Chapter 401 - Chapter 401: Chapter 401: Brass Cat (1/2)

Chapter 401: Chapter 401: Brass Cat

“Big Brother, this is the receipt for the vase purchase, and now it’s yours.”

Chen Yu couldn’t help but frown, taking the receipt directly from the middle-aged man’s hand, he found that it was indeed the purchase receipt for the Tang Sancai.

This thing was made to look quite authentic, acting as an identity card for the vase.

It seemed the rules of Dongming Canyon were more numerous than he had imagined.

Chen Yu’s mouth suddenly curled into a strange arc as he grabbed the middle-aged man’s shoulder.

“Since the receipt is given to me, and you paid the deposit, shouldn’t you also help me pay the rest?”

The middle-aged man’s eyes widened in disbelief, he had not expected Chen Yu to be so overbearing, wasn’t this just like a robbery?

But after all, the man was one of the Knights of the Round Table, so he didn’t dare to show the slightest neglect. Hurriedly, he pulled out a gold note and presented it to the stall owner.

The stall owner, all smiles, took out a specially made receipt and handed it to Chen Yu.

This matched perfectly with the vase receipt the middle-aged man had produced, forming a system.

Chen Yu couldn’t help but be amazed; no wonder the stall owner wasn’t the least bit flustered during the earlier argument.

As long as he held that part of the receipt in his hand, the vase would not be able to be traded again.

Chen Yu tossed the middle-aged man aside like trash and squatted down in front of the stall, wanting to pick a couple more treasures.

But the stall owner seemed a bit dishonest, and besides the Tang Sancai and a few decent pieces of porcelain, the rest were all samples.

Chen Yu immediately lost interest. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed an elderly man sitting to one side, crying his eyes out.

“There’s not a single good person in the antique world of Dongming Canyon! This is clearly a priceless treasure, yet you all claim it’s worthless!”

A few stall owners stood by helplessly, continuously trying to calm him down.

But the old man was like a child, sobbing ceaselessly and cursing all the stall owners in the vicinity.

Chen Yu’s interest was piqued, and he walked over.

He saw that the old man was holding a brass cat.

The object was made entirely of brass. The patterns on its body weren’t particularly remarkable, but the eyes of the cat shone with an eerie, sea-blue glow.

“Old man, this is just a small brass cat, we’ve already offered a very fair price,” said one of the stall owners.

“Yeah, once you leave Dongming Square, you might not even get this price for it,” added another.

“The only thing valuable about this brass cat are those eyes, the rest is just a pile of scrap metal. Even if you melt it down, no one would want it.”

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The stall owners, one after another, spoke their pieces, trampling the brass cat into the mud.

The surrounding crowd also heckled, calling the old man unappreciative.

Chen Yu frowned, touched by the old man’s heart-wrenching sobs, which would move anyone to pity.

The system’s light immediately covered the brass cat to analyze it.

Before long, all of its components appeared in Chen Yu’s mind.

This wasn’t any brass cat, but a gold cat of the purest quality.

Moreover, the cat was assembled from many individual sections.

Each part contained a gemstone of incalculable value.

The outer layer of brass was just to fuse these sections together.

Chen Yu inhaled sharply. He had thought that those who could come to Dongming Canyon were the best of this world.

To these people, antiques were just playthings, which they should be able to appraise at a glance.

The brass cat was made so exquisitely, especially the layer of brass plating on the outside that was perfectly hidden.

Chen Yu directly stepped forward and grabbed the brass cat.