Qi Yu and Si Qing were not interested in anything else, but they were very interested in the word "antiques."
Qi Yu looked at Director Zhou with some curiosity, "Is Wang Hao's family in the antique business? Where is it?"
Director Zhou had just mentioned it casually, but now hearing Qi Yu's question, he recalled carefully and finally blinked and replied, "It seems to be in the city center, very luxurious, three floors in total. Their antique shop is the only one there."
"Antiques, as you all know, are very complicated. Some people may seem ordinary on the surface, but if you do well in the antique business, you can make a lot of money. There's a lot of profit in it."
Director Zhou said as he swirled the wine glass in his hand.
There wasn't much wine left in the glass he held, only a shallow bottom.
Qi Yu didn't quite understand why antiques were so complicated.
Of course, part of the reason was that Qi Yu had never encountered a buyer who dared to lie to her.
It was a joke, Qi Yu was the dignified Heavenly Dao, and mortals would subconsciously respect her when they did business with her.
Of course, a small portion of people were not controlled by this.
Qi Yu usually didn't pay attention to these things; she always got the highest price for whatever she auctioned.
So after hearing what Director Zhou said, she couldn't fully understand these human vulgarities.
Si Qing didn't pay attention to what Director Zhou said, but kept thinking about the word "antiques" and became increasingly interested.
When it was late at night and the world was quiet.
Si Qing saw that everyone had gone into their tents. Although the bonfire was still lit, the flames were gradually diminishing. So he used his spiritual power to ask Qi Yu, "Sister, are you interested in the antique shop of Wang Hao's family that Director Zhou mentioned today?"
Qi Yu was lying in the tent playing with her phone. She was indeed not asleep yet. Receiving Si Qing's words through spiritual power, she thought carefully and asked with a smile using spiritual power,
"I'm very interested. I really want to see what that antique shop he mentioned looks like. But it must be closed now, right? It will open tomorrow, but we still have to film this variety show, so we can't go."
Qi Yu had already thought of going to see that antique shop before Si Qing asked.
It was just that after calculating and calculating, she felt that there wasn't enough time, so she gave up the idea.
Of course, it wasn't impossible to use the clone technique.
However.
Qi Yu was a bit too lazy to use such a mana-consuming spell.
Perhaps it was because she had recently sensed that the spacetime gate to another world was about to open.
Qi Yu was always lazy and didn't want to move, constantly accumulating mana.
This was a very important matter.
If their mana was not enough and the spacetime gate closed, they would not be able to return to their own world in time.
Moreover, Qi Yu had other ideas recently.
If the spacetime gate between this world and her own world opened, and she used her mana barrier to support it,
Or if she did something to the spacetime gate and managed to control it with her own power,
Wouldn't that achieve the idea of two worlds being able to communicate back and forth?
If it could be achieved, then she could bring the advanced technology of this world to her own world.
Qi Yu thought it was very profitable.
Considering this, Qi Yu suddenly picked up her phone and sent her thoughts to Si Qing in the form of a text message.
It was the first time Si Qing had received a text message, and he studied it for a long time before figuring it out.
Because the characters in their world were read vertically, while the characters in this world were entered horizontally.
So after receiving the text message, Si Qing took a lot of effort to read the content, and then typed word by word to reply to Qi Yu,
"Sister, you said just now with spiritual power that you don't have time. Actually, I think we can just use the clone technique. As for what you said about using spiritual power to support the spacetime gate, I beg to differ."
After sending this text message, Si Qing began his long speech.
To prevent Qi Yu from not seeing what the phone looked like just now, he directly used spiritual power to persuade Qi Yu,
"Sister, the spacetime gate is not a trivial matter. It concerns two worlds. Although your abilities are very strong, especially after becoming the Heavenly Dao, your mana is endless, but I think everything has a limit, a boundary."
"In our world, this sentence is 'Everything has a degree.'"
"You wouldn't want to see both worlds plunged into suffering because of your own mana imbalance, or our people being trapped in this world and unable to go back, would you?"
"Also, Sister, can we not court death? I finally ascended to become the Heavenly Dao and a divine law with you. Can't we just get along peacefully for a while longer? Do you have to cause a little accident whenever something happens?"
Si Qing often spoke using spiritual power, and every time he did, except for Director Wang, Director Li, and Director Zhou, everyone else could hear him.
This time was no exception.
Yue Zhiyin and Sui You, who were sleeping in their tents, could also hear what the siblings Qi Yu and Si Qing were saying with their spiritual power.
But usually, Qi Yu and Si Qing chatted using spiritual power and rarely argued.
So at this moment, they were all listening from the side and didn't say anything.
"Alright, alright," Qi Yu replied to Si Qing with spiritual power, "I'll listen to you. We'll put this matter aside for now. When the spacetime gate appears, we'll go back to our time first. As for whether to connect the two worlds, we'll discuss it again from scratch."
Si Qing was unhappy.
Since becoming the Heavenly Dao, his sister had gradually found ways to contradict him.
That was to pretend to agree and placate him, but then in private, not only would she not give up, but she would also stubbornly continue to research it.
Just like now.
Si Qing was a little angry when he thought of this, but at the same time, he felt a bit amused and exasperated. He continued to ask Qi Yu with spiritual power, "Sister, what does 'discuss it again from scratch' mean? Does it mean you haven't given up the idea of connecting the two worlds?"
"I think connecting the two worlds is not impossible, but it is very draining of mana. You have only recently become the Heavenly Dao, and your mana accumulation is not very deep yet. What if something happens? Do you want me to be separated from you again?"
Qi Yu was silent for a long time.
She knew that what Si Qing said was right, but she really wanted to try.
This world had many conveniences, and if they could be brought back to their world, they could solve many problems for the mortals in their world.
Wang Lanqing had been holding her quilt and secretly listening to the conversation between Qi Yu and Si Qing with her spiritual power.
Now, when she heard them talking about this, she couldn't help but use her spiritual power to intervene, "Oh, actually, if you really want to bring things from this world to another world, it doesn't have to be so troublesome. For example, the bicycles in this world, or the electric power system in this world, as long as you learn the principles behind them, you can create them in another world!"
Qi Yu and Si Qing both fell silent upon hearing this.
What she said was very simple.
It would be great if they could understand the principle of power generation in this world and how bicycles were made in this world.
The key problem was that they couldn't learn it at all.
Wang Lanqing originally thought she had made a very clever suggestion, but after a few seconds, she realized it herself and couldn't help but cover her head with the quilt in embarrassment.
"Alright, alright, I'll give up on this matter for now," Qi Yu proactively said to Si Qing with spiritual power, "When the spacetime gate appears, we'll immediately return to our own world. Is that acceptable?"
Si Qing hummed with satisfaction using spiritual power.
The two of them chatted happily through their tents, back and forth.
Seeing that the siblings had finally stopped arguing, Sui You couldn't help but speak up to discuss, "You've made up. Since that's the case, let me say, I'm actually quite curious about Wang Hao's antique shop. I want to know what the antiques in this world look like, and what kind of antiques are valuable? So, can we find a way to go and see tomorrow?"
Upon hearing this, the others' minds also became active. They all clamored that they didn't want to continue playing this boring variety show and wanted to go to the movie star's antique shop.
"Since we're going, let's all go," Qi Yu suddenly sat up, closed her eyes, and chanted something. The next moment, a clone exactly like her appeared beside her.
Seeing that Qi Yu agreed, the others immediately did the same.
So, close to midnight, a few of them used clones to create small accounts to continue filming the variety show here.
As for themselves, they left their tents invisibly and used magic to teleport to the city center.
They planned to go to the early market for breakfast when it was dawn, and then slowly stroll through the antique shop.
It was only 4 AM now, and the stalls in the early market had just been set up. It was still a long time before they could eat.
Qi Yu and Si Qing were very patient. Wearing masks and hats, they stood in a line and waited in front of their favorite snack stall.
After waiting for about half an hour, the snack stall finally lit up. The proprietress put on her apron and gloves and asked Qi Yu and Si Qing one by one about their desired flavors of Jianbing Guozi.
After receiving their answers, she made the Jianbing Guozi one by one for Qi Yu and Si Qing, and handed them over, wrapped in newspaper.
After Qi Yu and Si Qing paid, the group continued to stand in a line as before, eating Jianbing Guozi while walking towards the antique shop. By the time they reached the antique shop, they had finished eating a Jianbing Guozi, and the antique shop had just opened.
This antique shop was much larger than they had imagined.
Although Director Zhou had said it was only three floors, these three floors were as grand as an ordinary department store.
Inside, antiques were displayed in dazzling array.
Wang Lanqing found it hard to believe that this place, comparable to a department store, was entirely filled with personal antique collections.
"I heard Director Zhou say before that this place is a venue for the actor Wang Hao to auction and trade his personal antique collections with other wealthy merchants," Si Qing said, "Now I understand why Wang Hao's acting skills are not very good, but he can become a movie star."
"By getting to know many important figures in the upper echelons of the entertainment industry through antiques, and by investing, he was able to ascend to the throne of a movie star without relying on his skills."
"But speaking of which, the so-called antiques in this world are much simpler than I imagined. I thought these antiques were very precious books or rare herbs. I never expected that the so-called antiques here were just bowls used by a maid thousands of years ago."
Feng Mingxi said as he tapped on the glass in front of him.
As a non-human, he didn't understand how important this spirit of exploration and research was, so his voice was filled with curiosity when he said this.
"It looks like it's just a bowl used by a maid thousands of years ago, but it can represent a world unknown to humans thousands of years ago." Wang Lanqing said, then couldn't help but turn back, "Hey, do any of you have bowls or chopsticks from our world? If we brought our designed bowls and chopsticks here for appraisal, would they also have the same value as these antiques?"
Qi Yu was stunned for a moment. After thinking carefully, she suddenly felt that this was very worth researching.
Si Qing was not particularly insistent on this, "This kind of appraisal can be done or not. If we lacked money, it would be good, but now we don't lack money. What's the point of appraising this?"
Wang Lanqing also felt that it made sense.
As the few of them walked and looked around at the antiques, chatting casually,
Qi Yu suddenly stopped in her tracks and looked at a piece of jade placed in a cabinet not far away.
This jade was light purple, and it looked very lustrous. It must have been old, so it was placed on the highest shelf, with a lamp lit above it, constantly displaying its dazzling brilliance.
This antique shop had a lot of foot traffic every day.
At this moment, many guests who came to take photos were holding mobile phones, cameras, and other equipment, and were clicking away to take pictures of the light purple jade.
Si Qing also noticed that Qi Yu seemed to be staring at a certain place, so he followed her gaze. Upon seeing the light purple jade, he stepped forward to examine it closely.
After looking for a while, he couldn't figure anything out, so he came back to ask Qi Yu, "Sister, what's so good about this stone? Although it's quite lustrous, its spiritual energy is thin, and it doesn't seem to be worth much."
"It's not about whether it's worth money or not. I feel that this stone is different from other jades I've seen before." Qi Yu looked at the light purple jade, and subconsciously reached out to touch it, feeling the light emanating from it under the illumination. "I feel the power of our world in this stone. This stone might be the key to opening the spacetime gate."