Chapter 10: Treasure Hunting

Joshua clenched his teeth, his face full of anger. "Some lunatic attacked me today! So you finally have time to care about me. Aren't you busy with your work?" Avery's heart ached at Joshua's question. Ever since she took over the Cropper family, she indeed had less time for her younger brother, but it was something that couldn't be helped. For the sake of the family, she had sacrificed almost everything. She truly loved her brother and hoped that he would take over the Cropper family once he matured. "Who hit you?" Avery asked. "I don't know, some country bumpkin. Damn, it pissed me off!" Joshua gritted his teeth. Avery frowned slightly, "Didn't you have bodyguards?" "Don't even mention those useless guys; they were put down by that kid in no time. It's so weird!" Joshua had spent a lot of money hiring those bodyguards, each of whom were capable of handling three men, but they were easily defeated by Jonathan. Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Avery's eyes. Someone dared to hurt her brother, she wouldn't let that person go! "Do you know where he lives?" "I don't know, but that kid is not simple. He first caused a stir in the Tatham family and then beat up my bodyguards. He's so arrogant. I will slaughter him sooner or later!" Avery was taken aback. He stirred up trouble at the Tatham family? She had also heard about this, but she didn't expect that guy to be so arrogant as to dare to hit her brother. She must avenge her brother! With that in mind, she took out her phone and made a call, “Tell Anthony Oakley to return to Skyward State now, I have something for him to do." Seeing his sister hanging up the phone, Joshua widened his eyes, “Sis, you want Anthony to come back?" Anthony Oakley was the ace fighter of the Cropper family, capable of dealing with five or six people alone, and he was involved in all the dirty deeds of the Cropper family behind the scenes. "Humph, a country bumpkin dares to bully my brother, I will make him wish he was dead!" As she spoke, Avery exuded a cold aura, like a queen looking down from above. "Hahaha, sis, you're so supportive. Once Anthony comes back, that country bumpkin is doomed!" Joshua laughed heartily. Jonathan, you dare to make me call you dad, let's see how I'll deal with you! …… After dinner, Jonathan returned to his room and continued practicing on his bed. But half an hour later, he opened his eyes, his face full of frustration. "The spiritual energy here is too weak. If I just practice like this, when will I reach the seventh level? No, I have to find a way to absorb more spiritual energy." Back in the Taoist Temple, Jonathan used to practice in the Big Dipper Array set up by the Third Madam, so his practice speed was so fast. The spiritual energy here was thin and couldn't support his long-term practice. "If it doesn't work, I'll just set up a Big Dipper Array, after all, the Third Madam has already taught me how to arrange it." He couldn't set up a large one, but a small one wouldn't be hard. It would just require seven kinds of spiritual items with spiritual energy. Actually, one kind of spiritual item could set up a large array, but the more kinds of spiritual items, the richer the spiritual energy. If he wanted to support his practice, he naturally needed a complete Big Dipper Array. "Right, the First Madam once said that I have a senior sister in Skyward State. I can ask her if she has any spiritual items!" Thinking of this, Jonathan was in a good mood and closed his eyes to continue practicing. Early the next morning, after Jonathan finished breakfast and was about to go find his senior sister according to the address on the letter, a red Audi A8 stopped in front of him as soon as he walked out of the hotel. Just as Jonathan was wondering who was showing off, the driver's window came down, and Evelyn took off her sunglasses, “Get in." "Where are we going?" Jonathan asked. "You're new here, my grandfather asked me to show you around Skyward State." Every time she thought about how Jonathan had his arm around her shoulder yesterday, Evelyn couldn't speak well to him. If it weren't for her grandfather insisting that she should interact more with Jonathan, she wouldn't want to see him again. At this moment, the rear window came down, and a man waved to Jonathan, “Come on, bro, let's go out and have some fun!" Jonathan thought for a moment, then opened the car door and sat in the co-pilot's seat. It wouldn't matter if he found his senior sister later, and he also wanted to see the big city of Skyward State. As soon as the car door closed, the car shot out with a buzz. As Evelyn drove, she asked, "I heard you had a conflict with Joshua yesterday?" "Ah, what's wrong? That bastard is so annoying, so I taught him a lesson." Jonathan said casually. As soon as the words fell, the man in the back immediately leaned his head over, “So it was you who choked Joshua until he couldn't breathe? Awesome, bro!" The man was wearing a plaid shirt, thin and handsome. Jonathan squinted his eyes, “Is it that awesome?" "Of course, I heard that you knocked down four bodyguards alone, how could it not be awesome!" the man said. Jonathan waved his hand, “Well, it's pretty awesome, but the more awesome things I do are yet to come." They were just a few bodyguards, it would only take him a minute to take them down. "Hahaha, buddy, that's interesting, this friend, I, Benjamin Radclyffe, am making it!" Benjamin Radclyffe laughed. "Benjamin, don't learn everything from him, what if he leads you astray?" Evelyn glared at Benjamin through the rearview mirror, then said to Jonathan, "The Cropper family is not ordinary in Skyward State, be careful recently, I will arrange for someone to protect you." "No need, a bunch of losers, I can take them down in minutes." Jonathan said confidently. "Hahaha, losers, bro, you're hilarious." Benjamin was laughing so hard in the back seat. Jonathan also laughed, he thought this guy was interesting, he said what he wanted to say, not like Andrew and the others who were so hypocritical, it wouldn't hurt to make friends with him. As the three of them chatted, Evelyn drove the car to an ancient culture street. "What is this place, there are so many bottles." Jonathan looked at the vendors around him and the bustling streets, his face full of curiosity. This was indeed a big city, even the market day in their village didn't have as many people as here. Benjamin put his arm around Jonathan's shoulder, “This is the ancient culture street, it's a place to hunt for treasures, if you're lucky, you might be able to find treasures worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars here. What do you say, bro, do you want to try your luck later?" Whoa, millions! Jonathan's eyes turned green. After yesterday's meal almost cost him over a million, he realized how much he needed money. The million dollars that William gave him for the medical fee was not enough for anything. Now that there was a way to make money, of course, he wanted to give it a try! Evelyn rolled her eyes at the two of them and said, "There aren't that many dusty treasures here. The vendors on this ancient culture street have been setting up their stalls here for more than ten years, and their counterfeiting skills are quite good. Maybe you'll like an antique, buy it and find out it's fake, and end up losing all your money. Mr. Radclyffe, you've lost quite a bit of money here, haven't you?" With that, Benjamin sheepishly smiled, "Hehe, I'm still learning, the money I lost is tuition." At this moment, a man in the corner watching them enter the street immediately took out his phone, “Mr. Cropper, I found the kid, he's on the ancient culture street." Inside the Cropper family villa, Joshua jumped up from the couch, “Call Anthony, tell him to bring more people, and cripple that bastard for me!" "Yes, Mr. Cropper!" …… On the other side, after chatting for a while, Jonathan finally learned how to make money here. In simple terms, it involved sifting through a pile of junk or even fakes to find genuine treasures, something most people found difficult to achieve. Jonathan thought this place was great, and he could also look for spiritual objects while he was at it. "Brother, look at these characters!" Suddenly, Benjamin walked briskly to a piece of calligraphy, speaking in a low voice. Jonathan was puzzled, "What's wrong with these characters?" "I think this might be an authentic work by the calligraphy master Xizhi Wang (A calligraphy master from the Jin dynasty)." Benjamin tried to keep his voice down. Just as Jonathan was about to take a look, a disdainful voice rang out. "A country bumpkin can understand these things too? How ridiculous!"