Chapter Fifteen: The Initial Awakening of Spiritual Awareness

  Su Ya Xin's home is in the villa area of the city, and it takes half an hour to get there from the city center. By the time he sent her back and returned to his own home, it was already 10:30 at night.

  For the cultivation of spiritual awareness, Qu Wen has discovered some secrets. Perhaps without deliberately going to famous mountains and great rivers, one can still absorb spiritual energy. As the saying goes: "The mountain is not high, but with immortals it is spiritual; the water is not deep, but with dragons it is famous." This small ancient world also possesses spiritual energy.

  Qu Wen couldn't help but smile as he thought about it more and more, took out the hairpin that Qi Zhen Nan gave him, and infused a thread of spiritual awareness into it.

  As the spiritual consciousness slowly seeps into the fingers, a stream of air seems to rise in the brain, starting from the center of the eyebrows and flowing around the eyes.

  For some reason, the ring of the same era as Jin Tingbiao's painting contains a lot more spiritual energy. It seems that a door to spiritual energy has been opened, constantly releasing spiritual energy, which eventually merges with Qu Wen's released spiritual awareness to form a swirling aura that floats around him.

  "How can I get it back?" Such a thick spiritual energy, Qu Wen certainly wouldn't let it go, but unfortunately he still didn't know how to absorb it.

  "Is there some sort of incantation?" Qu Wen thought for a moment, then tried shouting: "Amitabha, mamiemami hong, om mani padme hum, all soldiers arrayed before me, the Great Supreme Elder's urgent decree... you'd better come back...!" He shouted continuously for half a day, reciting every Taoist and Buddhist mantra he could think of, but the scattered spiritual energy around him still didn't move, instead gradually dispersing and becoming even more sparse.

  Seeing this, Qu Wen couldn't help but hurry up, his eyebrows tightened, and his pupils contracted, conjuring up a nearly transparent air vortex from the middle, sucking back all the scattered spiritual energy in an instant.

  The spiritual energy retracted and circled around the eye sockets before returning to the brain through its original path. At first, there was a slight feeling of discomfort, with a sense of acid swelling and pain, as if someone had inflated it from the outside. However, when all the spiritual energy entered the brain, the swelling sensation also dissipated, replaced by a refreshing and pleasant feeling. The originally considered intelligent brain became exceptionally clear and wise, with an unparalleled comfort wherever the air flowed, and the entire body was filled with vitality and vigor, as if reborn. All sensations were so natural and beautiful.

  "Is that it?" After being stunned for a while, Qu Wen was secretly overjoyed. It seemed that no incantation or technique was needed; relying on his intention alone, he could freely release and absorb the spiritual energy hidden in various objects. As an apprentice appraiser at the pawnshop, he might really become an appraiser one day and wouldn't have to worry about finding good treasures to replenish his spiritual energy.

  At this point, Zhu Bajie couldn't help but praise himself repeatedly. Ever since he became his master, good fortune had been constant. It's better to say that it was the "Pig Star" shining brightly rather than the "Lucky Star".

  As the warm sunshine rises high in the sky, it lifts off the thin morning mist. The air is filled with a subtle fragrance that is pleasant to breathe in. On the emerald green leaves, several sparkling dew drops hang, looking full of life and vitality.

  Having absorbed new spiritual energy, Qu Wen's spirit was particularly full, and the sunny big boy had a faint smile on his face, giving people a healthy and refreshing feeling.

  There were originally not many employees in the pawnshop, with over 40 people, of which one-third were women. Suddenly seeing a young handsome guy walk into the company, they couldn't help but stretch their necks and widen their eyes. Don't think that only men like to look at beautiful women, women also love to look at handsome guys.

  "Isn't this Little Qu, why are you suddenly dressed up so stylishly today?" A woman in her thirties, a leftover woman, was the first to recognize Qu Wen, with an unusual glow in her eyes, swaying her waist and walking over, asking softly like a young girl.

  "No, I'm always dressed like this, aren't I?" Qu Wen was puzzled, on the way here, he found that many people of the opposite sex were looking at him, but he usually dressed like this and hadn't changed anything.

  It has nothing to do with dressing up, it's a matter of temperament. A young person who is spirited and confident will be perceived as extremely approachable by anyone.

  The leftover girl looked at Qu Wen like a cat seeing fish, sizing him up for a long time, staring until he had goosebumps all over his body. She slowly said: "You'd better go to the pawnshop quickly, Old Gu has been looking for you since he arrived."

  "If it weren't for you blocking the way, I would have arrived earlier." Qu Wen complained in her heart, but Gu Quan's presence made him a bit curious, as he rarely came to the company, let alone so early.

  Three steps in two steps, they soon arrived at the pawnshop and found that Gu Quan had indeed come to the pawnshop early as the leftover girl's sister said.

  "Ah Wen, you're here." Gu Quan's eyes were already small to begin with, and he was squinting slightly, as if he hadn't fully woken up yet. He looked somewhat displeased, perhaps it was because of what happened last night.

  When chatting with Su Yaxin, I once heard her say that Gu Quan's discipline was extremely strict. Even when she was over 20 years old, there were still curfews in place, and the door would be locked after 10:30 at night.

  "Good morning, Master Gu." Looking at Gu Quan, Qu Wenhuai had an uneasy feeling in his heart.

  "Ah Wen, how long have you been with the company?" Gu Quan asked casually.

  "It's been almost twenty days, and the other day I just passed Uncle Fan's test." Qu Wen couldn't figure out what he meant, why would he suddenly ask this, could it be that he wanted to get rid of his own calamity, and took the opportunity to say something beneficial to himself.

  "Twenty days, twenty days can tell the authenticity of ancient porcelain..." Gu Quan muttered to himself, looking at Qu Wen in surprise. Last night, Su Yaxin returned home and told him what happened at the restaurant.

  For his beloved granddaughter, Gu Quan was very familiar with her, never speaking nonsense, this point is somewhat like his personality, one is one, two is two. However, from her mouth, Qu Wen almost spent the same amount of time identifying the authenticity of the two porcelain pieces, which made him feel surprised. Su Yaxin was brought up by him since childhood, learning a lot of knowledge about antique appraisal through osmosis, and her eyesight was not much worse than Fan Yongcheng and Liu Da. If it weren't for training her courage, she would have been transferred to the pawnshop department early on.

  Moreover, after Su Ya Xin returned home, in a short span of one and a half hours, she inadvertently mentioned the name "Qu Wen" twenty-three times, averaging more than four minutes per mention. In Gu Quan's memory, this was equivalent to her mentioning an opposite-sex name for a total of six months.

  "Come with me." Gu Quan didn't say much, his face still solemn, and turned to take Qu Wen to Chen Qifu's office, where Chen Qifu was drinking tea.

  "Afu, lend me something to take a look."

  "Look!" Chen Qifu curiously watched the two, Gu Quan was his father's good friend and also his half-teacher, who had persuaded him to join the company after its establishment.

  Gu Quan didn't stand on ceremony, and before Chen Qifu could speak, he had already opened his cabinet, picked out eight objects from it, and arranged them on the table, some of which were genuine and others fake. He beckoned to Qu Wen and said: "You take a look, which one is real and which one is fake."

  Another exam!

  The first thought that came to Quwen's mind was that he had taken several exams in just a few days after joining the company, as if most of the people in the whole company were originally graduates of Normal University.

  "Master Gu, I've been studying mostly jewelry and jade recently, I don't know much about antiques, isn't this too difficult for me?"

  "I told you to take a look, just take a look, don't talk nonsense!" Gu Quan was somewhat impatient. If it weren't for his precious granddaughter speaking up, he wouldn't have believed that a newcomer who had studied for only twenty days could distinguish between genuine and fake antiques. Either way, it was possible that Qu Wen had corrupted his own precious granddaughter, teaching her to deceive people. Speaking of which, Qu Wen did have some dealings with the underworld, and it was hard to say whether beneath his honest-looking face lay a heart that was cunning, hypocritical, sinister, and evil.

  The emerald ring on Quanzheng's hand was of the highest quality, with a vibrant green color and a rich luster that seemed to radiate an aura of age. If it were to be auctioned off, it would easily fetch tens of millions. It was said that this ring was a gift from the leader of the underworld, and only someone with an extremely close relationship would receive such a valuable item.

  "I've taken a look, and I won't be fired for being inaccurate, right?" Qu Wen asked, but the two big shots in the company didn't respond. He had no choice but to pretend to examine the antiques carefully. Taking advantage of the opportunity to turn his back on the two men, he let out a hint of spiritual awareness from his eyes and probed whether there was any spiritual energy present on these objects.

  A spiritual awareness flashed by, and in an instant, a faint white light appeared on the surface of five objects. Although it couldn't be compared to the authentic works of Jin Tingbiao or the Qing dynasty jade finger rings, it was still considered to have a spiritual aura. It was like a child eating candy, temporarily satisfying their craving. Qu Wen unceremoniously absorbed all the spiritual energy into his body, feeling invigorated.

  The other three pieces have a bright appearance and exquisite workmanship, but there is no spiritual energy flowing. Qu Wen also dare not say whether it is true or false, can only say that the age is not too long, so it does not reach the level of gathering spirits.

  "These two things shouldn't be real or perhaps it can be said that the era won't be too far away." Qu Wen carefully picked out the two antique items with doubts and asked cautiously.

  Chen Qifu didn't know what was going on in their minds, but he quietly watched as Qu Wen picked out two new imitation handicrafts, his eyes wide with wonder like he had just seen an alien.

  "Qu Wen, you really haven't studied antique appraisal or archaeology courses before?"

  "Director Chen, isn't it clearly written on my resume that I majored in finance?" Qu Wen didn't dare to be too certain, after all, he was making an inference based on the aura of objects, and before verifying it, he didn't dare guarantee whether his judgment was right or wrong.

  Gu Quan was stunned for a while, unable to believe it. He took eight items from Chen Qifu's showcase, among which three were modern high-quality imitations, not too old. But how did Qu Wen see through them? These three high-quality imitations had glazes and patterns that were almost indistinguishable from the real thing, even an experienced appraiser would need some time to make a judgment.

  Before that, Gu Quan thought it would be good to pick one or two by luck, but he never expected that Qu Wen would actually pick them all out without exception.

  "You, you, you..." Gu Quan said three "you"s in a row, and was so astonished that he couldn't continue speaking.

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