Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 316: Chapter 315 Scam

Zhou Wangkun was sitting in his room, the items auctioned earlier were trifles and not critical. Now, it was time for some high-value treasures, which required his personal valuation.

Seeing Su Yang come in, Zhou Wangkun couldn’t help but express his surprise, ”Mr. Su, what brings you here?”

”Just taking a look,” Su Yang said with a smile, ”I’ll go down with you to appraise the treasures later.”

”I couldn’t ask for more!” Zhou Wangkun hurriedly replied.

Soon, the auction of the small items concluded, and it was time for the big-ticket items to take the stage.

At this moment, a clearance operation took place at the venue. Most of the people who were actually in the hall were asked to leave because the next treasures were beyond their financial reach.

Those in the private rooms and the people around the second-floor round table also came down. For them, the auction was just getting started.

Dressed in traditional Tang attire, Zhou Wangkun descended the stairs with Su Yang.

No sooner had he arrived at the venue than many people greeted him, as Zhou Wangkun had a notable reputation.

After exchanging pleasantries, the first treasure was brought up.

Su Yang glanced at it and couldn’t help but sneer. This first treasure appeared to be a medium quality magical tool. In reality, it was all just an external façade, a trick to deceive the common folk.

However, such things were naturally hard for ordinary people to discern.

Zhou Wangkun walked a circle around the treasure, pondered for a while, and softly said, ”This should be considered a medium quality magical tool, used for Buddhist Zen practice, with inherent bodhicitta and external Buddha light. Placing it at home can help one focus and keep calm, attract good fortune, avoid disaster, strengthen the body, prolong life; its effects are quite remarkable.”

The surrounding crowd burst into commotion; the phrases ’Buddhist Zen practice,’ ’inherent bodhicitta,’ and ’external Buddha light’ were all abstract concepts. What really attracted people was the mention of attracting good fortune, avoiding disaster, strengthening the body, and prolonging life.

Everyone present was a billionaire, but most of them were also frail. For them, the ability to strengthen their bodies and extend their lives was crucial. Thus, this treasure immediately caught everyone’s attention.

”The starting bid is one billion!” Zhou Wangkun announced the price, and the crowd immediately began bidding. Soon, the price of the treasure rose to two billion and was eventually bought by a corpulent fatty.

Fatty hugged the treasure in his arms, excited beyond measure, ”From now on, I’ll sleep hugging this magic artifact, no more women to embrace!”

The crowd burst into laughter, envy plain on their faces. To be next to this magic artifact all day would surely mean being invulnerable to sickness and strong in body, which was exactly what they all desired!

Next, Zhou Wangkun appraised the second magical artifact. It was still an inferior one, but he was deceived again and made another high valuation.

The third, the fourth, the fifth. Zhou Wangkun quickly appraised nearly ten items, and the auctioned treasures amounted to more than twenty billion. The atmosphere in the venue was nearing its climax.

Just then, a medium quality magical tool was finally brought into the venue.

Su Yang furrowed his brow because the medium quality magical tool inexplicably gave off the impression of being a superior magical artifact.

Indeed, Zhou Wangkun was mistaken once more. After all, he was just an ordinary person; he could appraise regular treasures, but he was helpless if a magician had tampered with them.

This treasure had just been called for a price when suddenly, a middle-aged man walked out from the crowd and coldly said, ”Enough, let’s stop here!”

Everyone was startled, looking at the man with astonishment, unsure of what was happening.

”Mr. Su, do you have any objections?” Zhou Wangkun asked in surprise.

”Of course, I have objections!” The man glared at Zhou Wangkun. ”Mr. Zhou, I thought you had some abilities, but I didn’t expect you to be such a fraud!”

”What do you mean?” Zhou Wangkun frowned. ”My friend, do you have doubts about my appraisal results?”

”It’s more than just doubts!” the man shouted angrily. ”I let the previous items slide because you were hired by the Zhou Family to work for them. Selling an Inferior Magical Tool as a Medium Quality Magical Tool and increasing the price tenfold isn’t much. But now, you’re trying to sell a Medium Quality Magical Tool as if it were a Superior Magical Artifact, and that’s crossing the line!”

As soon as these words were uttered, the scene immediately erupted into an uproar. Fatty quickly ran over, ”Big brother, what are you saying? The... the item I bought is an Inferior Magical Tool?”

”What else?” The man glanced at Fatty. ”Did you really think that Medium Quality Magical Tools are so easy to come by, that you could just casually purchase one?”

”Can it be?” Fatty was dumbfounded. ”But he is Master Zhou, the most qualified appraiser in Pingnan Province. How... how could he possibly make a mistake?”

”So what if he’s Master Zhou?” the man said coldly. ”He may have some skill appraising ordinary antiques, but these magic artifacts are beyond the assessment of a layman like him.”

At that moment, Zhou Bingliang and Zhou Ruiwen also rushed down. Upon hearing these words, Zhou Bingliang immediately frowned and said in a deep voice, ”My friend, Master Zhou is the treasure appraiser we specially invited, and he is also the top-ranked treasure appraiser in Pingnan Province. If even he is considered a layman, could it be that this gentleman is more of an expert than Master Zhou?”

The man snorted coldly, suddenly raised his hand, and the treasure in Fatty’s hand levitated into the air, landing in the man’s own hand.

The man slapped the treasure, and the Buddhist light on it dissipated, turning instantly dim and lusterless, as if it were a common item. Then, with a flick of his palm, a ball of bright flame appeared, directly refining the treasure until it disappeared without a trace!

”How could a Medium Quality Magical Tool be wasted by me in just two or three moves!” the man sneered. ”This is nothing more than an Inferior Magical Tool, and moreover, it is damaged junk among Inferior Magical Tools, not worth any money!”

Everyone’s eyes widened. Retrieving objects through the air and conjuring fire in the palm, to them, these were indeed the moves of an Immortal.

”This master... he actually... knows immortal arts...” Fatty exclaimed with a trembling voice, ”Could he be an Immortal?”

Everyone suddenly became noisy, such a figure was simply like a living Immortal, incredibly shocking!

The man smiled smugly. ”I am not an Immortal, I am just a Magician. You just asked me if I know more than Zhou Wangkun? Humph, when it comes to appraising Magic Artifacts, do you think a Magician like me is more knowledgeable, or is it him, an ordinary person who knows no magic at all?”

People murmured among themselves, just as the man had said. Being a Magician, his appraisal of Magic Artifacts would certainly be more professional than that of Master Zhou.

”Damn it, an Inferior Mage Tool of poor quality, appraised as a Medium Quality Magical Tool and sold for billions, that’s a total scam!”

”Yes, the performance of an Inferior Magical Tool compared to a Medium Quality Magical Tool is completely different!”

”How did Zhou Wangkun build his reputation over the decades? To make such a huge mistake, isn’t that just wasting billions for nothing!”

”It’s this master who is capable, spotting the issue at a glance. Otherwise, we would have suffered a huge loss this time!”