395 Antiques Deal (2/2)

Fang Yuan then immediately steered the conversation towards sightseeing.

”Haha... Fang Yuan, you are so energetic, where do you want to go?” Sun Jian was a bit surprised and asked.

”I heard there are three antique markets here! Let's not talk about the Glaze Factory market and Pan Family Gardens market first, let's go take a look at Sambhogakaya Monastery first!”

Fang Yuan wiped his mouth.

”Oh, didn't think you would be interested in antiques! Are you interested in majoring archaeology too?” Sun Jian smiled.

”It's just that I heard it's bustling and since the jeep doesn't have to be returned so quickly, we can still utilise it... Sorry for the trouble, senior! I will treat you to mutton hotpot at night!”

”That's great!” Sun Jian merrily agreed.

Sambhogakaya Monastery was a renowned Zen Buddhist temple in the past. After Chinese Country was formed, the temple underwent restoration and was not only a famous cultural attraction now, there were also many stalls selling numerous stuff.

Although there were rare antiques, there were also many counterfeit goods. The environment was very good too.

As Fang Yuan arrived, he saw many grand trees providing shade and large groups of people walking along the corridors of the inner courtyards. There were also hundreds of small and large stalls that sold all sorts of rare or weird items. The accents from every part of the country could be heard too.

”We are just taking a look this time, right... eh? Fang Yuan, you are really interested in buying?”

Right after Sun Jian sighed, he saw Fang Yuan squatting at one of the stalls and was flipping through the stuff sold. Fang Yuan appeared very interested in the items.

”Eh... this looks interesting!”

Fang Yuan picked up a ceramic doll and a strange smile could be seen on his face.

The ceramic doll had a large head and round feet, which was similar to a roly-poly toy. It was painted with colourful oil paint and had a simple look. Sun Jian could easily tell it was definitely not some sort of antique, but a toy used to cheat children.

However, as he saw Fang Yuan was so intrigued by it, he was momentarily speechless.

”My friend, your taste is so good, my ancestors have lived in the Imperial Palace in the past dynasties before... this...”

The stall owner was a smooth talker and immediately started to persuade Fang Yuan after he saw him came to his stall. He tried to convince Fang Yuan further, ”This is an item played by those ministers in the past, it's exactly the same! It would be so joyous if you buy back a pair!”

”I will sell it to you for ten dollars!”

”Forget it!” Sun Jian could not stand it anymore, ”If you go to West Industrial Zone, you can buy back a whole cart of it with ten dollars!”

”Haha!”

As the stall owner was met with someone who knew the real deals, he laughed and retorted, ”It's not the same! Not the same! My goods are specially made from machines! Look at the paint, its added with many of that... chemical compounds!”

”What!”

Sun Jian could not contain his laughter after hearing such but felt sad after a while.

The notion that such machine-made products were better than handmade products and the idea that added chemical compounds meant that it was good was truly ridiculously stupid and laughable but also made Sun Jian felt at a loss.

Fang Yuan could not help but laugh too, ”Nevermind, give me three! I will give you three dollars, how about that?”

Fang Yuan eyes sparkled and he quickly picked three of them.

Although the dolls were rather simple and crude, a mysterious charm could be felt from the area between their eyebrows, which meant they were not possibly made from machine moulds but were definitely handmade.

”Three dollars is too low...”

The stall owner's expression changed slightly, ”These are passed down from my ancestors...”

”Wait a minute, didn't you just say they were made from machines?”

Sun Jian pulled Fang Yuan and said, ”Nevermind, let's go to other stalls!”

”Ah... wait!”

The stall owner immediately shouted, ”Nevermind, I will take it as I'm blind today, three dollars will do!”

”Three dollars is still too pricey!”

Fang Yuan was still slightly undecided and he randomly picked up another ancient book from the stall, ”I like to read, so if you add this on, I will buy for three dollars!”

”Deal!”

The stall owner quickly glanced at the book and saw the book was grey and drab and there were also many small holes on it. The book did not have an appealing appearance even compared to the other random miscellaneous items he was selling. Furthermore, even the cover of the book was stained with dirt and half of it could not be seen clearly already, thus the stall owner readily accepted the deal.

”Sigh... Fang Yuan, you are too wasteful.”

As Fang Yuan spent his own money, Sun Jian could not say anything else and could only sigh.

”Money can't buy happiness! I will treat you to mutton, senior!'

Fang Yuan could not contain his smile as he looked at his ceramic dolls carefully.

WIth Fang Yuan's Fiery Golden Eyes, it was super easy for him to make a small fortune.

Although the dolls appeared normal on the surface, their insides contained many precious materials. He already saw a piece of agarwood and a few pieces of jewels inside the doll.

Fang Yuan should be able to fetch a decent price with the current market prices.

After all, Fang Yuan just started cultivating, he had to earn some extra income to supplement his consumption.

The ancient book in his pocket was an even more surprising gain.

”This ancient book has a secret layer in it... Furthermore, just from the words on the outside, hints of magic are hidden in it, it is not so simple... Just with that, I can confirm the majority of what's hidden inside must be something related to cultivating in the past. Looks like the stall owner did not lie, his ancestors must have mixed in the Imperial Palace before and got many good things out from it...”

Fang Yuan turned around and looked at the large building of Sambhogakaya Monastery and suddenly pondered, ”Let's not talk about the rest... this place is a worthy investment! With my the power of my eyes, I will be really profitable next time! The resources I need for cultivation are settled...”