"Prepare some hot water. First, clean the blood off this woman so I can examine her wounds properly."

Yang Yan glanced at the woman on the bed and instructed Catherine.

He had to admit, having an assistant like Catherine with nursing experience was indeed a good thing.

"Alright, but I've never seen injuries like these before. At first glance, it looks like they were torn by a wild beast."

"However, upon closer inspection, some parts seem to be ripped by some kind of metal hook-like sharp tool."

Catherine said, frowning.

Yang Yan chuckled lightly, flipped his hand, and suddenly a silver needle appeared:

"Those are matters for the people outside to worry about. Right now, we just need to save this woman."

After spending more than two hours, Yang Yan gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, quietly relieved.

The woman on the bed was now breathing steadily and her pulse was strong, completely out of life-threatening danger.

The man beside her had taken his last breath an hour ago.

But to spare him from too much pain, Yang Yan had given him two needles, so he passed peacefully.

"People outside, come in!"

Removing a silver needle from between the woman's eyebrows, Yang Yan called out toward the door.

"Dr. Yang, is Tingting okay?"

Golden Cauldron heard Yang Yan calling him and immediately entered, asking anxiously.

"The woman is fine. The man will never have problems again."

Yang Yan said indifferently.

Golden Cauldron fully understood Yang Yan's meaning of "no problems" for both individuals.

He walked to the man's side, a bit sorrowfully, gently caressing his now cold cheek before speaking:

"Take Lin back; after all, we owe him."

Yang Yan shook his head slightly:

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can leave. Also, this time the consultation fee is ten million US dollars, but I'm not taking cash this time."

Hearing Yang Yan's words, people around him glared at him indignantly.

Someone had just died, yet this cold-blooded guy was talking about consultation fees at such a time?

"What? Do you have an issue with the consultation fee?"

Yang Yan glanced coldly at the surrounding people.

"How could it be, Dr. Yang? You overthink."

Golden Cauldron said hearing Yang Yan's words.

"No objections, pay up and get out."

Yang Yan said unceremoniously.

"Everyone leave. I have a few things to discuss with Dr. Yang. Go wait outside for me."

Golden Cauldron did not answer Yang Yan, but instead spoke to the people around him.

Once everyone was outside, Golden Cauldron coughed lightly and then said to Yang Yan:

"Isn't Dr. Yang curious about how Tingting got her injuries?"

"Not interested!"

Yang Yan waved his hand, rejecting outright:

"How her injuries came to be has nothing to do with me."

"Uh... Mr. Yang, you must be joking. Tingting's injuries are so peculiar. As a strong figure in the Hidden World, how could you not be curious about them?"

Golden Cauldron said somewhat awkwardly.

"What? Just because the injuries are unusual, I have to investigate them out of curiosity?"

"Old Man Jin, what are you trying to say? Get to the point and stop with the nonsense."

Yang Yan said impatiently, even changing his way of addressing Golden Cauldron.

"Alright, then I'll assume Dr. Yang is not interested in Tingting's injuries."

Golden Cauldron said with a wry smile.

"What do you mean by 'assume'?"

Yang Yan raised an eyebrow, speaking irritably:

"I genuinely am not interested in her injuries! Speak up if there's something to say, otherwise leave."

"Then how about the Eight Trigrams Diagram?"

Golden Cauldron stared intensely at Yang Yan, trying to maintain a calm tone:

"Is Dr. Yang not interested in the Eight Trigrams Diagram either?"

"Hm? What did you say? What Eight Trigrams Diagram?"

Yang Yan asked in confusion.

"What other Eight Trigrams Diagram could there be? Naturally, it's the Huaxia's Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram!"

Golden Cauldron asked with a smile:

"So, is Dr. Yang interested in this?"

Yang Yan raised an eyebrow, finally showing a slight smile:

"Haha, so it's that thing, it is somewhat interesting. Please continue."

Golden Cauldron quickly said:

"A few months ago, when the Arbitration Committee required all Hidden World members to return to the Hidden World, someone from the United States unexpectedly brought out Huaxia's Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram."

"Surprisingly, the person used this Eight Trigrams Diagram as a prize and held a Hidden World martial arts tournament here. It was said that the first place winner could obtain this Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram."

Yang Yan asked with furrowed brows:

"So, this woman got injured in this competition?"

Golden Cauldron shook his head, angrily stating:

"It would have been understandable if the injuries were from the competition. Tingting was attacked by two werewolves in an assassination after qualifying."

"Although we also managed to kill them, Tingting and Lin still..."

At this point, Golden Cauldron's voice choked up.

"Tell me more, what exactly is the matter with this tournament?"

Yang Yan said in a deep voice:

"Logically speaking, such a big event should have been known throughout the Hidden World, shouldn't it?"

"Why hadn't I received any information before? Could it be that someone deliberately wanted to hide something?"

Golden Cauldron smiled bitterly:

"Not just you, even within the Hidden World, not many knew about this."

"However, after the day after tomorrow, the news should spread."

"After all, before this, it was the other party who told us and requested us not to leak the news."

Yang Yan furrowed his brows, evidently not expecting it would be as he had guessed.

Of course, the other party did not intentionally withhold information from him but intended to selectively block information within the Hidden World.

Evidently, they succeeded.

"So you mean, they approached you directly, had you participate in this so-called tournament, and didn't allow you to tell others?"

Now Yang Yan just wanted to know what was the other party's intention in doing so.

At least from Golden Cauldron's brief account, he had already sensed a whiff of conspiracy.

"At the time, we too did not understand why they were doing this, but eventually, we figured it out."

At this point, Golden Cauldron's voice carried a clear trace of anger.

"Please tell me! Why did they do this?"

Yang Yan couldn't help but press the issue.

Golden Cauldron took a deep breath, slightly calming his emotions, and then said in a low voice:

"The other party is a powerful group led by Saraf, and their goal is the Lance of Longinus that stabbed Jesus!"

"By using the Eight Trigrams Diagram as bait, the other party wants to gamble the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram against us for the Lance of Longinus."

"As for the tournament, it was merely a pretense to cover their tracks."

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