The "Green Jade Wood" inside the box looked exactly like the one at the auction, but its vibrant life force was entirely gone. Han Shuo reached out and touched it, immediately discovering that it was not the wood-element treasure, Green Jade Wood, at all, but a counterfeit carved from a piece of emerald-green jade.
Anyone would have been in a foul mood after spending three hundred thousand gold coins only to discover that what they had received was a counterfeit carved from ordinary jade. How much more so Han Shuo?
"What happened?" Seeing what appeared to be a dispute, a senior official in formal attire hurried over to inquire.
"Lord Zaya, this gentleman says the item is wrong!" the guard attending to Han Shuo hastily replied.
Zaya had observed Han Shuo very carefully during the auction and had been deeply impressed by this man who spent lavishly. Moreover, Han Shuo had spent three hundred thousand gold coins on an auction item, so he naturally treated him as an honored guest.
After hurrying over and hearing the guard's explanation, Zaya quickly said to Han Shuo, "May I take a look?"
With a dark expression, Han Shuo handed the counterfeit Green Jade Wood he had just received to the man in charge and said gravely, "Your auction enjoys a great reputation throughout the Kasi Empire. I trust you aren't deliberately playing a joke on me?"
"We wouldn't dare!" Zaya heard the anger in Han Shuo's words. He took the Green Jade Wood and touched it, and his expression immediately changed. Abruptly, he demanded of the guard in a low voice, "Who brought this item over just now?"
"Galia brought it over, my lord!" the guard hastily answered.
Zaya drew a deep breath and bowed respectfully to Han Shuo. "I'm sorry. There is