The first two sentences are what Peng Hui should have reminded Li Xiu, but the last sentence is something she felt. She felt that the object was casually held in this person's hand. If it fell to the ground and broke, it would be a great shame and the world would have lost a valuable object.
Peng Hui led Li Xiu into the back room, winding around until they reached a door. Peng Hui pushed open the door and led Li Xiu inside.
The room inside was very simple, with a wooden table and a soft chair. There were many things piled on the table, which looked like they were used for identifying jade stones.
Behind the table, there was a middle-aged man with a fat face. He was sitting at the table looking at something, but when he heard the sound of the door opening, he closed the book and put it aside, sitting up straight.
Peng Hui sat Li Xiu down and stood beside him, then spoke to the middle-aged man with the fat face, "Uncle Wang, this gentleman has a superb jade item that he wants to sell, please take a look."
"Cough, cough, yes? Gentleman, please take it out and let me see!"
Wang Qisheng had a slightly impatient expression on his face. He was particularly interested in jade and stone appraisal and Peng Hui's use of the word "superb" had further piqued his interest.
Li Xiu reached out and placed the item on the table, and Wang Qisheng couldn't take his eyes off of it, looking like someone who had just seen a delicious wine.
"Gentleman, may I handle it?"
As Wang Qisheng spoke, he gestured towards himself, having lost his usual composure. Peng Hui watched this, but it was not unexpected.
Wang Qisheng's fondness for jade and gems was well-known in the store, and he had a particular love for fine jade. He believed that jade was the essence of heaven and earth and that it was naturally beautiful and had a spirit that could not be found in other gemstones. Now that he had come across such a unique jade item, he could hardly remain calm.
Wang Qisheng turned on the white light on the table, put on white gloves, and, with Li Xiu's permission, carefully picked up the jade seal.
Under the light, the white gleam of the jade seal in Wang Qisheng's hand shone like condensed oil. The four sides of the jade seal depicted a white dragon curled up, with the head, tail and feet placed at the four corners. The dragon's head was raised, its back arched, its waist coiled and its tail tucked in. The light seemed to make the dragon come alive, ready to fly away at any moment. It was alive, fierce and mystical, and Peng Hui couldn't help but admire it in secret.
Wang Qisheng was even more excited, repeatedly licking his lips as he muttered to himself: "Warm, firm, and dense, with a pure and translucent body, without any flaws or yellowing under the light. This is the most superior sheep fat white jade in the world!"
"The carving work is unknown, but it is also from a master of the current generation, truly a work of art."
"Unbelievable, unbelievable, what a treasure! Truly a treasure!"
Wang Qisheng was overwhelmed with joy, but Peng Hui keenly caught hold of one word: "Uncle Wang, what you mean is that this jade object is not an antique?"
Wang Qisheng, still playing with it, replied casually: "Yes, you see the jade seal does have an ancient style, but it is definitely a new piece of jade."
As he spoke, Wang Qisheng turned over the jade seal and looked at the four characters engraved on it with the name of the Emperor Qian, and then said: "It looks like it's some wealthy person with the name Qian in it, deliberately custom made to satisfy themselves..."
As he said this, Peng Hui quickly coughed, pulling Wang Qisheng's attention back from the jade seal.
Wang Qisheng came back to his senses and realized that the owner of the jade seal was right in front of him. He realized that what he had said was a bit too much, and quickly apologized, fearing that he had offended the young man in front of him.
He was dressed in ordinary sportswear, but his eyes were full of nobility and his attitude was arrogant, It was not something that could be cultivated just by having a high position for many years.
It was probably a young master of some big family, who had a dispute with his family, but was afraid that his bank card would be frozen and he would have no money, so he brought out something from home to spend his money.
It was unlikely that someone so young would be interested in something like a jade seal, it was probably something that was passed down from an older relative of the young man in front of him.
"It doesn't matter, I just want to know how much this jade seal can sell for."
Li Xiu waved his hand, indicating that it didn't matter, and asked again.
"Well, this jade seal is carved from new jade, although it was made by a master carver, but because of the engraving on it, the price will have to be lowered a bit."
As he spoke, Wang Qisheng put the sheep fat white jade seal that was four centimeters high and three centimeters wide on the small scale.
"Please look, this is exactly 210 grams, I can give you a price of 50,000 yuan per gram. Plus, the work of this master carver, can add another 3,000,000."
"Of course, if you can tell me which master carver made this jade seal, after I confirm it in my shop, I can add to the price."
"I don't know if you are satisfied with the current price?"
Li Xiu hasn't spoken yet, but Peng Hui couldn't help but exclaim in shock: "That would be 108,000,000! My goodness, Uncle Wang, you..."
Wang Qisheng understood what Peng Hui wanted to say and gently put the jade seal on the table, and explained.
"This jade seal is not just 100 years old, it could be 1000 years old and it's hard to find one. Even if it's smaller, it's still comparable to the raw material of the He Shi Bi. And if this were an ancient jade, it would be a treasure even the Forbidden City couldn't match, so I did not offer an excessive price."
Upon hearing this astounding figure, Li Xiu's face remained calm, and he said softly, "I don't know who carved it, but I am satisfied with this price, I'll take it."
Seeing Li Xiu nod, Wang Qisheng gestured to Peng Hui, "This is something we can't handle, let's call the owner."
"Okay, good, sir, please wait here, I'll make the call."
Peng Hui woke up from a dream, turned around and went out to make a phone call, even forgetting to offer tea.
A few moments later, a young woman with fair skin, rosy cheeks and a delicate mouth quickly entered, behaving in a professional and elegant manner.
"Sir, may I know your name?"
"My name is Zhao Jing."
"Mr. Zhao, I'm Dong Ying, may I confirm that you are sure you want to sell this jade seal to my shop?"
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A moment later, Li Xiu left the store and headed back home, with his bank account now holding 110,000,000 yuan.
Dong Ying handled everything quickly. After all, Li Xiu was a significant debtor, and it would not be appropriate to let him off easily. What if he changed his mind later on?
If the jade seal was sent to a reputable auction house, with some time for promotion, it would not just be worth 100,000,000. If a wealthy person fell in love with it, it could easily fetch tens of millions or even hundreds of millions more.
Li Xiu was aware of some of the details involved, but he didn't care because his goal was not focused on material wealth. In comparison to the path to immortality, money and material things no longer held any value for him.
One billion yuan would be more than enough for him for a long time. According to his future plans, by the time he finished spending all of this money, he could probably even have the planet named after himself if he so desired.
Furthermore, manifesting these "ordinary items" wouldn't require much of the origin source of the virtual world. At that time, Li Xiu could have easily manifested treasure by treasure, and what he sold today would have been the national treasure that he had brought back when he returned to reality.
A sovereign should have six seals plus one imperial jade seal. Li Xiu had never even touched the other seals after he became emperor. Only this imperial seal that could command the army was important to him, so he always kept it with him.