There is a saying that true gold is not afraid of fire, and there is also a saying that good wine needs no bush. With such a big golden finger, Le Jing's business is only temporary.
Le Jing also knew the truth that "a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind". It is not a good thing to perform too well before protecting one's own strength. You may not only not make money, but also lose your life.
Therefore, Le Jing did not act too magical all along. In order to hide his difference, he even pretended to use tortoise shells for divination.
He got this tortoise shell from a restaurant. If he smelled it carefully, he could still smell the rich aroma of the broth.
His fee was not high, only two taels of silver per time, and with his reputation of "ten times the compensation if the goods are fake", after Le Jing took the initiative to attract customers, he actually made some money and gained some popularity.
Those idle people who originally came to watch the fun were completely convinced by Le Jing and readily paid money just to ask the master for some advice.
Apart from fortune-telling, Le Jing spent most of his time resting with his eyes closed. The fool's eyes had strong side effects. If he used them for a long time, his brain would ache. The most annoying thing was that he couldn't close his eyes. They were always open all day. Only when he went to bed at night could Le Jing feel the long-lost peace.
This also made Le Jing quickly develop the habit of walking with his head down and not looking at people but at the road.
Le Jing had only been setting up the stall for three days, and although he didn't make much of a name for himself, at least he had made a small profit, almost ten taels of silver in total. If he used it sparingly, it would be enough to cover his expenses for the next half month while he waited for Mei Yingliang.
He doesn't need to make too much money. The currency in the world of cultivation and the mortal world is not the same, so it's useless no matter how much money he makes.
Le Jing originally wanted to quit while he was ahead.
Until he accidentally saw the jade pendants that a stall owner at the street corner had just put out for sale.
The jade pendant was ordinary, and the material and workmanship were not outstanding.
However, Le Jing saw densely packed cause and effect entangled like spider silk on its body. He could not see the content of the cause and effect clearly. The only thing he could see was the evil blood light bursting out from the cause and effect.
Le Jing: ...
His eyes felt slightly hot and burning, as if wildfire was licking his retina.
He hurriedly closed his eyes, and then his eyes regained their calm.
There is definitely something strange about that jade pendant.
It was at this moment that Le Jing suddenly discovered another function of his eyes.
He called it treasure appraisal.
All along, he has been using these eyes to see the cause and effect of people, but he forgot that this is the world of cultivation. Even in the mortal world, there may be all kinds of rare treasures.
In other words, he can definitely take advantage of the opportunity.
He didn't dare touch the jade pendant, but there might be other treasures in the antique street.
So he walked around the entire antique market.
Then he successfully discovered several things that were obviously different in style from the surrounding objects.
A fan, a jade hairpin, a ring and a bracelet. What they have in common is that they are all wrapped in the light of cause and effect, bright or dark. Limited by his mortal body, Le Jing cannot see the cause and effect clearly, but he knows at a glance that these are not ordinary items.
The fan among them was tattered. Although it was an antique from the previous dynasty, it was not valuable. Le Jing bought it for only a few dozen coins.
The ring was of average quality, and Le Jing spent two taels of silver to buy it.
The rest of the jade hairpins and bracelets were expensive, one was five taels, the other fifteen taels, Le Jing definitely couldn't afford them. So he could only continue to make money from fortune-telling to buy antiques.
Le Jing also carefully examined the fan and the ring and found that they were ordinary in appearance. He also tried the legendary blood recognition, but neither of them had any unique reaction.
Le Jing had no choice but to put them away. Perhaps only after he truly practiced Taoism could they bring out their effect.
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After breakfast, Su Jian strolled along the street carrying the bird cage, and before he knew it he had arrived at the Antique Street.
Antique Street was not called Antique Street before, but because so many antique shops opened on the street, over time, people in Changsu City simply called the street "Antique Street", and the previous name of Antique Street was forgotten.
Su Jian was a complete layman when it came to antiques, but since he was already here, he had nothing to do anyway, so he might as well go for a walk and kill some time.
Not everyone is rich enough to open a shop in the antique street, so there are many small vendors on both sides of the road. They just spread a layer of linen on the ground and place "antiques" on it, which may be from the previous dynasty or last month.
So whether you can find a bargain depends on your eyesight.
Su Jian’s eyesight is not good. Although he is rich, he is not a sucker, so he just looks at it out of curiosity.
He looked around here and there, and suddenly a piece of white jade caught his eye. The material and workmanship were obviously ordinary, but somehow it caught his eye.
He squatted down and asked the price. The vendor, probably because he looked rich and dressed like a wealthy man, asked for a whopping 100 taels of silver.
Su Jian bargained with him for a while, and finally bought the white jade for twenty taels. Feeling that he had successfully bargained, he hung the jade around his waist happily, stood up and continued to walk deeper into the antique street.
As he walked, he saw a small stall in front of him surrounded by people, and he could hear noisy arguments in the distance.
Are you selling some treasure?
He immediately walked over with the bird cage to join in the fun. Before he got close, he heard a hoarse boy yelling, "We agreed to pay ten times the price for fakes. Are you thinking of refusing to pay?"
Then a clear childish voice rang out: "I'm afraid that I made a mistake and you really want to extort money!"
While the two were talking, Su Jian saw through the gaps in the crowd the two people surrounded in the middle: a middle-aged man with shifty eyes and a skinny child.
From the chatter of the crowd around him, Su Jian roughly understood what had happened. The skinny kid was setting up a stall to tell fortunes, claiming that he could "make every prediction possible, and pay ten times the amount if it's wrong." Now this man thought the kid was wrong, and asked him to pay ten times the amount.
Su Jian frowned. Although the offer of "ten times compensation if the product is fake" was proposed by the boy himself, it was still not a good thing for an adult to force or threaten a child in this way.
Of course, the reason why the balance in Su Jian's mind tilted so easily towards the boy was that there was also a certain factor of judging people by their appearance.
The boy was handsome and cute, with a pair of cat-like eyes full of spirit. He looked like a well-behaved child.
On the contrary, the man next to him has a pointed face, shifty eyebrows, and cloudy eyes. You can tell at a glance that he is not a good person.
"Chen Si is such a scoundrel, he even took the child's money."
"Oh, that child is really pitiful."
"It's not anyone else's fault. Flies don't fly into seamless eggs. If he hadn't said he would pay ten times the price for fake goods, Chen Si wouldn't have come here to make trouble."
"You are just a kid, why don't you play anything else? Why do you come here to play these ghostly things? His parents don't care!"
"Hey, you know what, this kid really has some skills. He has been setting up a fortune-telling stall here for several days, and Chen Si is the first one who yells that he can't predict the outcome and wants him to pay for it."
"Oh, could it be that this little kid really has some skills?"
"Let's not talk about whether he has the ability or not. It's not a good thing for this kid to be so arrogant. In my opinion, he should be made to suffer a little, so that he can learn a lesson."
Su Jian frowned, feeling unhappy.
Hearing the "whispers" of the onlookers, Chen Si's expression became even more proud. "I am extorting money? Am I so poor that I want to extort money from a little kid? You are the one who proposed the ten times compensation for fake goods. I didn't force you to do it. You don't have good skills, so you can't blame me." He said arrogantly: "To be honest, I am not short of money. I just want to teach you a lesson, so that you can learn to be honest and change your bad habit of bragging."
Su Jian was stunned. He had never seen such a shameless person!
Facing the aggressive middle-aged man, the boy was unexpectedly calm. He said calmly: "I can give you the money as compensation. It depends on whether you want money or life."
The middle-aged man rolled up his sleeves, his eyes flashing with ferocity: "Hey, are you threatening me? What, do you want to kill me?"
Su Jian couldn't stand the man's nonsense and said loudly, "Little brother, why don't you tell my fortune too?"
Le Jing looked over and saw a young man pushing his way in, pushing aside the crowd of onlookers. He was wearing a silk dress and holding a bird cage in his right hand. He had a nonchalant temperament and looked like a rich young man.
Le Jing narrowed his eyes, a hint of surprise emerging in his heart.
This dude's fate is really interesting...
"Since little brother dares to put up such a sign, he must be really capable." Su Jian met Chen Si's vicious gaze impartially, raised his chin, and said nonchalantly: "Just do the math for me."
Le Jing smiled and stretched out his hand: "Chenghui, two taels of silver."
The young man took off the bulging purse from his waist, took out a silver indigo coin without even looking at it and put it in Le Jing's hand.
"You gave too much. This is five taels of silver."
Su Jian deliberately glanced at Chen Si, his eyes provocative: "You take it. If you make a mistake in the calculation later, I don't want you to pay ten times the amount. This young master is not so poor that he has to calculate even the money of a child."
Chen Si's face flushed, and he said coldly: "Mr. Su, what do you mean by this?"
Su Jian was happy. He touched his chin and said, "I didn't expect you still knew me."
Chen Si said sarcastically, "You are the famous Master Su from Magistrate Su's family. I'm afraid everyone in Changsu City knows you. How dare I not know you?"
Su Jian laughed, not wanting to bother with this rogue, and asked the boy directly: "Who are you?"
Le Jing asked with a smile: "That depends on what you want to count."
Su Jian thought about it and said, "Marriage, maybe."
Le Jing shook his head and said bluntly: "It's too early, you have to wait a few more years." Well, it may also be hundreds or thousands of years.
Su Jian smiled, "Little brother, you don't know this, right? I already have a fiancée, and we're getting married at the end of the year!" He sighed pretentiously and said with a wicked smile, "Come on, give me back my money."
Le Jing shook his head and asked seriously, "In ten days, your engagement will be cancelled."
Magistrate Su was framed and Ling Ling was imprisoned. After the Su family collapsed, Su Jian lost his former glory as the eldest son and became a disaster that everyone avoided. His fiancée would naturally not marry the son of a criminal.
Then things will change over time. Don’t look down on the young and poor.
Su Jian will join the Taoist sect in this Ascension Gate, and then cut off all worldly ties and return to his hometown ten years later to completely cut off all worldly karma. Well, in layman's terms, ten years later, he will return home in glory and be proud of himself, and beat up the scumbag.
Le Jing could only see so much now. He could not see what happened after Su Jian became a Taoist. But there was only one thing that was certain, the young man in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person.
Le Jing looked at Su Jian with a complicated expression of disbelief. In the Dian family, this was a classic case of breaking off an engagement.
His eyes swept across the jade pendant hanging on the boy's waist. Could there be an old man living inside the jade pendant?
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