Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 418 - 412: Trade Three

Chapter 418: Chapter 412: Trade Three

What left Lin Xin speechless was that in the shop, it wasn’t just him but also several other young and pretty girls and handsome young men, all leading male and female cultivators from outside into the store, obviously having gone out actively to bring in business.

Shen Ning moved briskly to the counter, haphazardly laid out a pile of items on the table, and then had someone bring Lin Xin a stool, some tea, and a fruit plate.

"Please have a seat, sir. You can now present the items for appraisal—or, as per our previous agreement, if you choose to consign everything here, I can waive the appraisal fee."

On this side, Lin Xin truly felt that the attitude had improved a lot. The other customers seemed to feel the same. The appraisers here were all young and looked very gentle, giving off an air of great respect.

"These are the items I need appraised, everything’s in here. As for consignment, that’s also fine to leave with you."

Lin Xin nodded slightly, satisfied, and took out the ring he had mentioned earlier, placing it back on the table.

Shen Ning didn’t disdain it for being just an ordinary storage ring, she picked it up and diligently sent her spiritual power into it to probe.

As soon as she checked inside, her complexion changed instantaneously.

"This!!!!"

With a crash, she had just sat down when she suddenly shot up, knocking the chair behind her over in the process.

Her almond-shaped eyes were wide open, and her chest heaved with intense breaths, obviously completely shocked.

"This is....!!" It took her a while to catch her breath. Realizing that the other appraisers and customers were drawn by her reaction, she quickly smiled at the surrounding people.

"It’s okay, it’s okay, just got a little overexcited, just a little overexcited...."

Her voice was trembling as she spoke, anyone could hear how extremely unstable her emotions were at that moment.

"Don’t rush, sit down and we’ll talk slowly," Lin Xin said with a smile.

"How long will it take to appraise all of these items?"

After sitting down, Shen Ning’s emotions had obviously not yet stabilized. Hearing his words, the ecstatic joy in her eyes had not faded, and she immediately showed a hint of worry.

She bit her lip, hesitated for quite a while, her expression changing as if she was struggling to make a difficult decision.

"I’m sorry, sir, these items... Our appraisal firm might not be able to handle them all in a short period of time... We have a limited number of appraisers, and need to appraise for other clients as well... I’m afraid this will delay you quite a bit."

"I understand. How soon can you do it at the earliest?" Lin Xin liked her even more now. These days in business, it’s rare to find such honesty, to turn away business that comes to your door so as not to waste a customer’s time. This kind of merchant is not ordinary.

"At the earliest, it would still take two days..." Shen Ning murmured.

Her cheeks flushed slightly, "Your goods... there are so many, and they’re incredibly valuable...."

"Two days? No problem," Lin Xin said with a smile. "You’re a good kid. I hope you can take charge of the whole transaction this time, no issues, right? You can report it directly to your superiors."

Shen Ning’s mouth gaped slightly open, obviously not expecting Lin Xin to make such a suggestion.

"This... I..." She stammered for a while, clearly delighted by his request.

It was known that the contents of the ring amounted to more than the combined sum of several Platinum Level clients.

But with Lin Xin’s words, the higher-ups would definitely agree to such a minor request.

At that time, as the shop manager, she would be able to skim a lot of benefits, but of course, benefits weren’t what she valued most—it was the experience.

That was what mattered the most.

"Sir... thank you, thank you!" Shen Ning came back to her senses, suppressed her ecstatic joy, and quickly bowed to Lin Xin.

"It’s nothing, you’ve earned this yourself," Lin Xin said with a smile.

The excitement stirred by Lin Xin’s ring was unexpected, but what surprised Lin Xin was that the other appraisers of the Desolate Jade shop only took a brief look before returning to attend to their own clients, instead of leaving their customers to help Shen Ning with the appraisal.

Their approach was to place a sign outside, limiting the number of clients to a small amount to restrict customer flow, and most appraisers would converge to help Shen Ning with item appraisals only after they had finished with their own clients in front of them.

One after another, Third Grade and Fourth Grade Magic Artifacts, various Array Plates, Array Flags, books, and even some strange materials, plant and animal tissues, among other things that even Lin Xin couldn’t recognize, were brought out.

The Desolate Jade appraisal shop soon nearly entered a semi-closed state.

Shen Ning focused on taking out each item from the ring and then delegated them among the others for appraisal.

With more than a dozen people starting at the same time, the contents of Lin Xin’s ring rapidly diminished.

The changes in the customer flow and the sign that had been put up outside immediately drew the attention of the people from the nearby Wan An appraisal firm.

Occasionally, cloaked passersby would also stop to look into the shop, where many of the displayed items had to be covered with cloths to conceal the bright lights they emitted, indicating high quality.

Soon, some groups of cloaked people stood outside the shop watching the excitement, whispering and conversing quietly among themselves.

Inside Wan An appraisal, people could hear the voices from outside.

The two female appraisers, Xiuxiu and Nana, were carefully appraising items for a young master with a folding fan.

And the young cultivator in charge was speaking softly with the fan-holding young master.

At this moment, noise from the outside filtered in.

The Folding Fan Gentleman turned his head to look outside.

"What’s all this noise? Why aren’t these people strolling around elsewhere? What are they doing gathering here?"

The Wan’an’s manager also noticed this and upon closer inspection, he vaguely realized that the gazes of the people outside were all fixed on the Desolate Jade appraisal area next to them. His heart suddenly skipped a beat with displeasure.

"That neighboring Desolate Jade Appraisal always likes to employ some slick but unimpressive tricks to attract customers. It seems they are starting some kind of event to draw in patrons again. Master Baiyu, please don’t worry about it. We will definitely finish appraising the thirteen assorted magic artifacts you brought within two hours, rest assured."

The gentleman named Baiyu gave a slight smile.

"I’m not worried about the capabilities and efficiency of your appraisal shop. Since it’s rather boring here, why don’t we go out and have a look?"

Since he said so, the manager found it difficult to object.

The two of them left the shop together and looked towards the store on the left.

Seeing the wooden sign placed on the ground, it read that they were temporarily serving one customer at a time for appraisals and that due to internal reasons of the shop, they were unable to gather all appraisers, and hoped for everyone’s understanding and the like.

"A shop turning away business?" Master Baiyu burst into a wry smile.

A guard by his side who seemed to have some insight explained.

"It seems that they must have received a big client and temporarily don’t have enough appraisers for anyone else."

"A big client? That makes sense," Master Baiyu’s eyes brightened, "Let’s go and have a look."

He took the lead and walked towards the Desolate Jade shop.

The manager of Wan’an clenched his teeth and felt that something was wrong. He decisively followed behind.

He wanted to see what kind of mess the Desolate Jade Appraisal was in.

As the group approached the entrance of the Desolate Jade shop, they looked inside.

Upon seeing the pile of objects that shone with a bright treasure light on the U-shaped counter, they were all momentarily taken aback.

"These... are these Third Grade, or even higher, magic artifacts?!" Master Baiyu’s mouth opened slightly as if he couldn’t believe it.

He had seen Third Grade magic artifacts before, but never in such abundance!

Although the daytime trading market indeed had top-notch magic artifacts that could satisfy Yuan Jing Cultivators, the vast majority of transactions were below Third Grade, with Third Grade being the highest.

To suddenly see at least dozens of Third Grade or higher magic artifacts appeared before his eyes, even he momentarily paused.

Looking at the black-robed person sitting there, whose gaze was indifferent and calm.

Master Baiyu had reason to believe that all these items must have been personally brought out by this black-robed individual. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be only him as a customer sitting in front of that pile of items.

If he was shocked, let alone the Wan’an manager.

The manager’s face turned somewhat unsightly.

Looking at the black-robed person who had brought out these items, it was clear that he was the one they had just turned away. But now regret was too late, having offended him, all they could do was try to salvage some face.

"The amount is not small, but the rules of Wan’an Gold Level are the rules. It’s not possible for such items to break them. If they think this is enough to make us regret, they are sorely mistaken," the manager said coldly.

"I do understand the rules of Wan’an," Master Baiyu also gave the manager some face.

Indeed, although the black-robed person brought out many items, the shock and astonishment were mainly due to the disparity between his status and the items. But, in reality, for Wan’an, an established appraisal establishment, such an amount equivalent to a few Platinum Level clients was not enough to overshadow their presence.

"Who knows if that person will just make a one-time deal anyway? Such a customer, even if they bring a large volume once, how can they compare to the consistent business of Platinum Level clients?" The manager spoke with disdain, obviously unwilling to lose face in front of customers.

Meanwhile, Nana and Xiuxiu in the shop caught a glimpse of their expressions.

Out of curiosity, they too put aside what they were handling, and ran out to take a look.

Upon seeing inside, both girls were momentarily stunned.

"This... so many items!?"

Different from the manager, Nana and Xiuxiu’s wages were calculated based on the quantity and level of items they appraised, facing such a large batch of appraisal items.

Both could tell that all the items were brought out by the same black-robed individual that they just let pass by.

At that moment, Nana was rooted to the spot, her expression a mixture of emotions, completely unsure of how to react or face Xiuxiu.

After all, it was she who had pulled Xiuxiu away from that customer earlier. Although her intentions were good, now... with such a result... even she felt her face burning with embarrassment.

"That customer actually..."

"It’s okay, Nana," Xiuxiu, on the other hand, was more easy-going. Although a hint of envy and regret flashed in her eyes, there was no great sense of loss. Instead, after a moment of surprise, she began to comfort her friend.

"It’s not your fault. You didn’t expect that customer would appraise so many items."

"But..." Nana was still hanging her head in embarrassment, "If it weren’t for me pulling you away, all those appraisals should have been yours..."