayden Acorn City. Now that he thought about it, Jayden still owed him a life. If Sebastian hadn't shown mercy to him, the flowers
The old man nodded slightly and said, "That's right. My name is Solomon Jackman. If you think things through, you can come to Townsend Clinic. We can discuss the price!"Solomon bowed to Sebastian before squeezing out of the crowd. Cliff's eyes reddened as he watched Solomon leave. Solomon was a prominent figure in Acorn City. Not only did he have exceptional medical skills, he was also skilled in martial arts. However, neither of those were Solomon's true specialty. What he was most skilled at was antique appraisal! Any antique that Solomon appraised was sure to be a treasure among treasures.Noticing Sebastian and Unus turning to walk away, Cliff immediately became agitated. "Stop!" he shouted.Sebastian turned to glance at him and said, "A deal's a deal. No returns or refunds. You said that yourself. It's the rule of the antique industry!"Cliff ignored all of that. He came out from behind his stall and grabbed Sebastian's sleeve. "I'm not going to sell that emerald pendan
"I don't think that you've seen the original form of this emerald pendant, either," Sebastian said, smiling coldly at Cliff. Cliff looked disdainfully at him. He felt that Sebastian was just unhappy about being tricked and was trying to provoke him. "Stop putting on that mysterious act. Why wouldn't I know about something that belongs to me?" Cliff demanded with a scoff. "You might really not know," Sebastian replied. He closed his palm slightly and exerted a slight force. The layer of stone on top of the emerald pendant peeled off. While everyone looked on, dumbstruck, Sebastian opened his palm once more. The crowd gasped.There were two clouds of energy on the emerald pendant, chasing each other like a pair of fish. One was black, while the other was red. The emerald pendant had been square-shaped originally, but it had now become a round emerald buckle. In the middle of it, a pale yellow energy was rising slowly. Everyone cried out in shock. It was clearly a rare trea
Some people just didn't know what was good for them. Even if Cliff had wanted to laugh, he should have waited for Sebastian to leave before doing so. How could he call a buyer a fool while they were still there?"It may be a little crude, my young friend, but it doesn't change the fact that you were hoodwinked!" Cliff said, guffawing gleefully.Since Sebastian had already paid, he could no longer take it back. After all, it was a rule never to accept returns or refunds. When Cliff thought of how he had charged Sebastian more than ten thousand for something that had only cost him about 300 to 400 dollars, he became even more smug. "You'll just have to bear with it, my young friend. Not regretting your purchase is the rule of the antique industry. Even if you've now found out that you were deceived, you can't get your money back!""That's right. The work on the emerald pendant that you're holding is so shoddy that it was clearly just done last week. It's a new item!" "Watch out
Sebastian laughed at the reluctant expression on the stall owner's face. He weighed the emerald pendant in his hand and asked, "Mister, are you sure that this emerald pendant is worth 210 thousand?"With that, he tossed it onto the counter and turned to leave."Huh?"The stall owner immediately ran around to the front of the stall when he saw that Sebastian was about to leave. He grabbed him and said, "Don't be in such a rush to leave, my young friend. Let's negotiate. If you're sincere about buying it, I'll sell it to you at 150 thousand, and I'll be making a loss. Let this be the start of a friendship between us!"Sebastian smiled slightly and said, "Mister, even a layman can tell that this emerald pendant is a fake. I just like the patterns on it because it's quite trendy. That's why I asked about it on a whim."Describing the patterns on the antique as trendy only served to show how obvious it was that it was a fake.The stall owner turned beet red, then white. He cursed hi
However, the more famous something was, the more imitations there would be. Antiques were no exception. In Boren, streets filled with antique stores were abundant. From Klane City to the smallest town, they were omnipresent.There were stores and stalls of various kinds that had everything, but all of them had one thing in common. All the antiques and trinkets that they sold were a mixed bag of authentic and fake. Buyers had to rely on their own judgment. There was also an unspoken rule there. Once a deal was made, no returns were allowed. If a buyer had paid for an item before realizing that something was wrong or recognizing that it was a fake, they would have no choice but to accept it. There was a saying about how the golden age of antiques was during times of chaos. Although they were now in times of peace, many members of the upper class were still very interested in them. Both experts and laymen liked to have a few collector's items in their homes. There were plenty of we
"Watch him closely! If you lose him, I'll have your head!" Anton said before hanging up. A malicious grin spread across his face.As the son of the head director of Boren Martial Arts Court, many were eager to curry favor with him. If it came to dealing with Sebastian, there were plenty of people willing to do the dirty work for him. Acorn City was the second largest city in Boren after Klane City, and Anton knew just who to call. About two weeks ago, the Lynch family of Acorn City had sent gifts to him. However, as the Lynches were a third-rate elite martial arts family, Anton had dismissed them. That was why, despite searching frantically, he couldn't find Colton Lynch's name card."Damn it! Where did that asshole's name card get to?"It was the first time Anton had been so anxious about finding the name card of an heir from a third-rate family. After rummaging around for a while, Anton had a sudden flash of inspiration. It was in the trash can!He suddenly remembered that