Wang Zhendong's pupils were slightly red, with a few bloodshot streaks showing inside.
He came to the back of the conference room and stood there, cleared his throat, blinked his eyes hard, adjusted his breathing rate, a stylized smile slowly appeared on his face, and then walked into the venue.
"Sorry to keep you waiting for so long."
Wang Zhendong strode towards the conference stage, where the middle-aged man holding a microphone was chatting with everyone.
Seeing him arriving, he immediately handed over the phone.
Wang Zhendong took the phone, raised his wrist and looked at the time, then glanced at the closed door of the conference room, and glanced at the many business leaders who were surrounding him.
Among them, he saw Su Renxin's figure.
After weighing the situation, Su Renxin did not choose to leave. He believed that he was qualified to participate in the sacrificial ceremony, but if he left suddenly, it would arouse the suspicion of Wang Zhendong and Lu Yuan.
In addition, Shen Xing has already said that even if he stays here, it won't seem to have any impact, as long as he is on guard against Wang Zhendong.
However, Lu Yuan was not seen in this scene. Su Renxin only saw Lu Yuan during dinner. At that time, he was still in another private room, receiving guests from other states.
At this moment, the position Su Renxin chose was at the back of the crowd. The field of view was not bad. As long as he could see clearly, he felt that there was no need to get so close, and his eyes remained on the rosewood frame until Wang Zhendong appeared. Then he turned to the chairman of the Ningzhou Chamber of Commerce.
"There are still five minutes until midnight." Wang Zhendong said, pointing to the rosewood frame, "And here is the sacrificial offering of our Ningzhou Chamber of Commerce. I believe all friends who often attend spring banquets and weddings know that it is What, other new members may not know yet.”
After a pause, he continued: "It is said to be a sacrificial object, but it is actually a kind of spiritual sustenance for us business people. It represents the highest emotion respected in our hearts and represents the ultimate support for our efforts and struggle. , no matter which industry we choose, what products we operate, or what services we provide. In the end, what we pursue, yearn for, and expect is actually our greatest spiritual satisfaction, well, a kind of sublimation .”
"Satisfied, what we do, what we pay, and what we put in our efforts are truly rewarded. But if you use it in the wrong direction, all you will get in exchange for the blood and sweat you put in is a pile of golden light that seems to be valuable. Liancheng is actually just useless garbage!"
At this time, the businessmen who had participated in several spring banquets all looked excited, clenched their fists tightly, and focused their eyes on the conference table. On the thing covered by the black curtain.
"Next..." Wang Zhendong said this, with the same excitement that could not be concealed, and looked at the time again, "Let us welcome it, the highest spiritual pursuit that only we can have - the God of Joy!"
As he finished speaking, he reached out and pulled off the black curtain.
Most of the people at the scene had wild eyes, stretching their necks and widening their eyes, staring directly at what was revealed under the curtain.
Others, like Su Renxin, who were participating for the first time, looked at the thing with curious eyes.
The black cloth fell, revealing a strange-shaped stone.
It looks like two and a half stones spliced together, with a strange shape, wrapped and dependent on each other, but that's all.
At first glance, there is nothing other than appearance.
Some people who came to participate for the first time even thought that the stone could only be regarded as a passable handicraft at best. A pair on the street stalls on Er5 Street cost 20 yuan. If you cut the price, you might be able to get it for 15 yuan. goods.
There was a sound of surprise from all over the place.
This was not because of the exclamation caused by the appearance of the strange stone, but because of the disbelief of "Wang Zhendong, you talked so much nonsense, and then you showed me this".
Wang Zhendong was also confused.
Holding the microphone in his left hand, the expression of passion and intoxication on his face was frozen, and his eyes were fixed on the milky white stone that appeared under the eyes of the public.
"Nima, you're so ordinary! What's going on?"
As expected, the passionate and hot feeling did not appear, nor did the state of lustful desires. There was also no sign of the extreme joy in the heart when seeing the pair of stones.
Suddenly, Wang Zhendong's microphone fell to the ground, and a harsh crashing sound came from the speaker.
He didn't notice it at all, just stared at the milky white stone.
God of Joy, this is the God of Joy. He has seen it countless times, and every stone pattern is extremely clear. In his eyes, this thing cannot be fake, and it should not be like this.
But that familiar feeling of extreme satisfaction and strong desire is completely gone!
If there is no God of Joy, Wang Zhendong doesn’t know what else he should believe in! His spirit disappeared, and the pillar in his heart collapsed at this moment.
The fire that filled his eyes just now quickly faded away. It felt like his consciousness had left the body, and his whole body was frozen, without any consciousness.
"Boss, boss, what's going on? This is..."
Wang Zhendong suddenly shouted, somewhat hysterically, and his body was shaking, seemingly out of control.
He looked left and right, looking for Lu Yuan's shadow, but he didn't see it. He was helpless and gradually lost his composure.
At this moment, the door of the conference room opened, and a guide's voice sounded: "Due to some unexpected circumstances, today's spring banquet has been temporarily canceled. Please forgive me and leave in an orderly manner. Thank you!"
Most people could see that there was an accident here, and some people who knew about it also felt that the stone was very ordinary, and it no longer had the feeling that made people's blood rush when they saw it last time.
Of course, no one here has spent as much time or as much time with the God of Joy as Wang Zhendong, so even though he feels lost and empty in his heart, he can still control it.
Su Renxin followed everyone out the door, but at this moment, the words Shen Xing said before rang in her mind.
"Just treat it as a joke, don't go into it..."
At this moment, a strange feeling arose in his heart, as if danger was coming. It was supposed to be as violent as mountains and rivers collapsing, and rivers pouring violently, but in the end, he just farted lightly, and the danger ended suddenly. .
"That white stone is definitely not an auspicious thing. This Mr. Shen is not simple!"
Because his heart was not affected by the stone, Su Renxin had secretly made a conclusion at this moment, and then he couldn't help but smile slightly.
The crowd surged, and dozens of people quickly poured out of the conference center. Some took the elevator, some took the stairs, and left in twos and threes.
The hotel where Su Renxin stayed was upstairs in this building, so he took the elevator directly to the 23rd floor, then knocked on the room of his personal secretary, Uncle Fu, and walked in after the door opened.
The rest of the guests, if they were local, took the bus back home. Some of the guests who did not live locally, like Su Renxin, stayed upstairs in the hotel.
Not long after, Wang Zhendong, who was standing on the conference stage, gradually began to calm down, but his eyes were bloodshot, he was panting like an ox, and his limbs were still shaking uncontrollably.
He stared straight at the two ordinary stones that he called the "God of Joy". The disappointment, confusion, and unacceptable expression in his eyes gradually turned into incomprehension and confusion.
A cough sounded, and Lu Yuan walked out from the backstage.
He lowered his head slightly, his eyes gloomy, and carefully examined the milky white stone for a moment.
The stone is still the same stone, but it no longer has the unique characteristics of the anomaly.
"Think carefully, during the process of delivering this thing, including before it was exhibited, was there any accident?" Lu Yuan asked in a deep voice.
Wang Zhendong's thinking was very confused at the moment and he couldn't remember anything at all. He just shook his head violently.
"No no."
"Add surveillance, call out all the surveillance in the hotel, including the surveillance at the airport, all the surveillance on the way from the airport to the hotel, and on the street." Lu Yuan said.
When he finished speaking, he ignored Wang Zhendong and turned around and walked towards the back corridor of the conference center. When he reached the door of the room at the end, he directly unlocked the door and entered, then closed the door with his backhand.
Sitting in this room was an old man who had lost all his hair and seemed unable to open his eyelids.
Because he is too old, the skin on this man's face is loose and droopy, and his gender cannot be determined from his appearance alone.
Slowly raising his head, not knowing whether to open his eyes or not, the old man's lips slowly opened and a word came out of his mouth.
"Gone?"
The voice sounded like a male.
Lu Yuan nodded, his eyes lowered, as if he didn't dare to look at him: "Well, no more."
"Reason?" The old man spoke slowly and seemed weak, but there was no nonsense in every sentence, and although his tone was weak, there was a faint sense of courage that people could not refute.
"Something may have gone wrong on the way here. We are now asking Wang Zhendong to investigate thoroughly, including in the hotel." Lu Yuan never dared to raise his eyes.
"Wang Zhendong, kill him, you investigate." The old man said slowly in an extremely calm tone.
After saying this, he turned his head towards the bathroom in the room with great difficulty and stared there motionlessly.
The bathroom door was closed, and there was nothing in that place. Seeing the old man looking at that place intently, Lu Yuan moved his lips curiously, wanting to ask.
At this time, the old man spoke first: "Check there."
After these words were spoken, the old man's eyes shifted to Lu Yuan again: "Now, you are Master Yan, wait for my notification."
"Okay." Lu Yuan nodded immediately.
The figure of the old man in front of him slowly began to disappear. He turned out to be just a projection, and he didn't know where he was at all.
After the figure disappeared, Lu Yuan immediately walked to the bathroom door, pushed it open, turned on the light inside, and put his head in to take a look.
There is nothing in the bathroom.
Lu Yuan raised his left hand, revealing an emerald ring on his ring finger. When he pressed a certain part of the ring, the emerald cover popped open, and a green aura floated out.
Without hesitation, he immediately closed the bathroom door and exited.
This green aura seemed to have a very heavy mass, sinking to the ground and turning into a large, squirming mass.
After a moment, the breath dissipated, revealing a male dwarf with no clothes and all green. This dwarf has a strong build, a bald head, and his skin is all fluorescent green. He raised his head, and his mouth was cracked in a smile, revealing eight standard teeth, which looked weird. Incomparable.
Not only that, he always maintained this smile, as if his facial expression had been fixed.
After standing up, the dwarf suddenly turned around, walked to the shower, reached out and grabbed at the extremely small gap in the wall where the shower interface was installed.
A group of black shadows was quickly caught by him.
Still maintaining a smile, the dwarf opened his mouth and bit down on the black shadow.
The shadow didn't expect to be discovered at all, and his shoulder was immediately bitten, tearing out a piece of black, and a small amount of black energy suddenly rose up in his body.
The black figure took this opportunity to break away quickly, turned into a plume of black smoke and rushed to the bathroom window, and suddenly got out.
The next second, the window behind him exploded with a bang, turning into broken wood and glass shards and falling outside the building. The green dwarf stood on the window sill and looked around outside the building. The cars below were coming and going, and the light and shadow were intertwined. , but the black shadow was not seen again.
The bathroom door opened again, and Lu Yuan walked in without saying a word, hands behind his back.
When the green dwarf realized there was someone behind him, he immediately turned around and rushed towards Lu Yuan, seemingly unable to tell the difference between friend and foe.
Lu Yuan raised his left hand, and the ring cover automatically popped up. A strong suction force was generated, sucking the green dwarf in instantly.
With a snap, the green gem returned to its original position.
He walked to the broken window sill, stuck his head out and took a look, then took it back and walked out of the bathroom thoughtfully.
five minutes later.
In the hotel room where Shen Xing was, Achai, who was billowing with black gas, was immediately put into the card by Shen Xing after describing the situation he had detected.
Achai was extremely weak at the moment. If it weren't for the purpose of finding out this key information, Shen Xing would not have released him again.
Considering that after Ye Yin's people found out that the stone had turned into a real stone, there would definitely be an exchange between high-level officials, Shen Xing made Achai prepare for eavesdropping in advance.
Achai's ability is actually the most suitable for eavesdropping, whether it is drilling holes in reality or entering dreams to obtain information.
That's why Shen Xing released him again while he was still recovering from his injuries.
Unexpectedly, it was just a projection of an old man who was about to die of old age, but he was able to accurately find him hiding in the bathroom.
On the contrary, Lu Yuan, who was at the scene, did not notice it beforehand.
This shows that either the old man is extremely powerful, or he possesses a special and extremely powerful super device for detecting anomalies from the air.
But now the information provided by Achai is extremely important to Shen Xing, because he now knows that Lu Yuan is not Ye Yin's boss, and the projected old man may be Ye Yin's final boss behind the scenes.
The other party could give an order and directly kill Ningzhou's supervisor. Ordering the killing of this supervisor-level figure, and listening to Achai's statement that although the old man's aura was weak, his courage was extremely strong, and his calmness and calmness made even Lu Yuan have to bow his head. This is enough to show his high status.
And listening to his conversation with Lu Yuan, it seemed that after the stone lost its properties, their purpose could no longer be accomplished.
Now Shen Xing guesses that if he wants to control all these merchants to be attracted by the stone, it will definitely be of great benefit to the Ye Yin organization and the old man. Otherwise, he would not care so much, or even think about it after losing the properties of the stone. Directly kill Wang Zhendong, who is greedy for women and has made serious mistakes.
From the way Wang Zhendong looked at the waitress in the private room, to when Shen Xing faced the milky white stone that could trigger personal desires, he had already guessed why Wang Zhendong had so many desires.
If a person stays with this stone for a long time and lacks concentration, it will be difficult to keep his mind clear and be buried by his own desires.
Thinking of this, Shen Xing raised his head slightly and looked at the wood carving placed on the solid wood table by the window.
At this time, a ray of moonlight just shined in, imprinting on the wooden carving that was exactly the same as the milky white stone.
"Happy Stone? This thing...can I absorb it?"
