Chapter 34: Original text - 23 [How to Price?]_3 Modified after:
There weren't many people in the charm shop to begin with, and Chen Yan deliberately had the shop assistant show him some protective talismans—mere trinkets with no real use.
He pretended to pick one and waited for the other two customers in the shop to leave.
The shop was now left with only him, the shop assistant, and a fortune-teller awaiting clients.
The fortune-teller was in a side room, separated from the main area by a screen.
Feigning interest in a stone carving of a Pixiu, Chen Yan haggled with the shop assistant before asking him to fetch something from a shelf.
While the assistant turned to get the item, Chen Yan quickly checked that no one was around and listened for the faint sound of the fortune-teller playing with his phone behind the curtain.
Chen Yan's gaze returned to his target—an old wooden plaque hanging on the shop's wall, inscribed with the four characters: "Purple Qi from the East".
He hurriedly pulled out something he had prepared from his pocket, infused it with Primordial Qi, and flicked it with his fingers!
Whoosh!
A small object flew toward the plaque, landing perfectly behind it out of sight.
Chen Yan pretended to walk by, glanced up at the plaque from below, and confirmed that the object was tucked behind it.