Kapitel 398: Was Her Name Really Shi Yao And Not Hacker? (2)

"Let me put it like this for you. What you are holding in your hands, you can easily find large handfuls of them in night markets, tourist attractions, and even on e-commerce websites. You should count yourself lucky if you could resell it for 30 RMB, let alone 300,000 RMB. It's the kind of cheap imitation that costs only 10 RMB to manufacture.

"I hope that you won't find my words too jarring to your ears, but I'm just putting the truth out to you. Inkstones are not like porcelain vases and paintings, which can fetch up to millions. I'm not saying that there aren't valuable inkstones out there⁠—of course there is⁠—but they are extremely rare. 200,000 RMB for an inkstone can already be considered to be an astronomical sum…