Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

What truly piques a customer's curiosity behind the counter are the mysterious items hidden inside, like Pandora's box. The information provided is only the tip of the iceberg, making it difficult to discern their quality.

If you guess correctly, it's like finding a rare treasure and making a fortune. But if you guess wrong, you can only buy a piece of junk at a high price.

It's not fair to blame the seller for being cunning; after all, some items are indeed of questionable quality due to the seller's limited abilities.

Especially those unexpected elixirs and rare treasures, like unpolished jade mixed in with rough stones, are completely unknown to those who do not know their value.

Furthermore, to protect their reputation, stores would never allow consignors to sell counterfeit goods in their stores and deceive customers. Therefore, there is absolutely no question of deceiving people with counterfeit goods.

Mo Yuming stood in front of the counter, just like the martial artists who came to shop, eagerly looking at the things that interested him.

Unlike the others, Mo Yuming's gaze was fixed only on the books placed in the corner and the unknown items wrapped in boxes.

"Unknown fist technique fragment, Earth-level skill, priced at one hundred gold coins; a fist technique fragment without a beginning or end is priced at one hundred gold coins, this seller's appetite is simply bottomless! A complete high-level Earth-level fist technique manual is only about three hundred gold coins."

Even the best fist technique without a beginning or end is like a kite with a broken string—impossible to cultivate. One gold coin would be too expensive for me! A hundred gold coins? That's blatant robbery…”

A martial artist standing opposite Mo Yuming looked at a very tattered boxing manual and said.

Clearly, the man wanted to find a boxing manual, but he didn't expect that even a manual with only a few pages left would cost over a hundred gold coins, which made him feel a little heartbroken about spending his gold coins.

Feeling indignant, I couldn't help but say "sour grapes" because I couldn't have them.

Influenced by him, Mo Yuming also curiously glanced at the boxing manual. The few remaining pages were indeed in a terrible state, extremely worn, and the fact that it was incomplete and without a beginning or end was truly regrettable.

However, Mo Yuming wasn't interested in that today, so he glanced at it and then looked away.

But a wooden box next to the tattered book piqued Mo Yuming's curiosity; it too was a defective item.

The foot-long, black wooden box was broken and old, with several obvious knife marks on its rough surface, clearly indicating that it had been slashed with a sword.

But the cut wasn't very deep.

Wooden boxes are generally used to store items that are easily damaged or difficult to preserve, such as elixirs, secret treasures, scrolls, and spiritual herbs.

However, there are generally two possibilities for these items being packed in wooden boxes: either the items are of average value, so the owner simply found an ordinary wooden box to pack them in;

Either the item is so special that it cannot be stored in other containers and can only be stored in a wooden box.

So before seeing what's inside the box, I really can't be sure what treasures it contains.

Mo Yuming was curious about what was inside the wooden box, so he looked at the nameplate next to it:

'An unknown wooden box, incredibly hard, cannot be opened, shows no signs of having been refined, and cannot be refined.'

"Heh, what a blockhead! Interesting!"

Mo Yuming couldn't help but sigh after reading the introduction.

"Young master has a keen eye; you recognized the extraordinary nature of this box at a glance!"

Just then, a sweet and gentle voice came from behind.

"My name is Qian Man, and I am one of the managers of this store, mainly in charge of the transactions in this consignment area."

Just now, I saw that you could tell the extraordinary nature of this wooden box at a glance. You are indeed a young talent. I wonder if you are interested in this wooden box?

"This servant can offer you, young master, a very generous price!"

A petite girl, about sixteen years old, walked slowly over.

"Could you tell me about the origin of this wooden box?"

"This wooden box was obtained by a rogue cultivator during his exploration in the Monster Mountain Range decades ago. He tried many methods to open it, but ultimately failed."

Later, it was even sent to the Artifact Dao Sect, but no results were obtained.

Five years ago, due to an emergency requiring funds, I had no choice but to pawn this box to our store. After the expiration of the term, I was unable to redeem it, and the box became the property of our store.

Many people were interested in it during this period, including top-tier experts and master craftsmen, but all ultimately returned empty-handed.

"Even Heavenly Realm experts and weapon refiners can't handle it, how could I possibly open it with my cultivation level? Miss is giving me too much credit!"

Mo Yuming smiled faintly.

“All treasures are obtained by those who are destined to receive them, and have nothing to do with the level of cultivation. Just now, you recognized its special qualities at a glance, so naturally this item is destined for you!”

Qian Man said with a smile.

"I was just using an analogy; it doesn't mean I know much about it!"

"Young master, there's no need to be modest. Just by looking at it, you can tell that this item is from a domain tomb. This item definitely belongs to you!"

"Domain Tomb?"

"Legend has it that the Domain Tomb does not exist in any space or region, and there is no pattern to its appearance at any time or place. Sometimes it appears once every three to five years, and sometimes it does not appear for decades."

Moreover, the location of each appearance is different; sometimes it appears in mountains and marshes, and sometimes in plains and deserts, but no matter which time it appears, it will be a great event.

Many lucky individuals will benefit from this!

"What is the connection between this tomb and this wooden box?"

"It is said that the objects in the Domain Tomb are all extraordinary. Whether it is grass, trees, sand and stones, they are all unusual. Even a seemingly weak grass is very tough and difficult to break easily. Not to mention the trees in the Domain Tomb."

"This wooden box is impervious to water and fire, and invulnerable to swords and spears. Everyone is certain that it is an artifact from a domain tomb!"

"Really? Let me take a closer look!"

Seeing that Mo Yuming was interested, Qian Man quickly said:

"That's right. Our shop has always been based on integrity. This wooden box is an item from our shop, so you can naturally inspect it in person!"

Qian Man hurriedly ordered someone to open the display case, take out the wooden box, and place it in front of Mo Yuming.

Some regulars, seeing that this piece of wood, which had been neglected for so long, had finally found a sucker to buy it, all rushed over to watch the spectacle.

"Countless people have tried to get their hands on that thing over the years, but all have ended up empty-handed, returning here after many twists and turns! I wonder what will happen this time!"

"Someone's eyeing that stuff again? Heh, probably just another rich kid who thinks he has too much money!"

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