"Everyone be careful, we're entering the porcelain capital!" Upon seeing the sign for entering the porcelain capital on the side of the road, the bus driver's eyes widened as he shouted a warning. Wang Yao noticed that the driver was not only highly tense, but also driving at a noticeably slower pace than before.
After entering the porcelain capital area, the bus was still traveling in the mountains, and it took more than an hour to reach Nishan County.
Nishan County is under the jurisdiction of the porcelain capital, and Wang Yao had heard many rumors about the porcelain capital before.
As the name suggests, the porcelain capital is located in a mountainous area with excellent porcelain clay, making it the center of porcelain production in the human world. It is said that apart from a group of artisans who are dedicated to firing porcelain, about 80% of the other residents of the porcelain capital like to carry a porcelain bottle and stroll around the streets when they have nothing to do.
These people are porcelain collectors from the porcelain capital. After all, the porcelain capital has a long history, and countless precious porcelains have been fired throughout the ages. Each famous kiln in the porcelain capital has its own unique characteristics, and the porcelains fired there are not only of practical value, but also particularly worthy of collection and appreciation.
Therefore, porcelain collectors in the porcelain capital often take out their favorite porcelain collections and gather with a few friends to appreciate and appraise them. It is a unique and elegant activity in the porcelain capital.
People in the porcelain capital are particularly fond of arguing, always trying to determine which is better or worse; this is also known as "appreciating porcelain" in the porcelain capital.
Those who know their stuff naturally have countless ways to "appreciate porcelain," but those who don't can only discuss the value of porcelain. No matter how well you describe your porcelain, if it's worthless, it's nothing. But whether a piece of porcelain is valuable and how much it's worth is hard to say.
After all, there aren't many professional and credible antique dealers and auctioneers, and they don't have the energy to help people in the porcelain capital "appreciate porcelain" every day. Therefore, the value of many porcelain collectors' collections can only be determined by the collectors themselves.
Thus, a saying circulated in the porcelain capital: "A complete piece of porcelain is priceless, but a broken piece has a price." In other words, you can say a complete piece of porcelain is worth whatever price you want, there is no fixed price, but once the porcelain is broken, you naturally know how much is lost, and thus its value is revealed.
Here's another important question: what if the person who broke the porcelain wasn't the owner, but someone else? Of course, they'd have to pay compensation. How much? That would have to be negotiated between the person who caused the accident and the owner of the porcelain. That way, the value of the porcelain could be determined.
Therefore, the saying "a perfect piece is priceless, but a broken piece can fetch a price" has become an irrefutable truth in the porcelain capital. How much is the porcelain in your hand really worth? You'll know once it's broken.
However, it is painful to break one's own collection, so in order to assess the true value of their porcelain collections, people in the porcelain capital have unanimously chosen to have others break them for them.
So, it's hard to say whether those guys carrying porcelain vases on the streets of the porcelain capital are trying to flaunt their priceless "perfect pieces" or just want someone to sell them at a "broken price."
For a while, the sound of smashing porcelain echoed through the streets of the porcelain capital. When two people met, it was a race to see who could react faster. If someone was a little slow, he would have to help the other person "sell the broken piece for a price," and he would have to pay the price out of his own pocket.
The result was that everyone in the porcelain capital was on edge, and for a while, no one dared to go out on the streets. After all, if you want someone else to break porcelain for you, others might want you to break porcelain for them. If this kind of thing blows up, no one can escape unscathed.
Later, the hardworking and resourceful people of the porcelain capital came up with various ways to avoid the embarrassment of "breaking pottery" for others. For example, they would tie their arms when going out and put a notice on their body that read, "My hands are tied. I am not responsible for any broken pottery."
And then there are those men and women who always carry a basket or winnowing basket covered with thick cotton cloth with them when they go out. As soon as someone comes to them who needs "crushing," they immediately catch it with their own tools, and they might even take the opportunity to smash a piece of porcelain.
In short, the strong demand in the porcelain capital for "ware breakage" has led to the emergence of many new methods and equipment every year, with attack and defense measures constantly being innovated and upgraded.
Those who hoped to price their collections by "breaking artifacts" are gradually no longer focusing on their neighbors, as it is becoming increasingly difficult and costly to do so.
They began to increasingly seek out outsiders to sell their broken items for them. After all, outsiders had not experienced this kind of thing before, were not mentally prepared, and were far less agile than the locals. Moreover, being in a foreign land, their bargaining power after the items were broken was relatively weak.
Therefore, every year, outsiders have to leave a huge sum of money in the porcelain capital to set the price of porcelain. It is said that it is almost as much as the annual GDP of the porcelain capital. As a result, the "porcelain" in the porcelain capital has gradually changed its original meaning in the eyes of outsiders and has become the "porcelain" of staged accidents.
Wang Yao wasn't afraid of the people of the porcelain capital trying to stage an accident for him. After all, he was an immortal, and his skills were far superior to those of ordinary mortals. No matter how sophisticated the methods and equipment used by the people of the porcelain capital to stage an accident for him, Wang Yao was confident that he could nip any possibility of him "breaking the vessel" in the bud.
However, he also had to make some preparations before entering the porcelain capital. For example, he could no longer use the "good man" technique, because although the "good man" technique was intended for self-defense, it could very likely cause others to intentionally throw porcelain at him that was no longer under his control.
If the porcelain collectors' items in the porcelain capital were to slip past his body and shatter, he wouldn't be able to explain whether he broke the pieces for someone else. Therefore, if an immortal arrives in the porcelain capital and doesn't want to cause trouble, regaining control of his body is crucial.
Although Nishan County is a remote suburban county under the porcelain capital, its passion for porcelain is no less than that of the porcelain capital. After entering the county, Wang Yao could see many people carrying porcelain outside the bus, all eyeing the bus with predatory intent.
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