254: Chapter 254 Qing Dynasty Qianlong Blue and White Porcelain Cup with Dragon and Wave Design

"Name: Qing Qianlong Blue and White Sea Dragon Pattern Cup."

"Grade: Grade Six."

"Attribute: Sweetness +3."

"Skill: Sweet Dew Dharma Rain."

"Name: Republic of China Blue and White Entwined Lotus Pattern Cup."

"Grade: Grade Seven."

"Attribute: Excitement +2."

"Skill: Truth Spoken after Drinking."

The intrinsic value of these two cups is not very high because their condition is average; the Qianlong one is only worth around ten thousand yuan, and the Republic of China one is just a three-to-five-thousand yuan item.

However, the attributes identified are quite good.

Although the grade is not high, the skills are extremely practical.

Sweet Dew Dharma Rain can turn the water or wine in the cup into Sweet Dew Dharma Rain, which, after being consumed, has the effects of strengthening the body, Mind-Clearing, moistening the lungs, and cleansing the marrow, which is very beneficial to the body.

There is no need to say much about Truth Spoken after Drinking; after drinking the wine in the cup, one will only speak the truth, similar to the Veritaserum in "Harry Potter."

The effect of this skill is even more powerful than the Veritaserum in the movie. Veritaserum only makes people say what they believe to be true, and it is ineffective against psychiatric patients, those with unclear minds, or wizards who can manipulate memories.

But the "Truth Spoken after Drinking" skill has none of these limitations. As long as one is affected, they will answer any question asked, and every answer will be true, regardless of whether the person is a normal individual or an expert.

Of course, it is not absolute. If the opponent's strength is extremely high and they are prepared, the skill may fail, such as in the case of Tian Chunming.

When Han Jingyang fought a decisive battle against Tian Chunming, most of his attack-type skills failed, and he couldn't even break through the opponent's defense.

Therefore, practical skills also require technique and timing. Mindlessly spamming them works most of the time, but at critical moments, they might fail.

But regardless, being able to receive these two dharma instruments as gifts is still very profitable.

No, not just very profitable.

It's a massive windfall.

In just a few short hours, he had managed to fleece so many dharma instruments from Wang Anzhong, while the cost was only a little over twenty thousand yuan in cash plus two auxiliary skills.

How about keeping up the good work?

Use the last "Adding Flowers to Brocade."

Keeping it is just keeping it, and it takes up space.

Use it all at once to avoid thinking about it.

However, this time he couldn't leave it to luck; he had to use it with a specific purpose.

He would head out to the street in a while and take the opportunity to verify the operating mechanism of this type of skill.

Thinking this, he waved at Liu Jing: "Let's go, let's stroll around the street."

Shi Xiaoya asked hurriedly: "What about me?"

"You continue to watch the shop. From now on, our Jiguang Zhai will be open every day. You are on duty on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; Liu Jing is on duty on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; and I am on duty on Sundays. That's settled."

"This..."

Liu Jing proudly tilted her slender neck toward Shi Xiaoya: "Watch the shop well, and don't be lazy."

Yingxiong Mountain in the afternoon was still very lively.

But there were more tourists.

The street vendors had also changed a batch. Compared to the morning, there were significantly fewer old items on the stalls, and more various handicrafts, souvenirs, as well as gourds, bracelets, and walnuts, which were lower-threshold cultural artifacts.

There was no help for it; Yingxiong Mountain was a famous tourist spot in Quancheng, and too many tourists visited during the day. These types of items clearly had a better market than those so-called "antiques."

Tourists were also gradually becoming smarter, and fewer and fewer of them were doing things like buying antiques in scenic spots.

Compared to expensive and incomprehensible antiques, current tourists preferred tangible and reasonably priced handicrafts.

However, it wasn't as if there were no people selling antiques.

If you searched patiently, you could still find them.

Han Jingyang and Liu Jing strolled slowly through the crowd, not in a hurry to make a move.

Until they saw a stall selling weapons.

The items sold at this stall were all weapons and armor. They looked quite authentic, with various swords and armor, though most of the armor was dilapidated, and there was even a plastic bag full of armor plates.

Han Jingyang pulled Liu Jing, squatted down, and casually picked up a long sword to take a look.

A fake.

He picked up another one.

Still a fake.

It was clearly a new item made to look old, but it was done quite convincingly, making it highly deceptive.

Because the difficulty of making iron and steel items like swords look old was relatively low; you just had to make the rust look authentic.

But making metal swords look old was really not difficult. With catalysts, one could mass-produce a batch of "naturally rusted" weapons in three to five months. With a little more processing, they could pass for the real thing and could very well impersonate items from the Republic of China or even the late Qing Dynasty.

Han Jingyang looked at several in a row, and they were all fakes.

But he didn't give up and continued to look at them one by one.

Until he picked up a long sword.

"Ding: Identifiable item discovered. Would you like to identify it?"

"Yes/No."

Han Jingyang clicked No and slowly drew the long sword.

It was a very ordinary and standard long sword, without a sword ridge, replaced by a groove. It felt light in the hand, and the sword body had scattered rust spots. Looking closely, there were tiny pits, but overall, the condition was quite good. Both sides of the blade had no signs of nicks; it was clear that this was not a sword used in actual combat, or rather, this sword had never been used in actual combat.

He flicked the sword body with his fingernail, and the sound was not that crisp, appearing slightly dull.

It was obvious that the material was mediocre; even in ancient times, it would have been very average, and compared to various modern high-grade steels, it was not worth mentioning.

Liu Jing squatted down, glanced at it, and said: "This sword doesn't have much to look at, right?"

Han Jingyang smiled: "That's not necessarily true."

After speaking, he looked up and asked the boss: "Boss, what's the price of this sword?"

"This one? Sixty-five thousand. It's a good sword from the mid-Qing Dynasty, in perfect condition. Look at that edge, it's as complete as it was originally. There aren't many ancient swords of this condition in all of Quancheng."

"Give me a real price."

"If you really want it, let's say fifty-eight thousand. You make money, I make money, and it brings good luck."

"Five thousand eight hundred."

"That won't do, Boss Han. You have a big business, so don't haggle with me over such small change."

"Then forget it."

"Hey, hey, hey, Boss Han, don't go. Forty-eight thousand, no, thirty-eight thousand. I've lowered it so much, that's very fair. It's a mid-Qing Dynasty item, preserved so well, it's worth this price. Look at the scabbard, it's even inlaid with tourmaline."

"Tourmaline isn't worth much anyway."

Tourmaline was indeed not valuable; even in ancient times, it was not considered a particularly precious gemstone, unless the quality and color were exceptionally good.

The two round tourmalines inlaid on this scabbard were of the more common quality.

Therefore, Han Jingyang shook his head again: "Eighteen thousand, eighteen thousand and it's a deal."

"Boss Han, you're driving the price down too hard. You're not leaving me any profit at all. Add a little more."

"No, that's it."

"Twenty thousand, exactly twenty thousand, no lower."

"Eighteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. If that works, it works; if not, I'll go look somewhere else."

"This... alright, alright, I'm really afraid of you."

Liu Jing paid the bill.

Han Jingyang picked up the long sword and returned to Jiguang Zhai.

Upon entering, Liu Jing asked suspiciously: "Boss, why did you buy this kind of thing?"

"To do an experiment."

"Boss, you are really rich, spending eighteen thousand to buy something like this just to do an experiment."

"Don't underestimate this sword; it also has the potential for Consecration."

"Ah? Really?"

"Mm."

"But the material is right here; it's just an iron bar that's polished relatively brightly and in fairly good condition. Even if it's a dharma instrument, it can't be used for actual combat, right?"

"That's not necessarily the case," Han Jingyang said, directly performing an identification.