The resident stone master mentioned by Lao Ding Tou is actually also known as the chief stone master of the mine. For the sect to which the Lingshi Mine belongs, the role of a master-level stone master is undoubted, and the impact of its appraisal level on the economic benefits of the mine is almost decisive.

All the rough stones produced in the mine must first be identified by the chief stone taster, who will select which rough stones are worth unlocking on the spot, which rough stones should be sold directly as gambling stones, and which rough stones need to be opened out of small windows and sold as half-gambling rough stones.

Ideally, the chief appraiser should unravel all the rough that is actually worth more than its outward appearance, and sell the rough that is less valuable than the performance of its outer skin. In this way, it is possible to get more than double the income of the same excavated rough stones.

But if the chief appraiser of a mine is a half-ass, it will be a disaster for this sect. The good stones are sold, the bad stones are solved, and no matter how good the mine is, it can't withstand such a toss.

Therefore, for such a highly technical position, the major sects will definitely not hesitate to invest, not only will they not mind the cost of looking for the top stone masters, but they will not dare to slack off on the remuneration of the chief appraiser.

For a stone taster, having a mine as a platform to display his talents can become the ultimate dream of his life's pursuit.

Unfortunately, there are only so many mines, and the number of jobs is fixed. There are only thirty-two old fields, and even if the new fields are added, there will definitely not be more than a hundred stone masters in the entire Western Wilderness.

In the Western Wilderness, the number of monks with a good grade stone level is far greater than this number, not to mention that once a certain position is occupied, it is extremely difficult to be idle without extremely special circumstances. This has caused countless stone masters with the ultimate dream to be hired for a long time, but these unemployed people have no platform to use, and their income is extremely meager.

Therefore, if there is an opportunity to become a resident stone master, then these people who have been unemployed for a lifetime will definitely not hesitate to break their heads for this opportunity!

The last time there was a vacancy for the Resident Stone Technician was twenty years ago.

At that time, Master Lu of the Duobao Mine was blinded due to an accident, and had to step down from his position as a resident stone master.

For the vacant position of Duobao Mine, thousands of stone masters conducted several rounds of extremely tragic battles, and finally decided a winner, who is now Master Deng, the chief stone master of Duobao Mine.

It is worth mentioning that Lao Dingtou also participated in this competition back then, but unfortunately he was defeated at the last moment, and then left gloomily.

Twenty years later, Lao Dingtou came back with Qian Yang, who would have thought, but just in time for another opportunity to become the chief.

This time it's not that the chief's eyes are broken again, but it coincides with the start of the new field of the Hidden Sword Gate, and it is urgent to add a new master of Pinshi to take charge, which provides an opportunity for those unemployed who are eager to wear it.

According to the practice of the Western Wilderness, each resident stone master needs to determine the final winner through an open competition. If there are no special circumstances, the competition will be held at the exchange meeting between the stone tasters, and this exchange meeting usually starts with the five-year rough stone fair.

Holding the exchange meeting and the public market together can not only allow the stone tasters participating in the competition to take the opportunity of the public market to show their skills, but also can be regarded as a public market for the original stone

A vigorous publicity.

Twenty years ago, it is the same now.

It is precisely because of the selection of a suitable resident master in this public auction that it is said that the stones dug up by the Hidden Sword Gate have already filled half of the col, just waiting for the newly baked master to shed his clothes.

Lao Dingtou told Qian Yang the ins and outs of this incident in detail, and it seemed that he should have intended to let Qian Yang participate in this competition.

Qian Yang's brain turned so fast, and he found a very interesting place from it at once.

"You mean, you were eaten in a contest twenty years ago?"

When it came to this, Lao Ding Tou was not as annoyed and angry as Qian Yang thought, but just nodded lightly, and the expression on his face seemed to be a little puzzled.

"You're a teacher, I'll be studying with you for a month, do you think I have a 1 percent chance of winning when I go to the competition?" The accent and focus of Qian Yang's sentence are actually in the first half of the sentence.

Lao Ding Tou didn't hear the ridicule in Qian Yang's words at all, and continued: "The stone master compares skills, but you can never ignore the factor of luck, especially in this kind of one-time competition, luck is likely to play a decisive role. At your level, if you happen to encounter a hundred times the luck of others, maybe there is still hope, right?"

"A hundred times the luck of people is hopeful?" Qian Yang understood, Lao Ding Tou said that if you only look at technology, others should only be about a hundred times better than him.

"Do you think I look like someone with a lot of luck?" asked Qian Yang with a bitter face.

Lao Ding stroked his beard: "Who can say such a thing as luck?"

Qian Yang suddenly realized: "Didn't you say that you lost to someone last time because of bad luck?"

Lao Ding frowned and pondered for a long time before he raised his head and began to speak: "Twenty years ago, after several rounds of competition, most of the people were eliminated, and there were only three people left on the field, and one of them was me. In the final round of the final selection, each of us needs to pick out one of the three rough stones prepared in advance, and after the stone is solved, whoever chooses the highest value of the rough stone will be the final winner. ”

"And then you got the third place?" Qian Yang began to talk cheaply again.

But who would have thought, Lao Ding nodded slowly: "I chose a black sand skin rough stone with coniferous pine flowers, but after unraveling it, I found that the skin and flesh inside were indistinguishable, and it was worthless at all, and it even looked like a typical barang stone!"

"Wow! that's amazing!" Qian Yang grinned in schadenfreude.

Lao Ding Tou rolled his eyes and continued: "There are individual Cang Stones that look no different from the old field stones from the outside, it is extremely difficult to judge, no one dares to guarantee that they have 100% accuracy, and I happened to encounter that stone at the most critical time, do you think this is luck?"

Qian Yang put on a deep expression and said, "I don't think it's definitely the reason for luck......

Qian Yang naturally wanted to say that Lao Dingtou was originally not good at technology, but was directly interrupted by Lao Dingtou: "I thought that I was just unlucky, but I was willing to gamble and lose, and there was nothing to worry about." Since you don't have the life to be the chief, let's just find a place to live old. ”

"Then why are you back again?" asked Qian Yang.

"Because of the book you gave me!" the old Dingtou's eyes shone brightly.

Qian Yang pouted: "Do you think that book has made you stronger?"

Lao Ding Tou shook his head: "Most of the content in the book, my master has taught me, and that book only plays a role in sorting out and confirming for me, and it has little significance for improving my eyesight!"

"Then you ......" Qian Yang was a little puzzled.

Lao Dingtou narrowed his eyes: "But there is a part of that book that my master never told me, that is-distinguish the fake!"

"What do you mean?" Qian Yang seemed to grasp something.

"In the Western Wilderness, the vast majority of stone masters can grow up by experience, and the more the stone is solved, the eyesight will naturally come up. However, these people are only wild people after all, and there is no mature and perfect theoretical guidance, even if the experience is strong, it is inevitable that there will be bias, and the fluctuation of identifying the rough will be very large. Lao Dingtou's tone gradually became a little heavy: "And the top small number of stone masters have a relatively complete inheritance, and the original sources of this inheritance should be those books from prehistory that record the skills of identifying jadeite rough stones." ”

Qian Yang stopped talking and listened quietly.

"Prehistoric books are rare, so the inheritance of the stone master is extremely precious, and most of the stone masters who have been inherited cherish their own brooms and rarely communicate with each other. And the sources of inheritance are different for different stone masters, which causes different stone masters to obtain different inheritances. ”

"For example, my master has never told me about the identification of the original stone, and I never thought that the original stone can be counterfeited and camouflaged, but this does not mean that other stone masters do not know this!"

Qian Yang understood it now, and was immediately shocked: "You mean, the piece of black sand skin you chose was disguised by someone else?"

Lao Dingtou's eyes showed a little confusion: "I'm not sure, but now that I think about it, that stone does have a lot of doubts!"

Qian Yang pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Even if that stone is true or fake, but you want to choose that one, who is to blame!"

Lao Ding Tou shook his head: "The external performance of that stone actually does not conform to the cognition of the vast majority of stone masters, under normal circumstances, no one should choose such a stone in such an important competition." But for some reason, I have a special confidence in this kind of stone. So, as long as I see this stone, there is a 90% chance that it will be my final choice. ”

"You mean......" Qian Yang's eyes widened.

Lao Ding's face sank like water: "I suspect that someone specially prepared that stone for me." ”

Qian Yang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Old man, you think too much! Thousands of people participated in the competition, who is so idle to create a fake for you!"

Lao Dingtou's eyes suddenly showed an extremely confident brilliance: "I am the person with the highest call to win in that competition, and I am also recognized as the strongest among the thousands of people who participated in the competition!"

The sudden glow on Lao Dingtou's body made Qian Yang have to believe that what he said was true, but he still said in his mouth: "Brag, you!"

The old man chuckled lightly, disdainful of arguing with him.

Qian Yang couldn't help but ask: "According to what you say, someone should have deliberately tricked you in order to become a resident stone master?"

Old Ding Tou nodded.

Qian Yang said again: "Who do you think it will be?"

The old Ding shook his head and was silent, but his cloudy eyes unconsciously showed a trace of fierceness.

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