That Green

In the blink of an eye, it was past four in the afternoon. Li Mo was still energetic, and Caicai was already exhausted. How could she have Li Mo's physique?

"Caicai, these are all kinds of pastries I bought for you. Don't come out for supper alone tonight if you're hungry. This is braised pork trotters with sauce, spicy pork tail, five-spice beef, shredded chicken. You can keep them in the fridge for two days. If we meet again, I'll treat you to a seafood hotpot."

Li Mo sent Caicai into the taxi and placed the large pile of things he had bought on the back seat. He then took out 300 yuan and gave it to the driver.

"Master, please send my sister home safely."

The driver smiled. According to the journey, it would cost at most 100 yuan. This trip was worth it.

"Hero, do you think I'm a pig?" Caicai stuck her head out and complained.

"Pigs are much easier to feed than you. Goodbye!"

"Hero, can't you give me your cell phone number?"

Li Mo waved at her. They would naturally meet again if fate allowed it. Only then would there be a surprise next time.

After the taxi disappeared from the street, Li Mo turned around and walked into the main street of the Panjiayuan Antique Market. He had shopped for four to five hours today before walking around more than half of the stalls outside. Other than the Rhino Horn Cup, he did not encounter anything good.

He took advantage of the fact that the sun had yet to set to shop elsewhere.

Li Mo walked into a shop. It was not big and was even smaller than his master's Gu Yunxuan, but it had a lot of goods. At a glance, there were porcelain and Four Treasures of the Study on antique shelves. Calligraphy and paintings hung on the wall, and jade, gold, silver, and agate jewelry were displayed on the counter.

At this moment, there were three groups of customers choosing things in the shop, mainly to look at gold, silver, and agate jewelry. The two men in their thirties who received them looked especially professional. Not only did they introduce the quality of the jewelry in detail, but they also suggested matching items for the customers.

Li Mo was not interested in those trinkets. His gaze swept across the calligraphy paintings on the wall. Although the calligraphy paintings looked old, with his eyesight, he could roughly recognize the value of the calligraphy paintings even without using the power of alternate pupils.

The calligraphy and paintings only looked old and were worthless.

Li Mo's gaze shifted to the Four Treasures of the Study. Brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones had always been the favorites of scholars. In ancient times, even if you didn't know how to read, putting a set of the Four Treasures of the Study at home would greatly improve your style.

Unfortunately, the Four Treasures of the Study on the ancient shelf were really ordinary. They could only be considered ordinary among modern products.

Li Mo was a little disappointed. This was a shop on the main street of the Panjiayuan Antique Market. The things inside were just fooling around. He suspected that the gold, silver, and agate ornaments displayed on the counter were all very likely fake.

In the end, his gaze landed on the porcelain. It was boring. It was much inferior to the high-quality imitations in Guyun Pavilion. He looked around and did not see anything of value.

Maybe the good stuff has been put away.

Li Mo thought to himself and prepared to leave. His gaze followed the ancient shelf to the door. There were a few vases placed on the ground in the corner near the door. There were fake flowers and some calligraphy and paintings inside.

One of the black amphoras, which was more than 60 centimeters tall and 20 centimeters in diameter, attracted his attention. He felt that the black luster was rather strange. Even with the shadows, he could tell that the black glaze was very thick.

He had already walked to the door and happened to see a ray of sunlight shining through the crack of the door onto the black amphora. Then, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, and his eyes revealed an unbelievable divine light.

The sun shone on the vase, and the black glaze actually showed a green color after being refracted by the light.

That's right. That green color made Li Mo's eyes widen. The amphora on the ground was not black at all. Instead, it was too green and thick. Coupled with the lack of light and the shadows, it looked like black at a glance.

Li Mo used his alternate pupils to look. The inconspicuous amphora actually shot out a dark blue luster, forming a circle of light that spread out infinitely.

The small shop space was dyed a beautiful dark blue by 300 to 400 circles of halo.

Oh gosh, that amphora that looked black and was casually placed on the ground like trash actually had a powerful background. It was priceless. With his experience, he deduced that it must be related to a certain dynasty's royal family.

His alternate pupils could dictate the period. If it was something worthless, it would show a clear light. For example, something valuable would show a white light from the Republic of China until now. The older it was, the darker the color would be. It would show a gray color during the Qing Dynasty. What he saw today was a blue luster, which meant that it was before the Qing Dynasty.

Li Mo's gaze focused again. His gaze pierced through the circle of light and landed on the bottle. The dark green glaze changed again. He saw a three-clawed dragon hidden inside. It circled around the bottle. The dragon was ferocious and had an oppressive aura.

There were dragon patterns, which were used by the royal family.

There was also a faint line of big seal words near the mouth of the bottle. Because the color of the three-clawed dragon and the words had already fused with the overall glaze, it was impossible to distinguish them.

Li Mo continued to use his X-ray vision to see deeper. He saw that the exposed porcelain at the bottom of the bottle was clearly red. It was the flint erythema. According to his research on porcelain from various dynasties, this flint erythema was a prominent characteristic of Ming Dynasty porcelain.

It was not an ordinary black amphora at all, but an amphora specially used by the Ming Dynasty's royal family. However, with his knowledge, he could not understand why such a unique amphora existed in the world. It was simply a miracle that it was preserved so well while being ignored by the world.

Li Mo retracted his gaze and shouted in his heart. No matter what, he had to get his hand on this Ming Dynasty royal celadon amphora and figure out the secret behind it.

He turned and walked towards the counter again.

"Sir, do you want to buy anything?" A shop assistant asked with a smile. Previously, he had been explaining agate bracelets to a couple. Unfortunately, it was a waste of time. When the couple heard the price, they said that they could not afford it.

However, out of professionalism, he still maintained a good service attitude towards Li Mo.

"My parents are celebrating their 20th anniversary and I want to give them some gifts. I wanted to choose what calligraphy and painting to do, but I felt that it was too old-fashioned and tacky, so I thought about giving them some meaningful gifts."

"Then what do you like, sir? Let me introduce them to you."

Li Mo pouted and looked at the glass counter. "Gold jewelry is not bad."

The male shop assistant was obviously stunned. The calligraphy and paintings are too vulgar and old-fashioned, but gold has a connotation. Brother, your thoughts are too different.

"They're all made of pure gold, right?"

"Of course. If it's fake, the compensation will be 10 times," the male shop assistant promised hurriedly.

Li Mo nodded. After looking at it for a few minutes, he said, "There's a pair of exquisite bracelets, a chrysanthemum pendant, and a pair of bead earrings. By the way, I also want this pair of matching rings. How much are these in total?"

The male shop assistant was all smiles. From the looks of it, this business deal was big. He quickly took out the calculator and said after a pleasant beep, "There are a total of 72 grams of these. The market price is 430 yuan per gram. The handicraft fee is 68 yuan per gram. The total is 498 yuan per gram. Sir, the jewelry you chose is 35,856 yuan."

Li Mo calmly took out the black-gold card that was enough to blind people from his wallet and placed it on the counter. As expected, the male shop assistant's eyes were even brighter.

"Do I get freebies for buying so many? Like giving away a painting or something?"

"I'm sorry, sir. Every painting hanging in our shop is top-notch. They're even more expensive than your jewelry."

Li Mo despised him in his heart, but he still pretended to be shocked. "It's so expensive! Are there any other free gifts?"

"I'm sorry, sir. Our shop has a discount of giving away a piece of jade after spending 50,000 yuan. Do you want to choose more?"

"Good jade is quite expensive. It's definitely not of good quality if you treat it as a freebie. I don't want it. It's even harmful to my health if I wear it." Li Mo shook his head and looked at the things on the antique shelf. "I'll choose again. Can I choose a freebie on it?"

"Sir, you might not know, but any porcelain on that shelf costs more than 100,000 yuan. The most expensive one costs more than 300,000 yuan." The male shop assistant's gaze was a little strange.

Li Mo pursed his lips and looked around. Finally, he looked at the few vases in the corner behind the door. He pointed and said, "That pile of them can't be worth tens of thousands of yuan, right? I don't believe that the ones you treat as trash are treasures."

"Sir, you're right. Although those aren't good things, they'll be sold for at least 1,000 to 2,000 yuan."

Li Mo sighed and said, "You didn't even let me take advantage of you."

"If you spend 50,000 yuan, I'll ask the boss to let you choose one. It's equivalent to giving you an additional discount of more than 1,000 yuan. What do you think of this sincerity?"

Li Mo hesitated.

"I've never given a discount like this before. I'm taking the risk of being scolded by my boss to apply for a discount. I'm very sincere."

"Alright, I'll be straightforward too if you're straightforward. I'll take that thickest necklace."

Li Mo waved his hand and swiped his card. Then, he pulled out a bouquet of fake flowers from the counter and said, "Give me that black amphora. Coupled with this bouquet of flowers, it can be placed in the bookcase as decoration."

The customers at the side looked at each other. This kid looked quite young, but he was very forthright. He was either a rich second-generation heir or a third-generation heir. Unlike them, who had to be meticulous when buying a bracelet.

As for the male shop assistant, his smile was almost crooked. He thought to himself that this kid was really greedy and suffered a huge loss. He actually spent more than 50,000 yuan in one go for a trash black bottle and a bouquet of fake flowers. He should have tricked him to buy more just now.