Appraising: Withered Leaf True Monarch Unravels the Truth

At the beginning of the new year, Listening Wave Island has also returned to a certain level of excitement.

But after all, due to the previous strong wind, there were mostly local monks, so it was not crowded.

Treasure Gathering Pavilion inside the Jade Leaf Commerce Association is naturally relatively quiet. After all, the people here are responsible for large-scale transactions or auction appraisals, and few idle people come here.

Therefore, when Xiao Chen arrived, he was immediately warmly welcomed.

"Senior, please go upstairs!"

"I am Jade Leaf Commerce Association Senior Appraiser. If you don't mind, I will be responsible for appraising your auction items."

"Fellow Daoist Kuang is here today. Please wait a moment. I'll call him over right away."

It didn't take long for Xiao Chen to meet Kuang Ruihong.

The other party is still wearing the gray robe, but compared to the spirit when they met last year, he seems a little older now.

"It turns out that Daoist Xiao is here."

After entering the door, Kuang Ruihong seemed a little surprised, but at the same time he also cheered up. "I must have gotten something good. Let me say congratulations to fellow Daoist first."

This is actually not difficult to guess.

After all, normal people come to appraisers mostly to appraise things, and there are basically no other reasons.

"I can't even say I'm happy. I just have a few things I'm not sure about and I want to ask fellow Daoists to help me with my eyes."

Xiao Chen was always straightforward and took out the two talismans he had obtained before.

Kuang Ruihong glanced at the two things, but was not busy getting started.

Instead, he asked first, "Daoist Xiao hasn't said what you want to ask yet? Is it to identify the item, to judge whether it is good or bad, or to estimate the price."

"To be honest, I haven't done much research on Spirit Artifact, talismans, and formations."

"If you want to distinguish the exact prices of different talismans, you may have to ask Master Yan from our chamber of commerce to come forward."

"Master Yan is also an old man, so confidentiality is not a problem."

Xiao Chen waved his hand after hearing this. "Don't bother me. I'm mainly here to identify things this time. The price is not very important."

There is a high probability that he will not sell these items.

Since it is something you use yourself, the price is naturally not very important.

"I understand, fellow Daoist, wait a moment."

Kuang Ruihong After understanding this, he put on his gloves and began to carefully identify the structure of the talisman.

Although he said verbally that he was not good at talismans, it was not difficult to simply distinguish the types and levels. After all, many things had Fixed Standard, and there would be rules after seeing them enough.

So it only took about ten breaths.

Kuang Ruihong put the two talismans back on the table. "These two things are easy to recognize, they are typical Defensive Talisman Treasure."

"The former imitates Seven Treasures Returning Origin Spirit Light Umbrella, and based on the workmanship alone, it should belong to Fourth-Order Talisman Treasure."

"However, Seven Treasures Returning Origin Spirit Light Umbrella belongs to Earth Fiend Heavy Treasure. The actual use effect of the imitation product should be improved. There is no big problem if it is treated as Fifth-Order Talisman Treasure."

"As for the latter, I couldn't identify the source."

"Judging from the quality alone, it should be a Fifth-Order Talisman Treasure. What's strange is that the Spiritual Pattern on this brocade handkerchief is a bit strangely tight."

If it's unfamiliar, it's probably something from Sea Race.

Xiao Chen had already made a guess in his mind, so he was not surprised at all by this result.

All he cared about was the grade of the talisman, and he felt relieved immediately after hearing Fifth-Order Talisman Treasure.

"I see. I have a few more things here. Please ask fellow Daoist friends to help me take a look at them too."

Xiao Chen nodded, put away the two talismans, and took out the three strange stones and Ink Black Iron Token.

In order to facilitate identification, he also proactively provided some clues. "The two items on the left come from different relics and are both old objects."

"The two pieces on the right are from Sea Race. Fellow Daoists, just try your best to tell them apart."

Hearing Sea Race, Kuang Ruihong's eyes clearly flashed with curiosity.

However, he still restrained his temper and checked them one by one.

Since it was replaced by ancient objects and Sea Race spiritual objects, he looked at them extra carefully and naturally spent more time.

The first piece of Golden Spirit Ore took a full two-quarters of an hour.

During this process, Xiao Chen was drinking tea and waiting nearby, looking around at the layout of the room.

There are really not many things displayed in Quiet Room.

In addition to tables and chairs, there is also a pair of exquisite Hanging Painting and several vases, all of which are filled with fresh flowers.

Through the lifelike eyes of the goshawk in the painting <"Flying Eagle Striking Water" Painting>, the scene in Quiet Room was also synchronized to the third floor in real time.

I saw Withered Leaf True Monarch on the table where the tea set was originally placed.

At this time, there is an extra side of Water Curtain condensed from Spiritual Power.

"Is he that Xiao Chen?"

Opposite the tea table, a girl who looked like she was only in her prime was staring at Water Curtain.

"Yes, miss."

Withered Leaf True Monarch nodded.

"Well, he looks handsome, but he doesn't look too strong?"

The girl's tone was filled with confusion. "Although she's not short, she's not particularly tall either."

"In short, it doesn't look like Master Body Cultivator."

Withered Leaf True Monarch agreed, "This is indeed strange. His body shape is almost the same as that of an ordinary person, but his energy and blood are dozens of times better than that of an ordinary monk."

"It can be said to be rare in the world."

"But in this big world, there are always people who are different. Maybe they have some kind of special physique."

In this kind of matter, Withered Leaf True Monarch has always been quite open-minded.

Cultivation World is too vast, and even True Lord has limited knowledge.

However, the girl's eyes lit up. "The latest information mentioned that Sea Race has Great Demon who disguised himself as an evil cultivator and sneaked into the Compassion Sea to attack several Zen Master."

"This Xiao Chen's energy and blood are so abnormal, could it also be Great Demon Transformation?"

It seemed that he noticed that his young lady was about to make a move.

Withered Leaf True Monarch quickly reminded, "Miss, last time I invited him to tea, I tried it with Demon Purifying Incense."

"He stayed in the house for almost half an hour and inhaled a lot of smoke, but he didn't show anything abnormal."

Demon Race meeting Demon Purifying Incense is like a poisonous snake meeting realgar.

"That's it."

The girl seemed a little disappointed and asked, "Have you found anything about the origin of Xiao Chen Spirit Stone?"

"Such a huge sum of money, Spirit Stone, can't just appear out of thin air, right?"

Withered Leaf True Monarch shook his head slightly. "There is no trace on the surface, and the large amount of Spirit Stone movement in the past ten years does not match up."

"Either it is a long-term and dispersed accumulation of small stocks, or the Spirit Stone in him is foreign."

"Foreign?"

But the girl's eyes suddenly lit up and she asked, "Could it be from Sea Race?"

"I heard that many monks have been bribed, and all the major sects are busy investigating themselves."

Ever since Fa Zhao Arhat and others returned, things in the ruins have spread.

All major sects indeed pay special attention to traitors like Round Stele Arhat.

"This is not necessarily Sea Race."

Withered Leaf True Monarch felt that his lady's focus was a bit strange. "Judging from the current situation, Xiao Chen is most likely from the west."

"That's the box he had before Consignment Auction."

He pointed to Cloud Pattern Relief White Jade Box next to him. "I have asked a friend to confirm that this box is from the Lightless Sea."

As he said that, Withered Leaf True Monarch changed the topic. "But it seems like he brought something belonging to Sea Race."

"If Miss is interested in Sea Race, may I invite him to come up and have a chat?"

"No need!"

The girl quickly rejected. "I will ask Old Kuang about the details of those things later and the result will be the same, so why bother asking him."

Then she rolled her eyes and seemed to think of something.

He asked enthusiastically, "But speaking of the Lightless Sea, I have seen Wanted Notice from over there before."

"It is said that Golden Light Rogue Cultivator, who appeared out of thin air, is also Path of Enlightenment, and has already taken that step."

"I just heard that in this ruins, Xiao Chen also showed strength that far exceeded Golden Core Great Perfection."

"Uncle Ye, do you think they are the same person?"

Path of Enlightenment is extremely niche, and there are only a few similar monks in the entire Eastern Domain.

Now two unidentified monks suddenly appeared one behind the other, both of whom were obviously larger than the normal Golden Core Great Perfection.

So much so that such subjective speculation has a high possibility.

However, Withered Leaf True Monarch's answer was beyond her expectation, "Yes, and no."

"There are indeed not many such monks, but I hope he is not one."

"Yin Corpse Sect pretends to be decent in what he does, and it is difficult to cooperate with each other."

"Xiao Chen is so young, there should be more than one True Lord supporting him."

"Today's situation is turbulent, and we need such a strong ally to ensure that the retreat is smooth."

"From the perspective of the Chamber of Commerce, the latter result is more beneficial to us."

What he said was very straightforward.

Not only because I don't have to hide anything from my friends, but also because I want to give some tips.

"That's it, okay then."

The girl was smart enough to make one point. "Then let's find a way to get closer to him."

"I'll leave this matter to you Uncle Ye."

Withered Leaf True Monarch said meaningfully, "Miss, actually I think it might be better if you come forward."

"Besides, you are not young now."

"In another two hundred years, my old bones may be useless. In the ups and downs of the next hundreds of years, it will be safer if I can have more reliable comrades to go with me."

However, the girl shook her head repeatedly. "I don't want it!"

She swallowed the last half of the sentence but did not say it out - those male monks would only care about her body, but they may not be reliable.

Rather than counting on them, it is better to count on Flying Sword and Cultivation Method in your own hands.

She opened her eyes wide, raised her voice, and begged skillfully, "Uncle Ye, can you help me handle this matter?"

Although this trick has been used many times, it has always failed every time.

"Okay, okay, then let me do it."

Withered Leaf True Monarch did not insist and agreed with a smile.

What he just said was actually more out of the elders' teasing and temptation.

Rather than simply doing Marriage Alliance, it is for profit considerations.

Although Withered Leaf True Monarch is very optimistic about the potential of Xiao Chen and as Hidden Dao Heritage Successor, his status among Lineage is obviously not low.

I think this is a potential stock worthy of my own lady.

But if the young lady doesn't like it, she won't force her to deliberately bring them together.

Almost another hour passed.

Kuang Ruihong frowned and put down the last thing.

The reason why it moves so slowly is because the last thing is really weird.

Then, he reached out and pointed to the first spiritual object.

That is, the piece of Golden Light's brilliant spiritual mine obtained from the canyon altar where Severed Blade Sars is located.

"This object looks like Bright Gold Evolution Light Stone, a rare treasure from the High Antiquity era."

"It has been exhausted this morning. I only remember that Ancient Books mentioned that its main gold killing attack is mostly suitable for setting up killing arrays or suppressing Evil Qi."

This is similar to what Xiao Chen saw.

That altar was obviously used for fighting, and it was probably a killing array. The two conditions were consistent.

Then, Kuang Ruihong pointed to the second spiritual object. "As for this piece of Ink Black Iron Token, it looks like it was cast by the Great Xuan Immortal Dynasty back then."

"If I guess correctly, it should come from New Ruin this time."

Xiao Chen nodded. "The old man has good eyesight. This is indeed Great Xuan Immortal Dynasty's thing."

He only admitted half of it and did not tell the real source.

Kuang Ruihong did not hear the implication of Xiao Chen's words, and continued to introduce, "This thing is a bit of a pity."

"According to ancient historical records, when the Immortal Dynasty was at its peak, strict laws were enacted."

"But out of some considerations, Exemption Order was given to relatives of ministers who have made great contributions or people who have advanced cultivation."

"Those who hold this Ink Black Iron Token can deduct the punishment they deserve when they break the law."

This can be regarded as a helpless compromise. After all, Great Xuan Immortal Dynasty was at its peak back then, but it was not completely without enemies.

If we really want to treat high-level monks or their relatives equally, it is really difficult to implement.

The specific things are so complicated that ten books could not be written, so I chose to go through them in one stroke in ancient history.

"That's a pity indeed. It looks like we won't be able to use it anymore."

Xiao Chen That's what I said, but I actually don't feel very sorry.

Anyway, he picked this thing up with Zhang Shouquan, so it's just something he got for free.

Finished talking about these two old objects.

Kuang Ruihong pointed to the third thing. "These stones contain a large number of Sea Race's runes."

"Because we don't know much about it at the moment, it's difficult to speculate on its specific effects."

"I can only judge that their function is similar to that of my Human Race formation disk. Probability is an artifact used to quickly lay out formations."

After simply saying this, he looked at the last thing.

Then he said after careful consideration, "Daoist Xiao, I'm sorry for my blindness, but I can't see what mystery is hidden in this last piece of Strange Stone."

"The only thing that is certain is that it was not formed innately, but must have been processed the day after tomorrow."

"According to my guess, 80% of it is a special token."

"If it comes from Sea Race, it may be a product they deliberately manufactured."

This result also made Xiao Chen a little surprised.

He really didn't expect that even a veteran appraiser like Kuang Ruihong couldn't recognize the origin of Strange Stone.

But being able to confirm that it is a token can be considered a gain.

Anyway, this thing isn't big, so I'll just keep it with me for now.

When we learn more about Sea Race later, we will naturally have the opportunity to recognize what it is.

"I understand."

Xiao Chen nodded. "It's been really hard today, fellow Daoist Kuang."

"I wonder how much the appraisal fee should be?"

If you don't plan to buy Consignment Auction in the end, you will certainly have to pay for Spirit Stone for appraisal.

Kuang Ruihong waved his hand, thinking of rejecting, "I have nothing to do today, so the appraisal fee will be waived."

However, Xiao Chen insisted. "The appraisal fee is the rule of the Chamber of Commerce, and we will handle it according to the rules."

"It's not like Daoist Kuang doesn't know that the most important thing I need is Spirit Stone."

To be honest, Spirit Stone is a bit arrogant to say.

But when Xiao Chen said it, Kuang Ruihong was surprisingly convinced.

This is a man who spends a lot of money, and there is indeed no shortage of Spirit Stone money.

So he did not insist. "In this case, according to the rules of the Chamber of Commerce, five hundred Spirit Stone per hour."

"We have less than two hours, but it has exceeded a quarter of an hour, so we have to count it as two, which is one thousand Spirit Stone."

This price is actually not cheap at all.

But in comparison, I didn't spend as much on snacks when I went shopping before Xiao Chen.

He waved his hand and put down a thousand Spirit Stone: "Then I will leave first. Fellow Daoist, there is no need to send more."

However, Kuang Ruihong still sent him to the door of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion: "Daoist Xiao, walk slowly, have a safe trip!"

It wasn't until he saw Xiao Chen disappearing from the street that he turned around and returned to the store.

However, as soon as he turned around, he saw Withered Leaf True Monarch's boy staring at him from behind. "Master Kuang, True Lord please go to the third floor. If it's convenient for you, follow me upstairs."

Kuang Ruihong quickly replied, "Of course it's convenient."

Naturally there is only one answer to this question.

However, when he pushed the door open and saw two figures sitting opposite each other drinking tea, especially the girl, he was suddenly surprised.

Ziyao True Monarch Why did he suddenly come back? There was no news at all before.

But he still quickly bowed his head and saluted in sequence. "I have seen Head Shopkeeper, I have seen Second Shopkeeper."

The girl said with a straight face, "Old Kuang There is no need to be polite, this girl... cough, this shopkeeper just came back and I want to talk to you about something."

"Well... what do you think of Xiao Chen?"

Withered Leaf True Monarch on the side twitched his mouth when he heard this. How can he ask such a straightforward question.

The lady is really, ugh.

But he didn't particularly care about this. After all, for a True Lord, this was actually a small problem.

With the foundation of strength by your side, you can slowly make up for these human and worldly affairs, it doesn't matter.

Faced with the inquiry from his shopkeeper, Kuang Ruihong naturally said everything he could.

Including several meetings between him and Xiao Chen, and conversations between the two.

The only thing he didn't say was some of his own guesses and optimism about Xiao Chen.

"Is this the kind of black stone that glows with white light?"

Ziyao True Monarch heard this, raised his hand and turned over, and actually took out an irregular piece of Strange Stone.

Kuang Ruihong checked it carefully and then replied, "That's it Strange Stone, it looks almost exactly the same to me."

Withered Leaf True Monarch suddenly said, "Thank you Old Kuang."

"Remember to keep the news about Head Shopkeeper's return secret, including the news about Xiao Chen, and don't tell anyone else."

"I remember that a batch of new elixirs came back a while ago. Old Kuang can follow my boy to pick them up and take them back to replenish his health."

"Okay, it's just such a small thing, let's go and do it first."

Kuang Ruihong naturally agreed and bowed out respectfully.

Wait until he leaves.

But Ziyao True Monarch couldn't wait to say, "This is too strange, then Xiao Chen can't recognize World Breaking Stone."

"Uncle Ye, do you think he has no background at all?"

However, Withered Leaf True Monarch didn't think so, "It's impossible, he must have a special background."

He thought about it carefully, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. "I understand, he is hinting to us in this way."

"Hint?"

Ziyao True Monarch is a little confused. "What does it imply?"

However, Withered Leaf True Monarch has vaguely guessed the reason behind it. "I'm not completely sure yet, but I have an idea."

"I invited him over for tea last time."

"During the conversation, I mentioned that if you have other collections in the future, you might as well bring them over and show them to me."

"So I speculate that Xiao Chen or Lineage where he is, may want to use this method to test whether we can recognize World Breaking Stone."

"If you can't recognize him, you're not qualified to cooperate."

Ziyao True Monarch felt something was wrong. "If that's the case, why is he looking for Old Kuang?"

"Shouldn't we just come upstairs?"

Withered Leaf True Monarch smiled slightly, "This is very simple, because he has already taken that step, but he has not yet made a breakthrough."

He has gradually figured out the truth.

However, Ziyao True Monarch became even more confused. "Uncle Ye, why can't I understand it well?"

What does this have to do with cultivation?

Withered Leaf True Monarch explained patiently, "Miss, you also left Path of Enlightenment back then."

"Then think about it, how did you feel when you looked at other monks after you took that step?"

Ziyao True Monarch recalled, "I think I am smarter than them!"

Withered Leaf True Monarch was silent for a moment. "Yes, miss, you are smarter than them all."

"But besides this place, what else is there?"

This question made Ziyao True Monarch silent for a moment.

Then he begged skillfully, "Oh, Uncle Ye, please stop teasing me and tell me what's going on."

Withered Leaf True Monarch heard this and immediately explained, "Actually, the reason is very simple, because of identity!"

"It's only a matter of time before Nascent Soul Formation takes that step."

"Xiao Chen probably thinks that he is no longer Golden Core cultivator, but half Nascent Soul True Lord."

"With his qualifications, this idea is quite reasonable."

"That's the problem. After all, he hasn't completely broken through yet. If he comes to see me directly, he should follow the etiquette of a junior."

"Originally, this is nothing, but if the two sides cooperate in the future, we will have to meet many times."

"Now that I take the initiative to meet you as a junior, then when we cooperate in the future, we will be at a disadvantage."

"Come here and call me Senior this time. Next time he breaks through Nascent Soul, what should he call me?"

"You're just here to test it out this time."

"Young people are thin-skinned and want to save face, so they will naturally want to avoid seeing you."

After listening to Withered Leaf True Monarch's detailed explanation.

Ziyao True Monarch suddenly realized. "So that's what happened."

"Then this Xiao Chen is really arrogant."

As she said that, her eyes suddenly widened. "Oh, if I had known earlier, I should have called him up just now!"

"Let him call me "Senior" properly.

"If you miss this opportunity, maybe you will have to call him Daoist Fellow next time you see him."

Withered Leaf True Monarch said with relief, "It doesn't matter, Nascent Soul can't break through so fast."

"There will definitely be another chance in the future."