"Thank you for your hospitality, senior."

After drinking the entire pot of tea from Ye Buxiu, Hu Gong did not forget to express his gratitude.

Although he couldn't detect any cultivation level from Ye Buxiu, this person was already an unfathomable existence in his mind.

It can create a courtyard in such a deep place, resisting the rampage of wild beasts, and can cultivate immortal trees and immortal tea. Moreover, it can exert pressure at a moment's notice until it suffocates and causes hallucinations.

Any one of these things shows that this person is not simple.

He had never heard of such a remarkable person in his entire life.

It seems I'm just ignorant.

"I have something I want to ask you."

Seeing that Hu Gong and his son had enjoyed their drinks, Ye Buxiu asked them a question.

"Please speak, senior."

"Do antique appraisers earn a lot of money where you live?"

"Senior is too kind. We appraisers originally only identified treasures that came from the fairyland, but as time went by, we gradually became a profession that creates and appraises treasures."

"We value artistic pursuits and aesthetics, not money."

"Then you must have made a lot of profit, right?"

Ye Buxiu never stops talking about money.

Those who can talk about art in this kind of empty talk must be people who are not short of money or have made enough money.

"Um...that's quite a lot, senior. Let me put it this way, our industry is currently the most profitable industry on this continent!"

Hu Gong mysteriously told Ye Buxiu.

"Even the pills produced by the Alchemist Association don't make as much money as we do."

"That's amazing?"

Ye Buxiu was somewhat surprised.

"What materials do you need to build it?"

Ye Buxiu continued to ask.

"This kind of thing."

Hu Gongjiang took out the feather stone he had picked up at the foot of Yinmo Mountain and showed it to Ye Buxiu.

"This is the kind of stone we commonly use to create gems, but if there are rare treasures, the price will be higher."

"A rare treasure?"

Ye Buxiu asked, as he remembered there should be quite a few stones here.

“Oh right,” Ye Buxiu suddenly remembered the crystal ball that Huozhong had asked him to open the Wu Kingdom Divine Oracle.

That thing is crystal, so it probably won't be cheap.

As Ye Buxiu spoke, he took out a fragment from the system space and handed it to Hu Gong for appraisal.

"Can this be used as a material for making things?"

Hu Gong took over the crystal, his eyes fixed on it.

"Where...where did this thing come from?"

He said this with some excitement.

"Uh, it was dug out of the ground."

Ye Buxiu answered.

"Can this be made?"

"That's fantastic!" Hu Gong exclaimed.

“My ancestors recorded the appearance of this crystal in books and also passed down the techniques for carving and making this crystal.”

"Now that I see it, it is hard to believe, but it is exactly as described in the book."

He had flipped through the illustrations in the book countless times, and had already memorized some of the rare gems recorded within.

The book states that if this crystal is made into jewelry, it can enhance the activation of spiritual energy within the body.

If it were larger, like the size of a person, it could absorb the energy of heaven and earth.

It can even nourish an entire sect!

How much can this sell for?

Ye Buxiu, whose mouth never strayed from money, then asked,

"I mean, how much is it worth after deducting your processing fees?"

"Five million! The minimum is five million, the upper limit is uncertain, but it can't be less than five million!"

Hu Gong replied firmly.

Such crystals would be fine if they were made into jewelry and kept at home as family heirlooms, but why did the elder ask for money?

Hu Gong was somewhat puzzled by Ye Buxiu's behavior.

Is the senior short of money?

No, he lives here completely self-sufficiently, so what use would he have for spirit stones?

There is another possibility.

The senior didn't care about these crystals; he simply wanted to transform them into spirit stones, and then...

Then donate it to the poor!

Hu Gong looked at the coarse clothes Ye Buxiu was wearing, which he had made himself.

Judging from the senior's frugal nature, it's highly likely they will do so!

Immortals do not love wealth; they often transform into nothingness to give alms to the poor and needy.

"Senior, how many of these crystals do you have left?"

Hu asked openly.

"Yes, there are still quite a few."

Ye Buxiu hadn't expected that such a small, broken piece of stone could sell for so much money. It was somewhat unexpected.

He took out all the remaining broken crystals from the space.

Among them were some large, broken crystal spheres.

"so much!"

Hu Gong was stunned when he saw the enormous number of Ye Buxiu.

"If this were used for a large-scale project, it would be an absolute treasure!"

"Alright, I'll leave them to you!"

Ye Buxiu said with great joy.

Hu Gong was stunned. He had just handed it over to him so casually and confidently?

Senior, don't you love money? Aren't you going to ask me for some money as a deposit?

This could be used to create the world's sixth treasure capable of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It might even become the world's number one spirit-absorbing stone!

Ye Buxiu didn't care at all.

After chatting with Mr. Hu and his son about antique appraisers,

The two then dismissed Ye Buxiu.

They now realize that they had unwittingly stumbled into the secluded place where their predecessors had lived.

He even apologized to Ye Buxiu for this.

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