Chapter 56 The Boy Who Bowed to His Master

  Xu Jingkai, who was heavily slammed to the ground, did not reduce his fearful expression at all. Because he fell too heavily, he felt that his entire skeletal system was broken, and his internal organs were also shaken with a burning pain.

  "Cough...cough..."

  After a sudden cough, Xu Jingkai took big gulps of fresh air, feeling as if he had just turned around in the Ghost Gate. A little while later, his originally purplish-red face slowly returned to its original color, looking as if he had encountered a ghost in broad daylight, cautiously staring at Wang Ke without making a sound.

  Wang Ke couldn't see the fear in Xu Jingkai's eyes, but he secretly discovered it. He stood up quietly and walked to Li Ruoxi's side, saying: "Let's go! It's not worth wasting time on these trash."

  Li Ruoxi nodded with a smile, Wang Ke's move was extremely ruthless, but in her eyes it belonged to normal. The robust young men who were struggling painfully on the ground, they had previously held watermelon knives and iron bars against Wang Ke's head, if they hit him, I'm afraid Wang Ke would not die, he would lose half his life.

  Slowly and deliberately, Li Ruoxi pulled out a brand new 10-yuan bill from her wallet and walked to Xu Jingkai's side, saying calmly: "Looking at how pitiful you all are, take this money as your medical expenses."

  After finishing speaking, she threw a 10-yuan note beside Xu Jingkai and never looked at him again. She turned around and walked towards her residence.

  About twenty or thirty meters away from the fighting scene, on a branch of a big tree, an eleven- or twelve-year-old boy sat cross-legged lazily. The boy looked very ordinary, with dark skin and dull eyes, and had a short haircut. If there was one good-looking part, it would be that cherry-like small mouth, which seemed to have been born in the wrong body, on his face.

  His name is Tiezi, an orphan with no father and mother.

  Those eyes that were originally dull and lifeless gradually lit up as a group of robust young men poured out of the two vans.

  Half a minute later, his lazy appearance had disappeared without a trace, replaced by deep shock. He never dreamed that there were really martial arts masters in this world, just like the ones played on TV and movies.

  Watching Wang Ke wanting to leave, Tiezi quickly slid down from the tree and chased after Wang Ke in a hurry.

  "Whoosh..."

  Tiezi's agile figure quickly caught up with Wang Ke and knelt down in front of him without saying a word.

  What is this?

  Wang Ke was stunned and his footsteps stopped instantly.

  A look of confusion appeared in his eyes, and Wang Ke had a bewildering feeling towards the boy who came from behind, suddenly knelt down in front of him.

  Turning his head to look at Li Ruoxi, he found that Li Ruoxi was also looking at him, and her eyes still had an inquiring color. Wang Ke's face showed a bitter smile, and he silently shook his head, indicating that he didn't know what the situation was either.

  "Little brother, what's this?" Wang Ke's gaze fell on Tie Zi's body kneeling in front of him, and he asked in puzzlement.

  Tiezi heavily kowtowed three times to Wang Ke, then looked up at him and said: "I want to ask you to be my master and learn martial arts from you. I just saw what happened when you hit that person, you're so powerful, can you teach me martial arts?"

  Wang Ke was taken aback and couldn't help but laugh, even Li Ruoxi couldn't hold back her smile. The two of them didn't expect that the little boy in front of them actually wanted to become their apprentice.

  The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, Wang Ke shook his head. He was now at a critical moment in learning antiques, artifacts and Feng Shui, where did he have time to take on an apprentice? Moreover, his cultivation had only reached the initial stage of the third level of "Dragon Elephant", not even considered a true master, how could he be worthy of taking on an apprentice?

  "Get up! I won't take you as a disciple, and I don't have time to teach you martial arts." Wang Ke said calmly.

  Tiezi shook his head stubbornly, with a determined glint floating in his bright black eyes.

  Wang Ke glanced at Li Ruoxi and said lightly: "Let's go!"

  Li Ruoxi nodded silently, she was even more surprised by the sudden appearance of this little boy, and directly knelt down in front of Wang Ke to ask for a master, just thinking it was fun, and wouldn't care about any decision made by Wang Ke.

  The two walked out for over a dozen steps before Tiezi quickly scrambled to his feet and caught up with them again, kneeling down in front of Wang Ke with an air of not giving up until he achieved his goal.

  Wang Ke's face showed a bitter smile, he looked at him deeply, and then walked around him to the gate of the Feicuiyuan community in the distance.

  Tiezi's face was filled with loss, this time he didn't chase after and kneel down in front of Wang Ke, but instead quietly followed behind Wang Ke and Li Ruoxi.

  They walked all the way to the entrance of Feicui Garden, and Li Ruoxi, who was following Wang Ke, turned her head and looked back, then whispered to Wang Ke: "That kid is still following us! Don't you really want to teach him martial arts?"

  Wang Ke hesitated, the child's eyes were very pure but also very persistent, his first impression was quite good, but he didn't have much time. If he taught that child martial arts, he would inevitably have to teach him the inner strength and mental method of "Long Xiang" as well. After all, the martial arts moves he knew were all verified by the "Long Xiang" method. If he didn't teach him the inner strength training method, even if he only taught him the martial arts moves, his power would be reduced by at least tenfold.

  As he walked a few steps forward in thought, Wang Ke had an idea in his mind, stopped in his tracks, turned around and beckoned to Tiezi with a wave of his hand.

  "Master, are you willing to accept me?" Tiezi's face was filled with anxiety as he knelt down in front of Wang Ke once again.

  Wang Ke's expression changed slightly, and now he was standing outside the entrance of Feicui Garden Community, where there were many passersby. Tiezi knelt down in front of him, and many people had already turned their heads back with a look of surprise.

  Quickly pulling Tiezi up from the ground, Wang Ke said in a low voice: "Don't move, just kneel down. By the way, I still don't know what your name is? Where do you live?"

  "I'm called Tiezi, I don't know what my surname is, anyway everyone calls me that. I'm an orphan and live near the antique market."

  Wang Ke looked at Tiezi's tattered and worn-out clothes, and silently sighed in his heart. Then he spoke up: "Since you live near the antique market, shouldn't you know of some quiet places around here? Like parks or woods?"

  He pointed to the southwest direction of Feicui Garden Community and said, "There is a People's Park. I know that in the northwest corner of the park, there is a small grove where people are rarely seen because many people have jumped into the lake to die in the past two years. Those who used to go there to talk about love also don't go there often anymore."

  Wang Ke nodded in satisfaction and said: "Alright, from now on, every evening at 7 to 8 o'clock, you wait for me there, I can teach you some martial arts moves."

  Tiezi's face showed a look of surprise, he struggled free from Wang Ke's hand, and once again knelt down in front of Wang Ke, heavily knocking his head several times before getting up and laughing as he said: "Master, I remember, next time I will definitely be on time."

  A moment later, Wang Ke watched as Tie Zi Xing hastily departed, a gentle smile spreading across his face.

  Li Ruoxi's beautiful eyes sparkled with a hint of surprise as she asked, "Why did you agree to teach him again?"

  Wang Ke withdrew his gaze, looked at Li Ruoxi and said: "A child of this age should be eager to learn. If he is willing to learn, I can refuse him once or twice. But if he still persists, it proves that the child's character is not bad, and I cannot discourage his enthusiasm. Moreover, although I teach him martial arts, I need to continue to test his character and perseverance. Only if he really satisfies me will I pass on the method of internal strength training to him. If I am not satisfied, teaching him some martial moves doesn't matter."

  Li Ruoxi smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to think so much."

  Wang Ke touched his nose bridge and didn't mention this topic again.

  Back at the residence, Li Ruoxi made a cup of tea and then called Wang Ke to the living room. She sat down on the sofa and asked: "Wang Ke, can you tell me about antiques and collectibles? And that ritual instrument you mentioned earlier. Oh right, that treasure inkstone you bought before, isn't it also a ritual instrument?"

  Wang Ke took a sip of clear tea and then told Li Ruoxi about the common sense of antiques and artifacts.

  "Judging from what you said, the antique and artifact business has a very high profit margin, but the risks are also considerable. Without sufficient knowledge and a large amount of capital, it's probably impossible to enter this industry." Li Ruoxi thoughtfully stared at the clear tea in front of her, murmuring softly.

  Wang Ke's mind moved, and in this moment he quickly captured the fact that Li Ruoxi's eyes had a kind of eager and impulsive urge, it seemed that she was interested in the antique and artifact business!

  After a moment of silence, he smiled and said: "You're right. If you want to run an antique business, the most important thing is to understand antiques, otherwise even if you have a lot of money, it's not enough to make up for it. Of course, a large amount of capital is also indispensable, otherwise there is no way to purchase goods in bulk. Unless one is a master in the field of antiques, they can only rely on small investments to pick up good deals and make more money. However, this situation is also hard to come by, relying on picking up bargains to get rich is too difficult."

  There was one sentence he didn't say out loud, which was "Unless you can be like me, not only having the heaven-defying cheat of heterochromatic eyes, but also being able to detect the existence of artifacts around through aura sensing".

  Li Ruoxi nodded seriously, then suddenly raised her head and curiously looked at Wang Ke, asking: "The treasure inkstone you dug up today, didn't it cost 500 yuan? I remember you said before that if it's sold, how much can it be sold for? This is also a good deal, right? Can it be bought for 5,000 or 10,000 yuan?"

  Wang Ke suddenly lost his smile, with a hint of pride, he stretched out two fingers and chuckled: "If I sell it, at least this number."

  "Two million? That many?" Li Ruoxi looked at Wang Ke in surprise and said.

  Wang Ke smiled and shook his head: "Two hundred thousand."

  Wow!

  Li Ruoxi suddenly stood up, and her absolutely beautiful face showed an unbelievable glow. Her eyes stared at Wang Ke in a daze, exclaiming: "Two hundred thousand? How is this possible? Something bought for five hundred yuan can sell for two hundred thousand? The profit margin is too terrifying! Did the boss who sold you the magic brush holder not know his goods?"

  Wang Ke waved his hand, indicating for Li Ruoxi to sit down.

  "Don't be so surprised, if that boss knows his stuff, would he sell me a genuine artifact? You should know that every artifact is considered an antique, and antiques are priceless. Let's put it this way, suppose I put two items in front of you, one is a genuine artifact and the other is a handicraft, their shapes are similar, can you 100% confirm which one is the real deal and which one is a fake?"

  Li Ruoxi shook her head and said: "I don't understand antiques and artifacts, so I naturally can't tell which one is real and which one is fake."

  "So, I'd say! Picking up leaks is about using your own skills to discover treasures that others can't recognize and buying them at super low prices. I used 500 yuan to buy a piece of jade worth at least 200,000 yuan, this is picking up leaks, this is what often happens in the antique and jade worlds."