Chapter 45: The Gallstone Remedy (Part 1)

  "It's fine as long as I didn't get ripped off," Li Yang chuckled. "Anyway, this counts as an antique!"

  Li Can's expression showed he understood, the thing in front of him didn't seem to be very good after all, but Li Yang wasn't buying it just because of this Buddha statue either, mainly for the treasure inside the Buddha's belly.

  "Yes, it's definitely an antique!" Li Can hastily smiled, Wu Xiaoli gently shook her head and didn't say anything.

  "It's antique, that's all!"

  Li Yang picked up the stone Buddha statue again, and with a towel in his hand, he wiped it hard. The stone carving had oil paint on it, but much of the oil paint had already peeled off, and coupled with the rough craftsmanship, ordinary collectors would not want such an item.

  As he walked out of the store, Li Yang held up the Buddha statue high and examined it carefully under the bright light. To those who didn't know him, Li Yang really looked like a connoisseur, at least in appearance.

  "Alright, put it down. What's so special about a stone carving from the Republic of China? I'll show you my grandfather's authentic Northern and Southern Dynasties Buddha statue another day!"

  Wu Xiaoli called out, Li Yang's appearance was really too detestable, pretending to understand without understanding. If it weren't for herself today, he would have been cheated by others. But on the other hand, if Wu Xiaoli hadn't been here today, Li Yang wouldn't have come either.

  "Bang!"

  The Buddha statue in Li Yang's hand suddenly fell to the ground with a crisp sound, startling the customers and owners of several nearby shops. Several heads stretched out from the adjacent shops, and Li Can and Wu Xiaoli had already rushed outside.

  Li Yang stood outside, stunned, his face full of surprise, his eyes still fixed on the stone Buddha statue that had been smashed to pieces on the ground, as if he was filled with regret and remorse.

  "You said you didn't understand but pretended to, and for 800 bucks, all I got was a loud noise!"

  The stone carving on the ground has been smashed into several pieces. This kind of work was not good to begin with, and this mediocre stone carving is far from being a fine piece. It's no wonder it broke after all these years, especially since the floor is made of hard bluestone.

  "Me? I'm also being careless?" Li Yang chuckled and his expression was already sufficient, continuing to be so exaggerated would only make people suspicious.

  "What is this thing?"

  Li Cang suddenly shouted, still holding a small wooden box in his hand. The small wooden box was about ten centimeters long and four or five centimeters wide.

  Wu Xiaoli was also attracted by the small wooden box, squatting down with Li Can to look at it. This small wooden box is what Li Yang knows best, inside there is a red stone about 8 cm long and more than 3 cm wide. In recent days, Li Yang has been studying jade knowledge, and also looked at things similar to jade, including Hetian jade, Tianhuang stone, chicken blood stone, Qingtian stone, etc.

  Just before buying the stone carving, Li Yang discovered that there was a blood-red stone in the belly of the Buddha statue. The color of this stone was very clear and pure, with a very round surface and exceptionally bright colors. If Li Yang wasn't mistaken, the Buddha's belly contained a piece of chicken bloodstone, and it was a pretty good one too.

  "It seems like it's hidden inside the Buddha statue, I don't know either!"

  Li Can shook his head, and Wu Xiaoli flipped through the stone carving fragments on the ground again. The belly of Maitreya Buddha was empty, which could just fit this small wooden box.

  "Here you go, boss!"

  After Wu Xiaoli finished, Li Can handed the small wooden box to Li Yang. In the antique business, there are rules to follow. This thing came from Buddha carving, and Buddha carving belongs to Li Yang, so this small wooden box naturally belongs to Li Yang. Without Li Yang's permission, they cannot open it arbitrarily.

  "Quickly take a look, what's inside? Could it really be a treasure?"

  Wu Xiaoli urged hastily from the side, Li Can also looked at Li Yang with great curiosity, and several people walked over from the side, including the owner of the store and customers, seeing a stone carving shatter and another new thing come out, they were all very curious.

  "Good!"

  Li Yang smiled slightly, he knew what was inside very clearly, and opening it would definitely scare them all.

  Actually, Li Yang originally wanted to go back and find an opportunity when no one was around to take out the things inside the Buddha statue. However, Wu Xiaoli and Li Can's attitude just now made Li Yang change his mind. These two people looked down on this Buddha statue, so they must be let know the true value of this despised stone carving.

  As for whether anyone would suspect anything, Li Yang had thought it through carefully. No one would know that there was something inside the Buddha statue, and besides, the statue was so heavy, and Li Yang was an inexperienced person, so accidentally dropping it and shattering it was completely believable. If anyone had any suspicions, they could only attribute it to good luck, and Li Yang's luck had always been very good.

  The small wooden box was closed, Li Yang used force to tear it open from the side, and the things inside the wooden box immediately appeared.

  A thin layer of oil paper wraps around a red and white striped thing that looks straight, long, and smooth on all six sides.

  What's inside has made everyone even more curious, with over a dozen people already surrounding Li Yang and more gathering around.

  The oil paper was lifted, and the chicken blood stone hidden inside was immediately exposed in front of everyone. Wu Xiaoli, Li Can, and many people around were shocked with their mouths wide open, and everyone recognized what this thing in front of them was.

  Li Yang also looked very surprised, took out the long strip of chicken blood stone square seal from the oil paper, this time Li Yang held it very steadily and did not let the seal fall to the ground.

  The four sides of the square are mostly crimson, with no words on the top and bottom. It has been stored in the belly of a Buddha statue for many years, but it still gives people a cool feeling when held in hand.

  "What is this?" Li Can stared with wide eyes, looked up and swallowed a mouthful of saliva in his throat.

  "This is a Changhua crystal agate seal with chicken blood stone, the color of the blood is bright red, and about 70% of the four sides of the entire square seal are blood-colored, it's a rare treasure!"

  A middle-aged man in his forties suddenly sighed, and the people around him nodded slightly. The crystal frozen chicken blood stone slab in front of him had a fresh, vivid, thick, and bright red color, with a white and yellow glass-like crystalline texture. On the surface of the crystal frozen ground, not only can you see the "chicken blood" on the surface, but also through the transparent frozen ground to see the "chicken blood" inside, just like admiring a bright red ice lamp, extraordinary and beautiful.

  Crystal Ice Chicken Blood Stone is also known as Glass Ice Chicken Blood Stone, which is the most transparent type of Ice Chicken Blood Stone. The "Ice" in Chicken Blood Stone and the "kind" in Jade have similar meanings. This Crystal Ice Chicken Blood Stone is also one of the most valuable Chicken Blood Stones, second only to the top-grade full-red Chicken Blood Stone.

  "Li Yang, did he really pop out of that Buddha statue?"

  Wu Xiaoli suddenly asked a question, and with her keen eyesight, she naturally saw the extraordinary place of this chicken blood stone square chapter. She just couldn't think that an ordinary Republic of China stone carving would hide such a treasure inside.

  "I guess so, I didn't see clearly, just now when it accidentally fell and shattered, I was only worried about the 800 bucks!"

  Li Yang smiled slightly, his expression making everyone believe that he had just been careless, but the value brought by this carelessness was not low. An eight-hundred-yuan stone carving was far inferior to the small square seal in front of him.

  It's not like it was really found inside the stone carving, no need to think about it. This small wooden box is obviously something that has been hidden for a long time. Moreover, who would throw such a valuable thing on the ground in this passageway? Even if it were thrown on the ground, it wouldn't be so coincidental that it shattered and was discovered.

  "Hey friend, are you selling this Chicken Blood Stone seal? I'll give you 3 million!"

  Li Yang was about to put away the chicken blood stone when someone behind him shouted loudly. Li Can recognized that it was the owner of a nearby seal shop, who had very sharp eyes but offered prices that were a bit too low.

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