Chapter 33: Fake Spirit Stone

  My heart skipped a beat as I clutched the hard object in my hand, hastily retrieving it and opening my palm to reveal a small jade pendant lying quietly in the center of my hand.

  The ring-shaped object that was just put on my finger also revealed its true face, which is a ring. However, the embarrassing thing is that this ring is not made of jade, but rather some kind of wood-like material. To call it a ring would be an overstatement - in reality, it's just a wooden ring the size of a ring.

  My gaze returned to the jade pendant, and the so-called spiritual stone didn't bring me much surprise.

  On the jade pendant was carved a coiled dragon, which originally looked majestic and powerful, but the entire surface of the jade pendant was covered in cracks, as if it would split open at any moment.

  Let's talk about its color, white as jade without a single blemish. This phrase is specifically used to describe beautiful jade, but the color of this jade pendant can't be described as white at all! It's obviously brown. Damn it, I think it looks no different from a stone.

  Add to that full of cracks, I suddenly feel, this is not a flawless white jade, but a black jade full of flaws!

  I couldn't help but say to Mei'er, "Mei'er, are you sure this is the low-grade spirit stone you were talking about?"

  "No!" Mei'er's affirmative answer made me feel at ease, and this broken stone was indeed not a spiritual stone. Thinking of this, I prepared to put that rotten jade pendant back.

  But Mei'er spoke again, and this time it was serious: "Although it's not a spirit stone, it's exactly what I asked you to find."

  "What did you say?" I sighed helplessly and asked in confusion.

  "I've only unsealed two of the tail seals so far, which is why I sensed it incorrectly." Mei'er paused for a moment before continuing: "Although this jade pendant isn't a true spirit stone, it still contains quite a bit of spiritual energy, making it a pseudo-spirit stone."

  Although this thing doesn't look very good, Mei'er also said that there is still a lot of spiritual energy inside, and since the jade pendant doesn't look very good either, it shouldn't be too expensive, right?

  "Boss, I'll take this jade pendant!" Due to the excitement in his heart, his voice was slightly louder than usual. As soon as he finished speaking, a loud noise reached his ears, and it felt like someone had fallen from above.

  "What...what?" Along with the calmness, the boss's voice also came over, sounding a bit dazed.

  I turned around and saw that the boss was lying on the ground, and the stool had also fallen over. It seemed that the sound just now was made by the boss falling off the stool.

  Lin sister smiled with a mischievous grin, whispering in my ear: "Just now when you were picking things, the boss was leaning against the bench taking a nap. You shouted and scared him so much that he fell off the bench! Haha, I couldn't bear it, it's too funny!" She laughed so hard she forgot her elegant image and covered her stomach with her hands.

  Lin's heavy breathing reached my ears, making me feel itchy in my heart. That little summer goods wanted to rise again, and I quickly retreated a few steps. Although Lin's chest was a bit smaller, her face was indeed top-notch! This inexperienced young man couldn't withstand the temptation!

  The boss was fully awake and saw Lin's appearance, his old face actually turned red for a moment, but he quickly recovered and walked over with a smile: "I don't know what you've taken a liking to."

  "Here it is!" I stretched out my hand and handed the jade pendant, which looked a bit sorry to the audience, to the boss. The boss, who was still excited, saw the jade pendant and his face fell directly, apparently this jade pendant wasn't worth much.

  The boss took over the jade pendant, put on his glasses, and exaggeratedly smiled: "You really have a good eye for things!"

  The boss's behavior made him feel a little uneasy in his heart. Damn it! This guy wouldn't be trying to cheat me, would he?

  "This is indeed a Ming dynasty court jade pendant, I didn't expect you to have such sharp eyes at such a young age. Considering you're my first customer, I'll sell it to you for 5,000 yuan!" The boss had an innocent smile on his face, as if I was the one getting a good deal.

  But what does the first customer mean, I won't be the first one to enter his store and buy something?

  "Boss, you can't cheat people like this!" I said somewhat displeased: "Not to mention the quality of the jade, just look at the cracks on it, it's not worth much money, is it?"

  "I thought you had some vision, little brother, but it turns out you're also an outsider!" The boss's eyes were filled with disdain, as if that was indeed the case.

  Since I didn't say anything, the boss continued: "Young brother, you must have heard of Ice Crack Porcelain? This jade pendant and it, are somewhat similar in their ingenuity!"

  You're kidding me! Aren't you just trying to cheat me? So many excuses!

  "Mei'er, can your mind-reading skills hear the inner voice of this boss?" I pretended to be thinking on the surface, but in my heart, I was communicating with Mei'er.

  "Alright, I'll convey the boss's thoughts to your heart right now." As soon as he finished speaking, his voice disappeared, and before long, the boss's voice reached my ears.

  "This kid is so picky, how did he end up choosing this thing? This isn't a good thing at all..."

  The boss's thoughts in his heart all fell into my ears, and this mind-reading technique is indeed amazing.

  But what's even more amazing is the origin of this jade pendant!

  It was learned from the boss's mind that this seemingly weak old man had actually been a grave robber in his youth.

  And this jade pendant was the last deal he made before washing his hands in a golden basin, which was obtained from an ancient Tang Dynasty tomb.

  There were five or six people who went with the boss, but in the end, only the boss came back alive! The rest all lost their lives in that Tang Dynasty ancient tomb. According to the boss's words, there was something unclean inside the tomb. As for what it was, the boss seemed to deliberately avoid thinking about it.

  However, after making such a great sacrifice, what was gained was only that piece of pseudo-spirit stone.

  After he came out, he took the jade pendant to find someone on the road to identify the goods, but he didn't get an answer. He couldn't even know what period the jade pendant was from.

  Even the leader of the grave-robbing world couldn't see anything special about it and only said that this jade pendant was an ominous object.

  After going through this matter, the old boss also had no intention of continuing to do this business. He sorted out all the antiques he hadn't sold before and opened this antique shop. Because this jade pendant was tied to the lives of several partners, throwing it away felt worthless, so he kept it.

  Although the store has opened, business is not very good, and it's hard to meet a customer even in ten days or half a month.

  However, sometimes I also meet one or two people who understand the trade and manage to scrape by.

  Now you see me wearing this jade pendant, you want to kill me with a knife.

  But he didn't know that this jade pendant was a ferocious object, but rather a treasure of the Xiu Zhen realm!

  This jade pendant is a must-have for me, but the price is not cheap, 5,000 yuan. I now have more than 1,300 yuan on my body, including the bank card. Of course, the 500,000 yuan Qin Shou gave me was ignored by me.

  Since he thinks this jade pendant is a bad omen, he must be eager to get rid of it. I can't show that I want it too much, or it'll be hard to bargain the price down.

  I sighed and said helplessly: "Five thousand yuan is too expensive, I'd rather not have it." After that, I turned around.

  The woman beside me, Lin, seemed to be agreeing with me and said: "It looks like your little brain hasn't gotten a fever yet. You're buying gifts for your girlfriend and you buy something so ugly. If she doesn't break up with you after receiving it, that's already good!"

  "What the...! Is this kid's brain sick or something?! He comes to an antique shop to buy a gift for his girlfriend." I didn't lift the mind-reading spell on Meier, so the boss's inner voice was loud and clear to me.

  You're crazy! Your whole family is crazy! She muttered a few curses under her breath and continued walking away without looking back.

  "Hmph, this kid thinks he can compete with me? He's still a bit green. From his excited tone just now, it's clear that he really has taken a liking to this thing. I don't believe he'll actually reject it! Looks like my disguise wasn't good enough after all, and this old man has seen right through me. This ginger is indeed spicy!"

  Can't hesitate, if I stop now, this old man will probably raise the price again, gamble a bit, at worst, I don't want this fake spirit stone!

  With a determined heart, he didn't look back and his footsteps quickened by several paces.

  That old man saw me speeding up and felt uncertain in his heart: "This kid won't really give up, will he? Did I misjudge him? But at that time, he was indeed very excited, let me wait a bit longer."

  This old man actually still bites and doesn't let go, it seems that this time I won't be able to get the fake spirit stone.

  At this time, Lin's voice came over: "I'm telling you, your aesthetic is really too weird, actually being interested in something so broken."

  Lin sister's words, can be said to have come too timely, I deliberately raised my voice, pretending to say helplessly: "I'm just looking at that jade pendant is quite special, you know, now the little girls all like individual things, who knows that broken thing would be so expensive, let's go somewhere else to take a look!"

  "Ah! So that's how it is, I thought this kid had made up his mind to buy it. No way, a deal that's already been agreed upon can't be cancelled!" The boss gritted his teeth and shouted loudly at us, who were still within earshot: "Young fellow, the price is negotiable, name a price and let's consider it a friendly transaction!"

  Haha, even ginger can be overpowered and confused sometimes!

  I turned around and said with a pretended helpless tone: "Not enough for you, I only have 100 yuan on me, it's far from the 5,000 you want!" Sighing, I continued: "I won't take advantage of you, boss, I'll go look somewhere else!" With that, I turned and left.

  When the boss heard that I only had 100 yuan, his expression was wonderful, biting his teeth and saying with a determined face: "One hundred is one hundred, what old horse says will not be easily taken back, this friend I have made up my mind!"

  "Since the boss said so, I won't be polite!" He said and started walking back, while walking, he used his hand to search for money in his pocket, but after searching for half a day, he still couldn't find any.

  The boss's face looked even worse, I dryly laughed twice, suddenly remembered, put all the money in the back pocket of my pants, and reached for it.

  "Ah, what's wrong with this feeling? It's so hard... a phone? That can't be right either, whose phone is this big?"

  I pulled it out and took a look, damn! Brick!