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"Big Brother, this is the receipt for the vase purchase, and now it's yours."

Chen Yu couldn't help but frown, taking the receipt directly from the middle-aged man's hand, he found that it was indeed the purchase receipt for the Tang Sancai.

This thing was made to look quite authentic, acting as an identity card for the vase.

It seemed the rules of Dongming Canyon were more numerous than he had imagined.

Chen Yu's mouth suddenly curled into a strange arc as he grabbed the middle-aged man's shoulder.

"Since the receipt is given to me, and you paid the deposit, shouldn't you also help me pay the rest?"

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The middle-aged man's eyes widened in disbelief, he had not expected Chen Yu to be so overbearing, wasn't this just like a robbery?

But after all, the man was one of the Knights of the Round Table, so he didn't dare to show the slightest neglect. Hurriedly, he pulled out a gold note and presented it to the stall owner.

The stall owner, all smiles, took out a specially made receipt and handed it to Chen Yu.

This matched perfectly with the vase receipt the middle-aged man had produced, forming a system.

Chen Yu couldn't help but be amazed; no wonder the stall owner wasn't the least bit flustered during the earlier argument.

As long as he held that part of the receipt in his hand, the vase would not be able to be traded again.

Chen Yu tossed the middle-aged man aside like trash and squatted down in front of the stall, wanting to pick a couple more treasures.

But the stall owner seemed a bit dishonest, and besides the Tang Sancai and a few decent pieces of porcelain, the rest were all samples.

Chen Yu immediately lost interest. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed an elderly man sitting to one side, crying his eyes out.

"There's not a single good person in the antique world of Dongming Canyon! This is clearly a priceless treasure, yet you all claim it's worthless!"

A few stall owners stood by helplessly, continuously trying to calm him down.

But the old man was like a child, sobbing ceaselessly and cursing all the stall owners in the vicinity.

Chen Yu's interest was piqued, and he walked over.

He saw that the old man was holding a brass cat.

The object was made entirely of brass. The patterns on its body weren't particularly remarkable, but the eyes of the cat shone with an eerie, sea-blue glow.

"Old man, this is just a small brass cat, we've already offered a very fair price," said one of the stall owners.

"Yeah, once you leave Dongming Square, you might not even get this price for it," added another.

"The only thing valuable about this brass cat are those eyes, the rest is just a pile of scrap metal. Even if you melt it down, no one would want it."

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The stall owners, one after another, spoke their pieces, trampling the brass cat into the mud.

The surrounding crowd also heckled, calling the old man unappreciative.

Chen Yu frowned, touched by the old man's heart-wrenching sobs, which would move anyone to pity.

The system's light immediately covered the brass cat to analyze it.

Before long, all of its components appeared in Chen Yu's mind.

This wasn't any brass cat, but a gold cat of the purest quality.

Moreover, the cat was assembled from many individual sections.

Each part contained a gemstone of incalculable value.

The outer layer of brass was just to fuse these sections together.

Chen Yu inhaled sharply. He had thought that those who could come to Dongming Canyon were the best of this world.

To these people, antiques were just playthings, which they should be able to appraise at a glance.

The brass cat was made so exquisitely, especially the layer of brass plating on the outside that was perfectly hidden.

Chen Yu directly stepped forward and grabbed the brass cat.

"Such a treasure being treated as junk, it's really a pity."

It was as though they had heard the biggest joke in the world as they burst into roaring laughter, in their eyes, Chen Yu was nothing more than a bumpkin.

"Brother, what kind of eyes do you have? Can't you see this is just a little copper cat?"

Chen Yu didn't pay them any mind and picked up the brass cat to inspect it thoroughly.

"Old man, how much do you want to sell this for?"

The old man's eyes lit up, "One hundred taels of Gold will suffice."

Chen Yu immediately faced a dilemma, he was unclear about the monetary system of the Dongming Canyon and didn't know the purchasing power of one hundred taels of Gold.

"Fellow shop owners, how much do you plan to offer?"

At those words, the stallholders laughed even harder.

"Kid, I advise you to just leave. It's nothing but a pile of scrap copper, useless to buy. We are only willing to offer at most sixty taels of Gold just because of the pair of Cat's Eye Gemstones!"

Chen Yu had a figure in mind and immediately took out a banknote worth fifty thousand taels of Gold.

"I'll offer five hundred taels of Gold, but this banknote I have on me is far too large a denomination, I wonder who could help me break it down."

The stallholders present suddenly widened their eyes, a banknote of such a large denomination itself was worth over fifty thousand taels of Gold.

"I can!"

One of the stallholders dashed over, holding an iron box in his hands.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

As soon as he opened it, the box full of Gold shone a dazzling light.

"I have four banknotes each worth ten thousand taels of Gold here, and the rest are assorted small pieces of Gold and smaller banknotes, I wonder if that would be acceptable to you?"

Chen Yu didn't bother to check in detail and swiftly counted the amount of Gold before handing over his banknote.

He then took out five hundred taels of Gold from the iron box and gave it to the old man.

Upon receiving the Gold, the old man was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly before finally leaving.

The crowd watching began to mock and sneer, in their view, Chen Yu had just suffered a big loss.

With five hundred taels of Gold, one could melt and cast a golden cat's size bigger than that of the brass one.

Amidst the crowd's laughter, Chen Yu suddenly slammed the brass cat onto the ground.

Before they could react, the brass cat shattered into pieces.

Encased within its body of pure Gold were scattered over a dozen true odd gemstones of various colors.

The onlookers became unsettled, especially the previous stall owners who crowded around.

"My heavens, the brass was merely a facade, inside was a completely different world."

"All these items together are worth at least twenty thousand taels of Gold."

"This brother is impressive, turning five hundred taels of Gold into twenty thousand in an instant."

Everyone became excessively excited, with some even grabbing hold of Chen Yu's hand, wanting to purchase the gemstones on the spot.

Chen Yu remained silent and busied himself with gathering the items.

Here, all these items together might fetch twenty thousand taels of Gold, but outside, their value would be far beyond this amount.

Just one of the purple gemstones alone, could sell for over a billion at any auction house out there.