Chapter 484 - Gambling With Stones (2/2)

“Heh heh,” Chen Jin secretly laughed. It was the first time that he treated as a poor man. He was so rich that he could buy a country. Her judgment was terrible.

The shops were large. There was a hall for every category of items. There was a medicinal hall that sold elixirs. There was a weapons hall that sold weapons. Chen Jin strolled around through the twists and turns and finally arrived at the gambling hall.

Surveying the hall, all he saw were stones. There were more to these stones than the eye could see. They were gemstones that had been panned from rivers or ruins. The local storage technology was to employ an array of spell formation to seal all items in the stone and then stick a label on it. However, as time went on, the items that had been preserved might be lost due to various reasons or the labels might have either rotted away or fallen off. The gemstones had also been mixed with countless stones and without any indication as to whether the gemstones were real storage stones or fake. After many years, these stones were found and put into the market for sale. So their appearances looked just like ordinary stones. Only when it had been ground and cut apart would they know what was inside.

Chen Jin viewed the items broadly, all kinds of large and small stones filled his vision. Some stones were messily piled together, regardless of size, while some were placed on the counter with clear price tags.

“‘One piece of spirit stone for one item’, let’s go to that side,” said Chen Jin as he pointed to a messy pile of stones.

The two walked over. Fang Bin looked at the chaotic pile of stones and couldn’t help but twitch his lips. This was motherfucking expensive. A gemstone cost one spirit stone. The pile of stones with varying sizes was made up of at least tens of thousands of stones. If this entire pile was sold, it would mean earnings of about tens of thousands of spirit stones. The owner of this shop owner must be making a windfall.

While Fang Bin was still thinking nonsense in his brain, Chen Jin had already started up his super-strong x-ray vision through the chip in his brain. In his eyes, these stones held no more secrets. Most of them were ordinary stones without any value. Only a minority could be seen clearly but he could tell that most were worthless. There were only a dozen or so that were obscured by spiritual energy, hence he could not “see” them very clearly, but he estimated that those were the valuable ones. Only one or two of the dozen had an intense spiritual energy. Whatever was sealed in the stone could not be seen by Chen Jin even with his super x-ray vision. This was a good thing with great value.

Chen Jin smiled slightly, he found one of the stones and lifted it. It seemed that this would be his first “bucket of gold” since his arrival in the immortal world.

He went to the front desk and paid the money. Chen Jin handed the stone over to the professional stone-cutting master. The people next to them got curious when they saw two youths coming to try their luck with the stones. They saw the raw stone in their hands and couldn’t help but shake their heads. The condition of the stone looked terrible. A much older disciple even gave them a dressing down, “You’re so young, you should be cultivating properly, not learn from others to come to the gambling hall and try your luck with the stones. What kind of shitty stone did you even choose.”

Chen Jin had witnessed much mockery and ridicule so he was just going to ignore it. Seeing how Chen Jin had ignored him, this person felt that he had lost face, he said “Hmph, you’re young but your attitude is big. Don’t you hear that I’m talking to you?”

“Stupid cunt,” Chen Jin cursed lightly and wanted to continue to ignore him. Who knew that this person’s ear was so sensitive, “What did you say? You’ve got guts. I’m Jia Xinlin and you dare to curse even me? Are you looking to die?” As he spoke, his Qi cultivation which was at a consummate level surged forward.

Seeing that something was going on, the surrounding people raised their heads and looked towards Jia Xinlin. All of a sudden whispers abounded.

“Who offended him? His Qi cultivation is at a consummate level.”

“I heard that Jia Xinlin’s cultivation has stagnated precisely because he is addicted to gambling with stones. He has never been able to break through the consummate level and successfully built his foundation. But he still has a pretty good feel for the stones. After all, he has been gambling with the stones for many years”

The old man’s repeated provocations for no rhyme or reason pissed Chen Jin off, “I called you a stupid cunt, you’re so old, are you deaf too?”