Inherit For Three Thousand Years

The third warehouse is the calligraphy and painting warehouse. In this warehouse, the largest number is Western oil paintings, and Oriental calligraphy and paintings also account for a small part.

Xiao Yao felt that the leaks of oil paintings were not easy to pick up. The first thing he identified was oriental calligraphy and painting.

There are only a few small leaks in the calligraphy and painting works, Xiao Yao is not interested. But in the collection of books in stock, Xiao Yao unexpectedly found three orphan copies of handwritten books by famous people.

Among them, the most precious is the "New Book of Tang Dynasty" written by Ouyang Xiu. Although it is only one volume, it has more than 50 pages, and its value is simply inestimable.

There is also a volume of "Diamond Sutra" written by Master Yunqi in the Ming Dynasty, and the last volume is "Zhuzhi Ci" written by Zheng Banqiao.

"Zhu Zhi Ci" contains a total of 40 bamboo-chanting poems by Zheng Banqiao, which are amazing in both literary and artistic value.

The authenticity of these three manuscripts is extremely rare, especially the "New Book of Tang" written by Ouyang Xiu himself. It is not an exaggeration to call it a national treasure. In terms of value, it is not much less than Yan Liben's "Wei Zhengjin Admonishment Picture".

The appraisers of the Louvre’s appraisal of oriental artworks are a little bit worse, but their appraisal of Western paintings is of a very high standard. Xiao Yao only selected two masters from the huge inventory. grade oil painting.

One work is "Sun God" by Tintoretto, a famous painter of the Venetian School of Painting in Italy, and the other is "Harvest" by Miller, an outstanding representative painter of realism in the 19th century.

The signatures in these two works were deliberately covered up, and they were regarded as imitations by later generations, so Xiao Yao was able to pick up two big leaks.

In the warehouse where the sculptures are stored, Xiao Yao has gained a lot, and found two master-level sculptures.

One is the sculpture "Little Angel" by Italian Bernini, and the other is "Head of Athena" by Phidias.

The last two warehouses are the Gold and Silver Warehouse and the Jewelry Warehouse.

In the jewelry warehouse, Xiao Yao didn't find any valuable leaks.

There is something to be gained in the gold and silver products warehouse.

He just walked into the warehouse, and under the exploration of his spiritual power, he discovered a great treasure-the gold cup of the royal jewel of the Tang Dynasty.

The pattern on the gold cup is extremely complicated and delicate, the shape is luxurious and exquisite, and its exquisite craftsmanship is amazing.

It is already the last warehouse, Xiao Yao originally thought that this is the harvest this time, but he did not expect the real treasure to appear so suddenly.

A one-foot-square gold inlaid jade plate appeared in his mental power. On the surface, it appeared to be a gold plate engraved with strange characters. In fact, a half-foot-square white jade plate was wrapped inside the gold plate. The board is also densely engraved with strange characters.

What is even more strange is that there is a drop of purple liquid wrapped in the center of the white jade board.

This drop of purple liquid is not water, nor is it any liquid he has ever seen. His mental power passed through this drop of liquid, which made him feel warm and happy.

Xiao Yao knew both the strange characters on the gold plate and the white jade plate, which were common characters in ancient times.

Due to the rush of time, he did not read the text recorded on the gold board and the white jade board in detail. He just glanced hurriedly at the first few lines of text on the gold and white jade boards.

The first line of text on the golden plate translates to: Spiritual Art.

The first line of text on the white jade board translates to: Yulujue.

There is no doubt that this piece of gold inlaid jade plate is definitely a treasure handed down from ancient times.

As for the grades of the "Lingshen Jue" and "Yulu Jue" recorded above, he has to wait for his research to know whether they are precious.

This piece of gold inlaid jade board is too important, if it is not for the presence of monitoring in the warehouse, Xiao Yao would like to take it away immediately.

Xiao Yao used his mental strength to sort out all the collections in the six warehouses carefully, but in the eyes of others, he just looked at them casually, and the items he selected were also very random. .

It only took more than half a day to read all 6 warehouses.

Xiao Yao is worried that there are many nights and dreams. If the management of the Louvre asks the appraisers to re-appraise the items he selected in detail, some of the collections will definitely attract attention.

If the clues are seen, the Louvre in Paris is likely to organize top appraisers to conduct detailed appraisals, and things will be troublesome.

In order to avoid this situation, he chose randomly and quickly, and visited all 6 warehouses in less than a day.

The collections he selected were all recorded and packaged separately.

What reassures him is that the Louvre has not arranged for appraisers to re-appraise the collections he selected.

Seeing the repackaging of the collections he selected one by one, Xiao Yao felt relieved.

He selected a total of 116 collections, all of which were not very expensive, and when they were all added up, the total price was 36 million US dollars.

For the remaining US$24 million, after consultation with the Louvre in Paris, Xiao Yao selected ten more expensive oriental works of art.

This time, by bartering, he finally exchanged the painting "Thunder" from the Louvre in Paris for 126 collections.

These 126 collections are relatively ordinary and have never been exhibited to the public. The management of the Louvre is very satisfied with the exchange of these ordinary collections that can only be put in the warehouse for "Thunder".

Xiao Yao exchanged a painting for a treasure handed down from ancient times, and more than 30 top-level antique works of art, and he was also very satisfied.

In order to avoid being seen as a problem, he certainly couldn't just choose the 30-odd collections that he liked. The remaining 80-odd collections were all randomly selected by him to cover up his real target.

The entire transaction process was very cumbersome, and it took three days to sign the final exchange contract.

The moment he finished signing, he was truly relieved. From now on, the more than 30 treasures he selected truly belong to him.

Other antique works of art were naturally transported to China according to normal procedures. Only the gold inlaid jade plate was the one that Xiao Yao valued the most, and he took it into the Holy Soul Ring.