After Hu Ci announced the official start of the stone gambling event, most of the people present swarmed towards the entrance of the underground treasure pavilion. Bai Che was not in a hurry. He followed Mo Xiaoyao, Qingqiu Ying'er, Peng Jiuwan and others to slow down. Slowly entered the underground treasure pavilion,
After all, at this stone gambling event, it’s not like whoever goes there early can find treasures. Everything depends on eyesight and a little bit of luck.
The underground treasure pavilion is very wide, and it is difficult to see the end at a glance. It is like an underground city. Extremely bright oil lamps are lit everywhere. These oil lamps are like small suns, emitting bright and dazzling light. Even though the underground treasure pavilion is under the ground, it is as bright as the day above the ground.
"This is an oil lamp made from the oil of the southern deep sea sharks." Mo Xiaoyao saw that Bai Che was interested in these oil lamps, so he introduced to Bai Che: "It is said that this lamp can last for thousands of years, so It is also called an everlasting lamp, and is generally used in tombs to illuminate the tomb and avoid changes in feng shui. This underground treasure pavilion is actually illuminated by an everlasting lamp, which is quite unique."
Hearing this, Bai Che was slightly startled. He felt that these oil lamps were very mysterious. He did not expect that there were so many details. At the same time, he was also curious about why Mo Xiaoyao knew so much.
"Brother Mo is really knowledgeable about the past and present, and Wen admires him." Bai Che smiled.
"Brother Wen, you don't know something about this." Peng Jiuwan said with a smile: "Xiaoyao knows astronomy from above and geography from below. It can be said that he is knowledgeable about the past and the present, has extensive knowledge and strong knowledge, and can pick up stories and classics at his fingertips. Let's put it this way, anyone in this world There is nothing that Xiaoyao has not heard of, even..."
"Ahem..." Mo Xiaoyao coughed a few times and signaled Peng Jiuwan to pay attention to the occasion. He smiled and said, "Brother Peng is complimenting me by saying this. I just read more." It’s just a few books, a small trick, don’t take it to heart, Brother Wen.”
Bai Che knew that among these five people, including the six of them, he was always just an outsider. Therefore, Bai Che would not let Bai Che know many of the things they said between them. Therefore, Bai Che did not pay too much attention. It was just a chance encounter with the five of them.
Bai Che smiled and said, "Brother Mo is so humble. Anyway, you have given Wen a lot of knowledge. I would like to thank Brother Mo."
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Bai Che and the others continued to walk forward. After passing through a door, they arrived at a huge square. There were strange stones floating one after another on the square, of different sizes and shapes. Here was Hu Ci's stone. The stone forest mentioned in the mouth.
At this moment, the stone forest was crowded with people. They stared at the strange stones, relying on their own eyesight and experience to distinguish these strange stones. They seemed to want to see whether there were treasures hidden in the strange stones. However, Bai Che felt that these strange stones Although the shapes and sizes are different, there seems to be no difference in essence. In other words, Bai Che himself cannot find the difference between these strange stones.
"Can these stones really yield treasures?" Bai Che murmured to himself.
"Brother Wen, come and see with us." At this time, Peng Jiuwan invited Bai Che to go see the strange rocks together. Bai Che did not refuse, nodded, and squeezed into the stone forest with a few others.
Peng Jiuwan and Qingqiu Ying'er were walking among the strange rocks like a horse. It seemed that these strange stones could not catch their eyes at all. Bai Che followed all the way, looking at these strange stones all the way, looking at the tops of each strange stone. I couldn't help but feel a little shocked at the marked prices. The cheapest piece of strange stone cost a million spiritual stones, and the expensive ones actually cost tens of millions.
"No wonder one of the requirements of this stone gambling event is to be able to produce tens of millions of spiritual stones. The price of a strange stone can easily reach millions. How many people can produce such a large number of spiritual stones? The most important thing is that these strange stones There must have been some manipulation, and there is a high probability that the treasure will not be found." Bai Che sighed inwardly as he looked at these ridiculously expensive stones.
Not long after, Peng Jiuwan and Qingqiu Ying'er stopped in front of a strange stone that looked very ordinary. This made Bai Che stunned, but Mo Xiaoyao and the other three who were familiar with them knew that this strange stone It seems unusual.
"Brother Wen, look at what's so special about this strange stone?" Peng Jiuwan pointed at this extremely ordinary strange stone and asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Bai Che stared at the strange stone. It looked very ordinary. It didn't even look as shiny as other strange stones, and it felt extremely rough. However, its price made Bai Che stunned. This piece was extremely ordinary. The strange stone was actually marked with a high price of five million spirit stones.
"This..." Bai Che frowned slightly. After observing for a moment, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Wen is stupid and can't see what's special about this stone. Instead, he feels that this stone is not as good as the others." of strange stones.”
Hearing Bai Che's words, Peng Jiuwan smiled and said, "Brother Wen must have observed this stone from its appearance, and that's probably true, but little did he know that Brother Wen had fallen into the same misunderstanding that most beginners would fall into."
"Brother Peng, what do you mean by this?" Bai Che asked suspiciously.
Peng Jiuwan explained with a smile: "I'm not saying that doing this is a big mistake. After all, the identification of strange stones is the result of a combination of multiple factors. Strange stones with good material may not necessarily contain treasures, but strange stones with poor material often open Nothing comes, note, I said often, not absolutely."
Seeing Bai Che becoming more and more confused, Peng Jiuwan continued to explain: "But when identifying strange stones, material is not the main factor to consider. The real factor to consider is Qi."
"Angry? What is that?" Bai Che heard this for the first time.
"Qi is a kind of spirituality of strange stones. The more Qi, the more obvious its spirituality will be." Peng Jiuwan explained, "Because treasures are spiritual, so if a treasure is sealed in a strange stone, then , the spirituality of the treasure will seep into the strange stone, so the strange stone will have energy and spirituality."
"So, Brother Peng, what you mean is that this strange stone contains rich Qi?" Bai Che finally understood what Peng Jiuwan wanted to express, and said, "In other words, there is a treasure in this strange stone? "
"Brother Wen, you are not wrong." Peng Jiuwan said with a smile: "Although this strange stone contains Qi, it is not strong, but very light. Therefore, it is difficult to say whether there is a treasure. Of course, it may also be because of the times. Over time, the treasures inside have lost their spirituality.”
Hearing this, Bai Che nodded and asked, "Then how can we discover Qi?"
"Qi cannot be seen directly, but it can be felt through perception. If you can understand nature and communicate with the power of heaven and earth, you can clearly perceive qi. In other words, perceiving qi is a kind of understanding of Tao." Qingqiu Ying Er explained: "This is the way for ordinary people to sense Qi. Of course, some people and some races have magical powers that ordinary people cannot have. They can directly see what is contained in strange stones, such as eye skills."
Bai Che nodded again. He had already guessed that Qingqiu Ying'er must have practiced some kind of pupil technique, because he had already seen it last time.
He has no pupil skills and no innate supernatural powers like blood. For him, if he can sense Qi, he may be able to see if he can find clues to the ancient artifacts in the strange rocks.
Bai Che came back to his senses, looked at the strange stone with a price tag of five million spiritual stones, and asked with a smile: "Brother Peng, Miss Qingqiu, what do you think is in this strange stone?"
"It should be half a fruit." Peng Jiuwan replied: "However, it has been aged for a long time and its effectiveness has almost been lost. It is not worth much. Maybe it can be collected."
"Brother Peng and I have somewhat different views." Qingqiu Ying'er shook his head and said, "Although it is very old, its effectiveness may not be completely lost, but it is worth studying."
"In that case, then buy it." Bai Che said.
"This..." Peng Jiuwan and Qingqiu Ying'er hesitated and said, "Fellow Daoist Wen, to be honest, it's not worth spending five million spirit stones to buy half of this uncertain fruit."
Bai Che smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. If Wen buys it for you two, consider it as a gift for your education."
"Fellow Daoist Wen, this is not okay. What the two of us say doesn't mean anything, so Brother Wen doesn't have to be so polite." The two refused.
Bai Che just smiled, took out a bag of spiritual stones and bought the strange stone.
"Does the guest want to open the stone?" the attendant of the underground treasure pavilion asked.
"Don't open it." Bai Che shook his head. This was given as a gift, how could he open it.
"As a guest, you need to pay 30% more." The attendant reminded.
"Understood." Bai Che nodded.
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"This strange stone seems to have energy." Bai Che looked at a huge strange stone with a price of 33 million spiritual stones. He didn't even think about it and said to himself, "Buy it."
"Ah!?" Peng Jiuwan, Qingqiu Ying'er, Mo Xiaoyao and others all opened their mouths. This is the tenth strange stone that Bai Che has bought.
It turned out that more than half an hour ago, when Bai Che bought back the strange stone for Peng Jiuwan and Qingqiu Ying'er, the two of them, out of good intentions, initially led Bai Che to sense Qi.
So Bai Che embarked on a crazy buying spree of strange stones. He bought nine pieces in a row and chose to cut them, but more than half of them had nothing in them. Tens of millions of spiritual stones were wasted. Of course, I also found some things, but most of them were of little value.
However, as he opened more and more, Bai Che felt that his perception of the Qi in the strange rocks became clearer and clearer.
"Tens of millions of spirit stones are wasted..." Bai Che murmured to himself, "Haha, so what if it's hundreds of millions or billions of spirit stones? If you can sense Qi, then everything will be fine. It’s worth it, then buy it.”
So, after the previous scene, this strange stone was huge, extremely common, and expensive, so no one cared about it. Bai Che looked at this strange stone, and his heart suddenly palpitated, which made Bai Che frown.
"Brother Wen, this strange stone..." Peng Jiuwan and Qingqiu Ying'er didn't want Bai Che to make another mistake, so they repeatedly tried to dissuade him and said, "Brother Wen, forget it, there is no treasure in this strange stone. Stop wasting spiritual stones..."
The other three people also advised: "Brother Wen, this stone has no value, so don't waste the spiritual stone..."
The rest of the people looked at Bai Che indifferently. In their eyes, he was just a fool with too much money.
Bai Che smiled and said, "How can such a large stone be worthless?"
Therefore, Bai Che immediately prepared to purchase this strange stone, regardless of the objections of several people.
"I have also taken a liking to this strange stone." At this time, an inappropriate voice sounded, "If you are willing to part with me, little friend, then I will owe you a favor."
Hearing this, Bai Che's eyes moved slightly, and he saw a gray-haired old man walking forward. At first glance, he was a reclusive man. Bai Che looked at the old man in front of him and said calmly: "Hey, old man, Who are you? If you say you owe me a favor, I owe you a favor. If I give this strange stone to you, after the stone gambling event is over, if you slap your butt and leave, where can I go to find you to return the favor?"
Hearing Bai Che's words, the old man frowned. Just when he was about to speak, Bai Che said, "Old man, how about you give me this strange stone, and I owe you a favor?"
