Qiu Yihe's eyes flashed with a fiery glint, and he gritted his teeth, "Fine, you want to buy it, you can. Ten million, not a penny less!"
"Are you robbing me blind? I'm just buying this to prop up a table leg, do you think I'm a rich fool?"
Lin Feng feigned displeasure, his face darkening. He didn't want this jade talisman to attract too much attention from Qiu Yihe.
"Yeah, Old Qiu, aren't you deliberately ripping off my brother-in-law? Be a bit cheaper!"
Tang Pinliang chimed in. Since Lin Feng favored something, it was bound to be extraordinary.
Perhaps there was something hidden in this wood!
"It's ten million, take it or leave it! And Young Master Liang, your words won't change anything!"
Qiu Yihe's face turned red with anger, completely disregarding Tang Pinliang.
"Fine, then you keep it for yourself!"
Lin Feng left without looking back.
Seeing Lin Feng walk away so readily, Qiu Yihe became even more convinced that Lin Feng was playing a trick on him.
An idea struck him, and he grabbed Tang Pinliang, who was also about to leave. "Young Master Liang, why don't you buy it and give it to your brother-in-law? He'd surely be happy!"
"Old Qiu, I'd love to buy it, but I don't have that much money with me!"
"Then how much do you have?"
Elder Qiu's old eyes lit up as he saw Tang Pinliang falling into his trap.
"I only have five hundred in my pocket!"
Tang Pinliang held up five fingers, contemplating whether to ask Tang Wan for five million to buy it.
To his surprise, Qiu Yihe readily agreed, "Good, five hundred yuan it is, deal!"
Qiu Yihe inwardly sneered, thinking how Lin Feng would curse Tang Pinliang, that utter idiot, when he saw this.
"What?! You sold it to me for five hundred yuan?"
Tang Pinliang was a bit surprised. He had intended to say five million, but this old man sold it for five hundred yuan? This was definitely not anything good!
No wonder Lin Feng left without even considering it. So this thing was just a piece of rotten wood, not even worth ten yuan!
"No, I don't want it anymore, sell it to someone else!"
After thinking it through, Tang Pinliang was unwilling to even spend five hundred yuan. He didn't want to be the fool!
"No, once bought, it's final. No returns, no exchanges!"
Qiu Yihe grabbed Tang Pinliang's hand and refused to let go.
"Alright, I'll give you the five hundred yuan!"
Tang Pinliang had no choice but to reluctantly take out five hundred yuan.
"Young Master Liang is indeed a straightforward person. Here's your item!"
Qiu Yihe, with a smile, handed the piece of rotten wood to Tang Pinliang.
Seeing this, Lin Feng returned, quickly snatched the jade talisman from Tang Pinliang's hand, and couldn't help but praise, "Little Liang, you did great!"
"Brother-in-law, don't praise me. I spent five hundred yuan on this thing, like a complete idiot."
Tang Pinliang couldn't be happy at all.
Lin Feng smiled without a word. Let alone five hundred yuan, even five million or five hundred million wouldn't be enough to measure the value of this jade talisman!
Especially when he held it, Lin Feng could clearly feel the true qi within him boiling, as if stimulated by something.
Clearly, this jade talisman was the item his mind had hinted at!
"Haha, you little brat, look how happy you are. Buying a piece of rotten wood for five hundred yuan, only you could do something so stupid!"
Qiu Yihe couldn't help but mock. Lin Feng tried to trick him, but in the end, he was the one who was tricked!
Hong Liju, who had been silent all along, didn't think Lin Feng's actions were foolish. He could tell that Lin Feng genuinely wanted this item.
"Mr. Lin, does this table mat perhaps have any special characteristics?"
Hong Liju couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Elder Hong, to others, this might be a piece of rotten wood, but to me, it is a priceless treasure!"
"I can't explain the specifics, let's go to the inner hall first to choose antiques for you!"
Lin Feng put away the jade talisman, preparing to try and refine and absorb the energy within it later.
Seeing that Lin Feng was unwilling to say more, Hong Liju wisely didn't press further.
The three of them arrived at the entrance of the inner hall. Hong Liju presented a golden entry ticket, and the three easily entered the venue.
Before them was a large hall, already filled with many influential figures and the wealthy, including numerous descendants of prominent families.
Lin Feng and the other two found a few empty seats. After they sat down, the venue staff handed the three a small booklet.
The booklet contained information on the various antiques to be featured at the antique trading fair, including their minimum starting bids!
Lin Feng glanced at it briefly. The antiques looked good. The one Hong Liju wanted to purchase was a Nine Dragon Bronze Ding.
According to the booklet, this Nine Dragon Bronze Ding was an item from the Shang Dynasty, and it was the only one of its kind on the market.
"Mr. Lin, what do you think of this bronze ding?"
Hong Liju asked with a smile.
"It's hard to say. I need to see the actual item to be sure."
Lin Feng vaguely felt that this ding was a little unusual, but based on the picture alone, he couldn't give a final judgment.
"Then I'll trouble Mr. Lin to lend me your discerning eye."
Hong Liju smiled warmly, placing great trust in Lin Feng's abilities. He had recently heard a lot about Lin Feng's exploits.
Especially how Lin Feng had accurately identified the authenticity of the Tang Yin Ladies painting at the Tang family, an eyesight that was indeed rare in this world!
With a few minutes left before the trading fair officially began, Lin Feng, having nothing else to do, quietly took out the jade talisman and held it in his palm.
Then, he began to circulate the Heaven and Earth Creation Art to refine and absorb it.
As expected, as true qi was injected, the jade talisman immediately became scorching hot, and a powerful energy surged from Lin Feng's palm directly towards his dantian!
He had actually broken through to the second level of Qi Condensation!
This bottleneck that had troubled him for so long was finally overcome thanks to a jade talisman!
Feeling the crimson true qi in his body become even more robust and surging, Lin Feng was filled with excitement and joy.
At the first level of Qi Condensation, his strength was already enough to defeat Liang Tiancheng and others.
Now that his strength had advanced to the second level of Qi Condensation, let alone Liang Tiancheng, he dared to challenge even more formidable opponents!
Just as Lin Feng was immersed in the joy of his breakthrough, the trading fair, with an announcement from the host, officially commenced.
The first antique was a pure white jade vase produced by genuine Ru kiln.
This vase, on an ordinary auction, would undoubtedly be the grand finale. However, at a trading fair of this caliber, very few people bid on it!
Clearly, in the eyes of the descendants of prominent families, a vase held no interest!
Ultimately, this Ru kiln white jade vase was purchased by a wealthy individual for one million yuan.
The second item was a piece of calligraphy and painting by a famous person. Although it had more collection value than the first item, not many people bid on it either.
On the contrary, the third item, the Nine Dragon Bronze Ding that Hong Liju was interested in, attracted much attention.
The Nine Dragon Bronze Ding symbolized power and status. Hong Liju had chosen this antique because it was to be given to his elder brother, and it perfectly matched his elder brother's status and temperament.
The starting bid was ten million yuan!
As the auction began, several descendants of prominent families immediately joined the bidding!
"Eleven million!"
"Twelve million!"
"Thirteen million!"
"Twenty million!"
Amidst the continuous bidding, a man in a white suit stood up and directly raised the price to twenty million.
Most importantly, as this man stood up, many descendants of prominent families instantly fell silent.
It wasn't that they were intimidated by the twenty million price tag, but rather by the man's identity!