God-level Archmage

Chapter 156 The Secret of the Statue

Gao Feng turned his head and found that a middle-aged man was arguing with the waiter at the counter.

The man was thin, wearing an old dress, with disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes. He looked very down and out.

"Open your eyes and take a good look. This is an antique. Our family has kept it as a family heirloom for more than 600 years. You actually offered me thirty gold coins. You are too dark."

The waiter was naturally angry when he was yelled at like this, but those who can serve as waiters here have naturally been trained and know how to treat guests. The year of your blue and white stone goddess statue is correct, but it is really not worth that much money. According to experts in blue and white stone statues, if it is a modern work, it is less than ten gold coins. This blue and white stone goddess statue, the reason why I The reason why I bid thirty gold coins is because it is an ancient sculpture that can be used as a collection, otherwise, I would not have paid such a high price."

"Impossible, impossible." The man grabbed the cyan statue in his hand tightly, and shouted in disbelief: "Please, take a closer look, our family was a Marquis 600 years ago Ah, how could the Marquis family take a worthless thing as a family heirloom? If my son was seriously injured and needed money to buy medicine, I would never sell it. I beg you to take a closer look, it It must be very valuable."

The waiter said confidently: "Don't worry, my eyes can't be mistaken. It's really just an ordinary blue and white stone statue. There are ten gold coins in the market. You can get as much as you want. If you don't believe me, you can ask someone else to buy it." Help me to have a look, or you can take it to other shops to see what prices others offer.”

"What is it, let me take a look." Someone next to him was curious and came over to watch the excitement.

"Isn't this a blue and white stone statue? The carver is pretty good. Judging by the carver's color, it looks like something from the Monroe Dynasty. It should be six or seven hundred years old. However, its material is only blue and white stone, so it won't be too valuable. But because it is an item of the Monroe Dynasty, it can be sold a little more, I will offer 700 gold coins, how about it, do you want to buy it?"

"Is it really from the Monroe Dynasty? It is worth collecting. I will offer forty gold coins. I like things from the Monroe Dynasty. Let me forget it."

900 years ago, the Monroe Dynasty established a country on this land. After 300 years of wind and rain, it was finally destroyed in a war by foreign races. Later, the Ponpo Dynasty was established. Duke Heliman of the Bo Dynasty established the Emerald Kingdom here.

The businessman who bid 35 gold coins shook his head and said, "Although it is from the Monroe Dynasty, the material is only average. Forty gold coins are considered a high price, so let me give it to you."

He intends to resell it after taking it back. If the price is too high and there is no profit, it is not worth selling.

"Sir, I like this thing, I'll sell it for forty gold coins."

The middle-aged man quickly shook his head and said, "Forty gold coins? It's too low, too low. My son was seriously injured and needs two hundred gold coins for treatment. Please, take a closer look. This is a door. The good things of the Luo Dynasty are handed down from my ancestors, and they are family heirlooms of the Marquis family."

"The family heirloom of the Marquis's family? Don't be kidding, the Marquis is so honorable, how could he use a blue and white stone statue as a family heirloom? Your ancestors, shouldn't they be the servants of the Marquis's family?"

"This statue is real, and it belongs to the Monroe Dynasty, but it is a bit too much to say that it is a family heirloom of the Marquis's family. I offered forty gold coins, which is already a high price. Ask others, who else Are you willing to pay a higher price?"

"This... this, but, it's too low, really too low, it's not enough for my son's treatment expenses." The middle-aged man really didn't withdraw, when the price of forty gold coins, and the price in his heart The price difference is too big, and his anxious tears are about to fall.

Gao Feng had already seen the ins and outs of the matter clearly, and then Gao Feng realized that there are antiques in this world, and good antiques are quite valuable.

It is true, although this is a magical world, magic items are the most valuable, but the magical world also has history, art, and cultural relics and antiques, especially those nobles who always put some at home If antiques improve their own taste, there will naturally be an antique market.

The business of the Magicians Association is very complicated and wide, so they also buy valuable antiques. This function is similar to that of a pawn shop.

And this blue and white stone goddess statue is an antique with a history of hundreds of years.

It's just that this antique is not very valuable. The waiter is only willing to bid [-] gold coins to buy it. Even if the businessman next to him is interested in this antique, he is only willing to bid [-]. No one is willing to pay any higher.

Gao Feng was also a little curious about the antiques in this world. With a move of his mental power, he urged his thoughts to surround this blue and white stone goddess statue.

With the penetrating power of thoughts, this blue and white stone goddess statue can be thoroughly inspected inside and out, and any abnormalities can be seen at a glance.

But under the inspection of Nianli, there is nothing abnormal about this blue and white stone goddess statue, it is completely a very ordinary sculpture.

Excluding its historical value, its selling price would not exceed ten gold coins.

"Could this person be lying? This blue and white stone goddess statue was not handed down from the Marquis family?" Gao Feng became suspicious, and with a thought, he opened his pupils and looked at the statue.

Under the eyes of the gods, time and space reversed, and he began to see the past of the statue. The rest of the past is not worth seeing. You only need to look at its origin to know whether it is true or not.

Under the reversal of time and space, Gao Feng saw the production process of the statue. The production process was completely normal, but what the middle-aged man said was also true. This statue is really a family heirloom of the Marquis family, because on this statue, Containing a huge secret, there is a treasure map hidden on the statue.

The treasure map is carved on the statue with a special technique. The beautiful patterns on the statue are the map of the treasure, but those who don’t know the inside story, no matter how you look at the statue, can’t see the map.

Only those who know the secret, and then use a special method to enlarge and print the map on the statue, can see the real map.

No wonder this statue will become a family heirloom of the Marquis's family. Sure enough, there is a big secret hidden in it, but it is a pity that his descendants may have forgotten this secret, but they only know how to keep the statue. In the end, they are so desperate that they can only sell it The statue is gone.

Everyone is interested in the treasure map, and Gao Feng is no exception. Gao Gao walked over and asked lightly, "Can you show me?"

"Your honorable mage, please take a look, this is a good thing, a good thing from the Monroe Dynasty." The middle-aged man saw that Gao Feng was a one-star mage, and immediately rekindled his hope, and quickly put the The statue raised its hands and sent it to Gao Feng.

Gao Feng took the statue and looked at it.

Gao Feng turned the statue over and over in his hand, looking at it very carefully. After a while, under the eager wait and see of the middle-aged man, he nodded and said slowly: "It's a blue and white stone statue from the Monroe Dynasty. It's not worth much, but It’s not easy to meet, I like it quite a bit, you need two hundred gold coins to treat your son, don’t you?”

"Yes, it is."

Gao Feng said: "Okay, I like this thing, I'll pay two hundred gold coins to buy it, would you like it?"

"Yes, yes, thank you very much." After experiencing the low price of others, the middle-aged man suddenly met Gao Feng's high price of [-] gold coins. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed.

"You are so kind, Master Mage."

"Really lucky guy, met a benevolent mage."

"Yeah, I'm really lucky, otherwise, how could he sell such a high price for this thing."

Everyone praised Gao Feng one after another. Although Gao Feng paid a higher price, no one would call Gao Feng an idiot, but only said that he was willing to help others and that he was extremely kind.

According to them, that unlucky middle-aged man became a lucky one who met a benevolent mage.

This is the role of status. If the previous Gao Feng still did this, they would have long been discussed as an idiot who spends money recklessly. But when facing a one-star mage, no one dared to say that, only a benevolent mage.

Gao Feng said: "I don't have that much cash with me, you believe me, and come with me to my house to withdraw money, how about it?"

"Okay, okay, I believe you, Master Mage." The middle-aged man said excitedly. With two hundred gold coins, he can treat his son, and his son will be saved.

"Hold it first, and give it to me after I pay." Gao Feng put the statue in the middle-aged man's hand again.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, but still firmly grasped the statue in his hand. Before he saw the money, he really didn't dare to put the statue in Gao Feng's hands.

The two left the Magicians Association one after the other, and Gao Feng led him towards the nearest gold shop.

There are no banks in this world, but there are gold shops. In addition to selling gold and silver, the gold shop also has the responsibility of a bank and can exchange currency. All kinds of currencies can be exchanged in the gold shop, and gold cards can also be exchanged for equivalent in gold coins.

Not long after, the two had arrived at the door of the gold shop. Gao Gao stretched out his hand and quickly stuffed a gold card worth [-] gold coins into the middle-aged man's hand.

In the surprise of the other party, he said softly: "It was inconvenient to trade because of too many people just now, let's complete the transaction here, this is a gold card of [-] gold coins, it is considered that I bought your statue, you can go in and buy gold coins immediately Exchange, the authenticity of the gold card can be known as soon as it is exchanged."

"You...didn't you just say two hundred gold coins? This...that's too much." The middle-aged man stammered. Obviously, this is an honest man.

Gao Feng smiled lightly and said: "For me, one thousand gold coins is not worth mentioning, but for you, it is enough to change your life. I have received help from others many times, and now I am capable and can help others."

"Thank you, thank you." The middle-aged man was so excited just now that he didn't shed tears, but now a line of tears rolled down from the corner of his eyes.

"By the way, where is your home address?" Gao Feng thought, after all, this statue is an ancestral item of his family, maybe there is some secret in it that needs to be used by him, so I want to know the address, so that it will be easier to find in the future .

The middle-aged man quickly said, "My family lives at No. 303, Lichuan Avenue, west of the city."

Gao Feng took the statue from the middle-aged man's hand, and the statue disappeared into his hands in a blink of an eye.

"Go and save your son. I may or may not come to you in the future. Go and exchange gold coins. I'll wait for you here." Gao Feng said lightly.

"Thank you, thank you, I believe you, you won't lie, your gold card must be real." The middle-aged man thanked again, and then he walked into the gold shop quickly, clutching the gold card tightly.

Gao Feng really waited outside the door for a while, and when the middle-aged man finished exchanging money, he quietly followed behind him, protecting him all the way, making sure no one was following him, and then left in peace.

A thousand gold coins is not a small amount, so don't bring him a fatal disaster just because of your own one thousand gold coins, that's why Gao Feng will carefully follow and protect him, and only leave after making sure it's safe.

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