Chapter XVIII
More than a year later.
In the early morning, the sky was bright, Sha Bai came out of the house and looked at Ye Ning sitting cross-legged on the futon in the courtyard.
The effective range of the Spirit Gathering Array arranged in the courtyard was only limited to about one zhang square in the center of the courtyard. When practicing in that position, there will be a trace of gray air flow around the body, these air currents are different from the kind of spiritual power similar to red light in the spirit stone, only a gray color, without any luster, but it can also be refined and absorbed into the body.
Ye Ning was cultivating the Yuan Shen, and the Gathering Divine Method she practiced was a cultivation method recorded in the "Humble Fire Determination" that Gray Shadow taught to Sha Bai.
This set of clumsy fire determinations not only contains methods for cultivating the primordial spirit and refining spiritual power, but also records a lot of basic knowledge of spiritual power cultivation, which is simply an encyclopedia of basic knowledge in the field of spiritual energy cultivation.
The Yuan Shen cultivation method in the Humble Fire Concentration is said to be a common introductory technique in the ancient cultivation world, which is not the same as the Concentration of Divine Cultivation that Sha Bai learned from Liao Jiang. Sha Bai personally tried it a few times, this new exercise was very safe, and the effect was also very good, so Yu Shi taught this set of exercises to Ye Ning. The benefits of cultivating spiritual power to people Sha Bai had already realized it, and he hoped that Ye Ning could also get benefits from cultivating spiritual power.
Ye Ning practiced very seriously. Eight hours a day, almost non-stop, sometimes in his own home, sometimes in the courtyard to practice with Shabai.
Ye Ning, who was in the middle of the house, looked peaceful, breathing slowly, and his chest slowly rose and fell with his breathing.
It was the height of summer, and Ye Ning was wearing a thin silk short-sleeved top with a slightly low neckline. Sha Bai happened to be standing behind Ye Ning's side, and caught a glimpse of the plump and soft ****.
Sha Bai was reluctant to look away for a while. Well, this sister's figure is really good, why didn't she seem to have paid attention to it before? The two full and bulging breasts seemed to break through the thin silk clothes and pop out at any time, and the bright red face like a peony flower glowed with a charming charm, and Sha Bai suddenly felt a little dry mouth.
Slap, Sha Bai slapped himself twice on the face, what do you think!, he reminded himself. This is Sister Violence! Is Sister Violence good! A man will die ugly in front of her!
Ye Ning suddenly opened his eyes and looked back at Sha Bai. "What are you doing?!"
"No, no, no, nothing" Sha Bai suddenly became agitated, and almost sat on the ground, "That, it's dawn, do you want to go and have breakfast." ”
After eating breakfast, Sha Bai and Ye Ning went to the jade shop, and the two went to the tea room on the second floor of the store to drink tea together. They both liked the sun-drenched tea room on the second floor. Drink tea, chat, or meditate quietly.
After sitting for a few minutes, Boss He suddenly knocked on the door and came in, and said to Ye Ning excitedly, "Boss, reliable news, Pei Yulong has appeared!
"Oh, really, go and book a seat! Book three, let's go three!" Ye Ning seemed to be a little excited.
"Okay!" Boss He turned around and walked out the door excitedly.
In the tea room, Sha Bai asked Ye Ning curiously, "Who is Pei Yulong? What kind of game, do you play mahjong? Look at how excited you are." ”
Ye Ning put down the teacup and said with a mysterious expression, "This person is very famous, no one knows his origin, but he will appear in the antique market once a year to sell things, and almost every time there are a few real things." ”
"The real thing?"
"Yes, it's a real antique. You also know that the technology of old-fashioning is too high now, and in the antique world, 90% of them are fakes, and there are very few real things. This Pei Yulong, everyone didn't pay attention when he first appeared. But slowly, the antique owners found that every time this person peddled something, there were always a few genuine and high-quality products. The boss who buys his things, there are always people who are lucky enough to buy the real thing. Over time, the man became famous, and later, every time he showed up to sell something, he would organize a small auction attended by the owners of antiques. The circle calls this auction "bureau". ”
"Doesn't anyone who makes antiques always identify the authenticity of the fake? If the things he sells are real and fake, won't he lose money when he buys the fake?" Sha Bai was a little strange.
"The identification of antiques is not so easy, and even the top experts sometimes miss it. Ye Ning shook his head, "And appraisal takes time, in Pei Yulong's auction, everything is to be seen on the spot, and you are not allowed to take away the appraisal, only ten minutes to see the goods, if you want to buy it, you will pay for it, and if you don't buy it, you will pull it down." If you buy a fake, you can only admit that you are unlucky. ”
"Isn't that risky?" asked Shabai.
Ye Ning raised his eyebrows, "Once the bet is right, the profit is very attractive! ”
"Since the real thing is hard to find, where did this person's things come from?" Sha Bai asked again after taking a sip of tea.
Ye Ning shook his head, "I don't know." According to his own account, it was collected from private collectors, who have a special team to collect these items all over the world. However, there are also legends that say that this guy is a tomb robber. I don't know what is true. ”
Two days later, in the morning, Sha Bai, Ye Ning, and Lao He drove to a farmhouse in the suburbs.
"How can you make a deal in such a remote place?" Sha Bai got out of the car, looked at his surroundings, and frowned. The farmhouse is located on a wild hillside, surrounded by abandoned orchards, and there are few other homes.
"Don't worry, it's out of the way every time. The first two times I lost my eyes, and Miss Ye spent money in vain, I hope this time I have better luck. Lao He said, looking at Ye Ning a little embarrassed.
"That's not your fault, it's a gamble to look at something in such a short time. Besides, we didn't spend much. Ye Ning waved his hand.
In the first two auctions, Lao He and Ye Ning bought two things, but later found out that they were fakes. Fortunately, Lao He was more cautious, and he didn't dare to bid for things that were too expensive, and the two things he sold were hundreds of thousands, and they didn't lose a lot.
The three of them walked into the farmhouse, and a young man in green clothes greeted them at the gate, verified the identities of the three people, and led them into a large house. There were a few pieces of furniture in the room, and the man in green clothes walked behind a bookshelf, reached in, as if he had writhed something, and then the bookshelf suddenly moved, and slowly slashed to the side, revealing a secret door hidden behind the bookshelf.
The man in green clothes pushed open the secret door, stood by the door, and made a gesture to the three of them to invite them in.
Ye Ning and Sha Bai glanced at each other and walked into the secret door together. Behind the secret door, there was a downward stone step, and the three of them walked down the steps for more than ten meters, and then suddenly opened up in front of them, and a hall of about 100 square meters appeared. On a long table in the hall, there were already more than a dozen people, all of whom seemed to be the bosses of the antique world, some of whom knew Lao He or Ye Ning, everyone nodded and said hello, and Ye Ning and the three of them found a corner to sit down.
Sha Bai quietly asked Ye Ning, "Why is it mysterious, was it like this before?"
"It's always been mysterious, but the secret door and the basement are the first time I've experienced it. Ye Ning replied quietly.
"There won't be a problem," Sha Bai was a little worried.
Ye Ning showed a hint of naughtiness on his face, turned his head and leaned into Sha Bai's ear and said, "Sha Daxia, with you, I should be absolutely safe little girl, right? No matter dinosaurs, Ultraman, or Tarzan of the Apes, they can't snatch me away from you, right? I was a little looking forward to a group of robbers here, wouldn't it be more interesting in this way." ”
"Well! that makes sense!" Sha Daxia was overjoyed when he heard this, nodded vigorously, straightened his chest, and immediately lifted his spirits.
Ten minutes later, several more people who looked like buyers came one after another. Then, a young man in black walked up to the long table and scanned the crowd carefully, as if counting the number of people. After reading it, the young man in black turned around and walked to a small cubicle in the southwest corner of the hall, knocked lightly on the door of the cubicle, and said in a low voice: "Boss, everyone is here." ”
The door of the compartment creaked open, and a middle-aged man came out, short and strong, with a horse-faced triangular eyes, and a capable appearance.
The middle-aged man was short and stout, with a pair of shiny triangular eyes on his horse's face, and a shrewd look. He walked to the long table in the hall and coughed, "All of you here are old acquaintances, let's not talk nonsense, contemptible Pei Yulong, I recently received another batch of goods, today I will give you a look, the old rule, look at the picture first, the real thing only has ten minutes to appreciate the time." Then start bidding!"
After saying that, someone began to distribute albums to these sellers in the hall, and everyone had it. Sha Bai got the album and began to look at it carefully.
The album system is very simple, it is to bind more than a dozen color pictures together, without any text content introduction.
Sha Bai flipped through the pictures and felt surprised. He has been staying in the antique city for more than a year, and he goes out for a walk when he has nothing to do, and he can be regarded as seeing a lot of antique relics. There are only about 20 items in this album, but they contain various things such as jade, bronze, porcelain, terracotta figurines, and even a few calligraphy and paintings. This Pei Yulong really has some ability, and he actually collected such a thing.