Bai Zhou had miscalculated too.
They said to cast a wide net to catch big fish, but he had not expected there to be so much scrap metal in that place.
It had even piled up into small mountains.
Still, despite Bai Zhenbei's obvious reluctance, he began appraising the items for Bai Zhou one by one.
After all, Bai Zhou was the Bai Family's only remaining heir.
Bai Zhou's grandfather had two sons and one daughter.
Yet Bai Zhou was his only grandson.
That was because Bai Zhou's eldest cousin, Bai Zhenbei's son, had died on the battlefield against the other races.
If he had not died, Bai Zhou's eldest cousin would surely be among the Ten Great Masters by now!
For that very reason, Bai Zhenbei had treated Bai Zhou, his only nephew, as if he were his own son!
Otherwise, Bai Zhenbei would never have bullied someone weaker than him in front of so many people just now!
But that weakling had bullied his nephew, so he had to bully him back!
That was just how protective the Bai Family was!
That was also why Bai Zhou, before his transmigration, had been so arrogant and overbearing that even Lin Wei had thought he was an annoying spoiled rich kid.
Of course. With every elder in the family doting on him like that, how could he not be spoiled rotten?
Naturally, Bai Zhou was not actually going to make his uncle appraise every piece of scrap metal in this pile.
That would be far too exhausting.
He remembered it being written in the original novel.
The top-tier equipment Chu Yun had found during his first lucky find was called the Dragon Scale Armor!
This thing was a defensive armguard for a Spirit Master, a bracer.
So, being considerate, Bai Zhou picked out everything related to armguards and had Bai Zhenbei appraise only those.
Actually, since Bai Zhou knew what it was, he could have simply told his men to bring back only armguards when they swept up the goods.
There was no need to go through all this trouble.
But Bai Zhou had his own plans!
The original novel only mentioned Chu Yun finding this one item.
That did not mean this heap of scrap metal contained only one valuable item waiting to be discovered!
So, Bai Zhou planned to have someone slowly appraise all the other things!
What if another precious item turned up? Wouldn't that be a huge profit?
Besides, he was not short on money. If he wanted to buy it all, then he would buy it all. Who was as broke as Chu Yun?!
Ding! Detected that the Protagonist had suffered mental damage +999. Destined Villain Value +100. Villain Roulette requires 500 more points to unlock!
Yeah, Chu Yun really had it rough.
He was already in such a miserable state, and Bai Zhou was still insulting him behind his back?
Lin Wei had taken Shen Yun and Chen Juan away to talk.
Only the three Bai Family men remained in the courtyard.
Bai Zhou searched through the pile for armguards, while Bai Zhenbei waited for him to find one before appraising it.
Bai Zhennan, meanwhile, was waiting for Bai Zhou to finish so he could properly discipline his son.
However, Bai Zhou ultimately dragged him into the heap of scrap metal as well, making him search for armguards too.
No one knew how much time passed before—
"Huh?"
Bai Zhenbei's surprised voice rang out.
"Good stuff!"
With a whoosh, Bai Zhou shot out of the junk pile as though he were riding a rocket.
Did he find what I wanted?!
Under Bai Zhou's expectant gaze, Bai Zhenbei raised the armguard in his hand and said,
"I didn't expect there to actually be something good in this pile of junk!"
"According to my appraisal, this armguard is A-Class. Its attribute seems to increase strength."
"I'm not sure of the exact effect. Xiaozhou, put it on and try it. It might suit you!"
However, upon hearing this, disappointment clearly appeared in Bai Zhou's eyes.
"Forget it. I'll keep looking!"
With that, Bai Zhou dejectedly plunged back into the junk pile.
"You brat!"
Bai Zhenbei stood there helplessly and said,
"Do you know how much an A-Class armguard can sell for?!"
"Even I only have one S-Class piece of equipment on my entire body. Everything else is A-Class, and you look down on A-Class equipment?"
Bai Zhennan was right.
Finding A-Class equipment was absolutely an enormous stroke of luck!
One had to understand just how wealthy the Bai Family was!
Even so, Bai Zhennan only had one S-Class piece of equipment.
It was not because they could not afford it, but because such items were unavailable even at a price!
They were simply too rare!
Even if someone obtained such equipment, they would never casually put it up for sale.
But Bai Zhou completely ignored Bai Zhenbei.
Because he remembered that the armguard Chu Yun had found was a genuine S-Class piece of equipment!
A-Class was impressive, sure, but compared to S-Class, it was still far inferior!
During that time, Bai Zhenbei appraised another two B-rank pieces of equipment and one C-rank piece.
Equipment above C-rank could already fetch a very considerable price!
Together with that A-Class armguard, the value of those items was nearly enough to match this entire mountain of scrap metal!
As a result, Bai Zhenbei grew more and more excited as he appraised them.
Bai Zhennan also began picking through the pile.
Finally!
"Holy shit!"
Bai Zhenbei, ranked fifth among the Ten Great Masters and held in high esteem, actually blurted out a curse?!
"This is fucking... this is..."
Hearing Bai Zhenbei's voice, a bright gleam finally appeared on Bai Zhou's face.
With a whoosh, he appeared directly before Bai Zhenbei.
Before his uncle could even finish speaking—
Bai Zhou snatched the small object resembling a wristguard from his uncle's hand.
He put it on his wrist.
The instant Bai Zhou put it on—
A line of information clearly appeared in Bai Zhou's mind.
S-Class Armguard: Dragon Scale Armor (Gauntlet)
Wearing Effect: Defense increased by 10%. Three-piece set effect increased by 50%. Five-piece set effect increased by 100%!
Equipment Skill: Consumes all energy to imbue the next attack with the power of a dragon soul, increasing all damage attributes by 100%! Energy gradually recovers over time. Moving, fighting, and using skills can accelerate energy recovery.
That was it!
This was exactly the thing!
Ding! Detected that the host had successfully cut off part of the Protagonist's destiny. Destined Villain Value +500. Villain Roulette has been unlocked!
Bai Zhou clearly remembered that after Chu Yun received the SSS-Class scholarship—
After paying Lin Wei's father's hospital bills, he had immediately found this item under the guidance of the old man's voice in his mind!
During the academy's subsequent tests, Chu Yun had used this skill to deal massive damage.
It shattered everyone's doubts about his contract with an E-Class Divine Weapon Maiden!
And, incidentally, slapped Bai Zhou in the face hard...
Of course, that would never happen again.
Because Bai Zhou had already cut off Chu Yun's destiny in this regard ahead of time!
He could not even be bothered to think about the Villain Roulette anymore.
His mind was filled with the thought of how spectacular Chu Yun's expression—and that old man's expression inside his head—would be once they learned about this.
At that moment, Bai Zhennan also came over because of his son's and elder brother's strange behavior.
Seeing Bai Zhenbei frozen stiff on the spot, he could not help asking,
"Big Brother, what's wrong? Say something. Why are you standing there like an idiot?"
"Gulp—"
Bai Zhenbei immediately swallowed, then turned and grabbed Bai Zhennan's shoulder. Pointing at the faintly glowing wristguard on Bai Zhou's arm with one hand, he said,
"Th-this... th-this..."
"This is actually S-Class equipment!"
"What?!"
Even Bai Zhennan could not help letting out a cry of surprise upon hearing that!
"This fucking pile of scrap metal can really produce a divine artifact?!"
With two whooshes, the brothers directly surrounded Bai Zhou.
Both of them stared fixedly at Bai Zhou's wrist.
That alone showed just how rare S-Class equipment was, let alone equipment of an even higher grade.
Their reactions frightened Bai Zhou so much that he hurriedly grabbed his own wrist, took two steps back, and warily asked,
"What are you trying to do?!"
But Bai Zhenbei and Bai Zhennan both revealed somewhat fawning smiles.
"Hehehe..."
Bai Zhenbei said, "Xiaozhou, look, I appraised this thing, right? You should at least let your uncle wear it and see what it really does, shouldn't you?"
Bai Zhennan said, "Son, my good son, look, your father is already this old, but I don't even have an S-Class armguard. How about letting your father play with it for a bit?"
Bai Zhou:!!
"Damn it!"
"You two old geezers have no shame! You're even trying to steal a child's stuff?!"
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