Chapter Twenty-Three: The Legend of Jade

Can you play games at nine?

Absolutely! Su Cheng cut out the Internet and inquired, only to know that he can play online games over the age of eight. Unlike adults, the children's game interface is cartoonish, and the characters and monsters are cute, and there will never be bloody skeletons and other pictures. The time limit is also strict, with a minimum of three hours of play on a day.

When the group walked to a dry river, the artillery brothers suddenly shouted: "My time is up, goodbye sister...... Add my friend, ah......" The character then fogged and gradually disappeared.

"Cuckoo, cuckoo" The cuckoo cries were heard not far away.

Chu Xue Emei: "Orange, it seems that there is a cuckoo following us." There may really be a follow-up mission. ”

Su Cheng was holding a stone and looking at it carefully, and replied casually: "If your child is caught by me, you will follow me." All right. ”

Chu Xue Emei spat him: "Nonsense! What is there to see about this stone? ”

Su Cheng smiled: "I'm sorry, I was distracted just now." This stone is not ordinary, this is a piece of jade. The quality of the material is not as good as the mutton fat jade, and it is an ordinary white jade with better quality! ”

In the Western Regions, people may not necessarily recognize jade, but there is absolutely no one who has not heard of mutton fat jade! The best quality sheep fat jade, as long as the amount reaches a certain level, its value is almost comparable to that of a diamond!

"Wow, Brother Orange, you still have this ability! Teach me teach me and I want to learn this! "Angela has star-eyed eyes.

Ah Fei showed a surprised look: "Realistic skills? ”

Su Cheng spread his hands: "I can't teach you this!" "Ore Identification" is a golden advanced skill. Everyone, pay attention, all the stones that look pleasing to the eye, bring them to me to help you identify! ”

"Freak!" Chu Xue Emei said sourly. Our skills are either apprentice level or low-level ordinary skills, how can your advanced skills and high-level skills emerge endlessly? "Does jade work?" ”

That's to the point. In ordinary games, most of the useful ores are iron, copper, gold and silver, and high-level crystals and gems. The jade category is rarely included.

Su Cheng checked the jade in his hand: "Ore rich in life energy." It seems that the usefulness and usage will have to wait for the future development. ”

Along the way, all the way, Su Cheng has thrown away dozens of stones that everyone picked up, and none of them are the jade that everyone expected! Angela waved a fist-sized yellow stone in her hand, "This one must be." Brother Orange, you're a liar! "Okay, you can take it back. I might be blind, too! Su Cheng was helpless.

A low, slightly desolate call sounded as a cuckoo landed on a stone not far from the crowd. The bird was smaller than a pigeon, slightly elongated, with tawny feathers and a handful of short phoenix feathers on its head.

"This is the cuckoo? It's ugly! Chu Xue Emei smiled, she really had never seen this kind of bird. In fact, cuckoos are cautious by nature and rarely come close to other species.

"Cuckoo" The cuckoo called again, as if he understood the words of Chu Xue Emei, and was very dissatisfied.

Su Cheng smiled: "A very spiritual bird, you gave us a big gift!" ”

He stepped forward, and the cuckoo flew up, but landed on a stone not far away. Su Cheng looked at the cuckoo, stretched out his hand and patted the stone where the cuckoo was standing just now, which was the size of two basketballs. Seeing that the cuckoo nodded and screamed, Su Cheng bent down to protect the stone, and his whole body exerted his strength together, "Hey......" hugged the stone: "Thank you, little bird." Let's go back. This is a piece of jade, but it's not light! ”

The cuckoo flew in front, and everyone followed.

"Cuckoos rarely come close to other animals, including humans." Su Cheng explained: "And the cuckoo is not an ordinary bird. It has a phoenix feather, which is the handful of sharp feathers on its head! According to myths and legends, the cuckoo has phoenix blood! ”

Chu Xue Emei said: "I have seen a specimen of a rhododendron in the Natural History Museum, and the feathers are with black-brown spots, and there is no phoenix feather!" ”

"But the phoenix bloodline of the cuckoo is very thin, and only about thirty percent of them have phoenix feathers!" Su Cheng glanced at Chu Xue Emei: "This cuckoo's phoenix feather is already much longer than an ordinary cuckoo, so I said that this is a very spiritual bird!" ”

Tie the tiger's hands and fool his head: "Brother Yu, is it that Mao Chang has spirituality?" ”

"Hug it!" Su Cheng put the stone into the arms of the tiger: "That's Feng Ling!" It's not the same thing as your killer Matt hairstyle! Jin Sheng Lishui, what's the next sentence? ”

The tiger hand is not completely ignorant, seeing that others are laughing, he said proudly: "Jade out of Kungang!" Who doesn't know about Kyushu Huaxia? ”

"Jade out of Kungang, put it in the game, it means that the Western Regions Frost City produces jade! Do you know that phoenix sycamore? ”

"You know, it's not that the phoenix doesn't fall to rest when it meets the sycamore! Brother Yu, this stone is so heavy! Or you hold it! ”

Ah Fei stepped forward and took the stone: "I'll go, it's really heavy." In Zhuangzi's "Autumn Water", it is said that the phoenix 'does not inhabit unless it is a sycamore, it does not eat unless it is practiced, and it does not drink if it is not a liquor'. This is a compliment to the noble quality of the phoenix. ”

"Okay, and the story of He's Bi, who knows?"

Angela replied, "I see." Bian He saw that the phoenix was perched on the stone and knew that there was beautiful jade in it. That is to say, in addition to perching on the sycamore, the phoenix will also settle on the jade. This cuckoo has phoenix blood, so it can also identify beautiful jade! ”

"Answer correctly, but no extra points! Jade will definitely be useful, and when I find a way to make it, I'll give each of you a jade ornament! ”

Back home, Su Cheng first took the cage holding the little cuckoo to the yard and hung it. I don't know how Aunt Jane fed it, but after a day's work, the little cuckoo has grown a lot bigger. He flew to the cage by the old cuckoo to feed the intimacy, and handed the two rabbits to Aunt Jane: "Godmother, does anyone in the village understand jade?" ”

Aunt Jane said: "There is no jade mine near the village, I have only heard that some people occasionally pick it up. Did you bring back jade? The old village chief knows a little, so you can ask him to come over and have a look. ”

Ah Fei answered and asked the village chief, and Su Cheng and Angela put the three stones in a pile.

After the old man came, he directly picked up Angela's yellow stone and looked at it for a long time: "This is Gobi jade, although it is a little smaller, it can be worth a few silver coins." These two pieces, the old man can't say. In addition to Gobi jade, there is no other jade production near the village. ”

Angela's little face bulged: "Brother Orange, I almost blinded you!" ”

Su Cheng smiled bitterly: "Village Chief, what is the quality of this jade?" ”

"The best quality of jade produced in the Western Regions is mutton fat jade, followed by jasper and white jade, and the most important is Gobi jade. Of course, the best gobi jade is also more valuable than ordinary jasper white jade. Your two stones may be jasper and white jade, and the old man can't recognize them. You can take it to the city and give it to the jade craftsman for identification later. ”

Chu Xue Emei smiled: "Angela, your stone can be thrown away." You forgot, Orange doesn't see low-grade ores! He can't find iron ore in iron ore! ”

The village chief said, "Don't throw it away!" High-quality jade is said to stimulate life energy. Yihe Mansion under the jurisdiction of Shuangcheng is the origin and birthplace of jade, and someone must be able to identify and process it. It's just that you have enough strength to go. ”

"I have work in the afternoon." Su Cheng said: "I want to build a set of jade carving knives!" ”

"Do you have friends who know jade? Be sure to make good friends. In the Western Regions and even in the entire Twilight Continent, jade raw materials and processes are a high-value circulation. The village chief commanded.

The production areas of sheep fat jade are concentrated in the Ili River Valley of Xinjiang, and the resources are said to have been exhausted long ago. However, the annual flood still produces very little from the cliff side of the highlands. Its traditional carving process has also been almost lost.

This is not a difficult thing for Su Cheng. Among his knife customers, there is a jade carving master's information: Little Avanti. The son of Avanti, a master of traditional jade carving. Little Avanti is lively and cheerful, and has been learning jade carving from his father, and is engaged in the business of processing and trading jade raw materials and carved pieces. As a business that has not been opened for three years and has been open for three years, little Avanti's life is very boring, coupled with his own out-of-the-box character, Su Cheng can conclude that he will enter "Holy Path"

A summoning spell was issued, and a hologram of little Avanti appeared above the phone: "Hi, my friend, how do you know I want to find you?" "It's so enthusiastic.

"I built a golden skinning knife yesterday that increases the level of your skinning skills! What do you think? ”

"Well, don't mention it, I don't even have a white carving knife right now! What did you say? Are you playing Holy Way too? What city are you in? ”

"It takes advanced ores and skills to create a jade carving knife, and I will create a set of knives for you for free every ten levels, so as to ensure that your upgrade needs are above blue! How can you thank me? ”

"Hahaha, you are still the same, you are generous, and you will not suffer! A set of knives for every 10 levels is very much in line with my vision. I'll also carve a set of jade ornaments for you every 10 levels, how about it? ”

"You haven't suffered my loss, have you? Why do you want to make me suffer in the game? I make the raw materials myself, and you carve a three-piece set for me. Plus two parts of the specified shape! "The so-called three-piece set refers to the three kinds of jade ornaments often worn by men: wrenches, waist tags, and pendants (usually necklace pendants). As for what women often wear, there is no fixed number!

"Deal. What's your game name? ”

"My name is Twilight. Orange. What about you, Avanti? ”

"I'm Avanti without a beard. There is also a bearded Avanti in our village, don't make a mistake! ”

Su Cheng asked casually, "Avanti with a beard?" Who's that? ”

"That's my dad! If he knew that you were playing "The Holy Way", he would definitely grab you and tell you to make him a golden jade carving knife! Don't make a mistake! ”

"Is there a bearded Avanti?" Su Cheng teased.

"That's my grandfather! However, his old man's eyes are no longer good, and he can no longer carry out jade carving operations. Now I am learning about agricultural planting. ”

Su Cheng glared: "#¥%...... Thank you! I'll be careful! "I can't even mess with a big beard or a long beard! Come on, I've dug a little hole for you, and if your dad doesn't bother me, I'll let you go!