Wei Laowu held the flashlight and looked at it for a long time. When he looked up at Wu Yi, his face was so ugly that he could squeeze out black water!
He never dreamed that there was actually jade in this stone, and it was the best natural jadeite. The jade color was bright, smooth, and translucent. The only pity was that the color was not bright green, otherwise it could be regarded as a top-notch jadeite.
The glass is planted!
Wei Laowu's jade business has a history of more than 20 years, and he has been gambling on stones secretly for seven or eight years. This is the first time he has seen someone gambling on such a good jade material, and his eyeballs are almost squeezed out of his eye sockets.
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This piece of material is not too big, only seven or eight centimeters long, and the length is about four centimeters. It can be made into a jade plaque or cut into small pendants.
Wu Yi smiled and said: "Boss Wei, what do you think of my material?"
"Very good..." Wei Laowu said with a sad face. He finally saw that Wu Yi was really an expert. Otherwise, how could he pick out such a precious lump among a pile of rotten rocks?
"You seemed to have said just now that if I bet on the jade material, you could buy it at a high price. Then give me a price," Wu Yidao.
"You are willing to sell it!" Wei Laowu was happy.
"It's useless for me to keep it, why don't I exchange it for cash," Wu Yidao said.
Wu Yi has been really poor recently. He only has 300 yuan of pocket money in his pocket, and he just spent 200 yuan. If he doesn't get some money as soon as possible, he may have to live frugally.
When he thought that he was a great witch doctor and had a large stake in a new pharmaceutical company, but he was in such a miserable state, Wu Yi felt like crying. Fortunately, he got a piece of jade by mistake today.
, I can finally make up for it.
"Let me think about it." Wei Laowu rolled his eyes a few times, "How about I give you three thousand and five thousand?"
"Three thousand and five?" Wu Yi chuckled, "Boss Wei, give me the jade material, I'll go to another place to have a look."
"Hey, don't leave in a hurry. If you have something to discuss, don't do business. Isn't it all about asking for a high price and then paying back on the spot? Then tell me a price." Wei Laowu was anxious.
Wu Yi said: "This material is not the best, but it can also be regarded as the best water type. Do you admit it?"
"Uh..." Wei Laowu nodded helplessly.
"I won't talk about Laokeng glass types, they are all sky-high prices. The price of high-quality water types is also outrageous now. A small pendant costs seven or eight thousand. You have to admit it. Find someone who is careful about this material.
If a craftsman does it, he can produce at least a dozen pendants. Now you want to pay 3,500 for my materials, do you think I am being taken advantage of?" Wu Yi sneered.
Wei Laowu was speechless, and Xiong Daming said from the side: "Wei Laowu, I told you a long time ago, this person is an expert!"
"I admit defeat, you can negotiate the price. If I frown, you will smash my shop." Wei Laowu was completely convinced. Wu Yi's words were clear and logical. His understanding of the jade industry was not inferior to his, so he was playing tricks again.
It can only be humiliating itself.
"I don't want more, just ten thousand yuan," Wu Yida said.
Wei Laowu thought about it briefly and found that the price was not high. After excluding various expenses, he could still earn at least 10,000 yuan.
"It's a deal, I'll treat you as my friend." Wei Laowu gritted his teeth when he saw Wu Yi looking at him with a lively look.
A few minutes later, Wei Laowu took out a stack of red bills and handed over the money to Wu Yi.
Xiong Daming watched with astonishment. He had been in the antique city for so many years, and this was the first time he saw someone entering the store with only two hundred yuan, but leaving with ten thousand yuan. When did it become so easy to make money?
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"Finally I have money." Wu Yi put the money away with satisfaction.
"Little brother, how do you know there is material in this stone?" Wei Laowu suddenly asked while holding the jade material, looking left and right.
Wu Yi chuckled and said, "I said I can see through the shell outside the stone. Do you believe it?"
Wei Laowu shook his head and said: "That's nonsense, the X-ray machine can't even see it!"
"That's okay, I'm fooled!" Wu Yi smiled and waved his hand, "Boss Wei, bye!"
When Wu Yi walked away, Wei Laowu was still muttering to himself: "Damn...this is such good luck!"
Wu Yi walked in the antique market, and Xiong Daming followed behind, his attitude was obviously much more respectful. Wu Yilu's two skills may not seem like anything to outsiders, but Xiong Daming was very aware of all the tricks in the antiques and jade business, and he was very interested in Wu Yilu.
Yi was so impressed that he fell to the ground.
If Wu Yi was an old man in his 70s and 80s, with enough life experience and knowledge accumulation, it would not be special to do such a thing. For example, several old experts from the Palace Museum, as well as several well-known antiques tycoons in China, they also
They can tell the authenticity of objects at a glance, but these experts all have specializations in their professions. Some are only good at appraising calligraphy and paintings, some specialize in playing with Buddha statues, some can see bronzes accurately at a glance, but are blind when looking at anything else.
And people like Wu Yi, who is not yet a high school student in his twenties, not only knows a lot about the antiques industry, but also knows how to play with jade. This is the first time I have seen Xiong Daming!
Following Wu Yi sluggishly, Xiong Daming asked a lot of indirect questions. When he found out that Wu Yi was really just a top student in No. 1 Middle School, he was shocked even though he had been mentally prepared.
"Um... little brother, what else do you need?" Xiong Daming asked.
Wu Yi scratched his head and said, "It's nothing. You probably don't have the rest of the things here. I have to go. By the way, thank you for leading the way for me."
"You're welcome." Xiong Daming laughed dryly, "Um...little brother, can you leave me your phone number? Next time if I need a hand job, I'll call you. Don't worry, I won't let you go to waste.
Take a trip and the reward will be satisfactory to you!"
Wu Yi hesitated for a moment, thinking that if you don't make this kind of money, it would be in vain, so he nodded and gave the phone number.
Xiong Daming saved the phone number as if he had found a treasure, sent Wu Yi out of the market, and then went back happily.
Wu Yi got rich and straightened up a lot. He no longer took the bus. He took a taxi directly and drove around the city twice before returning home with a bunch of large and small bags.
Arrive home.
Before the self-study that night was over, Wu Yi slipped out of the school and went straight to a park near the community.
After climbing over the wall and entering the park, there was not even a ghost in the bustling park during the day. Wu Yi wanted this effect. He got into the secluded grove, then opened the schoolbag behind him and took out the contents inside.
Take things out one by one.
A small bronze tripod, synthetic jade, seven or eight kinds of herbs, gypsum clay, a writing brush and cinnabar.
Looking at so many materials in front of him, Wu Yi took a deep breath and muttered: "If the old man knew that the first time I practiced brat was to cheat on the exam, he would be very pleased..."
Shrugging his shoulders, Wu Yi showed a wicked smile and started refining.
If strict requirements are followed, the three most important materials needed by the witch doctor to refine the imp are the red copper tripod, the ghost refining array and mutton-fat jade.
The red copper cauldron brews vitality; the ghost refining array absorbs and stores energy; the mutton-fat jade adheres to ghost spirits.
Unfortunately, Wu Yi's money was too tight and he could only assemble the last ghost refining formation from the three materials, and the first mock exam was just three days later.
In order to get a better score than Meng Jiawan, Wu Yi had no choice but to make do.
There was no red copper cauldron, so a half-copper and half-iron fake bronze cauldron was used instead; there was no mutton-fat jade, so fake jade made of pressed natural jade powder was used instead; only the materials for the ghost refining array were considered genuine, and I bought the best langhao and cinnabar.
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Even Wu Yi could not imagine what the imp refined like this would look like.
Wu Yi sat cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes and feeling the world around him.
Witch doctors believe in nature and firmly believe that they can obtain all power from nature.
Gradually, Wu Yi entered a strange state. Without opening his eyes, he could see bright stars flying all over the sky.
Every ray of light is a trace of life left in this world...
Sighing, Wu Yi slowly increased the power in his body and interacted with nature. Gradually, the magic power in his Dantian turned into a stream of heat, flowing out along the meridians, and finally gathered at the tip of the index finger of his right hand.
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Wu Yi put his right index finger in his mouth, bit it down, and blood dripped out.
The blood dripped into the cinnabar that had been prepared, and Wu Yi stirred it gently.
This is not ordinary blood, but essence and blood blessed by nature. The essence and blood are mixed with cinnabar, which is a necessary material for all formations.
After the cinnabar was mixed, Wu Yi took the Langhao pen, dipped it full of cinnabar, and began to carefully draw the ghost refining formation on the inner wall of the bronze tripod one stroke at a time.
The ghost refining formation is one of the simpler ones among the ninety-nine formations of the witch doctor, but it is also extremely labor-intensive to draw. It took Wu Yi half an hour to complete the last stroke. He gently wiped away the blood on his forehead.
I was sweating finely and looked carefully at the crimson lines in the cauldron. I couldn't help but muttered: "Why is my painting so ugly?"
It doesn’t matter whether it looks good or not, as long as it works. Wu Yi saw that the time was almost up, and hurriedly put various herbs into the cauldron layer by layer, and finally stuffed the synthetic jade into it.
The last step was to seal the tripod with plaster and cement. After completing this step, Wu Yi let out a sigh of relief.
Finding a hidden corner, Wu Yi dug a hole and buried the bronze tripod in it.
While burying himself, Wu Yi could already feel a vague call gradually growing in the cauldron.
This is the "ghost refining technique" of the witch doctor!
It only takes two days for a "ghost" to be born in the cauldron.
But are there really ghosts in this world?
Naturally, Wu Yi didn't believe in ghosts before. After all, he was an educated and good young man of the new era. Although he liked to read Journey to the West and the List of Gods, if someone told him that there really were ghosts in this world, Wu Yi would definitely sneer at it.
Before meeting the old man, Wu Yi always thought that witch doctors were only characters in games and novels, but now he is a witch doctor himself.
To be precise, he is a witch.
Because as early as more than 2,000 years ago, witchcraft and medicine were completely separated. Witches are witches, they communicate with ghosts and gods, and respect nature; doctors are medicine, taste hundreds of herbs, and save lives and injuries.
And just like many couples who become mortal enemies after divorce, the witch and the doctor became the most irreconcilable enemies after they separated.
