Chapter 215: Gambling Stones
The Peach Blossom Sect really deserves to be an ancient sect that brews immortal wine, and the wine aged in this branch alone is very precious, but Yun Changkong told Mo Fan that the wine here is a drop in the bucket compared to the wine of their sect.
"There are many more fine wines in my sect than this, Brother Ling, when we arrive at the sect, I will definitely invite you to taste thousands of years of fine wine." Yun Changkong said proudly.
Mo Fan and the others left the wine shop and continued to walk towards the city, the main purpose of their coming to this city was mainly to see the mysterious gambling stone culture.
Yun Changkong is familiar with this place, he is a frequent visitor to this city, whenever he is free, he will come here to gamble on stones, it can be said that he is a senior gambler. It was he who boasted to Mo Fan about how amazing this place was, and Mo Fan decided to come here to take a look.
Two large green locust trees are rooted on both sides of the street, their strong roots are deep in the ground, and the abundant nutrients make them grow extremely strong, and even with their branches extending in all directions, they are intertwined with each other, forming a natural tree gate.
"This is called the Yellow Jue Gate, and the two trees are two tree demons in the Jindan period, and it is rumored that since they developed their spiritual wisdom, they have been guarding here without leaving a single step. Behind this, there is the gambling stone street, all kinds of stones, the so-called one knife is poor, one knife is rich, which refers to this. Yun Changkong pointed to the two trees and said to Mo Fan.
"These two trees can't be shaped?" Mo Fan was more interested in these two trees.
"I don't know, anyway, I can't find out their cultivation, and I've never seen them turn into human form." Yun Changkong shook his head.
"Do they have owners? It's good to be a servant and take care of the home. Mo Fan asked.
"No, have you seen the largest gambling stone shop in the store, I heard that these two trees belong to that family, if you want to buy them, it may not be realistic." Yun Changkong didn't think that Mo Fan had so many spirit stones that could exchange the Dryad for it.
"Let's go, let's go and see how this gambling stone works." Mo Fan just said casually, since he knew that these two dryads had owners, then forget it.
The so-called insiders look at the doorway, and the laymen look at the liveliness, in the various gambling stone shops, Mo Fan did not rush to start, just watched others gamble on the stones, and learned the rules and doorways. Gradually, Mo Fan understood the rules of gambling stones.
The so-called gambling stone is that the store purchases a lot of mineral materials, large and small, all of which are marked with prices and placed in the store for customers to choose. Some of these stones are treasures, some are scraps, and this is a time to see your eyesight, and if you are lucky enough to buy a good stone with precious materials in it, then you may soar into the sky. If you're unlucky, spending a lot of money on an ordinary stone that doesn't have anything can turn you into a pauper in an instant.
Gambling stone is a kind of gambling in disguise, one knife to live, one knife to die.
Of course, gambling stones are not without doorways, the shop will open a hole in the stone, just open to the film of the treasure, if you are experienced, you can see some doorways from it, and the experienced person can judge the value of the stone.
In fact, in Mo Fan's original world earth, there is also a gambling stone culture, but the gambling is not treasures, but all kinds of jade. But because Mo Fan didn't know enough, he had never heard of this kind of traditional culture.
"It's going to be a treasure, it's going to be a treasure......"
The shouts were heard immediately, and the surrounding crowd immediately rushed to see the excitement.
This is a gambling stone shop called the Stubborn Stone Building, a middle-aged man with the strength of the late stage of Jindan with a thick slag beard on his face, looking at the stone in front of him with a nervous face.
It was a polished round and smooth stone, about the size of a grinding disc, and in the center, there was a small hole the size of two fingers, and a faint green light reflected it. This stone was purchased by the late Jindan monks for six hundred high-grade spirit stones.
The guy in the Rock Tower is carefully waving a special cutting knife to peel off the outer skin of the stone little by little.
As the stone skin fell little by little, the discussion of the surrounding crowd also sounded one after another.
"Hey, it's actually this stone, this stone has been stored here for half a year, and someone finally got his hands on it." An old man dressed in a thick gray cloth robe whispered. It can be seen that he should be a regular visitor here.
"Wow, this stone is shiny and shiny, there should be a big treasure in it." A small, obscene-looking man commented insightfully.
"I don't think so, although this stone is polished to be very smooth, the stone is soft, it must be flashy, and most of that Daoist's spirit stone will be lost." Another well-dressed rich boy waved the beast bone fan in his hand and hit the nail on the head.
"Wouldn't it? This stone is sold for 600 spirit stones, even if you can't open any big treasures, it shouldn't be a problem to get the cost back! Someone next to him immediately retorted.
"Judging from my experience in gambling on stones, the treasure in this stone should be blue jade, and the smallest is the size of a fist. Blue light jade is an excellent refining material, and you can definitely get more than a thousand high-grade spirit stones when you sell it. As the outer skin became less and less, the treasures wrapped inside the stone were gradually revealed, and a blue and green color shone through the faint stone body, so Yun Changkong boldly guessed.
"Hehe, the results will come out in a while, whether it's a treasure or an empty one, you can see if it's okay!" The rich boy smiled faintly, noncommittal to Yun Changkong's words.
There are fewer and fewer stone skins, and gradually, a fist-sized stone body appears in everyone's eyes, and with a small hammer gently knocked down, the last layer of stone clothing is broken and jumped, and it falls on the desk with a bang.
Everyone's spirits were raised in their throats, but when the hammer fell, a sigh immediately rang out. The look of frustration in the eyes of the middle-aged man, the buyer of this stone, was irrepressibly revealed.
It turned out that this stone was not wrapped in precious blue jade, but a green leaf stone with a very different function, and it was difficult to distinguish it because the two colors were similar. The highest price of this green leaf stone is only sixty high-grade spirit stones, and the middle-aged man is considered to have lost his home this time.
"Fellow Daoist, it's inevitable to look away, although you didn't find a treasure this time, but I believe that you will definitely earn back your losses in one fell swoop next time." The boss of the stubborn stone building seemed to be enthusiastic and comforted,
The people around them all pursed their lips and said in their hearts, are you comforting people, you are obviously adding fuel to the fire.
"Hey!" The middle-aged man sighed heavily, picked up the green leaf stone on the table, and left the place without looking back.
It can be expected that this man will not set foot here again for a long time afterward......
"Investment is risky, investment needs to be cautious!" Yun Changkong sighed, not mentioning his previous remarks.
"Gambling stones, half of them rely on people, half of them rely on the sky, and if they don't open treasures, they can only say that they are unlucky. Dear friends, I have all kinds of stones in our store, why don't you choose one? The boss of the stubborn stone building, a fat big-bellied man, said to Mo Fan and the others with a smile.
Everyone shook their heads, gambling on stones is not a game that ordinary people can afford, they just come to see the fun, but they can't take out so many spirit stones to gamble.
Seeing that no one was willing to buy stones anymore, the owner of the stubborn stone building didn't care, grinned and picked up a pot of tea and sat on the chair, feeling life. Gambling stone is an industry that has not been opened for three years and has been open for three years, and today's transaction has made them a lot of money......
"Brother Yun, why don't you pick a stone? Opening a baby opened my eyes too. Mo Fan saw that Yun Changkong watched for a long time, and after seeing many stones, he said that he was good, but he had no intention of buying them, so he asked.
"Well, this, this......" Yun Changkong scratched his head, not knowing how to tell Mo Fan, he thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with any excuses. It was impossible for him to say that he didn't have spirit stones, Mo Fan had seen him take a large number of spirit stones and put them on his body when he went to the wine shop before.
"Isn't it that you gamble on stones and don't dare to bet?" Mo Fan asked with a smile.
"Well, you actually said yes, but it's not ten bets and nine empty, but ten bets and ten empty, so I'm also hesitating now, what if I accidentally let these spirit stones go down the drain again?" Yun Changkong said embarrassedly.
"That's really the case......" Mo Fan was a little speechless, originally he thought that Yun Changkong had come to gamble on how powerful the stone was, but he was still a rookie.
"In that case, then I'll pick a few cheap practice hands!" Mo Fan looked at other people's gambling stones and had itchy hands, and he wanted to try it himself.
"Brother Ling also wants to start? Okay, if Brother Ling doesn't dislike it, I am willing to personally handle the calcification for Ling Tian, don't worry, I still have two hands in calcing. Yun Changkong volunteered.
The stones in the boulder building are large and small, wide and edged, but they are mainly divided into two types, polished tire stones and unfinished ores. The birthstone is the kind that the middle-aged man in the late Jindan period bought before, the birthstone is round and has a small hole for people to observe, but the price is higher. Ore is a stone found directly from the mine, without any polishing, let alone small holes for the buyer to observe, and there is a high probability that it will be empty, but the price is relatively cheap, usually only one-tenth of the fetal stone.
The stones here are thick, so it's hard to detect what's going on with your sense. For those with strong divine sense, there is only a vague concept at most.
The ore was placed directly outside the store, so Mo Fan walked through one by one and checked carefully, he had not gambled on stones, he had no experience, and he could only say that half of it depended on people and half on the sky.
Walking past a dark green hard stone, Mo Fan shook his head, gave up the piece, and walked over a one-person tall diamond, Mo Fan still shook his head...... Looking at more than a dozen stones in a row, Mo Fan never took a fancy to one, just because he used his divine sense to probe and vaguely found that there was nothing in it, so he naturally had no desire to buy it.