Lu Yuan held the box in his hand, his brows furrowed.
He used his mind to probe into the box, but he didn't feel any catalyst at all.
Although his feeling wasn't very strong and he was sometimes wrong, the fact that there were six pieces of ore in the whole box without a single catalyst made him feel that the ore must be defective or that the catalyst in the ore had already failed.
Just as he was about to open the box to check, Boss Peng reached out and pressed him down.
"Hey buddy, don't you know the rules?"
Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the other person. He didn't know what the rules the other person was talking about were, since he hadn't actually gone out to buy these catalyst ores.
"Boss Peng, what do you mean by that?"
"Hmph, what do you mean? You think everything I gave you is fake? You opened it right in front of me, do you not trust me?"
Lu Yuan's heart sank. He had spent so much money to buy these ores, but the other party claimed that they could not test them. What kind of logic was that? It was simply an unfair contract.
"It wasn't easy for me to come all this way. If you feel uncomfortable with my actions, we can go to other places for inspection. If there's anything I did wrong, please forgive me."
"Damn it, I think you're going to refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. Don't you understand what my boss means? Grab your things and get out of here."
Before Boss Peng could speak, another thug beside him gripped a sharp knife and was about to step forward, staring angrily at Lu Yuan as if ready to stab him at any moment.
"If the ore here doesn't have a catalyst, wouldn't I be losing a lot of money?" Lu Yuan still wanted to finish the testing in person before leaving.
"Kid, I see you're really going to challenge my authority. Fine! Let's draw up a line. Don't say I'm bullying you. Get on the stage. If you can defeat me, you can test this batch of ore however you like."
After saying that, he shuddered and stared at Lu Yuan with a threatening look in his eyes.
Seeing how powerful his opponent was, Lu Yuan's heart sank. He wasn't foolish enough to challenge him to a duel.
He came with a purpose this time, not to cause conflict with the other party.
"Hehe, Boss Peng, you're overthinking it. I have no intention of being your enemy. I just want to go back and rescue people."
"This is my territory. Your actions just now have seriously offended me. Brothers, surround them."
As soon as Boss Peng finished speaking, more than a dozen thugs with guns surrounded them.
Xiao Shan felt a surge of fear and quickly pulled Lu Yuan aside, saying urgently.
“Lu Yuan, at worst we can just return the ore to them. There’s no need to get into a conflict with them here.”
"Kid, what kind of person are you, hiding behind a woman? If you've got the guts, come out and fight me. Don't let me look down on you." Boss Peng pressed on relentlessly, showing no intention of letting Lu Yuan back down.
"Once you're on my turf, you have to listen to me. Otherwise, none of you will be able to leave. I'm telling you this now, you can try if you don't believe me."
Upon hearing this, Xiwen and his companions immediately became enraged and reached for their guns, but the other party had already pressed the muzzle of a gun against their foreheads and confiscated all the weapons from their hands.
"I'll give you three days to think it over. Whether you want Lu Yuan to stay here or fight me, you can make the decision yourself. But my patience is limited. I only have three days. If you can't come up with a solution after three days, I'll make the choice for you."
After saying that, Boss Peng waved his hand, and several thugs immediately prepared to take Lu Yuan and the others away from there.
Just as one of the thugs was about to take Lu Yuan away, Lu Yuan suddenly broke free from the man's arm.
"Wait a minute, since you want to fight, I can oblige. But before we fight, I need to ask you a few questions."
Upon hearing this, Boss Peng was overjoyed. He had been investigating Lu Yuan's background recently. Now that the betting funds in the arena were dwindling, he needed to create an even bigger spectacle to get his men to hand over their grain.
The fact that Lu Yuan brought so much grain to buy catalysts today means that Lu Yuan must still have a lot of grain. In the past two days, he had already sent people to investigate Cao Shan's camp, only to find that there was no one named Lu Yuan in their camp.
After some investigation, he discovered that Lu Yuan was actually from another camp, and that he had even hired Cao Shan and Huang Feng's group of people as helpers some time ago.
Peng Laoda sneered and then said, "Fine, if you agree, I can answer your question."
Lu Yuan asked in a deep voice, "Have all of these catalyst ores already become ineffective?"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, everyone present burst into laughter.
"Whether it's expired or not, don't you know? It's been expired for a long time now. Are you just slow to realize it?" Old Peng laughed exaggeratedly, clutching his stomach and pointing at Lu Yuan.
"Oh, I remember now. So you never produced catalyst ore there. It seems you must be desperate. You hired Cao Shan and Huang Feng's men a while ago, and now that the catalyst ore has become ineffective, you must be very anxious, right?"
Lu Yuan ignored him. He already had the answer: the catalyst ore had failed, which meant that everyone's catalyst ore had failed.
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