Not long after, the waiter came out with two old people. The old man in white said as he walked,"Why is there still Xuan Yu now? Did you see wrongly?"
When he saw the green jade I placed on the table, he stared at it like the middle-aged waiter and muttered,"It's really Xuan Yu!"
So he walked forward and said to me,"Little brother, can I have a look?"”
I smiled and said,"Boss!" Of course, I was going to pawn it.”
The old man in white said," My name is Ersida. Thank you for calling me Elder Er. You can call me that too!"”
I smiled." Old Er, no problem. Please help me estimate the price!" I need money."
Old Er put on a silk glove and carefully picked up the Xuan Jade. He faced the bright spot outside the door and carefully observed the texture of the Xuan Jade. He gently placed it on the wooden table and turned to another old man to discuss it in a language I didn't understand. I think they were discussing the price in the local dialect. At the same time, I also noticed that the three customers who were originally in the shop were also paying attention to the movements here.
Old Er also noticed the attitude of the other three guests, so he stood up and said to me,"Esteemed guest, please come in. Let's go to the inner hall and have a chat!”
I realized that Old Er and the others didn't have any ill intentions, so I stood up and followed them in. After passing through two corridors, we came to a simple and elegant study. There was a table in the middle. After Old Er and another old man sat down, I followed suit. "Kai Tianying, ask the kitchen to prepare some fruits and immortal drinks to entertain this distinguished guest. You go to the front hall and continue to entertain the other guests."”Only now did I know that the waiter who greeted me outside was called "Kai Tianying". (The "fruit" here is fruit, and the "immortal drink" is wine.)
After the matter was settled, Elder Er said,"Honorable guest, how should I address you?"”
I replied humbly,"Old Er!" You're too polite! My name is Lin Yi, and I'm from another city. Because I ran out of money, I had to sell my valuables! What do you think of Xuan Yu?"
Elder Er: " A priceless treasure. I've only seen mystic jade twice in my life. The first time was sixty years ago. I followed my master to the largest treasure shop in the capital, the Heaven and Earth Treasure Hall, and saw a piece that was less than half the size of yours. It was because Master Qian and my master were good friends for nearly a hundred years that I had the chance to see this immortal treasure. I don't think you can find such a big one even in the king's palace.”
"According to Dojo Master Gan, Xuan Jade can calm one's mind and eliminate demonic barriers. It has an incomparable effect on cultivating martial techniques or immortal cultivators. It's a treasure that money can't buy. Brother Lin, name your price! If the restaurant can afford it, I can agree immediately. If the small shop can't eat it, I can only contact my friends in the capital to see if there are other shops with sufficient financial resources.”
It seems that green jade (also known as mystic jade) is very valuable here. Could it be that it's the same as Earth, where crystals and other cultivation resources are scarce, so even this kind of jade is regarded as a rare treasure? If I take out the jade essence, it'll be strange if I don't scare them to death. Here, cultivation was called cultivation. Although it was somewhat different from what was usually said, it was still the same.
I said,"Old Er, please estimate the price!" As long as the difference isn't too big, I'll treat it as making friends for the first time. What do you think?”
Er Hao's expression was awkward for a while before she said,"Alright then! Since Brother Lin is so generous, how about a million glass coins?”
As soon as Er Lao said that, the expression of the other old man beside him changed. He quickly looked at Er Lao and said,"Big Brother, that's all the property in our shop. Please think twice.”
Elder Er said," Si Ci, the customers trust our shop and that's why they came here. Furthermore, it's a rare treasure. If we miss this opportunity, we won't have the chance to collect this treasure again in our lifetime. Even if Brother Lin is here, I have to tell you the truth. This is a priceless treasure. The reason why I offered this price is because this is all the money I can gather now. I hope that Brother Lin will let me fulfill my wish."”
After I heard this, I couldn't help but scan Er Lao and his brother Ersi's heads with my divine sense. They were all honest people, and the brain waves that were transmitted from their heads matched the words spoken by their mouths. I thought about it and said,"There's a saying that I often say. It's fate that we meet. Since you're so straightforward, I can't appear too shy and stingy. I'll take half, 500,000 glass coins. You can keep the rest!”
"Brother Lin, thank you!" Old Er said excitedly to me.”
Then he turned to his younger brother and said," Si Ci, go and prepare it immediately. There should be enough money notes. Change some of them into zero coins as well. I think Brother Lin will need them."”
Old Er is indeed worthy of being the head of the family. He has thought things through and made me feel that my decision was not wrong, even though this piece of Profound Jade doesn't seem to be that valuable in my eyes!
Elder Er continued," Brother Lin, thank you so much. To be honest, if you were to bring this piece of Profound Jade to the capital and bid 10 million glass coins, I think those wealthy families would still fight to buy it. Especially those immortal cultivators. It would be of great help to them. May I take the liberty to ask how you obtained your mystic jade?”
I said,"I brought this from my hometown. It was passed down by my ancestors. I don't know its true origin.”In order to avoid some unpredictable troubles, I chose not to tell the truth. I was still thinking that since Elder Er was a good person and had such rich experience in appraising treasures, I still pretended to take out the "purple pearl"(of course, the "Kanqing Spell" was not removed),"ginseng"(placed in the green jade box), and "silver cone" that I had previously obtained from the "Celestial Array of Vast Heaven" from my waist pocket and placed them on the small tea table in front of me.
When he saw me take these things out of my waist pocket, Old Er jumped up and pointed at these three things with an expression of disbelief. Then, he stuttered,"Impossible, how is this possible? This, this, this can't be the legendary sacred items of the Soul Devouring Forest-the Deep Orb, the Heavenly River Pearl, and the Silver Demon Shuttle? How could someone tame them and bring them out? Heavens! Was this box still a mystic jade box? It was really too surprising! Brother Lin, is your pouch an immortal brew pouch?”
It turned out that the forest was called the "Soul Devouring Forest", the purple pearl was called the "Yi Yuan Pearl", the ginseng was called the "Heavenly River", and the silver cone was called the "Silver Demon Shuttle". However, he did not know what it was used for, so he had to wait for Old Er to explain. It seemed that there were spatial storage equipment similar to storage rings here. He didn't know how many types there were, but at least there was the "Immortal Brew Bag" that Old Er misunderstood.
I smiled and said,"It should be!" Do you mean the forest south of this city?”
Er Lao was recovering from his shock." Yes, it's a legend that has been passed down for more than 5,000 years among us Pure Eyes people. It's said that the Soul Devouring Forest is full of demons transformed from plants. Due to the traps set up by the immortals outside, ordinary people can't enter at all. Even if they are immortal cultivators with superb abilities, no one can come out after entering. Only in the early stages, more than 3,000 years ago, did a successful Immortal enter and come out again. However, he was seriously injured and almost affected his ascension. From then on, everyone regarded that place as a forbidden place. In the past 3,000 years, no one had ever heard of anyone coming out safely. As for these three treasures, they were recorded as far back as 5,000 years ago. No one knew who recorded them. Even the Immortal from 3,000 years ago only obtained a fist-sized Deep Orb. It was still regarded as the sect's treasure by the sect, the Red Sun Sect. So today, Brother Lin took out these three treasures at once. It was too shocking.”
So that was the case. I continued to ask,"What special functions do these three things have?"”
Old Er looked at me as if I was an idiot. After a pause, he said,"Brother Lin, do you really not know or are you here to test me?”
I smiled,"Old Er, do I look like I'm joking?" I'm a foreigner who accidentally obtained these treasures. If you hadn't just said their names, I wouldn't have known what to call them.”
Old Er said,"Yes! I don't think Brother Lin will make fun of me. The Abyss Pearl was a top-grade fire-attribute treasure. It was like a top-grade immortal stone that could provide an extremely sufficient amount of energy to an immortal cultivator. It was said that under normal use, it could provide three immortal cultivators with a hundred years of use, and their cultivation speed would increase by three times.”
"The Heavenly Tree is the crystallization of spiritual energy. It can be used by people of any physique. A small beard can extend the lifespan of an ordinary person by 30 years, and it can be immune to all diseases and rejuvenate. If we eat the thicker branches, it can double our lifespan, for us Pure Eyes people, with it, our lifespan can reach at least three hundred years, it is an immortal material that everyone dreams of. Those immortal cultivators and sorcerers were even more envious of this. With the Heavenly Blessing, it would not be a problem to refine any medicinal pill. It was said that it was one of the main materials for cultivating divine pills, but the truth was unknown. After all, it was a higher level than immortals. People like us had no chance to even meet immortals, let alone gods!”
The average lifespan of the people of this race was actually as high as 150 years. It was quite shocking. However, he did not know how many days there were in a year. A day should be about 24 hours like on Earth, but the daytime was as high as 16 hours.
Elder Er continued," According to the information, the Silver Demon Shuttle is a top material for refining weapons and armors. However, it's not for people like us. It's for cultivators. It's too extravagant and wasteful to use it on people like us. I don't know much about it. That's all." Brother Lin, this small shop is unable to accept these treasures of yours. I personally estimate that even the Heaven and Earth Treasures Hall in the capital is powerless. Only those exclusive shops that are designed for immortal cultivators and sorcerers can possibly accept these treasures. That's another world, not something we can imagine.”
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