InvincibleConnoisseur

Chapter 64 The Soaring Price

What were the most sensitive words in today's antique trading market?

They were magic weapons!

At present, almost all the people were crazy about finding magic weapons, dreaming of finding undervalued treasures and growing rich overnight. Hearing that Xu Jingkai said the words "magic weapons", those people around all fastened their eyes on him, just like hungry wolves.

That old man who held that magic weapon in his hand sighed inwardly. As an old saying went: Ages made people astute. With the wisdom he had accumulated for most of his life, he did know that it would be impossible for this young man in front of him to sell this middle-level magic weapon to him at fifty thousand yuan.

"What about one hundred thousand yuan?"

That old man asked tonelessly without any changes of his expression.

Xu Jingkai felt more delighted because the higher the price this old man in front of him offered, the more likely it was a genuine magic weapon.

"Mr. He, as a famous geomancer, you don't think that one can buy such a magic weapon for one hundred thousand yuan, do you?" Xu Jingkai turned down that old man while carefully trying to sound out him.

That old man fell silent. Obviously, this young man in front of him firmly believed that the antique he had bought was a magic weapon. Therefore, it would be difficult to buy it at a cheap price.

"There's a middle-level magic weapon. Come and have a look!"

Someone shouted in the crowd. In an instant, all the people who had heard that shout quickly looked over there almost simultaneously. Then, they all stopped what they were doing and quickly gathered around there.

Only in a minute, at least four to five hundred people had gathered there. They were packed like sardines, and almost all the people in the outermost ring of the crowd were squeezing desperately, trying to get into the middle.

This caused a sensation. The excited crowd were talking about this. People said,

"Is it a genuine middle-level magic weapon? How lucky this guy is! D*mn it! I've been looking for a middle-level magic weapon very hard for a long time but haven't seen any."

"What does a middle-level magic weapon look like? Is it that antique in that old man's hand? It's nothing special, right? It doesn't even look like a magic weapon. How could it be a middle-level magic weapon?"

"If it's a genuine magic weapon, that guy will be rich. A middle-level magic weapon is worth no less than five to six hundred thousand yuan. If it is of better quality, it might be worth more than one million. By the way, I remember that someone sold a middle-level magic weapon in this antique trading market two years ago. That magic weapon was sold at a sky-high price of one million and four hundred thousand yuan!"

"I haven't met a middle-level magic weapon for a long time. I must buy it. Though I have two magic weapons in my shop, I don't have a middle-level one. So, I must take it and make it the key highlight of the collections in my shop."

"What a stroke of luck he has! Why didn't I come here and have a look before? If I could buy a middle-level magic weapon, I'll be willing to kowtow towards the north eight times to show my thanksgivings!"

"..."

Surrounded by the crowd, Xu Jingkai felt rapturous and complacent. He had accumulated great anger these days due to the tragic consequence caused by Wang Ke. Not long ago, he was trapped by Wang Ke. Then, he dejectedly planned to hole up in his family shop for a day or two and try to find ways to give Wang Ke some trouble later.

However, when he heard that there was a middle-level magic weapon on the market and knew that it was several geomancers of Yinyang Master in the antique trading market who felt its existence together, his heart immediately palpitated. Thus, he did not go back to his family shop directly but went across several streets to here to find the middle-level magic weapon.

He thought, "Previously, I suffered a loss of one hundred and fifty thousand yuan because of that j*rk surnamed Wang. Now with this middle-level magic weapon, I could not only make up for the loss but also make a big profit, couldn't I?"

Xu Jingkai felt pleased with himself. He was more convinced of one old saying that fortunes and misfortunes were neighbors.

Hearing other people talking about this with compliments and envy, Xu Jingkai directly chose to bury the truth in his mind that he was not able to identify whether or not this was a middle-level magic weapon. He just contentedly enjoyed the pleasant feeling resulting from his vanity.

The old man gave the middle-level magic weapon back to Xu Jingkai and then said, "Young boy, I am not absolutely sure whether this is a middle-level magic weapon. As my ability is inferior and my knowledge limited, I could only know that this is a good magic weapon. Therefore, I want to buy it. Well, I offer two hundred thousand yuan. If you're willing to sell it to me, we can make the deal now. If not, it'll be OK. I believe many people here want to buy it."

Xu Jingkai thought for a moment and then chuckled inwardly. He thought, "This old man gives a one-off price increase of one hundred thousand yuan, which means that this is not an ordinary magic weapon. Maybe it is indeed a middle-level magic weapon!"

He thought, "He wants to spend only two hundred thousand yuan buying my middle-level magic weapon? What a pipe dream!"

Keeping smiling, Xu Jingkai shook his head and said, "I believe that a middle-level magic weapon is worth no less than five to six hundred thousand yuan. Mr. He, as a famous geomancer of Yinyang Master, you must be able to tell if it is an ordinary initial-level magic weapon. However, even you're not sure about it now. That's enough to convince you that this is indeed a middle-level magic weapon, right? Or maybe it is more than a middle-level magic weapon. It might be a high-level one! Everybody, tell me. Do you feel that two hundred thousand yuan is enough for a middle-level magic weapon, which might also be a high-level one? Do you think I will sell it at two hundred thousand yuan?"

There was another uproar in the surrounding crowd.

"I offer two hundred and fifty thousand yuan. Young boy, if you think it's OK, we can also make the deal now." A shout came from the crowd. It was from a sturdy man who finally squeezed into the crowd with all his strength.

"I offer two hundred and eighty thousand yuan. It must be a fairly good thing as even a geomancer of Yinyang Master could not tell it." Another person shouted.

"It's hard to tell. Maybe it just seems to be a magic weapon but actually a fake one. However, since I encounter this, though I'm a little reluctant, I'd like to involve myself in this. I offer three hundred thousand yuan. Young boy, if you're willing to sell it to me, let's deal now. If you think the price is too low, then we just forget it," said another big middle-aged man.

Xu Jingkai burst with joy. In just two minutes, the price had skyrocketed, reaching three hundred thousand yuan in a twinkling. The price had reached three hundred thousand yuan! How much had he spent buying it? He had spent only ten thousand! The profit would be fully thirtyfold.

Besides, he could feel that the price would further go up considerably.

He glanced around with satisfaction. Suddenly, he was shocked because he found Wang Ke in the crowd.

Immediately, Xu Jingkai's expression became prouder. He looked at Wang Ke with disdain and even made a cold nasal hum. Then, he shouted, "No. No. How could it be possible for you to buy my middle-level or even high-level magic weapon for only three hundred thousand yuan? Will anybody offer a higher price? If not, I'll just take this high-level magic weapon to leave."

"Four hundred thousand yuan! If it's indeed a middle-level magic weapon, I'd like to offer four hundred thousand yuan."

"Four hundred and fifty thousand yuan. But I need to have a careful look at it so as to avoid spending a lot of money buying a fake one."

"Four hundred and eighty thousand yuan..."

"Five hundred thousand yuan..."

"..."

The people around all craned their necks and offered their prices loudly, like satyrs who had just eaten some philter.

"Seven hundred thousand yuan. D*mn it! I would try my best to buy that middle-level magic weapon. Though I have run my business for so many years, I haven't seen a middle-level magic weapon. I'll buy it even if I end up getting some loss. At that time, I could think that I just bought a middle-level magic weapon and widened my horizon." A middle-aged man with a big beard rolled up his sleeves and shouted when other people's voices of making offers gradually faded.

At that time, the stall owner who had sold that magic weapon to Xu Jingkai looked bad with a pale face. He was like having lost his father, feeling like weeping but having no tears. He was almost overwhelmed by feelings of regret.

He thought, "Am I blind? How could I have sold a middle-level magic weapon? And I sold it at only ten thousand yuan?"

Sh*t!

D*mn it!

When that middle-aged man with a big beard offered a price of seven hundred thousand yuan, that stall owner soundly slapped his own face twice. Then, with unwillingness and regret, he shrank back slightly in despair.

Wang Ke in the crowd saw Xu Jingkai's look of conceit as well as his disdain for him clearly. He was also shocked at the price of seven hundred thousand yuan.

However, he was also full of doubts because he wanted to know the difference between middle-level and initial-level magic weapons and the basis of the classification of different levels.

Wang Ke wanted to use the extraordinary vision again to have a look at that middle-level magic weapon in Xu Jingkai's hand. However, as he had just used it before long, he was not sure whether he could use it again at that time.

Even if he could use it, what consequence would he suffer?

After a mental struggle, he finally decided to have a try as he could not suppress his curiosity.

Wang Ke directly ignored Xu Jingkai's provocative look. He made his spirit energy quickly flow into his eyes. Suddenly, he suffered a prickling feeling, just like what he had suffered the first time he used the extraordinary vision. This feeling made him close his eyes subconsciously. Even so, his tears poured out, rolling down his cheek.

His body trembled slightly. At that moment, he even made his ten fingernails sink deeply into his palms.

"Hold on!"

He was roaring inwardly because he knew that if he could not bear the piercing pain, he would fail the use of the extraordinary vision and could not get the answer he wanted in his mind.

Days wore on like years!

He did have such a feeling at that time. Though it only took three to four seconds for the prickling feeling to reduce, he still thought it was a long time, having a feeling that days wore on like years.

He covered his face with his hands. Finally, when no tears fell from his eyes, he quickly wiped the tears off his face with his sleeves and directed his gaze at the middle-level magic weapon in Xu Jingkai's hand.