In the era when Xiao Zheng lived, the spirit stone was actually the most common currency. Ordinary people regard food as the sky, while immortals regard true qi as the sky. Therefore, this spirit stone is the food and currency of immortals. If an immortal cultivator does not have the assistance of spiritual stones, even if he has a good talent, his cultivation speed will be much slower.

In order to find the spirit stones, Xiao Zheng went to several jade shops in a row. Unfortunately, he did not find a piece of jade with spiritual energy. Although there are many valuable good jades, the good jade does not grow around the spiritual veins. No matter how good it is, it cannot catch Xiao Zheng's eyes.

Looking up, I saw a jade shop called Pinyuzhai. Xiao Zheng walked in. There were many jades in the store, but these jades were carved into various shapes. The owner was an old man in his fifties. Seeing that Xiao Zheng was dressed simply and was young, he instinctively thought that he was a free walk on the street, so he simply stood at the counter and ignored Xiao Zheng who came in.

When Xiao Zheng entered the store, he looked at him carefully one by one. Although the boss didn't want to deal with Xiao Zheng, he had been doing business in the old street for many years. Knowing that there was no rule to rush out customers, he let Xiao Zheng lean over and watch at the counter.

Xiao Zheng walked around but found no jade with spirit stones. He couldn't help but show a hint of regret. However, the boss saw this expression and couldn't help but be curious.

He is an expert in jade business for decades and knows jade very well. All the jade displayed on his counter does not have real good jade. The most expensive ones will not cost more than 10,000 yuan.

However, many jades can be fake and real in appearance. In addition, the price of things sold on antique streets is not clearly marked. It depends on what kind of people and what price to offer. Therefore, ordinary people cannot tell the quality of jade here at all. The boy who dressed very shabby in the face showed a hint of regret after seeing it for a while. Could it be that he is an expert?

The boss couldn't help but shouted to Xiao Zheng who was about to go out and asked with a smile: "Young man, I have so many jades here, aren't there anything I like?"

Xiao Zheng turned around and nodded lightly, "You jades are not spiritual."

The boss frowned. He had been playing with jade for so many years. He knew that the quality of jade depends on transparency, color and texture, oiliness, and patina. However, few people would use the so-called spirituality to look at jade. However, some of the top jade people often talk about the spirituality of jade, but they have never touched the tricks.

Then, the boss laughed at himself and said, "I have been in the jade business for so many years, but I really don't understand what the spirituality of jade is. Young man, can you tell me what kind of jade is spiritual jade?"

Xiao Zheng took out the jade pendant from Du Yuexin in his pocket and handed it to him, "That's it."

The boss found that it was a very good piece of Hetian jade material when Xiao Zheng took out the jade. Xiao Zheng handed it over, and then reached out to take it. He observed it for a long time in his hand and praised: "The jade is indeed a good jade. It is of high-quality Hetian jade. It has a very good skin color, but it is too small. It weighs only about twenty grams. According to the current market price, it should be sold for 400,000 yuan. However, I think the carving work of your jade is indeed a bit bad. I'm sorry for such a good jade. In recent years, no one has been wasting such a waste of resources. It seems that this jade has been carved for more than ten or twenty years. If you carve it carefully, you may lose two or three grams. Overall, it is only more than 300,000 yuan."

Xiao Zheng was shocked by his words. More than 300,000 yuan? Du Yuexin gave him this jade pendant worth more than 300,000 yuan just because he stretched out his hand and opened his mouth.

Xiao Zheng couldn't help feeling a little moved and unbearable. Although he had been in the immortal cultivation world for more than two hundred years by stealing and kidnapping, except for his cheap master who died prematurely, no one had ever taken the initiative to give him even a low-grade spirit stone.

It’s strange that Xiao Zheng felt guilty about stealing other people’s things, robbing others’ things, and cheating others. But he felt a little uncomfortable when he was given to him by someone else’s words.

In theory, what Xiao Zheng lacks most is not only the cultivation materials. Xiao Zheng saved money in three years of high school, but only saved 20,000 yuan. The 20,000 yuan was paid more than a month ago for the tuition, miscellaneous fees, military training fees and accommodation fees for the first year of his senior year. If he can't get a scholarship this year, then the only 10,000 yuan will have to be kept for the tuition fees next year, which is quite tight.

However, this jade pendant is worth at least 300,000 yuan. This is a huge fortune for Xiao Zheng, and Du Yuexin has already given it to him, so he can sell it and change it to a huge sum of money.

But Xiao Zheng quickly gave up this idea. He felt that after he absorbed the spiritual energy of this jade perch, he should return it to Du Yuexin.

The boss returned the jade pendant to Xiao Zheng and said, "I didn't expect you to be an expert, you are a master, and you are hiding deep enough." As he said, he looked at Xiao Zheng with admiration and said, "I have a few good jades here. Although they are not as good as the best Hetian jade, they are considered to be ancient artifacts for a long time. Wait for me to bring them over and see if you like it."

As he said that, the boss entered the back room and carried a small wooden box out of it. As soon as the box was opened, Xiao Zheng felt the spiritual energy that was coming to his face, which immediately made him feel the level of true energy contained in it. Unexpectedly, each of these five jade stones was comparable to that of Du Yuexin! It was even a little more than that!

There are five pieces of these jades in total, all of which are carved into five animals: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, etc. The carvings should be considered outstanding in this world, but they are absolutely unattainable to Xiao Zheng's eyes. Xiao Zheng has seen a master of making jade carvings, blending illusions into jade, and then carving the jade into the shape of a spirit beast. It is not only vivid and full of charm, but also can be transformed into shape. What's more, the transformed spirit beast has considerable attack power.

In contrast, these five jade carvings fell into Xiao Zheng's eyes. Even if Xiao Zheng carved with true energy, it would be a hundred times better than this carving.

Xiao Zheng only greedily absorbed the spiritual energy from these five jade stones, but his cultivation level was too low. If he wanted to absorb all the spiritual energy from these five spirit stones, it would be impossible to do it within ten days and half a month. Besides, it would be too wasteful to absorb it simply. The best thing is to use these five spirit stones to set up the simplest spiritual gathering array, and then sit in the array to breathe and practice the exercises, so that the effect is the best.

Seeing Xiao Zheng playing with jade for a long time without talking, the boss couldn't help asking, "How is it? Are these five pieces of jade still satisfied?"

Xiao Zheng did not answer his question, but asked: "Looking at this look, this jade should be a set of twelve zodiac signs, why are there only five?"

The boss said in a compliment, "It's really an expert." As he said, he explained, "This jade was collected by me at a high price. It was left by the Qing Dynasty. There is a model on the bottom of the jade carving. It was carved by Yao Zongren, a famous Qing Dynasty artist. However, this image and carving were all early works by Yao Zongren before he became famous, so he used this kind of Kunlun jade that is not very good."

As he said, he said with some regret: "According to the seller, he had sold the jade carvings in several times because he was short of money. Originally, there were twelve jade carvings, but when he arrived at me, there were only five left. I took them all in one breath, but I had no choice but to have only five."

Xiao Zheng nodded and asked lightly: "What is the price of these five pieces of jade?"

The boss smiled indifferently and said, "I don't plan to dismantle these five pieces of jade and sell them at a price of one million and two million."

Xiao Zheng was shocked!

Damn, you really dare to offer a price! I only have more than 10,000 yuan in total. You ask for 1.2 million yuan. Where can I grab it for you?

Immediately, Xiao Zheng put down the jade and said lightly: "These jades are not worth such a high price. Even if they are objects from the Qing Dynasty, the carvings are just ordinary, and jade is not good jade."

Xiao Zheng didn't understand, but the boss said that this was an early work of Yao Zongren before he became famous, and the materials were not very good, so he just used it to test it out.

The boss smiled and said, "Kunlun jade is indeed not worth much. If it is carved by modern craftsmen, it will be worth at most 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. However, these five jade carvings cannot be measured simply by the price of jade. More of the value of its cultural relics."

Even if they were carved by Emperor Kangxi himself, Xiao Zheng could not afford them at all. He glanced at the five jade carvings and said lightly: "Forget it, I'll take a look around again."

Immediately, he ignored the boss's somewhat disappointed expression and stepped out.

After leaving, Xiao Zheng couldn't help but wonder whether he would find an opportunity to secretly steal these jade carvings. However, Xiao Zheng's memory before quickly dispelled the idea. This world is a world of technology and a society ruled by law. Now there are cameras everywhere. There are no less than four surveillance probes in the boss's shop, and there are police. Even if he stole the spirit stone, he would be arrested after all. Maybe he would be imprisoned in prison for ten or eight years, and he would not have to take such a big risk for these five spirit stones.

But the price of 1.2 million yuan really makes Xiao Zheng helpless and painful. With his current ability, not to mention 1.2 million yuan, even 200,000 yuan is an astronomical figure.
Chapter completed!