The SSSSSSSS-level Mad Dragon is released from prison!

Jiang Chen's gaze pierced through the noisy crowd and was firmly fixed on the parchment on the large screen behind the auction stage.

Soul-Devouring Pill!

He was very familiar with the cinnabar symbol on the prescription.

Five years ago, in the No. 1 Prison, his third master, Feng Yiran, showed him a book called "Records of Forbidden Formulas of the World," which contained a detailed account of this elixir.

This is an extremely insidious elixir that burns the life essence of the user in exchange for a brief burst of physical energy and mental euphoria, much like drinking poison to quench thirst.

He will surely die within three months.

Jiang Chen never expected that this harmful substance, which should have been destroyed long ago, would be auctioned off by the Ye family as a miracle cure for longevity.

At this moment, the auctioneer on the stage was boasting with great enthusiasm.

"Everyone! This is a fragment of a prescription that our Ye family painstakingly obtained from an ancient cultivator's cave at great expense of manpower and resources! Although it is incomplete, it has been appraised by our revered ancient medicine master. If it can be successfully refined, taking one pill can extend one's lifespan by at least ten years!"

"This can't be measured in money! This is life! This is a second youth!"

"Starting bid: 50 million! Each bid must be at least 5 million higher!"

The auctioneer's words were like a shot of adrenaline, striking a chord with all the wealthy people present.

Who wouldn't value their life if they were sitting here?

"I'll offer sixty million!"

"Seventy million! I, Zhou, am determined to have this pill formula!"

"One hundred million!"

Prices soared, instantly igniting the atmosphere at the scene.

Even Su Jinyu, who had been keeping a cold expression, was somewhat tempted at this moment.

Her mother, Li Qiuyue, had worked hard in her early years and had always been in poor health. If it really had such miraculous effects...

She looked at Ye Tian beside her and asked in a low voice, "Is this pill formula really that miraculous?"

Ye Tian puffed out his chest, his face full of pride: "Jinyu, don't worry, this was personally appraised by our Ye family's chief enshrined master, Black Serpent. There's absolutely no problem with it!"

Su Jinyu was relieved and prepared to make a move at the crucial moment.

On the other side, next to the dragon-headed chair.

Tangtang stared at the skyrocketing numbers, her big eyes sparkling.

She nudged Jiang Chen's arm, lowered her voice, and asked excitedly, "Big brother! Is this thing really that valuable? Should we bid on it too?"

Jiang Chen leaned back in his chair, not even bothering to lift his eyelids, his tone as indifferent as if he were talking about a piece of trash.

"It's just a deadly poison formula; I wouldn't even want to handle it if it were given to me for free."

His voice wasn't loud.

But standing beside him were several of Ye Tian's henchmen, specifically responsible for "serving" this madman who had taken over the dragon throne.

Upon hearing this, one of the men, with his pointed face and monkey-like features, seemed to have seized upon a huge incriminating statement and immediately began to shout at the top of his lungs.

"Listen up, everyone! This Mr. Jiang says that the longevity formula the Ye family is putting up for auction is actually a deadly poison!"

This shout brought the commotion in the main hall to an abrupt halt.

Hundreds of eyes turned to Jiang Chen on the dragon throne.

There was doubt, there was disdain, but there was mostly anger.

This is not just questioning the auction items; it's clearly slapping everyone in the face!

"Bullshit! Who do you think you are, daring to question the Ye family's credibility!"

Ye Tian reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly bristling and pointing at Jiang Chen's nose while cursing loudly.

"You're just a piece of trash released from jail, what do you know about elixirs? I think you're just a sour grapes!"

"Guards! Throw him out! He's never to set foot on Ye family territory again!"

From the crowd, an elderly man in a gray robe, with an air of otherworldly wisdom, stepped forward.

He was none other than Master He, the alchemy consultant specially appointed by the Ye family.

Master He stroked his goatee, his face full of arrogance, and rebuked, "Young man, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't speak carelessly. I have personally studied this prescription; the pharmacology it contains is profound and complex, far beyond your comprehension!"

Su Jinyu stood not far away, watching Jiang Chen become the target of everyone's criticism, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed together.

A deep sense of disappointment welled up inside her.

She originally thought that even if Jiang Chen was incompetent, he at least had some skills.

But now it seems he's a complete madman, so desperate to gain attention that he's gone to such lengths to speak recklessly.

The gratitude I felt for being saved was somewhat diminished by his foolish behavior at that moment.

Despite being condemned by everyone, Jiang Chen's expression remained unchanged.

He even leisurely put a grape that Tangtang had just peeled into his mouth.

"Noisy."

He uttered two words before turning his gaze to the furious Ye Tian.

"What's wrong? You're angry because your scam was exposed?"

"You're spouting nonsense!" Ye Tian roared.

"Whether it's slander or not is easy to verify." Jiang Chen's gaze swept across the entire room, finally landing on Ye Tian's face, which had turned a deep purplish-red. "How about we make a bet?"

"What are we betting on?"

"I'll bet on the authenticity of this pill formula," Jiang Chen said calmly. "If it truly is the longevity formula you claim, I'll cut off my own arm and get out of here."

"But if it's the deadly poison I was talking about..."

Jiang Chen paused, then pointed at Ye Tian and Master He beside him.

"You two, kneel here, bark three times like a dog, and then get out of my sight. How about that?"

These words caused an uproar in the room!

The stakes are too high! And it's incredibly humiliating!

"Fine! Fine! You asked for this!"

Ye Tian laughed in anger, not believing that Jiang Chen could come up with anything.

"Master He, today we urge you to expose this swindler's lies in front of everyone!"

Master He snorted coldly, walked to the front of the stage, pointed at the prescription on the big screen, and was about to speak.

Jiang Chen's calm voice rang out first.

"No need for that."

He pointed remotely to a corner of the prescription.

"In the bottom left corner of the prescription, cinnabar is the ruler and pinellia is the minister. Is that correct or incorrect?"

Master He was taken aback, then nodded subconsciously: "So what? Cinnabar calms the mind, and Pinellia dispels dampness; this is a formula for strengthening the body's foundation and nourishing its vital energy!"

"idiot."

Jiang Chen cursed without any politeness.

"In conventional pharmacology, the two are indeed like that. But this formula uses thousand-year-old cinnabar, which is extremely yang and strong, and when combined with a hundred-year-old pinellia, its yin and cold properties have already been activated. When the two meet, it is not to strengthen the body's foundation and nourish its vital energy, but to fight poison with poison and forcibly stimulate the body's potential."

"After taking this pill, one will indeed feel energetic and vigorous in the early stages, as if one has become ten years younger."

"But that comes at the cost of burning away the life force of your internal organs!"

"Within three months, the user will inevitably suffer from severe blood and qi depletion, exhausting their life force and ultimately dying with blood flowing from all seven orifices!"

Jiang Chen's voice, word by word, echoed clearly in the deathly silent main hall.

Every word was like a heavy hammer blow, striking everyone's heart.

Master He's face went from flushed red to ashen, and finally turned deathly pale.

Fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

The details of the mutual generation and restraint of pharmacological interactions that Jiang Chen mentioned were something that he, a master alchemist, had never considered before!

How...how is this possible?

His proud knowledge of ancient medicine was like child's play in front of this young man!

Ye Tian's heart skipped a beat when he saw Master He's reaction, but he remained stubborn.

"Nonsense! Do you think you can fool everyone with just a few made-up sentences?!"

"Whether it's true or false, let him see for himself."

A clear and pleasant voice came from the second floor.

Everyone looked up and saw Song Yuzhi standing by the railing, nodding slightly to the old man in black beside her.

The old man in black was none other than Qin Baicao, a renowned national medical master in the capital.

Qin Baicao walked to the railing, glanced at the pill formula from afar, and listened to Jiang Chen's words. She closed her eyes, drew lines in the air with her fingers, and began to rapidly deduce the formula.

Just over ten seconds later, he suddenly opened his eyes, his face filled with shock and lingering fear.

He bowed respectfully to the crowd below, his voice heavy.

"Sir, everything you say is true!"

"This formula... is a deadly one! Fortunately, you pointed it out, otherwise, if someone had actually bid for it and tried to make it, it would have caused a great disaster!"

boom!

Qin Baicao's words were like a bomb that exploded in the crowd.

The entire room fell silent.

All the wealthy individuals who had been bidding frantically just moments before were now drenched in a cold sweat.

Their eyes were filled with anger and murderous intent as they looked at Ye Tian.

Spend hundreds of millions to buy a death warrant?

The Ye family, what ruthless methods they employ!

Ye Tian was completely dumbfounded. He stared blankly at the pill formula on the stage, then at Master He, whose face was ashen. His legs went weak and he almost collapsed to the ground.

It’s over.

The Ye family's century-old reputation is completely ruined!

The monitoring room is located on the second floor of the main hall, at the very back.

A man dressed in Tang suits with a thin face was staring intently at the figure sitting on the dragon throne on the screen.

The string of sandalwood prayer beads in his hand made a soft "click" sound.

He crushed a Buddhist rosary into powder.

He issued the order.

"blacksnake."

"After the auction."

"Don't let him see tomorrow's sun."