The receptionist was stunned by Zuo Yi's inquiry. She immediately smiled and said, "Please wait for a moment. I'll ask the manager to come over."
Gold was a real hard currency. Most of the gold and silver jewelry stores in the country had a recycling service, but usually only small stores would put up a recycling sign, so ordinary people often chose to go to those places to sell.
But in fact, a big store like Jinyu Fu Jewelry also provided the same service.
Another receptionist led Zuo Yi to sit down in front of the gold jewelry counter and then served him a cup of tea.
Zuo Yi's special dress attracted the attention of other customers in the jewelry store. A few people pointed at him and snickered, but he didn't care at all. He picked up the paper cup and took a sip of tea.
It was a very ordinary green tea, but he hadn't tasted it for many years. It was full of nostalgia.
"Hello, sir..."
At this moment, a well-dressed middle-aged man appeared behind the counter and asked politely, "Are you here to sell gold?"
Zuo Yi nodded and put down the paper cup in his hand. A gold coin flipped out of his fingers and fell silently on the counter.
It was like magic.
The middle-aged man opposite him, who was obviously the manager, was a little confused. He looked at Zuo Yi in surprise and then looked down at the gold coin.
The round gold coin was not big, and the surface was engraved with dense patterns. Under the illumination of the room lights, it shone with a charming light. It was brand new, as if it had just been cast, and it had a kind of exciting magic.
In contrast, all the gold jewelry placed on the glass counter was overshadowed.
The middle-aged man stared at the gold coin for half a minute. It was not until Zuo Yi knocked on it with his finger that he suddenly came to his senses. He quickly said, "Sir, I need to identify its composition. Is that okay?"
Zuo Yi nodded. "Okay."
The middle-aged man picked up the gold coin and tested its composition with an instrument on the table behind him.
The testing process was very fast, and the result was out in just a few minutes. However, the middle-aged man who took the gold coin back looked a little strange. "There is no problem with the quality. It is four ninety-nine pieces of ten thousand foot gold. It weighs 27.55 grams. Our current recycling price is 263 yuan per gram. Is that okay?"
Zuo Yi smiled and said, "Sure."
The store manager's attitude was impeccable, but it was obvious that he wasn't telling the whole truth.
It wasn't because of the weight of the coin, but because Zuo Yi's coin was 100% pure gold!
Because it was a Law Coin.
Law coins could only be created by high-grade Adepts. They were a creation of laws, containing the power of laws that covered all the planes of the multiverse. In any world, their value was constant. They were indestructible, indestructible, and without any flaws or impurities.
The adepts and knights of Sadeya often went on expeditions to other planes. Only planar creations could ensure that they would not be affected by the laws of another plane.
Law creations included law equipment, law tools, law medicines, law runic stones, law gold coins, and so on.
Back when Zuo Yi had just crossed over to the world of Sadeya, the items he brought with him were quickly corroded by the power of the world's rules. In just a few days, they were all annihilated and disappeared. Fortunately, he had the help of others at that time, otherwise he wouldn't even have clothes to wear.
Law creations did not have such a problem at all, so they were a necessary strategic item for planar expeditions.
The store manager used a professional instrument to examine the Law Coin, and the result was that it was 100% pure gold. However, such a result was undoubtedly beyond his common sense, which was why his expression was so awkward.
It was probably tested several times, or else the result would have come out even faster.
Zuo Yi did not care about what the other party thought. He just needed a sum of money to deal with an emergency.
The total price of 27.55 grams of gold was 7,245 yuan. The middle-aged man directly paid 7,300 yuan. After completing the transaction, he asked somewhat impatiently, "Sir, do you have any more of these coins?"
Zuo Yi stuffed the money into his pocket and said, "Goodbye."
He did not answer the other party's question at all and turned to leave.
The middle-aged man had no reason to stop Zuo Yi and could only watch as he left.
After some thought, he reluctantly put the coin back into the instrument to be examined again. He also compared it with the gold in his shop, and finally fell into deep self-doubt.
After a while, he picked up the phone and made a call. "Young Master Yuan, I received a very interesting item. Would you like to take a look?"
At this moment, Zuo Yi did not know what happened after he left. He went to a shopping mall opposite the jewelry store and took nearly an hour to come out.
When he came out of the shopping mall, Zuo Yi was already completely new. The eye-catching leather armor and boots had been replaced with a brand new T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. A pair of sunglasses hung on his collar, and he was holding a new smartphone in his hand.
After spending more than half of the money he got from selling the Law Coin, Zuo Yi completed the return of an otherworldly Paladin to an ordinary modern person, and reintegrated into this world.
He put on his sunglasses, walked to the side of the road with relaxed steps, and reached out to hail a passing taxi.
"Sir, I'm going to Linjiang Town."
The taxi took Zuo Yi out of the bustling city and through the river tunnel to the other side. After about half an hour of travel, they arrived at Linjiang Town, which was located on the riverside.
…
Linjiang was an ancient town with a long history, facing the city of Hangzhou across the river.
The town was originally surrounded by plains and fields, but in recent years, with the continuous expansion of the city of Hangzhou, the land on the other side of the Qianjiang River had also been developed, and modern high-rise buildings rose from the ground.
This also squeezed Linjiang Town into a corner.
Zuo Yi did not let the taxi drive to his house. Instead, he stopped at the entrance of the town, paid the fare, and walked there.
After not seeing each other for three years, Linjiang Town was the same as before. This ancient town had always had a rhythm of life different from Hangzhou.
The people who lived here lived a dull and leisurely life. The old street paved with bluestone was long, and the shops on the street did not have much business in the afternoon. Therefore, neighbors came to chat with each other, or made do with each other to play cards and mahjong together, which attracted the curious gazes of passing tourists.
Children ran through the street playfully, and from time to time, silver bell-like laughter could be heard, adding a bit of vitality to the ancient town.
Zuo Yi was very familiar with such a scene, and he did not know how many times it had occurred in his dreams.
Passing by the children running toward him, he strolled through the long street like an ordinary tourist, and finally came to the front of a house at the west end of the town.
This was the home where Zuo Yi had lived for 20 years!
Standing in front of the door and staring at the mottled traces left by the years, Zuo Yi was overwhelmed with emotions.
He was home!
However, the door of the house was closed, and no one welcomed Zuo Yi's return. Only the morning glory climbing on the wall of the courtyard bloomed alone.
With a sigh in his heart, he suddenly jumped up, silently swept over the high wall of the gate, and quietly landed in the house.
Zuo Yi's home was a Western-style villa in the style of the previous dynasty. It had a history of more than 100 years since it was built. Although it had experienced the baptism of wind, frost, rain, and snow, it was still intact because it was well maintained.
In front of the three-story villa was a courtyard of nearly 100 square meters. The courtyard was surrounded by walls on three sides, and in the left corner stood a large camphor tree with many branches and leaves. The dense canopy covered half of the sky in the courtyard, and also made the house appear quiet.
Because it had not been cleaned for a long time, the ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves and mud, and there was a faint smell of decay.
Because he did not have the key, Zuo Yi could not directly open the door, but this did not cause any trouble for him.
He put the index and middle fingers of his right hand on the door lock, and a faint light flashed from his fingertips, instantly penetrating into the keyhole. With a click, the door lock automatically opened.
Although it was a different world, the "Lock Picking Technique" he learned when he was wandering in Sadeya was still very useful.
Zuo Yi reached out to open the door, and the turbid air immediately rushed out, making him frown.
The living room on the first floor was covered with dust, and the corners of the walls were densely covered with cobwebs. The cloth covering the sofa and furniture had turned dark grey, revealing a lifeless smell.
Zuo Yi slowly walked to the front of the living room cabinet, and he took out a photo frame placed in the wooden shelf. He blew away the dust on the surface of the frame, and wiped it clean with his hand, and put it back.
"Mom, I'm back."
Zuo Yi said to the photo frame, and unknowingly his eyes were wet with tears.
In the photo frame, a beautiful and elegant woman was still smiling, as if she was saying to him …
Welcome home, my child.
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