Starting with a beautiful woman's private doctor

The influence of the four major families in Beijing far exceeds what ordinary people can imagine.

Especially in high society circles, Qian Xinya is almost one of the most outstanding figures among the younger generation.

Moreover, Tianan Hotel is located in the eastern part of the city, which is typical Qian family territory. Even the Jin family, who control the northern part, is overshadowed by them.

In such a place, Qian Xinya walked behind, deliberately keeping half a body length away from Chu Nan in front, showing her respect beyond words.

In the capital, no one could imagine who else but a prominent figure in the imperial city would be able to have the eldest daughter of the Qian family accompany them.

Therefore, it seemed that everyone was greeting Qian Xinya respectfully.

In reality, everyone was secretly speculating about Chu Nan's identity.

It's highly likely that he's a member of the royal family, but it's also the least likely.

The Qian family initially agreed that their descendants would never enter politics, which is how they achieved their current business status.

Its businesses span four major sectors: real estate, finance, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with six listed companies alone, making it a prestigious name in the Daxia business community.

In this situation, they would never openly contact members of the royal family, or even the children of important officials.

It is precisely because of this contradiction that Chu Nan's identity becomes increasingly mysterious.

However, Chu Nan did not feel that those people were looking at him; rather, it was because Qian Xinya's identity was so dazzling that everyone's attention was drawn to her.

Chu Nan was quite interested in the auction, after all, it was supposed to be a special event for people with extraordinary abilities.

After entering the auction, he discovered that there were many extraordinary people gathered there, and their cultivation levels were not low. The lowest level among them was a Dan Jin martial artist who had reached the Dan realm.

Normally, you might only see one or two martial arts masters or magic practitioners, but here they are everywhere in groups.

The more this was the case, the more Chu Nan anticipated what kind of treasures were hidden here.

Accompanied by Qian Xinya, Chu Nan officially entered the auction.

The entire auction was held on the ground floor of the Tianan Hotel, in a large hall that was already packed with people.

The majority of them are extraordinary individuals; there are relatively few ordinary people, and there is no whispering or gossiping among them.

Apart from ordinary people who would come over to say hello, almost no one paid any attention to Qian Xinya anymore.

A beautiful waitress in a cheongsam approached the two with a tray. "This is today's auction catalog. If you are interested in any item, please keep an eye out and be prepared to bid."

After Qian Xinya took it, she handed it to Chu Nan.

Although he had participated in auctions at the pharmacy before, the process was not like this, so Chu Nan found it quite novel.

After taking it, he immediately opened the catalog.

Qian Xinya, who was standing to the side, explained: "Today is just a small auction before the official start of the Extraordinary People Conference. There may not be that many items for auction, and there may even be some items that are for ordinary people. If you don't find them, we can go to another auction house."

As Qian Xinya had previously stated, this was just a small auction, and Chu Nan hadn't expected to immediately set his sights on something so tough.

Sure enough, the situation was similar to what Qian Xinya had said. Most of the items up for auction were porcelain and antiques from the early feudal dynasties, or jade jewelry, rosewood and sandalwood collectibles, or Buddhist amulets and statues.

Seeing this, Chu Nan didn't hold out much hope, since it wasn't a formal large-scale auction, but just a small pre-auction event.

So he started flipping through the pages casually, and unexpectedly, he actually found something interesting.

[Phoenix and Luan Incense Ball, with a delicate fragrance that lasts for centuries. The craftsmanship and materials used in its creation date back 500 years, suspected to be related to a special herb species. The seeds are now lifeless, and it is unknown whether they contain any special medicinal properties. Starting price: 100,000 yuan.]

There are also detailed pictures on it. The overall design is of a phoenix and a luan bird, circling and soaring around each other. When you open it, there is a black grass seed in the very center.

It's about the size of a thumbnail, blackened and no longer round; it's withered.

Chu Nan recognized the origin of this seed at a glance—the withered and flourishing grass!

The fragrance of the fresh seeds of *Gynostemma pentaphyllum*, also known as the Hundred-Year Fragrance, is faint and delicate. The fragrance will weaken after a year, but it will return once the seeds are moistened with water.

After decades, it will form a fragrant balm, thus achieving an effect that lasts for a hundred years.

But none of these are the most important. The most important thing is that Bai Sui Xiang has a strong effect of nourishing essence and protecting the soul, opening the mind and calming the nerves.

Although the Hundred-Year Fragrance is not a miraculous medicine, it does not have the function of repairing the soul.

However, it can calm the mind and spirit, which is quite beneficial for Xu Ran to wear for a long time.

Whether the seed is truly dead or not, we'll only know once we get our hands on it.

After all, live seeds are far more effective than dead seeds.

Just as Chu Nan was looking through the documents, the auction had already begun.

Chu Nan directly had Qian Xinya bid for the aromatherapy ball. Although Qian Xinya was puzzled, she did not ask any further questions.

Since they were unsure of Chu Nan's medical skills, they naturally wanted to find out more.

Now that you've chosen to trust the other person, you should unconditionally comply with their requests.

Moreover, tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan is nothing to Qian Xinya.

When the aromatherapy ball arrived, Chu Nan opened it and took out the seeds inside.

"It really is the seed of the Hundred-Year Fragrance."

Chu Nan nodded, and just as he was about to observe whether it was truly a dead seed, Qian Xinya couldn't help but ask, "Can this be used as a medicinal ingredient?"

As soon as she got the aromatherapy ball, Qian Xinya smelled a fragrance and immediately felt refreshed.

So subconsciously, I felt that this seed was used as a medicinal ingredient in making medicine.

Chu Nan shook his head. "It can't be done. Although the fragrance is very good, it won't attract the poisonous insects."

Qian Xinya wasn't disappointed after hearing this; instead, her eyes lit up. "Could it be that you want to replicate this fragrance to make perfume or something similar?"

"The fragrance of this aromatherapy ball is very delicate, far more sophisticated than luxury perfumes."

"If we could mass-produce it into products like perfume, we could definitely seize the market."

"Only a minority of people in China use perfume, but the Western market is huge. If we successfully replicate it, it will be the world's most luxurious perfume!"

Chu Nan was taken aback; he hadn't really thought of it that way, but Qian Xinya had given him a heads-up.

In particular, he discovered that the seeds had not completely withered.

When the time comes, as long as there is spiritual liquid, it can regain its vitality.

Once it's planted and mass-produced, it could become a highly profitable product!

However, Chu Nan did not respond. Just as Xia Wantang said, he was too insensitive to business matters.

The more you say, the more mistakes you make; it's better to let Qian Xinya fill in the blanks herself.

"Alright, this small auction doesn't have what we need. Even if you don't want to go to a place like this, we'll probably still have to go."

The stall owners in the strange market are at least all extraordinary people, and extraordinary people are likely to have spiritual medicines.

Compared to these small auctions featuring people who are both ordinary and extraordinary, the odds are much higher.

However, before Chu Nan could stand up, the host announced on stage, "Ladies and gentlemen, now, the highlight of this auction... is about to begin!"