But now is not the time to talk about that. Jian Yao must have her reasons for dressing up like this to meet Su Ya.
Suya quickly suppressed her suspicion.
Time passed quickly, and Ye Qinchuan didn't notice.
The two of them entered the private room that had been reserved in advance. Old Xiang was already inside. Ye Er brought Old Xiang a lot of food, but Old Xiang didn't touch it. When Su Ya came out, Old Xiang looked a little nervous.
"Old Xiang, are you alright?"
Su Ya asked with concern, since she had brought Elder Xiang out, she should bring him back intact.
"It's nothing, just a little nervous. Who stole my medicine furnace? You know, this kind of thing is only useful in the hands of a family of doctors. In other people's hands, it's just a decoration. I just can't figure it out!"
"Elder Xiang, you don't need to worry about this. There's something I forgot to ask you earlier: do your children have the authority to join the Chinese Medicine Association?"
“They don’t. They don’t like studying medicine. The Chinese Medicine Association won’t grant privileges to people who don’t like studying medicine. It’s the same whether they are my children or the chairman’s children.”
Initially, Su Ya had her sights set on Elder Xiang's two children, but now, judging from Elder Xiang's words, his son didn't even have the authority to enter the Chinese Medicine Association, so this matter probably wasn't his doing.
"Mr. Xiang, no matter what happens later, I hope you can stay calm and adjust your emotions."
"Don't worry. I was a little upset when I first heard that the medicine furnace had been switched, but I've thought it through now and I won't worry about it anymore."
The auction is about to begin.
At first, they were just some small antiques.
The prices are not particularly high.
When it came to the fifth item, the auctioneer said something rather mysteriously.
I think everyone here today has heard of "Another Spring". The fifth item we are auctioning tonight is related to "Another Spring". I heard that "Another Spring" was made using this medicine furnace.
“What use would we have for a medicine furnace? What we want is ‘Another Spring’. Besides, we don’t know how to make ‘Another Spring’ even if we have a medicine furnace.”
One of the wealthy and powerful people in the audience said.
“Sir, let me finish. If you have this medicine furnace and find someone who knows how to refine medicine, are you still afraid that you can’t refine ‘Another Spring’?”
Upon hearing this, the people below began to stir with excitement.
Everyone wanted to take back the medicine furnace so they could refine "Another Spring." "Another Spring" is currently being sold for 100 million per pill on the black market, and the price seems likely to rise further.
Su Ya was somewhat displeased upon hearing this. Her "Another Spring" was clearly made in a rice cooker, so how did it become a medicine furnace? This auctioneer was a fraud.
But with Elder Xiang here, she could only complain in her heart.
Ye Qinchuan knew the inside story, and then quietly patted Su Ya's hand to calm her down.
Finally, the auctioneer unveiled the red cloth.
The bronze medicine furnace below appears to have undergone special cleaning after the auction house acquired it.
The somewhat grayish medicine furnace in the original photo now displays many patterns.
The pattern looks like a flower.
Even Elder Xiang was seeing something like this for the first time. If it weren't for a sense of familiarity, Elder Xiang wouldn't have believed that this medicine furnace was his.
Su Ya took out her phone, opened the camera, and used the zoom function to see the pattern on it. The pattern was entirely composed of the four characters for "immortality".
Others might just think the pattern is pretty, but Su Ya recognized it from the enlarged pattern: this furnace was the alchemy furnace of an ancient Chinese man named Zhang Daoren. To be precise, it wasn't an alchemy furnace, but rather one used to refine elixirs of immortality for the emperor at the time. According to Chinese historical records, the furnace disappeared after the first batch of elixirs was produced.
However, it doesn't specify which emperor it was for.
The description is very vague. If it's written like this, then has the elixir of immortality already been refined?
When Su Ya first returned to Kyoto, she wanted to find a medicine furnace. After studying it for a long time, she finally thought of the Purple Gold Medicine Furnace, which was the one she got from the Ye family's auction house.
When Su Ya first read this story, she thought it was some kind of unofficial history. Back then, emperors dreamed of immortality every day and searched for Taoist priests all over the world to concoct elixirs of immortality.
At that time, Master Zhang proposed that in order to refine the elixir of immortality, one must have a palm-sized bronze alchemy furnace, and it must be made of immortal flowers.
So the pattern you see is the Everlasting Flower.
I never expected to see it here.
Suya had an exceptional memory. She clearly remembered the description of the medicine furnace in the book: it was made of bronze, and the pattern on the front looked like a flower, namely the Flower of Immortality, which was composed of countless immortals.
As for whether there are any inscriptions inside, there is no record of that.
Su Ya felt that the appearance of this medicine furnace here at this moment was not so simple.
And why is Jian Yao here too?
The auction for the medicine furnace has begun.
Ye Er opened the curtain of the private room. This was a rule of the Kyoto Auction House: if someone in the private room wanted to bid on something on the stage, they had to open the window.
The starting price is 5 million.
When Mr. Xiang heard the starting price, he was discouraged; his entire fortune didn't even amount to 5 million.
Then others started bidding, 5.5 million, 6 million, 7 million, 8 million.
Some people gave up. 8 million for a medicine furnace is already a high price. Besides, no one knows who created "Another Spring." Whether she used this medicine furnace or not is just something the auctioneer says.
No one witnessed it with their own eyes.
Furthermore, if it really was the furnace for developing "Another Spring," she wouldn't be worried if the furnace were lost, but she didn't seem to be making any effort, as if losing the furnace was no big deal.
Having come to this understanding, more and more people are starting to give up.
They bought a medicine furnace, but it was useless to them; it was too of a waste.
Just as Su Ya was about to raise her sign, she saw Ye Qinchuan raise his sign: 10 million.
Which of the prominent families in Kyoto hasn't heard of Young Master Ye's voice?
But even if no one competes with him, he can't afford to compete anyway.
"10 million for the first time."
The second time, 10 million.
The third time, it's 10 million.
"Then this medicine stove will belong to Box 1."
The auctioneer personally delivered the items to the door. He wasn't worried that the buyer would deny ownership after receiving the items.
Ye Er took it and handed it to the eldest brother, who then passed it to Su Ya, who in turn handed the medicine cauldron to Elder Xiang.
Old Xiang held the medicine stove, tears streaming down his face.
His ancestral heirloom has finally returned, but it costs 10 million, which is far too high a price.
None of the subsequent auction items interested Suya.
So they prepared to leave, but at that moment the door to the private room was suddenly kicked open, and a waiter rushed in, pleading, "Please, please help me!"
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