166 Meeting the owner of the Black Dragon Auction House (1/2)

Inside a dark room…

In the midst of all the darkness, there was faint light emitting from the dancing flames which are in the form of a ring. One could see the images of a person moving around reflected in it's hollow.

A man was intently staring at the fire mirror floating before him. His gaze was transfixed on Xia Lian who was now walking with Du Weng and Lu Wen.

He blinked his eyes rapidly and pinched his hands to make sure that he was not seeing an illusion of her.If Du Weng was there to see this action of his master, he would have surely rolled his eyes and assured the insecure man that he was definitely not seeing an illusion. This was not the first time the man pinched himself, he was doing so from the time he saw her entering the auction room.

Lidan was not a man who was interested in the worldly affairs and he never stepped out of this dark room. Even he didn't know why but he felt like he had to watch today's auction at any cost. He may not believe people's words or auctions, but he never doubted the voice of his heart.

It was just a gut feeling, but he immediately used the fire mirror to watch the auction. He was initially disinterested but his whole body shook when he saw her. For the first time in ten thousand years, a flicker of life returned to his empty eyes...

Out of all the places, he never expected that she would be coming here. Most of all he never expected that he would see her again, alive and well.

It had been ten thousand years and he had been searching for her from then, in the hopes that she would be reborn again. He left the immortal realm and roamed around the world only in the hopes of finding her again. But he was bound to be disappointed. Out of depression he locked himself in the darkness, for it was his world without her.

Though she disguised herself as a male, his crystal blue eyes could see through any illusion. So he recognized her in an instant. She was petite and young and it was then he remembered that she was still a child with no memories of her past.

To make sure that he was not hallucinating, he asked Du Weng who was staring at the fire mirror in awe ” Do you see this person? Who is he?”

” He is Doctor Wu, our new client.” Du Weng was stunned on seeing his master ask about Doctor Wu. His master was not a man of many words and it can be considered as a fortune if they hear his voice. So, Du Weng concluded that this Doctor Wu must be great to catch his master's attention.

Both personally and professionally, Du Weng admired the young doctor. So he praised genuinely ” Master, doctor Wu is very talented and even his character is excellent.”

Lidan's brain was short circuited when he realized that he was not dreaming.

So, he was not imagining things…

Lidan didn't know if he should be happy or not and he had to admit that he was having mixed feelings after seeing her. Happy that she was alive and sad that she would be facing many trials and tribulations in the near future.