The owner of Elegant Interest and the eldest son of the owner of Ancient Moon Pavilion, both were stunned. They not only fixated their gaze on the ink-painted landscape wood-grain brush pot, but their eyes also betrayed an uncontrollable greedy craving, to the point where they even forgot their standoff with Shen Qiang.

"Such a rare treasure should not be in Xiduo Treasure, but should belong to my Elegant Interest!" The Elegant Interest owner's eyes flashed brilliantly as he instinctively straightened his clothes, adopting the posture of a businessman with excited eyes, and said, "Shen Qiang, I would like to sit down with you and discuss the purchase of this ink-painted landscape wood-grain brush pot."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the eldest son of the Ancient Moon Pavilion's owner lit up: "The Ancient Moon Pavilion has an excellent display stand, specifically suited for this ink-painted landscape wood-grain brush pot, and our Ancient Moon Pavilion is known for making generous offers."

Shen Qiang gave a slight smile and rolled his eyes at them as if to say 'go to hell.'

Almost at the same time, a middle-aged man of short stature with short hair had already walked up to Shen Qiang. He spoke very seriously, "Hello Mr. Shen, I have decided to purchase the ink-painted landscape wood-grain brush pot from Xiduo Treasure. If you think the previous price was too low, we can renegotiate the price."

Shen Qiang's eyes brightened.

Regarding this Yuan Jiang, Shen Qiang actually had no recollection at all; had it been Yuan Shao from the Three Kingdoms, Shen Qiang would have known who he was. Anyway, since Xiduo Treasure was in this business, selling it to anyone was still a sale, so Shen Qiang responded with a heartening smile to the short-statured middle-aged man.

But before Shen Qiang could speak,

Mr. Ma became furious: "Qiangzi, you can sell that ink-painted landscape wood-grain brush pot to anyone, but you just can't sell it to him."

Shen Qiang was taken aback.

Then he saw Sun Kaiping also looking on coldly; he glanced at the short-haired middle-aged man standing before Shen Qiang and said, "Yuan Jiang's works are most beloved by the rb people, and this guy loves to collaborate with rb people, and a few years back, he went to New York, bid on a painting called 'Garden of Peach Blossoms' by Yuan Jiang and sent it to rb."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang looked at the short-haired middle-aged man, who responded with a slight smile, "It's just business, you get the money, I get the goods."

Shen Qiang chuckled and said, "Since it's the Store Treasure, then it should stay as the Store Treasure. You are welcome to look around, but I'm not going to sell it to you."

Upon hearing this, the short-haired middle-aged man seemed unconcerned, only smiling and saying, "No one ever complains about having too much money, so Mr. Shen, you can take your time to consider. I'll be leaving now, and I'll come again another day."

With that, the man left with an attendant.

After they were gone,

The expert from the appraisal team took a deep breath and after sighing, looked at Shen Qiang seriously and said, "Emperor Yong Zheng in history not only had extremely high demands for porcelain appraisal, but he also created many unique types of porcelain. Ink-painted, in particular, is one of his most iconic original creations."

"It utilizes Huaxia coloring materials to imitate the artistic effect of ink-wash enamel, as though drawing on xuan paper with an ink brush. The combination of the wood grain glaze with the ink-painting not only makes it extremely rare, but it also creates a unique effect."

"And this ink-painted landscape wood-grain brush pot from Xiduo Treasure, with its clean and dense body, appropriately dense and sparse decorations, clear layers, and landscapes by Master Yuan Jiang that are scattered and orderly, with brushstrokes that are naturally and flexibly applied, is like a highly emotive Chinese ink painting."

"Therefore, it not only has a fresh style and distinct artistic charm, but it is also an extremely rare top masterpiece from the Yong Zheng period, so its value is not something that can simply be measured in terms of money."

Looking at Shen Qiang, the expert earnestly said, "If Xiduo Treasure really wants to sell this ink-painted landscape wood-grain brush pot, I suggest that you should get in touch with museums first. They might not offer the high price you're expecting, but they can keep it for our future generations."

Shen Qiang fell silent.

The owner of Elegant Interest with bright eyes said, "Elegant Interest will offer the market price, and we also guarantee that we will absolutely not sell it to foreigners."

Shen Qiang gave him a cold glance and said to the expert in a grave voice, "I will consider it carefully; you needn't worry about that."

Upon hearing this, the members of the expert team seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

It was then that the elderly person in charge said, "Alright, after a random inspection, all the goods sold by Xi Duo Bao are genuine and have been accurately described. Thus it is obvious that Xi Duo Bao is a highly reputable and reliable business."

"So next, we will visit Ancient Moon Pavilion and Ya Qu, and leave this place to the customers. Of course, if anyone is interested in the integrity of Ancient Moon Pavilion and Ya Qu, they are welcome to join us and see for themselves."

While speaking, the elder looked at Shen Qiang with a smile, his gaze clearly saying, "They're playing you like this? Don't you want to get back at them by visiting their stores?"

Shen Qiang smiled, "I'm very interested."

The elder laughed at his words and led the way out.

Shen Qiang followed, grinning, with Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing beside him, surrounded by Sun Kaiping, Boss Ma, and many minor bosses from the antique street as they left the store.

The atmosphere in the entire hall changed as people watched Shen Qiang's retreating figure and whispered among themselves.

"That old guy is so cunning; first, he got the bosses of Ya Qu and Ancient Moon Pavilion to target Xi Duo Bao, and now he's letting Xi Duo Bao get back at them. That's pretty wicked."

"Psh, he's just going with the flow."

"Exactly, if Ya Qu and Ancient Moon Pavilion hadn't started trouble here, we probably wouldn't have seen such a professional appraisal team today."

"True, had they not stirred things up, we wouldn't have known how reliable Xi Duo Bao is."

"Hehe, now we know Xi Duo Bao is reliable. So I'm thinking, if Ya Qu and Ancient Moon Pavilion get caught selling fakes, they would be shooting themselves in the foot."

"Haha, you never know, the boss of Ya Qu was pretty formidable earlier, so the boss of Xi Duo Bao must be good too. There really might be a surprise."

The antique street was not long.

As more people flooded into Xi Duo Bao, Shen Qiang, following the elder, had also entered Ya Qu.

The elder said to Shen Qiang with a beaming smile, "Mr. Shen, although I said in your store that you are honest and reliable, that was just courtesy. I don't believe you don't sell fakes either. It's just that the bosses of Ya Qu and Ancient Moon Pavilion have poor judgement, so you got a good review."

"So if you really want to establish yourself on the antique street and do better business than Ya Qu and Ancient Moon Pavilion, you're going to have to be more diligent. Start by finding the fakes in Ya Qu's shop, and then hand them over to me."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed, "Unless they really have no fakes, not a single one will escape my eye."

With that, Shen Qiang instantly activated his Observation Skill.

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