After breakfast, Lin Qin and Lin Hai went to the famous antique street in Three River City.
The history of the Antique Street was almost as long as that of Three River City. The buildings were also the oldest, and the owners of the shops had changed many times. Of course, most of them were inherited by their fathers and passed down from generation to generation.
Walking on the street, Lin Qin was overwhelmed by the goods in the shops on both sides.
Lin Hai, who was beside him, said," The Antique Street is usually accompanied by opportunities. There was once someone who bought a high-grade spirit stone with ten taels of silver. In the end, he sold it to a grandmaster realm martial artist and earned more than two million taels of silver. He didn't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life.”
Lin Qin smiled. He knew about this as well. Spiritual stones were divided into four grades, namely low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and top-grade. The difference between each grade was very large. Under normal circumstances, a medium-grade spiritual stone could be exchanged for 50 low-grade spiritual stones, and a high-grade spiritual stone could be exchanged for 50 medium-grade spiritual stones. In other words, a high-grade spiritual stone was equivalent to 2,500 low-grade spiritual stones, which was 250 taels of silver. It was enough for an ordinary person to live peacefully for ten lifetimes.
"Come, let's go take a look at the Juxuan Hall.”Lin Hai pointed at the Antique Building 20 steps ahead.
Lin Qin nodded his head. Juxuan Hall was a thousand-year-old shop on the antique street. It had the most extensive connections. A huge bronze bell in the middle of the hall was its signboard. At that time, the head of the Lin family wanted to buy it, but he was rejected. Later, the matter was settled. It was said that Juxuan Hall had a very powerful background. Even the Lin family had to think twice before touching it.
After crossing the threshold, no one came to greet them. Everyone was busy with their own business.
Lin Qin and Lin Hai didn't mind and walked in.
What entered his sight was a huge bronze bell that was as tall as three people. Its color was green with a hint of gold, and its shape was round and unified. There were many ancient characters engraved on its surface, and they were all different. It was difficult to imagine how it was constructed. The bronze bell was placed in a stable manner, as if it could support the sky and set the pole, bringing a huge shock to one's soul.
Lin Qin took a deep breath. The last time he was here was four years ago. At that time, he wasn't very sensible. He didn't feel much when he saw the giant bronze bell. He only felt that it was very imposing. Now that he saw it, his soul seemed to be trembling, and his lively true qi showed signs of stagnation.
Lin Qin turned his head to look at Lin Hai. Seeing that he was indifferent, Lin Qin felt strange but didn't say anything.
"Go to the second floor! The first floor is filled with small toys." Lin Qin suggested after looking around and seeing that there were no antiques that he liked.
"Yes, the antiques on the first floor are no different from other antique shops.”
The two of them walked side by side and arrived at the simple and elegant second floor.
Compared to the first floor, there were very few people on the second floor. Including the shop assistants waiting at the side, there were only 15 or 16 people. It seemed extremely empty.
However, those who could reach the second floor were all wealthy. After all, the most ordinary antiques on the second floor would cost nearly 1,000 taels of silver. As for whether they would earn or pay, it depended on their luck.
"Tsk tsk, this stone figurine has at least several hundred years of history!”Lin Hai was attracted by a stone figurine that was as tall as a person and covered in cracks.
Lin Qin gave it a glance and lost interest. He separated from Hai Lin and walked to the other side.
At this moment, someone had already chosen an antique that he liked. However, this antique surprised Lin Qin.
"Waiter, tell your manager that I want this wooden rack. No matter how much it costs, it's not a problem.”The person who spoke was a fat man. He had a rich face and was dressed luxuriously and exaggeratedly. All his fingers were covered in rings. He looked like a nouveau riche who had just become rich. He seemed to be impatient.
The shop assistant was depressed. Why did you want the wooden shelf for the antiques? Aren't you deliberately making things difficult for me? "Alright, I'll go ask. Please wait a moment."”
"Hurry up and come back." The fat merchant waved his hand and stared at the wooden frame, afraid that it would run away.
Lin Qin found it funny, but he, who had always been calm, began to reflect on himself. He couldn't judge a book by its cover. There might be something mysterious about this wooden rack.
After thinking about it, he looked at the wooden frame with all his attention and released his soul power.
Weng!
A layer of invisible ripples seemed to bloom in the air and slowly seeped into the wooden frame, searching meticulously. As long as there was anything special, Lin Qin would be able to sense it.
Eh?
"This wooden shelf actually contains a spirit stone. The Yuan Qi contained within is dozens of times that of a low-grade spirit stone. From the looks of it, it must be a middle-grade spirit stone, equivalent to 50,000 taels of silver. However, how did this fatty detect it? Or perhaps he just wants this wooden shelf and has no other intentions.”Lin Qin was bewildered. However, a mere fifty thousand taels of silver was not enough to tempt him. With his current strength, it was easy to earn money. Of course, spending money was even easier.
The shopkeeper of Juxuan Hall hurried over and said to the fat merchant with a smile,""Sir, are you sure you want this wooden frame?”
The fat merchant rolled his eyes." Name your price!”
The shopkeeper extended a finger." Ten thousand taels.”
"Good, very cheap. My father-in-law should like this ancient wooden frame very much.”The fat merchant did not even frown as he took out a gold note worth a thousand taels from his storage ring.
"It's good that you like it. Xiao Li, quickly help the guest clean up the wooden shelves.”The shopkeeper took the gold bill and instructed the shop assistant beside him.
Lin Qin was speechless. If what the fat merchant said was true, then he really didn't see anything special about the wooden rack. It was only used to please his father-in-law. The shopkeeper also didn't know where he got this wooden rack and used it as a decoration on the second floor, so he didn't lose out.
It seemed that there were too many strange things in the Juxuan Hall, so it was no longer strange.
Shaking his head, Lin Qin walked past them.
There were too many antiques on the second floor. There was a half bronze mirror covered in rust, a pitch-black vase, cloth from an unknown era, and even more damaged armor and weapons, such as chain armor, steel armor, Qiqiao Linglong armor, long knives, broken spears, broken swords, bent iron rods, meteor hammers with missing chains, and so on.
Releasing his soul power, Lin Qin looked at the items one by one. His eyes were as calm as water.
Finally, the only thing that caught his attention was the meteor hammer. If it was restored to its original appearance, its value would not be lower than the treasured saber in Lin Qin's storage ring, and might even be higher.
It was a pity that the broken meteor hammer had lost its sharpness and after thousands of years of erosion, it had no spiritual energy. If he brought it back, it could only be used as a decoration or an antique. He could not use it. This was something Lin Qin could not accept.
Lin Qin put down the meteor hammer and was about to leave.
Suddenly, his gaze fixed on a pitch-black seal on the wooden shelf. This seal looked rusty and had no appearance at all. Its surface was dull and unremarkable. He did not know how many years it had been hidden here and was unknown.
Lin Qin picked up the seal and observed it for a while. Then, he urged his soul power to permeate it.
"Hahaha…"
A desolate and vast ancient voice rushed into Lin Qin's mind. In an instant, Lin Qin felt as if he had arrived in ancient times. The world was chaotic, and only laughter could be heard.
"What's going on?" Lin Qin cut off his soul power, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Lin Qin had only recently discovered the ability to use his soul power to detect objects. The difference between it and his spiritual power was that his soul power could detect deeper and not just on the surface. Otherwise, he would not have noticed that there were middle-grade spirit stones hidden in the wooden shelf.
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