Wang Ke came to the stall and picked up a blue and white porcelain plate. Judging from the texture, this plate should be from the late Ming Dynasty.
This plate was very beautiful and magnificent with sixteen medallion landscape designs. Eight big medallion landscape designs depicted bamboo and floral patterns and eight small medallion landscape designs depicted jade necklace patterns. The overall sense of hierarchy was clear and in the center of the plate was the pattern of mandarin ducks in a lotus pond.
This blue and white porcelain plate looked good at first sight. But on closer inspection, Wang Ke noticed something wrong.
The brushwork of mandarin ducks with lotus pond pattern in the center of the plate was immature and the composition was a little distorted. The overall color appeared to be gray and the luster of the glaze was dim.
It was a fake.
Wang Ke sighed lightly and put down the plate.
The stall owner had been watching Wang Ke. He thought Wang Ke was a layman. But when he saw Wang Ke's face as he put the plate down, he knew he was wrong.
Were young people really something these days?
The stall owner was a little confused.
Wang Ke checked several antiques, but they were all fakes. He knew that genuine antiques are hard to find on Antique Street. If there was a genuine one, it would have been bought by some other experts.
It was not as easy as it seemed.
"Which one do you like, dude? Don't worry. My store has a good reputation and reasonable prices."
After seeing Wang Ke check several antiques but still not satisfied, the stall owner asked him.
Wang Ke put down the porcelain bowl he just picked up and asked helplessly, "Do you have anything really good?"
The good things meant genuine antiques. Wang Ke, who had been in Antique Street for half a year, wouldn't be stupid to say this word directly. If you mentioned this word, you would give the boss a bad reputation. It was very offensive.
"Good things?"
The stall owner was shocked at first and then said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be an expert, dude. Fine, I'll show you the good things!"
While the stall owner was picking up things, Wang Ke ran his eyes over the antiques again. He had just checked them out, but now that he was free, he could brush up on the knowledge of antiques. Anyway, these were all fakes.
Halfway through, Wang Ke felt a sharp pain in his eyes again. The pain was worse and lasted longer than usual this time.
The sharp pain made Wang Ke roar inwardly and his whole body trembled slightly.
Why was it hurting so much?
The after-effects should be over soon. Why did it last so long this time?
What Wang Ke worried about now was not his eyes but whether he would be hurt to death!
He was in so much pain that it had been more than he could handle.
He couldn't sit around without doing anything like this!
Wang Ke clenched his teeth and forbore the pain to gather the spirit energy in his body around his eyes slowly.
He did it only to relieve the pain. The pain would be relieved with improved blood circulation, so the pain must be caused by a blockage in the blood. Spirit energy had the effect of dredging meridians and activating collaterals, which could ease the pain.
He had no time to consider the consequences of gathering the spirit energy, he had to give it a shot.
With the spirit energy gathering in his eyes, just when he felt a severe pain coming, the pain in his eyes abated a lot.
What was going on?
It surprised Wang Ke, and then he was pleased. Could spirit energy really relieve pain in the eyes?
As he thought of this, he gathered more spirit energy around his eyes immediately. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the pain did abate.
Haha! He didn't have to worry about the d*mn pain anymore.
Wang Ke had just been through hell and now he felt like he was in heaven. How could he not be excited?
Emm?
Wang Ke raised his head and looked at a bronze toad in surprise.
The bronze toad had only three legs, and the Big Dipper was engraved on its back. It held two strings of copper coins in its mouth and Tai Chi on its head. Its feet were on the ingot and the copper coin with the words "Money and Treasures Will Be Plentiful". It was a very common bronze toad symbolizing wealth, but Wang Ke saw a wisp of white smog on its back, and the smog around was gathering towards it.
What was going on?
Where did this smog come from?
What was this smog?
Wang Ke looked at it in shock. He felt that the white smog was not the same as the spirit energy in his body. The spirit energy had a powerful impact, while the white smog was very soft, and you couldn't even feel that. If you didn't look carefully, it was easy to mistake it for smoke from burning incense.
Wang Ke was so confused that he couldn't help looking at the other place of the stall. Among the several antiques in front of him, only a jade Pi Xiu was covered with white smog.
If all the antiques were covered with smog, he might wonder if there was something wrong with his eyes. But now there were only two! What was going on?
At this time, the stall owner straightened up and took out a Golden Arowana, and asked Wang Ke with a mysterious smile. "How about this one?"
Wang Ke was now so focused on the white smog that he didn't see the stall owner's triumphant expression at all. He just nodded perfunctorily.
Seeing that Wang Ke was not very interested, the stall owner smiled mysteriously again and said, "Don't look down upon it, dude. It's a magic weapon! So brilliant!"
Magic weapon?
Wang Ke became interested suddenly. He had only heard of magic weapons but never seen them.
There were three kinds of magic weapons. The first one was formed by absorbing natural energy in a perfect location. The second was the one that the geomancers wear around or spend a long time to make. The third one was blessed by eminent monks. Any one of them could change the Fengshui of a place, making a person or a shop rich or unlucky.
The first and third were rare. After all, magic weapons are hard to form naturally and eminent monks wouldn't consecrate magic weapons casually. What was more, there were not that many eminent monks. So these two kinds of magic weapons were barely noticed and hardly believed to exist. Wang Ke didn't believe it either.
The second kind of magic weapon was more. Countless talents and geomancers appeared during the five thousand years of Chinese history, and much of what they made and wore close to their bodies had been preserved.
But the number of such magic weapons was only relatively large.
Wang Ke took the Golden Arowana and observed it carefully for a while. He didn't find anything unusual, so he asked the stall owner doubtfully, "How do you know it's a magic weapon?"
"How could I not know? Heh. I've asked the abbot of Puzhao Temple to consecrate it. Of course, it's a magic weapon."
The stall owner answered with a smile.
Consecrated?
Had it been consecrated?
It didn't seem to make a difference.
Wang Ke was even more confused. He looked for a while, but he still couldn't find anything unusual. Then he put the Arowana down and looked at the bronze toad. He was shocked and asked the stall owner, "What is this? Why did you put it in a special place?"
"About that..."
The stall owner answered triumphantly. "My stall is not big, but this is the top-one. This bronze toad is a real magic weapon! It cost me an arm and a leg to get it back. I'm counting on it to make my living!"
"Is this a magic weapon, too?"
Wang Ke was surprised when he heard this, and he thought of the smog on the bronze toad immediately. Was this something unique to the real magic weapon?
If so, then that jade Pi Xiu should also be a magic weapon?
He got excited at the thought of it. Could he really tell what the real magic weapon was?
Just then Wang Ke felt dizzy suddenly and his body went limp automatically. It was lucky that he caught himself in time, or he would have fallen to the ground.
Wang Ke checked his body quickly and found that there was very little spirit energy left in his body.
What was going on?
Why was so much spirit energy consumed?
"Are you alright?"
The stall owner saw the young man in front of him suddenly fainted and asked him at once. The stall owner didn't want him to faint in front of his stall, because it was too unlucky!
Wang Ke waved his hand to show that he was fine. He looked up at the bronze toad and suddenly saw that the white smog was gone. The same thing happened to the jade Pi Xiu.
Was it...
Wang Ke thought of a possibility suddenly that made him extremely excited. Did he have special powers?
Focusing spirit energy on his eyes allowed him to see the real magic weapon, but it would take a lot of spirit energy. There was no other explanation.
A blessing in disguise!
His eyes had the special power to see the real magic weapons, making it easy for him to find magic weapons in Antique Street! Wang Ke was very excited at the thought of this.
But he was still not sure. What if it was not? It would all be in vain for him. So he decided to buy the jade Pi Xiu. He had given up on the bronze toad because the stall owner wouldn't sell it.
The stall owner was relieved when he saw that Wang Ke was fine. At this moment, someone else came to the stall and the stall owner left Wang Ke behind to greet other guests. It gave Wang Ke time to check the jade Pi Xiu carefully.
Wang Ke took the jade pendant without hesitation. As soon as he touched the jade pendant, a cool feeling came over him, which made him so delighted just like in spring breeze.
Wang Ke was so surprised. He had seen many antiques for half a year, but it was the first time he had felt like this.
He lowered his head and looked carefully at the jade Pi Xiu in his hand. The Pi Xiu was carved in the middle of the jade pendant. The carving technology was not good and it looked very rough. The texture of the jade pendant was not good. It was not transparent and looked very shabby, and it felt like it had been reworked.
An expert could tell that the jade pendant was fake at a glance. But when he turned the jade pendant over and saw the back, he was stunned.
This drawing process dated from the Ming Dynasty!?
Wang Ke's pupils were constricting rapidly and his breathing became rapid. He didn't believe what he was seeing.
Did he really find the treasure!?
The drawing process was a method of carving or cutting in the jade making by using soft thread as a tool in ancient times. The production of jade required a long time of repeated polishing, coupled with a long time, which would make the jade drawing place have a thick coating and the surface would be frosted. But the imitation jade did not have these two phenomena. This was the way to judge the age of the drawing process of jade.
The drawing part of this jade Pi Xiu not only had a thick coating but also had a frosted surface. The most important thing was that it accorded with the characteristics of the drawing process of the Ming Dynasty: uninhibited, the direction and angle of the drawing process were varied. Narrow crevices were polished with an emery wheel and there were half-moon-shaped polishing marks in the hollow-out part.
What a stroke of luck!
Even if it was not a magic weapon, it must be a real antique!
Wang Ke became excited immediately. After careful observation, he understood why no one had a fancy for this jade.
Because the person who counterfeited this jade also thought it was fake, so he added a new coating. At first, the jade pendant looked like a real antique, but it would look even more fake as time went by.
Otherwise, he would never have seen the jade pendant!
But why did such a good jade pendant give him this feeling? Was it really a magic weapon?
Wang Ke was more confused, but at the same time, he was more certain that he had superpowers.
"How much is this jade pendant, sir?"
Wang Ke held the jade Pi Xiu and asked the stall owner.
"So? Do you like this jade pendant?"The stall owner saw Wang Ke holding the jade pendant and asked with a smile."It looks good. I want to buy it as a toy for my nephew. Name your price."Wang Ke didn't even blush when he lied. To survive in this society, he must learn to be shameless."Five hundred yuan. The price is fixed."The stall owner replied firmly."Come on, man! Are you serious? How dare you ask five hundred yuan for a jade pendant of this quality?! Believe it or not, I can buy a better jade pendant at another stall for fifty!"Wang Ke didn't expect the stall owner to charge so much! How could he have the cheek to say that his prices were very reasonable?!He didn't believe that the stall owner knew that the jade pendant was genuine. Otherwise, this jade pendant wouldn't have been placed in such an insignificant position."Then what price can you accept?"
After a long pause, Zhao Menfeng sighed and said, "It's a fake.""What?!"Zhou Bapi collapsed. He couldn't believe what he heard.How could this be a fake?He spent a lot of effort and money to buy it. How could it be fake?He dared not accept it, and he couldn't accept it. So he looked at Zhao Menfeng and looked forward to the explanation."It's indeed a fake."Zhao Menfeng said regretfully, "It's very imposing and exquisite in workmanship, but it's indeed a fake. This is neither an antique nor a magic weapon, just a nice craft. Alright, I have fulfilled my promise. Goodbye."After Zhao Menfeng said that, he stood up and walked toward the door. Zhou Bapi hadn't yet recovered from the shock....Wang Ke went into Shangbao Pavilion and looked around. He saw all kinds of magic weapons on the shelves. There was a feeling of magnificence and wealth, and it's
He paid attention to those three genuine antiques wholeheartedly. However, what made him disappointed was that because of no smog gathering, those three genuine antiques were not real magic weapons. The use of extraordinary vision was time-limited. Besides, he could feel that the number of times of his using it in a day was also limited. At a time, he could use it for around five to eight seconds. Then the spirit energy would be cut off. There were only two or three seconds left. He had to save the chance. Wang Ke took saving as a principle. Now that those three antiques were not magic weapons, he did not have to waste his spirit energy and the time he could spend on the extraordinary vision. He felt prickling pain. After the spirit energy being cut off, he had a blackout. Quickly covering eyes with his hands, he did not put them down until the pain was relieved. He glanced at Sun Ming with pink eyes. He thought t
The appearance of the Buddha statue was lovely. In Wang Ke's extraordinary vision, there was smog flowing in the air. Wang Ke had a feeling that the smog might want to get rid of the statue and come into his eyes when he looked at it again.The cool and pleasant feeling replaced the pain, and the feeling was maintained for only about two seconds. Then Wang Ke felt dizzy again. Suddenly the prickling pain appeared.He instantly covered his eyes with his left hand. Wang Ke did not show his emotion. He still presented a cool and peaceful face. However, inwardly he was full of joy.It was a magic weapon!Was it true that he found a magic weapon again?How could he be so lucky! Such precious magic weapons could be found by him twice in one day. Was god making him lucky to appreciate his handsome appearance and kind characteristics?Thinking that happily, Wang Ke put down his hand. He looked up to Li Daqu
"If you need assistance within my ability, I will spare no effort." It took Liu Gang one hundred and fifty thousand to buy the Buddha statue. Liu Gang was full of satisfaction. After all, the profit of selling the statue would be around ten thousand. Though he was a manager and a valuator here, the share could be handsome.Wang Ke smiled, and he said, "The old saying goes that common fame is seldom to blame. I came here twice in one day to sell magic weapons. If anyone else knows that, it will have a bad effect on both me and our corporation. In a word, I want you to keep the secret for me."Liu Gang listened to him. And he thought higher of the young man.He did not pursue fame but wealth.He was awesome!"No worry. What happened today will only be known by you and me." Liu Gang laughed.The two men did not expect what was happening on the first floor of Shangbao Pavilion.In the last
The gain was always followed by pleasure. With the joy of the harvest, Wang Ke said goodbye to Liu Gang and then headed towards his rented residence.The two magic weapons he accidentally obtained were sold for a total of two hundred and fifty thousand yuan. After transferring fifty thousand to his parents, he now had two hundredthousand left in his bank account.Two hundredthousandyuan!This was a huge amount of money for him who was used to being poor.He was thinking about whether he should rent a better place to live. Because the house he was renting was in a dilapidated courtyard with eight cottages, two of which were occupied by the landlord and his family, and the rest were rented out."Luckily that guy's got some sense in him, or I'd drive him away too. He's a young man though. He could do nothing but lock himself in his room after coming back every day. I bet Wang Ke can do nothing but eat and drink."
Along with the deafening music, the yenta was howling with her husky voice. If she sang well, it would have just been fine for others to listen, but she was wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves, which was causing dull pain to the eardrums and nausea in the stomach.Wang Ke would like to say, “It is not your fault to sing, but it is wrong to sing in such a heart-rending and piercing way that you severely affect the lives of others.”"What's wrong? Make it quick! I have to dance!" The door was pulled open with force. The yenta twisted her slightly bloated waist and shouted at Wang Ke with an impatient look on her face.Wang Ke looked at her with an indifferent expression and said, "Can you turn down the music? It's so loud that it affects our lives.""F**k off! I'm in my own house. I can do whatever I want. If you don't like it, move away." The yenta rolled her eyes and shouted.Wang Ke was secretly annoyed
In the elegantly decorated VIP room on the second floor, Wang Ke was quietly drinking the fragrant tea made by the clerk, and his travel bag containing the tripod incense burner was placed on the soft sofa beside him."Haha! Wang Ke, your coming has graced our Shangbao Pavilion! No wonder it was the magpies on the branches that woke me up this morning. Every time you come, you make me overjoyed! What kind of treasure have you brought today?" The door of the VIP room being pushed open, Liu Gang walked in with a hearty laugh.The next moment he entered the VIP room, he cast a glance over Wang Ke's travel bag.Wang Ke stood up with a smile and said, "Still a magic weapon."A magic weapon?Liu Gang had become almost desensitized to Wang Ke's stimulation. So after Wang Ke mentioned the magic weapon, Liu Gang was able to keep calm."Come on, let me take a look. As the saying goes, ‘Difficult the first tim