InvincibleConnoisseur

Chapter 57 Xu Jingkai Provoked Wang Ke Again

Li Ruoxi smiled bitterly and shook her head. She sighed, "I didn't expect that a successful attempt at finding undervalued treasures would have such a big gain. Five hundred yuan invested for a profit of nearly two hundred thousand yuan. This is simply terrific. On the other hand, you're right. If one does not have true abilities, the chance of successfully finding treasures is lower than the chance of winning a five million lottery. It seems that this profession really has such a high requirement for personal abilities. You need to study for decades to be able to learn the skills, right? It's extremely hard to make money by finding undervalued treasures!"

Speaking of this, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration. The excitment in her eyes surfaced again as she closely observed Wang Ke. She asked, "Aren't you still following the seniors in the antique world to learn about antiques and magic weapons? How can you be sure that the inkstone you bought for five hundred yuan must be a magic weapon? Are you really capable of finding undervalued treasures on your own now?"

Wang Ke was speechless about this question. He was reluctant to tell others about his extraordinary vision, not even Li Ruoxi. But he really didn't know how to answer this question.

After a moment of hesitation, Wang Ke smiled. He even put on a smug look on his face as he laughed, "Do you know how geniuses are born? I am the best example. Even the senior who taught me about antiques and magic weapons said that my talent was unprecedented. It's only natural for me to find undervalued treasures once in a while! Believe it or not, within half a month, I can do it again."

Li Ruoxi was amused by Wang Ke's answer. She rolled her eyes at him and scolded him with a smile, "Well, I would never believe you."

Wang Ke was dazed. The delicate smile on Li Ruoxi's face was like a blooming flower, and a sentence from a poem suddenly came to his mind to describe the smile on Li Ruoxi's beautiful face.

"As she turned back and smiled, she charmed the world. Beauties from all palaces thereby lose their color."

Wang Ke bit the tip of his tongue hard before coming back to his senses from her stunning beauty. He shook his head with a bitter smile and said helplessly, "Li Ruoxi, do you know what they mean by beautiful women are the source of trouble?"

Li Ruoxi raised her beautiful eyebrows. The smile on her face slowly fainted and she asked thoughtfully, "What do they mean?"

Wang Ke laughed bitterly, "This sentence is used to describe women like you. To be honest, I thought my willpower was strong enough, but I couldn't help but lose my mind just now. I still remember a poem I learned when I was in school: There is a beautiful woman in the north who is unique and independent. A city would fall for her when she casts a glance, and a country would fall for her if she looks again. You look like a heavenly angel, which is a disaster to people and country."

"Wait! A disaster? Are you complimenting me or undermining me?" Li Ruoxi blushed. If it had been someone else who said this, she would have thought that they were flattering her. However, it was Wang Ke who said it, so she somehow felt it was insincere.

Wang Ke laughed out loud and looked at Li Ruoxi's angry but delicate face. He then hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "I see that you seem to be interested in antiques and magic weapons. Do you want to dabble in this area?"

Li Ruoxi hesitated for a moment. She silently thought about it for a while before nodding, "Yes, I do have this plan. You know that I haven't found a job, and I can't just wait at home and do nothing! However, I'm afraid that it'll be difficult for me to achieve anything with antiques and magic weapons in a short period of time."

Wang Ke laughed and said, "No rush then! From now on, if you don't have anything to do, you could read more books about antiques and magic weapons. If there is anything you don't understand, just ask me. Although I won't always understand everything either, I have a great teacher."

A hint of gratitude flickered through Li Ruoxi's eyes. She then nodded and said, "I got it. I will read more about it in the future."

The next morning, Wang Ke said goodbye and left after he finished studying with Zhao Menfeng.

After a casual lunch at a restaurant in the antique trading market, he rushed towards the stall where he bought the magic weapon yesterday. It had been less than twenty-four hours since yesterday, so he believed that magic weapons should still be there in the two stalls where he felt the spiritual energy yesterday.

"Hey, dude! You came again! What things are you going to buy today?" The stall owner looked at Wang Ke with a bright smile. He looked more enthusiastic than yesterday.

Wang Ke laughed and said, "I probably will buy something I like today, but you can't deceive me. There's a long way ahead of us. If you have cheap things, I will come more often."

The stall owner patted his chest and laughed, "Don't worry! It's definitely a good deal buying things from me. And you're a regular customer of mine, so the price will be very reasonable."

Wang Ke nodded with a smile and glanced at the goods in the stall.

He concentrated and held his breaths. He felt spiritual energy fluctuations within ten meters around. Although the concentration of spiritual energy was not as thick as yesterday, it was still enough to prove the existence of magic weapons in the two stalls around him.

After controlling the rapid flow of spirit energy into his eyes, Wang Ke used his extraordinary vision to quickly scan the items he didn't see yesterday.

On a rusty copper bell, a white airstream was slowly roaming. Two seconds after Wang Ke looked at it, the white airstream stopped flowing as if wanting to break the b*****e of the copper bell and rush towards his eyes.

Wang Ke was pleased and quickly cut off the spiritual energy flowing into his eyes.

Taking a few steps towards the neighboring stall, Wang Ke reached out to grab the antique next to the copper bell. He'd better not grab the treasure he found directly. Otherwise, the stall owner would definitely raise the price high when he realized that Wang Ke liked it.

Whoosh!

A big hand quickly grabbed the antique that Wang Ke was about to get next to the copper bell.

With a sneer on his face, Xu Jingkai grabbed the antique in his hand. He then shot Wang Ke a provocative look and turned to the stall owner, calling out, "I want this one. How much?"

The stall owner looked at Wang Ke and Xu Jingkai with an odd expression. He keenly caught the provocative look that Xu Jingkai had just shot at Wang Ke, which made him excited.

After some deliberate hesitation, he looked at Wang Ke and smiled bitterly. He said, "Well..."

Xu Jingkai looked impatient and he said loudly, "You can just name the price. My family also runs a business in this antique trading market, so we are peers. As long as you do not trick me, anything is fine."

Wang Ke, who was standing beside Xu Jingkai, looked annoyed. In his heart, he felt lucky that he didn't intend to grab the bronze bell, the magic weapon. Otherwise, it would have been snatched by Xu Jingkai already.

He even regretted that he only dislocated Xu Jingkai's two wrists by stepping on them yesterday. Had he known that this b*st*rd still dared to provoke himself, he should have cracked his two wrists.

There was an unwritten rule in the antique world that no one else was allowed to immediately compete with whoever had gotten his hands on an antique or magic weapon first. Unless he couldn't afford it, only then could others bid for it.

Moreover, when they were making a deal, you could not throw yourself in it. Otherwise, it would be against the rules and it was considered a provocation to others.

Wang Ke was infuriated and looked at Xu Jingkai icily. Looking at his arrogant look, he really wanted to beat him up hard.

Inhaling deeply, Wang Ke suppressed the anger in his heart. The antique held in Xu Jingkai's hand was the one that he had intended to pick up and observe. However, Xu Jingkai suddenly appeared out of nowhere while he was not paying attention and snatched the antique. This was also provoking.

So he felt that there was no need to be polite. Since Xu Jingkai provoked him first, he had to make a counterattack as well. He slowly loosened his tightly clenched fist as he thought of a better way than punching this b*st*rd.

"You saw what just happened. I saw the item first and was ready to pick it up and buy it, but he suddenly popped out and provoked me. This is against the rules. I had a hard time finding a good treasure, and I used my knowledge to find out that it is a magic weapon. You can't pretend not seeing this injustice."

Wang Ke shouted with an irritated look. Although he was talking to the stall owner, he couldn't hide his interest in his eyes towards the antique that Xu Jingkai was holding in his hand.

A magic weapon?

The stall owner was slightly stunned and suddenly changed into a jocund expression. He was just considering whether to take advantage of the conflict between them and raise the price and now he learned that the antique turned out to be a magic weapon. This... This was a big gift from God, right?

The stall owner's lips trembled. He did not hesitate to nod and shouted, "Yes, you indeed picked this item up first. This is a very good magic weapon, and I only have one magic weapon on this stall!"

Xu Jingkai froze. He did not expect what he held in his hand to be a magic weapon. Was what Wang Ke said true?

He tightened his grip on the antique and turned his head to look at Wang Ke who was full of anger and eagerness. He quickly calmed down, trying to sense any fluctuations of spiritual energy around him.

He was now a Qi Master, so naturally, he was able to feel the wave of the spiritual energy of magic weapons around.

If Wang Ke was telling the truth and what he was holding was a magic weapon, he would be able to detect the surrounding spiritual energy by observing it. But if Wang Ke was lying, what he was holding was definitely not a magic weapon.

Ignoring the overzealous stall owner and sparing no look at Wang Ke who was anxious, he felt the spiritual energy seriously.

After nearly a minute, a look of surprise appeared on Xu Jingkai's face, because he noticed the wave of spiritual energy around. Then, there was a high probability that a magic weapon was around him.

Was he holding a magic weapon?

His eyes widened and were glowing with an unbelievable look.

The reason why he had grabbed what Wang Ke was looking at was not to find undervalued treasures to make money but to deliberately provoke Wang Ke.

What happened yesterday was still vivid in his mind. He lost all his face, and then he was beaten up. Even his wrist joints were dislocated by Wang Ke. If his father had not known an experienced doctor who was very skilled in medicine and asked this doctor to heal his dislocated wrists, he would have still been rolling around and howling on the ground!

He knew that Wang Ke was ruthless, but what he did was provocative yet not direct, so he was convinced that Wang Ke wouldn't beat him up again. If he dared to do so, the manpower he arranged would call the police immediately. In three or five minutes at most, Wang Ke would be taken into a police car.

This was purely an unexpected gain!

Xu Jingkai looked up at the stall owner and said in a deep voice, "That's not right. I also know that this is a magic weapon because I have long observed it and been interested in it. We have rules in the antique and magic weapon world, don't we? Whoever gets his hands on it first and talks to you about the deal is the most qualified to haggle. Now that I have it in my hands, I think you would understand, right? Name your price! If I think it's worth the price, I'll buy it. If not, you can negotiate with someone else."