AWB Chapter 120 Jade Gambling
Chapter 120 Jade Gambling
"Young friend, are you a Source Master? If so, you can skip the spirit stones and directly enter the Xuan-level mining area to select raw stones!"
At the entrance to the mine, an entrance fee of two hundred high-grade spirit stones is required, and the cultivator in charge of registration asks many questions.
The rumors are clearly true; the major powers are currently extremely eager for Source Masters.
"no,"
Li Lan paid the fee and entered the outermost "Huang"-branded mining area.
Large mines are generally divided into four mining areas: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow. The raw stones in the Heaven area are the rarest, and ordinary people are not qualified to enter. The raw stones in the Yellow area are more common.
But compared to the small mines outside, they are clearly all high-quality.
Li Lan first took a general look around. The Huangzihao mining area covered an area as large as seven or eight football fields. It was an open space filled with raw stones for people to choose from, and there were many people coming and going to gamble on stones.
There were elderly men with white hair, holding ancient mirrors and repeatedly examining an old stone, and several middle-aged men, picking up a stone and repeatedly patting it, listening to the sound to identify its origin... The methods were varied and endless.
Ahead, a group of people had gathered, and it seemed quite lively. Li Lan walked over and saw several old men discussing something around a few rough stones.
A plump old man said, "Among these yellow-branded stones, the finest are these three raw stones. This wrinkled old stone clearly contains fragments of divine essence; it must be extraordinary. Brothers, how about we team up and take it on?"
A thin old man beside him shook his head repeatedly: "If there were a divine source inside, why would we have waited until now? I think this reclining ox stone is the best option. At the very least, it can yield a different kind of source, so we won't lose money!"
"If we're going to gamble on stones, let's go big! We've been eyeing these stones for years, what are we waiting for?" the fat old man shouted.
"What do you know? Taking action is taking action. You have to distinguish between the two, or you'll make a mistake!"
After listening for a while, Li Lan roughly understood that the two old men, one fat and one thin, were famous gamblers in this mine. They had already unearthed quite a few valuable source stones, so their appearance attracted everyone's attention.
But neither of them are Genji!
While watching the excitement, Li Lan activated his spiritual eye. As soon as he opened his spiritual eye, he saw that the raw stones had different auras. Although the wrinkled old stone was only the size of a human head, it had an aura that was condensed inside, and there must be a source of immortality in it, but the level was hard to determine. Although the reclining ox stone was large and had flowing light, it was scattered and not condensed. Even if it had a source, its value was probably not high.
This was just Li Lan's initial assessment. He wasn't in a hurry, but instead turned around and randomly found an area with fewer people.
He had already identified two rough stones, but he was acting strangely. He took out a lucky coin, pretended to worship it, and then tossed the lucky coin into the air. He didn't take the ones that landed face down. When the coins landed on the two rough stones he had identified, he used a little force and the lucky coin landed face up!
"Hey buddy, what kind of technique are you using?"
Two young men nearby laughed when they saw this.
"Other people gamble on stones using skill, buddy, are you relying on luck?"
The two of them spoke.
But Li Lan said seriously, "Thank you for reminding me, brothers. However, these copper coins were given to me by the 33rd generation successor of the Heavenly Mystery Sect, True Man Duan Tian. They are sure to be effective!"
After saying that, he spoke directly:
"I'll take both of these rough stones!"
Immediately, some people from the mining area stepped forward and said, "The two raw stones weigh a total of sixty catties, and a total of six hundred cubic meters of high-grade spirit stones are needed!"
One pound of raw stone is worth ten high-grade spirit stones!
Li Lan couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache!
But this price is normal. Spirit stones are only useful to cultivators below the Immortal Path, while Immortal Source is something that Immortals crave. The value of the two is naturally worlds apart.
One pound of ordinary immortal essence is worth a thousand high-grade spirit stones!
High-level immortal sources, such as heterogeneous sources, cannot be bought with spirit stones. They can only be exchanged with immortal sources, and even then, there is no guarantee that anyone will be willing to sell them. In many cases, they are bartered!
For example, in this mining area, ordinary raw stones can be purchased with spirit stones, but slightly better raw stones are all priced separately with immortal essence!
Fortunately, during his time in the Sinful State, he obtained a thousand pieces of Immortal Essence, a thousand units of high-grade spirit stones, and a hundred immortal herbs from the Li family, so he was still able to support himself.
Li Lan readily handed over the spirit stones.
"Damn, buddy, why won't you listen to advice?"
"What divine calculation? That old guy is a fraud, a conman who specializes in swindling and cheating!"
Both of them shook their heads.
Li Lan smiled and said, "It's alright. We'll know whether he's a fraud or not once we open the raw stone!"
As he spoke, he picked up the stone knife given to him by the mining area and began cutting the raw stone.
"Dude, you've never gambled on rough stones before, have you? You can't cut it like that!"
"Your technique is too clumsy; you're obviously a greenhorn. No wonder you got swindled by that old guy!"
Seeing Li Lan's technique for cutting the rough stone, the two men laughed and shook their heads repeatedly.
Even an ordinary stone gambler, let alone a professional stone maker, wouldn't cut stones so clumsily and awkwardly.
But Li Lan didn't pay much attention; he simply cleaved the original stone open with his stone knife.
A flash of silver light!
"Huh! There really is Originium?!"
"What the heck... it's a different species again?!"
For a moment, the two older brothers were completely stunned.
Many people gathered around.
"They actually managed to extract a different kind of source; that's quite something."
"I've looked at this rough stone so many times, and I still couldn't see it!"
"How did this guy find it? Is he some kind of expert?"
Many people spoke up.
In the Yellow-branded mining area, it's normal to find ordinary immortal resources, but rarer ones are quite rare!
Li Lan smiled slightly and completely peeled off the stone skin.
"Silver Light Source!"
"This kind of source stone is very beneficial for refining immortal artifacts. It contains the essence of earth silver and is extremely valuable!"
"It's a bit small, only about three ounces, but it's still a steal. It's worth at least thirty or forty pounds of ordinary immortal essence, and this guy only bought it for a few dozen spirit stones... What a bargain!"
Many people around were moved.
"I refuse to believe you can find a Celestial Source in this spot! Open it now, open it now!"
The first two brothers were starting to have some doubts about themselves!
In their view, Li Lan's success was purely due to sheer luck.
Li Lan first accepted the silver light source, then picked up the stone knife and continued to open the second piece. His knife skills were also unrefined, which aroused a chorus of boos.
But as the knife cut into the stone, it cleaved it in two, and after half of the stone was cut open, a flash of golden light appeared.
"Could it be another alien species?!"
"No way!"
"Good heavens, what kind of shitty luck is this?!"
Everyone was astonished.
But the golden light quickly dissipated, revealing the source stone inside. Although the source stone was pale gold, it was just an ordinary immortal source!
"What a pity, this raw stone was mined too early, otherwise it could have truly evolved into a mutant source!"
"Although it's not a different kind of source, the amount of immortal energy is quite substantial, probably half a pound, which is pretty good!"
"This guy's luck is absolutely incredible, both of them are from the source!"
While many felt sorry for him, they also felt envious.
The main reason is that the amount of immortal essence in this raw stone is too abundant. Compared to the dozens of source stones that Li Lan spent, it is a huge profit no matter how you look at it.
Li Lan frowned slightly, because he had initially judged that this raw stone should also contain a different kind of source.
Unexpectedly, some errors occurred.
"The Spirit Eye... is far from enough."
He deeply understood that a small error could lead to a huge difference, and the reason for this error was mainly because his eyesight was still not good enough!
If one reaches the level of a cat, one can easily see through not just a small layer of stone, but even an entire mountain in front of one's eyes.
Of course, if others knew his thoughts, they would probably be so envious and jealous that they would vomit blood.
Of the countless cultivators in the world, those who can cultivate a spiritual eye are extremely rare.
The method of spiritual vision involves creation, and generally speaking, it is already determined when one awakens, making it difficult to make progress. Those who can achieve great mastery of spiritual vision like Li Lan are one in ten thousand.
Moreover, ordinary spiritual eyes cannot actually see through the outer skin of raw stones. Li Lan's eye technique is too powerful and extraordinary, which is why it has such an effect.
At that moment, his resolve hardened instantly!
First, I need to improve my Great Dao True Eye Technique!
He obtained a thousand source stones from the Li family, weighing approximately three hundred jin in total. Whether this would allow his spiritual eye to break through to the Dharma eye realm was unclear.
We need to prepare more!
Moreover, he is not far from becoming an immortal, so naturally the more strategic resources like immortal essence, the better!
He suddenly became extremely interested in the mine in front of him!
"Is this young master a Source Master?"
After two pieces of Immortal Essence were unearthed in succession, the Sun Moon Sect personnel in charge of the mining area immediately asked questions respectfully.
Li Lan shook his head: "I don't understand Origin Techniques."
"It was this copper coin that told me that this is the Qiankun Yin Yang Fortune-Turning Copper Coin, personally made by the 33rd generation successor of the Tianji Sect, Master Duantian!"
Seeing this, none of the people around believed it!
"What bullshit! What kind of damn copper coins are these? I think this guy just got lucky!"
"Not necessarily. I think he's just pretending to be weak; he's probably a seasoned gambler with extraordinary skills!"
"I refuse to believe he can unleash another immortal source!"
Someone spoke up directly: "What kind of Heavenly Mystery Sect copper coins are you? If you're so capable, why don't you open a few more and see?"
They're all just looking for a good show, not wanting things to get out of hand.
Li Lan smiled and said, "Okay!"
This is exactly the effect he wanted!
The more and stronger the immortal essence he extracts, the more respectful he is to the copper coin, and the more the world will believe... that old charlatan is the successor of the Heavenly Mystery Sect!
He did this in order to counter the public opinion created by Li and others.
They brought in the Heavenly Calculator to their advantage, misleading people. Almost all the low-level cultivators in the Northern Emperor City were fooled by them... Li Lan's way of fighting back was also very simple.
Reimagining another divine divination!
Moreover, another diviner's prediction and opinion on this great calamity were completely different from Li's.
In this way, Li's propaganda offensive... can naturally be contained!
He had already entered the mine, not picking and choosing at all, but in front of each source stone, he would take out a copper coin, respectfully bow three times, and then toss it. He would buy any source stone that landed heads up and reject any that landed tails up!
"Damn, what a spendthrift son!"
"Hehe, people can't hold onto wealth beyond their understanding. The immortal resources he earns by luck will all be lost through his own incompetence!"
"They're really asking for death!"
The onlookers were all amused. By now, they no longer believed that Li Lan was some kind of expert pretending to be weak. They all thought Li Lan was just a simpleton and treated him as a joke!
"I'll take these!"
Li Lan bought nineteen raw stones in one go, weighing nearly a hundred pounds in total. He spent all of his one thousand high-grade spirit stones!
So far, he has only been picking ordinary rough stones and has not touched those high-quality rough stones that are priced separately by the "Immortal Source".
"Tsk tsk tsk, I'd like to see how this person squanders their money!"
"Heh, the ones he picked are worse than what I could just grab with my eyes closed! He's basically lost money on the source stones he cut out this time!"
"Not necessarily. What if that bastard gets really lucky and finds some more immortal resources?"
More and more people gathered to watch.
Li Lan just smiled, then picked up the stone knife and clumsily made another cut!
The stone skin fell off with a sound.
The blue light instantly became dazzling!
"What?! Another source of alien species?!"
"Damn it, this is a ghost!"
"What's going on?!"
For a moment, everyone around who was expecting to see a joke was shocked!
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