The young man looks very honest.
With thick eyebrows, big eyes and a big mouth, and a neatly groomed beard, combined with his thick voice and hearty smile, he has a strange persuasive power.
He didn't use any magic, but his actions, words, deeds, and expression all gave people a feeling of credibility, reliability, and feasibility.
Opening his mouth, Xu Wen instinctively wanted to agree, but a ray of moonlight suddenly flashed in his soul, making him wake up suddenly.
After long-term cultivation using the Yuehua Pure Heart Silk, his soul had very few distracting thoughts, was pure and tenacious, and returned to its original path after a slight fluctuation.
He looked at the young man in amazement. This was the first time he had seen someone who could influence other people's opinions just by his words and deeds without using any magic.
This person is either gifted and born with qualities that can influence others, or he has undergone long-term and rigorous training.
The young man looked at Xu Wen with a smile on his face. He was very confident in himself.
Very few people can escape his persuasion and inducement. There are many sect disciples in the late stage of Qi refining who fall into his hands, not to mention Xu Wen, a casual cultivator in the early stage of Qi refining.
As expected, Xu Wen nodded and agreed after just a moment's hesitation.
While taking out a cloth bag filled with spiritual stones, he asked in a low voice:
"Each person has one hundred spirit stones, and I get 40% of the harvest?"
"That's right, I, Zhang Xing, never make a fuss when I speak!"
Laughing and taking Xu Wen's spirit stones, Zhang Xing took out his own spirit stones and those of his companions, piled them in front of Lao Du, and said loudly:
"I bought this stone and opened it on the spot. One knife will make me poor and the other will make me rich. I will go home and sell old cloth with one knife. Just this once!"
His voice was loud and soon attracted many people to watch. Seeing the three people gambling on stones, some people suddenly smiled knowingly.
Almost everyone who hangs out in this ghost market has had the dream of getting rich overnight, and will also participate in stone gambling to some extent.
When I experienced it, my blood was boiling, I was full of confidence, and I was full of expectations. After the incision, I was dejected, disheartened, and lost all hope. From then on, I gained a better understanding of "gambling" than others, and I no longer have the word "gambling" in my mind.
However, when I see others gambling, I still can’t help but stop and watch for a while.
"One knife makes you poor, the other makes you rich. With one knife, you go home and sell old clothes. How are you doing today?"
Old Du, who was used to gambling on stones, was not excited at all. He chuckled and took out a black stone magic weapon. With a slight press, the black stone began to rotate rapidly, cutting around the jade.
"Wow……"
As the green inside became more and more dense, the buzz around them became louder and louder, eventually turning into bursts of exclamation.
This rough stone the size of a human head is basically filled with this kind of imperial green jadeite.
A jadeite of this size and with such fine water would be extremely valuable to the ordinary world. Even in the world of cultivation, its value is not low.
With just this jade, Xu Wen and the three of them were already at a loss.
Lao Du's expression remained dull, and he took out a special jade knife and cut off one third of the jadeite.
The next moment, his old bark-like face suddenly turned green.
With a soft "pop" sound, the jadeite worth dozens of spiritual stones fell to the ground, splashing a lot of dust, but it did not attract anyone's attention. Everyone was staring at the center of the jadeite.
A piece of strange jade, about an inch wide and about half a foot, lay quietly in the center of the jadeite, with a bright emerald green brilliance, as if there was a green sun hidden inside.
"It's done, it's done, at least five hundred years of chalcedony!"
Zhang Xing laughed loudly, rushed forward, took the jade from Lao Du's hand, and kissed it several times in his mouth.
Then he threw it into Xu Wen's arms, patted his shoulder heavily, and said loudly:
"So, is my judgment correct? This thing is worth at least a thousand spiritual stones!"
"Yes, it is indeed a good thing. One thousand one hundred spiritual stones, I want it!"
A majestic voice suddenly sounded in the sky. Li Xiuning stepped into the void and slowly descended into the ghost market.
The foundation-building expert arrived, and the onlookers all around retreated to make way for a large open space.
Raising his hand, the chalcedony in Zhang Xing's hand flew out involuntarily and fell into Li Xiuning's hand.
After checking it out, he chuckled, looked at Zhang Xing and the two of them and said lightly:
"I'll offer you 1,100 spiritual stones, are you willing to sell them?"
"But...it's okay!"
"Wish...will!"
Zhang Xing and Zhang Xing became a little nervous and stuttered back.
Turning to look at Xu Wen, Li Xiuning did not greet him, but asked lightly:
"Would you like that?"
"Of course!"
Looking at the other party, Xu Wen thought for a moment, suddenly smiled, and replied seriously.
After looking at Xu Wen for a little longer, Li Xiuning suddenly raised his hand, and one thousand one hundred spiritual stones came out and divided into ten parts in the air.
Four of them flew to Xu Wen, and six flew to Zhang Xing.
In a flash of light, the pressure of foundation building suddenly dissipated. When he looked again, he saw that Li Xiuning had left.
Looking at the six hundred spirit stones in his hand, Zhang Xing wiped his sweat, distributed three hundred to his companions, turned around and pulled Xu Wen to Lao Du's stall in a familiar manner, and said loudly:
"If there are any good goods left, bring them out. I'm very lucky today, so let's get some more!"
Old Du Lian coughed a few times and seemed to be frightened by Li Xiuning's momentum. After a while, he took out a few more cloth bags and poured out dozens of gambling stones.
"Hey, you have a lot of good stuff here!"
Looking at these stones, Zhang Xing suddenly shouted in surprise, grabbed a large jade stone that was more than two feet tall and had a window opened, and said loudly:
"How many spiritual stones are these, do the three brothers want?"
After waiting for a long time, there was no answer from Lao Du. He was surprised. When he looked up, he saw Lao Du looking steadily behind him.
He turned around hastily, only to find that Xu Wen, who was still standing beside them, had quietly retreated into the crowd behind him at some point.
Looking at the three people intently, and remembering their appearance deeply in his mind, Xu Wen turned around and left without saying a word.
Although he had never bought anything at Lao Du's, the Heavenly Eye Treasure Light Technique would not miss any spiritual objects. He remembered clearly that there had never been any spiritual objects above the second level in Lao Du's stall.
But this time, there was a white spiritual object in the gambling stone that Lao Du seemed to have accidentally spilled.
If this was just an accident, it would be too much of a coincidence for Zhang Xingde to suddenly appear and invite him to gamble on stones together.
Now, he can perform the Eye Treasure Technique every day, which is three times as much as before, but his income will not triple due to this.
He kept reminding himself from the bottom of his heart that things like picking up mistakes depended more on luck than skill.
Of course, no matter what their calculations were, there was no reason not to eat the fat meat that reached their mouths, so Xu Wen bought the chalcedony half-heartedly.
The appearance of Li Xiuning confirmed his speculation.
With Li Xiuning's status, even if this piece of chalcedony was worth a thousand spiritual stones, there was no need for him to take action personally.
And his various behaviors when buying chalcedony were obviously reminding Xu Wen.
However, Zhang Xing and the others did not break the rules of Qingfeng City, so he did not interfere directly.
Xu Wen was now very sure that Zhang Xing and Lao Du were deliberately setting up a trap to lure him into their trap.
The key is not the first gambling stone, but the second one.
If he thought correctly, the price of that gambling stone must be extremely high. Not only would it cost him all the spiritual stones he had won before, but it would also drain him of all his wealth.
The only uncertainty is whether the other party knows that he is worth a lot and is motivated by wealth, or whether he is being instigated and deliberately framed.
But the other party will definitely not tell such a thing, and they can only find a way to find out later.
There was no point in arguing with them anymore, so Xu Wen immediately left.
