Zhuang Rui quickly stopped and turned his gaze again to a place more than thirty meters away, and felt the aura in his eyes carefully.
After a few minutes, Zhuang Rui withdrew his eyes and hurriedly chased after Hu Rong who was leaving, but his heart was extremely excited. After the investigation just now, he found that the distance of the spiritual energy in his eyes had indeed doubled.
Although there is no essential upgrade other than the increase in the distance at which the spiritual energy can be released, this is still good news for Zhuang Rui, because the spiritual energy has not changed in any way since leaving the Jokhang Temple.
"I must go to some famous mountains and rivers in the future. Maybe I can really improve the aura in my eyes by another level..."
The two breakthroughs in spiritual energy seemed to have something to do with temples. The first time was in the room with thangkas in the Jokhang Temple, but this time it was among hundreds of pagodas. This can't help but make Zhuang Rui think about it.
However, such a situation did not happen to him when he visited some temples and tourist attractions in Beijing, which made Zhuang Rui a little puzzled.
It is said that the history of the construction of the temples in Beijing should be longer than that of the pagodas in Myanmar, but there is no change in spiritual energy there. At most, one can only find that there is rich spiritual energy in those buildings, but for Zhuang Rui
The aura in his eyes was of no help at all.
"Could this be the energy of faith? It's just that I don't believe in these ghosts and gods..."
Until he got into Hu Rong's RV, Zhuang Rui was still frowning and thinking. When Hu Rong saw his appearance, he didn't say anything to disturb him. The Buddhists talk about "enlightenment", so Hu Rong thought Zhuang Rui was in the pagoda.
, what true meaning of Buddhism have you realized?
After much thought, Zhuang Rui found only one thing in common between the Jokhang Temple in Tibet and the Burmese Pagoda Forest, that is, the believers they have are all extremely devout, while most of the temples in the capital have hanging temples.
Sheep heads sell dog meat. Who knows if those monks will wear hats and sneak into the disco at night?
Zhuang Rui shook his head and pushed all these messy thoughts out of his mind. The aura in his eyes came suddenly and there was no pattern at all. But fortunately, as long as he can be used by himself, there is no point in thinking so much. Speaking of which, Zhuang Rui
Rui didn't dare to reveal the supernatural power in his eyes.
After waking up, Zhuang Rui saw Hu Rongzheng observing him and said quickly: "Brother Hu, I'm sorry, I was a little obsessed with things for a while. There are so many pagodas in Myanmar, so there must be many believers..."
"Of course, more than 95% of the people in Myanmar believe in Buddhism, which is the state religion of Myanmar..."
Hu Rong's words confirmed Zhuang Rui's thoughts. Maybe the changes in spiritual energy are really related to faith.
"Peng Fei, do you know about the Royal Restaurant in the west of the city? Let's take a motorcycle and come for dinner..."
"Brother Zhuang, you can eat. I won't go. I just have something to do..."
After Zhuang Rui came to the dining place, he called Peng Fei, but the guy was so mysterious that he didn't know what he was doing. After saying a few words, he hung up the phone.
Hu Rong was obviously very familiar in Mandalay. As soon as he walked into the restaurant, people kept saying hello to him. Hu Rong waved his hands around to greet people and led Zhuang Rui to the private room on the second floor.
Neither of them drank. After eating a seafood dinner with Myanmar characteristics, Hu Rong did not call a taxi, but walked Zhuang Rui to the jewelry trading center in Mandalay.
"Brother Hu, is this right here?"
Mandalay's jewelry trading center was not far from this restaurant. After walking for three minutes, Zhuang Rui looked at the domestic market-like place in front of him from a distance and asked Hu Rong in stunned silence.
The jewelry rough stone trading center that appeared in front of Zhuang Rui didn't even have a shed. It was just an open space surrounded by wooden fences and wires. At the entrance, there was a wooden gate, and two people stood at the door.
A soldier carrying a gun.
Compared with the jade trading center in Pingzhou in China, this place is simply unattractive and shabby.
"That's right, it's right here. Our company also has a stall inside. Haha, that's how it is in Myanmar. In the early years, jade was not taken seriously at all. It was only in the past ten years that it paid attention to it. There are already two or three people in this market.
After ten years, it has become a habit, so no one changes it..."
Hu Rong saw Zhuang Rui's expression and laughed, and then said: "Although this place is not very good, there are many good items that have been produced. Some people buy the best jadeite such as glass, imperial green and purple eyes here.
It depends on one's vision and luck..."
Zhuang Rui nodded when he heard this. He still understood the reason why steamed buns have meat but not pleats. The situation in Myanmar is a bit like the people living by the river. No one cares about the overwhelming sand on the river bed and can be sold for money. Similarly, Myanmar
People never thought in the early days that the rocks all over the mountains and plains were actually treasures.
"Brother Hu, isn't this treated differently? Burmese people don't need to be charged?"
Walking to the door of the market, Zhuang Rui saw a sign next to the soldiers with the words "One dollar entry" written in Chinese and English. There were several buyers who looked and dressed and looked like they were Chinese.
, when entering the door, you have to throw a dollar into the box under the sign before you can enter.
"Of course you don't need it..."
Hu Rong smiled and greeted the two people at the door, took Zhuang Rui straight in, and then said: "Most of the people who come here are Chinese. Although they have to pay, foreigners break the law in Myanmar.
, generally there is no prison sentence, just a small fine, otherwise there would be so many people who would dare to come to Myanmar to smuggle rough stones..."
After entering the market, Zhuang Rui felt as if he had arrived in Pingzhou, because most of the people passing by spoke Cantonese. Most of the domestic wool merchants were from Guangdong and Yunnan, and some
Retail investors who don’t have the funds to participate in the jade auction usually come here to hunt for rough stones.
Walking in the middle of the market, Zhuang Rui discovered that every stall had a shelf, and most of the products for sale on the shelf were finished jade, but the workmanship was poor and the styles were old. After Zhuang Rui looked at a few,
I have no interest in it anymore. If you sell these crappy things in your own store, they will lose Qin Ruilin’s grade.
Except for the finished jade jewelry on the shelves, all the rough stones were placed on the ground. Zhuang Rui looked at several stalls carefully and found that most of them were made of pure jade materials. There were very few rough stones with windows or polished surfaces. In this way, the jadeite sellers
The risk is also doubled.
Buyers from all over the world were squatting on the ground, selecting rough stones, and bargaining with stall owners from time to time.
"How much does this material cost? Oh, by the way, you can't understand Chinese..."
Zhuang Rui knelt down, pointed at a piece of wool and asked the stall owner, but then he reacted and asked again in English.
"200,000!" Before Zhuang Rui finished asking the price in English, the stall owner held out two fingers and answered in Chinese proficiently.
This piece of material is no more than the size of a fist. It is a little green inside. It is probably worth 30,000 to 50,000 yuan when solved, but the price of 200,000 yuan is a bit outrageous. If you put it in Pingzhou, a stone egg like this would cost 30,000 to 500,000 yuan.
, a new game for those who have never played stone gambling.
Zhuang Rui didn't bargain. He stood up and continued walking forward. Do you look like a fool?
"Haha, Brother Zhuang, don't be angry. They are all asking for random prices. If you pay 500 yuan for that material, he might have sold it..."
Hu Rong saw Zhuang Rui's unhappy look on his face and laughed beside him. The Burmese people learned something from China that no one else had learned, but they asked for high prices and paid back the money on the spot. They learned this very authentically.
Zhuang Rui nodded. After looking at four or five stores, he didn't find any good materials. Some stalls simply mixed some broken stones and raw jade stones for sale. Zhuang Rui happened to find someone buying them.
, couldn’t help but shook his head, there really is nothing in this world that cannot be sold.
"Zhuang Rui, this stall is mine. If you want to take a look, which piece of material you like, Brother Hu will give it to you to play with..."
When he walked to a stall, Hu Rong stopped. When the stall man saw Hu Rong, he immediately stood up from the stall and greeted Hu Rong with his hands clasped together.
"Oh? If I choose a glass material, wouldn't Brother Hu lose a lot of money?"
Zhuang Rui also stopped when he heard this and looked at Hu Rong's stall. His stall was obviously much larger than the ones next to it. There were about a hundred pieces of woolen materials on the floor, and they were basically all gambling materials. There were a few
Individuals are picking and choosing inside.
"What's the matter, do you look down on me? Even if you can solve the imperial green, I can afford to give it to you..."
Hu Rong pretended to be angry and straightened his face, and said, "How about this, how about we each pick out one piece and see who has the better eyesight?"
To be honest, when he brought Zhuang Rui to this market, Hu Rong wanted to take Zhuang Rui's exam. Hu Rong had been playing with rough jade since he was wearing crotchless pants and others were playing with mud. However, after this Burmese public sale, Hu Rong
Rong found that his ability to identify rough stones seemed to be much worse than Zhuang Rui's.
As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Hu Rong also wanted to compare with Zhuang Rui.
"Okay, since Brother Hu said so, of course I will accompany you..."
Based on the relationship between Zhuang Rui and Hu Rong, they would not harm their friendship by betting on winning or losing. After hearing what Hu Rong said, Zhuang Rui also became interested.
"This is for you..."
Hu Rong took two sets of magnifying glasses and a flashlight from the stall owner, handed one set to Zhuang Rui, and then the two of them separated to look at the rough stones.
"Huh? There are really some old tricks to grow the ingredients..."
Zhuang Rui was standing next to a pile of fist-sized jadeite stones. Even without using the aura in his eyes, he could tell that these should be the black sand from Ma Meng Factory.
