Martial World's
Ch 764 - Ancient Jade Bracelet
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When Li Yifeng saw Zhou Kun clinging to him like melted candy, he did not think too much about it. Shopping here all depends on one's ability to get started. Dare to buy or not, dare to match the price or not, everything will depend on one's eyes and courage.
When Li Yifeng had first become obsessed with jade spirit wood carvings, he had bought a fake and he had bought a fake item.
In the world of jade spirit wood carvings, fakes and fakes were two different things.
Fake was something new that was disguised as something old, made with spirit jade wood.
As for the fake, it was not made of wood spirit stone, but wood attribute spirit essence stone. A wood-attribute martial artist in the Revolving Core realm or even the Destruction realm would use their inner energy to transform spirit essence stones and then integrate a small amount of wood spirit jade powder in within it.
A fake wood spirit jade formed by an expert was hard to distinguish from the real one. Moreover, a novice who was just starting out, even a master who had been in business for many years would be easily deceived if they were negligent for a second.
In the Jade Row tradition, new forgeries disguised as old treasures are part of the business. However, selling counterfeit goods as genuine goods is a matter of damaging their reputation and they have to pay customers 10 times the price as compensation.
This was because what they were selling would not be jade. If they were to sell counterfeit goods then they could not be called Jade Row.
Li Yifeng had paid a large sum of money to touch the wood spirit jade identification gate. From the start when all he made was a loss, to the present where it was a small loss, to the future where he would make a small profit, he said, and then beyond that being a big advantage, that's what he's planning.
Of course, Li Yifeng played this game not because of money but because he was really interested. It was no different from a human who loved gold and gems. Within the four heavenly Kingdoms, there were far too many martial artists who loved wood spirit jade. In particular, female martial artists. If they had a set of real wood spirit jade jewelry then not only could it help nurture their souls, but they could also illuminate their own beauty and charm. The wood spirit jade was a high-class luxury item desired by all noble daughters of every heavenly Kingdom.
“You should all be thirsty after looking for a long time. First, let's have some tea. "The Knifescar guy clapped his hands. Suddenly two slender and beautiful young girls came out sashaying, their bodies covered only a thin layer of fine gauze as they carried a set of tea teapots, cups, and tea stoves. The two young girls put down the tea set and then threw flirtatious blatantly glances at Li Yifeng and Zhou Kun. From under the thin veil covering their bodies, one could clearly see two dark red spots on their chest.
Zhou Kun laughed out loud and fumbled at the chests of the two young girls. As for Li Yifeng, under Qing'er's insulting gaze, he managed to remain polite and courteous.
"Whore!"
Qinger spat in annoyance as the two young girls stepped back. The two young girls were martial artists and their hearing was extremely sharp. Although they heard Qing'er's words, they didn't mind at all. Instead, they giggled and looked back at Qing'er, a cunning sense of provocation that enveloped their faces.
It is the style and spirit of the desert. The men are rude and the girls are open-minded. Even the diet is very different. For example, this tea pot. Although it is called tea, it is more like soup. There was butter and shredded beast meat added, as well as a number of seasonings.
Lin Ming drank a single gulp and nearly suffocated; the smell of flesh was unbearable. The once gentle aroma of tea was completely overpowered and mixed with meat, making it impossible to taste. Lin Ming couldn't bear to drink a little. Really, it's pretty hard.
Li Yifeng looked straight at him and laughed. He was clearly aware of the taste of this tea and did not move in the slightest towards it.
As for Zhou Kun, he drank tea vigorously. Lin Ming was speechless; this person really had strange tastes.
“Alright, let's get started. "When the Knifescar guy saw Zhou Kun drinking his tea, he clapped once more. The two beauties who were serving back, caused Qinger to adopt a ferocious expression.
The two young girls each held a tray in their hands that was covered with red silk.
The first tray was launched, revealing a green smoking pipe. There were martial artists who liked to smoke, although what they smoked was not ordinary tobacco, but rather a variety of grated spiritual plants with tobacco characteristics. There were some high quality blends that cost one or two spirit essence stones for each use.
To smoke such grated spiritual tobacco naturally required a good smoking pipe. The wood spirit jade wood pipe was originally filled with wood attribute energy itself. It can blend with specialty tobacco, making it more fragrant, and even provide a soul-healthy effect.
“This is a wood spirit jade wood pipe made 5000 years ago. His skill was incredible, and it cost him 1300 spirit essence stones. I won't talk more about that. Guests, please see for yourself. ”
The Knifescar lifted the wood spirit jade pipe upwards.
Lin Ming saw it. The first thing he investigated was not the year in which smoking pipes were carved, but rather the material they were made from.
From the texture of the wood spirit jade to the fluctuations of the wood attribute energy, he slowly understood all of this and more.
'13, 000-14,000 ninth grade wood spirit jade; the quality is not too bad either. '
Wood spirit jade has different sizes for its value. One of them is age. The longer the wood spirit jade existed, the more valuable it became. Wood spirit jade also had a grade; high grade was even more important than the age of wood spirit jade.
For example, the wood spirit jade formed by the buried Demon Heart Flower would be several levels lower than the wood spirit jade formed from the 10,000 Year Nirvana Dragon Root. But, the wood spirit jade formed from the 10,000 Year Nirvana Dragon Root would be several levels lower than the wood spirit jade formed from the profound golden heavenly fruit.
The level of the spiritual plant that was the origin of the wood spirit jade was the most important factor in its quality.
After seeing the quality of the wood spirit jade, Lin Ming began to assess the year in which the smoking pipe was carved. The luster was somewhat dim, and there were some faint splashes of color like a hint of fluorite mixed in. This was a special gloss formed from traces of metallic impurities on the surface of the wood spirit jade over several thousand years.
Looks like these Knifescar guys aren't lying at all.
After a quarter of an hour, Li Yifeng and Zhou Kun stopped their assessment.
"I want that smoking pipe. "Said Zhou Kun.
Li Yifeng hesitated for a moment, not speaking. If he speaks then the price will go up.
Although he was 70-80% sure that this cigarette pipe was genuine, if he were to put it in the auction house, the most he could receive was around 1700-1800 spirit essence stones. After deducting the auction fee, he would have less than 1500 left. For just 300 spirit essence stones he would also have to take significant risks. There is really no point in doing this, especially since he does not smoke so he is not interested in the smoking pipe itself.
Fellow Knifescar looked at Li Yifeng with hope in his eyes. When he saw that Li Yifeng had no intention of bidding, he was bound to be disappointed. However, he had purchased this smoking pipe for 800 spirit essence stones. Generating over 60% profit in one exchange is pretty good.
In White Dragon Jade Row, all transactions were settled on the spot. Zhou Kun immediately took out 1,300 spirit essence stones and bought a smoking pipe.
“Hehe, the first item is just an appetizer. This second item was the real deal! I guarantee you both will love it! ”Si Knifescar said happily. Then, he pulled the silk cover from the tray of the other young girl, revealing a pair of dark red blood jade bracelets.
"This is .." Li Yifeng's eyes sparkled. "Blood spirit?"
Zhou Kun was also pleased. Blood spirit jade was an extremely rare form of wood spirit stone.
Often, a top heavenly material would have a ferocious beast or Saint Beast protecting it. This savage beast would be drawn in by the rich origin energy released by the spiritual plant, and would remain by its side, protecting it until it matured and matured to the point where it could eat it.
Sometimes there are accidents. For example, if the origin energy of the spiritual plant was too strong, then after the ferocious beasts protecting it swallowed it, they would not be able to withstand the waves of origin energy. Their meridians would be torn apart and their organs would cook until they finally exploded in bloody death.
After that, this ferocious beast would be buried underground along with the spiritual plant. In general, this kind of ferocious beast was usually at a very high level. The energy and blood essence of the ferocious beast would slowly and subtly seep into the wood spirit jade, forming a rare blood spirit jade.
This type of strange wood spirit jade was 10 times or even 20 times more valuable than ordinary wood spirit jade.
If this pair of jade bracelets were really made from blood spirit jade and also had a history of several thousand years behind it, the price would be priceless.
Li Yifeng and Zhou Kun each picked up a bracelet and quickly identified its characteristics. Both were completely engrossed in their duties. For a wood spirit stone collector, the rarer an item was, the easier their interest would be.
Even Qing'er, who didn't really care about wood spirit jade to begin with, was filled with interest towards these two blood spirit jade bracelets.
Lin Ming silently watched from the side, letting his perception touch the bracelet for a long time. There was a beautiful reddish color, filled with energy, and the quality of the jade itself was extremely high. Of all aspects it seemed to be a real blood jade spirit. However, Lin Ming actually felt a faint death energy coming from the jade.
Death energy?
Even though the jade spirit blood was formed from inanimate objects, after tens of thousands of years that death energy should have already faded by now. Unless…
Lin Ming thought for a moment and then said to Li Yifeng, “Let me take a look. ”
Usually, in order to fully assess something, one had to use all of his senses. They must see, feel, touch, ask, listen, and smell.
Seeking is by using the eyes, feeling is using one's perception, touching is touching with one's hands, asking is to determine whether the owner is right or not, listening is hearing the voice he made, listening is hearing the voice he made, and smelling it was smelling the faint scent it emitted.
A true wood spirit jade had a very, very faded smell of wood. A grandmaster could even use this kind of fragrance to estimate age.
It was impossible for Lin Ming to identify whether these jade bracelets were genuine or fake just by looking and feeling them.
Li Yifeng carefully handed the blood spirit jade bracelet to Lin Ming. In fact, having one's precious daydream time interrupted by someone is not fun at all. However, Li Yifeng did not comment on this. Since it was Lin Ming was fine, even if he knew that Lin Ming knew nothing about spirit jade wood carvings and just wanted to join in for fun.
Lin Ming touched the blood spirit jade bracelet and kissed it. He has made an estimate assessment. The jade bracelet was not smooth. There was an extremely fine sand texture there; all of this was in line with true blood spirit jade. However, when he smelled it, he felt an incomparable scent of blood. This almost invisible smell was hidden by its maker using an ingenious method. If one was not prepared beforehand then it was impossible to tell the difference.
This was not spirit jade blood but corpse jade. The so-called corpse jade was when the wood spirit jade was used as a burial object and sealed into the mouth or stomach of a newly buried martial artist. After over 10,000 years, the blood of martial artists would seep into the wood spirit jade, forming a corpse jade.
There was only a small difference between corpse jade and blood spirit jade. In addition, after being processed and transformed by the collaborative efforts of a martial artist skilled in corpse techniques and a wood attribute martial artist, the, the final product was almost indistinguishable from real blood spirit jade.
This kind of method is very rare. Since the corpse jade itself was already rare, many unprepared appraisal grandmasters would also be deceived by this.
After two hours of assessment, Li Yifeng put down the jade bracelet. His eyes shone with joy. He was 90% positive that this blood spirit jade was the real one. Beside him, Zhou Kun also completed his own assessment, his eyes flashing with a sinister gleam. Although his expression was a bit hazy, his movements were as if he was just reluctantly putting down a jade bracelet. It seemed like he was greatly tempted by the jade bracelet.
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