The Urban Medical Martial Immortal

110: Chapter 108: A World Within 110: Chapter 108: A World Within “The pill furnace and scroll, fetching twenty thousand, the girl in the duckbill cap originally thought it was already a very high price.

Who would’ve thought, before she even left, the boss was planning to flip them for two hundred thousand—ten times the price.

At that, the girl in the duckbill cap wouldn’t have it, exclaiming, “I’m not selling anymore.

I’ll give you the money back, and you give me back my pill furnace and scroll!”

Hearing this, Lin Tian was astonished, his face involuntarily breaking into a slight smile.

Interesting, this little girl seems to have been cultivating for years, totally clueless about worldly affairs or the ways of the world, and devoid of any scheming!

To think she would want her sold items back!

Lin Tian sized up the girl, finding it amusing, and chuckled to himself.

“Swindler?

Young man, that’s not right!

I didn’t force you to sell to me, we negotiated a price beforehand, it was a fair deal!”

The boss’s face darkened as he spoke indignantly, “Moreover, in a transaction, money is handed over in exchange for goods.

Once a deal is made, there’s no turning back!

You’re not here to mess around with me, are you?”

Obviously, the boss hadn’t realized he was speaking to a girl, mistaking her for a troublemaking young man.

“Ah…”

The girl in the duckbill cap visibly paused, blinked her beautiful eyes, then looked to Lin Tian, and said, “Sir, is what he’s saying true?”

Sir?

Lin Tian had a face full of black lines, ‘I’m only seventeen or eighteen years old, do I look that old?

Though, technically, I am thousands of years old, but this body right now is surely a seventeen-year-old youth!

Lin Tian pursed his lips and said, “Technically, he isn’t wrong, once a transaction is complete, you can’t take it back!”

“Oh…

Got it!”

The girl in the duckbill cap shook her tiny lips, nodded a little dejectedly, but she seemed to trust Lin Tian’s words quite a bit and didn’t say anything more.

However, she didn’t leave; she stood by and watched.

The boss ignored her and turned instead to say, “Sir, are you interested in purchasing?”

“Good!

Two hundred thousand it is!”

Lin Tian was very straightforward, pulling out a bank card and passing it over.

This bank card sure is convenient, a simple swipe and it’s done, unlike in my past life, having to fish out a pile of spirit stones from my storage ring every time I went shopping!

I’ll have to find a way to get some storage space later though, a storage ring would be ideal, but at the very least, a low-level storage space would do; otherwise, it’s just too inconvenient!

Thinking to himself, Lin Tian suddenly found his bank account had grown to ten million and, after a moment of surprise, he understood immediately—it must be Zhou Li or that Chen Halan who had deposited the money.

“Sir, how could you be as foolish as me?

He raised the price tenfold; he’s obviously trying to swindle you!”

The girl in the duckbill cap grew anxious, tugging Lin Tian’s hand and speaking in a rush.

The boss’s face turned sour, and he bellowed, “Young man, if you cause any more trouble, I’ll have to ask you to leave!”

“Hmph!

An obvious swindler.

If you dare to kick me out, I’ll demolish your shop tomorrow!”

The girl in the duckbill cap got angry, hands on her hips.

“Hey, kid, you think you can threaten Guo Fu like that…”

Guo Fu was obviously enraged and about to call for someone, but Lin Tian stopped him.

“Boss, why are you fighting with a kid, didn’t I buy your two items?”

Lin Tian held back the girl, then turned and winked at her, whispering, “Don’t make a fuss, just wait, there’ll be a good show soon!”

Huh?

The girl in the duckbill cap blinked, her clear beautiful eyes filled with confusion.

Lin Tian paid her no mind, took the pill furnace and scroll to inspect them closely, a smile appearing on his face.

Upon holding them, the spiritual energy fluctuations from within the pill furnace grew even stronger.

Lin Tian determined that it was a magic artifact.

As for the scroll, it depicted an ordinary landscape painting, probably by a cultivator, and although it had no spiritual energy fluctuations, it did carry a distinctive cultivator’s aura.

Moreover, Lin Tian discovered that this scroll was more than it seemed, with layers and secrets within.

These two qualities alone were of great value to an antique collector for the scroll at hand.

“Boss Guo, how much for this scroll?”

At that moment, two people walked in from the outside and took an immediate interest in the scroll in Lin Tian’s hands.

Assuming it was still available, they inquired directly to Guo Fu.

They were a man and a woman, both around twenty, in branded clothing and fashionable, looking to be university students from nearby University City.

“Sorry, this painting has already been sold to this gentleman!”

“”

Guo Fu looked at the painting in Lin Tian’s hand, his face twitching slightly with a pained expression.

“I should have set a higher price if I knew this painting was so easy to sell!”

Unfortunately, since the painting had already been sold, Guo Fu could only watch helplessly.

“Kid, you’ve bid too low for the painting in your hands, name your price!”

The young man with dyed light red curly hair looked towards Lin Tian and spoke directly.

Beside him, a girl with shoulder-length hair wearing hollowed-out denim nodded and added, “Dean Bai would probably like this painting, it exudes an ancient charm and seems to be quite old!”

“Do you want to buy it?”

Lin Tian glanced at the two, especially at the girl with sharp eyes that suggested she knew a bit about antiques, and after a brief silence, he said, “I won’t sell this painting!

But if you can offer a price that would convince me, then perhaps I could consider…”

The young man turned back to glance at the girl beside him as if seeking her opinion, then turned back and said, “One hundred thousand!”

Upon hearing this, Lin Tian chuckled and shook his head, holding up two fingers, “At least this much!”

“What, two million?

Are you trying to rob me?!”

The young man’s face darkened as he raised his voice in anger.

“Two million?

No, you’ve misunderstood,”

Lin Tian said with a chuckle and a head shake, causing the two in front to be momentarily startled—they were ready to deal at two hundred thousand—but Lin Tian’s next statement was shocking, “It’s two billion!”

Two billion?

Guo Fu, the shop owner, was stunned, and many customers in the shop were also shocked.

The girl with the baseball cap also opened her mouth wide in astonishment.

“Two billion?”

By now, the young man on the other side laughed in anger, scoffing, “Kid, are you trying to swindle Mo Tianyun?

Be careful, or you might not live to spend your money!”

“Heh, swindle you?

If you can’t afford it, you can get lost!”

Lin Tian had little patience for those who readily threatened others, and he coldly retorted.

“You’re courting death!”

Mo Tianyun had some renown in University City, and it was rare for anyone to rebuke him like this.

Enraged, he swung his palm directly towards Lin Tian.

Slap~

However, Lin Tian’s palm met his first, spinning Mo Tianyun around with the force of the slap.

“This painting is very precious?”

The girl with the baseball cap was confused and asked in surprise.

“Yes!”

Lin Tian nodded solemnly, preparing to unravel the painting for the girl to see when an elderly voice sounded, and an old man who looked to be in his seventies or eighties entered the shop, heading straight for Lin Tian, “Young man, may I take a look at the painting in your hands?”

“Ah, it’s Master Gu Liuushui!

One of the three great antique appraisal masters of Bin City!

He actually came…”

Many recognized the old man and began to exclaim in surprise.

Gu Liuushui?

An appraisal master?

It seemed this old man was quite famous!

Lin Tian nodded and passed the painting over, asking, “Elder, have you noticed something?”

“Mmm, judging from the surface alone, this painting is naturally not a famous work, but if I’m not mistaken, it dates back to the Qin State period!”

Gu Liuushui adjusted the nonexistent beard under his chin while admiring the painting in his hands, repeatedly praising, “Such ancient craftsmanship is formidable…

More importantly, the landscapes in this painting have a traceable history…

The young man demanding two billion earlier was not being unreasonable!”

What, the Qin State!?

Everyone in the shop was dumbfounded, and Guo Fu, the shop owner, turned pale.

Damn it, I missed this; I’ve suffered a great loss!

If only I had waited for Master Liuushui to take a look!

Guo Fu was filled with deep regret at this point.

However, Lin Tian shook his head in response to Gu Liuushui’s words, “That’s just the surface…”

“Oh, has the old man made a mistake?”

Seeing Lin Tian shake his head, Gu Liuushui frowned and questioned.

“It contains a universe within!”

Taking the painting back from Gu Liuushui, Lin Tian nodded and said with a smile.