Chapter 46: The Perilous Rescue
After a fierce bargaining, Zhao Yang finally bought the two pieces of jade for 120,000 yuan, including cutting. This was also the maximum price that Zhao Yang could afford. If it were any higher, he wouldn't be able to buy them. To be exact, the money in his card and the cash on him only added up to around 130,000 yuan, so he had to leave some for living expenses.
After agreeing on the price, Zhao Yang immediately took the two pieces of jade to the master craftsman in charge of cutting and told him all his requirements in detail.
The boss next door is also waiting for Master to cut those two pieces of jade, and then ask Zhao Yang to pay.
Because Zhao Yang only required a simple cutting of the jade stone into fixed sizes, without needing to grind and polish it, he saved a lot of time.
The master who cut the jade was also an old hand, and the two pieces of jade material were basically not wasted at all. They were all cut into blocks according to Zhao Yang's requirements for size and thickness, neatly placed on the side.
Zhao Yang counted them and found that the two pieces of jade material had been cut into 42 jade pendants, slightly more than the 36 he needed.
The extra pieces of jade, Zhao Yang didn't mind. Although setting up the "Spirit Gathering Array" only required thirty-six jade cards. However, if one or two were accidentally damaged, there would still be replacements. Moreover, the Spirit Gathering Array set up with thirty-six jade cards was only the lowest level of spirit gathering array.
At this stage, Zhao Yang's cultivation is still low and can only set up the lowest-level Spirit Gathering Array. Higher-level Spirit Gathering Arrays not only require more jade stones to be arranged but also require Zhao Yang to have a higher level of cultivation to activate them.
In the early days in 'Diyuan Xianlu', Zhao Yang was not a master of any formation method, but after hundreds of years of cultivation, he had a certain understanding of various methods used by cultivators, and could be said to be proficient in three flavors, whether it was formation methods, talismans, or alchemy.
Ask the boss to bring a large box for jade, put the 42 pieces of jade pendants that have been cut on the ground into the box one by one, and then use a shopping bag to pack the box. After that, Zhao Yang said to the boss: "Boss, let's settle the bill now."
"Good!" The middle-aged man who had been waiting on the side responded with a sound, leading Zhao Yang to the cash register of the store in front.
"Swipe your card." Zhao Yang took out the bank card from his pants pocket and handed it over to the middle-aged man.
After paying the bill, Zhao Yang took the shopping bag containing the 42 pieces of jade pendants and left the jade store. Afterwards, Zhao Yang didn't hurry back either, but continued to stroll around the antique market, wanting to see if he could have the same good luck as last time and encounter some treasure that would be helpful to himself.
Just strolling around the antique market, although many antiques and old items were seen, there was nothing worthy of Zhao Yang's purchase. In the meantime, he also saw the old man who sold him the fish-shaped jade pendant last time, but after looking at his stall, there was no gain either. It seems that treasures like the fish-shaped jade pendant are hard to come by.
At this time, Zhao Yang also had to reluctantly prepare to leave the antique market. It was already past 12 o'clock at noon, and he had spent a lot of time in the jade stone shop earlier. Zhao Yang, who hadn't eaten lunch yet, started to feel his stomach growling with hunger.
Although there are also food stalls on the side of the antique market, the things here don't taste very good. Fortunately, just two streets away is a food street, where the food tastes pretty good.
As he walked down the street, Zhao Yang stopped at a crossroads. It was currently red light, so he had to wait patiently.
"Mengmeng, slow down a bit, don't run so fast, be careful of the car..."
At this moment, Zhao Yang vaguely heard a somewhat familiar voice coming from afar, and subconsciously turned his head in the direction of the sound. He saw a 5 or 6-year-old girl wearing a pink skirt, looking very cute and pretty, giggling as she ran across the zebra crossing from the left intersection, at which point the light on that side was green.
As his gaze swept past the little girl, Zhao Yang was about to continue searching for the familiar voice he had just heard when his heart suddenly tightened. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a sports car that had ignored the red light and was speeding towards the zebra crossing where the little girl was walking. The loud roar of the speeding car completely stunned the little girl, who had been laughing happily just moments before, and she stood frozen in the middle of the road, motionless.
At this time, the people in the sports car also found the little girl in front of them and quickly slammed on the brakes. The wheels suddenly rubbed violently against the ground, and the tires seemed to be smoking, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, leaving two long brake marks rushing towards the little girl...
Moe moe!!
The voice that had just made Zhao Yang feel so familiar suddenly let out a terrified scream.
As soon as Zhao Yang saw this scene, he couldn't help but curse 'not good', holding the shopping bag with jade stones in his hand, he immediately squeezed out of the crowd, and then didn't care about shocking the world, the true energy inside his body suddenly surged into his feet, burst out violently, and turned himself into a gust of wind, rushing towards the little girl who was scared silly in the middle of the road at an extremely fast speed.
Although Zhao Yang is not a particularly noble person, he cannot bear to watch a five or six year old girl die in front of him.
If he was completely unable to save the little girl, it would be better. In fact, with his current strength, at this moment of life and death, it is not impossible to save that little girl.
So when he found that the little girl was about to be hit by a speeding sports car, Zhao Yang burst out with his fastest speed and rushed over.
At this time, the pedestrians waiting at the intersection also discovered the situation on that side of the road, and they all let out bursts of exclamations. Even many people subconsciously wanted to close their eyes, unable to bear the sight of the lovely little girl being hit by the speeding sports car, her body mangled beyond recognition.
At this critical moment, everyone's eyes suddenly saw a flower, and they found a figure like a gust of wind rushing towards the little girl in the middle of the road.
Ah...
A figure emerged from the crowd at a terrifying speed, and another burst of screams rang out involuntarily.
Under the gaze of everyone's astonishment, the figure rushed to the little girl at a speed that almost transcended human physical limits, and almost simultaneously, the emergency-braking sports car also crashed over.
Zhao Yang's eyes were always paying attention to the distance between the sports car and the little girl. Seeing the sports car spinning out of control and about to hit, Zhao Yang immediately stretched out his hand and scooped up the little girl who was standing still in shock, as if he was plucking a moon from the sea floor. Then, with a fierce burst of strength, he jumped high into the air, holding the little girl tight...
Bang!
Zhao Yang had just jumped up, and the sports car happened to rush over the place where the little girl was standing. At the same time, Zhao Yang, who was jumping in mid-air, also stepped heavily on the roof of the car below with one foot. The force of this step was very great, and it directly trampled the roof into a slight depression, forming a clear dent. Then, taking advantage of this momentum, he flipped forward in a somersault, and after a moment, 'pa' - with a sound, he landed steadily on the ground, crouching halfway down while holding the little girl in his arms.
