Chapter 64: Skyrocketing Prices

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

  Law enforcement!

  Almost everyone is frantically searching for the existence of the law instrument, dreaming of getting rich overnight. As soon as the two words "law instrument" came out of Xu Jingkai's mouth, the crowd around him immediately focused their eyes on him like a pack of hungry wolves.

  The old man, still holding the artifact in his hand, secretly sighed. As the saying goes, "people become more cunning with age". With the wisdom he had accumulated over half a lifetime, how could he not understand that this young man would never sell him this mid-grade artifact for 50,000 yuan?

  "One hundred thousand yuan, how about it?"

  The old man asked quietly and calmly.

  Xu Jingkai's joy grew more intense, the higher the price this old man gave, the greater the possibility that it was a genuine artifact.

  "Master He, you're a grandmaster in the field of Feng Shui. You can't seriously think that this kind of artifact can be bought for just 100,000 yuan, right?" Xu Jingkai asked while refusing, also carefully probing at the same time.

  The old man fell silent, it was obvious that the young man in front of him had determined that the antique he bought was a fake, and if he wanted to buy it at a cheap price, it would be difficult!

  "Come and see! There are middle-grade magic tools here!"

  A loud shout broke out in the crowd, and almost at the same moment, people around who heard the shout quickly shifted their gaze here, and then they stopped what they were busy with and rushed to gather around.

  In just a minute or two, at least 400 to 500 people gathered here, with three layers inside and three layers outside. Almost all the people on the periphery were desperately squeezing in, trying to get into the middle of the crowd.

  It was like a pot boiling over, and the crowd erupted in a flurry of discussion:

  "Is this really a mid-tier artifact? This guy's luck is too good, isn't it? Dammit, I've been searching for half a day and couldn't even find a ghost of a mid-tier artifact."

  "What does a mid-tier artifact look like? Is it just that antique thing the old man is holding? It doesn't seem to have anything special about it. In fact, it doesn't even look like an artifact, how can it be a mid-tier artifact?"

  "If it's a genuine artifact, that guy is going to make a fortune! The price of a mid-tier artifact is at least around 5-6 million, and if the quality is slightly better, it could be worth over 10 million! And I recall two years ago, someone sold a mid-tier artifact in this antique market for 14 million, a sky-high price!"

  "It's been a long time since I've come across an intermediate magic tool, I must get my hands on it. My store has two magic tools, but unfortunately, there is no intermediate magic tool, I must buy one back to be the treasure of my store."

  "What a stroke of luck! Why didn't I come here to take a look earlier?! A mid-grade artifact, if I can buy one, I'm willing to kowtow eight times in the direction of due north!"

  “……”

  Xu Jingkai, surrounded by the crowd, was overjoyed in his heart and felt extremely pleased with himself. For the past few days, he had been harboring anger due to the miserable outcome brought about by Wang Ke, and not long ago, he had been deceived by Wang Ke once again. As a result, he planned to sneak back to his own store at home and hide for a day or two before thinking of ways to cause trouble for Wang Ke.

  But when he heard about the emergence of a middle-grade artifact, and even several Feng Shui masters who had reached the level of Onmyodo in the antique market felt it at the same time, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. That's why he didn't return to his own shop directly, but instead ran through several streets to find the middle-grade artifact here.

  Because of that bastard Wang, I lost 1.5 million for nothing, but now that I've got this mid-grade artifact, I'll probably make up for all my losses and even earn a fortune!

  Xu Jingkai secretly felt pleased with himself. As the saying goes: "Good fortune and bad luck are intertwined." Now he believed this even more.

  Facing so many praises and admiring comments, he was delighted to suppress the fact that he couldn't identify this as a mid-grade magic tool, satisfyingly enjoying the pleasant feeling brought by his vanity.

  The old man handed the mid-grade artifact back to Xu Jingkai and continued, "This young brother, whether this is a mid-grade artifact or not, I don't dare to be 100% sure. I'm just a humble person with limited knowledge, but I feel that this should be a good artifact, which is why I wanted to buy it. How about this? I'll offer 2 million, if you're willing to sell it to me, we can make the transaction now. If you're not willing to sell it to me, that's okay too, I'm sure there are many people around who would be willing to buy it."

  Xu Jingkai was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but laugh in his heart. This old man had just increased the price by 100,000 yuan at once. This antique must not be an ordinary magic tool, it's probably really a mid-grade magic tool!

  Two hundred thousand, just want to buy out your own intermediate magic weapon, go ahead and have a spring and autumn big dream!

  Xu Jingkai maintained a smile, shaking his head and saying: "I think the middle-grade artifact won't be less than 500,000 to 600,000. He Lao, you're a master of Feng Shui who has reached the level of a Yin-Yang Master, if it were an ordinary low-grade artifact, I believe you would be able to tell at a glance. But now, even you don't dare to confirm, doesn't that just prove that this is absolutely a middle-grade artifact? And it's highly possible that it's already surpassed the middle-grade and become a high-grade artifact! Everyone take a look, a middle-grade artifact, or possibly even a high-grade artifact, do you think 200,000 is enough? Do you think I would sell for 200,000?"

  The crowd around, once again burst into applause.

  "I'll give you 2.5 million, if you're willing, little brother, we can make the deal right now." A loud shout came from the crowd, and a sturdy man with a robust build, who was about five feet three inches tall, squeezed his way to the front with great effort.

  "I spent 2.8 million, even feng shui masters of the highest level said they couldn't see any problems, it's definitely a good item." Another person shouted loudly.

  "This is not easy to say! Maybe this looks like a magic weapon, but it could be a fake. However, since we've encountered this situation, I'll reluctantly get involved. I'll offer 3 million, if you're willing to sell it to me, then we can make a deal. If you think the price is not enough, then forget it."

  Xu Jingkai was over the moon, in just two minutes, the price skyrocketed, and before he knew it, it had reached 300,000. 300,000! And he had only spent 10,000 yuan himself! This was a profit of thirty times his investment!

  Moreover, he can feel that this price will definitely continue to rise, and even the amount of increase will not be small.

  Satisfied with his gaze, he swept a glance around him, and suddenly, his face changed color, because he found Wang Ke in the crowd.

  At that moment, his expression became even more arrogant. Looking at Wang Que's eyes, they were also filled with disdain and contempt. He even let out a cold hum with his nose, then loudly shouted: "Not selling! Not selling! A price of 30 million for this mid-grade or possibly high-grade artifact? How is that possible?! Is there no one willing to offer an even higher price?! If not, I'll take this high-quality artifact and leave!"

  "Four hundred thousand! If this is really a mid-grade artifact, I'm willing to pay four hundred thousand."

  "Four hundred and fifty thousand, but I need to hold it in my hand and take a good look. Spending so much money, can't buy fake goods."

  "Four hundred eighty thousand..."

  "Five hundred thousand..."

  “……”

  The crowd gathered around, seemingly like a pack of wolves, each one proudly raising their neck and loudly quoting prices.

  "Seven hundred thousand. My grandma, this day is not over yet! I've bought this mid-grade artifact, and after doing business for so many years, I still haven't seen a mid-grade artifact before. Even if it's a loss in the end, I'll accept it, just consider it as buying a mid-grade artifact to broaden my horizons." A middle-aged man with a big beard shouted loudly after the bidding voices gradually decreased.

  At this moment, the boss of the stall that sold Xu Jingkai the artifact had an ashen face, looking extremely unpleasant, as if he had just lost his own father. He felt a strong sense of regret, which was almost overwhelming him like a tidal wave.

  How did I go blind and sell a mid-grade artifact for only 10,000 bucks?!

  Damn it!

  Damn it!

  When the middle-aged man with a big beard shouted out "seven hundred thousand" price, he slapped himself twice in the face, with a sense of regret and unwillingness, his soul lost and he shrunk back.

  Standing in the crowd, Wang Ke clearly saw Xu Jingkai's arrogant expression towards him, as well as his contemptuous look. The price of 7 million was even more shocking to him.

  However, he was also filled with doubts in his heart, because he really wanted to know what the difference was between intermediate and primary magical instruments, and how this level was distinguished.

  Just after using the heterochromatic eye, Wang Ke wanted to use the heterochromatic eye again to investigate the mid-grade artifact in Xu Jingkai's hand, but he didn't know if it could be used now.

  Even if it can be used, what will be the consequences in the end?

  After struggling in his heart for a while, he decided to give it a try after all, because he really couldn't control that strong curiosity.

  For Xu Jingkai's provocative gaze, Wang Ke directly ignored it, controlling the true energy to flow quickly into his eyes. Suddenly, that piercing pain was like the first time he used his heterochromatic eyes, the stinging sensation made him subconsciously close his eyes, and even so, tears still escaped from his eye sockets and slid down his cheeks.

  His body was trembling slightly, and at this moment, the fingernails of all ten fingers were deeply dug into his palms.

  Hang in there!

  He was raging in his heart, because he knew that if he couldn't endure this tearing and aching pain, using the heterochromatic eye would fail, and the answer he wanted at the bottom of his heart could not be obtained.

  Time seems to be passing very slowly!

  Now he really has this feeling, although it's only three or four seconds of time, the needle-like pain has eased a lot, but he still feels like he's living through the years.

  He covered his face with both hands, and after the tears finally stopped falling from his eyes, he quickly wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeve. His gaze suddenly fell on the mid-grade artifact in Xu Jingkai's hand.