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  Qin Tian found the price mentioned by Du Lao a bit strange, as it didn't match the one provided by the system. However, he didn't think much of it and replied to the old man's question, "I don't know any of those people you mentioned, I'm self-taught." After speaking, his face turned slightly red, but Du Lao didn't notice as his attention was fully captured by Qin Tian's words.

  "What? You've never heard of them? Are you self-taught?" Old Du's eyes were wide with surprise.

  "Uh-huh"

  Qin Tian was curious about the name Du Lao mentioned, but seeing that the old man didn't seem to want to explain, he didn't pay much attention to it.

  At this time, Du Lao took out a piece of jade pendant from his bosom and handed it to Qin Tian with an unusual gesture: "Then help me take a look at this jade."

  Qin Tian casually took it over and threw a [Dharma Eye], the situation of this jade also appeared in Qin Tian's eyes.

  Jade pendant: Warring States period jade pendant, well preserved [Price] 800,000

  Qin Tian exclaimed, "It's actually a jade pendant from the Warring States period! This thing is really valuable, 800,000 yuan! You're just showing it to me like this, aren't you afraid I'll snatch it away?" As he said that, he returned the jade pendant to the old man. This thing feels hot in my hands, if I accidentally break it, I wouldn't be able to sell myself for that price.

  Du Lao took the jade pendant casually and put it in his bosom, with a sigh on his face, saying: "Originally I didn't believe that there was such a thing as being born to play with antiques, but seeing you now I believe it."

  "Huh?" Qin Tian looked at Old Man Du in confusion.

  Lao Du looked at Qin Tian with a complex expression and said, "In the antique industry, there's a legend that says some people are born to be antique connoisseurs. These people have an innate sensitivity to antiques and can tell their authenticity at first glance. Even if they haven't studied any systematic knowledge, as long as you put any antique in their hands, they can make a rough judgment. Such people will definitely become master-level figures in the antique industry." He emphasized this point with extra emphasis.

  Qin Tian heard Du Lao say this and couldn't help but laugh and cry, thinking to himself: "It's all thanks to the [Duan Zhan Technique] that I've become someone who's naturally good at playing with antiques."

  "Can't help but ask: 'How did you determine I'm this kind of person?'"

  Du Lao smiled slightly and said, "The way I handed you the jade pendant was deliberate. To an insider, that gesture was a provocation, but you took it without hesitation, proving that you're unaware of its significance. Moreover, your method of holding the jade was all wrong, a complete amateur's move. Yet, you accurately identified the jade pendant as being from the Warring States period. You see, with antiques like this, the hardest thing to determine is their era, and even the price you quoted had some discrepancies. All these signs indicate that you're not familiar with antiques, yet you were able to identify its era correctly. Therefore, I'm convinced that you are indeed the legendary kind of person."

  Qin Tian heard Du Lao say this and couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. He thought to himself, "It's all because of [Duan Zhan] that things have become like this."

  At this time, I remembered that Du Lao said the price of the jade pendant was not right, it's impossible, I just recited according to [Duan Zhe Shu], how could it be wrong? Hurriedly asked the old man: "Du Lao, you just said that I said the price of the jade pendant is not right, then what is the actual price of this jade pendant?"

  Du Lao seemed to enjoy talking about antiques with Qin Tian, and as soon as Qin Tian asked a question, he replied: "This jade pendant is indeed from the Warring States period, but its price isn't that high, it's around 5 million yuan. This is already a good deal for someone who likes it, otherwise it would be even lower."

  Qin Tian furrowed his brow, how come the price Du Lao said and the price he knew through [Insight Technique] were so different? He couldn't help but associate it with Xiao Yao in his heart.

  "Hey little demon, I've got a question for you. Why is it that when I use [Appraisal] to identify the price of something, it's different from what others say? Who's wrong here?"

  "Master, I already know about this matter. Actually, no one is wrong." The little demon said in Qin Tian's mind.

  "But who's wrong, how can the price differ so much? It's almost half off." Qin Tian asked anxiously. The system was his backing, his confidence. Now that the system might have a problem, it was like his mountain had collapsed, and Qin Tian couldn't accept it.

  Perhaps infected by Qin Tian's anxious emotions, the little demon's speech also quickened, "Master, we've always overlooked one problem, which is that the system is something from 500 years later. Now, compared to the world the system is in, there's a difference of 500 years. Even if something isn't valuable now, after adding 500 years, it becomes an antique, so this kind of situation has appeared."

  Qin Tian understood as soon as he heard it, so that's how it was. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. The unknown is the most terrifying, now that he knew, it wasn't that scary anymore.

  "How can this problem be solved?" Qin Tian couldn't help but ask Xiao Yao.

  "This is simple, I'll head back home later, I just need to use your computer for a bit and copy the current data into the system." The little demon said with a relaxed expression.

  "Is it that simple?" Qin Tian heard that it was so simple and couldn't believe it, saying.

  "Of course, then what's wrong with you? Alright, alright, don't say anything. That old man is calling you, I'm going to continue watching TV." The little demon said disdainfully.

  "Damn, they actually treated me like a TV. You wait and see, I'll get you back." Qin Tian thought angrily in his heart. Right, that old Du is calling me, I need to hurry out. Then Qin Tian shifted his attention outward, looked up and saw a head swaying in front of him, startled and involuntarily let out a cry.

  "Ah!" "Ah!"

  Du Lao thought Qin Tian had dozed off, and called out several times without getting a response. Feeling strange, he leaned over to take a look, wondering if Qin Tian was ill. Just then, Qin Tian suddenly opened his eyes, giving Du Lao a fright as well, and let out a shout.

  "Du Lao, what are you doing? You suddenly stretched out your head and scared me to death. Don't you know that scaring people can kill them?" Qin Tian said, patting his rapidly beating heart.

  "This can't be blamed on me, I was just looking at you because you suddenly stopped talking and I thought you were sick. Then you scared me like this, luckily I don't have heart disease or anything, otherwise you'd be in jail." Du Lao was also frightened, his usual elegance gone, and he even swore.

  Qin Tian smiled awkwardly and said, "It's all because of me, are you okay? Do you need to be sent to the hospital?"

  "It's okay, it's over. I was just startled, no big deal. As long as you don't do this again in the future, that's fine." Du Lao Da forgave Qin Tian.

  "Since you're fine, I'll take my leave then." Qin Tian wanted to hurry back and deal with the system issues, so he extinguished his desire to continue chatting.

  "Wait a minute, don't be in such a hurry to leave." Du Lao heard that Qin Tian was about to leave and hastily spoke out to stop him.

  "What's going on?" Qin Tian looked at Du Lao in confusion.

  "Haha, nothing much, I just think you're the right material for playing with antiques. I'm going to take you in as my apprentice, how about it? Aren't you excited? Hurry up and pay your respects to your master." Du Lao said with a face full of excitement, putting on an air of superiority.

  "Sorry, I'm not interested in antiques." Qin Tian said helplessly as he looked at the old man.

  "Hmm, good disciple... what did you just say?" Du Lao had originally put on a demeanor of being a transcendent master, waiting for Qin Tian to acknowledge him as his teacher, but instead he heard this sentence and couldn't believe his ears, so he asked Qin Tian again.

  "I said, I'm not interested in antiques." Qin Tian saw Du Lao's shocked expression and felt a bit unbearable, but in order to hurry back home and fix the system loophole, he ruthlessly repeated it again.

  "You, how can you not be interested? This is a waste of your talent." Du Lao said with a huff.

  "You also said that this is my talent, I think it's a waste if I want to waste it." Qin Tian said indifferently, what kind of broken talent, I just rely on 【Insight Technique】to cheat.

  "Could... this... be..." Du Lao was also taken aback by Qin Tian's words, thinking to himself "How could such a good seedling go to waste like this? No way, I must make him acknowledge me as his master. Ah, it's definitely because he still doesn't understand the greatness of an old man like me. If he knew, he would definitely come to worship me as his master. Hmm, that's exactly what will happen."

  He then boasted about his own achievements to Qin Tian, with an air of "you'd be losing out if you don't acknowledge me as your master".