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861 Search for Treasure or Seafood?

If Gu Ning wanted to take things out from here, she had to conquer this male ghost.

Gu Ning stopped fighting against it, and the ghost stopped as well, but it stayed alert looking at her.

"You're a ghost now. Why do you have to guard these objects that are without an owner?" She took the snorkel out of her mouth.

She covered her camera before she came here, so the others didn't know what was happening inside.

"You can talk?" The male ghost was surprised again. "Well, these are the only things left by Commander Hu now. I owe him a lot. As long as I exist, I should guard his belongings. Destroy me first if you want to take them away!"

Although the male ghost knew that it wasn't a match for Gu Ning, it was a ghost now, and couldn't be injured or killed, so it wasn't afraid of Gu Ning.

"Why do you have to do that?" Gu Ning sighed.

Gu Ning understood the male ghost's feelings towards Commander Hu. If Commander Hu were still alive, she wouldn't steal his belongings, but he was already dead. Once he was dead, his belongings became something without an owner.

"Why do you have to steal others' belongings?" the male ghost asked.

Gu Ning was struck dumb for a second. The male ghost wouldn't give in. What should she do?

As Gu Ning felt cornered, an idea dawned on her. She could put the male ghost into her telepathic eye space! She had a pair of Jade Eyes, so she could see and touch things normal human beings couldn't. In that case, her telepathic eye space could also store things which appeared in her sight. She could see ghosts, so she could put them away.

In fact, it wasn't Gu Ning's idea; the Jade Eyes reminded her to do that. Therefore, once Gu Ning received the message, she attacked the male ghost and caught its wrist. The second she touched the ghost, it disappeared.

She succeeded!

Afterwards, she went to check those boxes without delay.

The locks were already rotten after being soaked in sea water for so many years, so she could directly open the boxes.

Gu Ning put several antiques she thought were most valuable into her telepathic eye space. Although they weren't many, they were priceless. She didn't touch the box of gold bars, and would share them with the others.

After putting what she wanted into her telepathic eye space, Gu Ning turned around and swam out.

…

The three people outside were worried when Gu Ning had stayed inside for a long time. They thought that they should probably go inside to have a look, but Gu Ning showed up at this moment, and they were relieved.

She waved her hand at them, and they swam towards the ship at once. If Gu Ning told them to come over, there must be valuable objects inside.

This time, they successfully swam into the cabin, and found the 10 large boxes.

Once they opened those boxes, they rounded their eyes in shock.

They knew that there must be many valuable objects in this ship, but they were still astonished to see so many of them.

Zhao Jiangquan and Shen Zhaoxuan were excited, but Gao Yi looked calm as usual. He wasn't interested in these ancient objects afterall.

Without delay, they started to pack the good clothes, cloth, gold bars, real antiques and so on into five boxes in all. After that, they moved the boxes out onto the ocean floor.

Those boxes were quite heavy, and it was impossible for any of them to swim upwards carrying a large box. In addition, they already dove into the sea with weights on. Therefore, they decided to work shifts. Two of them would move one large box at a time, while the other two waited at the bottom of the sea.

Shen Zhaoxuan and Gao Yi would move a large box first, and Gu Ning along with Zhao Jiangquan would wait at the bottom.

They took off their ropes and fastened it to the large box, then tied it to Shen Zhaoxuan's and Gao Yi's waists. Afterwards, they sent a message through the camera to their partners in the yacht.

The people who stayed in the yacht started to draw their ropes back and pull them up.

When they were moving upwards, Gu Ning sized up the surroundings. She loved eating seafood, so she brought a net bag with her when she came here in order to catch some seafood.

Gu Ning told Zhao Jiangquan to guard the rest of the boxes with a hand gesture, then went to swim around.

There was a lot of seafood in the ocean, but Gu Ning couldn't take all of it away, so she chose some big fish and shellfish. Abalone, sea cucumber, prawns, big crabs, and so on were all in her net bag.

Zhao Jiangquan was surprised by Gu Ning's actions. They came here to search for treasure, but Gu Ning searched for seafood. She was so different from them!

Even though Zhao Jiangquan couldn't see the seafood in Gu Ning's net bag clearly, he thought that it was a good idea. He liked eating seafood too.

Before long, Gu Ning's net bag was filled with seafood. However, Gu Ning noticed a golden fish swimming in the coral reef. She recognized it with a simple glance. It was the giant yellow croaker.

The giant yellow croaker was a critically endangered species of marine and brackish water fish in the family Sciaenidae. There used to be a giant yellow croaker which weighed 48 kg, and someone had paid six hundred thousand yuan for it. It was even more expensive than gold.

Gu Ning wouldn't allow herself to let it escape! Moreover, this giant yellow croaker was unusually big, and weighed around 70 kg.

In case the fish fled, Gu Ning produced some magical power to attract it.

The second she did that, not only the giant yellow croaker, but many other fish were also attracted. In an instant, Gu Ning was surrounded by all kinds of fish.

Seeing that, Zhao Jiangquan was shocked.

The giant yellow croaker didn't escape because of her magical power, but instead swam towards Gu Ning.

Gu Ning quickly caught it and put it into her telepathic eye space.

862 Meet an Evil Jiao

Once the giant yellow croaker was put into her telepathic eye space, it stayed there in the same position as it was in when it was in the ocean. Although it was a living animal, it wasn't included in human beings, so Gu Ning was able to store it in the telepathic eye space.

As for the other fish, Gu Ning had no interest in them.

When she caught enough, she swam back to Zhao Jiangquan's side. Seeing the net bag which was full of colorful seafood, Zhao Jiangquan was amazed.

He was curious about the species of the seafood inside, and asked Gu Ning whether he could have a look.

He was astonished when he saw what was inside. They were all big abalone, sea cucumber, prawns, big crabs, and so on. Several fish were also inside, which weren't rare, but not cheap either.

It cost at least dozens of thousands of yuan if they ordered so much seafood in a restaurant.

Zhao Jiangquan couldn't admire Gu Ning more now.

Gu Ning smiled and looked proud.

A few minutes later, Shen Zhaoxuan and Gao Yi were back. Seeing the net bag hanging on Gu Ning's waist, both of them were surprised. Their mouths were watering too, because the seafood would be very delicious!

Even though Shen Zhaoxuan lived in a city near the sea, and ate seafood often, he still loved it.

…

This time, Gu Ning and Zhao Jiangquan carried a large box of jewelry together, and were pulled up.

When they were back in the yacht, everyone was excited.

It was hard for them to stay calm now, because they got so many priceless ancient objects.

It all thanks to Gu Ning actually, so they repeatedly thanked Gu Ning when she got out of the sea.

"Miss Gu, you're so amazing! I lack words to compliment you right now. If it weren't for you, we couldn't get so many valuable things!" Li Maosong said.

"Right, Miss Gu, thank you so much!"

The others all thanked Gu Ning with sincerity.

Gu Ning kindly smiled at them. It was true that she did a lot to help them get those ancient treasure.

All of a sudden, Gu Ning had an idea. There must be many ancient commercial ships buried under the sea. If they could find them, they would find a lot more treasure. However, the ocean was too large, and it was very difficult to find a sunken ship.

If she was free in the future, she would sail around other areas of this sea. She could take it as a tour anyway.

She had Jade Eyes, and could directly see the bottom of the sea from its surface. There was no need for her to search for treasure by swimming in the ocean.

The others who stayed in the yacht were all surprised to see the net bag which was filled with seafood hanging on Gu Ning's waist.

"Miss Gu, you're well-prepared!" Li Maosong joked.

Gu Ning laughed a little. "Yeah, I love eating seafood. I thought that since we're going to dive, why don't we catch something to eat? They're all fresh, but I think you will have to help me cook them."

"Ha-ha, don't worry. I'm good at cooking seafood, and we can share a seafood feast in my villa," Shen Zhaoxuan's friend said.

They thought that the seafood in Gu Ning's net bag would be very common, but it turned out to be the opposite. They were all uncommon species.

"Jesus, I've never seen so much seafood of these species before!" Shen Zhaoxuan's friend said with surprise.

It depended on one's luck to catch seafood of rare species. Gu Ning, however, got a lot of expensive seafood within a short time.

After moving the large box to the yacht, Gu Ning and Zhao Jiangquan rested for a few minutes. They needed fresh air. Although Gu Ning had her magical power to protect herself, she still felt a little tired. Zhao Jiangquan, who was an ordinary human being, was exhausted now.

They could directly move those boxes back with ropes, but the objects inside were all highly valuable. In order to make sure that they were all safe, they had to carry it with them. Besides, those boxes were nearly rotten after being soaked in the sea water for so many years.

Several minutes later, Gu Ning and Zhao Jiangquan dove into the sea again.

Shen Zhaoxuan and Gao Yi along with Gu Ning and Zhao Jiangquan decided to carry up the rest of the boxes together.

However, a giant strange creature which looked aggressive quickly swam towards them all of a sudden when they were wrapping ropes around those boxes. The others didn't notice it, but Gu Ning did. She focused on it, then felt scared.

It was thicker than a python with two swollen parts on its head. It was a real jiao!

Jiao or jiaolong was one of the species of water beasts with dragon blood (including fish and snakes) during the evolution of the dragon. It could transform into a true dragon as long as it passed through a difficult calamity, and had powerful strength. However, it was also called an evil jiao because of its cruelty.

Although Gu Ning had already met things which only existed in stories, like zombies and ghosts, she was still shocked by the jiao.

The evil jiao was moving closer to them at a rapid pace. Gu Ning immediately took the rope off her waist and tied it around Gao Yi's.

Luckily, Gao Yi was strong enough to support two large boxes by himself.

The others thought that Gu Ning failed to carry the heavy box, but she urged them to move up at once. She also looked anxious.

They couldn't talk, but were able to understand each other by body language. They knew that Gu Ning wanted them to leave right away, but she would stay here. They pointed at her, asking her in silence: How about you?

Gu Ning waved her hand at them to tell them to leave before her.

However, seeing Gu Ning so anxious, they were worried that something bad was going to happen, so they didn't leave at once.

Gu Ning was a little displeased. She knew that they cared about her safety, but they would be a burden on her if they stayed.

Although Gao Yi was also concerned about Gu Ning, he listened to her order, so he pulled Zhao Jiangquan and Shen Zhaoxuan and told them to leave in a hurry with a look.

863 Put the Evil Jiao away

They knew less about Gu Ning than Gao Yi did, so since Gao Yi told them to leave, they followed him.

Seeing that, Gu Ning was relieved, and swam towards the evil jiao at once. She was going to stop it, in case it attacked her friends. In addition, she had to figure out a way to put it into her telepathic eye space, otherwise it would cause big trouble.

Even if the evil jiao didn't directly attack humans, it could twist its body under the sea to cause violent waves. No matter how strong the waves would be, they could easily damage or destroy ships on the surface of this sea. In that case, many innocent people could be killed.

The evil jiao must have come here because of her magical power, so Gu Ning produced more of it on purpose in order to attract it. She also covered the camera on her body to protect her friends from knowing about it.

The evil jiao thought that Gu Ning couldn't see it, because it was completely dark at the bottom of the sea and was filled with coral reefs. So it was greatly surprised when the distance between them became shorter and shorter. It saw Gu Ning swimming towards it.

Why isn't this human afraid of me?

The evil jiao stopped five meters away from Gu Ning, so did Gu Ning. She was worried that she might annoy it if she moved near again.

All of a sudden, the evil jiao shouted at Gu Ning, but it wasn't very loud, so it didn't cause strong currents.

"How dare she approach me?" the evil jiao said. It was talking to itself without doubt, because it didn't believe that Gu Ning was able to hear it. However, Gu Ning did, which also surprised her, but she soon realized that it must be the effect of the Jade Eyes. She took off her snorkel, and did her best to stay calm. "Why not?"

Hearing that, the evil jiao was shocked.

"H-How come you can hear me?" it asked with uncertainty.

"I don't know. I just can," Gu Ning said.

The evil jiao couldn't believe it. Anyway, it was more interested in Gu Ning's magical power, so it asked with a pair of greedy eyes, "Tell me, why do you have magical power?"

"Magical power? What is that?" Gu Ning played dumb.

The evil jiao squinted with dissatisfaction. "Don't play dumb with me. If you don't tell me, I'll swallow you." the evil jiao threatened Gu Ning. Gu Ning had magical power in her body, which was helpful for its inner discipline.

"Well, I can give it to you." Gu Ning pretended to be scared, but she actually aimed to attract it over. She could only put it into her telepathic eye space by touching it.

In an instant, the night-luminescent pearl appeared in Gu Ning's hand, and it lit up the bottom of the sea at once. The evil jiao was terrified and moved a long distance backwards. It almost lost control of itself.

The next second, the evil jiao got excited sensing the magical power coming out from the bright pearl. If it could absorb the magical power from it, he could soon transform itself from a jiao to a real dragon.

"What is this?" the evil jiao asked.

"A night-luminescent pearl," Gu Ning replied.

"A night-luminescent pearl?" The evil jiao didn't know what a night-luminescent pearl was, but it didn't care about that either. It swam towards Gu Ning without delay, trying to swallow the night-luminescent pearl.

The evil jiao was too confident and it believed that Gu Ning didn't dare to resist, so it put its full attention on the night-luminescent pearl. It moved closer and closer within seconds.

When the evil jiao opened its big mouth to swallow the night-luminescent pearl, Gu Ning moved her hand and caught its long beard. Within a second, the evil jiao was put into the telepathic eye space before it could struggle.

After that, Gu Ning swam to the surface of the sea.

In the yacht, people were all worried about Gu Ning, because she had been absent for too long. A lot of dangerous things could happen under the sea. Most importantly, Gu Ning seemed anxious when she urged Gao Yi and the others to leave. She even covered the camera, so they knew nothing about what was happening.

They wanted to dive into the sea again to check whether Gu Ning was fine, but they weren't sure whether they could help her or be a burden to her.

"Miss Gu's camera is working again, and she's swimming upwards along the rope. Pull her up, now!" Shen Zhaoxuan's one friend said. He was in charge of the cameras.

Hearing that, everyone was cheered up, and went to pull Gu Ning up.

A few minutes later, Gu Ning was out of the sea, and got on the yacht.

"Miss Gu, are you alright?" everyone asked her with concern.

"I'm fine," Gu Ning said with a smile.

"Miss Gu, what happened? Why did you urge them to leave just then?" Li Maosong asked.

"Why?" the others asked the same question. They were all worried about Gu Ning's safety.

"Well, I just felt an abnormal change in the sea water, so I told them to leave before me. Don't worry, I already solved the problem," Gu Ning said. She couldn't tell them any details about the evil jiao.

Hearing that, everyone was relieved. They didn't ask further about the abnormal change in the sea water, because they knew that Gu Ning could handle it well.

Afterwards, Gu Ning went to change her clothing, and the yacht moved back towards the docks.

They didn't open those boxes right away, but would share the valuable objects when they were back in the villa.

When Gu Ning was putting on dry clothes, she thought about how she should deal with the male ghost and the evil jiao in the telepathic eye space.

What she had done today had annoyed them without a doubt. If she set them free into the sea, they would cause trouble to pay her back. She didn't want innocent people to be killed because of her.

Before she could figure out a good way to settle this problem, she decided to leave them in the telepathic eye space for now.

864 A Vase Covered in Yin

They already got those valuable objects now, but the problem was how they were going to move them back to their cities.

It was very complicated for people to pass the customs, and it was more difficult to do that with goods. Once those ancient objects were found, they could be caught. After all, it was illegal to move antiques and gold bars without official documents.

Therefore, Li Maosong's group decided to smuggle them back. However, Shen Zhaoxuan told them that his younger cousin was involved in shipping, and he could help.

Hearing that, Li Maosong's group was excited.

Given Li Maosong and Shen Zhaoxuan's close relationship, they believed that Shen Zhaoxuan could handle it well.

"Miss Gu, do you need me to help you?" Shen Zhaoxuan asked out of kindness.

"Thanks, I can take them back myself." Gu Ning declined.

Gu Ning didn't tell them more details, and they stopped asking.

…

When they were back in the villa, it was almost 12 pm. Shen Zhaoxuan's friend, the owner of the house, went to cook seafood.

"Miss Gu, do you have any requests for the taste?" he asked.

"Not at all, please cook it the way you normally do," Gu Ning said. She wasn't picky.

"Great!"

Afterwards, everyone started to share what they had got today.

"Miss Gu, we'll divide these valuable objects into four shares. You've done a lot today, so I think you should take two shares. What do you think?" Li Maosong said.

"Right, if it hadn't been for Miss Gu, we wouldn't have been able to move them out of the sea," Shen Zhaoxuan said. They were all willing to let Gu Ning take a larger share.

Gu Ning, however, didn't agree. "We can divide them into three shares, and each team gets one. Although I've done a lot today, you have been very kind and shared the information about the ship with me."

"Well…" The others felt a little guilty.

"It's no big deal. Let's do it that way," Gu Ning said.

Since Gu Ning said so, they didn't insist, but they were very grateful to her and admired her more than ever now. However, they didn't know that Gu Ning had already put several priceless antiques into her telepathic eye space.

Gu Ning's actions wasn't right, nor fair, but it wasn't over the top either.

Like what they had just said, she had contributed a lot to their success today, so it was understandable that she kept the best antiques for herself. In addition, Gu Ning was still very generous, because she didn't put everything into the telepathic eye space.

She had the ability to do that, and nobody would find out. Nevertheless, Gu Ning hadn't done it.

In the following minutes, they placed all the gold bars, real antiques, jewelry and other objects on the table before they began to choose.

Gu Ning also picked several objects of high value.

After that, Shen Zhaoxuan's friend prepared two suitcases for Gu Ning to move her things back to the hotel.

The others would move their shares to the ship with the yacht. They planned to load the ship in the night, in case they were exposed. They were leaving for their cities as well, so they would buy ship tickets for this ship tomorrow.

A while later, the seafood was done.

…

After lunch, they went back downtown.

Shen Zhaoxuan's friend drove Gu Ning's group back to the hotel, while Li Maosong and his friends would stay in the villa.

Gu Ning didn't move the two suitcases to her room, but put them into the car He Siyin left for them. She told Gao Yi and Qiao Ya to have a rest in the hotel, then she walked out.

Gao Yi and Qiao Ya understood that Gu Ning didn't want them to follow her, so they went back to their room.

Once Gu Ning got back to the car, she put all the ancient objects into the telepathic eye space. Afterwards, she drove around the center of HK.

On the way, she noticed the three words for the antique street on a sign by chance. She got interested at once, and turned there.

Although she had a large amount of real antiques now, the more she had, the better.

There was a big parking lot outside of the antique street. Gu Ning parked the car, then got out and walked inside.

The antique street in HK looked very ancient.

HK was the hub of commerce and finance, so there were countless objects along the sides of the antique street here.

As usual, Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes the second she entered the antique street.

"This is covered in Yin! You can't buy it. You could be killed by this thing!"

All of a sudden, Gu Ning heard a loud male voice filled with anxiety.

A nearby antique store was surrounded by many people, and an old man around 60 years old was standing in the middle. He was pulling a middle-aged man trying to stop him. Besides, the old man's forehead was a little dark, which meant he was affected by Yin.

The old man also mentioned an antique which was covered in Yin.

Gu Ning looked over and saw a blue and white porcelain vase placed on the counter. It was as big as a mineral-water bottle, and it was real, but it was indeed covered in Yin.

865 I Can Pay for I

Hearing what the old man said, the middle-aged man hesitated, and the onlookers all stepped backwards, in case they were affected by Yin. Even if they didn't believe in Yin, they would still stay away from it once they heard of it.

Another middle-aged man, however, got mad. "Old-man Xia, are you doing this on purpose to ruin my store? You have no proof to prove that this vase is covered in Yin!" He was the owner of this antique store, and he was annoyed that someone damaged his business.

"Right! If you claim this vase is covered in Yin, show us your proof."

"You'll damage both his business and reputation!"

"I think he's too old to think clearly."

…

People were all criticizing Old-man Xia, because they didn't believe in Yin at all, so none of them supported him.

Old-man Xia was also angry, but he had to curb his anger in order to stop the tragedy from happening again. "This blue and white porcelain vase belonged to me, and my health got worse and worse once I took it home. I planned to destroy it, but someone stole it, and it showed up at your store now."

Hearing that, everyone looked at the owner of this antique store. They were suspicious whether the owner was the thief.

The owner was in a rage at once. "Old-man Xia, what do you mean? Do you mean I stole it from your home? I bought it from someone! Do you have any proof to prove that it belongs to you?" His reputation would be ruined if people believed that he was a thief.

Actually, he subconsciously believed what Old-man Xia had just told him, because Old-man Xia was an expert in antique appraisal. The owner of the antique store couldn't help but feel worried. He had heard before that some antiques could be covered in Yin after being placed with dead people for many years.

Once a living human being touched something covered in Yin, he or she could be affected by it. Sometimes, the person might have nightmares and be unable to sleep well. When it got worse, the person's life could be in danger.

It was obvious that Old-man Xia wasn't in a good condition now.

Was he really affected by Yin because of this vase?

Thinking of that, the owner of the antique store felt scared. He didn't dare to think further, and hoped that it wasn't true.

"I-I don't have any proof, but this vase is covered in Yin, and it must be destroyed!" Saying that, Old-man Xia ran to the counter. He tried to grab the vase and smash it. However, just as he moved, the owner of the antique store stopped him.

Even if Old-man Xia was right, the owner was reluctant to destroy this vase which was worth several million yuan. "Old-man Xia, if you really want to destroy it, buy it first. If you can't pay for it, it still belongs to me, and you don't have the right to smash it."

The owner didn���t care about this antique, but how much money he could make by selling it out.

"I-I don't have money," Old-man Xia said, feeling upset.

"If you don't have money, we're done, and you should leave now, or I'll call the police." The owner threatened.

"I can pay for it." At this moment, Gu Ning walked to them.

It was indeed covered in Yin, and shouldn't be placed here. She could put it into her telepathic eye space to purify it because it was a real antique after all.

Gu Ning was unwilling to pay the market price for it, but wanted to pay a price which was a little higher than his purchase price. Once the news that it was covered in Yin went abroad, it would be hard for the owner to sell it anyway, even if nobody believed it.

Hearing that someone was going to buy it, people all turned to look at Gu Ning and were amazed by her beauty, but they didn't think that Gu Ning made the right decision. Nobody would be willing to pay so much money to destroy an antique.

Old-man Xia didn't think so. Since Gu Ning was willing to buy it, she couldn't lack money.

"Are you sure?" the owner of this antique store asked with doubt. Gu Ning looked very young, and she didn't seem to be very rich.

"Yeah, how much is it?" Gu Ning asked.

"Eight million yuan," the owner said.

"Eight million yuan?" Gu Ning sneered. "Do you think this vase is still worth eight million yuan now?"

Hearing that, the owner was displeased. He knew what Gu Ning was talking about. Whether this blue and white porcelain vase was really covered in Yin or not, he couldn't sell it at a high price after Old-man Xia's appearance. If he couldn't sell it to Gu Ning right now, it would be difficult for him to sell it in the future.

"Well, five million yuan," the owner said. He gave Gu Ning three million yuan off.

Nevertheless, it was still too expensive in Gu Ning's eyes. "I can only offer you a million yuan. It didn't cost you much when you bought it, so you can still make a lot."

"You…" The owner didn't expect that Gu Ning would offer such a low price, because this blue and white porcelain vase was worth nearly 10 million yuan! Moreover, the owner got a little nervous because Gu Ning hit the point that this vase just cost him three hundred thousand yuan when he bought it.

The seller of the vase was an amateur, so the owner was able to buy it at a low price. Normally, the prices of antiques sold at an antique store were one third or half lower than the original prices.

Seeing the owner's reaction, Gu Ning knew that it was very likely that she could buy it at a low price.

"Are you going to sell it or not? If you don't sell it to me right now, it'll be very hard for you to sell it in the future," Gu Ning said.

"You…" The owner glared at Gu Ning.

866 No Intention to Smash I

It was unacceptable in his eyes that he had to sell this vase which was worth nearly 10 million yuan at the price of only a million yuan.

If it hadn't been for Old-man Xia, he wouldn't have been forced to do so.

All of a sudden, the owner of this antique store turned to shout at Old-man Xia, "Old-man Xia, are you satisfied now? You're dying now, so why do you have to ruin my business here?"

"And you!" He yelled at Gu Ning afterwards. "Don't you think it's over the top? This vase is worth nearly 10 million yuan, but you're only willing to pay me a million yuan just because he claimed that it's covered in Yin. I think that you two are working together to extort me! I must call the police!"

After that, the owner took out his phone to call the police.

Gu Ning agreed with the owner on that. Although he could still make some money by selling the vase at the price of a million yuan, he lost much more. If Gu Ning couldn't prove that it was indeed covered in Yin, what she was doing now would really be like extortion.

"Wait a second, I can prove it to you," Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, everyone turned to look at Gu Ning all of a sudden.

Even the owner of this antique store was surprised. Although he was unwilling to sell the vase at the price of a million yuan, he was afraid that it was really covered in Yin. If it was true, he would suffer misfortune. If he had to destroy it himself, he would rather sell it to Gu Ning. In that case, he could make seven hundred thousand yuan at least.

"Can you? Prove it now," the owner said.

Gu Ning took out a blue and white porcelain bottle the size of a small mineral-water bottle from her backpack, the telepathic eye space, at once.

Seeing it, everyone was amazed. If it was a real antique, it was careless of her to put it in her backpack. What if someone damaged it?

Gu Ning put the blue and white porcelain bottle on the counter, which was 50 centimeters away from the vase. "This is a real one, and you can hold my bottle for a minute to feel it. You won't feel uncomfortable at all. On the contrary, if you do the same thing with your vase, you'll feel utterly uncomfortable within a minute."

The owner of the antique store changed his expression in an instant. He did feel uncomfortable and icy every time he held this vase. He didn't think further and didn't know why, but now he panicked.

Does it prove that this vase is covered in Yin?

If Gu Ning had touched his vase, he probably wouldn't believe her, but Gu Ning had never touched it.

The owner already agreed with Gu Ning on that, but he was reluctant to give in right now, so he did what Gu Ning told him to do. He held Gu Ning's bottle for a minute, and felt nothing uncomfortable. However, when he held his vase, he felt icy within several seconds.

He put it down without delay, in case his life was in danger.

"Well, the news that this vase is covered in Yin already spread abroad. Whether it's true or not, I'm afraid that I can���t sell it to others. You can take it for a million yuan." Even though the owner felt the uncomfortable feeling, he wasn't willing to say it aloud. Nevertheless, others still sensed that this vase wasn't right.

When Gu Ning was about to put her blue and white porcelain bottle back before she paid the money, someone stopped her.

"Wait a second." The middle-aged man who planned to buy the vase covered in Yin said, "Miss, is this bottle a real antique? Can you sell it to me?"

He was going to send someone a gift, and it had to be blue and white porcelain, because the person he was giving it to liked blue and white porcelain very much. It took him a lot of time and effort to find a real blue and white porcelain vase, but it turned out to be covered in Yin. He was angry and disappointed, but felt lucky at the same time. It was indeed not a good object anyway.

"Sure, we can go to the appraisal center after I'm done here," Gu Ning said.

In fact, she could directly offer him a price, but she proposed to go to the appraisal center in order to prove that the bottle was real.

"No problem," the man said with excitement.

After that, Gu Ning swiped her card and signed the contract before she took the vase away.

Once she bought the vase, she told the middle-aged man to leave with her. It seemed like she had no intention to smash the vase.

Old-man Xia was anxious and stopped her. "Miss, where are you going with this vase? Why don't you destroy it right here so that everyone will be relieved?"

Gu Ning smiled. "I'm sorry. I have to intention to destroy it. It cost me a lot!"

Hearing that, everyone was surprised. They thought that Gu Ning was a liar and wanted to sell the vase to make money.

If so, Gu Ning was too amoral! People glared at Gu Ning and started to discuss again.

"You…" Old-man Xia was angry. He thought that Gu Ning was an upright, generous young girl, but she turned out to be a greedy person.

"You…" The owner of this antique store couldn't accept it either. If Gu Ning was going to sell it somewhere else, he could have made more money with it too.

Before they could criticize her again, Gu Ning opened her mouth. "Relax, everyone. Since I can tell its difference from other antiques, I know how to deal with it, and I promise that I won't use it to hurt anyone else."

867 Rohan Buddha Decoration

What? She can deal with it?

Hearing that, everyone was astonished again, and felt confused. They didn't believe that Gu Ning was able to deal with an antique covered in Yin. Maybe it was totally a lie that this vase was covered in Yin, and Gu Ning was just deceiving them.

"What? You can deal with it?" Old-man Xia couldn't believe it either, but he strongly believed that this vase was covered in Yin.

"Yes, I can, and I also know that your body isn't in a good condition now. It takes a long time for you to recover from the effect of Yin. If you trust me, you can take this pill, and you'll be fine soon," Gu Ning said, and put her hand into her pocket. She then used her mind to take a porcelain bottle with a power crystal inside from the telepathic eye space. After that, she gave Old-man Xia the porcelain bottle.

Old-man Xia was struck dumb for a second. Somehow, he believed that this young girl in front of him wouldn't hurt him, so he took the porcelain bottle.

Others were also curious to see whether the pill was effective, so they all stared at Old-man Xia.

Old-man Xia opened the porcelain bottle, and poured out a power crystal from it, then directly swallowed it.

The pill melted the second he put it into his mouth. A flow of coolness spread across his body like lightning, and he felt much better in a few seconds, which surprised everyone around him.

"Wow, he looks much better now that he took the pill!"

"It's so amazing!"

"Does the girl really know Yin and Yang?"

"Although I don't believe in Yin and Yang, it's so hard to explain it now."

…

People began to discuss again.

Old-man Xia felt the unbelievable effect of this medicine himself, and was shocked more than ever now. "Miss, may I know what this medicine is? It's so effective!"

Gu Ning wore a mysterious smile and said, "I'm sorry, it's a secret. Please excuse me, I need to leave now."

After that, she gave the middle-aged man a glance, then strode away.

The middle-aged man followed her at once.

…

Old-man Xia wanted to ask Gu Ning more questions, but he knew that she wouldn't tell him, so he gave up.

Although the blue and white porcelain vase used to be his, he had no intention to take it back, because it was covered in Yin and he had no idea how to deal with it. In fact, he always wanted to smash it, but someone stole it before he could do that.

It was very valuable, but he didn't pay much for it, so it wasn't a big deal. Most importantly, no more people were harmed by it, which was the best result.

…

On the way, the middle-aged man said nothing about what had happened just then, but casually chatted with Gu Ning. Sometimes, the less you knew, the better it was.

"Miss, I think you're younger than 20, right?" the middle-aged man asked.

"Yeah, I'm 18 now," Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, the middle-aged man was surprised. "You should be a high school student, right?"

"Yes, I'm a senior student and the National College Entrance Examination is two months away," Gu Ning replied.

"Wow, you behave like a mature and stable adult, which amazes me." The middle-aged man complimented Gu Ning. "My kid is 17 this year, but all he knows is mobile games. He never studies hard, and I'm worried about his future."

Gu Ning felt a little embarrassed. Even though her body was just 18 years old, her soul was already 27, so it was very normal that she behaved like a mature grown-up.

"My surname is Gu. May I have your name?" Gu Zuhui, the middle-aged man, said.

Hearing that, Gu Ning beamed. "What a coincidence! My surname is also Gu, and I'm Gu Ning."

Gu Zuhui was slightly surprised. "It's rare to meet someone whose surname is Gu in HK."

"I wasn't born in HK," Gu Ning said. "I'm from City F."

Gu Zuhui was more surprised. "You weren't born in HK? How come your HK dialect is so good?"

Gu Zuhui talked in mandarin now. They just communicated with each other in HK dialect.

"Oh, I learned it from my friend who was born in HK." Gu Ning lied. Gu Zuhui nodded and didn't ask further.

"I wasn't born in HK either, but I often come here for business," Gu Zuhui said.

Gu Ning smiled but didn't say anything.

While they walked to the appraisal center, Gu Ning didn't forget to use her Jade Eyes to scan those objects placed on the stands by the sides of the road.

"Mr. Gu, please wait a moment," Gu Ning said, because she found a real antique.

Gu Zuhui walked over behind her. He knew little about antiques, and only bought them with certificates issued by the appraisal center.

If anyone dared to sell fake antiques with certificates, he would be charged double compensation. Therefore, no common antique stores dared to sell fake antiques with fake certificates.

The real antique Gu Ning noticed was a Rohan Buddha decoration made of Hetan jade, and it was worth around three million yuan.

"Hi, how much is this?" Gu Ning pointed at a random object.

The owner of the stand gave Gu Ning a glance and showed disdain on his face, but his eyes lit up once Gu Zuhui showed up.

Gu Zuhui dressed like a rich man, and the owner of the stand thought that Gu Ning must be his daughter. If the daughter liked it, her father would buy it for her.

"Ten thousand yuan," the owner said. "This bracelet is made of colored glaze, and it'll be very beautiful on your wrist."

Ten thousand yuan was an absurdly high price for a fake object, because it was only worth a hundred yuan.

"How about this one?" Gu Ning pointed at the Rohan Buddha decoration this time. She didn't show her interest on her face at all.

"Thirty thousand yuan," the owner said.

"Can it be lower?" Gu Ning asked.

"Twenty thousand yuan, that's it." It seemed that the owner of this stand disliked bargaining.

"Fine, I'll take this one," Gu Ning said.

868 20-1

Gu Ning took out her money and paid for the Rohan Buddha.

Seeing that, Gu Zuhui realized that Gu Ning aimed to buy the Rohan Buddha from the very beginning. She had asked for the price of another object at first so that the owner of the stand didn't know which one was her target and wouldn't raise the price of the one which she really wanted to buy. She was so smart!

After the deal, Gu Ning and Gu Zuhui continued to walk towards the appraisal center.

Gu Zuhui didn't ask why Gu Ning bought the Rohan Buddha, because it was Gu Ning's personal choice.

Gu Ning also enjoyed the way they got along with each other.

After a short while, they arrived at the appraisal center. Gu Ning had put the vase into the telepathic eye space to remove the Yin from it, and now she held her blue and white porcelain bottle in her hand.

After appraisal, it was proved to be real and was worth six million yuan.

Gu Zuhui didn't bother to bargain with Gu Ning, and directly transferred her six million yuan. It was obvious that he didn't lack money. He had to be very rich, or he wouldn't have had the intention to buy the vase which cost nearly 10 million yuan.

Since Gu Zuhui was a generous buyer, Gu Ning wouldn't be mean either, so she gave a million yuan back to him.

Gu Zuhui was surprised because a million yuan was a lot too. However, Gu Ning insisted on giving him a million yuan off, so Gu Zuhui accepted in the end and felt grateful.

Afterwards, Gu Zuhui handed Gu Ning his name card. If she needed his help, he would do his best to help her.

Gu Ning also exchanged her name card with him. It wasn't a bad thing to know another useful person after all.

The two separated later.

Gu Ning kept on walking along the antique street to see whether she could find more real antiques.

After walking along the street, Gu Ning found another two real antiques. One was worth within a million yuan, while the other was worth two million yuan at the most.

There was also a stone-gambling street, so Gu Ning left for it.

Although she had a lot of jade now, she wouldn't mind owning more of it. As long as she could find jade of high quality, she would buy it.

The stone-gambling street was a branch of the antique street, and it was about 30 meters long with dozens of stores. It was full of activity as well, especially outside of one store. There was a group of people surrounding its door and something exciting seemed to be happening.

Gu Ning walked over, and saw a large jade raw material the size of a 28-inch suitcase.

What are they doing? Gu Ning thought to herself.

It turned out that the owner of this store decided to open this jade raw material and set a bet for it. People gambled on whether there was jade in it and the odds were random.

There were several odds as to the result that there was jade inside. If there was indeed jade in it, the odds were 5-1. Levels of the jade were divided into low level, medium level, high level and top level, and the odds were 10-1.

Medium-low level and medium-high level were both included in medium level.

If anyone could tell the type of jade inside, the odds were 20-1. It was very difficult to do that, and the condition was that there had to be jade in it.

Odds were 2-1 if they bet on the result that there was no jade inside, which was highly likely, so the numbers weren't high.

Gu Ning was interested in the game. She had Jade Eyes after all, and she was able to know what was inside with a simple look.

She used her Jade Eyes at once, and found a small piece of jade the size of a basketball in the large jade raw material. It was bright green and belonged to medium level jade. According to its size, it was worth around twenty million yuan.

Thirty-one people joined the game in all. Twenty-six of them bet on the result that there was no jade inside, while only five people bet on the opposite. None of them knew what the level or type of the jade was.

Gu Ning filled the bet card at the counter. Because a lot of money was involved in this gambling, she had to show her ID card.

When the worker at the counter noticed that she came from City F, a touch of disdain flashed by his eyes. Gu Ning was displeased, but didn't say anything since the worker said nothing.

Gu Ning bet a hundred thousand yuan on the type of the jade. It was gold-wire jade. She just did it for fun, not for money, so she only bet a hundred thousand yuan on it.

The odds were 20-1. If she won, she would get two million yuan back, which wasn't much compared to the value of the jade in the large jade raw material.

However, the worker at the counter was greatly surprised by her bet. A hundred thousand yuan was nothing in Gu Ning's eyes, but it was a lot for the worker. In addition, she was the only one who bet so much money on this game.

Others all bet around several thousand yuan or dozens of thousands of yuan at the most. Most importantly, she bet on the highest odds!

The worker at the counter thought that Gu Ning must be too dumb to spend her money well.

He told his boss what Gu Ning had done, and his boss was also surprised.

This girl is too generous!

Anyway, it was a universally acknowledged truth that stone gambling was a highly risky activity, so they didn't believe that Gu Ning could win. They wouldn't refuse to make more money from it.

Two minutes later, a stone cutter started to draw lines and cut the large jade raw material.

Once the machine began to move, everyone focused on it.

Nobody was willing to lose money after all.

As time went by, pieces of the outer layers of the large jade raw material were removed. No jade showed at all after a long while.

Those who bet on the result that there was jade inside felt disappointed, but Gu Ning stayed calm.

Gu Ning bet the most money on this game, so the worker at the counter paid more attention to her. He thought that she would be upset seeing no jade inside, but she didn't seem sad at all.

In that case, the worker thought that she probably didn't care about her money. He refused to believe that Gu Ning would win, because she was just an ordinary girl in his eyes.

However, Gu Ning already knew the result even before the game began.

869 Gu Ning Meets Xu Jinlin

The stone cutter kept working on the jade raw material, and half of it was cut off, but there still was no jade. However, the next second, a long line of green showed, and the stone cutter stopped at once. "Green shows!" he shouted with excitement.

Hearing that, those who bet on the result that there was jade inside cheered with happiness.

"Green shows!"

"Green finally shows!"

As for the others who bet on the opposite result, they felt utterly disappointed.

"How come the green shows right now?"

"It's so annoying!"

They thought that they were going to win, but they lost in the end.

The owner of the store was relieved instead. Without a doubt, he hoped that there could be jade inside, otherwise he would lose a lot of money.

"It's a piece of medium-level jade of the gold-wire type."

The stone cutter cleaned the jade, and got more excited the second he recognized its type.

It was difficult to cut out a medium-level jade after all.

Hearing that, the owner of the store wasn't excited, but turned to look at Gu Ning with astonishment, so did the worker at the counter.

Gu Ning precisely bet on the gold-wire type.

How did she get to know that? Is she just unusually lucky?

However, Gu Ning looked so calm when she heard that jade of the gold-wire type was cut out. It seemed like she already knew the result.

The owner of the store had mixed emotions. He wanted to ask Gu Ning for the reason, but he knew she wouldn't tell him.

As promised, he had to give her two million yuan since she won the game.

A while later, the jade was placed on the table.

The result was out, and people went to get their money. Gu Ning stood at the end of the line. She wasn't in a hurry.

Those who had bet dozens of thousands of yuan on it now got a lot more back.

When the worker at the counter saw Gu Ning coming, he didn't dare to show any disdain towards her at all this time.

"Please transfer the money to my account," Gu Ning said, and showed him her bank account.

"No problem," he said.

After that, the owner of the store still asked her, "Miss, may I know how you knew that there was a piece of gold-wire jade inside?"

"I'm just lucky," Gu Ning said.

The owner felt a little disappointed hearing her answer, but didn't ask further.

Gu Ning walked out later.

She didn't leave the stone-gambling street at once, but went to shop at other stores. She didn't go back to the hotel until she bought over 10 jade raw materials.

She stopped the car at the entrance of the hotel, and a valet parker walked over without delay. Gu Ning gave him the car key, then walked inside.

Right after she stepped into an elevator, Xu Jinlin followed her.

Gu Ning was struck dumb for a second when Xu Jinlin showed up in her sight. She knew Xu Jinlin, but not because of Xu Jinchen. She got to know him in her previous incarnation.

Xu Jinlin, however, failed to recognize her. He didn't know that she was the girl who had been involved in the violent fight outside the hotel last night. If Qiao Ya and Gao Yi were here too, he would probably remember.

"Miss, do you know me?" Xu Jinlin asked Gu Ning, seeing her surprised face.

They were in HK now, so Xu Jinlin thought that Gu Ning was a local citizen as well and he talked to her in HK dialect.

"Why do you think that I know you?" Gu Ning replied in HK dialect.

"I knew it from your reaction when you saw me at first," Xu Jinlin said with confidence.

"Oh, I just felt like you resemble my friend," Gu Ning said.

"Really? Is that a pick-up line?" Xu Jinlin smiled attractively.

Gu Ning pulled her lips and rolled her eyes. "Come on, you talked to me first. I had no intention to strike up a conversation with you."

Xu Jinlin wasn't displeased at all. Instead, he thought that Gu Ning was quite interesting, so he couldn't help but talk more with her. "Fine, it's me who wants to strike up a conversation with you."

"You better not, or you'll regret it," Gu Ning said. She was being kind, not threatening him. She also knew that he just wanted to know more about her after he noticed her unusual reaction.

As the heir of the Xu family, he was in a very high position in the society, but there were many people who intended to kill him in the dark as well. Therefore, he wanted to figure out whether Gu Ning was his enemy or not. Sometimes, a beautiful woman worked better than a vicious scheme.

"Oh, why?" It aroused Xu Jinlin's interest.

At this moment, the elevator arrived at the 15th floor where Gu Ning stayed, while Xu Jinlin stayed on the 16th floor.

The door of the elevator opened, and Gu Ning smiled at Xu Jinlin. "Xu Jinchen is my friend."

After that, she walked out, and left Xu Jinlin alone in the elevator.

"Xu Jinchen is my friend."

Does she know Jinchen?

If she knew Xu Jinchen, it wasn't hard for her to recognize his face because the Xu brothers resembled each other. Thinking of that, Xu Jinlin laughed at himself, but didn't blame Gu Ning for her behavior.

870 Xu Jinlin"s Apology

When he was in his room, Xu Jinlin thought for a while, then called Xu Jinchen. Gu Ning had told him not to flirt with her or he would be regretful, so he was afraid that his younger brother, Xu Jinchen, liked her.

At this time, Xu Jinchen was on the way out of their military base along with Leng Shaoting and Xin Bei.

Leng Shaoting was going to HK tonight to be with Gu Ning, so he finished everything he needed to do today.

Right after Leng Shaoting told Xin Bei to drive to the airport, but before he could even ask Leng Shaoting where was he leaving for, Xu Jinchen received Xu Jinlin's call.

"Jinchen, I just met a very beautiful girl around 18 years old in the elevator. She looked surprised when she saw me. I asked her whether she knew me, and she said that I resembled one of her friends. I joked a little with her, then she told me that you're her friend. Do you know who she is?" Xu Jinlin asked, feeling slightly uneasy.

Hearing that, Xu Jinchen though of Gu Ning at once, because Gu Ning was the only girl who was very beautiful and about 18 years old that he knew.

Leng Shaoting also heard their conversation, and Gu Ning's name dawned on him too. He frowned, but wasn't annoyed.

"A very beautiful girl around 18? She must be Gu Ning. Aren't you in HK now? Is Gu Ning also in HK?" Xu Jinchen asked.

"Gu Ning? The name sounds familiar. What's your relationship with her?" Xu Jinlin asked.

No matter what their relationship was, he hoped that they weren't a couple, or he would be utterly embarrassed.

"Gu Ning is Shaoting's girlfriend," Xu Jinchen said.

"What?" Hearing that, Xu Jinlin was shocked.

If Shaoting knows that I've flirted with his girlfriend… Xu Jinlin felt scared.

Xu Jinchen thought that Xu Jinlin was just shocked to find out the fact that Gu Ning was Leng Shaoting's girlfriend, so he thought that his reaction was quite normal. In addition, he realized that Leng Shaoting was leaving for HK now.

"Hey, boss, are you going to HK now?" Xu Jinchen still asked to make sure that he was right.

"Yeah," Leng Shaoting said.

At the other side of the phone, Xu Jinlin's hand trembled in fear when he heard Leng Shaoting's voice, and his phone almost fell on the floor. He didn't know that Leng Shaoting was by Xu Jinchen's side, and he regretted that he had called.

In fact, Leng Shaoting wouldn't do anything to hurt him even if he found out. He would tell Xu Jinchen to practice fighting skills with him at the most. It wasn't a bad thing, but it didn't mean that he liked it.

Although he didn't serve in the army, he, as a key member in an influential family, was in a much more dangerous situation than normal people, so he needed to learn and practice martial arts. However, he was still barely comparable to Xu Jinchen who was a professional soldier. Besides, with Leng Shaoting's order, Xu Jinchen wouldn't treat him gently. He would probably have to lie in bed for a couple of days! It had happened before, and it left a mental scar on him.

"Um, I gotta go, bye." Xu Jinlin hung up at once, then released a long breath.

The moment he hung up, his phone rang again, which scared him. He thought that it was Xu Jinchen calling, but the caller turned out to be Gong Zehan.

If others saw him, the heir of the Xu family, behaving like that, they would be amused and laugh at him, but there was nothing he could do about it. He only hoped that Gu Ning wouldn't complain to Leng Shaoting, or he would be punished without a doubt.

…

Gu Ning took a shower and changed her clothing before she went to the dining hall when it was almost 6 pm.

Coincidentally, she ran into Xu Jinlin again in the elevator, and Gong Zehan was there as well.

Xu Jinlin was struck dumb for a second after seeing Gu Ning, then panicked a little.

Gu Ning smiled at him, but said nothing. Gong Zehan, on the other hand, was confused by them.

"Um, Miss Gu, I'm so sorry for what I did. Please don��t complain about it to Shaoting. I swear I had no intention to do anything to you," Xu Jinlin said, in case Leng Shaoting punished him.

Although Xu Jinlin was the heir of the Xu family, he was totally different from those arrogant young men who were also born in super-rich families. He was very easy-going and kind to his family members and friends. When he faced strangers, he was cold and stayed aloof, but he was like a cunning fox in front of his enemies.

Gu Ning was a stranger too, but she was Leng Shaoting's girlfriend, so she was also his friend to some extent. There was no need for him to purposely keep a distance from her.

Gong Zehan was surprised to hear that. He was curious, but it was obviously not a good time to ask Xu Jinlin now.

"Of course I won't. It's not a big deal, but why are you so afraid of him?" Gu Ning asked with a smile. She wasn't surprised that Xu Jinlin knew about her relationship with Leng Shaoting. He must have asked Xu Jinchen.

Xu Jinlin was relieved when Gu Ning forgave him, but he felt a little embarrassed hearing her question. "Um, I'm not afraid of him, but we're close brothers! I don't want to annoy him." He sounded serious.

Gu Ning just smiled, but said nothing.

Afterwards, Xu Jinlin suddenly saw Gao Yi and Qiao Ya standing behind Gu Ning. He recognized them at once, and was surprised again.