[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-celestial-master-i-have-an-otherworld":3,"chapter-celestial-master-i-have-an-otherworld-celestial-master-i-have-an-otherworld-chapter-5":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Celestial Master： I Have an Otherworld",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1836462,2442,"Chapter 5: Gold","celestial-master-i-have-an-otherworld-chapter-5",5,"\u003Cp>After a round of haggling, the deal was finally reached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Fang Zheng leave with the gold and silver, Shopkeeper Zhou signaled to the two strong men. They understood and silently turned around and left the pawnshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, congratulations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the young man who had already stopped drinking stood up and cupped his hands:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations to Elder Zhou for obtaining another treasure today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young Master Qian, you’re too kind,\" Shopkeeper Zhou glanced at the item in his hand and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This item is peculiar. I’ve never seen it before and don’t know its exact value yet. If I made a mistake, I wouldn’t know how to explain it to the owner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elder Zhou, you’re joking,\" Young Master Qian stroked his chin and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As it happens, my grandmother’s birthday is coming up, and I haven’t figured out what gift to give. I think this item is nice. Would Elder Zhou be willing to part with it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This...\" Shopkeeper Zhou looked hesitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, I won’t make things difficult for Elder Zhou,\" Young Master Qian said with a smile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m willing to offer a 30% increase. How about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Shopkeeper Zhou’s surname was Zhou, he wasn’t a member of the Zhou family, but a servant who’d taken the Zhou surname, so even if good items came in, it had nothing to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could, however, make some profit in and out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, although the young man in front of him was not old, his methods were unusual, and he was not someone to be offended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a moment, Shopkeeper Zhou slowly nodded,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since Young Master Qian has such filial piety, how could I not oblige?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha...\" Young Master Qian laughed heartily,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the exchange of money and goods, Young Master Qian and the elder took their leave together, leaving Shopkeeper Zhou alone in the pawnshop, waiting quietly for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two strong men who had left returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shopkeeper, we lost him,\" one of them said in a muffled voice, clasping his hands,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We clearly saw him enter a dead-end alley, but when we went in, he was nowhere to be seen. He might have some skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls on both sides of the alley were high, and it wouldn’t have been easy to climb over them without leaving a trace in such a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shopkeeper Zhou raised an eyebrow, which was unexpected, then said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he’s skilled, let’s not provoke him for no reason. Anyway, it’s a dead loan, and the item is already in the hands of Young Master Qian.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strong man nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything changed before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the familiar surroundings, Fang Zheng felt a sense of relief, his body instantly going limp as he sat directly on a chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Phew...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They actually sent people to follow me. That world is indeed very dangerous!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t stupid and naturally sensed the strong-arming at the pawnshop, also noticing someone was secretly following him, prompting him to hurry back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had been intercepted in an isolated place, the consequences would have been dire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back now, his heart still fluttered with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was broad daylight, yet he couldn’t suppress some people’s malice, which was beyond his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few items fell onto the table, bringing a look of ecstasy to Fang Zheng’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gold!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silver!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gold nugget weighing ten taels and some scattered silver. These were exchanged for the watch at the pawnshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He touched the gold nugget; it was hefty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He procured a blowtorch, lit it to verify the gold’s purity, confirming it was solid gold, then weighed it on an electronic scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five hundred and one grams!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zheng pondered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten taels, with each tael equaling fifty grams, is exactly the same as here. With the current gold price at 389 per gram, ten taels equals...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He calculated with a calculator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>194,889!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand trembled, and Fang Zheng couldn’t help drawing a cold breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The watch had been a street purchase during a trip, costing only a couple of hundred bucks. Yet, in this exchange, it fetched over 190,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nineteen thousand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen that much money in his life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overnight wealth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rich!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s still the silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead loan’s value was ten taels of gold and ten taels of silver. The silver was fragmented but weighed enough, though it wasn’t worth much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current silver price was over six per gram, which made five hundred grams about three thousand bucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buyback price was even lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting down the gold and silver, Fang Zheng was thoughtful,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The exchange rate for gold and silver there is clearly different from here. Ten taels of gold could only exchange for fifty taels of silver, a rate of one to five.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, the rate is sixty to seventy, with a price difference of dozens of times!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, his breathing quickened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could travel a few more times, he wouldn’t need to do anything else; just exchanging gold and silver could easily make him a millionaire or billionaire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, recalling his uncle’s tragic state and his own ordeal today, Fang Zheng felt chilled, quickly shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This matter should be put aside for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously too excited, he hadn’t noticed the outside situation. Now he realized that the sunlight outside was bright, making it clearly noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up his phone to check the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten thirty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zheng furrowed his brows,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twelve hours equal twenty-four hours, which is precisely one day. Having crossed over last night, it should be nighttime now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That the time ratio is different too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t impossible. After all, these were two worlds, and after a brief moment of surprise, Fang Zheng calmly accepted the notion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such an experience, he could even accept being told he was an immortal now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Traveling, ancient times, Otherworld, cities, refugees, gold...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The past twenty-four hours felt like a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the coarse cloth clothing on him and the gold in his hand being undeniably real, he’d think he’d had a strange dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gurgle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his growling stomach, momentarily setting aside his thoughts, and found two packs of instant noodles in the room to fill his belly first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t had a drop of water the whole previous day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating and drinking, washing up, and changing clothes, he stared blankly at the gold in front of him for a long time, finally letting out a long sigh to bring himself back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder my uncle was so excited back then. This is a fortuitous encounter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, presently Fang Zheng had no desire to return to that world where he’d almost frozen to death. He just wanted to calm down and handle his uncle’s affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Jian’s ID needed to be canceled, and the balance in his bank account had to be withdrawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the inheritance left needed organizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, his uncle hadn’t made much money but wasn’t entirely destitute either, having accumulated hundreds of porcelain pieces and a car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car was a mountain-brand pickup, costing sixteen or seventeen thousand back then, mainly for transporting goods, now worth at most five to six thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the Fang Family inheritance: a relic left by their ancestors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Click...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the safe, another safe was found inside. Such nested safes were custom-made for storing valuable items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon opening the inner safe, a porcelain vase about forty centimeters high came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a floral-pattered plum vase!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a piece of Doucai porcelain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doucai refers to a technique combining underglaze blue and overglaze colors, and the Fang Family ancestors were known for this craft. This floral-patterned plum vase originated from an ancestor adept in the art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Uncle Fang Jian, this single piece of porcelain could exchange for a hundred-square-meter house in Qu City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The housing prices in Qu City had long surpassed ten thousand per square meter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this object represented the Fang Family’s past glory and was absolutely not for sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beep beep...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A notification sounded from the phone nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fang Zheng, we are almost at Seven Miles, where are you? Come quickly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Class monitor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zheng was startled, immediately locking the safe and getting up.\u003C\u002Fp>",1396,"2026-06-09T06:29:55.657Z",1,"novelbin.me","e93da12e962b78429c133e623ed3bbf437e368381ba31dbafb527f5c21127611","celestial-master-i-have-an-otherworld-chapter-6","celestial-master-i-have-an-otherworld-chapter-252",488,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcelestial-master-i-have-an-otherworld-cover.jpg"]