Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 840 Buying Antiques

After entering the city, Gu Chan found an inn that seemed to have a good environment and booked a room to stay there temporarily.

Afterwards, she took Xuan Xiao and went strolling around the city.

By the time she finished her walk, it was already dusk.

Xuan Xiao reminded her, "Miss, why don't we quickly find a shop that sells antiques and buy some stuff! If we keep going like this, it will be dark soon."

"This Crescent City is really big! I spent an entire afternoon walking around and still couldn't finish visiting the entire east side of the city." Gu Chan said in a deep voice.

At this time, she had already realized that the three cities on the border of the Diyue Kingdom were not simple.

The Lord of Xuanyue City is fighting for a strong city with a large garrison. If troops are sent out from this city, with sufficient supply of food and grass, the army of Diyue Kingdom will be able to cross the Gobi Desert at the fastest speed, then cross the Luoshui River and quickly attack the prairie on the northern border of Tiancang Kingdom.

As for Linzhou City and Xinyue City behind, one has food and the other has money, so they can provide sufficient protection for the Xuanyue City army in terms of food and military pay.

This shows that the Queen of the Earth-Moon Kingdom had probably already prepared for an attack on the northern border a long time ago. However, the Earth-Moon Kingdom suffered too much loss in the previous battle, so she was not in a hurry to organize a second attack.

After understanding all these situations, Gu Chan finally had a clear idea in her mind.

Xuan Xiao naturally didn't know what she was thinking, so he just laughed and said, "Of course! Xinyue City can be said to be the richest city among the three cities on our northern border. I used to think about making some money in Xinyue City and then coming here to develop. It's a pity that you surrendered to me, so I have no choice but to follow you."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense to me and go find an antique shop to look around!" Gu Chan said unhappily.

Xuan Xiao nodded with a grin, and then the two of them started looking for it on a nearby street.

After a while, the two found a relatively large antique shop, which not only sold various antiques, but also calligraphy and paintings.

The owner of this shop is a young woman in her thirties. She is not only good-looking, but also has a good figure. It is no exaggeration to say that she still has some charm.

As soon as the two entered the store, Xuan Xiao stared at the proprietress with his eyes wide open.

Gu Chan glared at him and said, "Why are you looking at the boss lady with such lustful eyes? Are you thinking of getting down again?"

"There's nothing I can do, the boss lady is so pretty!" Xuan Xiao said with a smirk.

The proprietress covered her mouth with her hands and laughed sweetly, "It's okay, little girl. All men are like this. I'm used to it."

"I'm sorry, boss lady. I didn't discipline my subordinates well. I hope you can forgive me if I offended you." Gu Chan said politely.

"It's okay, it's okay. Just tell me what you want to buy and I'll recommend something for you." The proprietress said with a sweet smile.

Although Gu Chan knew nothing about antiques, when she was a lord in Jiangnan, many rich and powerful people often gave her a lot of good things. So now she can compare the good things she received in the past with the things in the store.

So, after walking around the shop, she found that these things were of average quality and not very precious. If she were to give them to the head of the Chen family, she was afraid that she would not be able to present them to the head of the Chen family.

Therefore, she could only say to the boss lady, "Boss lady, if you have good things, please take them out! Don't hide them. I bought them to visit the head of the Chen family this time. I'm afraid you can't show them off if you put these things in your shop."

"Oh! So that's how it is! Why didn't you tell me earlier? I thought you were just buying something as a souvenir!" The lady boss said with relief. Gu Chan shook her head.

The lady boss became serious and said, "Little girl, let me tell you, the master of the Chen family has high standards! I can tell from your clothes that you are from another place. If you want to ask him for help, he will not be interested in ordinary things."

"Then do you think there is anything here that he would like?" Gu Chan asked back.

"There are many things I like, but the price is just this!" said the proprietress.

Gu Chan didn't waste any words and just waved at Xuan Xiao.

Xuan Xiao immediately stepped forward, reached into his arms and took out a stack of banknotes, slapped them on the counter and said, "Madam, here are five thousand taels of banknotes, is that enough? If not, I will go to the bank later to exchange banknotes for my young lady."

"I can't tell! Girl, you are not a lady from some wealthy family, are you?" the proprietress said in surprise.

Looking at Gu Chan's attire, she really didn't look like a lady from a wealthy family, but she was quite generous, which naturally surprised her.

Xuan Xiao said unhappily, "My young lady has her own caravan, and the herb business she does is beyond the reach of young ladies from wealthy families."

"Okay, okay, just wait, I'll go in and get you something good." The proprietress said with an apologetic smile.

After saying that, she quickly ran into the inner room to get the valuables.

Gu Chan stared at Xuan Xiao and said, "Boy, you really learned bad things from me! You brag without blushing now."

"When you are out, you have to give yourself an identity! Look at how snobbish she is. How can I let you, young lady, be looked down upon by such a person!" Xuan Xiao said, patting his chest with his hand.

Gu Chan nodded with satisfaction.

At least this boy is not like before, thinking about cheating her every day. He can protect his master, which also proves that he is really starting to be loyal to her. This is a good thing for her as his master, and she can't help but feel unhappy.

At this time, the proprietress went into the inner room, came out with three small brocade boxes and put them on the counter.

Gu Chan stretched out her hand and opened the three small brocade boxes one by one, and found that inside were a night-shining pearl, a jade hairpin, and a black round jade pendant.

The lady boss said, "This night-shining pearl is two thousand taels, the jade hairpin is one thousand five hundred taels, and the jade pendant is at least ten thousand taels."

"Wow! Madam Boss, you are kidding! It's just a broken jade pendant, and you're selling it for ten thousand taels? Do you really think we are stupid?" Xuan Xiao exclaimed.

At this moment, he felt that this black round jade pendant was not worth so much money at all, and even the night pearl and the jade hairpin were too expensive.

Gu Chan stared at the three things in front of her without saying a word, just silently sensing the aura they emitted.

She also admitted that the quality of these three items was absolutely top-notch, and most importantly, there was a faint spiritual energy emanating from them. The only difference was that the spiritual energy emitted by the night pearl and the jade hairpin was weaker, while the spiritual energy emitted by the black round jade pendant was much stronger.

This can only mean one thing, that is, they were not worn by ordinary people in the past, but should have been worn by physical practitioners. Otherwise, they would not have absorbed the spiritual energy of their owners and thus possessed such superior quality.