The time has arrived in January 2028.
The renovation of the villa purchased by the Lu family was completed, and it took another two weeks for the paint smell to dissipate before they started moving.
During this period, Lu Cheng received a bracelet and ring as well as two green jade necklaces from Linlang Pavilion. In addition, there are some small accessories, including earrings, safety buckles, jade rings and slightly peculiar handicrafts, such as a delicate jade cicada and a small jade gourd.
The bracelets and rings are very beautiful, and the necklace is also very attractive. If they were put up for auction, each one would be worth a lot of money. The total value of all the jade items would be at least 50 million, and if completed, it could reach hundreds of millions.
The price of jade is closely related to the prosperity of the country. A rising tide lifts all boats. A dilapidated courtyard house in Beijing can be sold for hundreds of millions. The price of jade is also rising all the way. As the number of raw jade stones decreases, it gradually becomes sky-high.
As early as 2020, auction houses in Beijing and Hong Kong sold top-quality jade bracelets and necklaces. Among the top 10, the lowest price was more than 30 million! By 2028, the auction prices of top-notch bracelets and necklaces have reached hundreds of millions.
Of course, it has to be glass, imperial green, full green, etc.
The rough stone Lu Cheng bought was not considered to be of the highest quality. It was not of the glass type, let alone full green. It could only be considered the semi-green high-ice type, which was still a little short of the glass type. However, even so, it is still a rare treasure.
For ordinary people, let alone semi-green bracelets, if it can have a slight green tint and reach the texture of waxy species, it is considered a good jadeite.
There were so many good jade in history, why are they becoming less and less? Because jade is not gold or silver, it may break if accidentally knocked.
The only origin of jadeite that is considered gem-quality is Myanmar. It has been excavated since the Ming and Qing Dynasties and transported to China by mules and horses. After years of excavation, many mine pits have been dug out.
It takes tens of millions of years to produce jade. After the old mines are abandoned, the quality of the new mines is too low. Ever since, the rare jade gradually turned into a legend.
Lu Cheng opened his heavenly orifice and could sense the spiritual energy hidden in jade. As long as there was good jade in the raw stone, he could feel it. He made two consecutive purchases and failed to buy glass or imperial green stones because there was no such high-quality rough stone on the market! He will go to Jieyang, Ruili, and even Myanmar to touch more rough stones in order to get better jade.
To be honest, what Lu Cheng values most is not how much the jade can be sold for, but how to carve runes on the jade so that the jade can be transformed into a magic weapon, such as a storage magic weapon, a defensive magic weapon, an attack magic weapon, etc.
In modern society, if there are no monsters, there will be no monster skins. Without monster skins, there will be no way to make talismans.
Previously, Lu Cheng had tried gold foil, silver foil, tin foil, etc. Although these things could write runes, they could not communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and could not activate the power of the runes.
In addition, he also cooperated with the laboratories of Luo Tao and Zhuo Muqing, trying to integrate runes into computer chips. However, the results were good and bad, sometimes effective and sometimes ineffective. Luo Tao broke several motors. , the final conclusion has not yet been reached.
After Lu Cheng moved to his new home, he built a workshop in the basement, put out a small CNC multifunctional jade carving machine and related jade carving tools, and started practicing with the cheapest Daishan jade.
There are several types of Daishan jade, including Daishan black jade, which has a fine texture, black and crystal clear color, and is opaque. It is mostly used in the processing of large-scale handicrafts; Daishan jasper, which has a crystal clear and warm texture, a grease-to-glass luster, and appears green and dark green under natural light. The light is as transparent as summer lotus, with grass green, dark green, dark green and other colors, especially green is the best; Daishan Emerald Jade: also known as white cloud jade, the color is as clean as snow, with light green lines in between; Daishan Rosewood Jade, also known as red Jade, triple jade, jade color is red and purple, rare.
Since he was practicing, he started with inferior products and gradually moved on to black jade and jasper.
He cut the Daishan jade into thin slices and carved runes on the jade slips.
"First Wu Qian Yan", "Little Wu Wen" and "Da Wu Chan" as well as the runes unearthed from the Wulian Tomb were all taken by him into photos and saved in the computer through image-to-text conversion software. As long as the desired characters are called up, You can machine carve it through a CNC jade engraving machine.
Not counting the runes unearthed from the Wulian Tomb, Lu Cheng had a total of 9,000 runes in his hand. He divided these runes into multiple categories, and then tried little by little, first carving individual runes, and then arranging and combining them.
This process is lengthy and cannot be completed in a few months.
When I first try, the jade slips often break halfway through carving the runes.
Lu Cheng analyzed it carefully and felt that Daishan jade was not pure enough and had many black spots in it, so he tried Russian green and white jade and Canadian Arctic jade. However, Arctic jade is not good either, just like Daishan jade. Russian blue and white jade is slightly better.
So, Lu Cheng placed an order online and bought some blue and white jade, cutting it into jade slips and using them to carve runes.
After many attempts, he finally made an amulet.
He hung the amulet on a tree, and then hit the tree with his fist. He found that the amulet could be activated three times, with a protective range of about three feet and a protection strength of less than a thousand kilograms.
After hitting it three times, the jade talisman shattered.
Despite this, Lu Cheng was still happy and tried to carve new runes more diligently.
Then he made a "Wind Talisman", wore it on his body, and activated it, which doubled his running speed to about 4 seconds for 100 meters, and it could last for an hour, enough for him to finish a marathon!
Lu Cheng became increasingly happy and in a great mood, and couldn't help but laugh "haha".
Rao Yuqiu walked into the basement and heard him laughing "haha", and he also laughed: "Son, what's so funny about you hiding here alone?"
"I'm so happy! I feel like I've accomplished something!"
"What have you accomplished?"
Lu Cheng couldn't tell the truth, so he took out the jade gift from Linlang Pavilion and said, "Mom, I got a lot of good jadeite. You choose a bracelet first, and then a necklace!"
Rao Yuqiu was surprised: "When did you get so many bracelets? They are so beautiful. Half of them are green and eye-catching, and the other half are ice-green flowers. Such bracelets are rare on the market. Let me count them. , how many do you have here?"
"There are 18 in total. Mom, you can pick two and keep one for my little sister."
"To your sister? That's still early."
"A bracelet like this can be made into a family heirloom."
"Then I really made the choice?"
"There are so many, you can choose whatever you want."
Rao Yuqiu picked two bracelets and did not go for the necklace. In her opinion, the bracelets could be worn occasionally and half-hidden in the sleeves. The necklace was too luxurious and eye-catching, and it was not something ordinary people could wear.
"Son, someone called me this afternoon and said it was Jin Dachang from Jindian Auction House. He asked you to attend the Spring Festival auction in Quancheng at 1pm on Saturday."
"OK, got it."
"In addition, Jiang Qiuyun just called and said that she is going to have a winter vacation soon. Will you have a holiday for the Spring Festival?"
"I'll call you later. I'll also have a holiday during the Spring Festival, but it's only for two weeks."
The signal in the basement was not good, so Lu Cheng walked out and called Jiang Qiuyun.
Jiang Qiuyun said that she will start her vacation next week and can return to Daicheng this Friday night.
Lu Cheng said, "I'm going to Quancheng on Saturday. Can you wait one more night to attend the auction with me and then come back together?"
Jiang Qiuyun smiled and said: "Okay, I happen to have some gifts that I want to take back. Please help me carry them."
Lu Cheng smiled and said, "No problem."
