Meng Chao had encountered quite a few scions of powerful families before.
The most typical example was Lü Siya.
There was also Shen Yupeng from the Adjudication Court.
Though they could not help being somewhat overbearing,
whether in combat ability, personal qualities, or professional spirit, they were all outstanding, worthy of the title "Heaven's Chosen."
In fact, even Shen Yulong, who had fought Meng Chao and the others to the bitter end deep within the Red Radiance Jade Mine beneath the Raging Wave Mountains, was an elite who had clawed his way up on the Front Line of mineral exploration and monster hunting. He was by no means some useless second-generation wastrel who lived off his family.
Given the brutality of the Monster War, there had been no room for second-generation wastrels to survive in the first place.
Whether it was Lü Siya, Shen Yupeng, Shen Yulong, or any of the powerful family scions Meng Chao had met before, Meng Chao believed none of them would spend a hundred cases of Dragon Elephant Bone Strengthening Injection on an imperfect Exquisite Heart, only to casually toss it to a female companion.
Judging from the facial contours and texture of their arm skin, these two scions of powerful families were both very young.
They should have been a generation younger than both Lü Siya and Shen Yupeng.
He had never expected that only a year after the Monster War ended,
the younger generation of the Nine Great Cultivation Families would have degenerated into this state.
As Meng Chao pondered at the back of the crowd,
he saw the Senior Harvester who had just swindled the Dragon Egg from him emerge through the side door beside the VIP hall. The man called the auction host over, and the two whispered together for a