Chapter 610: Cang Bi and Ding

Three-hundred-year dynasty new emperor enthronement heaven-worship ritual vessel~ sell for ingots~

"This new emperor couldn't be you, could he?" The King has been busy lately and hasn't really expanded his stall business; Qiao Yi hasn't run into the King for a long time.

The King stood up and struck a pose, "Exactly! That's me~"

Qiao Yi: …… This guy actually enthroned!

"Then this time the ritual vessels are truly of higher specification," Qiao Yi, looking on with envy, said, "These things of yours are truly a treasure in the hands of a formation master; using them as formation eyes to suppress evil spirits and ferocious beasts is perfect. But I have no use for them in alchemy; why don't you pick something cheap and sell me one piece? I'll take it back and, upon meeting a formation master, resell it to exchange for some spiritual herbs."

The King casually pulled out a bronze deng from the warehouse; this vessel is used to hold the soup for sacrifices.

"Here, take this; you don't need ingots—just sell it and exchange it directly for medicinal pills for me. Whatever beast-feeding pills, golden wound medicine, rejuvenation pills—whatever you have, trade it—no pickiness!" Anyway, we're all lacking.

Qiao Yi took it with a smiling brow, "I'm just checking the price here, so I won't let you lose out~"

The King hesitated: "No, really no need! We're so familiar, just give it casually; I was planning to keep this batch of ritual vessels to slaughter a fat leek..."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone stopped to look.

You Xin stood on the street and discovered a purple aura shooting up at the street's end; he hurried to the destination and found a moving purple aura setting up a stall……

Such great fortune accompanying him, still purple…… Human Emperor?

This world is tough enough!

As soon as he saw someone stop and size up his stall, the King immediately broke into a smile like a sunflower and went up to greet them. No matter how flamboyantly the customers dress, he can turn a blind eye.

He began promoting today's stall's main items, displaying two in total; this guy understands the principle that excess is worthless, so he only brought two choice pieces.

"Do you want to look at the ritual vessels? Cang Bi and great ding."

You Xin nodded, and the King, assuming he didn't like to talk, began to gab on about his wares.

"These two are the heaven-worship ritual vessels inherited from the three-hundred-year dynasty, not ordinary heaven-worship specifications, but the new emperor's enthronement heaven-worship ritual vessels. As for the Cang Bi, those who know understand: the Cang Bi offers sacrifices to heaven, the first ritual vessel for heaven-worship. Its round shape symbolizes heaven, its azure color symbolizes vitality. This Cang Bi's jade is of supreme quality, pure and translucent, with proper color; besides this, it's hard to find a Cang Bi of such fine appearance! Looking at the ding, its patterns are exquisite, its inscriptions clear, its craftsmanship beyond reproach, but we all know that's not the most important; what matters is that they are the highest-specification ritual vessels. The Cang Bi and the principal ding are the core of the core—buying ritual vessels, these are the two finest things in the world."

You Xin nodded; everything this young Human Emperor said was correct.

"Price."

The King burst out laughing inside, "Oh, this person looks straightforward; I hope he pays just as straightforwardly."

"Alright, I won't say more; you know a set of heaven-worship ritual vessels has several hundred pieces, with the Cang Bi and the principal ding ranking first and second, the rest not worth much. I'll give an honest price: the Cang Bi for 550,000 ingots, the principal ding for 500,000 ingots."

"Cough!" Qiao Yi almost choked from the side. "Is this how people quote prices?"

"That deng surely won't require him to refine pills for ten years to exchange, right?!"

The King blurted out five million taels of silver, but the leek didn't immediately get scared off; he felt there was a chance.

You Xin's exchange currency is surely different from the King's; he feels that such a magical implement blessed with national fortune is worth over five hundred thousand, but his balance doesn't allow it. He fell silent for a moment, "... a bit pricey."

Upon hearing that, the King immediately responded to the customer's demand, incredibly strong, pulling out a huge bronze zu from the warehouse with a "clang" and placing it on the ground. This vessel is used to hold the grand sacrificial offerings. Its surface likewise bears exquisite patterns and inscribed text. "This zu only costs 400,000~" It's of secondary importance; here with the King it's discounted by 100,000.

Qiao Yi silently muttered: "A board for laying meat is roughly equal to a cutting board, four hundred thousand, four hundred thousand……"

This zu also bears the blessing of national-fortune ritual vessels, glowing with purple light, but as a magical implement, the ding and jade bi still look better. He pointed at the ding priced at 500,000 and said, "Cheaper, I like the ding."

The King winced: "Such emperor's enthronement ritual vessels aren't common; they're too limited—at least several decades must pass before someone can steal and sell them once, so they're also precious. How about this: few people in the Phoenix Consortium know the goods, so I'll give you a discount, nine-tenths off—450,000—does that work for you?"

Qiao Yi, who knew the situation: ……

"Steal one's own enthronement ritual vessels?"

The King, acting as if possessed by a movie emperor, earnestly performed; You Xin likewise kept a straight face stating the facts: "But I only have 290,000 right now."

Upon hearing that, the King almost laughed out loud; even two thousand years later that'd be the price, and no one dares to buy it openly. Still keeping up the act: "... The difference is quite a lot! Alright, alright, since knowledgeable customers are few, meeting one is not easy; next time a capable customer comes, please look after my business?"

You Xin's clenched face instantly relaxed; he pulled out his ingot card to pay, "That Cang Bi I also like; recently I'm going on a long trip, so if you…… haven't sold it in half a year, I'll take it."

The King has no qualms about fleecing a sheep; what's poison to me is honey to you. These things are useless to him, but maybe valuable to others in other realms! The King, with a clear conscience, continued to fleece him.

He immediately put the Cang Bi away into the warehouse. "Good! I haven't opened for business in a long time; this Cang Bi will wait for you half a year, then I'll sell it to you at nine-tenths off."

You Xin's stiff face finally showed expression; he exchanged names with the King, and before leaving he even coldly comforted the King!

"Although you're still secretly selling others' enthronement ritual vessels, I see that you bear purple aura, the destiny of a human emperor; surely one day you will reach the summit."

The King: ……

Qiao Yi: …… Could it be that what's being sold is actually his own enthronement ritual vessels?

"Thanks for the good words! Brother You Xin, we'll meet again~" The King laughed, showing eight teeth.

"If he doesn't say it, I overlook it, after all you've always been doing this. How could anyone steal and sell their own enthronement ritual vessels?"

"Huh?" The King waved his hand righteously: "How could one's own possessions be called theft? Having principles just means you're not poor enough! Look at me—if someone said you'd yield the throne to me, I'd give you twenty million taels of silver, and I'd pack up and move out of the Jianzhang Palace overnight."

Qiao Yi: ……

"Don't believe it? Would your realm be handed over for a bit of silver?"

"Give him a few days to beautify himself, then in a few days we'll just take it back."

Qiao Yi: ……

"This guy has no scruples, but he's still curious—curiosity killed the cat…… Why twenty million?"

The King struck a pose of "calculating on his fingers," then after a moment gave up.

Bai Li·Old Strategist Deep Calculation·Still Not Quite Clear·Jing: "Because the initial investment over these years has been a bit large; without me, I won't do it!"

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