Chapter 65: Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow

  In Wang Ke's line of sight, on the mid-grade artifact in Xu Jingkai's hand, a faint white mist swirled around like smoke, forming an indistinguishable wind and water array. The pattern of the wind and water array was also surrounded by a thread of white gas at this time, giving off an illusory feeling that made his heart feel as if it was being drawn in.

  Wang Ke could clearly see that the white gas on this object was at least ten times more concentrated than the white gas contained in the chair in his hand.

  "Huh?"

  Wang Ke's mind suddenly shook, because when he used his heterochromatic eyes, after the white airflow wrapped in smoke and fog stopped flowing, around this white gas, there were actually several red halos, and through the white gas, Wang Ke found that the white gas also contained a hint of red light.

  What's going on?

  How can there be red in white gas? What kind of spirit exists?

  His heart was slightly trembling, and his mind was filled with a sense of being at a loss.

  Hsss...

  Three or four seconds later, he suddenly gasped in a mouthful of cold air. The true energy flowing into his eyes, even under his control, was cut off. That kind of faint and powerless aftertaste lingered in his mind.

  A sharp pain came again, Wang Ke subconsciously closed his eyes and covered them with his hands.

  A few seconds later, he quietly wiped away the water marks on his face and looked at the mid-grade artifact in Xu Jingkai's hand again.

  He couldn't understand why the spiritual energy contained in this artifact was mixed with red, when all the artifacts he had identified before contained only white spiritual energy.

  Is the color of spiritual energy contained in the intermediate law device different from that in the primary law device?

  Wang Ke's mind flashed with this idea.

  Xu Jingkai, who was very close to Wang Ke, looked down at the mid-grade artifact in his hand with a brighter smile on his face. He had originally felt that he had found a mid-grade artifact and Wang Ke wasn't around, which made him feel a bit regretful, so he couldn't mock him or strike him down. But heaven was being kind to him, and it just so happened that Wang Ke had also arrived here, how could this not make him feel comfortable?

  He raised his head again, and found that there was no one around him shouting prices anymore. He didn't feel anxious in his heart, but instead turned to look at Wang Ke, carefully looking at Wang Ke with a contemptuous gaze. Only then did he sneer: "Oh, isn't this the self-proclaimed little fellow Wang Ke? Tsk tsk, I heard that you young man also understand the knowledge of magical artifacts, and even heard that you have a talent for antiques and magical artifacts, and are often able to pick up bargains. Why are you carrying a broken chair today? Is this chair also a magical artifact? Hahaha..."

  Looking at Wang Ke's face turning ugly, Xu Jingkai felt even more delighted. He slowly raised his hand holding the mid-grade artifact and smiled loudly at Wang Ke: "Kid, take a look, do you know what this is? Hmph, I think even if this treasure was right in front of your eyes, you probably wouldn't be able to recognize it, would you? Is this the first time you've seen a mid-grade artifact in your life? Hehe, we can consider ourselves acquaintances. If you're willing to buy it, I can give you a discount! 2 million, if you want to buy it, I'll sell it to you for 2 million while I'm still in a good mood."

  Hahaha...

  The crowd surrounding them burst into loud laughter.

  They are all astute people, who can't hear the provocative tone in Xu Jingkai's words? Who can't see that there must be a lot of grudges between Xu Jingkai and Wang Ke?

  However, they wouldn't care about the grudges between the two of them; what they cared about was the mid-grade artifact in Xu Jingkai's hand.

  Wang Ke's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he looked at Xu Jingkai with a cold gaze. He said in a low voice: "Xu Jingkai, one cannot be too arrogant when being a person. Sometimes, being overly proud can lead to a tragic end."

  Xu Jingkai snorted disdainfully and sneered, "What's wrong with 'extreme joy begets extreme sorrow'? Some people don't even have the ability to experience extreme joy, let alone extreme sorrow! If you're capable, go find me a mid-grade magical artifact and try it out!"

  Wang Ke gave Xu Jingkai a furious glance, his heart coldly laughing repeatedly. He didn't continue to argue with Xu Jingkai, but instead chose silence.

  Xu Jingkai saw Wang Ke's silent appearance and suddenly felt refreshed. Just as he was about to speak, the old man surnamed He standing beside him suddenly looked at Wang Ke and said:

  "Little brother, can I take a look at the chair you're holding?"

  Wang Ke's expression was stunned for a moment, then he nodded and handed it over to the old man, with a hint of respect on his face, saying: "Please take a look, sir."

  The old man was very satisfied with Wang Ke's attitude, took the chair and looked at it carefully for half a minute before smiling and saying: "This brother is really lucky! A good quality magic weapon, not bad, really not bad."

  Wang Ke, knowing that the chair was a magical artifact, didn't show any unexpected expression. On the other hand, the surrounding onlookers and Xu Jingkai, who was beaming with pride, all had their faces frozen in shock, with an incredulous glint in their eyes.

  A broken chair is also a magic weapon?

  "You've also noticed it, old man? Indeed, this is a treasure!" Wang Ke said with a smile.

  The old man nodded, returned the chair to Wang Ke, took a deep look at Xu Jingkai, and then remained silent.

  Xu Jingkai's face showed a warm and angry expression. He didn't expect that when he was hitting Wang Ke very happily, this old man with the surname He would suddenly intervene, and even say that the chair in Wang Ke's hand was also a magic weapon. Isn't this ruining his show?

  Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he couldn't say it out loud. After all, the other person was a master of yin and yang in the feng shui world, and his own level couldn't be compared to that of the other person. Moreover, he also knew that this old man had a very wide network of connections. Several of his former teachers who taught him about feng shui were friends with this old fellow surnamed He. If he offended him, he was afraid that his reputation in the feng shui world would be ruined.

  Suppressing the discontent in his heart, Xu Jingkai's gaze fell on Wang Ke, and he sneered: "Although primary artifacts are precious, they're also common things. In that large shop, there aren't even a few artifacts around? Alas, this blind cat ran into a dead mouse, what good luck."

  After saying this, he no longer paid attention to Wang Ke, but instead loudly called out to the surrounding crowd: "Is there anyone who can offer a higher price? Seventy million is not a small amount, but think about it, if someone really knows what they're doing and is willing to spend over a hundred million or two hundred million to buy from you, wouldn't that be a huge profit for you? Who still wants to raise the price?"

  Wang Ke sneered at Xu Jingkai, just now when he used his heterochromatic eyes, the spiritual energy in the middle-grade artifact was surging and wanted to pounce on his eyes, but at that time, he only observed and didn't have time to absorb it. Now, he had no scruples.

  His gaze fell on the mid-grade magic tool in Xu Jingkai's hand, and Wang Ke's mind stirred.

  "Absorb!"

  In an instant, a mysterious flavor emerged, just like when using the异能眼 (Mysterious Eye), and a cool sensation floated before his eyes. At the same time, in the space between his eyebrows, about the size of a fingernail, a milky white gas burst out from his body, shooting towards Xu Jingkai's mid-grade artifact under his control.

  A strange connection made Wang Ke secretly excited.

  A white gas that was imperceptible to the naked eye flowed quickly into the space between Wang Ke's eyebrows along a milky white thread.

  Time flies by, and because the spiritual energy in the middle-grade artifact is quite dense, he can only absorb it slowly. Moreover, there is another point that makes him rather worried, which is that a yin-yang master exists.

  He didn't know if he would be detected by that yin-yang master when he absorbed the spiritual energy contained in the middle-grade artifact.

  Xu Jingkai raised the intermediate magic tool in his hand, he had already made up his mind that if the price couldn't reach 12 million, he wouldn't sell it and would bring it back to give to his father. With his father's skills, he believed it could definitely be sold for 12 million.

  After his loud cry, several others quoted prices, but the final price was still only around one million.

  Xu Jingkai's eyes showed a hint of disappointment, and he shook his head, saying: "One million won't do, at least it has to be one point two million. If someone is willing to pay one point two million, I'll sell; if not, then sorry."

  The people around looked at each other in dismay, and in the end, no one stepped forward to buy that mid-grade artifact for 12 million.

  Actually, it's not that the mid-grade artifact can't be sold for 1.2 million, but rather because up until now, everyone still can't confirm with 100% certainty that the artifact is indeed a mid-grade one.

  That yin-yang master just said so! He also didn't dare to be 100% sure!

  Others thought that Onmyojis would no longer quote prices, they naturally did not want to be made a fool of. What if after buying it, they found out it wasn't a real mid-tier artifact? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?

  Xu Jingkai didn't stay for long, unable to buy the mid-grade artifact at a price he was satisfied with. He put it away and let out a disdainful cold snort towards Wang Ke, before turning around and leaving.

  Wang Ke followed Xu Jingkai for four or five steps before stopping, he had just absorbed the spiritual energy contained in the mid-grade artifact, so it took a little longer, and by the time Xu Jingkai turned around to leave, he hadn't fully absorbed it yet. Fortunately, he followed Xu Jingkai for a few more steps before finally absorbing all of the spiritual energy from the mid-grade artifact cleanly.

  After a few cold laughs, Wang Ke finally shouted loudly at Xu Jingkai's back: "Xu, you are so greedy that you won't sell for one million. Be careful not to be too happy or you will invite disaster!"

  Xu Jingkai's footsteps paused, he turned his head and glared at Wang Ke, then left without looking back.

  As he watched the crowd slowly disperse, Wang Ke's face looked a bit strange. Because he had just absorbed the spiritual energy contained in the middle-grade artifact, he had a faint feeling that his cultivation realm was about to break through.

  Even he could see that in the space of the size of a fingernail at his brow, milky white gas had already occupied nearly half of it, which was enough to show that his spiritual power had increased by at least tenfold.

  Inside the body, the surging true energy is running wildly. Even without his deliberate control, it still flows like a runaway wild horse, following the circulation route of the third heavy boundary of the "Dragon Elephant" gong method.

  The five internal organs in his body had just absorbed the spiritual energy, and he could clearly feel that his five internal organs had been strengthened, and even his muscles, bones, and skeleton had been strengthened.

  He now has confidence in himself being twice as strong as he was a few minutes ago.

  He turned to identify the direction, Wang Ke carried the Faqi chair and hurried towards Fuxuan Hall. Because of the increase in true energy, he felt that his cultivation was about to break through, so he had to quickly sell the chair Faqi and then return to cultivate.

  The only place that can give itself a fair price without needing to haggle is Bai Ruochen's Fuxuantang. As for Zhao Mengfeng, the old master of Zixingju, Wang Qi still doesn't want to go and increase his burden.