Today was the day of the Treasure Elephant Pavilion auction.

Hanwu City was buzzing with all sorts of news about the event.

Of course, the most exciting news was undoubtedly about the Purple Gold Quality Foundation Strengthening Pill.

"Heavens, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of a Purple Gold Quality Pill being auctioned."

"That’s nothing. I also heard that a total of ten Purple Gold Quality Foundation Strengthening Pills will be auctioned off together."

"Hiss..."

Someone sucked in a sharp breath.

"Ten? There are actually ten of them?"

"Looks like this auction is going to be absolutely spectacular."

"Of course. It goes without saying. I just wonder which powerful family will get their hands on the main event, the Foundation Strengthening Pills. It’s so exciting." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

On every street and alley, everyone was talking about it.

Jiang Chen walked with his parents toward the Treasure Elephant Pavilion’s auction hall.

The auction hall was located in the Treasure Elephant Pavilion’s basement.

A large crowd was already swarming toward the Treasure Elephant Pavilion.

"I haven’t seen a scene this lively in years."

Xiao Yun said, clinging to her husband’s arm.

Jiang Han nodded and sighed. "You’re right. It really has been a long time since we’ve seen such a grand occasion."

Then, the couple both looked at their son, Jiang Chen, who was strolling calmly beside them.

Ever since their son’s Martial Vein had been stolen, his personality had changed drastically.

He rarely went out to fool around anymore.

Now, they always heard that he was busy or in secluded Cultivation.

Walking with their son, they felt immensely proud.

Gradually, the three of them arrived outside the entrance to the Treasure Elephant Pavilion’s auction.

Although many people were spectating, only a select few could actually enter.

Only those with invitations, or even Treasure Elephant Pavilion VIP cards and above, could get in smoothly.

"Well, well, isn’t this the Jiang Family Patriarch, Jiang Han?"

"Long time no see."

Just as they were about to line up to enter, a sharp voice cut in.

Jiang Chen turned his head to look.

He paused.

Jiang Han, however, looked at the newcomer with contempt.

"Ximen Gong, still as snide as ever. What, not happy to see me?"

He was feeling quite smug right now.

His son was making him proud. It wouldn’t be long before the Jiang Family grew powerful.

In contrast, the Ximen Family had no successor now that Ximen Gong’s son was dead.

Although Ling Xuan had gone to the Ximen Family, it didn’t have much of an impact on the Jiang Family.

But he glanced over and didn’t see Ling Xuan. ’He probably doesn’t have the face to see me,’ he thought.

Instead, the Ximen Family’s Alchemist, Chen Ran, was with Ximen Gong.

He recognized Chen Ran and had a low opinion of everyone from the Ximen Family.

Ximen Gong sneered.

"Of course not. I’m quite happy to see you."

In reality, he was secretly wishing for the Jiang Family’s utter destruction.

As he spoke, his gaze drifted to Jiang Chen, a cold glint in his eyes.

Beside Ximen Gong, Chen Ran also looked at Jiang Chen with a strange expression.

Ximen Gong continued, "What’s this? Looks like your Jiang Family is determined to win this auction’s grand prize, the Foundation Strengthening Pill, eh?"

Jiang Han laughed secretly to himself.

’Determined to win?’ he mused. He wasn’t here to bid, but to see what price the Foundation Strengthening Pills would sell for.

He couldn’t be bothered to deal with Ximen Gong.

"That’s none of your concern."

Ximen Gong was a little irritated by Jiang Han’s words.

But he didn’t lash out.

He snorted. "I have no time to worry about your Jiang Family’s affairs either."

"But I am also determined to win the Foundation Strengthening Pills this time."

Jiang Han said, "Heh."

He just gave him a meaningful "heh".

Inside, however, he was overjoyed. The crazier Ximen Gong got, the more money his son would make.

And so, the family of three shared a smile, ignored Ximen Gong, and walked toward the entrance.

Seeing this, Ximen Gong grew even more furious.

Suddenly, he thought of something.

He taunted, "An invitation ticket to the Treasure Elephant Pavilion only lets two people in. A family of three like yours trying to get in... aren’t you afraid of being thrown out and disgraced?"

Jiang Chen and his mother went in first with one invitation.

While Ximen Gong was still gaping in astonishment, Jiang Han produced another invitation.

He gave Ximen Gong a contemptuous smile.

Waving the invitation in his hand, he said,

"Sorry to disappoint you. Our family has two."

Ximen Gong and Chen Ran were indeed stunned.

They watched as the three members of the Jiang Family went inside.

Ximen Gong’s face turned ashen with rage.

"Damn that Jiang Family! They’re infuriating!"

He was realizing that no matter what he did now, he would lose to the Jiang Family. It was enough to make him break down.

He huffed angrily and entered the auction hall with his invitation.

Inside, the auction hall was bustling and noisy.

There were quite a lot of people.

"Those entering the auction hall, please register here to receive your number plaque."

As soon as they entered, a staff member from the Treasure Elephant Pavilion reminded the crowd.

Jiang Chen went over and received a number plaque.

"Sir, please take your number plaque."

"From now on, this plaque will be your bidding identification."

The staff member reminded Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen registered using his own name. This way, the Treasure Elephant Pavilion would know who had bought which treasure simply by the plaque number.

At the same time, using number plaques also avoided some unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, everyone had their own designated number plaque.

Plaque in hand, Jiang Han’s family of three found a spot to sit near the side.

They just had to wait for the auction to begin.

Sitting there, Jiang Chen was also looking forward to this auction.

Besides wanting to see what price his Foundation Strengthening Pills could fetch, he also wanted to see if there were any treasures worth bidding on.

Right now, Jiang Chen lacked a suitable Magical Treasure.

He hadn’t been in a hurry to buy a Magical Treasure because good ones were extremely expensive.

He knew that no truly great Magical Treasures would appear in Hanwu City.

The levels of Magical Treasures started with the most common Dharma Artifacts, followed by Treasure Artifacts, which were more powerful.

Above Treasure Artifacts were Spiritual Artifacts, above them were Immortal Artifacts, and above Immortal Artifacts were Spiritual Treasures.

Beyond Spiritual Treasures, there were even other types of Magical Treasures like Acquired Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Of course, Jiang Chen looked down on the most common Dharma Artifacts.

He was better off fighting bare-handed.

As for Treasure Artifacts, they were quite rare.

Furthermore, a single Treasure Artifact would cost at least a million crystal essences or more.

Better ones could cost tens of millions, or even over a hundred million crystal essences.

And let’s not even talk about Spiritual Artifacts. Their value was even higher; they couldn’t be bought even if one had the money.

Spiritual Artifact-level Magical Treasures were items you could only stumble upon by chance, not seek out deliberately.

Only someone with great fortuitous encounters could obtain one.

Spiritual Artifacts also had another function: they could recognize a master.

A thousand years ago, Jiang Chen wouldn’t have even given a Spiritual Artifact-level treasure a second glance.

But now, he knew his own limits. He would be lucky to get a Treasure Artifact.

It was just that Treasure Artifacts were also very hard to come by.

Ordinary Martial Cultivators only used Dharma Artifacts, or even just common things like Iron Swords.

They weren’t very presentable, nor were they very powerful.

Right now, he was missing a suitable Magical Treasure of Treasure Artifact-level or higher for self-defense.

Unfortunately, such items were hard to come by.

"Huh?"

"Jiang Han?"

Suddenly, someone walked over and sat down right next to Jiang Chen’s family.

It was two men, and one of them had called out Jiang Han’s name.