Realizing Wang Heyang was determined to prevent him from buying anything, Li Guanqi started to wonder just how he’d amassed so much money.0

Cao Yan shrugged. “I think he’s an alchemist too. Alchemists are usually loaded.”0

As Li Guanqi nodded, his gaze shifted toward a woman in Wang Heyang’s room. She wore heavy makeup and looked to be in her forties, though she’d kept herself in remarkable condition. Her skin was delicate, and her thick hair spilled loosely over her shoulders.0

She held a jade smoke pipe in one hand, exhaling a slow plume before glancing at Wang Heyang. “Great Alchemist Wang, you may be an honored guest of our Yunding Auction House, but making offers like that… isn’t...0