flstandardbreds Chapter 136
Chapter 136
After entering the antique and jade market in Tangwu City, Chen Xuan did not immediately go looking for the materials needed to refine the formation.
That thing can only be obtained by chance; you can't force it.
Before long, Chen Xuan arrived at a Buddhist and Taoist supplies store that he had visited with the old Taoist priest before.
I remember the old Taoist priest bringing me here twice; the prices were fair and the items were legitimate.
"Master, what would you like to choose?"
The owner was an honest-looking middle-aged man, and judging from the statues on the altar in the shop, he was a devout believer.
Chen Xuan nodded and listed the items he needed, and the shopkeeper hurriedly went to fetch them.
Incense, paper, brushes, ink, cinnabar, etc., are all things commonly used in Taoist temples and Buddhist temples. They rarely go down the mountain. As the abbot, Chen Xuan also has to take care of the household's firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea.
After paying, Chen Xuan walked into the nearby jade and antique market amidst the boss's farewell.
The antique and jade market is divided into small stalls, and some merchants who have goods on hand also set up stalls and sell their wares.
Chen Xuan glanced at them and shook his head slightly, because with his eyesight and understanding of the general principles of weapon crafting, he knew that almost all the antiques and paintings on the hundreds of stalls in front of him were fake. The rest were either artificially aged or completely modern handicrafts.
"This family's treasured sword, passed down through generations, is being sold at a rock-bottom price in Geneva because the boss and his mistress absconded with the money and they can't pay wages!"
"Come and take a look! It's an ancestral jade seal, guaranteed authentic. My wife was hemorrhaging during childbirth, and I urgently need to save her life!"
"Maps and calligraphy from Warring States period tombs, only 20 yuan each, plus a free explanation of the meaning of the calligraphy and painting!"
……
Chen Xuan's eyes twitched as he heard the vendors' cries.
After passing through the antique stalls in the pit, Chen Xuan entered a relatively large place with an open canopy.
People came and went, stopping at each stall to pick up stones and play with them, shining bright lights on them to examine them—they looked so strange.
When Chen Xuan closed his eyes and opened them again, his pupils had turned golden.
"Boss, how much for this rough stone?"
The stall owner was a bald man, and I don't know if it was because he was grown up and rough, but there was no one in front of his stall.
Seeing the raw stone in Chen Xuan's hand, the bald man didn't even bother to get up and greet him, casually saying, "If you really want it, it's 50 yuan."
Through Chen Xuan's golden eyes, one could even see the internal structure directly through the surface of the raw stone.
This pebble-sized rough stone did not contain any precious jade as commonly known, but it was a refining material that Chen Xuan needed.
"it is good."
Chen Xuan didn't even lower the price; he simply took out his phone and scanned the QR code to pay.
Upon receiving the transfer, the boss immediately perked up, realizing he had struck gold.
If we don't rip them off badly, it would be a waste of the 200 yuan stall fee for the day.
"Hey bro, is there anything else you need? Don't worry, although my rough stones aren't from Moxi Sha and can't be mined into jade, I do have other top-quality stones. Just last month, a guy bought one casually, and guess what? He went from a bicycle to a Porsche in one go! It broke my heart."
Chen Xuan nodded in agreement as he listened to his boss's exaggerated fabrication of the story, saying, "Yes, yes, yes."
Chen Xuan looked over and was slightly disappointed, because apart from the piece he bought that had value as a refining material, there was nothing else that caught his eye.
Seeing Chen Xuan shake his head and try to slip away, the boss also wondered if his impromptu story was a bit too far-fetched.
"Don't worry, I'll tell you, everything on this stall is what I had left over from selling before. If you're really interested in selling, we have some new stock."
Chen Xuan had already turned and taken a few steps when he heard this, so he turned back to look at the bald man and asked, "Where's the goods?"
Seeing that Xiaobai had indeed taken the bait, the bald man bent down and picked up a snakeskin bag from under the stall.
"Come, come, don't leave yet. I, Baldy, guarantee that everything here is brand new and just arrived."
As the bald man poured out a whole snakeskin bag of raw stones, Chen Xuan glanced at it and saw that there were indeed some, and they were even better quality than the one he had bought before.