The merchants in the alley appeared to be much more restrained, neither shouting nor soliciting customers, and pretended to be enigmatic. Some even placed a shovel stained with dirt and sand behind them to show their identity.
The alley was crowded with people, the air flow was quite bad, and the smell was filled with the stench of sweat and the decay of ancient objects.
Threads of invisible alchemical magic power erupted from Chai Anping's fingertips, winding around the items on a stall.
"Well, it turns out that you can't get as detailed a feedback as you get during alchemy."
But the alchemical magic itself is a kind of magic with strong observation power, and Chai Anping's various detection methods can be realized based on this magic.
Therefore, as long as the alchemical magic power is applied to the artifacts, Chai Anping can screen them flawlessly from all angles.
Through this method, even if he doesn't know anything about antiques, he can easily eliminate more than 80% of the crude fakes.
These craftsmen who make fakes may be used to fooling tourists. Some of the mistakes and omissions are simply outrageous. Some even wrote a local saying like "Thank you for your patronage" on the inside of the porcelain bottle.
After broadening his horizons, Chai Anping began to gather together and summarize some characteristics that might be antiques. After finding the target, he would first go to the stall to chat with the boss about the origin of the items.
He didn't want the things in the dead man's coffin. If he took them back, he might be beaten to death by Lux.
Along the way, he avoided many thunderstorms with the help of alchemical magic. He also had a good time picking up things, and he had a lot of interesting things in his backpack.
Halfway through shopping, he was attracted by the items on a street stall.
It was a golden creation that looked like a cross, but in fact it was not a cross at all, and there were no legends among the gods of the Southern Continent about being bound to a cross and suffering.
This is actually a miniature model of the solar disk!
There is a golden disk in the center, and an arc-shaped altar guarding the side. The two are connected by gold wires of exquisite craftsmanship.
The gold bars extending to both sides symbolize the flat and boundless land. Only by using this as a reference can we get a glimpse of the grandeur of the sun's disk.
Finally, there is a base that extends downward for holding.
The entire gold product is a religious ritual item that can be hung around the neck and used to pray to the gods. This kind of thing was once popular in the Southern Continent. Being able to use gold to create such an exquisite prayer instrument can be regarded as the best among the best.
——Of course, first of all it has to be an old thing.
Chai Anping leaned over, picked it up and weighed it with his hands, and found that the weight was not light!
Although the gold purification process in the Southern Continent is not very good, such a heavy gold nugget is valuable enough.
"Hey, boss, why don't you sell your good stuff at a street stall? It won't be full of lead, right?"
"Hey! Don't talk nonsense, you, this is my treasure!" The stall owner started talking, pointing at the video in Chai Anping's hand, and started talking nonsense: "On the whole street, this necklace is the most valuable.
, it can be said that you have good eyesight when you meet this guest by chance, but it also requires fate!"
"Oh——"
Chai Anping pretended to be a Tianjin native who praised him.
"Look at the scratches on the disc. It's obviously something that has been around for a long time." The stall owner took the disc and introduced the scratches one after another.
Chai Anping pretended to be convinced. In fact, he couldn't tell whether this thing was real or fake at all, but he felt a power connected to the earth on this miniature model of the sun disk.
If nothing else, this necklace still has a faint resonance with the power of the sun disk!
"These are all basic old-fashioned techniques."
Chai Anping interrupted the stall owner's showoff: "If it is such a good thing, you must have bought it from those big businessmen."
"Hey, what you said is so ugly!" The stall owner glared at him: "According to your statement, is the whole alley full of lies? Little brother, I think you are young and don't understand at all!
If you really want to buy this treasure, I can’t kindly teach you."
"Oh?" Chai Anping raised his eyebrows: "Just tell me, if you convince me, I will definitely buy it."
"First of all, you have to know that most big businessmen have their own channels for getting goods, otherwise they would have been deceived by those master counterfeiters and they would have lost their pants. Moreover, counterfeit sun disks were very popular in the past, and the ones that have survived are not in good condition.
A few, big businessmen basically have a lot of goods on hand. Of course, the one I have is definitely a treasure. You will definitely not lose money if you buy it back.
Secondly, little brother, the tribes in the south are at war now, and the north is full of civilians and mercenaries who have fled. I got this good thing from the people who fled. This thing cannot be fake!
When I collected them, I was bleeding heavily!"
Chai Anping had a gut feeling that this guy hadn't lied to him, because the energy on this necklace couldn't be faked.
But it was rare to meet an interesting stall owner, so he grinned: "Brother, I'm sure you've been deceived too! Everyone knows that refugees have good things, so maybe there are people dressed up as refugees?"
The stall owner's originally proud expression suddenly became choked with joy.
"If you say that, the business will not be able to continue!"
"Hey - don't worry!" Chai Anping said with a smile: "How about you tell me more about the person selling this?"
"You kid, don't fool me."
The stall owner glanced at him suspiciously, somewhat suspecting that he was here to amuse him.
"I have been honest since I was a child." Chai Anping patted his chest: "When doing business, either you convince me or I convince you. That's what everyone in Pi City says."
"Pilchengo?"
The stall owner sneered: "Those are blood-sucking insects that lie on people's backs and suck blood. I don't want to be that kind of bastard!"
"There is pursuit!" Chai Anping immediately applauded.
"Ahem!" The stall owner gave him a blank look and said, "Seeing that you are sincere, I will tell you the story of this necklace again."
The stall owner's story-telling ability was first-rate. According to him, there were four people in the group of refugees he came into contact with, two men and two women. The man looked like a guard at first glance, and the woman had dark skin and looked like she was often in public. She was probably also a spy.
A guard or attendant, the other has thin skin and tender flesh, and a face so beautiful that it almost turned into a white camel in the desert.
"The woman being protected is probably not yet twenty years old. She can't hide her emotions on her face, and her panic and fear cannot be acted out. I guess she should be the daughter of a tribal chief or elder in the south.
She was wearing a white silk robe, made of high-end material, but it looked very dirty.
This necklace was taken from her neck... Hey, original flavor!"
"Tsk." Chai Anping's expression was hard to explain: "Boss, if you say that, then I will feel uncomfortable."
"Hey, you kid!"
The stall owner glared at him dissatisfied, "How come the tried-and-tested routine doesn't work on you?"
He stopped the topic: "I can't tell you don't like women!
Don’t worry, this thing is very clean. Anyone who carries a sun disk is a believer in the gods. They don’t dare to desecrate the sun disk. They usually have to wipe it three times a day."
"No, boss! If that woman values this thing so much, can she sell it?!"
"Uh-huh……"
The stall owner wiped the non-existent cold sweat on his forehead: "Hey, not all believers are so pious! Don't you understand such a simple truth? Moreover, a penny can stump a hero, and there is no guarantee that people will escape.
I didn’t bring much money with me when I bought it, so I had no choice but to sell it!
Can people still starve to death for their beliefs?”
"I never thought I could give you a round... What you said makes sense!"
Chai Anping laughed happily.
"I've told you everything I need to tell you!" The stall owner became a little annoyed and said, "Are you going to buy it or not? If you don't buy it, walk away quickly, it will affect my business!"
"You haven't finished telling your story yet."
"I collect so many things on weekdays, how can I remember them all clearly?"
There’s only so much I can make up! If I’m really that good, I’m still setting up a stall here?
"Okay, okay." Chai Anping was still smiling, and he took the necklace from the stall owner: "To be honest, we brothers don't know whether this thing is real or fake, good or bad, listen.
I’ve read your story, brother, and I’d be embarrassed if I didn’t buy it.
But don’t cheat me. If you say a number, I won’t talk back. If it works, if it doesn’t work, I’ll leave. How about that?”
When the stall owner heard this, he immediately took a deep look at Chai Anping. This guy looked young, but he was quite thoughtful.
After saying this, if you ask him to raise a price, won't it make him become more aggressive?
If he offers a high price, he will just pat his ass and walk away, and he will be wasting his words in vain.
As long as they are caught in this situation, merchants have only two options: failure of the transaction or earning some reputation.
"As a guest, you keep your word!"
Even so, he still had to compliment Chai Anping while thinking about the appropriate price.
To be honest, he just took the opportunity to pick this thing up and weighed it according to the gold price. He couldn't tell how old it was, but the workmanship cost must be included when selling it.
Plus your own labor costs.
Add some "humanistic" value.
"You look good to me, little brother. I don't want too much, just this amount!"
He changed several gestures with his fingers one after another, and his face was beaming with joy, with a hint of reluctant to give up: "How is it?"
Chai Anping thought about it, and to be honest... with the treasure cave he currently owns, this price is no different from the price of cabbage.
But if you have money, you have money. When it is time to bargain, you have to bargain. When you have no money, bargaining is one kind of mentality. When you have money, it is another mentality.
"That's fine, but I have to give my little brother a pendant to add to his head!"
Chai Anping took out a glazed pendant from a square box.
"Wow, brother, you are quite ruthless when visiting stalls!" The stall owner's face turned green when he saw his actions.
The pendants were indeed the least valuable items on the stall, and he always sold them wholesale.
He glanced around and confirmed that no one was paying attention to their transaction, so he gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Little brother, I will do this business with you, otherwise I will have to die!"
"Ha ha!"
Chai Anping quickly paid for it: “I’ll buy from you next time!”
It was all a scene talk, the two of them laughed and said goodbye, and no one took it seriously, but at least it sounded a lot more comfortable.
Chai Anping put the biggest harvest of the evening into his backpack, thinking about tonight's leak-picking trip, and left the alley without any nostalgia, preparing to find a reliable hotel.
Originally there were several "little tails" behind him, but as soon as his magic power covered his body, those people automatically lost track of him, making it impossible to follow him.
Of course, if they keep up... Chai Anping wouldn't mind giving them a medal.
"The sun disk has fallen for so long, why can this jewelry still react with the energy of the earth?
And this power is very strange, it responds to the earth and the sky...a social butterfly?"
This is the first time Chai Anping has come into contact with the real "power of the gods". He is not sure whether this can be regarded as orthodox, the real source power of the sun disk, but in the subsequent exploration, he may be able to solve these doubts.