Originally, Cao Weidong planned to go to the police station tomorrow to ask for his letter of introduction, and then return to Wan'an County with County Magistrate Ji.
Now it seems that the itinerary is about to change again.
But if we can really collect another batch of genuine old objects, it will be very worthwhile.
Although I have not deliberately collected these things.
But it was just a casual move, using the food that I couldn't finish in my own space, and it didn't take long.
And it can bring him generous returns in the future...
So why not do it?
So Cao Weidong smiled and said: "Okay, as long as the things in your hand are suitable, I will accept as much as you have."
The stall owner was overjoyed, but immediately hesitated.
"I have been selling these things for several years. You can rest assured about the quality, but your food..."
Cao Weidong patted his pocket and assured: "There is enough food!"
"Okay, it's a deal, then we'll meet here tomorrow."
The stall owner agreed with Cao Weidong on a time to meet, and he and his two companions mixed the grain worth one hundred and fifty, and then carried it towards the depths of the ghost market.
In this era, the purchasing power of Huaxia coins is still very strong. The grain worth 150 yuan almost piles up into a hill, and it is difficult for one person to carry it.
Cao Weidong watched the three stall owners go away, then walked out of this small alley hiding a ghost market, carrying a bag of old things.
It was around seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and it was already very dark.
But this is a provincial capital after all.
The most prosperous city in Bac Ho Province.
There is a street light some distance away on the street.
And there were many people walking on the street, which seemed very lively.
Cao Weidong naturally blended into these people.
After walking along the main road for more than ten minutes, when passing by an alley, Cao Weidong suddenly turned in and ran wildly, his figure quickly disappearing in the darkness.
The accident happened too suddenly.
Some passers-by stopped and looked into the alley in astonishment.
At this moment, several young men wearing hats rushed out from behind. They chased after them, looked into the alley for a while, and cursed in a low voice.
"Damn, I lost track, what a slippery guy..."
"Shall we follow?"
"Follow us, people have discovered us, tomorrow..."
Several people whispered, and the voices gradually became lower and lower, and finally they were almost inaudible.
......
"Someone is following me? Who sent me? What's the purpose?"
Cao Weidong hid deep in the alley, peering out.
When he came out of the ghost market, he noticed someone following him, which led to the scene just now.
However, after discovering that the stalker did not follow the alley, he felt a little disappointed.
Originally, I wanted to greet these stalkers warmly.
What a pity...
Cao Weidong calmly took the titanium alloy baseball bat back into his pocket.
It was relatively safe here. Cao Weidong simply squatted on the ground, opened a bag of old objects, and picked up the inconspicuous jade.
[Ding, if you find a treasure that can be included in the Treasure Building, do you want to include it?]
Cao Weidong did not hesitate and chose to include it.
With a faint flash of light, the jade in his hand disappeared, and then several lines of text appeared in front of his eyes.
[Ding, the fragments of the mythical treasure Sky-Mending Stone have been found and have been successfully included in the Treasure Building, creating an exclusive collection area...]
[Your various physical qualities will be greatly improved, your life will be extended by ten years, and you will receive a gift - psychic!]
[Your physical fitness has reached its current limit, and you have gained an additional talent - full of energy!]
Cao Weidong was confused.
Extend your life by ten years!
Talented psychic!
Physical limit, talent and energy!
However, the most important thing is...
"Mythical treasures, sky-mending stone fragments? Does this thing really exist?"
Cao Weidong's forehead is full of questions.
What is the Sky-Mending Stone?
Legend has it in ancient times.
The four poles were destroyed, Kyushu was torn apart, and a big hole appeared in the sky.
Life is in ruins and people are in dire straits.
At that time, Nuwa made five-color stones to repair the sky, cut off a turtle to support the four poles, killed the black dragon to help Jizhou, and accumulated reed ashes to stop the flood, and finally stopped this catastrophe.
Among them, the five-color stone used by Nuwa to patch up the sky is the legendary Sky patching stone.
In fact, there are many stories and legends about the Sky Mending Stone.
The most famous among them is the Great Sage Qitian in Journey to the West, who was born and raised by nature and was born from the Sky-Building Stone.
There is also the stone in Jia Baoyu’s mouth when he was born in Dream of Red Mansions.
Cao Weidong is no longer calm now.
He carried a bag of antiques into the portable space.
Then he made a shocking discovery.
A climbing staircase appeared out of thin air in the center of the Treasure Building.
Is this what it means to generate an exclusive collection area?
Cao Weidong went up the stairs and discovered that the second floor of Jubao Building turned out to be a jade grotto wrapped in various jade stones.
An unknown skylight shines in.
The entire cave is colorful and extremely beautiful.
And in the center of the jade grotto, a magical jade pillar rises.
This jade pillar is as thick as several people's arms. It is made entirely of jade and jade, without a trace of impurities, allowing people to see the inside of the jade at a glance.
Cao Weidong stared straight inside the jade pillar.
There is a strange miniature plant growing in the jade pillar.
The trunk is as strong as a coiled dragon.
The leaves are as green as emeralds, extremely magical.
Thick white clouds are constantly rising from the small trees, flowing densely inside the jade pillars, and finally turning into fine rain bamboos, dripping on the trees, and then flowing in the pools under the small trees.<
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Cao Weidong could not believe his eyes.
This seemingly dense jade pillar actually hides a small world like a fairyland.
The strangest thing was that when he adjusted his angle, he happened to see a miniature orange cat curled up under the leaves, sleeping soundly.
Maybe there are water drops hitting the orange cat.
Its body swayed slightly, stretched, and then changed to a more comfortable position and fell asleep.
"Hiss..."
Cao Weidong took a breath.
It is shocking enough that an inconspicuous jade stone turns into a jade pillar.
However, what is even more surprising is that there is a small tree growing in the jade pillar, and under the tree there is an orange cat that looks like a living thing?
This is too unreasonable.
Cao Weidong felt that his three views had been impacted.
Fortunately, he also has a Treasure Appraisal Pavilion.
Cao Weidong immediately activated it and couldn't wait to know the origin of this jade.
After a while.
Several lines of new text appear in front of you.
[Mythical treasure - Sky Mending Stone.]
[The strange stones from eternity ago contain some kind of mysterious energy, and they seem to be pregnant with some kind of life.]
【Jade Life——Tree???】
【Jade Life——Beast???】
It seems that Jianbao Pavilion can't do anything about this thing.
I only know that this thing is indeed an extremely ancient object, and maybe it has actually experienced the legend of Mending the Sky.
Cao Weidong temporarily gave up the idea of exploring the origin of the Sky Mending Stone.
He sat on the jade pillar to check his natural abilities.
[Talent: Psychic.]
[Explanation: You can give any inanimate object temporary spirituality.]
.......
【Talent: Energetic.】
[Explanation: You will always have plenty of energy. After a short sleep, you can quickly restore your energy without damaging your health.]
.......
Cao Weidong, a psychic genius, looked at Xilihu Tu and didn’t know what the use of it was.
However, he thinks the talent of being energetic is more practical.
With this talent, he can always be a liver.
Others have a liver in their body.
He has a growth on his liver!
"Psychic..."
Suddenly his heart moved, and he turned to look at Yuzhu, with a smile on his lips.
Rubbing the jade pillar, Cao Weidong said slowly.
"Psychic."
I saw only a faint flash of light.
However, there are no eggs.
Nothing happened.
Cao Weidong was a little confused and asked tentatively.
"Jade?"
No response.
Cao Weidong continued to ask.
"Tiantian stone?"
"Stone?"
"Stubborn stone?"
The orange cat sleeping under the tree stretched again, turned over, and continued to sleep.
However, Cao Weidong was stunned.
Because.
An old voice unexpectedly sounded in his mind.
"I'm here."
Cao Weidong looked at the jade in surprise.
"Can you really speak? Your name is Nushi?"
Nushi said.
"Yes."
After experiencing a brief period of astonishment, Cao Weidong quickly accepted this fact and asked enthusiastically.
"Where are you from? Have you experienced Nuwa patching up the sky... Are those myths and legends true?"
Stubborn stone said again.
"I am just a stubborn stone raised by nature. I don't know my origins or my past."
As for Cao Weidong's question, Nianshi didn't know anything about it.
It said that it was just an ordinary stone and that it did not know the specific details.
What a hell.
Are you still ordinary?
Whose ordinary stone has a tree and a cat growing inside it?
However, Cao Weidong didn't ask for any information, so he was still a little disappointed.
He thought for a while and then asked about the tree and the cat among the stubborn rocks.
Nushi said.
"I call it a tree. I don't know its name, but it has the effect of attracting wealth. Your place is full of spiritual energy and suitable for tree growth."
[Ding, you discovered the life of jade - the Lucky Tree.]
[Ability: To attract wealth and treasure, to bring luck and luck, growing in the Juling Pavilion can bring you good luck.]
Cao Weidong's eyes lit up.
This thing is really a treasure.
He asked again: "What about the cat?"
Stubbornly shook his head.
"I don't know either. It seems to be a companion of the tree, but it is not fully gestated yet and is still sleeping. When it is gestated, it can leave the stone."
Cao Weidong glanced at it.
[Ding, have you found a jade creature—a cat???]
Cao Weidong felt a little regretful. It seemed that Nushi was not very clear about the origin of the cat.
He asked again: "Then what ability do you have?"
This time there was no reply from Nushi.
Cao Weidong observed carefully and found that the light of the jade pillar was slightly dim and no longer as lustrous as before.
"It seems that the time has come for channeling. Although the natural ability of channeling has limitations, it is very strange and may have miraculous effects sometimes."
Fortunately, he already knows the effects of the Lucky Tree.
This thing is just like a fortune tree.
As long as you put it in your personal space, you can continuously attract wealth and increase your luck.
As for the orange cat in the jade, it seems to have other powers, but it is still sleeping and cannot be awakened.
Next, Cao Weidong observed for a while, then carrying a bag of old objects, bypassed the Treasure Appraisal Pavilion and only ran to the treasure accumulation platform at the back.
Although the name of this thing is Yubaotai, it is actually just a green pool.
Cao Weidong threw all these old objects in at once.
If it is a real antique, it will naturally be washed away in the treasure trove and regain its luster.
If it is an imitation object, its true appearance will be revealed in the treasure platform.
Cao Weidong was too lazy to distinguish the authenticity of this old baggage, so he simply threw them all away and let the treasure platform identify them.
After doing all this, he escaped from the portable space.
Then he came out from the other end of the alley.
Discerned the direction.
Return directly to the guest house.
Since Cao Weidong lived in a room next to County Magistrate Ji, and the sound insulation of the room was not very good in this era, the sound of Cao Weidong opening the door disturbed County Magistrate Ji.
He opened the door and came out to greet Cao Weidong.
"You're back. I haven't seen you at night. I'm still a little worried...Hey, is there any change in you?"
County Magistrate Ji looked at Cao Weidong in surprise.
I haven’t seen you for only one afternoon.
Cao Weidong has undergone great changes.
It seems high.
White.
Stronger.
She also looks energetic.
At this moment, Cao Weidong is wearing a simple cadre uniform, his face has clear and three-dimensional contours, his skin is fair and clean, his eyes are shining like stars, and his posture is tall and straight, just like those male stars who act in movies.
Cao Weidong joked: "What changes can I make? Are you wrong?"
County Magistrate Ji said in confusion: "Really? I always feel like a different person."
Cao Weidong smiled, passed the topic, and then asked County Magistrate Ji about his afternoon experience.
County Magistrate Ji said happily.
"As expected of a provincial capital, this place is full of everything. My wife has always wanted to buy a hair accessory. I happened to see it in the department store this time, so I bought it for her."
Cao Weidong smiled.
"You are such a good man."
County Magistrate Ji shook his hand.
"As long as my family can live in peace for a while, I'll be fine."
"By the way, Comrade Cao Weidong, are you very good at Chinese medicine?"
Cao Weidong was a little puzzled: "County Magistrate Ji, why did you suddenly ask about this?"
County Magistrate Ji said with a sly smile.
"The Chinese medicine you gave Secretary Wang that time, he felt very good after taking it, and he became energetic."
"Just...do you have any nourishing food in your hand..."
He was talking about Hanhan Lake.
Cao Weidong understood instantly.
He really has this thing.
Cao Weidong said with a smile.
"I've got this stuff wrapped around me. I'll bring you two when I get back. You can take it according to my method. This will ensure the harmony of your family. My sister-in-law will never dare to look down on you again."
County Magistrate Ji's face was a little red, but he was still a bit tough and said calmly.
"She dares, I still have family status."
Cao Weidong shook his head, chatted briefly, ended the topic, and went back to their rooms to rest.
.......
The next day.
Cao Weidong and County Magistrate Ji came to the police station again.
Xiao Zhang welcomed him out enthusiastically.
He returned Cao Weidong's letter of introduction.
"Comrade Cao Weidong, we have investigated clearly. You are innocent in this matter. The responsibility lies with the staff of the guest house."
Yesterday afternoon, after Cao Weidong left, Dong Xiuqi called the police station.
He asked about Cao Weidong and gave vague instructions.
After Xiao Zhang heard the news, cold sweat broke out on his back.
This further confirmed his guess about Cao Weidong's identity.
This is definitely a big shot with status.
He was very fortunate that he did not use any tactics during the interrogation of Cao Weidong, and the whole process was quite polite.
It happened that someone from the guest house came to my door automatically.
They interrogated the guest house employees and learned the whole story from their mouths.
It can be said that the guest house employees incurred this "iron fist of society" entirely due to their own arrogance and brought it upon themselves.
Making trouble everywhere just because you have an iron job?
When you get beaten, do you think of asking for help at the police station?
Where in the world can there be such a good thing?
Although this matter was not considered serious, Xiao Zhang still locked up these people and planned to lock them up for a few days before discussing.
Cao Weidong is quite satisfied with the handling results of the police comrades.
Anyway, I didn’t suffer any loss.
And the boys who were beaten also went in.
It can be considered as venting your anger.
Taking their letters of introduction, Cao Weidong and County Magistrate Ji left the police station.
At this moment, Cao Weidong was suddenly stunned.
Lift your feet.
There was a big black card at his feet.
I don’t know who dropped it, but it was blown over by the wind and happened to be stepped on by his foot.
County Magistrate Ji said with envy.
"Pick up money when you go out. You have great luck today."
"Maybe, let's wait first. If the owner finds it back, we will return the money to him."
Cao Weidong thought of the lucky tree in the portable space.
Perhaps this is the good luck tree brought to him.
However, Cao Weidong himself was not short of money, so he proposed to wait for the owner where he was.
Naturally, County Magistrate Ji had no objection to Cao Weidong's proposal.
The two of them waited where they were.
But after waiting and waiting, no one came. Cao Weidong had no choice but to add some money himself and treat County Magistrate Ji to a delicious meal.
While eating, he said that he still had some things to do and needed to stay in the provincial capital for one more day before he could return tomorrow.
County Magistrate Ji said indifferently.
"Okay, I'll just go shopping again."
The provincial capital is so big that you really can’t finish it in half a day.
Afternoon.
County Magistrate Ji left alone.
Cao Weidong entered the portable space behind the key door again, and went straight to Yunbao Taichung to start salvage.
Yesterday, he dropped a total of thirty or forty old objects, and finally salvaged nine valuable antiquities. The rest were all revealed in the treasure platform, and they were all worthless handicrafts or imitations.
"Nine out of more than thirty are still very good."
Cao Weidong is already very satisfied with this.
Although these things cannot be entered into the Jutao Pavilion, they are still priceless antiquities. When the time is right to take action in the future, they will be worth at least a dozen small targets.
Put these things away in categories.
Cao Weidong slipped out of his personal space, walked out of the guest house, and wandered around the provincial capital.
It wasn't until the sky turned dark that he arrived at the ghost market as promised.
The stall owner looked around, fearing that Cao Weidong might not come, but when he saw him coming, he said happily.
"Comrade, I have prepared everything. Where are your things?"
Cao Weidong said: "I will take a look at the goods first, and if it is suitable, I will prepare the grain."
The stall owner nodded, and then enthusiastically invited: "Yes, that's right. All my goods are at home. I'll take you there now."
I don’t know if it’s Cao Weidong’s illusion.
He always felt that the smile on the stall owner's face today was weird, as if he was hiding something.