Inheritance of Two Trillion

Chapter 142: Chapter 142: This Also Qualifies as Nanhong_1

Scarface looked at Bai Xiaosheng with cold, disdainful eyes.

”Where did this greenhorn come from—some fresh face I’ve never seen before, younger than me by several years. Does he even know about jade, does he know what ’Southern red’ is?”

”Is he standing up because he thinks the girl is pretty and wants to play hero?”

Looking at Bai Xiaosheng’s washed-out white clothes, he looked nothing but poor.

Scarface couldn’t help but sneer and ignored Bai Xiaosheng’s provocation.

”Scarface, go on, hand it to the ’master’ to take a look and prepare to compensate.”

”Yeah, let us see the level of the master, whether this string of Southern red is worth eight thousand or ten thousand.”

”Master, if you don’t know, ask me, I’ll teach you.”

The surrounding stallholders joined in the heckling, bursting into laughter.

They had all been hustling in the same place, and had started to root for Scarface since a while ago.

A crowd of onlookers had also gathered around the stall, pointing and discussing animatedly.

Compensation was definitely in order.

Most people were disputing the price of the compensation.

As for Bai Xiaosheng, no one questioned.

A master? Bullshit!

The old experts on TV, what do they look like? Either with a full head of white hair looking like immortal Taoists or with faces full of robust beards—that’s the standard look.

What counts this young guy?

Han Shuying was secretly anxious and full of regret, stomping her foot.

She indeed played a small joke with Bai Xiaosheng, but that didn’t mean he should seriously climb up the pole and become a public spectacle.

She hoped that he actually knew something; otherwise, it would be so embarrassing!

Han Shuying sighed inwardly.

Next to the bespectacled beauty, the older sister frowned tightly, looked around, and whispered to the beauty, ”Otherwise, just give him ten thousand and be done with it. It’s not worth making a big deal out of it. More and more people are coming!”

The bespectacled beauty, who was initially inclined to compensate, now, seeing Bai Xiaosheng standing there being pointed at by everyone, felt it was somehow unfair.

”Let him have a look, then we can compensate,” said the bespectacled beauty to Scarface, raising her voice.

Even if they were to compensate, they had to save some face for the person helping them.

This beauty is quite kind.

Bai Xiaosheng thought to himself.

Scarface couldn’t help but glance at her; he heard that this woman was considering a compromise and immediately felt amused.

This woman is really beautiful, that slim waist, those long white legs, truly a stunning creature, and her voice was also lovely!

Scarface greedily took a long look at the beauty, then carelessly placed the Southern red bracelet in Bai Xiaosheng’s hand.

”Take a look, kid, this is the genuine persimmon-red from Southern red!”

Bai Xiaosheng, holding the string of beads, felt its substantial weight.

In fact, he didn’t understand anything about Southern red; just holding it, his mind was full of questions.

”Red Lotus, search all my questions and filter the best answers!”

”Okay,” Red Lotus replied.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Xiaosheng knew whatever he wanted to know.

”Southern red, a precious variety of agate named after its origin in the Southern Border, is characterized by bright colors and a fine texture.”

”Persimmon-red, along with brocade-red, is the highest quality of Southern red, with brocade-red being bewitching without being gaudy, red yet warm. Persimmon-red does not allow light to pass through under strong light, and has a consistent color. Besides, there are rose red, flame patterns, cherry red, etc.”

...

Almost in an instant, Bai Xiaosheng’s mind was filled with knowledge about Southern red.

”The master is truly a master, just by looking, not even using tools!”

”Impressive! His eyes act as a strong flashlight, 365 UV light, and magnifying glass.”

”Ha-ha, I’ve been running a stall here for so many years, and this is the first time I’ve seen someone appraise like this! Impressive!”

A few people around Scarface laughed, and those in the know also shook their heads.

In the pockets of everyone present, a few trinkets could be found.

The most common tools were powerful flashlights, 365 nanometer UV lights, magnifying glasses, and even some sellers would actively offer these gadgets to buyers.

However, even with a full set of tools, without a decade or more of experience, they would be of no use. And even with ten to twenty years of experience, there was no guarantee against errors.

”Red Lotus, how to appraise this?” Bai Xiaosheng asked discreetly.

”The method to appraise the Southern Red is to index, without the aid of tools, there are seventeen ways, which are...” Red Lotus quickly poured the information in.

Bai Xiaosheng blinked and suddenly his thoughts shifted. Why did he have to appraise and judge on his own?

Red Lotus was there!

Bai Xiaosheng’s thoughts turned again, and he asked tentatively.

”Red Lotus, analyze the authenticity of this string of Southern Red!”

At Bai Xiaosheng’s request, Red Lotus paused for two seconds.

During those two seconds of waiting, Bai Xiaosheng felt as if time was dragging on indefinitely.

Red Lotus’s assistance involved an entire web search, but could the authenticity of this string be searched online? No!

What about analysis?

”Indexing color spectrum of Southern Red, performing color comparison...”

”Indexing density of Southern Red, calculating the weight of beads with diameters between 17.65 and 18.01, performing quality comparison...”

”Indexing examples of weathering patterns, porosity, patinas, performing comparison...”

...

To an outsider, Bai Xiaosheng seemed to be merely handling the string of beads, silent for just over a dozen seconds.

In Bai Xiaosheng’s mind, an information storm was brewing.

Bai Xiaosheng was astonished at how Red Lotus could be utilized in such a manner!

Before, he would just look up methods, points of knowledge, and then practice them himself. But as it turned out, Red Lotus could precisely analyze an object upon request.

However, even though it only took a dozen or so seconds, Bai Xiaosheng felt dizzy and heavy-headed, with a wave of heat like sunstroke.

”My God, this data processing is too massive. It seems even Red Lotus, the artificial intelligence, needs to dissipate heat. I’m the human heat sink!” Bai Xiaosheng thought in surprise.

It seems that in the future, large-scale analytical tasks should be done by Red Lotus sparingly. It’s not that Red Lotus cannot do it, but rather he himself couldn’t handle it.

Bai Xiaosheng couldn’t help but close his eyes and pinch the bridge of his nose.

”The final analysis result...”

Less than twenty seconds had passed, and the appraisal was complete!

”How about it, master? Are you tired? You look haggard.” Scarface laughed heartily and asked disdainfully, ”Did you figure it out? How much is this worth, eh? Ten thousand yuan, not expensive, right?”

A burst of laughter erupted from the crowd.

The bespectacled beauty slightly lowered her head and covered her face with sunglasses, while the older sister by her side was already taking out her phone, ready to make a transfer payment.

More and more people gathered, and this farce was coming to an end!

”I’ll wire you the money! We’ll compensate!” The older woman said coldly, looking at Scarface.

”Good, it should’ve been done this way from the start. Everyone is satisfied, and we wouldn’t have needed to let our ’master’ here get dizzy and pale from looking.” Scarface sneered at Bai Xiaosheng and prepared to initiate a mobile transfer.

Han Shuying took a deep breath. Regardless, it was finally over.

”Wait a minute, who said we’re compensating you ten thousand?”

A voice rang out.

Bai Xiaosheng looked up, exhaled a turbid breath, and his smiling eyes radiated endless confidence.

To let Scarface walk away with that ten thousand would mean his suffering had been for nothing.

”Is this piece even worthy of being called Southern Red?” Bai Xiaosheng scoffed, tossing the string of beads back to Scarface, who scrambled to catch it.

”I also know a bit about Southern Red; it seems genuine to me, it’s just a matter of quality and price,” said the bespectacled beauty.

”If it’s not Southern Red, then what is it...” Scarface bellowed defiantly.

”Big glass beads!”

Bai Xiaosheng lifted his eyelids and sneered.