Chapter 24: First Encounter with Antiques (Part 1)

  The next day, early in the morning, while it was still dark, Qin Tian was pulled up by his father to continue completing yesterday's unfinished teaching tasks. Qin Tian looked at his father's excited expression and then at the time, which was only 5 o'clock, and felt like crying. It was supposed to be a good holiday, a time for sleeping in, but now... Forget it, he thought, parents are always right, and for their health, I won't sleep in. Qin Tian made up his mind.

  After washing up, Qin Tian and his father arrived at the small courtyard, where they saw that their mother was already waiting for them. It seemed that Taiji had a significant influence on her as well, Qin Tian thought to himself.

  Then I explained the health-preserving Tai Chi that I taught yesterday to my parents, along with some precautions. Qin Tian was by their side guiding their movements.

  "Mom, you need to lift your hand a bit higher, like that. Dad, your movement is wrong, it should be like this, dad..."

  "Haha, in the past it was always them teaching me, now it's my turn to teach them, hehe, this feeling is actually not bad." Qin Tian thought to himself as he looked at his parents who were seriously practicing Tai Chi.

  After watching for a while, I found that my parents were basically not wrong at all, and their movements were mostly correct, they just needed to be more skilled. Qin Tian also let out a sigh of relief, thinking that being a teacher for his parents was really not an easy job, if he went easy on them it wouldn't work, but if he was too hard on them it would be even worse, what a headache.

  As he watched, Qin Tian also got a bit itchy, so he found a place to stand in an eight-character stance and started practicing Tai Chi. As he practiced, Qin Tian gradually forgot about his parents' presence, forgot about the sky, forgot about the earth, and even forgot about himself. He completely immersed his mind in it, from the first move to the last, Qin Tian practiced three rounds in a row before slowly coming back to reality.

  When Qin Tian came back to his senses, he found that his parents were no longer practicing Tai Chi, but instead staring at him with a look of admiration on their faces. This expression suddenly startled Qin Tian, "Admiration? I'm actually associated with this word in my parents' eyes? I must not have slept well and am having hallucinations." Qin Tian thought to himself.

  Looking at his parents still looking at him like that, Qin Tian felt a sense of unease. "If it were someone else, it would be fine, but why do I feel so uneasy when my own parents look at me with admiration?"

  Qin Tian really couldn't bear being watched by his parents anymore and hastily spoke up.

  "Dad, Mom, what's wrong with you? Why are you staring at me like that? It makes me feel really uncomfortable."

  When Qin Tian said this, his parents also felt embarrassed. His father chuckled and said: "Little Tian, I think you're practicing Tai Chi too, how come it feels so comfortable? We're so awkward, and just now I felt like you were blending in with the environment, like a moving painting that makes people can't help but be drawn to you. Since you started fighting, our attention has been involuntarily attracted to you. Tell us, what's going on? Teach us!"

  Qin Tian secretly let out a breath of relief in his heart, thinking "So that's how it is, I was scared to death, I thought something had happened. It seems the charm of a Grandmaster-level Taiji is not small after all. In the future, I'll have to practice less in crowded places, or else I'll definitely be surrounded by onlookers."

  "Dad, I don't know how to teach this either. It's all about innate talent. People with high innate talent can easily grasp the essence of Tai Chi. The more they understand Tai Chi, the more likely they'll encounter the situation I just experienced. Honestly, I really don't know what to say."

  Qin's mother couldn't help but sigh when she heard the truth, and seeing Qin's father wanting to ask more questions, she said: "Alright, alright, don't ask anymore. Didn't you hear what Xiao Tian said? This is a matter of innate talent. Xiao Tian was taken in as an apprentice by a master because of his good talent. You should focus on your own practice and not dabble in heretical ways."

  After finishing speaking, he turned his head and ignored Qin's father, practicing Tai Chi by himself.

  Qin Tian heard his mother say this and whispered a few words, also following his mother to practice.

  Qin Tian saw the old naughty side of his father, and couldn't help but smile slightly, thinking to himself "Father is really becoming more and more like a child, an old kid, probably that's what they mean by 'old kids'."

  Qin Tian finished his activity and didn't plan to fight again. He told his parents and prepared to go out for a stroll. His father responded with an "en" sound, indicating that he knew, but didn't lift his head, continuing to practice Tai Chi clumsily yet diligently.

  Qin Tian shrugged and turned away.

  Walking on the street, Qin Tian was a bit absent-minded. Where to go to earn points? Looking for beautiful women? Don't be kidding, how many top-notch beauties are there? Getting personal property points? But having already gotten 100,000 yuan, wanting to get more would require 1 million yuan, where can he make that much money? Forget about the lottery, if you really rely on that to make money, it's hard to keep a low profile, it will definitely cause a stir. For a moment, Qin Tian looked somewhat perplexed.

  Qin Tian was thinking about something in his heart, and his body mechanically walked forward without noticing the situation around him. At this time, an old man was also walking towards him from the opposite direction, who was happily looking at the flower vase in his hand and didn't raise his head to look at the situation in front of him. As a result, the two people got closer and closer, and finally collided heavily with each other.

  Qin Tian, although in a daze, reacted instinctively to the impact on his body, and a massive force emanated from within him. At this moment, Qin Tian also came back to his senses, looking at the old man in front of him, he panicked and quickly controlled his body's instinctive reaction, withdrawing most of the force.

  Even if he reacted in time, it was too late. The old man was directly knocked to the ground by his own instinctive reaction, and he couldn't care about the vase in his hand. So after the old man fell, the vase in his hand also smashed to the ground without surprise. Seeing the vase that was about to shatter, the old man didn't care if he would get hurt or not, but instead shouted loudly at the top of his lungs.

  "Oh no, the vase I just bought!"

  When Qin Tian heard the old man's loud cry, he was stunned for a moment and thought to himself that this old man was quite strange, not caring about his own life or death, but instead worrying about his vase. Although he thought so in his heart, he still quickly stretched out his hand and grabbed the vase just as it was about to touch the ground. As soon as Qin Tian got hold of the vase, he remembered the old man's concerned expression earlier and casually cast a [Deduction Technique] on it, but the result shocked Qin Tian greatly.

  Qing Dynasty Vase: Has a certain historical value and collection value. Price: 1.8 million

  The old man saw the vase that had been lost and found, took a deep breath, sat on the ground, and said to Qin Tian with some gratitude: "Young man, thank you. If it wasn't for you, my vase would have been gone. I just picked up this leak today and haven't even enjoyed it yet, but it's broken like this. What a pity."

  Qin Tian saw the old man say this, and he also felt very embarrassed. After all, he was also responsible. He quickly went forward to help the old man up, patted the dirt on his body and said: "Old man, you must not say that, after all, I am also responsible. If I wasn't walking in a daze, I wouldn't have bumped into you. Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Why don't I take you to the hospital?"

  The old man listened to Qin Tian's words, and suddenly looked at him with a strange expression. After a while, he couldn't help but ask: "Young man, do you trust me so much? Aren't you afraid that I'm a swindler, specifically coming to cheat you?"

  Upon hearing this, Qin Tian smiled slightly and raised the vase in his hand, saying: "If you were really a porcelain collision, you wouldn't use a Qing dynasty vase worth tens of thousands to collide."

  The old man listened and suddenly became even more strange. He looked up and down at Qin Tian, then suspiciously asked him, "Young man, do you know me?"

  "I've never seen you before, this is the first time we meet, how come you're so famous?" Qin Tian also found it strange and asked back to the old man.

  The old man smiled awkwardly upon hearing this, "My surname is Du, just call me Old Du, it's a bit of a reputation, but only within our circle. Right, since you don't know me, then you wouldn't know about the good fortune I had today. So how did you know that this is a Qing dynasty vase?"

  Qin Tian said casually, I have some understanding of these things, thinking "Am I supposed to tell you what I know from [Insight Technique]?"

  Du Lao was taken aback and believed it to be true, and he couldn't help but praise Qin Tian: "Nowadays, young people rarely have your skills. Even some old folks don't have the knack of recognizing Qing dynasty artifacts at first glance like you do."

  Qin Tian felt a twinge of embarrassment as he listened to the old man's praise, after all it wasn't his true ability. He hastily changed the subject "Old Du, here is your vase, take a look if it's broken or not, you can have it back now, don't drop it again."

  Du Lao took the vase and said, "It's broken, it's just a 70,000 to 80,000 yuan vase. I just like the feeling of picking up bargains, I don't care about money. By the way, young man, who is your teacher? Is it Old Zhang, Old Wang or Old Sun? Only they can teach students as excellent as you."