Appraising Treasures in Linzhou: Seeing Through a Thousand Years of Forgeries

Lin Chen returns to Linzhou in dire straits, carrying a family-inherited talent called “Fingertip Appraisal.” By touch alone, he can tell whether an antique is genuine and identify the quality of rough jade.

Linzhou is the capital of antiques, where undercurrents swirl and counterfeits run rampant, from street stalls to international auctions.

When he first arrives in Gu Gu Lane, Lin Chen turns his fortunes around by finding hidden treasures, then becomes famous overnight after exposing a rip-off streamer during a livestream appraisal.

He applies to a top appraisal company, where fake experts gang up on him, only to be humiliated in turn. His predictions while cutting stones prove spot-on, stunning everyone present.

From an unknown nobody to a master, he takes charge of the Authenticity Alliance, recovers national treasures, and brings down a smuggling ring.

Whatever his fingertips touch, its true nature is revealed; only by upholding righteousness can one become a true master.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.