Dao Companions Help Me Live Forever

Chapter 17: Buying Jade

Beside the big beard were blocks of dark gray, yellow-brown, and copper-green stones, varying in size. Some were as small as a fist, while others were over two meters tall and three feet long and wide.

These stones were also known as raw jade ore, and the beautiful and colorful jade was born within these ugly stones.

Upon hearing this, the big beard sneered and said with a hidden meaning, "If you can afford the price, then of course I'll sell."

"Then let me pick first."

Yu Xian didn't bother arguing with him. The time for him to cry would come later.

He walked into the stall and gently touched the raw ore with his palm.

Although his spiritual consciousness could barely extend outward now, using his body to extend his spiritual consciousness could save his energy to the greatest extent.

As his spiritual consciousness penetrated into the ore, he clearly felt a resistance, and could only vaguely sense some images.

Moreover, with each deeper penetration of his spiritual consciousness, he felt an increasing consumption of mental power.

Fortunately, he only needed to roughly let his spiritual consciousness take a look. Jade and stone have different materials, so the resistance to his spiritual consciousness naturally varies.

Soon, a dissected diagram of the stone formed in his mind.

In just a moment, Yu Xian had gone through over thirty pieces of raw ore on the big beard's stall.

It could only be said that they were of high quality, as almost every piece of raw ore contained jade.

"This... and this, I'll take them all!"

Yu Xian selected several pieces of ore with the largest and most jade inside. The largest piece of raw ore, on the other hand, had very little jade inside.

Lan Xiaohe immediately approached the big beard and negotiated the price in his sleeve.

"Sir, a total of seven pieces of raw ore, and he wants them for 1,800 taels."

"Give it to him." Yu Xian took out a silver note and handed it to Lan Xiaohe. "Also, find someone to open these stones in front of him."

Yes, he was that petty.

Lan Xiaohe understood what Yu Xian wanted to do. It was nothing more than wanting to select a few good pieces to show off and make the big beard regret.

But she didn't have much confidence because the raw ore that the other party brought out was something she couldn't judge. The truly confident good pieces had already been opened.

These pieces couldn't even be guaranteed by professionals. What good things could you find by randomly picking?

Even if something good was found, it wouldn't hurt the other party's bones. Why would they regret it?

But at this point, she could only go along with the intentions of this gentleman.

"No problem, sir. I will personally watch here."

"Then it's up to you, Yulan. Let's go to other places and pick a few gifts for you and Xiaoyi."

Yu Xian's temper came and went quickly. As long as he didn't touch his taboos, he would usually go with the flow.

After all, he often provoked others.

That kind of style where people would want to kill his whole family with just one glare didn't suit him.

"Master, we've already spent so much money today. How about not buying gifts?" Yulan leaned against Yu Xian's arm and said softly.

Yu Xian couldn't help but laugh. "What? We haven't even entered yet, and you're already thinking about saving money for me?"

"Master..."

Yulan's cheeks turned slightly red as she shook Yu Xian's arm to protest.

"Money is a bastard. If you don't spend it, it won't come."

As he spoke, Yu Xian had already brought Yulan to another booth and pointed to a fist-sized piece of waste material on the ground, only half of it remaining.

"Boss, this piece of material is quite good. Show it to me."

If he didn't sense it wrong, the cut stone was emitting a faint spiritual energy. If he hadn't discovered it, the spiritual energy inside would have dissipated in a few days.

Compared to the weak spiritual energy of the jade itself, this spiritual energy could be absorbed by the human body.

"Huh? Guest, are you mistaken? This is a piece of waste material, worthless. I was just about to clean it up."

The owner of the booth was a middle-aged man dressed in a blue merchant's robe, looking somewhat wealthy, and was quite surprised at the moment.

"I just like to collect some strange stones. Boss, look at the dense black spots inside this stone, don't they look like a special fruit? Give me both halves, and you name the price."

Yu Xian acted like a spoiled rich person.

The middle-aged boss looked down for a moment and quickly found the other half of the waste material.

"This is just a worthless stone that was meant to be thrown away. Since you like it, I'll give it to you."

"I don't want to take advantage of you. Here are ten taels of silver, consider it as me buying it."

Yu Xian put away the two stones and handed over a silver ingot.

"It's really strange, someone is actually giving me silver. Well, I thank the young master for the reward."

The boss muttered to himself, took the silver, and made a proper bow, causing Yu Xian to laugh.

"Yulan, keep this, it's a gift for Xiaoyi."

Yu Xian threw the stones to Yulan.

Yulan held the two stones, dumbfounded, and muttered softly, "Master, we don't have to be so frugal."

"Just now you were advising me to spend less, and now you're complaining that I'm spending too little?" Yu Xian smiled cunningly.

Yulan blushed and stammered, "Well, the most I can spend on a gift for me later is only ten taels of silver."

"No way!"

Yu Xian decisively refused and rubbed Yulan's face with both hands.

"At least I have to spend a thousand taels for you!"

"Boss, you heard it too, choose a suitable gift for me according to a thousand taels."

"Alright, please wait, sir."

The middle-aged boss smiled happily and immediately lowered his head to search.

A price of a thousand taels was already a big deal for him, but it paled in comparison to the tens of thousands of taels that were being traded today.

"Sir, how about this pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants?"

The middle-aged boss presented a brocade box containing a pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants that emitted a soft luster.

"These jade pendants were made by Master Cai Qiang when he was young in Cangbei County. They are made of top-quality white jade, with a translucent color and lifelike craftsmanship. Moreover, they happen to be a pair, perfectly suited for a couple like you."

Originally priced at 1,200 taels, now it's only a thousand taels."

"Good, I'll take it."

Yu Xian didn't mention the original price, after all, it was a difference of two hundred taels.

Save where you can, spend where you should, he wasn't stupid.

Yu Xian handed over the money and took the pendants, hanging the phoenix pendant on Yulan's waist and the dragon pendant on himself.

He lightly tapped the jade pendants with his fingers, producing a crisp sound, and joked,

"This can be considered our token of love, right?"

"Hmm!"

Yulan nodded earnestly, looking down at the jade pendant swaying at her waist, her joyous expression impossible to hide.

The two of them then wandered around the entire second-floor exhibition hall.

This time, Yu Xian wasn't as lucky to sense jade stones with hidden spiritual energy that could be easily cut open. He had to have close contact with each piece, so he looked at them slowly.

At the same time, he also saw the other pieces of jade that Lan Xiaohe had mentioned.

One piece was slightly larger than the one at the bearded man's stall, made of white jade. The other piece was smaller, made of red jade, and had already been carved into a prosperous money tree, both of which could be considered treasures of the store.

The money tree had already been sold, and the price was also announced, selling for 150,000 taels.

Yu Xian looked on with envy.

Damn, what a rich man!

It took Yu Xian an hour to find the second piece of jade with hidden spiritual energy and buy it for eighty taels.

Suddenly,

There were consecutive screams from a corner, attracting everyone's attention.

"What the fuck!"

"What the fuck!"

"What happened?"

"I heard someone was cutting open stones over there, and the fourth piece of full green has appeared!"

"Isn't that normal? There have been at least thirty full green ones today."

"Damn it, you don't understand. That person has only cut five pieces in total, and none of them have failed. Four of them are full green. What kind of luck is this?"

"Damn it! I have to go and try my luck too."

(End of this chapter)