Flea Market (Part Two)

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke finally understood. "Oh, so you mean Yue was a symbol of authority and status, while Cheng represented the military power to mobilize troops?"

Chu Chen replied, "Yes, that's more or less the idea!"

After learning the difference between Yue and Cheng, Wu Ke asked, "Then what's special about the Cheng you just bought?"

Chu Chen smiled and asked, "How do you know there must be something special about it?"

"Tch!" Wu Ke curled her lips. "Don't I know you? If it were just an ordinary item, would you have been willing to buy it?"

Chu Chen said with a beaming smile, "You can't put it that way. As long as something can make money, I'm willing to buy it."

Wu Ke pouted, then took Chu Chen's hand and wheedled, "All right, stop rambling. Hurry up and tell me!"

Chu Chen found Wu Ke's wheedling rather hard to resist and hurriedly said, "All right, I'll tell you. That bronze Cheng had an iron blade embedded in it, along with two characters in ancient bronze script. They should be the user's name, but I'll have to look it up after we get back before I can determine exactly what the characters are."

Wu Ke was somewhat disappointed. "That's all?"

Chu Chen spread his hands. "What else did you expect? You should know that the iron blade was made from meteorite iron."

"Meteorite iron?!" Wu Ke exclaimed. She immediately realized that they were in a restaurant and that she had spoken so loudly that the surrounding customers must have heard her. She hurriedly glanced around and found that some of the customers were indeed looking at her curiously. Embarrassed, she stuck out her tongue.

"You really are something. Why didn't you tell me that at the