Martial World's
Ch 763 - How to Make Money
…
…
…
This yellow dragon-robed man was Zhou Kun, the second son of the High Wood Iron Prince of the sublime heavenly Kingdom. At one point, he had become a strong candidate to become the successor of the High Iron Wood Prince.
In the heavenly Kingdom, the successor of the Great Prince was decided by a different method than in the mortal countries. In those mortal countries, they took the eldest son from the wife as his successor. However, in the four heavenly Kingdoms, the title of successor belonged to whoever had the greatest level of talent.
A few years ago, Zhou Kun had a very strong limelight on him. But after struggling to become his successor, he eventually lost to his fourth sister. Since then, it has kept a very low key presence and is rarely seen in public.
In terms of status, Zhou Kun was naturally much inferior to Li Yifeng. Although the national strength of the great Enlightening heavenly Kingdom was much higher than the strength of the Seven Star Kingdom, Zhou Kun was merely a failed son who could not even become the High Prince's successor. As for Li Yifeng, he was the true Prince of the Heavenly Kingdom of the Seven Stars, so he was much higher ranked than Zhou Kun.
Although his status was not comparable to Li Yifeng, Zhou Kun was intent on showing respect to Li Yifeng. When the two of them were young, they had entered a mystic realm together. Since they found the same lucky chance at the same time, they engaged in a brutal battle with each other. Since then, the hostility has continued until now.
Zhou Kun also liked to collect wood jade carvings. Since he often came to White Dragon Jade Row to buy items, it was normal for him to meet Li Yifeng here.
'' Hehe Brother Li, why don't I see your future imperial consort, 'Pak' Murong? I heard that 'Master' Murong has been keeping you tight. After coming to this White Dragon Jade Row, aren't you afraid that 'Master' Murong will complain about you? I wonder if Brother Li will be punished for sitting on the naughty chair and facing the wall to reflect on your mistakes? ”
As Lin Ming listened to Zhou Kun's words, it was clear that he knew that the cross-looking Miss Murong was actually Li Yifeng's future wife. But to Zhou Kun, he persisted on the word 'Master' every time, clearly mocking Li Yifeng's choice of strange clothes.
Just as Zhou Kun finished talking to Li Yifeng, Qing'er ended up becoming angry, "Zhou Kun, did you take the wrong medicine today? I've heard that ever since you lost your replacement position, you turned into a mad dog that bit anyone it saw. It's none of your business what Brother Murong did to my family or where he went! ”
Qing'er is a clever and intelligent mouth. While she acted like a proper girl in front of Li Yifeng, she was still unwilling to eat the losses from others and the words that came out of her mouth after speaking could be extremely poisonous.
Zhou Kun originally wanted to say more but his mouth was directly connected to Qing'er's words. What he said actually stuck to all his pain points, showing all his flaws. In his entire life, being defeated in the battle to become his successor was the greatest setback and frustration of his life.
Zhou Kun's complexion sank and he coldly humped, no longer saying anything more. It wasn't that he was afraid of Qinger, but he was just disinclined to argue with an ordinary servant. If they really started to argue verbally then Qing'er's reputation didn't matter but her own would suffer.
At this moment, the injured man stepped among them as a mediator. "Fellows and misses, everyone here is a high-level character from the four heavenly Kingdoms. Let's all take a step back and enjoy a brighter future together! ”
The wounded man laughed. He also noticed this fight. If two guests were to fight with each other then it would be helpful for him to raise the price. But, if this struggle was too far from the ledge and no one looked at each other, then he would definitely not benefit here.
“That's right Knifescar, I heard you just said there were some good things a while ago. Hurry up and let me check it out! '' Zhou Kun said impatiently as he waved his hand. Qing'er's words now had made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Big! Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy and have a look! ”Si the big man Knifescar respectfully said to Li Yifeng and Zhou Kun. However, he did not bother to pay attention to Lin Ming's or Zhou Kun's entourage. It was clear that he regarded Lin Ming as one of Li Yifeng's followers.
“Everyone feels free to see it. Each item had a number under it and a corresponding price on this jade slip. “The great man named Knifescar said as he waved a piece of jade in his hand. At Jade Row, private prices were not announced. If curious visitors come just to see then the manager will not bother telling them the price or will make a high price to drive them away. Only when a true customer came would the manager here write down the true price of the jade slip and give it to the customer.
"Brother Lin, let's take a look. Most of the items here are fake, so if you are thinking of buying something it is best that you do not do it, lest you suffer a loss. ”
"Fake?" Asked Lin Ming, stunned.
"Yes nih . This is the unwritten rule of Jade Row. In Jade Row, there were seven fake items for every three real items. And sometimes there are even nine fake items for every one real item. If you go outside and look around in the stalls then maybe every item might be fake. If you really want to make sure that what you are buying is real then you can only go to a good Auction House. But, the prices in a good auction house would be much more expensive than here! ”
So that was it. Lin Ming fell silent. He never thought that although the Sky Spill Continent and the Realm of the Gods were two completely different levels of existence, there were an astonishing number of similarities. In the Realm of the Gods, most of the spirit jade wood carvings were fakes. If one wanted to purchase a true jade spirit wood carving then they could go to the auction house, but the price would be too high. Thus, many people who are willing to go to the store to risk their luck to make a purchase, are willing to accept repeated losses.
The Jade Row rule was that all purchases were willing; if someone bought a fake item they could only blame themselves.
Li Yifeng sighed and shook his head, “These old objects are sold at astronomical prices and the profits are very suitable. But the fact is that these counterfeit items are also not cheap. If I can't look past them to see if they're real or fake, then all I can do is blame my own views. A few years ago I bought a jade spirit wood folding screen. I thought it was the summons work of grandmaster Xuan Jiong from 20,000 years ago, but the truth was that I was deceiving myself. Because of this I was forced to face the wall in confinement for an entire year, so Zhou Kun only used this matter to insult me. ”
As Li Yifeng spoke, he also used his perception to carefully examine the jade spirit wood carvings. One of the special features of a jade wood spirit is that it can protect from perception. Even the Heavenly Ocean Supreme Elder could give the idea of piercing through even half an inch of spirit wood jade with their perception.
Li Yifeng had been toying with jade spirit wood carvings for several years so he had a lot of experience in this matter. As he inspected these works, he also explained to Lin Ming beside him, “After a wood carved spirit jade, he also explained, it will absorb the origin energy of the wood every year and slowly form a smooth, hair-like texture on the surface. This texture is very difficult to feel .. and there are even some very proficient experts who can reproduce this texture – these people are usually martial artists with wood attributes. They could use the wood attribute energy within their own bodies and leave a fine hair-like structure on the wood spirit jade, he said, to the point where even a master is unable to distinguish between it and the real deal. For example, this dragon carving .. I've come to see it several times, but I can't decide it .. ”
As Li Yifeng said this, he bitterly placed the chiseled dragon back on the shelf. As Lin Ming looked at Li Yifeng's appearance, he couldn't help but ask, "How many spirit essence stones did this dragon chisel?"
"3300!" Li Yifeng let out a long breath. Although if Li Yifeng could charge such a price, he still felt sad to do so.
"Very expensive!" Lin Ming swallowed. After Xuan Wuji died, he had left behind around 6000 top grade true essence stones. Other than all the other treasures combined, if they were completely reduced to top grade true essence stones that were still only around 20,000-30,000. If he used all that wealth to buy these carved dragons, then he would go bankrupt once he bought seven or eight of them!
This was the entire wealth of a fifth-grade sect master.
Compared to the four heavenly Kingdoms, the South Horizon Region was truly a remote outback.
As Lin Ming was thinking this, an idea suddenly appeared in his mind. He asked Li Yifeng, "What about at the auction house? If this dragon carving is auctioned, what is the selling price? ”
"A little more than this. "Li Yifeng stretched out five long fingers.
"5000?"
"Yes! You could auction for about 1700 more than this price, and after deducting the cost of the different auction houses, you still had about a thousand left. Of course, all this depends on whether you can determine what you choose is real or not! ”
So this is how it works! This was an excellent method to obtain spirit essence stones!
Lin Ming's eyes were bright. He had originally ignored the engraving skills and identification abilities of the Realm of the Gods alchemist. But now, it seems that they have a very important function. It could definitely help resolve his lack of spirit stone essence.
If he could buy at a low price and sell at a high price, then he would not need to spend time personally searching for wood spirit jade.
Lin Ming immediately transferred the memories of the Realm of the Gods alchemist and started meditating on them, completely contrasting with what he knew.
Soul fragment memories are not like lines of text in a book.
No matter how much textual knowledge he had, if he did not practice it then it was futile.
However, the memory of the soul fragment contained a large amount of hard-earned personal experience. It was the Realm of the total training the God alchemists had gathered for a period of over 10,000 years. There is a wealth of experience identifying countless items and collections. As long as Lin Ming could fully integrate all of this knowledge into himself, then his identification ability would rise to ridiculous heights.
Even if he could only reach the 40 to 50% standard for Realm of the Gods alchemists, it was still enough to deal with the problems in the Sky Spill Continent. After all, the most ancient spirit wood jade carvings would not be older than 70,000 to 80,000 years. This was because after the ancient disaster of the Sky Spill Continent, the revival of the martial arts world here had only begun 70,000 to 80,000 years ago.
Li Yifeng inspected three or four collections, taking an hour each time to check them out.
After searching for so long, Li Yifeng still did not buy anything. Still, Knifescar's manager wasn't nervous. To a martial artist, a few hours could be time spent on light meditation; it could not be considered much at all.
Beside Li Yifeng, Lin Ming completely closed his eyes and it seemed like he had entered meditation. In fact, he had quickly fused in the Realm memory of the alchemist Gods regarding the wood carving of spirit jade. He obviously did not want to give up this opportunity to get rich so easily. In order to practice alchemy techniques, he not only needed wood spirit stones but also a large amount of precious and rare materials. Relying on what he had snatched from the South Sea Demon Region and the profound Yin Yang Palace was still far from enough.
“I say, Brother Knifescar, hurry and show me new stuff. All these items on the shelf are new imitations or old dubious items that no one has bought for several years. If you have something new that has just arrived then take it out so that we can see well and open our eyes. ”
Most of the items here were bought by Knifescar's fellow bandits in the region. Since he bought them at a cheap price, they naturally also sold at a cheap price. All good things only took a few days to sell to others, so all that was left was the ambiguous belongings of others.
Thus, Li Yifeng asked the Knifescar fellow to pick up a new item.
“Hehe, I have a few things. What I have here is a pair of newly excavated ancient jade bracelets. This is the burial goods of the ancient Emperor! ”That Knifescar guy will take all of this stuff, but does he want to reduce Li Yifeng's patience by having him look through the old stuff first. Then, his interest in new items would greatly increase. It is also a form of marketing.
As Zhou Kun heard Knifescar's man say this, his interest was also disturbed. He laughed as he walked over and said, “What's up there? Take it out so I can open my eyes too. ”