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Chapter 126: Generous Spending to Acquire Ancient Jade
Chapter 126: Generous Spending to Acquire Ancient Jade
"Mission: Search for naturally formed ancient jade, no bigger than a fingertip. Collect and hand them over immediately. Urgent!"
Fang Che was instantly perplexed.
What was the Unified Heart Sect up to? Were they getting into the business of ancient jade trading?
And this was not him nitpicking, but seriously, when you say 'no bigger than a fingertip', what about the shape? The color? White, green, grey, or purple?
Right? And when you say 'fingertip size', that's quite vague. Are we talking about my fingertip or Mo Gaiyun's?
Are we talking about the thumb, middle finger, or pinky? Fang Che didn't dare ask Seal God Palace this time, but instead, he forwarded these questions to Mu Lin Yuan.
Mu Lin Yuan looked at these messages with a bitter smile and replied, "Just find it. As long as it fits the description, hand it over. Why ask so many questions? Are you trying to cause trouble?"
Fang Che was not pleased, so he vigorously practiced the Five Spirit Toad three times.
By the time the Five Spirit Toad was on the verge of collapse, he fed it some spiritual power to help it recover.
Meanwhile, Mu Lin Yuan had already gone to find Seal God Palace.
"Grandmaster, someone is asking for a more detailed description."
"No one is asking."
"I have someone asking."
"Who?"
"Night Demon."
"How did they ask?"
Seal God Palace was intrigued, knowing how vague his order was.
So, Mu Lin Yuan showed Seal God Palace the messages Fang Che had sent.
"What color? Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, or purple? Which one? Fingertip size? A child's fingertip or an adult's? A boy's or a girl's? A martial artist's or an ordinary person's? Thumb, middle finger, ring finger, or pinky? A sword practitioner's or a knife practitioner's? And those who practice hidden weapons would have different sizes...
Seal God Palace cursed loudly, "This bastard is asking for trouble! Why doesn't he come and ask me directly?"
Mu Lin Yuan sighed, "This kid is smart. How dare he ask you such questions? He's just tormenting me... Grandmaster, I kind of miss Sun Yuan."
Seal God Palace was in a good mood these days and couldn't help but laugh heartily.
Then he said, "Reply to him, saying that everyone is searching, but this kid is just being talkative. If he can't find it, break his leg!"
Mu Lin Yuan's spirit lifted, and he immediately sent a message in front of Seal God Palace, "The Grandmaster says everyone is searching, but you're the one talking nonsense! Don't worry about so much. If you can't find it, your leg will be broken!"
Seal God Palace also waited eagerly for the reply.
Sure enough, after a while, Night Demon's message arrived, "This subordinate will do his utmost, facing fire and water, and will not rest until the task is complete. Please rest assured, Grandmaster, I am already searching diligently."
"Damn it!"
Seal God Palace cursed, "This kid is so cunning. He immediately guessed that I was watching from the sidelines!"
Mu Lin Yuan laughed, "This kid, he's indeed quick-witted."
The Night Demon, who had successfully established his presence in front of the Grandmaster, began to think.
Ancient jade!
Fingertip size.
Fang Che didn't care about the use of this ancient jade for now.
What he was considering was the other half of the message.
"Everyone is searching!"
This "everyone" was worth pondering.
In other words, it included all the core members of the Unified Heart Sect, including undercover agents, subordinates, and everyone was searching for this ancient jade. So, in the afternoon, Fang Che didn't go to Elder Shen's place but returned directly to Scholar's Residence.
How should he collect it? Fang Che furrowed his brows. Seal God Palace's order was clearly on a large scale.
In other words, there would definitely be people exposed.
And himself... He must not collect it in his original form.
He wasn't afraid of the one-in-ten-thousand chance, but the one-in-a-million chance.
Although his identity was almost exposed here, he couldn't be too blatant. He had to give the Guardian a chance to protect himself. If he went out to collect the ancient jade so blatantly, even the Guardian wouldn't be able to protect himself. Because then, it would be clear to everyone that Fang Che had a problem.
Fang Che activated Bone Transformation Technique to change his appearance and then took the silver drafts with him.
He went out, walked around a few circles, and reached the street.
After visiting a few shops, he casually strolled to the commercial street.
He began searching one shop after another, especially those dealing in jade.
And various pawnshops.
"Do you have jade of this size? About the size of a fingertip, and it should be intact. Let me see it."
"How many does the customer want?"
"How many do you have? Show me all of them, or I'll smash your shop!"
"..."
After a moment: "I'll take all of these. How much altogether? I'm also buying from other shops, you understand."
"I understand, I understand. These together are..."
"Any more? Are you sure there's nothing left?"
"None. Truly, there's not a single intact piece of this size left."
"Pack them up, and I'll pay!"
Fang Che paid generously, picked up the bundle, and left. The bundle was filled with jade.
Entering the next shop:
"Do you have jade of this size, about..."
After a moment:
"I'll take them all!"
And so on to the next shop.
After visiting seven or eight shops...
With over a dozen large bundles, he hired a carriage.
Now it was much easier.
He threw one bundle after another onto the carriage.
Fang Che, with his abundant wealth, was throwing money around, spending silver coins left and right.
Moreover, these items weren't particularly valuable, so various families were happy to get rid of them, making a quick profit.
In one night, Fang Che raided over fifty shops.
When he reached the fifty-sixth shop, the owner apologized, "Sorry, we're all out. A customer just came and took everything."
As he moved forward, he realized that the shops ahead were also sold out.)
So, Fang Che hurriedly drove his carriage, changing to a different one halfway, and under the cover of night, he quietly loaded some stones onto the carriage, secretly transporting ancient jade without anyone noticing.
With his cultivation, the carriage driver, an ordinary person, didn't sense a thing.
Fang Che then gave the driver fifty taels of silver and instructed him to take the carriage out of the city.
"Just deliver it to Li Da Hezi at Li Family Village outside the city."
The driver was overjoyed. Fifty taels of silver was enough for his family's expenses for a long time; it was a substantial sum.
He eagerly agreed and drove the carriage out of the city.
Fang Che watched as the carriage disappeared into the night, then turned and carried the pile of ancient jade directly from where it was stacked, as if carrying a small mountain, returning home without anyone noticing.
That night, Fang Che sent a message to Mu Lin Yuan: "Second Master, I've collected over ten thousand pieces of this jade. Where should I deliver them?"
Upon receiving the message, Mu Lin Yuan quickly reported: "Night Demon has collected over ten thousand pieces of this jade..."
Bei Mingxin's face turned dark upon hearing the news from Seal God Palace.
So many? And all collected by one person?
Relying solely on himself to discern them, how long would it take?
Damn it! Who could've imagined that I, the high and mighty Law Enforcement Head of the One Heart Sect, would end up doing such menial work? Bei Mingxin wanted to go, but Elder Shen didn't accompany him.
"Elder Bei, with all the sects collecting these items, it will surely attract attention. White Cloud Continent is currently turbulent, and my profile is too high, so I won't go."
Bei Mingxin sighed and didn't insist.
Mu Lin Yuan accompanied him, and they both changed their appearances and rushed off.
...
Outside the city, the carriage driver had found the so-called Li Family Village. "I'm looking for Li Da Hezi."
"Our Li Family Village doesn't have such a person."
"He wants these items."
"We truly don't have such a person!"
The driver was confused: What's going on? Why can't I find this person?
He turned and sighed, then opened the boxes on the carriage to check. These items needed to be delivered to someone.
But when he opened the boxes, he stumbled and fell to the ground in shock.
Where were the items? Why were they all broken stones and bricks? How could this be... I didn't see anything unusual on my way here.
There was no sign of anything amiss.
Thinking about how Li Family Village didn't have a Li Da Hezi, a chill rose in his heart.
Could I have encountered...
Were the items already delivered and turned into bricks? What other explanation could there be? Legends flooded his mind.
I must have been hired by a ghost and delivered goods to them...
"Ghost..."
The driver screamed and frantically drove the carriage away.
And so, in this area, another legend of ghosts and gods spread, with eyewitnesses and evidence.
That carriage driver, what happened that night...
It became a popular tale.
That night, Fang Che practically slept on a mountain of jade, constantly caressing the various ancient jade pieces, using his cultivation and divine consciousness to communicate with all the jade in his possession.
Because... there was definitely something strange going on.
When Night Demon, who had returned to his room, saw the sudden abundance of jade, he immediately sensed something unusual, started thinking, and conveyed the message:
"Fang Che is exhibiting strange behavior, collecting ancient jade. He's setting a uniform standard and acquiring them at all costs. He has already collected tens of thousands of pieces."
"In the market, numerous other forces or shops are also collecting this jade, and no one knows why."
The message was immediately received by the Guardian of the Great Hall.
So, he secretly dispatched people to investigate.
Similar messages were also received: "Someone is aggressively acquiring ancient jade pieces the size of a finger, and the situation is peculiar."
From all directions, throughout White Cloud Continent, and even beyond, the acquisition was taking place.
"Why?"
"Indeed, everyone is collecting this jade, but why?"
So, the news was immediately reported.
Dong Fang San San had already prioritized the news from this side.
After receiving the news, he immediately issued an order:
"Immediately monitor all those acquiring ancient jade. For now, ignore the acquisition activities, but during this period, anyone exhibiting such behavior must be identified without exception."
(End of Chapter)
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