Chapter 632 - Beauty Thorn (2/2)

Sir Owen’s eyes almost popped. He was already surprised by Picasso’s sketch and didn’t expect that this young man still had some more paintings.

If Qin Haodong were not from Huaxia, he would have thought that he was actually Picasso’s illegitimate son. How could he have so many paintings of Picasso?

Qin Haodong replied, “Yes, I still have some paintings of Picasso. But I want nothing but the sculpted heads of the 12 Zodiacs this time.”

He knew that Sir Owen was influential among collectors in the world, so he wanted to take the opportunity to get as many sculpted heads as possible.

Sir Owen asked, “Qin, can you tell me how many paintings of Picasso do you have now?”

Qin Haodong said, “Sir, to be honest, I have three albums of paintings, and the one I’ve exchanged with you is one of them. There’s still a children’s picture album and a set of still life. Besides, I also have 10 oil paintings of Picasso.”

Fred said with great astonishment, “Do you mean that you still have 30 paintings of Picasso?”

Qin Haodong smiled and nodded. “Yes.”

Sir Owen was stunned and when he came to his senses, he was nearly crazy with joy. He had been searching for Picasso’s paintings for the past years but had gotten nothing. He had never expected that so many paintings of Picasso would appear all at once.

He abandoned his gentleman’s demeanor and shouted excitedly, “Qin, you must be his illegitimate child! I’m 100% sure!”

Qin Haodong laughed and said, “You know I’m from Huaxia.”

Sir Owen calmed down and said, “I do know many great collectors and they all have many antiques. Maybe someone might possess a sculpted head.

“But how do you exchange with them? If your offer is not attractive enough, they may not show you their collections.”

Qin Haodong said, “Well, how about this? Please help me advertise it. I want to have a sculpted animal head for one album of Picasso’s paintings. Do you think this offer is tempting enough?”

“Yes! Of course!” Sir Owen became excited once again and said, “I really regret it now. I shouldn’t have sold the snakehead on the auction. It’s better to keep it and exchange it with you for Picasso’s paintings.”

But he was quite satisfied with the deal they’ve just made. Although he had exchanged the sculpted chicken head for only three paintings, the deal was purely voluntary and he couldn’t go back on his words, which was the principle in the antique circle.

He added, “Qin, can I give you some of my precious treasures in exchange for a painting of Picasso? I can give you two treasures of Huaxia for each painting.”

Qin Haodong shrugged and said, “Sorry, sir. I know there are lots of treasures in your vault, but I’m not interested in them. All I want are the sculpted animal heads.

“You can first exchange with others for the sculpted heads and then we can make a deal.”

“That’s such a pity. ” Sir Owen said, “But trust me, I’ll definitely spread the news for you. And I’m sure someone will come to you for exchange soon.”

“Thank you, Sir. We have to leave now.”

After bidding goodbye to Sir Owen, Qin Haodong and Nalan Wushuang returned to the villa of the Li family in a hurry.

When they arrived, Sir Owen had already sent the collections to them. But Qin Haodong didn’t care much about these things and put them into the Storage Ring.

After everything was done, he made a simple defensive formation in the room and took out the sculpted chicken head. He unlocked the seal and took out the Upper-Level Spirit Stone.

He asked Nalan Wushuang to protect him and then was ready to absorb the Upper-Level Spirit Stone and enter the later stage of Gold Core.

Nalan Wushuang was already at the 6th level of the supreme power realm, and she was thus strong enough to protect him now.

He held the stone and began to awaken his body. The Genuine Qi was absorbing the Spiritual Qi of the Spirit Stone.

Nalan Wushuang stood aside with the Beauty Thorn to protect him carefully.

The Upper-Level Spirit Stone completely turned into dust with a cracking sound an hour later.

Qin Haodong slowly opened his eyes, but a flicker of disappointment crossed his face.

Nalan Wushuang asked, “How did it go? Have you made a breakthrough?”

Qin Haodong shook his head. His Gold Core was bigger and brighter than before now. But there was still a long way to go to achieve his goal.

It seemed that one Upper-Level Spirit Stone was not enough to help him reach the later stage of the Gold Core if he has already been at the middle stage.

He sighed and realized that the higher his cultivation, the higher the demand for Spiritual Qi would be. There wasn’t enough Spiritual Qi on Earth, and he had to rely on the Upper-Level Spirit Stones in the sculpted animal heads.

He said, “One Upper-Level Spirit Stone is not enough now. I need at least one more. Now our top priority is to find another sculpted animal head.”

Nalan Wushuang replied, “I wonder if Sir Owen would help us to spread the word. He might withhold the information and find the sculpted head himself to exchange with you for Picasso’s paintings. What do you think?”