Chen Yu was an unremarkable apprentice at an antique shop on an old street. Honest and diligent, he spent his days doing odd jobs and looking after the merchandise, barely noticeable in the trade and routinely looked down on by his peers. Then an unexpected incident awakened his heaven-defying treasure-appraising golden finger: with a single glance, he could see through antiques, tell their age and history, and uncover their hidden stories and value. With this ability, Chen Yu turned his ordinary life around. He repeatedly found bargains at shabby street stalls and forgotten secondhand shops, snapping up priceless treasures for next to nothing and amassing a fortune almost overnight. But his rise made his fellow dealers jealous and wary. A crowd of scheming rivals secretly sabotaged him, planting fakes, poaching deals, spreading rumors, and targeting him at every turn. Relying on his special vision and his own sharp eye, Chen Yu foiled their plots time and again, swept through the antiques market, made his mark at auctions, and won powerful benefactors to his side. From a lowly apprentice in a small shop, he climbed all the way to the top of the city’s antiques appraisal world, writing his own rags-to-riches legend.
