Chapter 1511 Spirit Stones
Chen Xuan understood what was going on, and his curiosity was satisfied. However, this matter was temporarily unrelated to him, so he obediently remained a bystander.
No, he did have some conflict with Rick Antiques. He just hoped Rick Antiques wouldn't trouble him further, otherwise, he wouldn't mind making Rick Antiques disappear from the scene.
"Shijie, I want to buy some jade. Can you take me to see them?"
Chen Xuan said.
Upon hearing this, Tian Shijie excitedly said, "I'll take you there, it's just ahead." Kanshu
Soon, led by Tian Shijie, they arrived at a winding small path.
The path was originally wide, but due to the numerous stalls and customers, it became very crowded.
Around them, various stalls were dazzling with all sorts of jade and emeralds, and a large portion of them were rough jade stones.
"Brother Xuan, this is where they mainly sell jade. All the top-grade jade is here. If you can find better jade elsewhere, I'll treat you to a meal today." Tian Shijie said confidently, with his hands on his hips.
Chen Xuan walked over and glanced at them, then shook his head slightly. He then extended his divine sense and examined all the jade stones. Still unable to find the spirit stones he needed, he showed a disappointed expression.
If there were indeed spirit stones, the World Tree's nose would be sharper than a dog's; otherwise, it would have urged him to find them long ago.
"What's wrong, Brother Xuan? Aren't any of them to your liking?"
Tian Shijie was slightly taken aback.
Chen Xuan shook his head, "No."
Tian Shijie pointed at the stones on the stalls and said, "That piece of jade is white marble, very expensive. That one is Chicken Blood Stone, extremely rare, and... "
Chen Xuan shook his head again, "None of these are what I need. Why don't you take me to see the cheaper jade?"
In Chen Xuan's opinion, spirit stones might not necessarily be high-end jade; they could also be ordinary jade.
"Huh? You want to see ordinary jade too?"
Tian Shijie was startled.
"Too? Who else?"
"It's my distant cousin. I just took him to see the expensive jade, and he didn't like it either, insisting on seeing ordinary jade. Do you all like to find hidden gems?" Tian Shijie was bewildered.
Chen Xuan couldn't help but glance at this Liu Yu more.
Could it be that this person was also looking for spirit stones?
Does this mean he is also a cultivator?
"Then let's go see the ordinary jade," Chen Xuan said with a smile.
Liu Yu also nodded slightly.
Led by Tian Shijie, the group arrived at the area for ordinary jade. The atmosphere here was completely different from the previous place; it was very calm. There were only a few people looking around, seemingly hoping to find a bargain, but everyone knew that there were hardly any bargains to be found here.
"This is it. You can look for yourselves."
Before Tian Shijie could finish speaking, Chen Xuan and Liu Yu approached the stalls to examine them.
Liu Yu looked extremely seriously and meticulously, afraid of missing any piece of jade. Chen Xuan was different; as if he had found his target, he strode towards a stall and finally stopped in front of a shabby old man's stall.
On the stall were seven or eight broken pieces of jade. To call them jade was more like calling them broken stones chiseled from the mountains.
However, Chen Xuan could feel that one of these pieces of jade, like the spirit stone, possessed extreme energy.
The reason he could find the spirit stone in an instant was that as soon as he approached this area, the World Tree had already told him where the spirit stones were.
"Sir, how much is this stone?"
Chen Xuan pointed to a stone next to the spirit stone.
"One million!"
The shabby old man said directly.
When Tian Shijie heard this, he was furious, "What kind of broken stone is this? Even twenty yuan would be too much, and you dare to ask for a million?"
"How much I want is my business. If you're not buying, don't speak."
The shabby old man opened his wine gourd, took a sip, and said drunkenly.
"You..."
Tian Shijie wanted to say more, but Chen Xuan stopped him.
Chen Xuan pointed to that spirit stone and asked, "Then how much is this stone?"
"One million!"
"Will you sell it for one hundred thousand?"
The shabby old man's mouth twitched. Others named a price, and you countered!
"One hundred thousand? Isn't that too much?" Tian Shijie whispered.
"One hundred thousand is about right. Sell it or not?"
Chen Xuan asked with a smile.
"Can you increase the price a bit?"
"Then eighty thousand..."
"Alright, one hundred thousand it is!"
The shabby old man dared not say more; if this continued, the price would only get lower.
"Deal!"
Chen Xuan immediately transferred one hundred thousand yuan to the shabby old man. The old man took the money and ran off!
"Brother Xuan, something terrible has happened! That shabby old man ran away. He must have sold you a fake and is afraid you'll trouble him!" Tian Shijie was extremely anxious. WΑp.kanshu伍.net
Chen Xuan's expression changed. Could it have been swapped?
He quickly took out that stone and found that it was indeed that spirit stone, not swapped. He was slightly relieved.
"He probably had something to do."
"Uh..."
Seeing Chen Xuan so calm, Tian Shijie also calmed down.
At this moment, Liu Yu walked over dejectedly.
"Cousin, did you get anything?" Tian Shijie asked.
"No."
Liu Yu shook his head, "What about you guys?"
Tian Shijie looked at Chen Xuan and said, "Brother Xuan just bought a stone, but its quality is very ordinary."
To test Liu Yu, Chen Xuan took out the spirit stone again and said, "It's this one."
Upon seeing this spirit stone, a cold glint shot from Liu Yu's normally calm eyes, "A good thing!"
"I also think it's a good thing," Chen Xuan said meaningfully.
"Are you guys feverish? How can you tell this is a good thing?"
Tian Shijie was completely baffled. He looked at the spirit stone for a long time but couldn't find anything good about it.
Of course, he couldn't tell that the reason this spirit stone was good wasn't something that could be discerned by the methods used to appraise antiques and jade.
"Brother Chen is too amazing. I need to hurry too."
Liu Yu said, and then he also rushed to search, but with no success.
After that, they went to other stalls but still had no success. It could be seen that such spirit stones were not common in the antique market. It wasn't that they were rare, but rather that such things were not considered good merchandise.
"Brother Chen, are you interested in going somewhere together tonight?" Liu Yu suddenly asked.
"Where to?"
"The black market!"
"Black market?"
Chen Xuan had been to a black market before, but that was when he was in Jiangnan Province. He had never been to the black market in Kyoto.
"Yes, as far as I know, the black market might have the stones that both you and I need," Liu Yu said with a smile.
"Okay! Then let's go to the black market together tonight."
Chen Xuan immediately agreed. Even if he hadn't agreed, the World Tree wouldn't have allowed it.
"You guys are going to the black market? What a pity. Tonight I have to accompany my grandfather to visit someone, so I can't go with you. It's truly a shame." Tian Shijie said with a look of regret.
The black market, as the name suggests, was a market that only opened at night. The items sold there, regardless of their origin, and many things not circulated in the market could be found here.