The next day, Xia Haoran went out after eating early. He stopped a taxi at the gate of the community and went straight to Lingnan Antique Street.
Antique Street, in addition to shops and stalls selling antiques on both sides of the street, there are also many people setting up stalls on the bluestone road along the street. Some of these people sell antique calligraphy and paintings, some tell fortunes, and so on.
The antiques displayed here include bronzes, silvers, irons, ceramics, woodwares, crystals, glasswares, portraits and carvings handicrafts, everything from ancient to modern times, the list is endless and dazzling.
Generally speaking, there are three types of people who can come here: one is antique lovers who come to pick up missing pieces; the other is some jewelry companies and auction companies who come to develop their business; and the last is those who come here purely out of curiosity to gain knowledge.
Xia Haoran was just a layman, walking around this old street. Everything looked like antiques, and he couldn't distinguish the authenticity from the fake. He shrank his consciousness within ten meters and pretended to be cool.
Look at the strange old objects and feel carefully whether there is anything special in them.
There are several things that a cultivator values most, namely magical weapons, elixirs and spiritual stones. Magical weapons are those weapons and utensils that have been refined by cultivators and have certain magical powers. Among them, the types and styles are:
There are many, so-called eighteen kinds of weapons; elixirs are obviously made by cultivators refining some special Chinese medicinal materials according to certain formulas; and spiritual stones are an extremely special ore.
, this kind of stone contains very rich spiritual energy, which can be used by cultivators to directly absorb and refine it to improve their cultivation, or it can also be used to arrange various formations.
Xia Haoran didn't expect to find magic weapons and elixirs here. What he wanted to find most was the spirit stone.
Spirit stones are the most common currency in the world of cultivators. Ordinary people regard food as their heaven, while cultivators regard spiritual energy as their heaven, so this spirit stone is the food and currency of the cultivators.
When he looked up and saw a jade shop with a plaque of "Pin Yuxuan", Xia Haoran stepped in. There were many kinds of jade in the shop, which were carved into various shapes.
The boss of the jewelry store is an old man in his fifties. Seeing that this young man is wearing simple clothes and is relatively young, he instinctively thinks that this is an owner who is just walking around with nothing to do, so he simply stands at the counter and looks at Xia who comes in.
Haoran ignored him.
Xia Haoran entered the store and looked at the jade stones one by one in front of the counter. Although the boss didn't want to talk to Xia Haoran, he had been doing business in the old street for many years and knew that there was no rule of chasing customers away, so he let Xia Haoran do it.
He leaned over the counter and looked around. He turned around and found no jade with spiritual stones. Xia Haoran couldn't help but show a trace of regret on his face. However, this expression was seen by the boss, and he couldn't help but feel curious.
After coming out of the jade shop, Xia Haoran went into several similar jade shops, but found nothing.
There were also a lot of antique dealers setting up stalls on the street, and some even carried unearthed cultural relics that were said to be thousands of years old. Xia Haoran saw some vendors who casually grabbed passers-by and came up to talk with a mysterious look, which made him
What he was helpless about was that those unearthed cultural relics that were said to have thousands of years of history, he could tell with a little sense that there was no trace of antiquity, not to mention thousands of years, not even decades of fucking history. They were obviously old-fashioned and deceptive.
modern products.
However, at a street stall, Xia Haoran found a pair of ancient needles, which numbered ninety-nine and eighty-one. After bargaining with the stall owner, he finally bought it for eight thousand yuan.
Today's move can be regarded as a coincidence, a coincidence. But who would have thought that today's unintentional move would actually create the reputation of a generation of miracle doctors! Of course, this is a story later.
In the end, Xia Haoran selected a dozen pieces of ordinary jade that were relatively cost-effective and prepared to go back and learn to carve formation patterns.
"No Money!"
Looking at the dozens of spiritual stones in the bag, Xia Haoran was speechless for a while. Just these few broken stones had deducted more than 100,000 yuan from him. After calculation, he still had more than 1.3 million in his card, and that was it.
Looking at the money, the current price of jade on the antique street is not enough for me to fiddle with it several times. In other words, I simply can’t afford it!
After visiting a few more stalls, Xia Haoran still didn't find anything of value to him. Thinking of today's harvest, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Just when Xia Haoran was about to return home, a guy dressed as a migrant worker came to Xia Haoran with a sneaky look and gently pulled him, holding something wrapped in silk and satin in his arms.
Said: "Brother, I have a wonderful treasure that was just unearthed. Are you interested in taking a look?"
Xia Haoran frowned. It didn't mean much to him whether it was unearthed or not. What he wanted was spiritual stones or things related to cultivation, so he waved his hand and said, "No, I'm not interested."
The guy dressed as a migrant worker seemed unwilling to let go of the buyer in front of him. He grabbed Xia Haoran, secretly revealed a corner of the thing hidden in his arms, and said: "Brother, look, this is bronze, worth a lot of money! I
If you are short of money, give me 50,000 yuan, take the things away, and pretend you have never seen me. No one you meet in the future can say that I sold you this thing."
Xia Haoran frowned, subconsciously glanced at his arms, and suddenly stood there as if struck by lightning!
From the corner of the satin cloth, Xia Haoran saw a cauldron! And this cauldron was not a bronze vessel, but a real alchemy cauldron! The special patterns on the cauldron were unknown to ordinary people, but Xia Haoran
But he knew that the pattern was an engraved formation.
At this moment, Xia Haoran's heart was filled with turmoil, but he remained very calm on the surface. He frowned and said to the man: "Brother, you are not a bronze at all."
The man was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was unlucky to have met an expert. He could tell at a glance that this was not a bronze. I originally thought that this guy was a traitor and was going to kill him, but now that the other party saw through it, this
The business could no longer continue. Immediately, the man wrapped the cauldron in his arms and turned to leave.
The reason why Xia Haoran concluded that this thing was not a bronze was simply because he knew that the alchemy cauldron could withstand the burning of the real fire transformed by the true energy. Otherwise, the cauldron would have burned down before the elixir was refined.
The true fire that transforms into a person's true energy is also called elixir fire. It is second only to the three-flavored true fire. As we all know, how high is the melting point of copper?
Just when the man turned to leave, Xia Haoran grabbed him and said, "Brother, don't worry!"
Xia Haoran has already determined in his heart that this kid came to the antique street with this cauldron to fish, to make things mysterious and attract the attention of people who don't know how to do it, and then take the opportunity to sell it for a high price. For this cauldron, he offered 50,000 yuan, maybe in his own eyes
In my mind, it's not even worth five hundred dollars.
The guy dressed as a migrant worker also looked at Xia Haoran cautiously and asked: "Brother, what else do you want?"
Xia Haoran smiled slightly and said: "Although it is not a bronze, I like the appearance of this object very much. Why don't you give me a price? If it suits me, I will take it."
The man frowned and looked at Xia Haoran for a long time, wondering if the young man in front of him was playing tricks on him. When he realized that Xia Haoran's expression did not look like he was joking, he said with a try attitude: "Although this thing is not a bronze, but
I also collected it from the countryside. I had it appraised by experts when I came here. Although I couldn’t tell the material and age, it must be an old antique and worth some money. If you really want it, I’ll give you 20,000 yuan and you can take it.
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Xia Haoran suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and said calmly: "Twenty thousand yuan can be considered, but I want to take a closer look."
The guy dressed as a migrant worker no longer pretended to be as cautious as before. You should know that he was holding this cauldron and selling it on the antique street for a whole day without success. Seeing that it was possible to sell it for a good price, he was very excited.
Fangfang took out the things, hesitated for a moment, and then put the things on the ground.
"It's a rule in this industry not to handle treasures. The main reason is that I'm afraid of accidents when handling them, such as falling and bumping, which can easily lead to disputes." Looking at Xia Haoran's surprised eyes, the guy explained.
"oh!"
Xia Haoran nodded to express his understanding. He tried hard to calm down his excitement, stretched out his hands to hold the cauldron in his hands, examined it carefully, and after confirming that it was the alchemy cauldron, he said: "I think this object of yours is also
It’s indeed interesting, let’s do this, I’ll give you 10,000 yuan, will you sell it?”
The guy was secretly happy. He bought this thing for two hundred yuan, and now someone is willing to pay ten thousand yuan to buy it. He made a lot of money! He nodded immediately and said: "Okay, as you said, one
Ten thousand yuan!"
Xia Haoran took the man to the ATM at one end of the street, withdrew 10,000 yuan in cash twice and handed it to the man. The man counted the money and left happily. But Xia Haoran was holding the seemingly
What looked like an incense burner stood in front of the cash machine and giggled.
This cauldron may not be worth much to ordinary people, but to me, it is a treasure that is hard to exchange for a lot of money!