Zhao Qi didn't waste her money traveling. She quickly recognized that this was a shop that sold antique artifacts. With just a casual glance, she could see that the shop was displaying antique artifacts from all over the world. Of course, they were all imitations. If they were real, they wouldn't be displayed so casually. There was no one guarding them. Weren't they afraid that someone would sneak in and steal a few of them?
However, ordinary thieves might not be interested in these things. After all, they weren't easy to turn into cash. Even if they stole them, they would only end up in their hands. It was better to steal a few iPhones and sell the parts.
At this moment, a figure flashed behind the screen in the depths of the shop. A thin old man walked out. He held a feather duster in his hand. He pressed somewhere and turned on the lights in the shop.
The gloomy feeling was immediately dispelled.
"I didn't know you were coming. Please feel free to look around," the old man said with a smile.
Shi Shi asked straightforwardly, "You're the shop owner?"
"Yes, few people come to my shop. I was reading at the back just now and came over when I heard someone talking," the old man answered.
To be honest, whether it was Zhao Qi or Shi Shi, they were not interested in the things in the shop. But this was also good. When they were shopping in boutiques, they often couldn't control their hands. In this shop, they would definitely only shop and not buy.
Shi Shi picked up a sharp black stone fragment. Its surface seemed to have been polished. It was rough and bumpy. It didn't look like something valuable.
She asked, "Boss, what is this? A gem? "
"It's not wrong to say that it's a gem, but to be more precise, it's actually an obsidian shard that the Aztec warriors use to stab their enemies. They embed it into the groove of a wooden stick and aim it at the enemy or prey to strike it. It's very effective against targets without armor protection," the old man said, and even made a chopping motion.
Shi Shi blinked. "This … is definitely not real, right?"
The old man smiled. "This is real. The wooden stick embedded in it has long decayed, but the stone itself has been preserved. "
Shi Shi's expression changed. Her eyes kept glancing at the obsidian. "You mean … this thing killed people?"
"No one knows. Maybe it killed people, maybe it killed beasts. Maybe it was created before the Aztec Empire was destroyed … it's all possible," the old man answered.
Shi Shi hurriedly threw the obsidian back and said with a face full of disgust, "Disgusting!"
Zhao Qi glared at her. Aren't you afraid of breaking it if you're so careless? What if this thing is very expensive? Can you afford it?
"Boss, you said that this obsidian really came from the Aztec Empire? He's not lying to us, right? Do you have any proof? "Zhao Qi asked suspiciously. After all, if it was true, then this thing would be very valuable. How could such an unknown shop in Binhai City have real antiques?
"As for proof … I don't have it. This thing was given to me by someone else. I can't keep asking for proof," the old man said with a smile. "As an old saying goes — if you believe it, you have it. If you don't, you don't."
Zhao Qi was speechless. She felt that the old man's attitude was too casual. No matter how she looked at it, it didn't seem like he was doing business properly. No wonder the place was deserted.
"Who would buy this?" Shi Shi asked. "What for? Put it at home to admire? But it doesn't look good! "
"Yes," the old man answered with certainty. The old man replied with certainty. "This obsidian fragment came from the Ferocious Tiger Warriors of the Aztec tribe. Although it is an absolute evil object, it has a certain effect of warding off evil spirits. If the house is not peaceful, placing one in the house may have the miraculous effect of stabilizing the house … But looking at the faces of the two ladies, you don't seem to be troubled by evil spirits, so there's no need to buy it."
Zhao Qi was speechless.
The more the old man spoke, the more mysterious he became. At first, she had a good impression of him, but now it seemed that he was infinitely close to being a charlatan …
Shi Shi patted her chest. "Don't scare me. I'm most afraid of ghosts! I don't even dare to watch horror movies! "
The old man said with a smile, "Miss, you don't have to be so afraid. You have to know that humans are 30% afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are 70% afraid of humans. As long as you are righteous and upright, you don't have to be afraid of evil spirits."
Zhao Qi couldn't stand it anymore. She was different from a little girl like Shi Shi. She had always been afraid of credit card overdrafts, but not ghosts. She couldn't help but interrupt, "Where did ghosts come from? How come I've never seen them before? "
"There are many things that people haven't seen. How can you make assumptions about their existence? Ghosts and gods are illusory. You can't believe them, but you have to believe them. "The old man didn't argue with her and smiled lightly.
Zhao Qi shook her head and pulled Shi Shi. "Let's go. This doesn't look like a shop selling things. It looks more like a Feng Shui fortune-telling shop."
Shi Shi had wanted to leave a long time ago. She apologized to the old man and said, "I'm sorry, we still have something to do. We'll leave first."
"Take care, you two. Forgive me for not seeing you off."
The old man wasn't angry at Zhao Qi's words. He walked to the door and watched their backs as they left. He was about to return to the shop when he suddenly saw an unfamiliar short-haired white cat lying on the wall across from him.
He used to feed the stray cats in the area, but he had never seen this one. Ever since he returned to Binhai City, the stray cats seemed to have disappeared, as if they had been scared away by something.
He squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky. As if he had a feeling, he whispered to himself, "Huh? Half an acre of square pond opened up, and the sky and clouds hovered together. The evil atmosphere that has enveloped the city for many days has been swept away. Why is this? No wonder the stray cats have come out again … "
After a moment of contemplation, he couldn't figure it out for the time being. However, this was a good thing for his cat. Ever since he returned to Binhai City, his cat had been hiding in the shop, not daring to come out.
He took out the remote control from his sleeve, turned off the lights in the shop again, and returned to the back room.
Not long after he left, Vladimir jumped down from the eaves of the shop and onto the opposite wall. It said to Little White with a serious face, "Tonight … No, let me think, tomorrow night. My comrades have just been tossing and turning all night, and they're all too tired … Tomorrow night, select some of your elites and come here to meet me. Remember, quality is important, not quantity."
Little White nodded and gestured, asking if the old man was the target it had ordered to find.
"I've worn out iron shoes in fruitless search, and now I've found him by chance!" Vladimir's eyes burned with a raging flame. "Little White, you've done a good job. He's the person I've been looking for! I really didn't expect him to live in Binhai City! The world is such a small place! "
If the Holy Cat Statue was still alive, it would definitely agree with the enemy's opinion, because it had deeply experienced this when it had wandered around Binhai City in the dark.
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