City's Best Divine Doctor-Chapter 1813 - 1773: Blood Jade

At this moment, Shen Yueru felt like she was back in middle school ten years ago. She dragged Ye Qiu over to the market stalls at the City God Temple and squatted down to examine the antiques.

If it were ten years ago, back when there weren’t so many fakes and artificially aged replicas, and when trust between people was still quite strong, most of the antiques bought here were genuine. It wasn’t like now when finding even one real item out of a hundred was considered quite good.

Ye Qiu stood beside Shen Yueru as she made her selection.

For Shen Yueru today, even if the antique was very expensive and genuine, she could afford it. But now, she just wanted to come and have a look with Ye Qiu.

Shen Yueru squatted there selecting, and then picked up a jade bracelet, the kind that was yellowish with a touch of green.

Before Ye Qiu could speak, the stall owner said, "Miss, this jade bracelet was acquired from the countryside; I’ll sell it to you for twenty thousand."

Twenty thousand?

If it were real, it would certainly be worth more than twenty thousand.

This was clearly made from some kind of glue or synthetic material, and the price could easily be found online.

Unexpectedly, now it’s being sold to Shen Yueru for twenty thousand.

Not only was this thing useless, but wearing it for a long time could actually be harmful.

"Put it back, it’s fake."

Ye Qiu said directly.

Shen Yueru glanced at Ye Qiu and put it back. She knew for sure it was fake, but she didn’t expect Ye Qiu to say it outright.

"Young man, how can you say it’s fake? I bought this with real money from the countryside."

"If it’s real, I’ll swallow it."

Without needing a closer look, he knew it was fake.

Now, Ye Qiu picked it up and released his Spiritual Energy, and there was no reaction at all.

Moreover, with a light squeeze, it quickly crumbled into a handful of what seemed like glue powder; this powder was synthesized and polished.

And it was machine-polished at that.

"Online, you can find them for tens of dollars, and you’re saying twenty thousand. Deceiving tourists is one thing, but trying to fool me, you must have a death wish."

Ye Qiu blew on it, scattering the powdery substance, startling the stall owner.

The stall owner could tell this young man was not ordinary.

But just now, the young man had damaged his item.

"I don’t care if it’s real or fake. I said twenty thousand, so it’s twenty thousand. You just damaged my item, and without compensation, you can’t leave."

The stall owner said directly.

Ye Qiu didn’t expect that, after exposing the fake, the seller not only refused to admit it but even demanded compensation.

"Then I’m leaving. This thing dirtied my hands; not making you pay me is already quite generous."

Ye Qiu pulled Shen Yueru away, intending to leave. Shen Yueru knew the bracelet was fake and that the other party was being deceitful. She initially thought it would be less trouble to just pay the two thousand.

Unexpectedly, Ye Qiu couldn’t be bothered and led Shen Yueru away to look at another stall.

Just as they were leaving, the stall owner quickly made a phone call.

Ye Qiu ignored all of that and squatted down again with Shen Yueru to have a look.

Basically, with the Soul Consciousness Ye Qiu had absorbed—especially those that were very knowledgeable about antique collection—he could tell at a glance that they were all fake.

All of them were fake, basically meaningless.

Now, he was just accompanying Shen Yueru, letting her reminisce about past times.

The two of them walked, looked around, and chatted. Shen Yueru ended up not buying any antiques. Those might look pretty and seem like real antiques, but as Ye Qiu said, they were all fake.

No meaning at all.

She certainly wouldn’t knowingly buy fake antiques to take home!

Moreover, these stall owners spouted prices casually, as long as they could trick even one person, they’d consider it a success. With the jade bracelet alone, as long as they could sell one a month, they’d profit—even after venue fees, management fees, they could still make over ten thousand.

If they didn’t sell any, it didn’t matter, since there were plenty of tourists here.

Plus, Jinling being an ancient capital of six dynasties, many uninformed tourists thought there must be many genuine antiques. When they came here to shop, whether for bargains or souvenirs, tourists found it worthwhile, so there were always plenty of buyers.

"Ye Qiu, let’s go look up ahead."

Seeing Shen Yueru’s look, Ye Qiu already knew to bring back some good Jadeite stones from Ruili and give them to Shen Yueru to have carved, which would make a nice gift.

But back in Ruili, facing so many excellent Jadeite pieces, he didn’t bring any back, thinking these well-off ladies don’t lack for Jade Jewelry anyway.

Ye Qiu and Shen Yueru arrived at another stall where Shen Yueru picked up various antiques to look at, including Jade Buddha, gold Buddha, Ancient Coins, postage stamps, all sorts of things—even Banknotes.

Those Banknotes appeared genuine, but when Ye Qiu picked them up, they felt light. Upon closer inspection, he found these Banknotes were all fake, clearly printed to be sold.

However, Ye Qiu noticed a blood-red Jade Pendant nearby.

He realized there was something different.

Could this be Blood Jade?

Blood Jade, a specific term, refers to jade with a hint of red vein visible in sunlight, typically found in jade bracelets and occasionally in pendants, and considered extremely rare.

This type of jade is extremely rare in the market, generally A-grade jade without any artificial tampering.

Its color is righteous, with good translucency, free of impurities, and without cracks. The formation of Blood Jade takes hundreds of years.

The formation process often involves a high-quality white jade made into a bracelet. It’s worn by a woman during her lifetime, then buried with her. Years later, after being looted from a tomb, the bracelet surfaces again, gets worn by another woman, and finally reburied. This cycle repeats three or four times to form Blood Jade.

So, a piece of Blood Jade is generally considered a burial object from ancient times.

Contrary to myths about slaughtering sheep and placing jade in the corpse, burying it for decades to create fake Blood Jade, this is entirely impossible.

Ye Qiu immediately noticed this piece of Blood Jade, and when he asked the stall owner to hand it over, the owner said, "Young man, you have a good eye. This is Blood Jade."

Ye Qiu said nothing, but he knew that if this Blood Jade was real, it would have been worn by deceased people multiple times to form.

It’s not inherently a good thing, and generally, people wouldn’t dare wear it, thinking it too ominous.

But Ye Qiu is different.