The woman said excitedly, "It can sell for at least 1,500 gold coins. If this keeps up, we'll be able to build our army even faster."
Lessef hurriedly smacked the woman and glared hard at her. She realized her mistake and immediately fell silent.
Lessef looked at Xue Yiming in alarm, only to find Xue Yiming looking back at him. Instantly embarrassed, Lessef forced a smile and said, "Haha, brother, your appraisal skills are incredible. Keep going, let's continue."
Xue Yiming looked as though he could not be bothered with Lessef. He casually picked up another antique and continued appraising it. Several items he had already identified as counterfeits lay beside him.
"Another counterfeit." Xue Yiming casually tossed it aside and picked up the next one. After two straight hours, he had appraised more than half the antiques Lessef and the others had brought back. Apart from the first one, every single item was fake.
Lessef and the woman stared at the counterfeits scattered across the floor, their hearts aching. A genuine item was worth 1,500 gold coins. If any of these were real and Xue Yiming had failed to identify them, they would suffer a huge loss.
"Should we have them appraised?" the woman messaged.
Lessef frowned as he replied, "We can't make that call ourselves. It costs 300 gold coins per item. There are more than fifty here, which means 15,000 gold coins. Xue Yiming would have to appraise ten items just to make that money back."
The woman said, "But the counterfeits he identified are so exquisite. They look no different from the items we previously confirmed were genuine."
Lessef was tempted as well. "I'll ask."
He went up to the second floor, found a secluded spot, and called White Devil. After explaining the situation, he asked,