Chapter 93 Verifying the authenticity
The owner looked at me with shining eyes, but it was obvious that he must be a newbie.
"Name your price, sir." I knew what he meant when I heard him say this.
The shop owner had no idea of the value of the Soul-Restoring Pearl, so no one paid any attention to him even though he kept explaining it.
"I don't think it's worth much money. Let's go somewhere else to have a look." Dong Jing pulled me and was about to leave.
This is a common bargaining tactic used by city dwellers. I smiled, said nothing, and followed her away.
"Little girl, do you know anything about goods?" The owner became unhappy when he heard the noise and he yelled.
The people around also looked towards us.
Dong Jing stopped and turned to look at him.
This was her usual trick, using her eyes to drive the other person away.
Sure enough, the stall owner felt uncomfortable being stared at by a woman like that.
His momentum weakened a little, and he asked Dong Jing again: "Then just name a price. It's not like we can't bargain here."
"How can you bargain for antiques? I've never heard of it. You can just name a price, and if we think it's not feasible, we'll bargain for you."
Dong Jing raised her eyebrows, put her hands on her hips, and looked like a shrew.
"Five hundred thousand," said the shopkeeper.
What?!
Five hundred thousand?!
Although I have made a lot of money from house hunting and working in the real estate agency recently, I still feel sad to take out half a million dollars all at once.
"One hundred thousand!" Dong Jing said.
The shop owner's eyes widened instantly: "Little girl, can you bargain?!"
"It's already noon, you haven't opened for business all day, right? Anyway, what you have in your hand is not something earth-shattering. Other people's Tianshan Snow Lotus sells for 500,000 or 600,000, and your little broken bead can be sold for 500,000. Will you make an offer?"
I never expected that Dong Jing would bargain with others just like my grandma. Although she was helping me, I couldn't help laughing as I was standing aside.
The stall owner was completely speechless.
Faced with such a situation, Dong Jing knew that he had to use both soft and hard tactics.
So she said, "Does what I said make sense? It's good enough to make a hundred thousand. It can be regarded as helping you open your business and giving you a good start. What do you think?"
Dong Jing said this while throwing a coquettish glance at the man.
The stall owner really couldn't do anything about her, mainly because he couldn't think of any better words to refute her.
"It's my bad luck to meet you, okay, okay, one hundred thousand is one hundred thousand, it's better than nothing."
The stall owner took out a high-end-looking brocade box and wrapped the Soul-Restoring Pearl for me.
Without saying a word, I took out my cell phone and transferred money to the stall owner.
It's pretty good to get the Soul-Restoring Pearl for 100,000 yuan.
But as long as the Soul-Returning Orb is real or fake, we have to help verify its true identity.
"It's still early, let's go back to the room first. We can leave here later."
After getting the resurrection pearl, my cousin was more anxious than I was.
There was a way to know if the bead was real or fake, plus our car was parked outside and the little sand fans were helping us drive the car to a nearby gas station to refuel.
There are a lot of luxury cars lined up outside, and we probably won’t get our car’s turn even if we wait until tonight.
So I have to stay one more night tonight, then I won’t be panicking.
After returning to the room, my cousin took out a bowl from his treasure bag.
But he didn't ask me for the soul-restoring bead in a hurry. Instead, he took a bowl and scooped some water and then started to perform the ritual.
This is a temple after all, and my cousin is performing Taoism, which is actually not appropriate and may easily cause conflicts.
So in order to ensure that no one would disturb us, my cousin deliberately pasted a yellow talisman on the inside of the door.
I saw my cousin muttering to the bowl of water. He spoke very quickly and there was no sound. I had no idea what he was doing at all.
"He needs to purify the water first. You should learn it carefully. I think these will be useful to you in the future." Dong Jing helped explain to me.
After seeing how powerful she was last time, I never dared to underestimate this woman again.
In addition, it was she who helped me bargain today, so I was able to buy this Soul-Restoring Pearl for 100,000 yuan. I will remember this incident alone for a long time.
If this soul-restoring bead is fake, I won't lose money if I sell it at a flea market. After all, it is in good condition and can fool people.
But if this thing is real, then I'm going to make a fortune.
After my cousin finished the ritual, he waved his hand towards me, indicating that I should give him the soul-restoring pearl.
I handed it to him and looked at it carefully.
Not long after, the Soul-Restoring Pearl was placed in the middle of the evolved water. After a while, the entire bowl of water turned blood red.
"What's going on?" I looked at my cousin a little puzzled.
That's how he did it. Obviously I was an outsider and didn't understand anything.
My cousin looked back at me, with light in his eyes.
"You are so lucky, it's true!"
Faced with my cousin's excited expression, I was a little confused.
Before he verified his true identity, I never thought that this resurrection bead could be real.
After all, this kind of thing is mostly heard in legends, but no one has actually seen it.
If he said that today, I didn’t know how to react for a moment.
"You are so lucky! You are saved!" My cousin suddenly laughed out loud. He grabbed my shoulders excitedly and shook me hard.
I looked at his excited expression, then looked back at Dong Jing. After making sure that I was not dreaming, I also smiled.
"It's good, it's good!" I didn't know what to say, so I could only repeat the same sentence.
"Okay, come here." My cousin pulled me and walked to the Soul-Restoring Pearl.
He took my hand and cut a hole in my hand with his all-purpose military knife.
The weather was not warm yet at this time, and since Koyama Temple was on the mountain, the temperature was even lower than in the city.
The cold wind and the pain made it difficult for me to tell whether it was pain or cold.
I saw him drip my blood into the bowl, and the Soul-Restoring Pearl suddenly sucked up all the water in the bowl along with my blood.
It seems to have life.
After that, my cousin never touched the Soul-Restoring Pearl again.
"Now that it has sucked your blood, you are its master. I will use the yellow talisman to fix it for you. It will basically be impossible for someone to summon it with blood in the future."
As he spoke, he took the yellow talisman, lit it, walked around me, and then threw the ashes into the bowl.
The ashes were still hot, so my cousin poured water into them, and the soul-returning bead began to circle in the bowl.
The water and ash quickly merged, and the Soul-Restoring Pearl once again absorbed all the water.
"You will be its owner from now on. Remember not to let others touch it. It may burn others. Only you can touch it." My cousin smiled, patted my shoulder, went to bed, and fell asleep soon.
