Jin Zhiyuan and Shopkeeper Hu traveled together. The two of them were fairly familiar with the residence of the cultivator surnamed Shi; they had held several small trade fairs there before.
The cultivator surnamed Shi was quite wealthy as well. The courtyard he had purchased in "Haina City" was by no means small, so there was no problem with all of them going there together.
Along the way, Shopkeeper Hu asked about the recent state of Jin Zhiyuan's shop. Jin Zhiyuan merely dealt with his questions in a few perfunctory words. Then Shopkeeper Hu showed a pleased expression and said that he had recently acquired a damaged treasure.
After he and the shop steward had appraised it, they had confirmed that the damaged treasure was an ancient damaged treasure, likely left behind by an ancient cultivator of the wood element.
However, without the corresponding art formula, even after using the Treasure-Driving Art to activate it, they had still been unable to unleash much power from it.
Once he brought it out at the trade fair, he would see whether anyone knew its origins. He might either pay a high price to buy information regarding the treasure, or simply sell it outright.
Of course, if someone possessed an art formula capable of properly wielding it, he could likewise pay a high price to purchase that formula...
After fending off the other man's inquiries, Jin Zhiyuan had originally wanted to ask him a few things in order to confirm some of his own suspicions.
But when he heard Shopkeeper Hu mention that he had acquired an ancient damaged treasure, and one of the wood element at that, he could not help becoming interested and immediately pressed for details.
Only then did he seem to understand why Shopkeeper Hu had wanted to get