Chapter 27: Diamond in Hand, Underwater Treasures

  Then go to work.

  Su Wen has always sat at the counter with Chu Lao, and Chu Lao originally wanted to teach Su Wen some knowledge of identifying treasures, but he was shocked by Su Wen.

  "Su Wen, who did you learn all this from?" Chu Lao couldn't help but ask. "Take that Doucai chicken cup from earlier for example, how did you tell it was fake at a glance?"

  Su Wen smiled mysteriously: "Life is not easy now, and one can only learn more skills to make a living. So, self-study is the way to go! As for the Doucai chicken cup that Old Chu mentioned, it's quite interesting that I happen to know something about this. The chicken cup is a representative of Ming and Qing dynasty colored porcelain. Generally, the patterns on the tea cups are first drawn with fine lines in blue and white, then glazed and fired at 1300 degrees Celsius to form the body. Finally, red, yellow, green and other colors are filled into the pre-drawn blue and white patterns, and then fired again at low temperature to complete it. However, Old Chu took a closer look at the chicken cup in your hand, and both the color and pattern are far from authentic. Anyone with discerning eyes can tell that it's fake, but that's not the key point..."

  "Anything else?"

  "Mr. Chu, you should know the market value of this chicken cup. If it's genuine, it's worth at least several million. By putting it in the self-selection area at the entrance, aren't you openly telling others that it's fake?"

  Chu Lao was taken aback, his face slightly red: "Because I know it's fake, that's why I don't want to deceive people."

  "Chu Lao, this is not a scam." Su Wen shook his head. "I've also carefully examined the self-selected area you set up, and about one-tenth of it is genuine goods. If we buy everything at the price of 1,000 yuan per item and then take out the genuine goods to sell separately, I think we won't lose too much. And if we're good at business, we might even make a decent profit."

  Chu Lao was even more embarrassed: "Appraising treasures is my strong point, but managing a business isn't. That's why Yi Xue suggested I sell the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, saying that if someone wanted to take it down, they could probably make it go bankrupt in just one month."

  "Yi Xue?" Su Wen muttered to himself.

  "You must have seen her already, she's my granddaughter and a rare talent. In this vast world with countless knowledge, there's nothing she doesn't know. Sometimes I wonder, such an exceptional woman, who knows if she'll be able to find someone in the future." Chu Lao sighed.

  "Chu Lao, don't worry about this, after all, a woman is still a woman. She's still single now, just hasn't met the right person yet." Su Wen smiled and said, "Alright, it's getting late too, I have some things to attend to, I'll head home first."

  "Hey kid, it's not even five o'clock yet!" Chu Lao looked at the time.

  "Chu Lao, I'm in charge of procurement for the Treasure Pavilion, how can I just stay in the shop all day? This isn't playing hooky, it's going out to take care of business!" Su Wen chuckled and said, "Chu Lao, to be honest, just waiting for customers to come to us like this is completely relying on luck to do business, it's hard to expand and strengthen. Now that I'm at the Treasure Pavilion, I must change this situation. From now on, what we need to do isn't wait for people to come in, but make them beg us to let them in."

  Chu Lao was shocked and stuttered: "You little brat, your tone is not small. If you can really do it, I'll give you the Treasure Pavilion."

  "Alright! I'll take care of your retirement then, haha!" Su Wen laughed loudly as he walked out the door, leaving behind a cold-sweating Chu Lao, who was indeed intimidated by Su Wen's vigor.

  Jiangning Bridge

  Below is Yangzi River.

  Yangzi River is not a dead river although it is a moat of Jiangning.

  One side is connected to Qinghu Lake, and the other side is connected to the East China Sea. The water flows continuously throughout the year. In the summer, the Yangzi River also serves as a flood discharge channel. According to Tang Long's account, the suspect threw the diamond into the river from here.

  Su Wen observed carefully, this Yangzi River is thirty meters wide and over ten meters deep. The current is very rapid now, even a brick can be washed away for tens of meters, let alone a package of light diamonds.

  The police salvage team has left, and the result is clear.

  "Tang Shu said that the suspect would not throw the diamond into the Yangtze River for no reason, and there must be a way to find it. Now think about it, that method is nothing more than some positioning means, otherwise it's basically impossible to find the diamond." Su Wen thought for a moment.

  The Great Heavenly Dao Recycling System has been activated, and more than 300 light spots have appeared around.

  Su Wen was secretly shocked.

  "This Yangzi River has never dried up all year round, and I don't know how many treasures are buried underneath."

  He pulled in a light spot and found it was a tile pot.

  Below

  His speed is faster, as long as it's not diamond, pass immediately.

  But after a light spot has passed, he hurriedly pulls out that light spot again.

  This light point represents an object that is not an antique, but a small black grass. The small black grass is less than ten centimeters high, with nine flat leaves on top, each of which is very beautiful. What's most peculiar is that at the tip of the small black grass, there is actually a fruit the size of a mulberry. The fruit is emerald green in color, not very smooth, with dense fine lines on its surface, as if it were about to crack open.

  "Little Tian, what's going on?" Su Wen finally spoke up, "Is this little grass some kind of treasure?"

  "Master, since this little grass can be detected by the Great Heavenly Dao's recycling system, it must have something extraordinary about it." Little Heavenly Dao.

  "This Grand Dao Retrieval System can even detect plants, is this also considered an ownerless object?" Su Wen fell silent for a moment, this was still his first time discovering plant-type ownerless objects, he couldn't help but feel curious.

  "Master, the Grand Dao Recovery System can recover all ownerless objects within the Grand Dao. According to the system's definition, any object without an owner is considered ownerless. Grass and trees are also within the Grand Dao, they don't have owners, so naturally they belong to the category of ownerless objects."

  "I'm liking this system more and more!"

  Xiao Tian fell silent.

  "Xiao Tian, display the recovery life value of all ownerless objects."

  "Alright, master."

  Very soon.

  Numbers appeared on each of those light points.

  This function used by Su Wen is also one of the system functions he recently knew.

  He saw that it would take 0.8 of his life force to retrieve this small blade of grass.

  "This..."

  "Master, is there anything you'd like to ask?"

  "What's so special about this little grass?"

  "Alright. The master only needs to spend 0.1 of his life force, and all the information about this little grass will be transmitted into your mind." Little Tian said.

  "Damn it!" Su Wen said with a scowl, "And they're charging for this?"

  "Master, would you like to know?"

  "I admit defeat, who made me so curious now."

  Less than one minute.

  Su Wen has obtained all the information about this little grass.

  According to the records on Earth, this little grass is called Water Spirit Grass.

  The Water Spirit Grass grows at the very bottom of deep water, and is rarely seen by ordinary people. It's considered one of the rarest things in the world. As for its effects, the Water Spirit Grass has a cold nature and can be used to treat some hot-natured illnesses. However, that's not the most important thing - according to the information passed down through the system, the Water Spirit Grass also has an extraordinary effect: it can help someone refine their spirit and marrow. And when refining the legendary Marrow-Washing Pill, this Water Spirit Grass is an indispensable ingredient.

  Su Wen was really shocked.

  This little grass should no longer belong to the mortal world.

  "Such a good thing, I don't know if there's only one strain?"

  Su Wen also took a look at other bright spots.

  Have to say, his luck is really good.

  He actually found two more water lilies and even discovered a diamond.

  "There are three stalks of Aquatic Grass, unfortunately none can be retrieved now." Su Wen sighed, "Let's retrieve the diamonds first today and come back for the Aquatic Grass tomorrow. One day one stalk, it will take three days to retrieve them all."

  He had made up his mind and didn't want to waste any more time.

  He also wants to recover the diamond.

  According to the system's pricing, recycling that small bag of diamonds requires 0.7 life.

  Although the diamond's market price is as high as tens of millions, the system's pricing for recovered items is not just based on money. It takes many aspects into account. To name a few, the year is an important consideration, and this small bag of diamonds doesn't have any particular year to speak of, having been lost for less than ten days.

  Su Wen spent 0.7 of her life force to retrieve the diamond and felt a wave of weakness in her body.

  His current vitality is now 0.2.

  "Still need to work hard and cultivate!"

  He thought to himself, sitting on the Jiangning Bridge.

  He sat there for two hours and when he got back it was already eight o'clock.