Qin Shi ignored Chen Yan's unreasonable provocation, and Chen Yan tactfully pouted. She rubbed her chest and took out an extremely mysterious dark blue ancient stone. The ancient stone emitted a gentle energy, and most importantly, there was a 'Green Stone' character engraved on it. The ancient stone was pierced through by a silver necklace. Chen Yan gently tied it around Qin Shi's neck. Only then did she discover that there was another pendant hanging around Qin Shi's neck.
Furthermore, it seemed that Qin Shi treasured that pendant a lot. She was slightly startled, and the color in her beautiful eyes quickly disappeared. She sweetly smiled and said, "Here, this pendant is a Spirit Warming Stone that I just obtained from stone gambling. It can warm the blood, and I even had someone process it and carve your name on it. It's a gift for you."
Qin Shi lowered his head and looked at the ancient stone. His heart warmed slightly. So this lass had gotten into a conflict with Li Rui and the rest because of this Spirit Warming Stone?
This lass had suffered a lot. However, to be able to obtain a Spirit Warming Stone from stone gambling was really lucky. The Spirit Warming Stone was an extremely rare ore that could maintain a constant temperature. It would not be burned by high temperatures, nor would it be pierced by the cold. A single Spirit Warming Stone could be sold for nearly ten million Sea Spirit Pills in the auction house.
"Many thanks."
Qin Shi nodded his head in gratification. He wore the Spirit Warming Stone pendant and the pendant given to him by Qin Xue Xin.
Shortly after, Qin Shi paused and shifted his gaze towards the stone gambling area in the distance.
Chen Yan playfully teased, "Why? Do you want to go and gamble as well?"
Qin Shi shook his head. He had never believed in destiny and had no interest in gambling.
"Lad, don't go. I smell a familiar scent over there. It should be a Spacebreaking Stone." The Blood Shaman's voice suddenly rang out.
"Spacebreaking Stone?"
Qin Shi frowned slightly. The Blood Shaman said excitedly, "Yes, the Spacebreaking Stone is the core of a mutant that lives at the edge of the horizon. It is said that there is only one such mutant in the world, and only when it dies will the next one be born. It has the ability to tear space apart. I've only read about it in ancient books. It is a mutant that has lived for more than a hundred million years."
"A mutant that has lived for more than a hundred million years?" Qin Shi smacked his lips.
"Yes, that mutant is very powerful. Rumor has it that it can tear space apart and travel through the Milky Way. If you can obtain its core, the Spacebreaking Stone, you can definitely complete the Explosive Flame Bead!" The Blood Shaman said passionately.
Qin Shi calmed himself and looked towards the stone gambling area. He hadn't expected such a treasure to appear in such a place.
"In that case, let's go take a look."
Qin Shi nodded. The Explosive Flame Bead's Space Teleportation was something that Qin Shi had never given up on. No matter what, he had to help the Blood Shaman succeed. Once he succeeded, it would be his strongest means of escape. Moreover, he had a premonition that the Ma Group wouldn't let him off so easily. Back then, he only had the Bursting Jade, and the Reincarnation Stone Statue. Now, he had the Dazzling Light Divine Sword and the Reincarnation Stone Statue. Although Fufeng had promised him that he wouldn't be disturbed by the Ma Group for ten years, he still had complicated feelings towards Fufeng. Therefore, he had to leave some backup plans for himself.
Chen Yan followed Qin Shi into the stone gambling area. Upon seeing the two of them, many of the peddlers revealed strange smiles, as if anticipating the arrival of a potential customer.
At this moment, many of the peddlers were gesticulating and discussing, "Hehe, that little girl is back again?"
"Yes, but that little girl's luck is really good. She actually managed to obtain a Warm Spirit Stone. That's a treasure that only appears once in a hundred years."
"Hehe, even a Warm Spirit Stone with twenty million Sea Soul Pills won't be able to earn back that amount. I've never seen anyone as crazy as her."
"Twenty million Sea Soul Pills?"
The corner of Qin Shi's mouth twitched. He looked at Chen Yan with a strange expression. Chen Yan seemed to have felt his gaze and smiled, "I can't help it. I did manage to obtain a few good quality ores in the beginning, but they aren't compatible with you. Only this Warm Spirit Stone is suitable for you."
Qin Shi was moved once again. This little girl spent twenty million just to give him a gift?
Of course, other than that, he couldn't help but sigh at the wealth of the Rashomon Palace.
In the stone gambling area, Qin Shi wasn't in a hurry to gamble. Instead, he tried to use his spiritual energy to check if there were any spirit stones inside. However, all the ores here seemed to have a natural barrier that prevented his spiritual energy from penetrating. At this moment, Chen Yan smiled and said, "Don't try. If you can use your spiritual energy to check, then the stone gambling area would be meaningless. All the ores here have experienced at least ten thousand years of changes in the deep sea. They've been baptized by the sun and moon, and there's an extremely strong layer of spiritual energy on the outside. Even a World Realm expert wouldn't be able to see if there are spirit stones inside."
Qin Shi suddenly understood, but after thinking about it, it made sense. Otherwise, everyone would come here and use their spiritual energy to pick out the ores that contained spirit stones. As for the ores without spirit stones, no one would open them. This stone gambling was no longer gambling, but simply buying.
"Little brother, are you here to gamble?
Come here and have a look. I have some high-grade ores here. I guarantee that you can recognize spirit stones. "At this time, a shout attracted Qin Shi's attention.
Qin Shi was startled. He could guarantee that there were spirit stones in the ores?
He couldn't help but slow down his pace. He walked to the stall and said with a smile, "Boss, can you guarantee that you can recognize spirit stones from the ores here?"
"Of course, I can't guarantee the quality, but I can guarantee that there are spirit stones in each of them."
"Then give me two pieces to have a look."
Qin Shi took out five hundred thousand Sea Spirit Pills. This stone gambling was really a game for the rich. Just two ores cost five hundred thousand Sea Spirit Pills.
Seeing this, the boss was ecstatic and immediately asked Qin Shi to pick out two ores. The boss was very experienced. With a swing of his knife, the ores were cut into countless powder. A little light suddenly came out from the ores. The two ores really had a lot of spirit stones, but the quality was very poor. The two ores were not worth fifty thousand Sea Spirit Pills.
"Hehe, little brother, this is really a pity." The boss smiled and handed two dim spirit stones to Qin Shi.
After receiving the two spirit stones, Qin Shi didn't take it seriously and put it away. Then he picked out two more and handed them to the boss.
"Open these two, too." Qin Shi said.
The boss was stunned and immediately laughed at Qin Shi. How could there be stone gambling like this?
However, Qin Shi didn't care. His eyes were fixed on the boss's movements, as if he wanted to see through something unknown.
"Hum!"
Suddenly, Qin Shi's expression changed. Just as the shopkeeper was about to open the stones, the two stones actually emitted a faint luster at the same time. That luster was the spiritual energy emitted by the spirit stones inside, which was different from the spirit stones' original spiritual energy. At this moment, another two extremely ordinary spirit stones were opened. Qin Shi indifferently put away the spirit stones and smiled, "Hehe, so that's how it is."
Qin Shi found that when the ores were under pressure, the spirit stones inside would be subconsciously mobilized by the ores if there were spirit stones inside. To be precise, the ores here had developed intelligence after ten thousand years of change. At that moment, it was the best way to distinguish whether there were spirit stones inside or not, and whether the spirit stones inside were strong or weak.
Qin Shi smiled. At this time, he took Chen Yan's hand and walked alone to a corner of the stone gambling area.
In this corner, he didn't use his spirit qi. Instead, he used his soul force to probe the area. After the transformation of the God Character Formula, his telekinesis covered the entire area.
He used his soul force to simultaneously exert pressure on the tens of millions of ores present. In an instant, multicolored spirit lights rose in his sea of consciousness. At this time, he quickly determined the strength of the spirit lights. However, although there were a few strong spirit stones among the spirit lights, they couldn't reach the level of the Void Crack Stone that the Blood Shaman had mentioned. This made him frown slightly.
"Hum!"
Suddenly, the look in Qin Shi's eyes changed. An extremely strange and deformed ore flashed across Qin Shi's mind. The ore looked like a dragon or snake, and there were red edges on both sides. It looked like the rudder of a ship. In stone gambling, the smoothness of the ore was generally emphasized. The smoother the ore was, the easier it was to cut out spirit stones. However, the ore he saw looked strange. The extra edges were wasted, and it was almost impossible to cut out spirit stones from it. Anyone who knew a little about it would treat it as trash. Because of this, the boss simply treated it as trash and placed it at the corner of the table.
Qin Shi smiled. He was eighty percent sure that the ore that looked like a dragon or snake was the Void Crack Stone that the Blood Shaman had mentioned. This was just right. The more people treated it as trash, the lower the price he could get. At this time, Qin Shi flashed to the boss. The boss's business was obviously not as good as the other shops. The shop was very quiet. At this time, Qin Shi smiled and asked, "Boss, how much are you selling the ores here?"
"This pile is one hundred thousand Sea Soul Pills. This pile is two hundred thousand Sea Soul Pills. I'll open it for you if you like it," the boss said lazily.
Qin Shi hesitated for a moment. His mind power slightly overflowed. He judged which of the hundred ores on the table had spirit stones. He randomly picked one and said, "Boss, I'll take this one. It's the smallest one. How about I make a deal with you?"
"You said that if I give you one hundred thousand, you'll give me one more?"
"Stone gambling. How can there be such a thing as giving?" the boss said unhappily.
"It's my first time. I just want to have some fun. How about this, I choose this one. What do you think?" Qin Shi pointed at the corner of the table.
Seeing Qin Shi's choice, the boss was quite startled. "This one?"
The boss, who had initially rejected Qin Shi's offer, was delighted. However, he could tell that the boss was also a wily old fox. He pretended to be in a difficult position and said with a smile, "Alright. Since you're an honest man, I'll suffer a loss and give it to you. However, you have to add one hundred thousand Sea Soul Pills."
"Of course!"
Qin Shi smiled. At this time, Chen Yan frowned slightly. "It's just a piece of trash. What do you want it for?"