"Gentlemen, friends!"
"Come and take a look! I guarantee these are treasures you've never seen before!"
Master Yuan stood under the big tree, holding a small white porcelain basin, speaking eloquently and fluently.
"This treasure is called the Treasure-Pot. Any gold, silver, or jewels, as long as you put them in, it will turn one into two, two into four!"
His boastful words made the onlookers laugh, calling him a liar who didn't even need a script to exaggerate.
Even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe such a lie.
"Boss, isn't that the old swindler? He's actually cheating in our Antique Street, man, I'm so angry..."
"Holy crap, it's really him!"
Huzi and Liu Fugui also recognized the man, and Huzi immediately rolled up his sleeves to charge over.
I didn't expect that the white porcelain basin emitting yin energy was actually bought by this old swindler, and the best place for an old swindler to sell antiques is naturally the antique street.
The world really is small.
"Wait, let's see what trick he's up to."
Lu Fei waved his hand indifferently and mixed into the crowd, watching with great interest.
Both of them held their patience and watched to see what other deceitful tricks the old swindler would play.
"I know you all definitely don't believe it. I would be the same; before witnessing the magic of this treasure with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed this little basin could gather wealth!"
Master Yuan patted the small porcelain basin lightly.
"Now, I will show you its magic!"
"May I ask, who here has any gold or silver jewelry that they can lend me for a moment?"
He smiled and looked at the crowd.
"Tsk, if we give you our gold and silver jewelry, can we still get it back?"
"What era do you think this is, trying to fool people with such childish tricks."
"Idiot!"
"On such a hot day, wasting a few more minutes of my time in the mortal world..."
But everyone was on high alert; no one took out any gold or silver jewelry. This was the antique street, where they had seen many fraudulent tricks, and they were not at all interested in these old tactics, even finding them rather amusing.
"Don't be in a rush, everyone. I will first use my own possessions to show you."
Master Yuan did not get angry. He took out a gold bracelet from his pocket and gently tossed it into the white porcelain basin.
Then, he respectfully held the white porcelain basin with both hands, muttering incantations under his breath.
"Thank you, precious basin, for bestowing me with treasures!"
After chanting it three times.
The gold bracelet in the white porcelain basin suddenly began to sway gently, and the swaying became faster and faster.
Then, there was a ringing sound.
Everyone discovered that the gold bracelet had turned into two.
The two identical gold bracelets were exactly the same in both material and size.
The surrounding crowd was silent for a few seconds before suddenly bursting into intense exclamations and discussions.
"Holy crap! Am I seeing things? It really became two?"
"He didn't press any mechanism or use some kind of trick, right?"
"Impossible! He must have prepared two identical bracelets beforehand and put them in when we weren't paying attention."
"But we all saw it clearly just now. He was holding the porcelain basin; he didn't move it at all!"
"It must be some kind of trick."
The crowd was filled with suspicion and unease.
"If anyone doesn't believe, come and check! You can also try it with your own gold and silver treasures! It's free to try!"
Master Yuan seemed a bit exhausted, exhaling slightly, and then proudly shouted at the crowd.
"Manager Lu, what's going on? Is it really from that porcelain basin?" Liu Fugui's eyes widened as he hurriedly asked Lu Fei.
"Yes." Lu Fei squinted his eyes and nodded.
"What?"
Liu Fugui was no longer calm, feeling extremely unbalanced inside.
"Did he really find a treasure?"
"Damn! Shouldn't he be having bad luck? How could he get this kind of good fortune?" Hu Zi was unwilling to believe it.
"It may not be a treasure!" Lu Fei smiled playfully, "Old Liu, have one of your clerks bring a piece of jewelry to test it out."
"Okay!"
Liu Fugui was not hesitating at this moment. He immediately pulled off a jade ring from his finger and had his accomplice try it out.
Master Yuan held the porcelain basin with both hands, allowing the accomplice to place the jade ring into the basin himself.
Then, he recited the incantation three times with the same respect as before.
Afterwards.
The jade ring also began to shake, faster and faster.
All the onlookers around were wide-eyed, not daring to blink.
In a moment.
The jade ring turned into two.
Identical!
"Really or not?"
The crowd burst into an uproar again; this was happening in full public view.
Being from the same street, they naturally recognized that it was Liu Fugui's employee, not some stooge with a goatee.
"Handsome, come and check if the jade ring produced by the treasure bowl is real or fake?"
Master Yuan held the porcelain basin with both hands, his face looking even paler, but he still gave the employee a profound smile.
The employee picked up the two rings from the white porcelain basin and placed them under the sunlight, examining them repeatedly and carefully.
There was absolutely no difference between them—texture, size, even the patterns were exactly the same.
It was as if they had been copied and pasted!
Liu Fugui, getting impatient, pulled the employee back and compared the two rings himself. The result left him incredulous.
"It's real! Brother Xiao Lu, look, it's real!"
Lu Fei took a look and nodded as well.
However, the ring that appeared from the white porcelain basin was emitting a faintly eerie aura.
Then, a middle-aged woman took her own gold ring to give it a try.
To her surprise, she happily received two identical gold rings.
"It really does turn one into two!" She was grinning from ear to ear with joy.
"There really is a treasure basin in this world!"
"Oh my god, with this treasure basin, we could become rich in no time? We'd be at the peak of our lives in minutes!"
"Master, how much are you selling this treasure basin for?"
Now, many people showed a keen interest in the white porcelain basin, eagerly crowding around Master Yuan.
"This basin is not for sale!"
Master Yuan smugly wagged his finger, then assumed a pretentious air, slowly sitting down while cradling the white porcelain basin.
A crowd gathered around him, their eyes filled with eagerness.
"Master, this is my gold necklace, let me have a try too!"
"I want to try as well, I don't have any jewelry, can I use money..."
"Can I use my phone..."
The crowd was agitated.
But Master Yuan shook his head faintly, wiped the small, milky-white porcelain basin with his sleeve, and said leisurely, "The free experience for today ends here! If you want the magic basin to turn one into two, two into four, show some sincerity!"
"Ah, what kind of sincerity?"
"Just pay one-fifth of the value of the items you transform!"
Master Yuan smiled slightly, took out a business card, and tossed it on the stall.
"This Immortal Master is tired today. If you are interested, come to this place to find me. If you want to make money, come to me. The more valuable the items you bring, the more you will earn!"
The crowd was momentarily stunned, then scrambled for the business cards.
"Paying one-fifth, isn't that still a profit..."
"Haha! I'm just afraid the more you earn, the more you will have to pay! By then, who knows what the painful cost will be!" But at this moment, an inappropriate voice came from the back of the crowd.
Master Yuan was taken aback and looked over through the crowd, instantly startled.
But he quickly pretended not to recognize Lu Fei.
"Young man, don't speak nonsense! Everyone has seen the power of this treasure basin with their own eyes."
"I'm just laughing at those who treat evil as treasure, not even knowing how they will die!"
Lu Fei looked at him with amusement.
"Let's get reacquainted, Master Yuan."
"I am the shopkeeper of Sinisterium Pawnshop, Lu Fei, and I bet you will come to me with the Bountiful Basin within three days!"