Chapter 16 The truth about father’s death

Hearing the system prompt sound, Su Yuan couldn't help but feel happy.

Unexpectedly, after obtaining 500,000 points, I could already open the system mall.

In my mind, the originally gray interface of the system mall has flashed, indicating that it can be opened.

He then opened the system mall.

However, the mall is just like an online shopping page, with many products listed in a wide variety of categories. Many of them are antiques and professional knowledge on history and archaeology, such as knowledge on tombs from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, knowledge on the restoration of Western Zhou bronzes, and so on.

Some products seem to be the key to solving a historical mystery, such as the key to a Western Zhou bronze box, the distribution map of Cao Cao's 72 suspected tombs, etc.

There are also some very magical abilities.

These items can only be purchased with points, and the price of each item is very high.

The cheapest knowledge about tombs of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties also requires 100,000 points.

And the most expensive are those magical abilities.

These abilities not only include treasure appraisal, but also some magical skills that can only be seen in novels, movies and TV dramas.

What are golden pupils, magic hands, hair-hill finger, listening to thunder and locating acupoints...

The Golden Eye ability requires 50 million points.

To have nothing on your hands, you need 80 million points.

And the simplest hair-shaped finger requires thirty million points...

Forget it, I really can’t afford it!
In addition, most products have a gray lock pattern on them, indicating that they can only be opened with level 2 or higher system mall permissions.

Su Yuan took a look at the goods in the mall and found that there were not many things he could buy, and he did not need goods such as knowledge about tombs of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties for the time being.

He immediately closed the system mall and turned his attention back to the scene.

Although he has accumulated 500,000 points, he now needs to accumulate more points as soon as possible in case of emergency in the future.

After Su Yuan identified the biggest flaw in today's Chinese collection, which is the authentic work of Bada Shanren, today's treasure appraisal program came to an end.

The Chinese Collection is divided into three rounds. There are a total of 300 contestants in the first round, and the treasure appraisal competition will be held in ten venues.

Among the thirty contestants in Su Yuan's venue, ten winners will be determined based on the number of points on the first day and will be qualified to enter the second round of the competition.

In this game, Su Yuan was undisputedly named the best player of the game with 25.32 million points.

Zixuan finally got more than one million points, which allowed him to enter the second round of the competition.

In addition, several contestants including Chen Zheng also entered the next round.

Tomorrow is the weekend, so the China Collection program will take a two-day break, and the second round of competition will start next Monday.

The one hundred contestants in the second round will be divided into four competition areas and compete in four locations: Magic City, Beijing City, and Foggy City, Chang'an.

After the survival of the fittest, the second game was naturally filled with top players.

But Su Yuan doesn't need to worry about this now. He has already got the ticket to the second round of the competition. The next step is to relax and after two days of rest, he will put his full energy into participating in the competition.

The game was about to end. Zixuan stood up from the table, stretched, then walked over with a smile and patted Su Yuan on the shoulder.

After one game, he and Su Yuan had become very familiar with each other, like old friends.

"Brother, today I let my brother prick my butt with a knife. It really opened my eyes!"

"Thanks to you, I was not eliminated. I have to thank you. Let's go..."

Zixuan pointed outside and said with a smile:

"Brother, please have a drink!"

Although Zixuan was full of bad intentions, he was still a good person. At least he could tell right from wrong. Su Yuan helped him, and he was grateful. He was also very straightforward, which suited Su Yuan's temperament.

Although Su Yuan's father was engaged in the cultural relics industry and was a well-known treasure appraiser in Shanghai, Su Yuan only entered this industry circle after joining the China Collection Competition.

No matter where you are, one more friend is always better than one more enemy.

So, Su Yuan accepted Zixuan's invitation without hesitation.

The two then walked out of the stadium and went straight to a hot pot restaurant not far away.

Zixuan is usually a bit careless, and this can be seen from his personal image.

In the hot pot restaurant, he didn't care about anything and just found a table by the window and sat down.

After three glasses of wine, he started talking.

"Brother, who did you learn this skill from? I've finally seen it today!"

Su Yuan understood what Zixuan meant.

If he said he learned it from his father Su Maosheng, that would be wrong.

My father, Su Maosheng, was only a minor celebrity, and his ability in appraising treasures was only mediocre, otherwise he would not have been deceived by such a high-quality imitation and suffered a myocardial infarction out of anger.

"I studied ancient artifacts, history and archaeology in college, and I also had several teachers under my belt!"

Zixuan nodded:

"No wonder, brother, you are really good at this. Not to mention the old porcelain with new porcelain, this ancient painting really shocked me!"

"How do you know there's a painting within a painting?"

Su Yuan smiled:
"You want to learn, don't you?"

Zixuan waved his hands quickly:

"Brother, I'm just curious. If you don't want to tell me, forget it."

Everyone in the cultural relics appraisal industry has their own unique skills, which are the foundation of an appraiser's livelihood, so most people will never reveal their unique skills easily.

Hearing Su Yuan say this, Zixuan quickly waved his hand and stopped asking.

However, Zixuan was a very talkative person. After drinking two more glasses of wine, he suddenly sighed and said:
"Brother, I have heard some unconfirmed rumors about your father's matter!"

Su Yuan raised his eyebrows:
"What gossip?"

Zixuan smiled, looked around, and lowered his voice:

"I heard that he had someone in the industry to help him with this matter!"

Dianshui is a slang term. Zixuan means that someone in the industry is deliberately trying to trick Su Yuan's father.

Su Yuan's brows immediately frowned.

There must be someone in the industry who was behind my father's death, otherwise it would be impossible for an ordinary person to make such a high-quality imitation of an antique.

But who is the other party? Is his goal just to make a few million?
Su Yuan hasn't figured these out yet and doesn't have any clues, so he can only put them aside for the time being.

"Brother, do you know who is ordering the water?"

Zixuan shook his head:

"I just heard that. I don't know who it is. I'm afraid you have to find out for yourself!"

"But there's an old saying that goes, 'Everyone in the world is busy with profit.' Since they've come up with this idea, they must be after money or something else. Just follow this clue and investigate, maybe you can find out!"

(End of this chapter)