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Chapter 272 Lady Xu's Dagger

"Boss, I'll offer fifty thousand yuan. If you're willing to sell, I'll buy. If not, then forget it," Xu Yang said.

"Mr. Xu, isn't that price a bit too low?" The middle-aged boss looked embarrassed.

He had bought it for one thousand yuan, originally thinking that the statue would be stuck in his own hands.

Now, being able to sell it for fifty thousand yuan, he was very happy.

But he still wanted to try his luck and see if he could sell it for a higher price.

"If you think it's low, then let's forget it," Xu Yang said, pulling Zhao Yuxin, ready to leave.

"Mr. Xu, wait, I'll sell it!" the middle-aged boss hastily shouted.

If Xu Yang left, he feared there would be no other buyer.

"Are you sure you want to sell?" Xu Yang asked.

"Sure," said the middle-aged boss through gritted teeth, with a pained expression on his face, although he was inwardly over the moon.

"Fine," Xu Yang didn't say much more, asking the seller to write up the bill and then made the payment.

The fifty thousand yuan was quickly transferred.

"Xu Yang, congratulations on buying such a good statue," Yang Jingsheng said with a chuckle, his smile full of mockery.

This guy, when it comes to appraising antiques, has some level of expertise.

But spending fifty thousand yuan on this statue wasn't all that impressive.

"Thanks," Xu Yang smiled.

Without this man, he really wouldn't have been able to acquire the statue.

It wasn't excessive to sincerely say thanks.

"Young man, why did you spend fifty thousand yuan on this statue?"

As the boss was preparing to pack up, an old man with white hair walked in from outside.

"President Zhou, how come you're here?"

The boss was surprised.

The visitor was Zhou Tai, the president of Jiangcheng Antique Association.

Zhou Tai seldom visited the antique street, unlike Vice President Tang Zhengqi, who often strolled around and sometimes brought friends along.

One could say, Zhou Tai visiting the antique street was a rare occurrence.

"I haven't been here for a long time and came to see if there was anything good," Zhou Tai nodded slightly to the middle-aged boss, then turned his gaze to Xu Yang, "Young man, I am Zhou Tai, the president of the Jiangcheng Antique Association. I want to ask why you spent fifty thousand yuan on this statue. It seems to be a work from the Republic of China era, and not worth that much at all."

"If I say I thought it looked nice, would you believe me?" Xu Yang asked with a smile.

"I don't believe that. Just looking nice can't justify that amount; you must have bought it for another reason. For such taste, you could have spent fifty thousand yuan on modern crafts and bought a lot," Zhou Tai shook his head.

"Indeed," Xu Yang nodded.

"Could the young man enlighten me?" Zhou Tai's eyes sparkled.

Anyway, he couldn't see anything special about it.

But it seemed like the young man had spotted something significant, and that made him very curious about what that might be.

"I have no problem enlightening you, but I'm afraid if I do it here and the boss sees the true value of this piece, he might not be able to handle it," Xu Yang said, touching his nose.

Seeing him act this way, the middle-aged boss's heart skipped a beat, feeling as if he had lost something valuable.

However, not knowing would make it even harder to bear.

Thus, the middle-aged boss said, "Mr. Xu, I also want to know what you've seen in this item. Don't worry, I can handle it; even if I misjudged this piece, I will accept the outcome. I've dealt with making mistakes before."

Xu Yang asked, "Are you sure you want to know?"

The middle-aged boss nodded, "Sure."

Yang Jingsheng sneered, "Xu Yang, don't be so secretive. What could this thing possibly be that our boss wouldn't know? I don't believe you could discover anything new."

What this thing was, both parties knew very well.

Anyway, since the item was already sold, it didn't matter what he said.

If the object was truly valuable, would the boss not know?

Ignoring Yang Jingsheng, Xu Yang took the cardboard box that the boss was going to use to pack the statue, placed it on the ground, then took the statue and put it inside, closing the lid before picking it up, and smashing it hard onto the ground.

This motion startled everyone present.

"Fuck, why did you smash it?" Yang Jingsheng exclaimed.

The middle-aged owner and Zhou Tai didn't speak.

They trusted that Xu Yang definitely wasn't acting without reason.

If he smashed the statue, there had to be a reason.

Could there be something inside the statue?

Zhou Tai and the middle-aged owner concurrently thought of this possibility.

Zhou Tai's face was full of expectation, his gaze burning as he looked at the cardboard box, just waiting for Xu Yang to open it and reveal the answer.

The middle-aged owner, on the other hand, felt his heart sink. If there really was something valuable inside, then he had made a huge loss.

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Then, they saw a dagger inside.

"What kind of dagger is this?" Yang Jingsheng was the first to ask.

Xu Yang took out the dagger and placed it on the table for Zhou Tai to appraise.

"This is Lady Xu's Dagger!" Zhou Tai exclaimed in shock.

With his appraisal expertise, declaring it as Lady Xu's Dagger meant there was basically no question about it.

"What! Lady Xu's Dagger!"

Not to mention that Yang Jingsheng had been working here for some time — even if he hadn't, he would still know what era Lady Xu's Dagger was from.

It was an item from the Warring States period, the very dagger used by Jing Ke in his assassination attempt on the Qin king.

The value of such an item was immeasurable.

How did Xu Yang realize there was Lady Xu's Dagger inside? Could he possibly have X-ray vision?

What he didn't know was that Xu Yang didn't have X-ray vision, but he did have the Appraisal Master Skill rewarded by the system, which had detected something extraordinary within the statue.

In truth, Xu Yang wasn't certain what was inside, he just felt that it contained something of extraordinary value.

Just like the first time he came to the Antique Street and saw that vase on a street stall, he felt there was something special about the base of the vase. After buying it and taking it home, he smashed the vase and found a bloody red ring inside, making a billion from it.

This dagger, being Lady Xu's Dagger from the Warring States period, was worth even more.

"Lady Xu's Dagger... Lady Xu's Dagger..." the middle-aged owner repeated to himself, feeling dizzy and somewhat collapsing inside.

This had originally been his own item.

He had treated it like junk, stored away in the back room.

Why hadn't he accidentally broken it himself?

Why hadn't any of the staff accidentally broken it?

If it had been broken, the item would have been his.

Lady Xu's Dagger, if put on auction, could probably fetch several hundred million.

From his antique shop, he earned barely a million throughout the year.

It would take hundreds of years to earn several hundred million.

If this had been his, he could have just shut down shop and retired.

Immediately after, he turned and glared fiercely at Yang Jingsheng.

It was all this guy's fault.

If it hadn't been for this guy's bad idea, he wouldn't have sold the item.

If he hadn't sold it, there might still have been a chance of it getting broken in the future.

Then, Lady Xu's Dagger would still be his.

"Boss, why are you looking at me like that?"

Yang Jingsheng felt a chill down his spine, turned around, and discovered the boss glaring at him as if he wanted to devour him, which scared him.

"We'll settle this later!" the middle-aged owner said fiercely.