"What? Matchmaker! You're asking for death!""Ding~ Anger value +1"

Chu Tian looked at the furious woman and continued to laugh, "Isn't that so? Look at you, your whole appearance screams matchmaker!"

The woman glared at Chu Tian with burning eyes. "I am the eldest miss of the Lin family, Lin He. I'm here to avenge my brother today!""Ding~ Anger value +1"

Chu Tian glanced at Gui Meng and teased, "What, you’re bringing an injured person to find me for revenge? Are you out of your mind? Stupid matchmaker!"

"Dammit, someone! Take him down!""Ding~ Anger value +1"

Soon, a group of Lin family guards appeared and surrounded Chu Tian. Each of them was at the Golden Core level, but Chu Tian wasn't concerned at all.None of them were Golden Core Great Perfection; the strongest was only at the peak of Golden Core, while the rest were at mid or early Golden Core stages.

Seeing Chu Tian’s dismissive gaze, Gui Meng quickly whispered in Lin He's ear, "Miss, there's a rule in the city prohibiting fighting. If we destroy any nearby shops, it will be difficult to explain to the city lord's manor."

Lin He arrogantly snorted, "What are you afraid of? Worst case, I'll compensate!"

After speaking, Lin He ordered her people to attack Chu Tian, but before they could act, a stern voice came from the air. "No fighting in the city! Anyone caught will be killed without question!"

Hearing this voice, Chu Tian curiously looked up at the sky. He hadn’t expected there to be a powerful expert hiding in the air. Lin He, like a proud flower, suddenly wilted. She glared at Chu Tian and said, "Surround him, but don't engage! We'll deal with him outside the city!"

The guards reluctantly surrounded Chu Tian, and only then did he realize that fighting in the city was prohibited. He smiled and said, "No fighting, huh? Sounds good, you stupid matchmaker!"

Lin He gritted her teeth. "If you dare, stay inside the city forever!"

Chu Tian laughed. "No need, I’ll leave the city after I finish shopping. I’ll play with you then."

He then swaggered into a shop with no signboard.

Once inside, Chu Tian felt something was off. There were two counters on either side—on the left, the prices were clearly marked, while on the right were auction items. Chu Tian was puzzled. "Are they different?"

At that moment, a shop attendant came out from behind the curtain and smiled, "Are you here to buy something, or to auction something?"

Chu Tian wasn’t sure what the difference was, so he simply said, "I need a Premium Ten-Spirit Pill."

The attendant smiled. "That Premium Ten-Spirit Pill belongs to the auction section. It hasn’t started yet; the auction will begin tonight. But, to participate, you'll need to purchase an entrance ticket, priced at 10,000 spirit stones per ticket."

Chu Tian didn’t expect that the pill would be auctioned. Though he had never been to an auction, he had seen it on TV and read about it in novels. He smiled and said, "Alright, here’s 10,000."

The attendant immediately handed him an entrance ticket, which was carved from a special wood. At that moment, Lin He walked over. "I'll take one too."

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The attendant smiled and handed her a ticket as well. Lin He, holding the ticket, glared coldly at Chu Tian. "No matter what you buy today, I’ll make sure to get in your way! You better leave the city quickly!"

Chu Tian hadn’t expected her to buy a ticket just to oppose him. He laughed and said, "Stupid matchmaker! If you can buy the entire city of You City, I’ll consider leaving!"

Lin He arrogantly replied, "I may not be able to buy the entire city, but I can stop you!"

Chu Tian smiled, "Alright, I’m curious if you really have that much money!"

Chu Tian then visited several shops selling medicinal pills. If it was a small shop, Lin He would use her status to pressure the owners into refusing to sell pills to Chu Tian. If it was a larger store, Lin He would buy them at high prices.

After visiting a dozen or so stores, Chu Tian hadn’t bought anything, while Lin He was smug, laughing coldly. "Kid, I told you, you won’t buy anything today."

Chu Tian remained indifferent and kept walking. He deliberately chose large stores and selected the most expensive pills. After wandering for the better part of the day, Chu Tian smiled and said, "Stupid matchmaker, how do you feel now? You must have spent a lot today."

Lin He remained proud, "I have money, and you still won’t get anything."

Chu Tian grinned, "Yes, every time I tried to buy something, you jacked up the price by 20%. You really have money, but none of those items were what I wanted. I was just making you bleed money! This feeling... is so satisfying!"

This deeply provoked Lin He, making her glare at him with fury."Ding~ Anger value +1"

Chu Tian smiled and leaned back, "You guys are really foolish and rich!"

With that, he laughed loudly and left, leaving Lin He and the others with ugly expressions. Lin He shouted angrily, "Dammit, bastard! I’ll kill you!"

"Ding~ No more anger value can be obtained!"

Chu Tian, having drained all of Lin He's anger, secretly laughed. "Time to get back to business."

So, Chu Tian appeared again the next day, at a place called Tian Luo Fang, which sold many pills and spirit herbs. Lin He and her group angrily followed him inside.

Chu Tian walked up to the shopkeeper, smiling. "Shopkeeper, I need Ten-Spirit Pills."

The shopkeeper, a middle-aged man, who was thin but had a friendly smile, asked, "What quality?"

Chu Tian asked, "What types do you have?"

"Low grade and medium grade. The low-grade ones are 30,000 spirit stones, while the medium grade ones are 100,000."

Chu Tian naturally wanted the best, so he asked, "How many medium-grade ones do you have?"

The shopkeeper replied, "We have 50 left in stock."

Chu Tian smiled. "I’ll take all 50."

"Alright." The shopkeeper immediately sent a waiter to fetch the pills, but Lin He, of course, was there to cause trouble. She shouted, "I’ll pay 120,000 per pill! Give me all of them!"

The shopkeeper hesitated.

Lin He threw down her token and said, "I’m from the Lin family. Give me some face, or I’ll come to your shop every day!"

At this moment, Chu Tian couldn’t help but laugh. The shopkeeper, however, was unmoved and said, "Miss Lin, I’m sorry, but we don’t do business with the Lin family."

Lin He was stunned. "Why?"

Chu Tian laughed from the side. "Your damned brother tried to harass the Luo family’s young miss yesterday. What do you think?"

Lin He looked around and realized this Tian Luo Fang was a business of the Luo family. She glared at Chu Tian, "You…"

Chu Tian smiled. "What’s wrong? Now that you have money, it doesn’t work anymore, does it?"

Lin He, unwilling to accept it, looked at the shopkeeper. "Shopkeeper, you must give them to me."

The shopkeeper shook his head. "I won’t."

Soon, the waiter appeared and handed Chu Tian all 50 medium-grade Ten-Spirit Pills. Just as Chu Tian was about to pay 5 million spirit stones, the shopkeeper smiled and said, "Since you have the young lady's jade pendant, you can get a 40% discount. 3 million will be fine."

Chu Tian was surprised. "How did you know I have your young miss’s jade pendant?"

The shopkeeper chuckled. "As long as you’re carrying it, I can sense it. Moreover, your young miss also gave orders to the shops around You City this morning to treat you well. If you don’t have money, you can go to any Luo family money house and withdraw spirit stones without interest."

Chu Tian smiled. "Thanks a lot."

"Come again sometime."

Chu Tian nodded, then looked at Lin He, who was already red-faced and grinding her teeth. He smiled and said, "Thanks for spending the day with me, stupid matchmaker. I’m heading to the auction area now. If you want to compete with me for something, you can go there. After all, you have money, so you can keep raising the prices, right?"

With that, Chu Tian laughed loudly and left. Gui Meng, looking at Lin He with a dark expression, asked, "Miss, what should we do now?"

Lin He gritted her teeth and said, "To the auction area!"