Hua Jiaqing clenched the blue-striped cat's-eye snail in her hand, pursed her lips tightly, and opened her palm after a while.

But when the shopkeeper wanted to touch her, she shrank back.

If it was just an ordinary snail, then the other party could of course look at it at will. As a shopkeeper, he would not covet her benefits of dozens of crystals in public.

But when the value of this thing became tens of thousands of crystals, Jiaqing no longer dared to believe him.

"You can look, but you can't touch." She said coldly.

The shopkeeper looked regretful, but he could understand, so he moved closer and stared at it.

Because he was bending over, he inadvertently stuck out his butt, which made several guys couldn't help laughing.

But soon, they ignored this and focused on the shopkeeper's reaction.

"This... really does look like a blue-veined cat's-eye snail..."

The center of the vortex feels a bit like a cat's eye, but the color is very light, and there are so many patterns on the snail that the color is not clear.

The shopkeeper couldn't help but look at Ning Zhishui while he was talking, and he was extremely surprised.

What is this little girl's family background?

Even a shopkeeper like him who has handled countless snails would ignore such a small difference. If he were to handle it directly, he would still mistake it for a whirlpool snail.

Not everyone has the chance to see this thing. Even I have only seen it once, at an auction, through a cover!

At this moment, the shopkeeper had already regarded Ning Zhishui as a daughter of a wealthy family, which made him more respectful when facing this group of people.

Hua Jiaqing's heart tightened, "Really?"

"How about this, if you want to sell it, I can offer you 12,000 crystals, which is already a very high price," said the shopkeeper.

If Ning Zhishui hadn't been there, then because of his businessman nature, he would only offer 8,000, and no more than 10,000 at most.

But since Ning Zhishui is knowledgeable and has connections, the price cannot be quoted casually.

But Ning Zhishui immediately covered Jiaqing's hand and said, "Sorry, we are not considering selling it for the time being."

Jiaqing then realized that the price was too cheap.

She put the blue-veined cat's eye snail into her Qiankun bag and said, "Not for sale."

He turned around and went to the guy who had come before him, "Finish all this for me."

The shopkeeper became anxious when he heard this.

"No, we can negotiate. How about 13,000? It really can't be any higher..."

"Little girl, if you want to sell it, I can buy it. I'll give you 14,000!" A customer in the store spoke up.

This old man had been there for a long time, watching from a distance since Jiaqing asked the clerk to settle the things, but he never said a word.

It wasn't until I saw this that I couldn't help but speak.

Why is there still someone who wants to intercept?

The shopkeeper was furious. “How could you do this?”

"Why can't I? It's their freedom to sell whomever they want. I can offer whatever I want!" The old man snorted.

The two were arguing over there, but Hua Jiaqing turned a deaf ear to them and just stared at the waiter. After the waiter finished settling the bill, she put away the crystal, carried the small basket, and went out first, leaving the two shopkeepers behind.

The other three fishermen had already been scratching their heads. Seeing Jiaqing leave as soon as she said she would, they didn't care about the small backpacks they hadn't finished counting, and followed her out the door.

"Jiaqing, where did you pick up this snail?"

"Yeah, tell us about it too."

There is no regular pattern in the locations where many snails are active, especially some particularly rare species. They do not gather in groups, and where they appear depends entirely on fate.

But what if?

Maybe if you look around this snail, you can find a second one?

Jiaqing was surrounded by three people. Her expression was very cold, almost the same as when Ning Zhishui first saw her.

"I can't say," she said.

One of the girls got anxious when she heard this. "How could you be so mean? Tell us what's wrong!"

"We are friends, so let's share the news together," the male fisherman also said.

Jiaqing was unmoved. "I won't tell you. Don't ask."

The anxious girl became angry and said, "I didn't expect you to be this kind of person! Hua Jiaqing, I don't want to be friends with you anymore!"

After saying that, he turned around and went back to the shop.

The only male fisherman also looked at Hua Jiaqing disapprovingly, and then followed him back to the shop.

The other female fisherman's eyes flickered as she stepped forward. "It's okay, Jiaqing. It's your freedom to speak up or not. Even if you don't, we're still friends. They're being unreasonable. I'll help you persuade them."

Hua Jiaqing looked at her in surprise when she heard that, then her expression softened and she nodded at her.

"Then I'll go back to the store. The basket is still here. Be careful on the road." She said with a smile and left.

Hua Zhaoxing came back to his senses at this time, "Jiaqing, you can't tell them, this position is only known to you, what if you can find a second one!"

"Yeah, I know."

"But what are you going to do with this thing? Why not give it to your father, or sell it in our shop?" Hua Zhaoxing said, "Although our shop only sells weapons, we won't have trouble selling one more treasure."

"No." Hua Jiaqing shook her head, "I want to go to Zhenxiang Pavilion."

"You want to auction it off?" Hua Zhaoxing's eyes lit up when he heard it. "That's a good idea... But why don't you go home and tell your father first? After all, this thing is worth more than 10,000 crystals."

Hua Jiaqing continued to shake her head, and after that she ignored Hua Zhaoxing and looked at Ning Zhishui. "Thanks to you for helping me today, otherwise I would have sold it at a low price. After the auction, I'll give you half of the crystals I got."

Hua Zhaoxing widened his eyes.

Divide in half!

That’s thousands of crystals. She wants to give away so many right away?

But on second thought, there is something wrong with this. If it weren't for Ning Zhishui, Jiaqing could only sell a few dozen crystals.

So he didn't say anything.

Ning Zhishui looked at her, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Are you really willing to share with me?"

"It should be so." Jiaqing said.

"Okay, then I won't be polite."

After Ning Zhishui said this, Jiaqing actually relaxed.

She did not choose to return to the Hua family immediately, but went directly to Zhenxiang Pavilion and sent a photo of the item.

The auction will be held in seven days.

The master in Zhenxiang Pavilion had a very good eye. He was a little casual and disdainful before taking it. I guess he thought it was an ordinary water snail.

But when he saw it clearly, he couldn't help but sit up straight with his eyes wide open.

"It can be auctioned for at least 15,000 crystals. There is absolutely no chance that it will go unsold." The manager gave an estimated price.

This price is usually reported too low, and the actual transaction price will be at least 10% or 20% higher.

The scale of this auction is quite large, but correspondingly, its commission will be higher, which is 10% of the transaction price.