After the little bug flew into the thick and heavy vase, Li Du was surprised to see that there was something inside!
What really attracted the little bug was the thing inside. Through its vision, it was a bronze pot with a straight mouth, a long neck, a long round abdomen, and a circle of short pot legs.
At the neck of the pot were two folded beams, one shaped like a bird's beak and the other like a beast's head. There were rings around the mouth of the pot, and the whole body was covered with corrugated patterns. Within the patterns, there were cloud patterns. The overall pattern was complex.
After the little bug entered the bronze pot, it immediately opened its mouth and began to absorb the time energy within.
Li Du hurriedly stopped him and then asked about a few relics in the shop.
The owner was an old man with glasses, and he was spinning a pair of walnuts in his hand.
He could tell that Li Du did not look like an enthusiast of relics, so he answered Li Du casually. When Li Du asked for a price, he would give him a price. When Li Du did not ask, he would not say much.
After walking one round, Li Du gave Hans a look.
The two of them had worked together for a long time. When he saw Li Du's look, Hans understood what he meant. He looked at the vase at the door and asked, "Hello, sir. I think this vase is not ordinary. Is it also an antique Chinese porcelain?"
The owner did not understand English, so Li Du translated for him.
After listening to the translation, he smiled perfunctorily and said, "Yes, it is also an antique. That is a Qing Dynasty double-eared lotus vase. If you like Qing Dynasty relics, this vase is definitely a good choice."
Hans asked, "How much is it?"
The owner said, "Fixed price, 10,000 dollars."
Li Du frowned and said, "Isn't this price a bit too much, boss? You are using this vase to block the door, so it is obviously not an authentic relic. My American friend likes it. Why don't you give me a fair price? "
The owner took a sip of tea and said, "Come on, your American friend is really strange. He likes this thing? Let me tell you the truth, this vase is really a double-eared lotus vase, but it is an imitation of the Qing Dynasty style. "
Li Du said, "He likes this kind of big and heavy thing. Maybe he wants to buy it and put it in the living room as a decoration."
The owner thought for a while and said, "Since you are sincere, I will give you a sincere price. 2,000 dollars. This vase is 2,000 dollars!"
Li Du said, "Make it cheaper, a thousand dollars. You can use a chair to block the door. You can earn a thousand dollars for free."
He knew that he couldn't be too forthright when buying antiques. If he acted too forthright, it would easily arouse the other party's suspicion.
Sure enough, the boss was not tired of his bargaining. Finally, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll sell it to you for one thousand, but you have to move it yourself. I'm not responsible for manpower."
Li Du nodded and smiled. "Sure, no problem."
After ordering 1,000 dollars to the shop owner, he placed the little bug into the vase.
After flying in, the little bug started to absorb the time energy without hesitation.
Picking up the heavy vase, he prepared to leave. The owner became enthusiastic and asked, "Your foreigner friend likes heavy things, right? I also have a Ming Hongwu Golden Copper Dancing Crane Boy Ear Shaped Furnace. Would the two of you like it? "
Li Du asked, "How much?"
"I won't lie to you. This is a genuine antique from the Ming Dynasty. The market price is no less than five million …"
As soon as he heard the price, Li Du decisively left. Spending five million dollars on an ornament? He wasn't crazy!
Previously, when the little bug had absorbed the time energy from the copper coins and the seal, it had only taken a few seconds.
This time, lying in the copper vase, it had absorbed for a full two minutes before stopping.
As it stopped, its body gradually shrank a little, and a pair of wings grew on its back.
Just like that, it had changed from four legs and two wings to four legs and four wings.
Li Du looked at the copper vase. After losing all the time energy, its surface had lost its luster and was covered in rust from the inside to the outside. However, because it was supported by the porcelain vase, it was still in good condition.
While walking with him, Hans asked expectantly, "Hey, Li, what's so special about this vase?"
Li Du shrugged and said, "Nothing special. I just like the pattern on it and want to buy it for my parents to decorate their house."
Hans looked at him suspiciously and said, "Just because of that?"
Li Du handed the vase to him and said, "What else could it be? Do you think I picked up some antique? To be honest, I want to, but it's too difficult. "
This was not an exaggeration. Although the market was big and there were many things, the shrewd bosses did not give people the opportunity to pick up antiques.
He continued to walk around the shops, and almost went through all the shops on the antique street, but there was nothing else.
Since there was nothing, he drove away without any hesitation.
He had once thought that perhaps he could use the little bug's ability to pick up antiques in the market to make money.
Now that it was a peaceful era, the prices of antiques continued to rise. Even if he could only get one treasure every week, the income would be very considerable.
However, his experience on the antique street that night had disappointed him. This path would not work. There were many people in China, and there were also many smart people. There were many smart people in the antique market. As long as an object looked a little valuable, they would try their best to determine its true identity.
Tonight's copper vase was an exception. For some reason, the previous owner had used it as a skeleton and pasted clay on the outside and inside to make it into porcelain.
This kind of opportunity was hard to come by. Perhaps there were not many antiques in history that were treated this way.
After getting into the car, he was curious about the identity of this copper vase, so he searched the Internet.
However, when he searched for keywords related to this copper vase, he did not find a picture of it. Instead, he found a similar object called the Bronze Masked Head Lantern Pot.
The whole body of this pot was quite similar to the one inside the porcelain, except that it had an extra lid and lacked the cloud pattern on the surface. Its two lantern beams also did not have animal heads, and they both had the same bird beak.
According to the introduction, this object was a national first-class protected cultural relic, born in the late Shang Dynasty and early Western Zhou Dynasty. It was a national treasure that could not be taken out of the country.
As for its value? There was no specific valuation, because there had never been such an object sold in history. Some people even doubted its authenticity.
From the time energy that the little bug had absorbed for so long, Li Du was sure that this copper vase was definitely from the same era as the Bronze Masked Head Lantern Pot in the National Museum.
Unfortunately, according to his experience, all the time energy in this thing had been absorbed by the little bug, so it was done for …
After confirming the identity of the copper vase, he began to be curious about the new ability that the little bug had brought after this evolution.
From two-legged to two-legged and two-winged, and then to four-legged and two-winged, the three evolutions in appearance had brought about three changes in the little bug's ability. He was looking forward to what new ability the little bug would have this time.
Back in the hotel room, he released the little bug and began to rack his brains to figure out its new ability.
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