Chapter 91: Gambling on Stones
Among the girls, Tang Roumei is a soul cultivator, and her cultivation level is only at the tenth level of soul restoration. Although Bai Fei and Luo Dongling are soul and martial cultivators, their soul power cultivation level is only at the level of inversion. Not much higher than that. Besides, they only use soul power cultivation as a kind of auxiliary, and their main focus is martial arts. Of course, Bai Fei is different because he specializes in Wild Immortal Fist. In terms of understanding of soul power cultivation, although he and Luo Dongling were higher than Tang Roumei, in terms of understanding of soul power, perhaps they were not as good as her.
Yun Ling and Yao Jie, among the girls, are the youngest and have the lowest cultivation level. After such a long time, they have no signs of breakthrough, which makes Bai Fei extremely puzzled. In the end, he can only blame it on the influence of the elixir. .
Although Yun Ling and Yao Jie have grown older, it cannot be seen from their appearance that the girl's heart has never changed. Otherwise, she would not have encouraged Yao Rou to go out and hang out as soon as Bai Fei left. Since that happened, they often blamed themselves. Now, even with Bai Fei accompanying them and taking them around to watch the excitement, they still couldn't get the slightest bit of interest out of it.
At this moment, Bai Fei was taking them into a stone betting shop.
When he was in the Eastern Continent, Bai Fei had seen such a stone betting shop before, but due to various reasons at that time, he had no intention of getting involved in this kind of thing. Seeing that the two girls' brows were always gloomy, he had no intention of watching it. In the hustle and bustle of the market, when they saw such a stone betting shop, they took them in on a whim.
From the appearance alone, this stone gambling shop is many times bigger than the other stone gambling shop I have seen before. After all, this is the most prosperous place in the world of cultivation.
The waiters in the store are introducing the products to customers, and some people are carefully appreciating the various large and small stones. There were even groups of people, some shaking their heads and arguing, and some gathered around a machine, watching the master's skillful sword skills, sometimes shouting with joy, sometimes sighing, Bai Fei and the others naturally didn't know what it was at this time. Cutting stone. He didn't want to rush in and sat there quietly with the two girls, listening carefully to the guy's introduction.
Gambling stone actually refers to the fact that when the jadeite is mined, it is wrapped in a layer of weathered skin and the quality inside cannot be seen with the naked eye. The quality of the jadeite can only be judged after cutting. This kind of unprocessed jade raw stone is called "raw material" by the industry, and sometimes also called "stone". Among these wool materials, the ones that are full of green are called "color goods", the ones with uneven green color are called "huapai materials", and the large pieces of wool without high emerald green are called "brick materials", and the whole thing is covered by a leather shell. The jadeite wool that has not been cut or opened is the true "gamble stone". Gambling on stones is like gambling on life. A stone gambler must have great challenge ability, adventurous spirit and rich experience. But even so, it is impossible to be completely sure. The key lies in the word "gamble". If you win the bet, you can win it overnight. Get rich suddenly, lose everything on gambling, lose everything.
It is impossible to tell what is going on inside a piece of wool just by looking at it from the outside. Even if the skin is colored and the surface is very good, if you see green when you cut it for the first time, it is possible that the green color will disappear when you cut it for the second time. It is said that it is difficult for an immortal to break an inch of jade, and the final conclusion can only be reached after cutting it open. A piece of wool may be cut open with a knife and the color inside may be very bright, and its value will skyrocket. Or it may be colorless and waterless inside, and it may become worthless in an instant. This is the risk of gambling on stones. But precisely because of this, human nature such as greed, curiosity, excitement, etc. is undoubtedly revealed. One knife will make you poor, and the other will make you rich. Even if they understand this truth, there are still many people who flock to it and can't stop.
In fact, it is very simple to measure the quality of a piece of jade. It is nothing more than its hardness and density, which is called "seed" in jargon. There are glass species, ice species, etc., and its transparency. The jargon is called "water head". The higher the transparency, the higher the quality.
Hearing this for more than an hour, Bai Fei's curiosity was gradually aroused. He stood up and walked towards the dazzling array of stones on the shelf. Yun Ling and Yao Jie followed him on the left and right, and were gradually attracted by it. These things attract.
Bai Fei came to a piece of wool with a small opening and saw that the small opening was surrounded by greenery. He couldn't help but think of the clerk's introduction, but he also knew that everything has risks. If this piece of wool is placed in such a conspicuous place, if it is really What a rare commodity, no matter how long it would take his turn, someone would have already caught him first. In fact, he didn't care about these things. He was just bored, so he listened to the waiter's colorful talk for so long. He saw the two women's brows slightly relaxed, so he had the patience to join in the fun.
"Brother Bai, what's wrong?" Yun Ling saw that Bai Fei was dazed for a long time and couldn't help but ask softly.
Bai Fei remained silent, and Yun Ling did not disturb him again.
It turned out that this was the first time Bai Fei came into contact with gambling stones. Looking at the green color on the small opening, he suddenly became curious and couldn't help but secretly release his consciousness to see through the inner world of this piece of wool. He was also excited, but unexpectedly, as soon as his consciousness came into contact with the green patch of green, he felt a pain in his mind. The ray of consciousness actually hit it straight in, and the whole piece of wool suddenly became transparent. He was greatly surprised. If he could check the situation inside the wool through his spiritual consciousness, why would this bet be as difficult as the guy said just now? He really couldn't understand the reason, so he didn't notice Yun Ling's question.
In fact, he didn't know that if other people could penetrate their spiritual consciousness into wool as easily as he did, then this stone gambling shop would have gone bankrupt long ago, and the stone gambling industry would not be able to last so long. He cultivates both soul and martial arts, and has the Five Elements Formation running in his body. What's more, the little golden man deep in his Dantian and deep in the sea of consciousness are closely related and constantly running. Even people with higher cultivation levels than him will not have such things in their bodies. The statuette exists. Of course, Bai Fei didn't understand this. The situation just now was the result of the little golden man in the depths of his consciousness. The little golden man seemed to feel that Bai Fei was dazed there, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and then returned to his unmoving appearance.
Through his spiritual consciousness, Bai Fei saw that there was no trace of green in this piece of wool, and he realized that this piece of wool was worthless. Just like looking at a person from the outside, even if he is well-dressed, you cannot see what kind of thoughts he has in his heart. This is the saying that people should not be judged by their appearance.
"Ling'er, Xiaojie, go look around and buy the wool you like. Let's go cut it up and have a look later, just for fun!" Bai Fei came back to his senses and said to the two The woman said.
When Yun Ling and Yao Jie heard this, they were not keen on this matter at first, but when they heard Bai Fei said it was just for fun, they were not short of these crystal stones anyway. They didn't want to spoil his interest, so they all agreed and turned around. got up.
Bai Fei calmed down and took a look at the price tag of this piece of wool. It was as high as 5 pieces of special crystals. He couldn't help but shook his head and sighed. If someone was confused by the green color on the surface, he would definitely lose everything. He didn't know the price of this piece of wool. What is the purchase price, but it is obviously far lower than this price. It seems that the gap was newly opened not long ago. If it were not for the green color on the gap, the price of such an inconspicuous piece of wool would not be much higher. For the owner of a stone gambling shop, just because of the little green on this hole, there will always be people who indulge in it, and he will make a lot of money from it.
Bai Fei wandered around for a long time, but did not find any wool material worthy of his action. Finally, he stopped in front of an inconspicuous piece of wool material with no sign of green on the surface. The appearance of this piece of wool was very irregular, and there were many concave points. These concave points were of no significance worth studying. When he saw that the price was only 300 high-quality crystal stones, he instinctively wanted to leave, but at this moment, his mind There was a sudden shock, and he was very surprised, and couldn't help but release his consciousness to spy. As soon as his consciousness entered the piece of wool, he was immediately surrounded by a patch of emerald green. He was very excited and concentrated his attention to examine it carefully. Inside this piece of wool, there were actually three layers of green. The outermost layer looked like water flowing, which was obviously a symbol of ice. The next layer, however, was It is extremely transparent and is a symbol of glass. The innermost layer is very small, but it is different from the outer two layers, as if there is a spiritual energy flowing on it. Bai Fei naturally didn't know that this was the rare imperial green in the jade market. He was very excited at this time, and he quickly withdrew his consciousness and took the piece of wool in his hand.
Originally, most pieces of wool only contained one kind of green, and it was extremely rare for two greens to coexist, let alone three greens to coexist like the piece of wool in Bai Fei's hand. But there are no absolutes in the world. Heaven and earth create all things, and their own spiritual energy gathers to cause the emergence of strange spiritual creatures. It can only be said that Bai Fei's luck is really too bad.
After wandering around for a while, Bai Fei saw that Yun Ling and Yao Jie had each collected a few pieces of wool. He didn't want to be too ostentatious, so he went over and took the high-priced piece of wool with the opening, and then casually He took eight pieces of wool, which cost him nearly ten pieces of special crystal stones, but he didn't feel bad at all.
After the three of them met, they settled their accounts and then walked towards the machine.
"Does this gentleman want to cut the stone? Do you want to cut it yourself, or..." The master next to the machine said respectfully.
Bai Fei saw the aura fluctuations all over his body. He never expected that such an ordinary stone-cutting master could reach the early stage of mortal transformation. He couldn't help but secretly sigh that there were indeed many talents in the central region.
"Excuse me, master!"
Bai Fei said as he put eight pieces of wool on the table, leaving only the high-priced piece of wool and the outrageous piece of wool in his hands. Yun Ling and Yao Jie also put the wool on their hands one after another. The people around saw that there were people cutting stones again, and there were quite a lot of them. They all came to watch and join in the fun. Even the shopkeeper of the stone betting shop turned his attention.
The master was used to this kind of scene, but he saw him operating it calmly and calmly. After a while, Yao Jie's wool gradually decreased, one piece, two pieces... until she finished cutting all the wool, but she still didn't get anything valuable. Although one piece of wool was obviously green when the first cut was completed, After cutting it open, except for this bit of green, the inside was completely made of stone. It can be said that nothing was found. There were constant boos in the crowd, and many of them were gloating about his misfortune.
"Brother Bai..." Yao Jie looked at Bai Fei guiltily, her eyes full of innocence.
Bai Fei patted her shoulder gently, not feeling embarrassed at all.
