Chapter 7 (1/2)

2 Mar, 2017

Translator: YaFed

Editor: LightBubble

Chapter 7 – Cremation Ashes of the Buddha

The antique street existed on the boundary of Jianghai city. The distance between here and the central city was quite far, but the traffic of this area was not inferior to the central city. The stores on this street were all large store specialized in selling antique or precious goods and outside of these shops countless vendors would set their stalls.

These little vending stalls were what people loved the most as those store were only opened once a year for important customers, thus they also bared their shop fronts with their own vending stalls.

As these little vending stalls enticed people the most, they sold all sorts of things. Though the majority were scams and if not scams, they were counterfeit. Therefore valuable goods were a rarity among the mult.i.tude of objects.

All types of people sold things here. It was rumored that this was a place that the government doesn't pay heed to, but people still did not dare to cause a ruckus here as this place was under the surveillance of a boss, which everyone refers to as Boss Xue (Xuē),

There were once people who used this place's special conditions to smuggle and sell slaves 1, however these people disappeared into thin air.

Boss Xue had once said that this place was to be a clean place.

Purchasing counterfeit goods off Tao Bao was a very normal thing, but Boss Xue would not allow this place to be used for transactions against the law. In fact, it was because of Boss Xue's supervision that the government did not interfere with this area.

There were no taxes on things sold or bought here either.

Of course, there would be no thieves who had the nerves to act on Boss Xue's territory.

The taxi driver sighed after dropping Xia Tian off at the street before leaving. From his impression, Xia Tian was also a person that lived in this dream of becoming rich; he was so young, but had already come to mess around in such a place. He felt that it was a pity; he couldn't count the number of people he knew that went bankrupt in this place.

Many people would carry a Tao Bao mind set, but they all ended up exhausting their family fortune.

This place was like a ma.s.sive casino. The only difference between this and the casino was that people who had good perception would not be cheated.

After the first step Xia Tian took into the street, he saw a endless ocean of people and an uncountable amount of vending stalls. Though each of these vending stalls were small, each of them had their own standards, each had different goods on show. Some of these stall owners were also yelling out and advertising their goods 2.

Qing dynasty china, bodhi seeds, Ming dynasty vases, Qin dynasty ancient sword, etc.

The yelling followed on after another, to which Xia Tian laughed hearing these loud promotions. If these were all genuine articles, then they would not need to sit to man these stalls and could sell these to the shops behind them. The price for these articles would not be this low either.

Even then, imitations of the genuine article were not cheap.

”This is really a good place.” Xia Tian affirmed as he had activated his x-ray vision.

A thread of cyan light came out from the crowd just as Xia Tian had guessed, as genuine goods who would have acc.u.mulated spirit qi over the ages 3 would emit this kind of cyan thread of light.

”Quickly come and see! The treasure appraising grandmaster Xu Dechuan (Xú Déchuān) has arrived.” A voice suddenly yelled out from the crowd. Soon everyone’s gazes landed on Xia Tian. This left Xia Tian at a loss, but he soon understood. The people who looked towards him was did not have their gazes aimed at him, but the famed old expert behind him.

The old expert was dressing a Tang dynasty gown, with the demeanor of a 60 or 70 year old grandmaster. The most special thing was the mountain goat mustache he had. He was guarded by 4 top of the crop bodyguards which everyone would describe as the strong and valiant.

The old expert walked steady and firmly, the surrounds all looked towards this old expert with envy. Everyone had already split to let a river through except Xia Tian still stood there.

”Kid, quickly let old Xu through,” a person on the side yelled.

Xia Tian did not pay that person any heed and continued walking forward. He didn't care about whatever old man he was as he had no dealings with him. Xia Tian was here to buy things and this situation would let him choose the crane in a flock of chickens.

The sides were filled with standing people, no one walked through the middle except for Xia Tian as they had let way for old man Xu. This scene made old man Xu look like Xia Tian's attendant.

Old man Xu who walked behind Xia Tian was slightly stunned and had halted his steps. This was the first time a situation where one walked in front of him happened. 4

”Wei, kid, do you not see that this is old man Xu's road?” One of the bodyguards could no longer stand it anymore asked the obstructing Xia Tian.

”That kid really doesn't know the vastness of the heavens and the earth, and even dares to walk in front of old man Xu.”

”Rascal that doesn't know how to respect their elders. Old man Xu is here to guide us on how to become rich.”

”A newborn calf really isn't afraid of a tiger, old man Xu is an upright and famous character therefore everyone would make way for him willingly, but this rascal dares to walk first.”

All the people in the surroundings were displeased looking at Xia Tian. Appraisal grandmaster Xu Dechuan was a famous figure in this antique street as he recognised antiques from all ages and also could identify different types of treasures. Furthermore, he did so on the spot free of charge and it was not just this, but every time old man Xu came, he would choose three people and pick out three treasures for them.