Chapter 2198 — Raising the Stakes
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"An ancient top-grade medicinal cauldron?" Wei Zhao was somewhat astonished at You Panhu's words. An ancient top-grade medicinal cauldron—and he would hand it over to trade for some alchemist's reflections and notes? Was his head not right? Something that valuable, if it existed, would be a family treasure. How could anyone casually trade it away?
"Yes. I know you probably won't believe it, but I have a photo here. You can take a look first, and if you agree, I'll have it delivered immediately!" You Panhu said with a nod.
"You Panhu, it's not that I don't believe you, but you should at least give me a reason to. An ancient top-grade medicinal cauldron—if your head isn't waterlogged, would you really trade something that fine for an alchemist's reflections and notes?" Wei Zhao looked at You Panhu as though he were an idiot. "How credible do you think your words are? Tell me, do you believe them yourself? I won't deny that these reflections and notes have some value, but compared with an ancient top-grade medicinal cauldron, it's the difference between heaven and earth. You're not trying to fob me off with a fake, are you?"
"That... how could I..." You Panhu felt somewhat awkward at Wei Zhao's words. He had originally intended to boast a little more about the cauldron to highlight how excellent it was, but he had overlooked one point: the bargaining chip he was offering this time was clearly not on par with the value of the alchemist's reflections and notes, which was exactly why Wei Zhao had grown suspicious.
"It's not really a fake, is it?" Wei Zhao watched You Panhu's somewhat awkward expression and snorted coldly. "If you're just toying with me, then you can get lost."
"Ahem!" You Panhu coughed and gave a dry laugh. "Actually, you're not wrong. If it were a flawless ancient top-grade medicinal cauldron, forget trading with you—I probably wouldn't even be qualified to touch it!"
"Then what do you mean?" Wei Zhao asked in return.
"I'll be straight with you. This cauldron is indeed an ancient top-grade medicinal cauldron, but it has a crack in it—in other words, it's damaged," You Panhu said. "However, if you have connections, you could try to repair it. If it can be restored, its value would be beyond price."
"If it could be repaired, would it even come to me?" Hearing You Panhu's words, Wei Zhao sank into thought. Earlier, at the hidden Han family, he had obtained a fragmented scroll on the Way of Artifact Restoration, but these past few days Wei Zhao had been rather busy and hadn't had the time to study it carefully. But if he could thoroughly master it, might he be able to repair this damaged medicinal cauldron?
"That... heh heh, under normal circumstances it can't be repaired, but Wei Zhao, you're so capable—maybe by some lucky coincidence you could repair it, who knows?" You Panhu simply came out with it: "This thing is a good thing, but if anyone could repair it, do you think I'd still be trading with you?"
"Now that's more like a human being talking," Wei Zhao said.
"..." You Panhu was somewhat speechless. So then, everything I said before wasn't human speech?
"So in other words, you're basically bringing me a piece of scrap and trying to trade it for the alchemist's reflections and notes?" Wei Zhao curled his lip. "You really do take me for a fool!"