After about ten minutes of looking, Li Quan finally spoke:
"You've shown this thing to others before coming to me, right? You should know that there's a problem with it?"
The man was taken aback, not expecting Li Quan to be so direct, and his expression turned awkward.
Li Quan chuckled, "It's obvious you're an outsider, not familiar with the ins and outs of the antique circle."
"In our circle, we don't accept just anything. Items that are too smoky, smell like soil, or those prohibited by official documents, we don't take any of those."
"Your item is finely crafted, but it's only a couple of decades old, maybe twenty or thirty years. If you say it's an antique, it's not; if you say it violates regulations, it was indeed made before the issuance of the 'Animal Protection Law', so it's tricky to define, a bit problematic."
