As the most famous building and the most famous store in the Southeast, Baiyulou has no plaque, but hangs a copper coin made of crystal warm white jade hanging next to the door. This copper coin is carved extremely delicately and meticulously, without any vulgarity.
Wu Jie grabbed a long wooden box, looked up at the white jade copper coin, praised it, and was about to walk towards the steps made of white marble, but was stopped by the servant at the door.
"This young man, stop now!" A tall man who looked more like a thug than a servant ran over and said loudly, "This is the White Jade Tower, not a place for viewing and entertainment!"
Wu Jie was stunned for a moment, then explained: "I'm here to sell things."
After hearing this, the man's ferocious expression became a little better, but he also showed a bit of suspicion. However, there was no reason for businessmen to drive customers away, so he couldn't block the way anymore, so he had to say: "You
If you want to sell something, just go in and talk to a clerk. There are quite a few customers in this building with bad tempers, so don’t offend them!"
Wu Jie didn't expect that this man had a ferocious face, but his mind was quite kind. He smiled and nodded, and Shi Shiran walked in.
From the outside, the White Jade Building is really beautiful, but when you look inside, it's actually nothing more than that. In Wu Jie's opinion, the White Jade Building is just a place where goods are covered with glass and placed in the lobby to attract customers. It was the jewelry store before he traveled through time.
Most of them are like this, what’s so strange about it?
But he forgot one thing. This world does not have the technology to make glass. These transparent covers that cover all kinds of treasures are all polished and spliced with high-quality crystals. This craftsmanship alone is no small feat!
Compared to these priceless crystal covers, the treasures under the covers were even more astonishing. Although Wu Jie didn't recognize nine out of ten of them, it didn't matter if he didn't recognize them, as long as they looked precious.
This is the so-called "looking like you don't understand what's going on but you feel it's awesome", or "I don't know what's going on" for short.
Most of the customers in the store were dressed gorgeously, and even the clerks were wearing fine silk shirts. Suddenly a young man wearing old clothes came in, which immediately attracted many looks of surprise and contempt. A thin man who looked like a dandy
The young man came over with a bad look on his face. It seemed that he wanted to drive Wu Jie out so that he would not disturb the high-ranking people.
Wu Jie had no interest in wasting time with such a bastard. With a little force on his feet, he walked around him like a ghost. In a blink of an eye, he came to the corner of the White Jade Building and found a person who looked like a manager.
Middle-aged people.
"Excuse me, sir, are you in charge of affairs here?"
The middle-aged man looked at Wu Jie with contempt and impatience at first, but when Wu Jie bypassed the playboy with a single step, his eyes became a little more wary. When Wu Jie turned to him
He asked himself, and he nodded, but his eyes drifted to the door.
The vicious man who tried to stop Wu Jie before was walking over.
Wu Jie did not waste time and said bluntly: "I have a treasure that I want to sell."
The steward frowned and thought Wu Jie was a blackmailer relying on his martial arts skills. He pretended to be calm and said: "Baiyulou only deals in rare and rare treasures. If you want to sell family heirlooms, you'd better go to a pawn shop."
"This treasure is unusual."
The steward shook his head and shouted to the door: "Old Tian!"
Seeing the ferocious-looking "Old Tian" approaching, Wu Jie frowned and opened the wooden box.
A strong medicinal fragrance hit his face and quickly spread throughout the hall. For a moment, everyone in the hall couldn't help but turn their heads and look this way.
At this time, the fierce-looking "Old Tian" had also rushed over, grabbed Wu Jie's shoulder, and wanted to throw the rude boy out, but found that the other party was like an iron tower, unable to move at all, and his expression suddenly changed.
Big changes.
Before he could make another move, the steward stood up with a face full of surprise, staring at the contents of the wooden box with his eyes almost bulging out of his head.
He was about to scream, but he was immediately startled and covered his mouth with both hands, preventing him from shouting out those two words that would bring trouble.
"Dear guest, please go upstairs for a detailed discussion!" The steward, not caring about anything else, hurriedly led Wu Jie upstairs, but left Lao Tian there with a look of surprise on his face.
After the two of them went up the white wooden stairs, Lao Tian shook his head and walked back to the door.
But his face was full of suspicion, and he was still muttering: "What's the origin of this kid? Why is it that when I grab him, it feels like he's on an iron bar? Have I not mastered the eagle claw skill yet?"
Wu Jie held the ginseng in the wooden box and followed the steward up to the second floor, arriving at a small flower hall that was elegantly decorated.
"Dear guest, please take a seat!" The smile on the steward's face could make the statue maker serve as a model for the Smiling Bodhisattva, and his amiability is breathtaking.
Before Wu Jie could sit down, he gave instructions to the maid at the door of the flower hall. A moment later, several women with revealing clothes and charming looks came from nowhere and came together to say that they wanted to serve the uncle.
Wu Jie was startled. When he was doing business before traveling back in time, he had seen such scenes in entertainment venues, but that happened a long, long time ago. Seeing these women approaching, he suddenly felt a little nervous.
Blushing, he waved his hands repeatedly, asking the steward to let these women out quickly.
There was a trace of imperceptible surprise in the steward's eyes. He had thought that such a charming display would be easy for him to deal with a country bumpkin who had never seen the world. However, he did not expect that Wu Jie was not as impatient as ordinary young people. He couldn't help but treat him
Watched it a few points higher.
With strong martial arts skills, possessing rare treasures, and being unmoved by beauty, this young man's background is probably not trivial!
He waved his hand to let these warblers out, and then asked: "My surname is Zhao, just call me Lao Zhao. I wonder what I should call this little brother?"
Wu Jie breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "The young man's surname is Wu, and his purpose... I believe Manager Zhao also understands?"
"Just now Zhao Menglang asked Mr. Wu to atone for his sins!" Guan Zhao stood up and bowed to apologize, and then asked, "I just glanced at it briefly, but I didn't see it clearly. I wonder if Mr. Wu can let Zhao take a closer look at the item?"
treasure?"
Wu Jie naturally didn't care and opened the wooden box again.
In the wooden box is a ginseng of extremely high quality.
This ginseng is not only extremely thick and huge, but what’s even more rare is that its limbs and facial features are extremely clear. Just looking at the face, it looks like a statue with a human face. It was not obvious when the wooden box was covered, but now when the wooden box was opened, there was another ginseng.
A strong fragrance dispersed, and Manager Zhao felt refreshed just by smelling the fragrance, and he seemed to be several years younger.
"It is indeed the legendary first-grade ginseng king!"
His eyes widened, and his breathing became a little heavier. It wasn't until Wu Jie closed the wooden box that he regained his composure. Only a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, showing how excited he was just now.
"Master Wu, please take a break. Zhao has sent someone to ask for a master who specializes in medicinal materials. I believe he will be here soon. This ginseng king is not trivial. It must be personally appraised by the master before the price can be quoted."
Wu Jie nodded and responded, "What Manager Zhao said makes sense. However, I have something to say first. This deal is a bit too big for me, so I don't want too many people to know about it."
Manager Zhao nodded repeatedly, saw that the table was empty, and hurriedly called two maids with beautiful features, dignified and elegant faces to pour tea, and then asked them to exit the flower hall.
During the next period of time, he changed his ways and asked round and round about the origin of the ginseng.
However, although Wu Jie was not good at this kind of witty and clichéd method, he still insisted on using clumsiness to overcome skill. No matter what Manager Zhao asked, he avoided answering and always said: "I got this thing by chance, and the details are all there."
"It's not enough for outsiders" to prevaricate, and resolutely refused to say any actual content.
Faced with this situation, no matter how cunning and cunning Manager Zhao is, he can only act like a mouse trying to pull a tortoise. After several encounters, he has never been able to get any valuable information from Wu Jie, so he can only think in his heart.
Secretly smiling bitterly - today's young people are really amazing!
Soon after, the master from Baiyu Tower who was responsible for identifying various medicinal materials came.
This master was already quite old, and his movements were somewhat inflexible. He even needed the support of a young man to walk. But when Wu Jie opened the box and saw the ginseng as thick as a human arm,
In an instant, he burst out with energy comparable to that of a young and strong man!
"King of Ginseng?!" The master picked up the ginseng at almost the speed of "grabbing", looked at it carefully, turned it over and over countless times, and then gently bit a small piece of ginseng to savor it.
Finally, he carefully put it back into the box and affirmed its value with an excited voice.
In fact, Manager Zhao is also a person who knows the goods, but when it comes to such rare treasures, he would rather trust the old experts. When the master confirmed the authenticity of King Ginseng, he could no longer sit still and ordered the waiter to entertain Wu Jie well.
He asked the master to wait here for a while, and then trotted out of the flower hall and ran towards the upper floor of the White Jade Tower.
This matter is serious and he needs to report it to the proprietor immediately!
Half a quarter of an hour later, in a quiet attic in the palace of Changning City, the proprietor of the contemporary White Jade Tower sent for a special subordinate.
"Sir, what are your orders?" Outside the lavender gauze curtain, a girl in a green dress knelt down on one knee, lowering her head and waiting for the master's order.
"Oh my god...how many times have I told you, you don't need to be so serious in private..." The young woman's lazy and helpless voice came from inside the gauze curtain, but as before, she was ignored by the girl in the green skirt.
The man behind the curtain also knew that the other party would never listen to his advice, so he sighed and got down to business: "Just now, the manager of the store on the island sent a message using the Tianyin Magical Artifact, saying that someone was selling a piece of Yipinwang Ginseng.
"
The girl in the green dress was shocked. She couldn't help but raise her head and asked loudly: "King Ginseng? What's the year?"
The woman behind the gauze curtain couldn't help laughing: "Sure enough, even you will lose your composure when encountering something that you are really concerned about and urgent about!"
The girl in the green skirt suddenly blushed and hesitated.
"Okay, okay, don't be ridiculous. According to the appraisal by a master of medicinal materials who specializes in this art, that ginseng king is of excellent quality. It is estimated to be around two hundred years old. It is the highest grade among ordinary medicines. It is only one step away.
Beyond the first-grade level, it has entered the ranks of elixirs that can be called 'Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures'." Speaking of this rare treasure, the person behind the gauze curtain who was used to seeing treasures couldn't help but be a little excited.
, "And the master also judged that the ginseng king should be alive. If the spiritual veins can be found and planted, it is possible to break through the limit and become a legendary elixir!"
"Elixir..." The voice of the woman in the green skirt was a little dry. The news was too shocking. Even though she already felt that she would not be surprised anymore, she couldn't help but be shocked by it at this moment.
"Yes...a magical medicine that can bring the dead back to life, prolong life...and even allow mortals to reborn, forge spiritual veins, and then embark on the path to immortality..." The woman behind the gauze curtain didn't know what she thought of, and her words were a little sighing.
But she quickly returned to her usual lazy tone: "I have ordered them to keep it a secret and not to leak it. But if this kind of news... is leaked, it is really not a joke! So... you go and get it."
Get it back from the store, transport it to the palace for spiritual cultivation, and then leave it to you to take care of it."
"I obey my orders!"
After the girl in the green skirt left, a gentle sigh suddenly came from behind the gauze curtain.
"You shouldn't do this." An old voice suddenly sounded, "The human heart cannot stand the test."
"Your old life is almost over. The position of 'Ting Master' cannot remain vacant forever. Among all the successors, I hope she will inherit this position the most... But if we don't put some tests on her,
How could the Presbyterian Council agree? Could it be that just by giving an empty order with my bare teeth, I could make those old gangsters who cherish their lives as much as gold trust her with their lives and wealth? Even if I could convince the Presbyterian Council, how would the emperor explain it?
?And if she can't break through, won't my Baiyulou lineage be lowered in front of Wanshou Temple?"
"This explanation is reasonable, but you and I both know it's not the truth."
The woman behind the gauze curtain was silent for a long time, and finally sighed deeply.
