Jade pendant of 41 years old

  Ye Qin held the palm-sized green jade pendant and examined it carefully.

  This jade pendant has a simple and ancient appearance, with a light green color and a heavy weight, it should be an old jade pendant.

  Of course, the appearance of the jade pendant is not important. What's important is that he can vaguely feel that this green jade pendant contains a familiar spiritual energy, just like the spiritual energy of Qingyan stone.

  "This piece of green jade pendant was purchased from a down-and-out Jianghu person in the capital of Pingzhou. The rules of our Treasure Pavilion are not to ask about its origin. This jade pendant is quite unusual, when placed in water, it will produce some illusory smoke and mist in the water, very enjoyable to watch. I'll have someone bring over a basin of clear water for Young Master Ye to take a look at this green jade pendant."

  Huang Zhang saw Ye Qin pick up the cyan jade pendant, introduced it briefly, and then patted his hand. A strong man in a uniform was standing outside the door, and soon brought in a basin of clear water as instructed.

  Huang Zhanglao smiled and said: "Please put the jade pendant into the water, little brother!"

  Ye Qin put the Qingyu pendant into the wooden basin, looking at it with great interest. After a while, the water in the basin had completely calmed down, and in the clear water, a very faint misty shadow was indeed reflected, and the misty shadow seemed to be still swaying slightly.

  Ye Qin's calm demeanor was not shaken, and she opened her mouth to praise him in a surprised tone.

  "This green jade pendant is most extraordinary, for it can float out a misty shadow in clear water. The jade floating with a shadow implies that this jade contains rare spirituality, and just by looking at its appearance, it's not an ordinary product, extremely valuable for appreciation. This green jade pendant is completely worth twenty gold leaves."

  Ye Qin hesitated for a moment, whether it looked good or not was unimportant, anyway he would use the Ling Stone to cultivate the Ling Grass. He weighed the Qing Yu Pei and decided to take it, saying: "Then I'll use that Clear Heart Pill to exchange for this Qing Yu Pei. I wonder if Old Man Huang has any more of these jade pendants."

  Elder Huang shook his head: "This kind of rare and extraordinary jade, it's already rare to have one piece, where can you find a second piece?"

  Ye Qin couldn't help but flash a hint of disappointment, but quickly recovered. After all, it was good to find such a piece of jade. If he had gone to the deep mountains and wilderness to search for jade himself, he might not have been able to find such a piece even after one or two months.

  Huang Zhanglao had always thought that he did business fairly, money was to be earned, but only the money that should be earned. As for the price, this piece of green jade pendant was worth at most around ten gold leaves, far less than the hundreds of gold leaves that a Qingxin pill was worth.

  He exchanged a Qingxin pill worth over 100 gold leaves for a cyan jade pendant worth only 10 gold leaves, with a difference of more than ten times. The seller would not be able to afford such a loss, Huangjintiger could not do such a thing. Usually he made a profit of at most one or two times the price.

  Huang Zhanglao said, "Since you've taken a liking to this green jade pendant, I'll consider it as twenty gold leaves and sell it to you. As for the Qingxin pill, I'll buy it from you for fifty gold leaves. The difference is thirty gold leaves; would you like to pick another small treasure or take the money directly?"

  Ye Qin didn't fancy any of the other treasures, and handed the dan bottle containing Qing Xin Wan to Huang Changlao. Then, without being polite, he took from Huang Changlao a small pouch containing thirty gold leaves.

  Huang Zhang's heart was delighted, this transaction, he made a profit of sixty gold leaves. A single transaction can make so much, it's not often seen.

  But what Old Man Huang absolutely didn't expect was that Ye Qin's joy far surpassed his own. This green jade pendant, to others, might just be a piece of green jade with high ornamental value, without any special use, but to him it was the most urgently needed thing.

  Ye Qin estimated that this piece of green jade pendant could at least produce dozens of Dewdrop Grass, enough for him to use for ten days or half a month. The interrupted cultivation of the second layer of "Sitting Forgetfulness Scripture · Sitting and Gazing at the Non-Self" could finally be resumed.

  Ye Qin put the Qingyu pendant into his pouch, pressed down on his bamboo hat: "Huang Zhanglao, if there are still such spiritual stones, no matter what kind, please keep them. In a few days, I will use Clear Mind Pills to exchange for them, and absolutely won't let Zhanglao suffer a loss!"

  Huang Zhanglao was shocked: "What, you still have Qingxin pills in your hand?"

  Ye Qin calmly said: "That's right, I've never said that there is only one Qingxin pill in my hand."

  Huang Zhang's heart suddenly felt a pang of distress. If there was only one Qingxin pill, selling it for over a hundred gold leaves would not be a problem, but if several more appeared, the price would plummet.

  After all, this is only a top-grade elixir of the "Breath Control and Fire Entry" category, not a top-grade sacred elixir of the "Internal Strength Cultivation" category.

  Only a few large gangs would buy a bottle of Clear Mind Pills for reserve.

  While medium and small-sized gangs use the middle-grade and high-grade breath-regulating medicines produced by the Medicine King Gang, ordinary Jianghu guests mostly use low-grade breath-regulating medicines. Therefore, the quantity of Qingxin Pills has increased, but they cannot be sold at a very high price.

  He thought that having a Clear Heart Pill in the hands of this black-clad man was already a good thing. He never expected that this person had not just one, and judging from his tone, he probably had quite a few more.

  "I don't know how many Clear Mind Pills you have in your hands, brother. I'm willing to buy them all at a high price!" Huang Chang Lao sighed bitterly. Even if he was used to hitting geese every day, there would still be times when the geese pecked him in the eye. If that's the case, then it would be best for him to buy all the Clear Mind Pills from this mysterious black-robed man, so as to control the auction price of the Clear Mind Pills.

  "There are still four or five pieces left, all of which have been passed down through my family. Since they're useless to keep, I'll exchange them for some goods. However, what I want isn't money, but jade stones. Please, Elder Huang, take care of this matter for me. As long as there's such a jade stone, I'll exchange it for the Clear Mind Pill."

  Ye Qin didn't want Huang Zhanglao to know his true identity, so he deliberately confused him and fabricated a false personal history.

  Family? Huang Chang seemed to have thought of something and was slightly startled. He hesitated, looking at Ye Qin. Which family in Pingzhou is this man in black a disciple of?

  "Alright, my Treasure Pavilion has a vast collection of precious stones, I should be able to find the kind of jade your brother is looking for. I'll try to find some. Here's a Treasure Token, only the most honored guests of the Treasure Pavilion can possess it. In the future, just bring this token and come see me, or show it to any of the Treasure Pavilion's disciples and they will bring you to see me."

  Huang Zhanglao thought of something and became distracted. He took out a small token, about the size of his middle finger, made of gold with a dazzling golden light. His expression had already lost that air of superiority that an elder would have when speaking to a younger generation.

  Ye Qin accepted the precious token and when leaving, added a sentence: "Huang Changlao, apart from spiritual energy-infused jade stones, if there are rare herbs or formulas for rare herbs, I'll exchange them as well. After some time, I'll come again."

  Shortly after Ye Qin left, a young man and woman came out of the guest room on the left and entered Huang Zhang's guest room.

  That white-clad youth with a face as pale as jade, said in great puzzlement: "Master, why did you give the Treasure Token to this black-clad person of unknown origin? This Treasure Token, I helped you obtain only a few dozen. The martial arts skills of this person seem ordinary, his footwork is empty and weak, he's just a third-rate Jianghu guest."

  Huang Zhanglao's expression had already returned to its usual cold and stern state, and he let out a cold snort. "A third-rate Jianghu guest? Ma Yu, I've said it before, your experience in the Jianghu is too shallow. Such a brilliant concealment technique, even I, as a top-notch master, couldn't see through his true abilities, yet you dared to evaluate him so poorly. Don't think that just because you're one of the young top ten masters of the Zhenbao Guild, you can look down on the heroes of Pingzhou like they're nothing. You haven't seen even half of the truly powerful masters out there!"

  "His lightness skill, could it be even more formidable than my 'Ling Feng Jue' ultimate lightness skill?" The white-clad young man named Ma Yun heard his master give such a high evaluation to the black-clad man and was visibly displeased. He immediately strode out of the guest room and followed Ye Qin.

  "Stop messing around and come back!"

  Huang Zhang's face changed, and he loudly stopped Ma Yun.

  But before he could even react, Ma Yun had already rushed out of the inn and disappeared into the distance.

  That red-clothed girl also found it somewhat strange, saying: "Master, is that black-clothed person really so formidable? Brother is a top-notch expert. This Zhujixian County City isn't some major place, where would there be any top Jianghu experts comparable to Master?"

  "This Zhugan County town shouldn't have such a person, but the entire Pingzhou has many. Our Pingzhou's top ten sects may have numerous experts, but they haven't reached the point of looking down on Pingzhou. That black-clothed man's aura is restrained, and even I couldn't sense his true qi aura, he must be hiding a significant amount of power, and his actual strength might not be much weaker than mine. Otherwise, I would have easily given him the Treasure Token! Hong'er, don't learn from your senior brother's arrogance and recklessness, or you'll suffer greatly one day."

  Old Huang shook his head worriedly.

  He left quickly and returned quickly. After a meal, Ma Yun returned to the inn with a dark face. Judging from his expression, this trip was clearly fruitless and he didn't gain anything.

  Huang Zhanglao did not blame Ma Yun, but instead carefully asked about the process and details of Ma Yun's pursuit. Ma Yun felt ashamed and said that he had only followed the black-clothed man to a small forest southwest of the county town, where he lost sight of him. As for how the man had shaken him off, he never figured it out.

  Huang Zhang's expression was heavy, and he waved his hand to let Ma Yun leave the room. Losing track of the man in black was within his expectations.

  He paced back and forth in the room, slowly falling into deep thought.

  That man in black had four or five top-grade Qingxin Pills and claimed to be a member of a certain family, opening his mouth to exchange spiritual energy-containing jade stones and rare herbs. His movements were extremely secretive. All of this was so familiar that it stirred up a memory that had been sealed for twenty years.

  At that time, he was not yet the elder of the Treasure Alliance, but just one of the most outstanding young disciples in the alliance. He had followed the then-master of the Treasure Alliance to visit a very mysterious family in Pingzhou...

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