Lin Feng felt a slight surprise and excitement, but he also knew it would be difficult to acquire the jade slip from Qiu Yihe.
"Elder Qiu, are you setting up a stall?"
Lin Feng forced a smile and greeted him.
"It's you, kid! What are you doing here?"
Qiu Yihe recognized Lin Feng and was so angry his teeth itched.
After being verbally attacked by Lin Feng at the Tang family's place last time, his reputation in the antique world had been greatly affected, all thanks to Lin Feng!
"Of course, I'm here to buy something. I think your bowl mat looks good, how much is it?"
Lin Feng pointed to the jade slip that was tightly pressed under the white jade bowl.
Due to some special energy protection, this jade slip appeared as a dull piece of wood to outsiders.
Qiu Yihe followed Lin Feng's gaze and was so enraged he cursed, "You brat, are you deliberately trying to humiliate me? You don't want to buy my bowl, but my bowl mat. What do you mean?"
Tang Pinliang and Hong Lijiu watched, also a little confused by Lin Feng's strange behavior.
"Elder Qiu, don't be so angry. I genuinely like this bowl mat. How much can you sell it for?"
Lin Feng tried to maintain a gentle tone.
Qiu Yihe picked up the broken piece of wood used as a bowl mat and examined it closely. It was just an ordinary wooden mat, what was so special about it?
This brat must be intentionally looking for trouble!
Qiu Yihe's eyes blazed, and he gritted his teeth, "Fine, if you want to buy it, it's ten million. Not a penny less!"
"Are you robbing me? I bought this to prop up my bed legs. Do you think I'm a fool?"
Lin Feng feigned displeasure and his face darkened. He didn't want this jade slip to attract too much attention from Qiu Yihe.
"Yeah, Elder Qiu, aren't you deliberately ripping off my brother-in-law? Give him a better price!"
Tang Pinliang chimed in, knowing that if Lin Feng liked something, it must be unusual.
Perhaps there was something more to this piece of wood!
"It's ten million. Buy it or don't! And Young Master Liang, no talking!"
Qiu Yihe's face turned red and his neck bulged with anger, completely disregarding Tang Pinliang.
"Alright, then you keep it to yourself!"
Lin Feng left without looking back.
Seeing Lin Feng leave so abruptly, Qiu Yihe became even more convinced that Lin Feng was playing a trick on him.
A scheme hatched in his mind, and he grabbed Tang Pinliang, who was also about to leave. "Young Master Liang, why don't you buy it as a gift for your brother-in-law? He'll surely be happy!"
"Elder Qiu, I'd like to buy it, but I didn't bring that much money!"
"How much do you have?"
Elder Qiu's old eyes gleamed as he saw Tang Pinliang falling into his trap.
"I only have five hundred on me!"
Tang Pinliang held up five fingers, contemplating whether to ask Tang Wan for five million to buy it.
Unexpectedly, Qiu Yihe readily agreed, "Good, five hundred yuan it is! Deal!"
Qiu Yihe inwardly sneered, thinking how Lin Feng would curse Tang Pinliang, the idiot, when he saw it later!
"What the heck!? You're selling it to me for five hundred?"
Tang Pinliang was surprised. He had meant five million, but this old man sold it for five hundred? This definitely wasn't anything good!
No wonder Lin Feng left without even considering it. Turns out this thing was just a piece of rotten wood, not even worth ten yuan!
"No, I'm not buying it. Sell it to someone else!"
After realizing what had happened, Tang Pinliang was unwilling to spend even five hundred yuan. He didn't want to be the idiot!
"No, once you make a bid, it's final. No returns, no exchanges!"
Qiu Yihe grabbed Tang Pinliang's hand and refused to let go.
"Fine, I'll give you the five hundred yuan!"
Tang Pinliang, unable to do anything about Qiu Yihe, grudgingly took out five hundred yuan.
"Young Master Liang is indeed a straightforward person. Here's your item!"
Qiu Yihe, with a smile all over his face, handed the broken piece of wood to Tang Pinliang.
Seeing this, Lin Feng returned and quickly snatched the jade slip from Tang Pinliang's hand, exclaiming, "Little Liang, you did great!"
"Brother-in-law, stop praising me. I spent five hundred yuan on this thing, like an idiot!"
Tang Pinliang couldn't be happy at all.
Lin Feng, however, smiled without saying a word. Let alone five hundred yuan, even five million or five hundred million couldn't measure the value of this jade slip!
Especially as he held it, Lin Feng could clearly feel the true qi within him boiling, as if stimulated by something.
Clearly, this jade slip was the item his mind had hinted at!
"Haha, kid, look how happy you are. Buying a piece of rotten wood for five hundred yuan, only you can do such idiotic things!"
Qiu Yihe couldn't help but mock. Lin Feng tried to trick him, but in the end, he was the one who was tricked!
Hong Lijiu, who had been silent, didn't think Lin Feng's actions were idiotic. He could tell that Lin Feng genuinely wanted this item.
"Mr. Lin, does this bowl mat have any special features?"
Hong Lijiu couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Elder Hong, to others, this might be a piece of rotten wood, but to me, it's a priceless treasure!"
"It's not easy to explain the specifics, let's go to the inner hall first to select antiques for you!"
Lin Feng put away the jade slip, planning to try and refine and absorb the energy within it later.
Seeing Lin Feng's reluctance to elaborate, Hong Lijiu wisely didn't ask further questions.
The three of them arrived at the entrance to the inner hall. Hong Lijiu presented a golden entry ticket, and they easily entered the venue.
Before them was a large exhibition hall already filled with many celebrities and wealthy individuals, including descendants of some prominent families.
Lin Feng and the other two found a few empty seats. After they sat down, staff members distributed small booklets to the three of them.
The booklet listed the various antiques to be featured at today's antique trade fair, including their minimum starting bids!
Lin Feng glanced through it. The antiques looked quite good. The item Hong Lijiu wanted to purchase was a Nine Dragon Bronze Ding.
According to the booklet, this Nine Dragon Bronze Ding was an artifact from the Shang Zhou Dynasty, and it was the only one of its kind on the market.
"Mr. Lin, what do you think of this bronze ding?"
Hong Lijiu asked with a smile.
"It's hard to say. I need to see the actual item to be sure."
Lin Feng vaguely felt something was not quite right with the ding, but based on the picture alone, he couldn't make a definitive judgment.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Lin, to give me your expert opinion."
Hong Lijiu smiled warmly, fully trusting Lin Feng's abilities. He had heard many stories about Lin Feng recently.
Especially Lin Feng's accurate identification of the authenticity of Tang Yin's painting "Ladies" at the Tang family, such eyesight was indeed rare in the world!
There were still a few minutes before the trade fair began, so Lin Feng, with nothing else to do, quietly took out the jade slip and held it in his palm.
Then, he began to circulate the Heaven and Earth Creation Art to refine and absorb it.
As expected, with the infusion of true qi, the jade slip immediately became extremely hot, and a powerful energy surged from Lin Feng's palm straight to his dantian!
He had actually broken through to the second level of Qi Refining!
This bottleneck that had troubled him for so long had been overcome with the help of a jade slip!
Feeling the red true qi within him become even more substantial and surging, Lin Feng was filled with excitement and surprise.
Most importantly, after breaking through to the second level of Qi Refining, his mind was filled with a wealth of information about talismans.
Including how to make talismans and the uses of various types of talismans.
This was simply amazing!