Chapter 65: The Real Treasure

  Ning Fan Yu became the first acknowledged genius outside of the family, naturally he wasn't an ordinary person. Although young in age, his temperament was already extraordinary. The dark expression on his face appeared quickly and disappeared just as fast.

  He had already flashed a brilliant smile, pointing to the white jade hairpin in Ning Cong's hand, and said to Ning Jing: "Ning Jing sister, take a closer look. The silver decoration on the surface of this hairpin is smooth but uneven, with varying brightness. It's obviously made from inferior sand-silver and polished to pretend to be high-quality sand-silver. As for the jade stone, its color is not bad, but it contains some impurities. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a discarded leftover material of Hetian jade. Such trashy jewelry can actually be sold, this person's taste and insight are truly beyond description, even using waste to describe them would be an understatement!"

  "Yes! Miss Ning, my young master has an excellent eye for things and already possesses the standards of a professional appraiser! In previous years, even the great appraisal masters in Xuan Yuan City have praised my young master!"

  "That's right! That's right! My young master's ability to identify gems is absolutely top-notch in the entire Xuan Yuan City! Who can compare to those useless trash, not only are they useless in martial arts, but also completely clueless in other aspects!"

  Very timely, Ning Fan Yu's two servants behind him immediately echoed his words and didn't forget to glance at Ning Xiong with a sarcastic tone.

  Ning Jing pouted, her face filled with discontent, and glared at Ning Fan Yu and the others with a hint of indignation. Ning Fan Yu had been pestering her for days, and she didn't like him to begin with. Now that she heard him insult Ning Chong, she was even more displeased.

  Contrary to her expectations, Ning Jing took the white jade hairpin from Ning Chong's hand with a big smile and said: "Thank you for the gift, Brother Ning Chong!"

  The calm and gentle gaze that Ning had just shown to the people who were dissatisfied with him, now turned into a close and intimate feeling and movement with Ning Chong, forming a sharp contrast.

  Ning Fan Yu's face turned red with rage, his muscles twitching. Ning Jing was a genius girl from the outer sect, while he, Ning Fan Yu, was the number one genius of the outer sect. Both had grown up with halos around them since childhood, always living under the spotlight.

  Many people think that Ning Jing and Ning Fan Yu are a match made in heaven, and Ning Fan Yu also thinks so. He has already considered Ning Jing as his future wife and even plans to propose to her parents after entering the inner door of the sect through the outer disciple competition.

  Now that he is being treated as a forbidden person by Ning Jing, who is so close to Ning Chong, and is despised and ignored by him, how can he not be angry?

  However, Ning Fan was indeed the number one prodigy of the outer sect, and his temperament and calmness far surpassed those of his peers. Although he was furious, a brilliant smile once again broke out on his face as he said, "Ning Jing, we meet by chance here, which is also fate. I'll just express my heartfelt feelings and give you a gift, to let certain trash see what a real treasure looks like!"

  Ning Fan Yu said as he walked up to the counter. After a careful selection, he spent one hundred taels of gold and bought a pearl necklace.

  When the shopkeeper was overjoyed and couldn't close his mouth after carefully wrapping up the necklace, Ning Fan Yu took over the pearl necklace and smiled as he handed it to Ning Jing: "Ning Jing, look at this. The pearls on this necklace are as big as longans, round and smooth, with a faint purple glow on their surface. Without a doubt, this necklace is made of top-quality Dongzhu pearls. For a price of one hundred taels of gold, it's absolutely worth it!"

  "Dongzhu" is also known as "Donghai Purple Pearl", a treasure produced in the eastern part of the Daqian Empire, Donghai. Due to the turbulent whirlpools and frequent storms in Donghai, as well as ferocious sea monsters, only centenarian old clams can produce Dongzhu. Therefore, every Dongzhu is extremely precious, even the worst ones are not cheap.

  If what Ning Fan Yu said is true, this pearl necklace is indeed a precious thing, and one hundred taels of gold would be too cheap to buy it. It can completely surpass the white jade hairpin that Ning Chong sent.

  However, Ning Jing didn't like it at all and was just about to push away Ning Fan's gift when she suddenly heard Ning Fan burst out laughing and took the white jade hairpin from her hand.

  "Shopkeeper, may I borrow your hammer for a moment?"

  Ning Chong held a white jade hairpin in his left hand and pointed with his right hand at a small hammer on the counter.

  As soon as she heard this, Ning Jing couldn't help but feel puzzled, unsure of what Ning Chong was going to do next. Her eyes were fixed intently on him.

  Ning Fan Yu and others sneered coldly, secretly cursing in their hearts: "Pretentious nonsense!"

  Ning Chong asked for a hammer, and the shopkeeper didn't dare to delay, responded with a sound, and handed over the hammer at the first time.

  Ning Chong took the small hammer handed over by Zhanggui, and quickly placed the white jade hairpin on the ground. Then, under the astonished gaze of the crowd, he raised the small hammer and heavily smashed it down towards the white jade hairpin.

  Bang!

  The white jade hairpin was hit by the small hammer and suddenly shattered into four or five pieces, with many places powdered, and its original appearance could no longer be seen.

  "Brother Ning... Brother Ning..."

  Ning Jing was so shocked that she stuttered, thinking that Ning Chong was angry because of the stimulation from Ning Fan Yu, feeling that the gift sent was too bad, ashamed and nowhere to hide, so she vented her anger on Bai Yu Jue.

  Ning Fan Yu and others had similar thoughts to Ning Jing, but Ning Fan Yu's face was even more coldly smiling, complacent and sarcastically saying: "Although he is a waste, he still knows that his trashy gift is not worthy of Miss Ning Jing, it's good that he has some self-awareness!"

  As soon as Ning Fan said that, the two slaves behind him immediately chimed in with laughter and curses: "Haha, trash should look like trash, get out of here!"

  "A noble lady like Miss Ningjing is not someone a useless person like you can get close to. Have some self-awareness and stay away from her!"

  Ning Fan Yu's words and actions, suddenly made the atmosphere quiet, a pretty face turned red. She was about to step forward to help Ning Chong say a few words, but suddenly saw that Ning Chong ignored Ning Fan Yu's behavior, only smiling faintly, and began to play with the crushed jade stone fragments.

  Out of curiosity, Ning Jing temporarily stopped her plan and stared at Ning Chong with her black eyes, wanting to see what Ning Chong would do.

  In just a moment, Ning Chong brushed away the jade stone fragments and picked up a pale green bead with his right hand. Holding it up to the sunlight, Ning Chong nodded in satisfaction, his smile even brighter on his face.

  This scene made everyone in the store stunned and petrified, staring blankly at the round bead in Ning Chong's hand.

  Her calm face was again surprised and delighted, her small mouth slightly open, moving several times before finally letting out an exclamation: "Jade... it's Jade Marrow!"

  At Ning's shout, everyone finally came back to their senses. The shopkeeper was the first to grab his own hair, regretting until his intestines turned green.

  This jade marrow is the essence of jade condensed. The probability that jade can produce jade marrow is very small, with no rules to speak of, making jade marrow extremely precious. Although the jade marrow in Ning Chong's hand was only the size of a pearl, it was cherished and expensive, worth thousands of gold.

  He was sitting on a treasure, but didn't recognize it, and in the end, someone else benefited from it. The shopkeeper had been feeling pleased with today's business, but in an instant, he felt that his life was a real tragedy. But the treasure had already changed hands, and regret was useless now.