The car drove for half an hour before Sun Li brought Lin Chen and Xue Ying to DY's largest antique market, Taobao Street.

Taobao Street was divided into two parts, one was for ordinary merchants where the goods mixed real with fake, but most of them were replicas, and genuine items were rare.

The other part was accessible only with a VIP card.

Contrarily, most of the antiques here were authenticated as genuine, but there were still fakes to be found.

Lin Chen followed Young Master Sun into the VIP lounge where there were significantly fewer people, and the stores on either side displayed an array of antiques.

"Some of the antiques here are 'wild goods' collected by the shop owners from various places, while others are 'ghost goods' unearthed from the tombs; in short, the waters are deep here. Unless you have an expert with you, it's best not to casually come here to buy things," Sun Li explained as they walked.

"Oh, so the tricks of the trade here are quite profound," Lin Chen remarked.

After walking a bit further, Sun Li stopped in front of a store called Jubaoge.

"This is the place, let's go up," Sun Li said with a smile.

Lin Chen followed Sun Li upstairs and entered a room with an ancient ambiance.

The room was already filled with quite a few people, and as soon as Sun Li entered, they greeted him warmly.

At that moment, a middle-aged man dressed in Tang attire came over with a big smile, "Young Master Sun, you've arrived. We were just waiting for you. There are several good items this time."

"Shopkeeper Li, where are those ancient genuine items you mentioned? Let me feast my eyes," Sun Li said impatiently.

"Please take a seat, and I'll have those genuine items brought up," Shopkeeper Li responded cheerily.

Just as a few of them had taken their seats, several more people walked into the room.

The leader, a fat man, swaggered to a seat next to Sun Li and with a glance at Lin Chen, said, "Young Master Sun, long time no see. Oh, have you brought an expert this time?"

"Cut it out, what business is it of yours, Fatty Hu?" Sun Li snapped coldly.

Fatty Hu suddenly burst into laughter, "This time I've also brought a treasure appraisal expert. See this? Master Li Yuan, with decades of experience in the appraisal business. I hired him at a high price. Where did you find this young fellow?"

"He's not from the trade, just here to watch the excitement with me," Sun Li retorted coolly.

"Ha, a fledgling, eh? Young Brother Sun, better keep your eyes wide open this time. Don't end up like last time, getting ridiculed for buying a fake," Fatty Hu guffawed.

"You needn't worry about that," Sun Li snorted coldly.

At that moment, the lights in the hall came on, and items covered with red cloth were brought forth on trays by models in qipao and placed on the tables.

Shopkeeper Li, grinning from ear to ear, took the stage, "Ladies and gentlemen, today our Jubaoge has a total of eighteen items on display, all freshly acquired, with several among them being ancient genuine artifacts. Please have a close look, and if you like something, make an offer. As usual, the highest bidder gets the item."

As soon as Shopkeeper Li finished speaking, the seated individuals rose eagerly, crowding around the antiques.

"Come on, Little Chen, let's go have a look," Sun Li invited with a smile.

Lin Chen nodded and followed Sun Li to the table where the antiques were placed.

Sun Li picked up a piece of pottery and examined it with a magnifying glass for quite some time.

"This piece should be a Blue and White porcelain from the Song dynasty, take a look, Little Chen."

Lin Chen nodded, carefully took the porcelain in hand, and as soon as he touched it, he felt a faint fluctuation of Spiritual Energy.

"Could the fluctuation of Spiritual Energy be coming from this blue-and-white porcelain?" Lin Chen wondered to himself.

"What do you think?" Sun Li asked with a smile.

Lin Chen shook his head, "I don't really understand these things, but I suppose it's not bad."

While saying so, Lin Chen picked up a stone sculpture next to him, and as soon as the sculpture was in his hands, he felt a strong surge of Spiritual Energy coming from his palm.

Compared to the blue-and-white porcelain from before, the fluctuations of this Spiritual Energy were much, much stronger.

Lin Chen casually examined a few more antiques and gradually confirmed his thoughts.

The stronger the fluctuation of Spiritual Energy, the older the item must be, but that piece of blue-and-white porcelain was clearly from the Song Dynasty, so why were its fluctuations so weak? Could it be a forgery?

Lin Chen's gaze suddenly fell upon a painting hanging on the wall. At that moment, Sun Li came over with a laugh, "No need to look anymore, a master has already appraised this painting; it's a modern imitation."

"An imitation?" Lin Chen paused in his mind.

The painting was brimming with Spiritual Energy, how could it possibly be an imitation?

Lin Chen scrutinized the painting carefully, and his eyes narrowed as he finally discovered the universe within the painting.

"Mr. Li, is this painting for sale?" Lin Chen inquired.

Mr. Li gave an embarrassed smile, "Ah, I made a mistake on this one, it's modern junk. If you like it, I'll sell it to you for ten thousand."

"Alright, I'll take it," Lin Chen nodded.

Mr. Li had merely thrown out a random price; he had been meaning to throw away this worthless item and hadn't gotten around to it, never expecting Lin Chen to agree so readily at ten thousand yuan.

As soon as Lin Chen bought a known forgery for ten thousand, he quickly became the laughingstock of the entire auction house, and a wave of mocking laughter filled the room.

"Damn, isn't that just being an idiot? Buying known junk."

"The guy just has too much money to be so capricious, nowhere to spend it all."

"Young Master Sun, your friend really is a fool with more money than sense, buying a forgery anyway, just like a stupid elk," Hu Fatty laughed loudly.

Sun Li's expression darkened, and he walked over to Lin Chen, whispering reproachfully, "That forgery is modern, worthless, why didn't you consult with me before buying it?"

Lin Chen smiled proudly, "Who said it's worthless? This is the most valuable item in the room."

"How do you figure that?" Sun Li was taken aback.

"I'll keep that a secret for now; I'll tell you when we get back," Lin Chen said mysteriously.

As the two were talking, the bidding for the blue-and-white porcelain began, all eyes converging on the item.

The blue-and-white porcelain was extremely popular, hence the starting bid of 1.5 million yuan was quickly raised to 3.6 million yuan. Eventually, other buyers stopped bidding, leaving only Sun Li and Hu Fatty.

"I bid 3.7 million yuan," Sun Li called out.

"I bid 3.8 million yuan," Hu Fatty was not to be outdone.

"I bid 3.9 million yuan," Sun Li gritted his teeth and said.

Both men were heirs to one of the four great DY families, neither willing to concede to the other, hence they often clashed. The bidding for this piece of blue-and-white porcelain had long surpassed its actual value, and now Sun Li and Hu Fatty were simply competing.

"I bid 4 million yuan," Hu Fatty hesitated for a moment before raising the bid again.

Just as Sun Li was about to continue bidding, Lin Chen suddenly pulled at him and whispered, "Sun Li, there might be something wrong with this piece of blue-and-white porcelain."