Chapter 383: A Blind Cat Bumping into a Dead Mouse
"200 million US dollars, you are really willing to spend money!" Jiang Wen thought he was already wasteful enough, but didn't expect there to be someone sitting next to him who was even more wasteful!
"Like you, I just purely liked it." Luo Quan smiled, took the gold seal from the female assistant's hand. The auction side also sent a sandalwood box with a fragrant scent.
Luo Quan handed the bank card to the female assistant and let her take it to swipe the card. Although she just held the box in her hand without opening it, the system had already begun to analyze this seal.
"How is it? What's the situation?" Luo Quan asked the system full of anticipation.
"A piece of good news and a piece of bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" The system's tone could not tell joy or sorrow.
"The good one." Luo Quan thought to herself, knowing it would be like this.
"This is an attack-type system, which is the standard system for protagonists in fantasy novels."
"Systems are also classified?!" Luo Quan was surprised, "Then what type are you?"
"I am a general-purpose type and do not have the ability to make you transform into a Long Aotian."
"……………………" Luo Quan was silent for a while, "Then what about the bad news?"
"The era of this seal is too long, plus it has suffered too much destruction, the power on it has disappeared for more than half, and I am not sure whether it can absorb its functions."
"That is to say, I spent 200 million US dollars with a high probability to buy a gold lump with no use?" Luo Quan glanced at Huang Jun's back in front. She felt that she was the biggest fish caught at the gala tonight.
"Collecting is like this. It is inevitable that there will be times when you look away and suffer losses. Besides, it hasn't started to absorb yet, everything is still uncertain."
The system's words sounded really cheap and annoying to Luo Quan. Luo Quan suppressed her temper and asked: "Then if it succeeds, can I also be like those protagonists in fantasy novels, with martial arts reaching the gods and cultivating to become an immortal?"
"Don't even think about it!" The system's answer was unusually resolute, "Don't say it's absorbing such a broken attack-type system, even if I were replaced by a complete top-level attack-type system, it wouldn't make your dream of cultivating immortals come true."
"Why?" Luo Quan was very unwilling.
"Because it is not allowed to become a spirit after the founding of the country."
The system made a clever remark.
Luo Quan couldn't laugh, and tears were swirling in her eyes with anger: "Speak human language to me!"
"Now is the era of the end of the law. The spiritual energy has long been exhausted. No matter how powerful the cultivation method is, it only has the function of self-cultivation and strengthening the body. Even the system cannot change this global status quo."
"So, 200 million US dollars bought loneliness?" Luo Quan looked down at the box, her hands couldn't help trembling.
With these 200 million US dollars spent, her deposits were almost exhausted. Not to mention returning to the pre-liberation period overnight, but it would be impossible to spend money as lavishly as before for a long time.
"What's wrong with you? Your face seems not very good?" Another auction item was sold on stage, and Jiang Wen, who lowered his head to drink water, saw Luo Quan's face turn pale and asked.
Luo Quan shook her head: "Maybe it was blown by the cold wind for too long when I came in just now. I'll be fine after drinking some hot water when I go back."
Jiang Wen sighed: "Female stars are bitter. No matter what the weather is, they have to wear evening dresses, exposing their arms and legs. Those with slightly poor health catch a cold once after attending a gala."
If your 200 million US dollars were thrown into the water, your face would be paler than mine! Luo Quan muttered to herself.
The small treasury that she had worked hard to save suffered a fatal blow. Luo Quan was already uninterested in the remaining content of the auction, and her attention drifted to the nine heavens.
I don't know how long it took, the noisy sound around made Luo Quan come back to her senses. It turned out that the auction was over.
Some rich people left the scene, and some gathered together, preparing to discuss where to go for entertainment next.
Many stars also leaned over. It seems that they are also old acquaintances with these rich people.
In such a large venue, Luo Quan didn't have many acquaintances to talk to. Moreover, she was in a low mood now and didn't want to talk to anyone.
Holding the box, she walked out of the venue silently, declined the invitation of reporters outside for interviews, and headed straight for the parking lot.
"The remaining power on the system has been absorbed, but it will take a while to digest."
"That is to say, this thing is useless, right?" Luo Quan held the box in her hand and looked around.
She was looking for a trash can.
The system persuaded: "It's a 200 million thing anyway, it's a pity to throw it away. It's good to keep it at home for collection. It has a history of thousands of years anyway."
It would have been better not to persuade. This persuasion directly exploded Luo Quan. She opened the box violently, intending to smash this broken thing on the spot!
However, after opening the box, Luo Quan's movements all stopped.
"This…… what is the situation?"
The seal in the box had completely changed its appearance from before on stage. The gold on the outside was gradually peeling off with Luo Quan's trembling hands, revealing the snow-white seal body inside.
"This is probably because you shook it too hard, plus it was just sucked away by me, so the seal appeared unavoidable loss."
"It's none of my business. Shouldn't the point be you?" Luo Quan used her hand to buckle the precarious gold on the seal, thinking that this time it was really a big loss.
Originally thought it was a pure gold seal, at least it could be worth some money, but didn't expect that even this gold was just plated with a layer on the outside. This time it was really a loss to the grandmother's house.
With a buckle of her finger, a large piece of gold was buckled off by Luo Quan.
Speaking of which, this layer of gold is quite thick, much thicker than ordinary gold foil.
But no matter how thick it is, it is ultimately gold-plated!
Looking at this wrinkled seal, Luo Quan made up her mind and buckled off all the remaining gold pieces, wanting to see what kind of object was inside these gold pieces.
After peeling, Luo Quan found that there was still a seal inside, but the appearance was much higher than before.
"Wait, this thing doesn't seem that simple." The system suddenly popped up a sentence.
Luo Quan said unpleasantly: "Of course it's not that simple. This is what I bought for 200 million. Tomorrow all of China will laugh at me as the biggest stupid fish at this gala!"
"This is a jade seal, and it's not just a thousand years, but has a history of at least two thousand years!"
"So what if it's two thousand years, even three thousand………… If it really has such a long history, maybe it can really return some blood." Thinking of this, Luo Quan felt much better.
"Turn over the side with the seal characters and look. This time you might hit a big luck."
Luo Quan obviously didn't care about this statement, but she still turned over the jade seal.
"This…… can't understand, it's like a ghost drawing." The bottom of the jade seal is a pattern more abstract than pictographs. At a glance, it's all birds.
"Receive the mandate from heaven, both longevity and prosperity!"
"What?!" Luo Quan was stunned for a moment. After reacting, her heart missed a beat.
As far as she knows, this is the seal character of the famous Heirloom Seal of the Realm?
In the 5,000 years of China, there are countless rare treasures, but there are only two things that can be called national treasures since ancient times.
One is the Nine Tripod Cauldrons cast by King Yu, and the other is the Heirloom Seal of the Realm cast by Li Si under the order of the Ancestral Dragon.
It's a pity that these two treasures have long lost their traces. Later emperors have searched for them many times, but in the end, they found nothing.
And now, this Heirloom Seal of the Realm, which has been lost for nearly a thousand years, is now lying quietly in her hands.
Most people would probably fall into shock, ecstasy, and fear at this moment, and might be so excited that they couldn't even hold the box steady, but Luo Quan was unusually calm, and her hands, which had been trembling, became motionless.
Looking around, there were many stars in the parking lot coming to drive, but they were all far away from her, and no one noticed her.
Closing the box and opening the car door, Luo Quan got in, inserted the key to warm up the car, and at the same time called Principal Li.
"Hello, Luo Quan, what's the matter?"
"Principal Li, do you know any authoritative experts in cultural relics? It must be the most authoritative and experienced one!"
Principal Li paused and said: "If it's Shanghai…… there are one or two such old experts, but it's not about knowing them, just having contact information.
Why, did you find a treasure in the antique market and plan to let the experts take a look?"
"The situation is more complicated. If possible, I hope you can invite these experts to my house?
I guarantee with my reputation that I may have discovered a national-level cultural relic." Luo Quan didn't dare to say it to death, nor did she dare to tell Principal Li directly that the cultural relic she discovered was the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.
"Then I will call Director Zhao. You can send me your home address later." Although it was late at night, Principal Li attached great importance to the situation Luo Quan reported.
After all, she is a good student who just brought great face to the school. Now that she has something to trouble him as a principal, he should help if he can.
After sending the address, Luo Quan changed into flat shoes, fixed the box on her stomach with a seat belt, and drove home.
Along the way, Luo Quan could be said to be frightened, fearing that there would be a situation in the movie plot where bad guys would come to grab the treasure, but it was quite stable along the way, and there were no abnormalities.
Returning home, Luo Quan walked into the living room with the box. Su Yu and the three women were watching TV in the living room.
Lan Xuan turned her head and looked, smiling: "Yo boss, what you are holding in your arms wouldn't be the gold seal worth 200 million US dollars, right?"
Luo Quan sat on the sofa, but still refused to put the thing down: "The value of this thing is more than 200 million US dollars."
Su Yu was confused: "Then there is no need to be so precious, are you planning to hold it to sleep tonight?"
Luo Quan nodded: "Maybe."
Just as she was talking, the doorbell rang.
Luo Quan took the box and walked to the door, looking at the cat's eye first.
Three people, one is Principal Li, and two old men wearing glasses.
Luo Quan opened the door and welcomed the three in.
"Principal!" Ai Wei recognized the person and immediately stood up to greet him.
"Are you also a student of Shangyi?" Principal Li didn't have much impression of Ai Wei.
"I am a sophomore in the Bel Canto department. You can just call me Ai Wei."
Seeing that it was about to become a meeting between teachers and students of Shangyi, the two old men behind Principal Li spoke:
"Luo Quan? I don't know if you can take out the national-level cultural relic you mentioned for us to see?"
Principal Li remembered the business, turned his head and introduced: "This is Director Zhao of the Shanghai Museum, and this is Deputy Director Wang of the Shanghai Cultural Relic Appraisal Institute. They are both authoritative figures in the cultural relic world!"
Director Zhao had a square face, and his expression had been serious and nervous since he entered the door. That Deputy Director Wang was quite kind, with a fat face like a glutinous rice ball.
It has to be said that Principal Li's face is really big. She said she wanted to invite authoritative people, and she really invited two heavyweight figures.
But that's fine. The higher the position, the more they can understand the importance of the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.
Luo Quan didn't grind, and directly opened the box: "This is a gold seal I bought at an auction today. When I came back, I accidentally fell, and found that there was another mystery inside this gold.
The student has shallow knowledge and doesn't know if this is true or false, so I dare to invite the two to identify it."
Saying that, Luo Quan turned the bottom of the jade seal over, revealing those two lines of big characters.
"Receive…… mandate…… from heaven, both longevity and prosperity!"
Director Zhao and Deputy Director Wang looked at each other, and both saw shock and disbelief in each other's eyes.
"Where did you get this jade seal from?!" Director Zhao's breathing became unusually rapid, and the blue veins on his neck bulged.
"Don't be excited." Luo Quan was afraid that Director Zhao, who was old, would just pass out, so she quickly spoke to appease:
"This is what I bought for 200 million US dollars at an auction. This jade seal comes from an Italian collector, and this collector bought it from an Italian military family.
As for tracing it back, I don't know, but that Italian collector now lives in China, and it should be possible to find him to ask."
"Don't worry about where it came from, determine the authenticity first!" Deputy Director Wang said anxiously, and signaled Luo Quan to put the box on the coffee table for his appraisal.
"This gold piece…… what's going on." Deputy Director Wang first saw the scattered gold pieces in the box, raised his head and asked Luo Quan.
Luo Quan scratched her head embarrassedly, stuttering: "This gold piece was originally wrapped on the surface of the jade seal. It was impossible to see that it was a jade seal inside at all.
But when I entered the parking lot, my hand slipped accidentally, and the box fell to the ground. I opened it and found that a few gold pieces had fallen off the jade seal. I was curious, so I buckled off all the remaining gold pieces…………"
Deputy Director Wang put on gloves and took the jade seal in his hand with heartache: "Nonsense! Just these gold pieces have a history of nearly a thousand years. Damaging cultural relics is to be sentenced."
"I was just curious." Luo Quan smiled awkwardly and explained.
At the same time, Deputy Director Wang noticed a small golden corner at the bottom of the jade seal. This was obviously not integrated with other parts of the jade seal. Looking at it with a magnifying glass, he could see the cracks between the golden corner and the jade seal body.
"Could this be the trace left after the Queen Mother of Wang angrily threw the jade seal that year? It turns out the legend is true!" Deputy Director Wang gasped, and the magnifying glass in his hand fell to the ground with a bang. ===== CHAPTER 384 =====
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