Fang Yun didn't expect that the Whale King would apologize for the dragon man's matter, so he went to "Wenyouxuan".
Wenyouxuan is a rare large store in Yuhai City. It is owned by the Chen Sheng family. Wenyou refers to the four friends of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, so its main business is ordinary music, chess, calligraphy and painting and the four treasures of the study.
Although Wenbao chess, chess and war paintings have high profits, the transaction volume is extremely small and it is not the main business scope of Wenyouxuan. Only the Holy Academy and the capitals of the Ten Kingdoms have large-scale merchants specializing in Wenbao, and their backers are all old-fashioned semi-saint families in various countries.
Wenyouxuan in Tiandibei occupies a very large area. It is a shop that occupies an entire street and is divided into four large shops: music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Today, more than 300 employees have been mobilized from all over the country and are receiving thousands of customers.
Fang Yun entered Wenyouxuan, asked the clerk clearly, and came to the place where Wenbaoqin was sold. He found that there were only five Wenbaoqins obtained by Juren and three Wenbaoqins obtained by Jinshi. They were all entrusted here by others, with exchange conditions written down. They were only exchanged and not sold.
Each zither has an appraisal certificate, which records the origin, age, and number of times the talent has been injected into the zither. Fang Yun also judged the age by the cracks, and the age was the same as what the appraisal document said, they were all very ordinary zithers, not worth the Whale King's asking.
"I need a Jinshi Wenbaoqin, and the one that is worth asking for by the Whale King must not be an ordinary Jinshi Wenbaoqin. His words seemed to be testing my vision. It should be that one of the eight Wenbaoqins is very special."
Fang Yun carefully examined the eight Wenbaoqins once again, but still could not see anything.
"Could it be that there is a Wenbaoqin hidden among other ordinary qins? The possibility is too small. The difference between a Wenbaoqin and a non-Wenbaoqin is too great. Wen Youxuan would not make such a big mistake. What does the Whale King want to say?"
Fang Yun checked the eight Wenbaoqins for the third time, but still found nothing, so he had to ask his assistant to go to a place not far away that sold fine guqins.
Fang Yun came to the store and found that there were more than ten rows of shelves, on which were placed numerous yaoqins of various shapes and colors, including Fuxi, Zhongni, Lianzhu, Lingji, etc., with an ancient flavor.
This place doesn't look like a shop, but more like a palace for guqin.
Just by watching, Fang Yun felt his favorite music ringing in his ears and felt happy.
"If those eight Wenbaoqins are not special, there must be something special among these hundreds of qins." Fang Yun began to search slowly. He did not look at new qins, only at old qins.
The people who come here to buy pianos are also different from those in other places. They walk leisurely and are not selecting goods, but appreciating works of art. The hustle and bustle of Yinlong Pavilion seems to be completely isolated.
Yang Yuhuan's eyes were particularly bright, because the zither and the se are inseparable, and there is not only the zither but also the se here.
Seeing that she liked it, Fang Yun asked Nunu to accompany her while he slowly appreciated those fine guqins and looked for possible good ones.
If it is a comprehensive appraisal, it would take half a quarter of an hour to appraise a guitar, and it would be impossible to appraise a hundred guitars in a day and a night, so Fang Yun only used the "fracture pattern to judge the age" for a quick appraisal.
The zither will have cracks after a hundred years, and the cracks will be like ice cracks after a hundred years. The shape is like the cracked surface of ice. But after two hundred years, there will be some new cracks in other parts of the zither body, and the cracks are like strands of cow hair, which is called cow hair cracks.
There are also very few zithers whose materials are so special that cracks will not appear in the first few hundred years, and more advanced cracks will appear after several hundred years.
Fang Yun quickly looked through all the zithers and finally stood at the back, looking at a long row of shelves with ten guqins on them. Each guqin was once a cultural treasure and was extremely precious even if its talent had faded.
The most expensive one among them was made by a famous Qin Dynasty luthier hundreds of years ago. Although it is a bit damaged, it is worth 200,000 taels of silver and is the treasure of the store.
Fang Yun observed carefully and found two kinds of cracks on the zither. One is the "snake belly crack" which can only be found after 500 years. The cracks are long and widely spaced, arranged in parallel, like the belly of a snake. This is an extremely precious crack. This kind of crack not only proves its age, but also has great collection value.
The second type is the "plum blossom fracture" which only appears after seven hundred years. The fracture lines are like blooming plum blossoms.
The strings and sounds are like a paintbrush, leaving strange and beautiful cracks on the body of the guqin.
People in Shengyuan Continent didn't care, but Fang Yun was extremely happy because he saw the Plum Blossom Fracture for the first time. The Plum Blossom Fracture was already a legendary fracture, and the Thousand-Year Turtle Back Fracture, one step above it, was close to a myth and did not exist in real life. Fang Yun had only seen a few sentences about it in the "Collection of Qin Records" in Qishu Tiandi, one of which was "A turtle back fracture is worth a thousand gold coins", which left a deep impression on him.
"If there really is a turtle back fracture, then it must be on the first killing zither, 'No. 1 Bell'."
Fang Yun thought to himself and couldn't help but admire the beautiful cracks again before he began to look seriously for the possible ancient zither.
Finally, Fang Yun discovered a problematic guqin!
The authentication document for the zither did not contain any detailed information about the maker, but indicated that it was an ancient zither from four hundred years ago, and had undergone two injections of talent.
The appraisal documents also praise the special material of the zither, saying that it has been preserved for four hundred years without changing its tone. It can still be played today, and the sound is extremely heavy. Although it cannot reach the legendary level of a zither as loud as a huge bell, when it plays war music "the sound is as loud as a drum", just like a chorus of military drums sounding in unison, which makes the enemy terrified. Hence the name "Zhen Dan".
However, there is a broken snake belly on it!
It is impossible for a 400-year-old guqin to have a snake-belly break.
Fang Yun concluded that this guqin had a history of at least five hundred years. Because this guqin was once a cultural treasure, the power of talent could slow down the formation of cracks, so the actual age of this guqin was close to six hundred years!
Fang Yun observed carefully and combined the identification methods of the ancient Chinese country and the Shengyuan Continent, and found that this Zhendan Qin was clearly six hundred years old, but the signs of wear and tear looked like four hundred years. This not only showed that the material of the Qin was incredibly good, but also that the Qin had actually undergone three injections of talent!
The Zhendanqin has only worn out this little after six hundred years, and it can definitely withstand the fourth injection of talent!
Once Wen Baoqin receives the fourth injection of talent, the power of the war music she plays will double!
"The Whale King should be talking about this Zhendan Qin. Because it is not made by a famous zither master, the price is only 26,000 taels. But we need to find a Jinshi who is about to die to inject his talent into it. Half of the dragon horn of the Jiao King is enough. After all, the Ten Kingdoms admit many Jinshi every year, and the Jiao King can only produce one horn a year. When I reach the first level of the Qin Dao or become a Juren, I can use the Jinshi Wenbao Qin to play war music to make up for my own shortcomings."
"Songs for pipa and guzheng can all be changed to play with the wenbaoqin. Once the famous "Ten Sides of Ambush", "The Overlord Takes Off His Armor" and "The General's Order" are changed into battle songs, their power will be extraordinary. "Ten Sides of Ambush" and "The Overlord Takes Off His Armor" are both famous songs, especially the former, which is one of the top ten ancient songs. Both are based on the Chu-Han contention, but the protagonist of the former is Liu Bang, while the protagonist of the latter is Xiang Yu."
Fang Yun was stunned for a moment when he thought of this, and a very ridiculous idea emerged in his mind.
"The contents of "Ten Sides of Ambush" and "The Overlord Takes Off His Armor" are ordinary wars in the ancient country of China, but in the Shengyuan Continent, the superficial history has not changed, but the actual history is that the saints who supported the Chu and Han dynasties defeated the saints behind the Qin Dynasty, and then a split occurred. The saints of the two camps of Chu and Han fought a shocking battle, and finally supported the victory of Liu Bang's side. If "Ten Sides of Ambush" is inspired by talent and it does not mobilize the armies of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, but a higher level of power, then... It will definitely be the first war song that surpasses everything! If it can be combined with the first killing piano "Hao Zhong", I dare not imagine it."
Fang Yun shook his head, feeling that the possibility was a little small, and then reached out to take the vibrating piano.
This action immediately attracted everyone's attention, and several shop assistants came over. These valuable guqins were separated, and anyone who took them down without the store's consent would have to buy them.
Fang Yun held the Zhendanqin in both hands and said to the waiter who came over: "Take me to see your boss."
"Yes." The waiter immediately took Fang Yun away. Not long after, he saw a man in his fifties in a small room.
"This is our shopkeeper Ren. Shopkeeper Ren, this young man wants to buy a gallbladder." Fang Yun said.
Shopkeeper Ren came over politely to greet him. After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Shopkeeper Ren asked, "Would you like to pay now, or would you like us to deliver it to your house?"
Fang Yun smiled and said, "No one would carry so much money when shopping. Send it to my house."
"May I ask your name, sir?" asked the shopkeeper Ren.
"Fang Yun." Fang Yun said.
Shopkeeper Ren and his employees were shocked.
"That Fang Banxiang?"
"It should be me." Fang Yun admitted with a smile.
"Well, if you need it urgently, you can take it now, and then send someone to give the banknote to our Wenyouxuan later."
"Aren't you afraid that I'm a liar?"
“Is there anyone in Yuhai City who dares to impersonate Fang Banxiang?” Shopkeeper Ren asked.
The two laughed in unison, and Fang Yun said, "Then pack it up first and send it to my house tomorrow. I'm not in a hurry."
"Okay, don't worry, I'll personally deliver it to your home tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, Manager Ren."
"You're welcome. You came to our Wenyouxuan and made this place glorious. We should be the ones to say thank you." Shopkeeper Ren said with a smile.
Fang Yun left, then found Yang Yuhuan and returned to the venue of the zither party, wanting to find Mr. Hong, but he couldn't find him. After asking, he learned that Mr. Hong had just sold the zither and left with the four cultural treasures of the Juren degree.
Fang Yun stood there thinking for a while before he walked to the door with Yang Yuhuan and others and reunited with the others to return home.
Along the way, Fang Yun kept stroking the fur, and Nunu was also very curious about the fur.
When they got home, Fang Yun carried Nunu into the study, then put the fur on the table and said, "Tell me, what exactly is this fur?"
Nunu shook his head, indicating that he really didn't know.
Fang Yun couldn't help but think of the piece of wood that flashed in the man's sleeve, and asked: "You also saw that the thing in his hand is very powerful. Let's make an analogy. You have also seen the Lazy Wen Zong. If his strength is so strong, how powerful do you think that piece of wood is?" After Fang Yun finished speaking, he pinched his thumb and index finger and then separated them, leaving an inch of space.
Nunu thought about it, then stood up, used his two front legs as arms, stretched them out to both sides, and finally stretched his arms out to show that he was much more powerful than Wen Zong.
"I'm afraid it's one of those things, but I can't guess what it is."
After Fang Yun finished speaking, he stared at the black fur and the three drops of bright red but dried blood on it, and could not feel any strength at all.
"Is it really related to the Holy Ruins?"
Nunu nodded subconsciously. (To be continued...)