As Gu Yan walked, he was thinking about ways to make money quickly.

I checked the map on my phone and found a place called Antique Street about 30 kilometers away, and there's also a Jade Street nearby.

He planned to check out both places, even though he knew that most of the goods there were fakes. But he was different; he could tell the difference between real and fake with a quick scan.

Most importantly, he had heard of many people who bought things worth hundreds of thousands of yuan for only a few hundred yuan, of course, this was entirely a matter of luck.

With that in mind, I immediately hailed a taxi and headed to my destination.

It took more than half an hour to get there. After getting off the bus, you can see that there are many stalls set up along the roadside.

I would walk around and take a look at each stall selling ancient books, since getting close to them would prevent my head from getting dizzy, and I could see the names and descriptions written on all sorts of items.

What about centuries-old purple clay teapots, refreshing jade pendants, and even the "dragon root" that can be used ten times a night...?

A quick scan with a telescope reveals it's nothing more than mud, plastic, and old tree roots.

Gu Yan was speechless for a moment. If it were really something like this, how could it be displayed here? It would have been collected by those rich people long ago.

After all, what those people value most is their health. Having enough money is not enough; they also need to be in good health. Otherwise, it would be a great pity to die before they can enjoy life for even a few years.

As he wandered around, he suddenly stopped. When he glanced at the stall, he noticed something strange. It looked like a piece of glue, with a surface like the bottom of a pot, but the inside was bright orange. The egg inside seemed to move a few times, causing Gu Yan to gasp in surprise.

Does that egg want this?

He had just thought of this when the old man at the stall called out to him.

"What has caught your eye, young man?" the stall owner asked, rubbing his hands together, his expression as if he had finally found a fat sheep.

Gu Yan glanced at the other items on the stall: calligraphy brushes, teapots, jade pendants, paintings and calligraphy...

But Gu Yan skipped over that and instead looked at a gourd next to the piece of black glue.

"How much is this gourd? It looks pretty good, and the skin is quite smooth," Gu Yan said.

"Young man, you have a good eye. This gourd is no ordinary gourd. It grew from a vine that I've been watering with water from the rootless garden for several years. After picking it, I keep it nourished with sesame oil every day..."

"Just tell me how much it costs." Gu Yan interrupted him directly. There was too much nonsense. He even brought up some baseless water. He only wanted this thing to cover up his intentions. He actually wanted to put the tape on, but he couldn't just ask for it directly, or he would definitely get ripped off.

The stall owner chuckled and held out a five. "Not much, fifty thousand dragon coins will do."

They really dare to ask for that! If this were in an industrial park, even a few dozen yuan would be too much.

“No, I’ll give you fifty dragon coins at most,” Gu Yan said after thinking for a moment.

The stall owner panicked when he heard this. If it was fifty, wouldn't he make no profit at all, and might even lose money on his travel expenses?

"Five thousand, how about five thousand? Look at this gourd, it's round and smooth. Playing with it every day can relieve stress. It's definitely worth the price," the stall owner said hurriedly.

"Your gourd is almost as big as your forehead. Who has the time to play with such a big gourd?" Gu Yan said, then casually patted it.

"If you want to sell, I can offer five hundred dragon coins, but these things will have to be given away as gifts."

The stall owner glanced at it; it wasn't anything valuable, just something he'd picked up casually on the mountain. He readily agreed, figuring he could at least make a small profit.

They quickly grabbed a package and packed it up, as if afraid the other party might suddenly change their mind and run away.

After paying, Gu Yan picked up her bag and continued walking, wanting to see if there was anything else special. As she walked, she reached the end of the road.

So we headed to the nearby jade street. When we got there, we saw that almost every open shop was full of people, who were commenting on the shops, and there were cheers and dejected sounds.

Gu Yan approached a shop and looked inside. There were many stones of various sizes, all with prices marked. He knew then that this was a place for gambling on stones.

As the saying goes, "One cut can make you rich, another can make you poor." Many people have gone bankrupt because of this, while others have become rich overnight.

Gu Yan moved closer, intending to use his Heavenly Eye to see what was inside. After looking at a few, he found that the inside was basically no different from the outside, and some even had a hint of green. He didn't know how much they were worth, so he went out and decided to go home and learn more about this before making a move.

Then he can directly use money to buy livestock to satisfy his feed insects.

Yes, those little insects, after eating their fill, offer themselves up to the egg, just like using themselves as feed. That's why they're called feed insects in ancient times.

Then he went to a seafood market, intending to buy some live creatures to feed the feed insects.

Then he took another taxi, which took half an hour. When he arrived, he looked around and found a few places that no one went to. He planned to buy some and put them there for the feed insects to eat.

Then Gu Yan went inside and found that a fish weighing seven or eight pounds cost more than a hundred dragon coins. He clicked his tongue, but still said he wanted to buy eighty fish.

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper realized that buying so many fish at once was enough to cover several days' worth of his business, indicating that the customer must be a big spender. He immediately placed an order for over nine thousand dragon coins and even gifted the customer two extra-large waterproof cages large enough to hold all the fish.

"Boss, could you help me put these in that open space outside? I need to wait for someone to come and take them away," Gu Yan said, after all, he needed to be discreet in his actions.

"Of course, just wait a moment, young man, I'll go tell my friend." After saying that, he went to greet the big man next to him and asked him to keep an eye on things for him. They were here every day, and they had become familiar with each other over time.

Seeing that the other party readily agreed, he pulled two carts out, one in each hand.

They put the baskets on the cart, poured the fish into them, and pushed them out one by one.

As they walked, the shop owner asked them some questions.

"Young man, what are you planning to do with so many fish at such a young age?"

“A friend of mine urgently needed some fish, so he asked me to buy it for him,” Gu Yan replied.

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, the shopkeeper didn't ask any more questions. After arriving at the rather secluded spot he had chosen, he slid the basket off the cart. This kind of cart was specially made so that it wouldn't fall off when loaded with heavy objects, and it was also very easy to unload.

He thanked the shop owner and walked him a short distance away. After the owner had gone far away, he went to the fish basket, poked a hole in it, and watched the water slowly drain out. Gu Yan then took out the feed insects from his pocket and threw them into the basket.

The tiny insects, about the size of soybeans, instantly burrowed into the fish's body. Watching the fish shrivel up, Gu Yan estimated that he could finish the entire basket of fish in a little over an hour.

An hour later, only skin and thorns remained in the basket. Gu Yan moved the larger feeder insects, whose abdomens were slightly swollen, to another basket.

Another hour passed, and I felt like I ate much faster this time, perhaps because it had gotten bigger.

I picked them up and put them into the gourd I bought. Then I found a place with lots of trash and poured the leftovers on top of it.

He ignored the fish basket and took a taxi back to his place.

He has already decided that he will go back and brush up on his knowledge of jade and gemstones.