Category: Harvey York’s Rise to Power

Chapter 4441

Chapter 4441

“Blargh!”

Right as the medicine entered Aston’s mouth, his body shook. He opened his eyes in panic, struggling to spit everything out of his mouth.

“What?!”

The people around him screamed in fear and stumbled back. They all looked as if they had seen a ghost.

None of them thought that a dead person could actually be revived this way.

Cliff and the others looked puzzled.

“This is life-saving stuff here, old man! You need to drink it all up to prevent yourself from getting cursed again,” Harvey said.

He pressed his foot on Anton, stopping.

Anton from struggling. He watched as the foul medicine went right into Anton’s mouth.

The people were disgusted. They wanted to scream, but they couldn’t. Even the middle – aged woman and her men couldn’t do anything about the situation.

Soon, Anton swallowed all the medicine.

Harvey moved his leg away.

“Go wash up now, Castiel,” he said. “You’re disgusting.”

“Get Maren to clean up here too.”

“Don’t forget, this costs fifteen dollars.”

Castiel nodded; he was very impressed by Harvey.

“You b*stard!”

Aston crawled off the ground; he wanted to puke everything out, but he couldn’t.

“This is murder, you b*stard!” he yelled, glaring at Harvey.

“You can’t just say that,” Harvey said back.

“We have a lot of eyes here.”

“You were dead before.”

“And now, I saved your life!”

“You should be thanking me!”

The crowd looked at each other, then came to their senses.

“Master York is amazing! I can’t believe he could resurrect someone like that!”

“What medicine did he use? That man was already dead!”

“This is insane!”

“I’ve decided! I’ll come here for the rest of my life if anything happens to my family!”

“That old man is so rude! Master York saved him, but he didn’t even thank Master York.

He called Master York a murderer, too! Does he have no shame?”

“Sigh! Times are different now, I guess.”

The customers were all praising Harvey while cursing Aston.

Aston and his relatives gritted their teeth; they couldn’t say anything.

They had shot themselves in the foot.

Why would they continue embarrassing themselves after getting humiliated?

“We’re leaving!” The middle-aged woman screamed in anger and took her men away.

“You’re leaving?”

Harvey kicked Aston.

“Who said you could leave?”

“How dare you kick him like that, you b*stard?!” the woman yelled angrily.

Slap!

Harvey swung the back of his palm, sending her flying.

“So what?” he sneered.

“A geomancy expert using a Feign Talisman to make trouble here…”.

“Do you think we’re just here to play around with you?”

“Do you think you can just leave without paying me back?”

“Do you think you can get away that easily?”

The people’s expressions changed instantly.

Chapter 4440

Chapter 4440

The middle-aged woman raised her head and looked around her arrogantly.

Harvey kept smiling.

“I don’t like the conditions, though.”

“How about this? I’ll resurrect your dad right now.”

The woman froze when she heard those words.

“What do you mean by that?”

The other customers were stunned as well.

Castiel pinched his nose, a bowl in hand. A rancid smell wafted in the air as soon as he walked inside the hall.

The woman’s face turned ugly.

“What are you doing?”

“Your dad’s dead. I have a concoction that I made myself for resurrections.”

Harvey pinched his nose as he spoke.

“I swear in my name…”

“That once he drinks this, he’ll revive faster than the speed of light!”

“If not, I’ll shut this place down and give you your money, 1.5 million just isn’t enough! I’ll pay you fifteen million!”

Harvey took a few steps back.

“Feed him, Castiel.”

Castiel was speechless. He grit his teeth and he took off the lid from the bowl.

A foul smell filled in the air.

Nobody knew where the liquid came from, or where Castiel got it.

Even pigs wouldn’t drink something like it.

Harvey picked up a bottle of air freshener he prepared beforehand and started spraying it around him.

“Hurry up, Castiel! We need to save that man’s life!”

Castiel was about to open up Aston’s mouth.

“How dare you do something like this to a corpse, you b* stard? This is a serious offense! I won’t agree to this!”

The people from the van exchanged glances before screaming in anger and charging forward, wanting to stop Castiel from feeding Aston the medicine.

Cliff and Luca locked gazes, and quickly realized what was going on. They quickly waved their hands, and the construction workers stepped forward to block the men’s path.

Bam, bam, bam!

However, the middle-aged woman beat them all down with a punch before they could get close.

A few of them even started coughing out a lot of blood.

Cliff and Luca went numb when they saw it. They were usually quite powerful, but at the end of the day, they weren’t martial arts experts.

“Impressive strength.”

“The Eight Extremes. Interesting…”

Harvey chuckled; he casually swung his hand forward, swatting the woman aside like a fly.

He sprayed more of the air freshener around Castiel and Aston, making sure everyone was unaffected by the stench.

Many more people rushed forward, prepared to go against Harvey. However, they were all slapped to the ground as well.

They lay paralyzed, filled with disbelief. []

They didn’t expect Harvey to be so impressive that he could take down so many experts in one go.

At the same time, Castiel opened Aston’s mouth and poured the medicine in.

“No!” the woman screamed.

Chapter 4439

Chapter 4439

Harvey didn’t care about the ruckus, nor did he pay attention to the screaming crowd. He calmly sent a text before finally speaking up.

“You’re an interesting bunch.”

“You didn’t even bat an eye at Aston and you’re already screaming at me, claiming that he’s already dead.”

“Shouldn’t you be calling an ambulance instead?”

“Besides, he’s only been dead for five minutes. Nobody has contacted anyone yet, and you people are already here with steel bats?”

“You must’ve known he was going to die, right?”

Castiel’s phone vibrated. After seeing the text on his screen, he left without making a sound.

“Bullshit!”

The middle-aged woman had no intention to speak reason with Harvey. She looked furious.

“You killed him, and now you’re putting the blame on us?!”

“Are you still human?”

The others revealed righteous expressions and started screaming as well.

“That’s right! Everyone saw him dying after you fed him something!”

“How dare you push the blame after all that?”

“More importantly, how dare you try to cure someone when you’re just a geomancy expert? What a joke!”

“Fortune Hall? Passed down through nine different generations? This place is a scam!”

“What a horrible way to die, Mr. Aston…”

“Once just wasn’t enough; he just had to siphon your money until you die!”

The people were screaming in agony, as if something terrible was happening right in front of their eyes.

“Sigh! You were so careless, Master York!”

“Do you think that talisman can actually deal with evil energy? What a joke!”

“Can you stop engaging in superstition and just do your job?”

“Yeah! You’ve already taken a few dollars from our wallets! Do you know just how little money the entire family gets every single day?”

“Apologize already! If they sue you, not only will your Fortune Hall be shut down, but you’ll be locked behind bars as well!”

The greedy customers were insulting Harvey without pause.

They thought they had been brainwashed into believing in such a young man.

They were also planning to go somewhere else for consultation instead of Fortune Hall.

It’d be bad if they died after seeking help, after all.

Seeing that she had the upper hand, the middle-aged woman grew fierce.

“Do you see that, you b*stard?!”

“Nobody here is stupid!”

“Everyone knows you’ve been scamming people!”

“You can’t run from this!”

“Apologize already!”

“If not, we’ll chase you to the ends of the earth!”

Harvey smiled faintly, unfazed.

“What do you want?”

“Or rather, what did you plan for me to do?”

The woman stuck out her chest smugly after hearing those words.

“Simple! Two things!”

“One, pay us 1.5 million dollars right now!”

“Two, we will report you to the housing department and shut down this entire place!”

“You have one minute to think about it!”

Chapter 4438

Chapter 4438

The customers who had come to Fortune Hall quickly stepped back in horror.

Cliff, Luca, and the rest came after getting word of the situation. They immediately frowned after seeing the dead Aston.

It’d be easy to deal with the situation : just compensate with money.

It wouldn’t be tough for Harvey to get out of the situation unscathed, either.

However, Fortune Hall’s reputation would be ruined forever.

After hearing the news, Leona was on the verge of tears.

She wasn’t worried about Fortune Hall.

Rather, she was afraid that Harvey would have no choice but to stop being a geomancy expert and leave the place.

Castiel regained his calm and approached Harvey.

“I can’t feel a pulse, Master York…”

“What do we do now?”

Castiel shivered after saying those words. He didn’t know what to do, since it was his first time dealing with such a situation.

“I got this.”

Harvey stepped out and squinted at Aston’s forehead. He looked amused.

“This is pretty troublesome, Sir York,” the doctor said.

“You best deal with this privately.”

“If not, the housing department and the police will get involved once people call for help. You might get locked up too if that happens.”

“You should probably give compensation as well.”

Naturally, he was saying all this for Harvey’s sake. He didn’t want a young man like Harvey to be in jail because of false accusations.

Harvey smiled.

“Don’t worry,” he said calmly.

“Fortune Hall will never be in trouble.”

“Nobody can shut it down.”

An Iveco van was parked outside, and the doors opened. Many people rushed out of the van immediately after.

Suddenly, a middle-aged woman with a loud voice began screaming outside of Fortune Hall.

“What happened to you, Dad?”

“Why are you on the ground?”

“Did you die?”

The others who followed her were all filled with disdain.

“You can’t die, Mr. Aston! You’re our pillar!”

“You’ve been taking care of us since we were children! You can’t die like this!”

“I told you to get a doctor when you’re sick, Dad! You should’ve stopped looking for these con men who call themselves geomancy experts! Why won’t you listen?”

The newcomers appeared deeply miserable as they headed inside. They were already wailing in sorrow, not bothered to look around the place.

“You killed my dad, you b*stard!”

The middle-aged woman screamed furiously when she saw Harvey casually sipping his tea, ready to throw hands.

Castiel and the others quickly stopped her.

“Let go! Let me go!”

“I’ll kill this con man!”

“He’s a threat to everyone here!”

The woman kept screaming while gritting her teeth. Her goal was simple: she wanted Harvey dead.

“Bring back my Dad! Bring him back right now!” she yelled.

Her followers held steel bats while pointing menacingly at Harvey, ready to take action.

“Do you want to die?”

“Come on, then!”

Cliff’s construction workers screamed back, though they sounded quite guilty.

Chapter 4437

Chapter 4437

Harvey quickly drew a talisman with some cinnabar, and lit it up. Then, he dunked it in a bowl of water.

He handed the bowl to Aston with a smile.

“Here. You might get diarrhea after drinking this, but this should be enough to cleanse your evil energy.”

“Drink more water and get some rest. You should be back to normal tomorrow.”

“Of course. Thank you, Master York. I’ll…”

Aston’s body shivered, and blood started coming out of his eyes. He held his stomach tightly, pointing at Harvey as he trembled.

He then slammed to the ground soon after.

“W-What did you feed me, you b*stard?”

White foam escaped around his mouth, and he stopped breathing. He was no different than a corpse.

“Aaah!”

The other customers gasped, stumbling back in fear.

The women were screaming, frightened.

They couldn’t believe their eyes-a man who was still alive a few minutes ago suddenly died!

“What’s going on here?”

“Is he really dead?!”

As soon as someone spoke up, Fortune Hall immediately went dead silent.

Everyone looked at each other, then instinctively took a step back. Some of them shivered, thinking that they might be next.

The people who consumed Harvey’s talisman tried to vomit it out of their bodies.

They didn’t want to die…

Let alone in a place like Fortune Hall!

Everyone came here because they trusted.

Harvey.

They believed he could solve any problem.

The name of Fortune Hall only grew through word of mouth.

Who would show up here after such a terrifying incident?

Castiel jumped up in fear. He went to Aston’s house, so he didn’t know something so serious had taken place.

‘Did Master York really kill him?”

Castiel hesitantly went to Aston and put his fingers on Aston’s wrist.

His eyes twitched. He wanted to say something, but he couldn’t utter a single word.

Everyone knew what happened after seeing Castiel’s face.

An elderly man who happened to be a doctor pulled out his stethoscope to check on Aston.

He sighed soon after.

“His heart stopped beating. There’s no way to do CPR on a person this age.”

“He’s gone.”

The doctor looked at Harvey bitterly.

They were in a geomancy shop, not a clinic..

Harvey only fed Aston out of kindness…

Yet, the entire situation became a confusing blur.

Simply put, Harvey would go bankrupt just to compensate for the tragedy. He’d probably be locked behind bars for a few days as well.

People began gossiping up a storm as they stepped back.

‘What happened to Fortune Hall??

‘So many things kept happening here for the past few days!’

‘Someone caused trouble here yesterday, and now this!’

‘Is Fortune Hall cursed?’

‘Is Master York not that powerful after all?’

Chapter 4436

Chapter 4436

Castiel revealed a look of realization.

“I see…”

“Are we just going to let this slide?”

“They came here to cause us trouble! Won’t we seem like easy targets if we just let them be?”

“There’s no need,” Harvey replied.

“We should give them a chance. After all, it’s only proper to hold back a little.”

“Besides, their broken arms must cost a lot of money to fix.”

“If they know what’s best for them, they won’t cause us any more trouble after this.”

“Of course, if they still have a death wish, I wouldn’t mind playing along either.”

“I see!”

Castiel nodded. He learned quite a lot just by knowing how Harvey worked.

Harvey sipped his tea; he guessed that the couple probably came to test him on Evermore’s behalf. Thus, he didn’t want to attract any unwanted attention.

The next few days were smooth sailing for Fortune Hall. The only difference was the increase in customers.

A lot of people came all the way here after seeing the news.

Harvey didn’t hold anything back when solving their problems. They were sincerely here to seek help, after all.

Customers who were actually troubled were handled with ease.

There were ways to deal with people who were only being paranoid as well.

Harvey wouldn’t ask for a lot of money, either; he’d let the customers decide how much they wanted to pay. Because of this, people from all sorts of backgrounds would visit.

Fortune Hall’s name in the Golden Sands quickly expanded. Even outsiders were starting to hear about it.

Right as Harvey was planning to close the shop for a break, a weak-looking elderly man showed up. There was evil energy surrounding him.

“Help me, Master York!” he exclaimed, rushing toward Harvey.

“I stopped going outside for the past few days, but it’s completely useless!”

“Am I really going to die?”

Harvey froze, then realized it was the same man who liked running around cemeteries – Aston Lee.

To deal with Aston’s problem completely, larvey told Castiel to head inside Aston’s house to see if anything was affecting him negatively.

Yet, nothing was found.

By now, it was Aston’s third visit.

Harvey frowned and signaled Aston to sit.

Then, he pressed Aston’s wrist while looking at the compass.

“This is nothing. You must be having a cold right now,” he said, smiling faintly.

“You should be fine.”

“Just get a doctor to prescribe you some medicine and you’ll be fine.”

“I don’t believe in those things, Master York.”

“I don’t think this is just an ordinary cold, either!”

Aston looked awful.

“Can’t you help me instead?”

“Everyone’s saying that your skills are really impressive! This should be easy for you, right?”

Seeing the miserable look on the man’s face, Harvey nodded.

“Alright. I’ll help you.”

In Harvey’s eyes, Aston was probably just paranoid. It would be appropriate for Harvey to deal with the situation once and for all.

Chapter 4435

Chapter 4435

‘A man?’

‘Unable to reproduce?”

The crowd froze, then stopped dialing.

The couple were stunned. They looked at Harvey with puzzled expressions.

“How dare you slander us, you b*stard?!”

The husband came to his senses soon after.

“My wife’s such a beautiful woman, but you’re calling her a man?”

“This is a huge offense!”

“I’ll destroy your entire store right now!”

“Will you now?”

Harvey smiled and slapped the couple to the ground again.

“You gave me all the information of a man, then you ask me why he’s unable to give birth?”

“And then you demand me to solve the problem?”

“Do you think the Centennial Book is just for show?”

“Do you think I couldn’t tell?”

“You should’ve just said you could give birth instead! I’ll even look for a good date for you!”

Harvey kicked the so-called woman to the ground before pulling her scarf away.

An Adam’s apple could be seen on him.

There was simply no need for an explanation.

The crowd went completely speechless.

“He is a man! That b*stard!”

“No wonder he was wearing a scarf in a weather like this! What a pervert!”

“If that man can get pregnant after coming here, pigs will probably start flying!”

“Maybe there’s a way after all! Get Master York to kill them both! If they get lucky, they’ll be reborn as man and woman!”

The customers were screaming at the couple after getting deceived. Some of them were even planning to beat the two up.

Castiel froze. He finally understood why Harvey wanted him to copy the Centennial Book.

After all, it’d be easy to determine a person’s gender with the information provided.

To think he forgot about such a fundamental skill in the heat of the moment.

The man stumbled up before lifting up his so -called wife, gritting his teeth.

“Just you wait, you b*stard! You won’t get away with this…”

“Is that so?”

Harvey smiled.

“Since you two like playing games so much, I’ll play along.”

“Go, break one of their arms each.”

A few fighters of the Newgate Chamber of Commerce rushed forward, grinning sinisterly.

Nobody stood up against Fortune Hall anymore. Instead, people were all cheering loudly.

After the incident, Fortune Hall became more well-known.

Someone even put everything online, turning Fortune Hall into an internet sensation.

Aside from customers who came to seek help, there were also many who came to take pictures.

Harvey was completely speechless. He thought he’d have some spare time, but he was so busy he couldn’t even take a single sip of water.

At night, Leona prepared a table full of delicious food.

“Master York! The couple who caused us trouble must be supported by someone. They wouldn’t dare go against us if that wasn’t the case.”

“Aren’t you going to look into those two?”

“They’re probably from Volton Hall.”

“Two of a trade seldom agree, right?”

Chapter 4434

Chapter 4434

The customers all looked at each other. They were only here because they were told about Fortune Hall’s impressive feats.

They didn’t think that Harvey would actually be this impatient.

It was bad enough that he couldn’t solve the problem, but he even told the customers to leave without hesitation.

People started to gossip, looking at Harvey with distrust and disdain.

Castiel was confused as well.

“What are you doing, Master York? Even if we can’t help, we shouldn’t just chase the customers out.”

Harvey glared at Castiel. “You’re a little too inexperienced. Today, you need to copy everything from the Centennial Book ten times.”

He then took a sip of tea to quench his thirst.

“Are you sure you don’t want to leave now?”

“It’ll be bad for you if we stay on topic.”

The husband glared coldly at Harvey after hearing those words.

“What’s the meaning of this?”

“Who in the right mind would do business like this?!”

“Customers are always right!”

“I’ll report you to the housing department right now!”

“I don’t care what kind of background and power you have! I want this place shut down!”

The beautiful woman laughed coldly.

“That’s right! You people are just disrespectful!”

“We’re never coming here ever again!”

Castiel wanted to mediate the situation, but he immediately stopped when he saw Harvey glaring at him.

The couple started screaming furiously after seeing Harvey sit there without moving a muscle.

In just a moment, the people lining up outside Volton Hall came here to watch the show.

After all, it’s human nature to look for gossip.

Fortune Hall was completely packed.

“Help us out!”

“We came all the way here from Wolsing to look for help!”

“And then what happened?”

“This guy is just a con man!”

“Forget helping us, he actually told us to leave!”

“At least have some decency!”

The husband was completely enraged.

“We should be shutting this place down right now! Am I right?”

The crowd kept gossiping, thinking that Fortune Hall only got famous by just showing off. They clearly had no clue what the truth actually was.

“The place fell off after the owner changed!’

‘We should just stop coming here in the future…’

“Enough yapping.”

Harvey put down his cup and approached the crowd.

Without hesitation, he swung his palm forward.

The couple was immediately sent flying.

They screamed in pain as they slammed into the ground.

“Aaagh!”

“He hit us!” the husband yelled in an ear – piercing tone.

“He hit us!”

“Call the cops!”

A lot of people started pulling out their phones, unable to bear watching anymore.

Harvey smiled, not bothered to stop them.

“The cops aren’t enough. Get reporters here too.”

“After all, I can’t help a man who can’t reproduce.”

“We’ll even help you do some advertising.

See if anyone can actually help!”

Chapter 4433

Chapter 4433

“We’ve been married for eight years. We’ve always wanted a child, but we just couldn’t get one,” he said.

“We’ve been to every major hospital in Wolsing and Mordu, but we couldn’t find anything…”

“A relative told us that it might be because of our lack of energy.”

“We need a geomancy expert to help us!”

“We heard that Fortune Hall is the oldest place in Golden Sands.”

“The owner here is also an impressive geomancy expert.”

“Please! Help us take a look!”

“We really need a child! Please!”

His beautiful wife finally spoke up.

“Don’t worry, honey.”

“I heard that Fortune Hall’s been passed down to nine different generations. There used to be a prince who couldn’t make a baby during the Whip Dynasty, but he immediately dealt with the problem after consulting with Fortune Hall!”

“They can handle everything!”

“They won’t disappoint us!”

Harvey frowned. Even though the couple spoke highly of Fortune Hall, they were actually planning to put all the blame on the place.

Other than dealing with their lack of energy, they could also accuse Fortune Hall of being a massive scam and do whatever they pleased if their problem wasn’t solved.

Harvey glanced calmly at the young couple.

The woman was nearing her thirties. She had a tall figure and an exquisite face. Her hair reached her shoulders, and there was a scarf around her neck. She had quite an exotic look.

If she walked down the street, she would surely grab a lot of attention.

In reality, the customers around were secretly looking at her. Even Castiel couldn’t help but take a few glances at the alluring woman.

Harvey, on the other hand, remained calm.

“You can’t bear a child, you say…” he said.

“Please write your information down here.”

Castiel handed over a piece of paper for the woman to write her details on. Then, he started looking at his compass and book.

After a moment, Castiel frowned.

“Is there something wrong with my wife, Master Foster?” the husband asked.

“Let me take a look again…” Castiel replied.

He frowned again. He counted with his fingers for a long time, then smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly.

Judging from the information the woman gave, she should be able to have a lot of kids.

Since her head was brimming full of red, it didn’t seem like she was lacking energy either. This was quite a mystery.

Castiel walked respectfully toward Harvey.

“I must be too inexperienced, Master York. I couldn’t find anything.”

“Maybe you should take a look at them instead.”

Harvey nodded and took a look at the information the woman provided, then at her.

“You should leave.”

“What?”

The man froze, annoyed.

“What’s the meaning of this?”

“If you can’t deal with the problem, just say it!”

“Why would you chase us out?”

“That’s right!”

The woman was enraged as well.

“Fortune Hall is a well-renowned place!

How dare you treat your customers like this?”

“Even if you can’t help, you should tell us to leave nicely!”

Chapter 4432

Chapter 4432

Harvey felt someone looking at him when he sat in the car’s passenger seat.

He instinctively turned around, and saw the Porsche. Someone was rolling up the car window.

“Mandy…”

Harvey frowned. He wanted to explain the situation, but the Porsche already drove off.

He let out a sigh, knowing that she was angry. He decided to find another opportunity to explain himself before the remarriage was ruined.

Realizing that there was something in Harvey’s mind, Kairi stopped teasing him.

She quickly left after taking him to Fortune Hall.

Harvey didn’t ask for Kairi to stay, either. He started tending to the customers after boiling some tea for himself.

On one hand, he wanted to distract himself from other things for the time being. On the other hand, he wanted to grow his business so he could actually attract Evermore.

The organization wouldn’t even bat an eye at him if he didn’t have a business like this.

Castiel went to the main hall after getting word of Harvey’s arrival. The two were completely in sync as they started tending to the customers.

Many customers showed up, and some even spent a lot of money. That said, most of the customers either requested simple tasks like inspecting their houses or asked about their children’s overall condition.

After an entire noon of working, the streets were filled with the sounds of drums. Harvey was about to open up business again after lunch.

Loud, deafening fireworks were set off.

Harvey stepped outside to take a look at what was going on.

Not far away, a new place named “Volton Hall” was open for business.

The place was a lot bigger than Fortune Hall and was luxuriously decorated.

Several beautiful women in pretty dresses that revealed their slender legs were outside, welcoming guests.

More importantly, Volton Hall stated that.

their services were free for an entire week, and that they’d return the money if their services were of no help.

Those who wanted to visit Fortune Hall instantly squeezed their way into Volton Hall.

Fortune Hall was dead silent for a long time.

It was quite a depressing sight.

Castiel looked at the empty place, displeased.

“They’re clearly going against us, Master York!” he complained.

“If they can attract all of our customers, we’d be completely free,” Harvey said.

He wasn’t planning to actually do business here, after all.

Attracting Evermore was his main priority.

He was worried he wouldn’t be able to get Evermore’s attention without a big business.

Since there was a new rival in town, it’d be normal for Fortune Hall to be empty.

Castiel knew Harvey didn’t care for such a small business, especially judging from his abilities.

“As expected from you, Master York,” he said, smiling as he looked at the long line of people in front of him.

“I’ll bring some tea for you, then. We can watch the show while we’re at it.”

Harvey nodded and sat down, patiently waiting for his cup of tea.

But at this moment, a young couple approached Castiel.

The husband was panicking as he spoke.

“Master Foster!” he cried. “I heard that Fortune Hall can deal with anything. Please, have a look at my wife!”