Time passed quickly, and it was almost noon in the blink of an eye, but the flow of people in the antique market continued to grow, or even increased.
Although there were many people wandering around, many people still bought things they valued. However, in Shi Jiu's view, most of the things that had been traded were ordinary. Even if there were some that caught his eye, they were all considered as ordinary. The overflow items are sold for many times the value of the items themselves.
"Sure enough, all the sellers at the antique market are smart people. You really need luck to find something missing!"
Shi Jiu continued to walk forward, but after just a few steps, his consciousness felt something strange.
"Huh? What happened? Did you encounter a big leak?"
A burst of surprise suddenly welled up in my heart, and I immediately looked in the direction of my spiritual perception.
In a stall on the right side, an old man wearing a big felt hat was closing his eyes and concentrating. There were all kinds of things in front of him, including hell cores, kung fu secrets, swords and weapons, etc. , like a hodgepodge.
However, Shi Jiu's eyes were focused on two obviously inconspicuous stones.
The stone is very ordinary, and the whole body is brown. Most people will definitely not notice it. Even monks in the Li Po realm will not notice anything abnormal.
After staring at it for a while, Shi Jiu discovered that there was a trace of very faint energy fluctuations coming from the two stones, and the fluctuations were not stable and intermittent. If he did not have the perception of his spiritual consciousness, he might not be able to notice it.
In addition to these two stones, there was another thing that surprised him. It was an antique incense burner. Although it did not reveal any energy fluctuations, it always felt strange under the perception of his spiritual consciousness. There was something indescribable. special feeling.
Among these three things, he didn't even look at the incense burner. He just stared at the two brown stones next to it.
After a while, Shi Jiu walked to the stall with brown stones, then stretched out his hand to weigh it.
"How to sell this thing?" Shi Jiu asked directly.
"One piece costs two hundred crystals. If you want to buy it, sell both pieces together." The old man squinted his eyes and looked at Shi Jiu who was stroking the brown stone.
"Isn't it a bit expensive?"
"Is it expensive? It's not expensive at all." The old man sneered: "You must have noticed a trace of energy fluctuations emitted by these two stones, otherwise you wouldn't have stared at these two stones for a while before."
Shi Jiu did not deny it and nodded, as if he had expected that the other party would say this.
Almost none of the vendors setting up stalls in this antique market are ordinary people. They are all monks, some from sects and some casual cultivators. They are not weak in strength, and the worst ones have the cultivation level of the spirit realm.
Although the old man had concealed most of his aura, he could not hide it from Shi Jiu. Under the perception of his spiritual consciousness, he knew that the other man was a strong man in the central realm, and his cultivation level was one level higher than him. Therefore, the energy fluctuations emitted by brown stones are also known.
"Having said that, the price is still a bit high. How about eighty crystal yuan each, and I bought both?" Shi Jiu bargained.
The old man shook his head: "Eighty is too low. Let's do this, two stones for three hundred and ninety crystal yuan."
"Three hundred and nine... okay, just three hundred and nine."
Shi Jiu nodded and was about to withdraw money to pay the bill.
At this time, a slightly feminine voice came from behind.
"These two stones are good. I want them. How much does it cost, old man?"
"Sorry, I just bought these two stones." Shi Jiu said calmly, while turning and looking behind him.
A handsome man stood behind Shi Jiu with a group of attendants and guards.
"If you haven't paid the money yet, the deal won't be completed. Old man, how much are these two stones? I'll buy them at the original price!" the handsome man sneered.
Shi Jiu was a little unhappy, but he still said patiently: "The seller and I have already negotiated the price and are now preparing to pay. If you don't believe it, you can ask this old man."
Opposite him, the old man didn't expect Shi Jiu to say that, and his face suddenly felt unnatural.
"Well, this little brother is right, we have indeed negotiated the price." At the critical moment, the old man told the truth.
"Haha, just because the price has been negotiated does not mean that the deal has been completed. As long as the payment has not been made, it is not completed." The handsome man said with a smile, and then motioned to the attendant behind him.
The attendant took the order and threw a bag of crystals directly to the old man.
"Did you see it? This is considered a successful transaction." The handsome man said proudly.
"Oh, is it so?"
The next moment, Shi Jiu also threw out a bag of crystal yuan, and then said: "Can the transaction be considered successful now?"
"Do you know who I am? Do you dare to go against me? Do you want to live?"
Seeing Shi Jiu replying to him like this, the handsome man was obviously angry. No one in Yongyan City had ever dared to target him like this, not even the few people at the same level as him.
"Old guy, who are you selling these two stones to?!" the handsome man said aggressively.
At this time, many people had gathered around to watch the fun, and the old man felt helpless for a while, and finally said: "The one who raises the stone will get it. These two stones are yours, sir."
After speaking, the old man directly picked up two brown stones on the stall and threw them to the handsome man.
After getting the stone, the handsome man was even more proud.
Then he sneered at Shi Jiu: "Did you see it? This is considered a successful transaction, country bumpkin! I am happy today, so I won't argue with you. I hope you won't let me touch you next time, otherwise you won't be able to So good luck, haha!”
After that, the handsome man walked forward with the attendants and others behind him.
After the other party walked away, the old man at the stall apologized: "Little brother, don't blame me for selling things to that person. His identity is extraordinary. He is a famous little bully in Yongyan City. Almost everyone will give in." I don’t dare to offend him.”
"Oh? Who is the other party?" Shi Jiu asked.
"It seems that you are indeed not a local. No wonder you don't know." Hearing Shi Jiu's question, the old man nodded and continued: "The young man just now came from Hunyuan Palace, and his great-great-grandfather was the famous master of Hunyuan Palace. A powerful person in the Earth Soul Realm, he is also one of the four giants of Yongyan Mansion, no one dares to offend him."
"No wonder the people from Hunyuan Palace are so arrogant." Shi Jiu nodded.
This was not the first time he had met people from Hunyuan Palace. When he was in Lanming City before, he heard that the Ghost Fire Sect wanted to form an alliance with Hunyuan Palace. As a result, Jueshi Palace and Tonglin Palace were dissatisfied, and the two sides formed alliances and opposed each other. In the Tianmu Mountains, he also saw with his own eyes the battle between several soul-level experts from the two alliances, including the powerhouse from Hunyuan Palace. In the subsequent ancient battlefield, the soul-level powerhouse from Hunyuan Palace was defeated. The Earthly Evil Demon King was killed directly. Although he did not see it with his own eyes that time, the Hunyuan Palace was everywhere, which made Shi Jiu pay more attention to this sect, especially since there was an Earth Soul Realm member in this sect. Strong.
"Well, to express my apology, if you pick any of the other things in my stall, I will sell them to you cheaply," the old man said.
Hearing what the old man said, Shi Jiu immediately became excited, but his face still looked unhappy.
Then he looked at the items in the entire stall, touching them left and right, and finally compared them left and right on an incense burner and a bronze mirror, and couldn't make up his mind for a while.
"Little brother, it seems that you are interested in two things. Let's do this. You only need to pay fifty crystal yuan to take one of them, and the other one costs two hundred crystal yuan." The old man said.
Shi Jiu raised his head and glanced at the other person, then thought for a moment, and finally said: "Forget it, I'll just take this incense burner."
After that, he took out a bag of crystals and handed it over, then picked up the antique incense burner, stuffed it into the storage ring, then stood up and left.
After harvesting the incense burner, the previous resentment was wiped away.
Compared to the two stones that emitted energy, he actually wanted the incense burner more, because what really caught his attention was the incense burner. It was the incense burner that made his consciousness feel strange, while the two brown stones next to it were just In order to deceive others, in addition to objects that emit energy fluctuations such as brown stones, Shi Jiu saw several objects along the way. Although they were not bad, they were not enough to make him insist on them.
After successfully taking down the incense burner, Shi Jiu was in a happy mood. He followed the crowd and looked around, hoping to encounter something that made him happy again.
But such a good thing didn't happen again. In the next half hour, Shi Jiu never found anything special that made him feel.
"It seems that good luck only comes once, it's rare."
After walking around the entire market, Shi Jiu also left angrily.
After visiting the antique market, Shi Jiu chose an inn near Fengbaozhai to stay. After a delicious meal, he returned to his room and then directly entered the Xumi space.
In the Xumi space, Shi Jiu raised and lowered his hands, constantly turning over to check the incense burner he just got today.
The material of the incense burner is ordinary, and it is made of brass. It may be older, but the overall look is antique and has a lot of charm.
"Strange, there doesn't seem to be anything special about this incense burner!"
After tinkering for half an hour, he still didn't find anything special.
"Could it be that my sense of consciousness is wrong?" Shi Jiu was doubtful for a moment, and then used his sense of consciousness to observe the entire incense burner.
After a long time, except for the slightest difference, nothing else was found.
"The strange feeling is still there. There should be no problem with the spiritual consciousness, but why can't it be found? Could it be that my inspection method is wrong?" Shi Jiu rubbed the incense burner in his hand and frowned.
The entire incense burner had been tinkered with by him many times, inside and out. He had checked every corner and almost smashed it into pieces.
"Censer, censer, does it need to be lit to burn incense?"
At his wits' end, Shi Jiu said this casually.
"Huh? Maybe it can be done."
Shi Jiu suddenly became excited again, and then left Xumi Space and went to the street to buy incense.
Half an hour later, he entered the Sumeru space again carrying the sandalwood incense he bought.
Then, he took out a small piece of incense, lit it and put it in the incense burner.
Soon, the entire Xumi air was filled with a faint fragrance, but Shi Jiu didn't pay attention to it, but stared at the incense burner closely, expecting to make special discoveries.
When the incense was completely burned out, the imagined change did not happen. The incense burner was still the incense burner, except for the scent of sandalwood, there was no other change.
"Is it because there is too little incense?"
Shi Jiu didn't give up and took out a large piece this time, then filled the incense burner full.
The fragrance of the entire Xumi space became stronger, but that was all. Apart from the slightly infrared burning of the furnace wall, there were still no other changes.
"Hey, isn't it really just an ordinary incense burner?"
After trying every method he could think of, he still found nothing, so Shi Jiu gave up completely.
"Maybe there's really nothing special about the incense burner. It's just that I'm too neurotic." Shi Jiu comforted himself.
Just when he was about to put away the incense burner, a cough sounded not far away.
"Little guy, what are you doing? The smell of incense is so strong that I can't even sleep."
Not far away was a self-portrait suspended in mid-air. The light flashed and a figure walked out of it.
"I'm sorry, Senior Fuyun, for disturbing your sleep."
The person who came was none other than Venerable Fuyun, who had been sleeping in the portrait before. At this moment, he had come to Shi Jiu's side, and then looked at the incense burner in the other person's hand.
"Incense burner? Why, little guy, do you want to make this a woman's boudoir? I didn't expect you to have such a hobby." Venerable Fuyun joked.
Shi Jiu's face turned slightly red and he quickly explained: "Senior, you misunderstood. I was just testing what is so strange about this incense burner."
Afterwards, he recounted his visit to the antique market during the day.
"So, you bought this incense burner because your spiritual consciousness noticed something strange, but after playing with it for a long time, you found nothing?" Venerable Fuyun asked with a smile.
"Well...that's basically it, but..."
"But what? Still want to try?"
"Forget it, let's not try it. I admit defeat. This incense burner should really be just an ordinary product." After saying that, Shi Jiu sighed helplessly.
