Chapter 458 Five Hundred Million
As Chen Yang, the Celestial Venerable of the Hall of Heavenly Physicians, he naturally had a good understanding of antiques and cultural relics.
Since Lin Xichen held a large sum of money and wanted to buy things, Chen Yang was no longer polite.
He took Lin Xichen and first found the person selling the golden plaque of Empress Wu.
The man was frowning, eager to sell the artifact in his hands as soon as possible.
But this thing was like a hot potato.
It was illegal to sell it on the mainland of China. Because it was a genuine cultural relic, both the buyer and the seller would bear legal responsibility.
Therefore, he wanted to get rid of it on this ship quickly. However, finding a suitable buyer was quite difficult.
Seeing Chen Yang and Lin Xichen return, the seller immediately lowered his head and tried to leave.
Chen Yang smiled and waved, saying, "Hey, old brother, are you still selling that thing?"
The man looked up and said, "I'm not selling it to you! You guys are too insulting. How can you bargain like that? This is a genuine antique, a real treasure, and you want to buy it for 500,000?"
"Honestly, if it were my old hot temper, I would have exploded on the spot."
Chen Yang laughed and said, "Sorry, sorry, that fat guy just now was deliberately disgusting you! He colluded with other sellers to deliberately swindle Miss Lin's money. He doesn't buy good things and only recommends trash to Miss Lin."
"We'll buy your golden plaque for twenty million, no negotiation, and we'll pay on the spot."
Upon hearing this, the seller immediately gave a thumbs-up and smiled, "Oh, little brother, you have good taste!"
Afterward, both parties happily swiped their cards and paid.
Lin Xichen bought this golden plaque for Empress Wu's rain prayer. She touched it with her hand, and her face lit up with joy.
She said to Chen Yang, "Chen Yang, the thing you recommended feels really good in my hand."
Chen Yang smirked and said, "With your taste, you still play with antiques? It's because there are too many fools like you that antique shops can prosper!"
"You are single-handedly raising the prices of fake antiques in the antique collecting world."
Lin Xichen glared at Chen Yang indignantly and said dejectedly, "Don't get cocky, hurry up and take me to buy other treasures."
Chen Yang took Lin Xichen around the hall.
Chen Yang wasn't particularly fond of porcelain antiques. He preferred jade and bronze ware, especially swords.
Chen Yang's taste was naturally not bad, and since Lin Xichen had money, as long as the item was genuine, Chen Yang was too lazy to bargain.
Soon, after a lap around, the two had spent over 300 million and bought more than ten exquisite antiques.
At this moment, Chen Yang's footsteps suddenly stopped.
He looked at a box in front of him, which contained five copper coins. The five copper coins looked very ancient, and their style was relatively ordinary. The five copper coins were strung together with a red string.
Chen Yang took a look and asked the seller, "How much for these Great Five Emperors coins?"
The seller glanced at Chen Yang and smiled, "I didn't expect you to have discerning taste."
"It's not easy to gather these Great Five Emperors coins, and more importantly, these Five Emperors coins have been blessed by a high monk. Seventy million, no negotiation!"
Lin Xichen was startled by the price of seventy million and quickly said, "There's nothing special about these five copper coins! Aren't they from the Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty?"
"Seventy million can buy a pile of copper coins. Do you think we're easy to fool?"
The seller glanced at Lin Xichen, shook his head, and then stood indifferently, ignoring them.
Chen Yang reached out and felt above the Five Emperors coins. He nodded and said, "The price of seventy million is indeed a bit expensive, but this thing is very good."
Then, Chen Yang said to Lin Xichen, "Buy it!"
Lin Xichen turned her head and looked at Chen Yang in surprise, "Chen Yang, do you really want to spend seventy million to buy it? I don't see anything special about them!"
Chen Yang said, "Individually, these five copper coins are not worth that much. However, the seller is right. These Great Five Emperors coins are probably two hundred years old and have indeed been used by a master before."
"Therefore, this string of Great Five Emperors coins has a true power to ward off evil!"
"From now on, even if you walk on a dark road past a graveyard, or encounter some evil arts and ghosts, these Great Five Emperors coins will keep you safe."
"Buy it! Seventy million for a genuine protective charm is considered cheap."
At this moment.
Xia Yan, who had been following behind, immediately jumped out.
Xia Yan sneered and pointed at Chen Yang, saying, "Nonsense, utter nonsense!"
Then Xia Yan immediately expressed his loyalty to Lin Xichen.
He said, "Miss Lin, I admit that my vision was a bit flawed before, and I also have some connection with the seller of the jade stone, so I admit my mistake. However, this bastard Chen Yang is definitely trying to harm you."
"I know the value of each of these five copper coins! The most expensive one is the Qin Zhu copper coin issued in the Qin Dynasty. You can check it on Taobao, and you can buy one for one million, and the condition will be better than this one."
"The five copper coins combined are worth at most 1.3 million. They are asking for seventy million, and Chen Yang is still recommending it to you. He is too black-hearted, even more black-hearted than me! Miss Lin, you absolutely cannot listen to him."
Lin Xichen glanced at Xia Yan impatiently, then turned to Chen Yang and said, "Chen Yang, are you sure this thing is really good?"
Chen Yang nodded and said, "As I said, this can save your life. Of course, you might never need it, but if someone really uses some minor ghosts, yin gu, or the like to harm you, you will know how beneficial this thing is then."
Hearing this, Lin Xichen immediately handed over her bank card and said, "Okay, I'll buy these Great Five Emperors coins."
The seller just laughed and looked at Chen Yang, saying, "Brother, you have good taste! I have another real treasure here. Would you two be willing to bid for it?"
Lin Xichen said proudly, "As long as the item is good, we are willing to buy it."
Chen Yang sized up the seller.
The seller was in his fifties, with a fake beard glued to his face, and the wrinkles on his forehead were also deliberately made up.
His face was also dotted with fake acne and moles, clearly indicating that the other party was a master of disguise!
He had completely changed his appearance.
But to Lin Xichen and the others, it seemed like he hadn't applied any makeup at all!
What surprised Chen Yang even more was that this person stood there, appearing no different from an ordinary person, yet faintly, there was a fluctuation of internal energy within him.
Sensing this faint internal energy, Chen Yang was surprised: this person could actually achieve complete concealment of a martial artist's aura!
It's important to know that this is extremely difficult!
The two bodyguards behind Lin Xichen, Ah Hei and Mi Bai, were both at the peak of the Great Heavenly Cycle and were very strong, but they could not completely conceal their martial artist's aura.
Only by reaching a realm beyond that of a grandmaster, like Chen Yang, could one control their aura freely.
Take Chen Yang for example, although his realm had long reached that of a grandmaster, others could not feel the powerful internal energy fluctuations within Chen Yang. Therefore, they could not perceive Chen Yang's true realm and strength.
Yet, this person in front of him could achieve this!
This indicated that his strength had at least reached the realm of a grandmaster, and not just an ordinary grandmaster!
Chen Yang noticed the other party's strength, but he pretended not to know.
After all, it was normal for masters to be hidden on this cruise ship.
Chen Yang smiled and said, "Since you have good things, take them out! As my lady said, as long as the item is good, the price is not an issue."
The other party smiled lightly and then solemnly took out an ancient-looking wooden box from his embrace.
The top of the wooden box was carved with a hollowed-out design like a pipe organ, and the sides were carved with the changes of the sun, moon, stars, and the twenty-eight constellations.
The other party gently placed the box on the table and said, "This is what I want to sell, five hundred million, no negotiation."