Hearing Bai Che's answer, Lan Que's expression moved slightly and said, "Mr. Bai, this 'third mineral vein' is a bit unusual."
"Oh?" Bai Che looked at Lan Que and said, "How is this unusual?"
"Originally, the 'Third Mineral Lode' is a big secret belonging to 'Lolan City', and only a few of our big families and people from the city lord's mansion know it." Lan Que explained: "However, since Mr. Bai wants to know, Lan will tell Mr. Bai now."
At the same time, the door to the inner room opened, and the maid who had knocked over the tea cup came again to deliver tea.
"Why don't you get out of here? Didn't you see me chatting with the distinguished guest?" After the maid put down the tea, Lan Que said coldly: "I don't have any eyesight at all."
Hearing this, the maid trembled slightly, glanced at Bai Che, and retreated.
Bai Che asked curiously: "Second Master Lan, why do you have such a bad attitude towards this maid?"
Lan Que smiled and said, "The maids outside the door were sent by Lan Feng, the current head of the Lan family, to monitor Lan."
"Oh?" Bai Che's expression moved slightly and said, "Shouldn't it be the eldest son who will inherit?"
Lan Que shook his head and said with a smile: "The old man dotes on Lan Feng and keeps Lan Feng by his side. He has learned a lot. With my eldest brother's ability, I really can't do some things in the Lan family. Therefore, Lan Feng should The head of the Lan family is extremely reasonable."
"It's just that after Lan Feng took over as the head of the Lan family, he was always wary of the Lan brothers and wanted to get news about the Lan brothers. But he didn't know that the Lan brothers had no intention of becoming the head of the Lan family. , otherwise Lan wouldn't have opened a 'Jade Heritage', it's really ridiculous." Lan Que said with a smile.
Bai Che nodded and said, "I won't get involved in your Lan family's affairs. You just need to pay attention to yourself."
Lan Que smiled and said, "Young Master Bai doesn't need to take action."
"Then..." Bai Che's expression moved slightly, and with a move of his hand, he formed a transparent shield, covering himself and Lan Que in it, "This is a soundproof shield, be careful that the partition wall has ears, continue to talk about 'The Third Mineral Vein'" 'It's about that."
Lan Dong nodded and said, "The 'Third Mine' was discovered nearly twenty years ago. However, based on the outstanding contribution made by the Yu family to the discovery of the mine at that time, according to regulations, the former city lord, the Loulan family, divided it into Yu family.”
"Originally, after the Yu Family obtained the 'Third Mine', the Yu Family should have prospered and continued to grow. But then, unknown to what happened, the Yu Family returned the ownership rights of the 'Third Mine' to the City Lord's Mansion.
"The City Lord's Mansion once again obtained the 'Third Mine', a mine of immeasurable value. Naturally, it was overjoyed and immediately sent people to dig. However, during this period, an accident occurred. The workers sent by the City Lord's Mansion to dig out jade were all eliminated overnight. disappeared. The City Lord's Palace spent a lot of time investigating the truth, but nothing was found. Some people thought that the excavation workers quietly escaped after digging up extremely valuable jade, but the guards at the time did not find anyone from the 'Third Mine. 'Come out."
After a pause, Lan Que continued: "It is naturally impossible for the City Lord's Palace to give up the investigation. It sent several investigation teams to investigate the mine veins, but accidents happened. No one from the previous investigation teams came out, and they all disappeared. Until the last team, this team was the elite of the city lord's mansion at that time, so one of them escaped."
"According to people who witnessed it at the time, when this person escaped, he was covered in blood and his eyes were gouged out. It seemed that he had suffered an extremely cruel torture. His spirit was also almost broken, and he kept chanting 'demon' and ' Words like 'ghost', he also died the day after he came out."
"After this incident, the city lord at that time was greatly horrified. He immediately ordered people to block the 'Third Mine' and listed it as a restricted area in 'Lolan City'. No one is allowed to enter or leave." Lan Que said, "And because the Yu family didn't have one at that time. Explain to the City Lord's Mansion the reason why they returned the 'Third Mine'. Therefore, the City Lord at that time believed that the Yu family deliberately harmed the City Lord's Mansion, so there was a series of subsequent actions against the Yu family."
Hearing this, Bai Che was slightly startled. If it was true as Lan Que said, the actions of the Yu family were indeed a bit unkind.
Looking at Bai Che's expression, Lan Que smiled and said, "Mr. Bai, this was just a unilateral statement made by the City Lord's Palace at that time. Its authenticity should be doubted. There is also a rumor among the people that the Yu family informed the City Lord's Palace at that time. There is something unusual about the 'Third Mineral Lode', but the city lord's palace at that time did not accept it."
Bai Che shook his head and said, "No need to explain. What happened between them has nothing to do with me. I just want to know more about the 'Third Mine'."
Lan Dong nodded, but secretly thought in his heart that immortals are really indifferent to the emotions of the mortal world. Life and death can all be taken in a single thought. Today, he is willing to drink a cup of tea as a favor, which has given himself a huge face. He must not anger him.
With his thoughts at this point, Lan Que smiled and said, "Young Master Bai is right."
After taking a sip of tea, Lan Que continued: "Although the 'Third Mine' is classified as a restricted area, there are still ignorant and fearless people who quietly avoid the guards and enter the 'Third Mine', but no one Back until more than ten years ago, Wang Qilin, the owner of the Lucky Gambling Stone Shop, was originally just a trouble-making gangster in Loulan City, but one day, he spent a large sum of money to open a shop. Gambling Stone Workshop, and the rough stones produced in its Stone Gambling Workshop are all of good quality."
"So, you suspect that his rough stone was brought from the 'Third Mine'?" Bai Che asked.
"It's not doubt, but certainty." Lan Que said, "And even if it doesn't come from the depths of the 'Third Mine', it's still a stone from the periphery of the 'Third Mine'."
"However, just a few years ago, Wang Qilin also disappeared, and the last direction he went was the 'Third Mine.'" Lan Que said.
"Yes." Bai Che nodded and said, "I already know this."
Lan Que glanced at Bai Che and said, "If Mr. Bai wants to go to the 'Third Mine', he should make some preparations."
"What preparations are you making?" Bai Che looked at Lan Que and asked calmly.
"After Wang Qilin disappeared a few years ago, the city lord's palace strengthened the security of the 'Third Mine'. There were a large number of soldiers guarding the 'Third Mine'. Therefore, if Young Master Bai wants to enter the 'Third Mine', he should go and get it first. 'Access voucher'."
"Another voucher?" Hearing this, Bai Che's eyes moved slightly. He almost couldn't enter Loulan City because he didn't have the "xx voucher". Therefore, Bai Che felt troublesome about the voucher, so he didn't have a good impression.
"Yes." Lan Tong nodded and said, "Judging from the relationship between Mr. Bai and the City Lord's Mansion, it is not a problem to obtain the 'Access Voucher' for the 'Third Mine'."
"No need to go to such trouble." Bai Che said indifferently, "I'm not conceited. If I go in, they won't be able to find me at all."
Hearing this, Lan Que suddenly remembered Bai Che's true identity. Yes, the person in front of him was an immortal. What kind of proof did he need to get in and out of a mine? Isn’t this just asking for trouble?
"Master Bai is still high-spirited, which makes Lan very envious." Lan Que smiled.
Bai Che did not answer Lan Que's words, but just thought about it. After a moment, he said: "Second Young Master Lan, if I am not wrong, you should have the means to inspect the original stone."
Hearing this, Lan Que was slightly startled. This was his biggest secret, and only his brother Lan Xi knew it. However, the Bai Che in front of him was a superior immortal to him, and it was reasonable to see through him.
"In front of Mr. Bai, these are just some little tricks." Lan Que said with a smile. In front of the immortal, it is better to choose to conceal than to admit openly.
"Second Young Master Lan is too modest." Bai Che shook his head and said, "I am somewhat interested in Second Young Master Lan's method of inspecting rough stones. I wonder if you can let me take a look?"
"Didn't Mr. Bai win the stone bet with Lan ten years ago? I think Mr. Bai's method of inspecting the rough stones is more sophisticated." Lan Que looked at Bai Che and said with a slight hesitation.
"I'm ashamed to say it." Bai Che smiled and shook his head, saying: "Ten years ago, Mr. Lan and I did use some means to gamble on stones, but this no longer belongs to the category of stone gambling in the secular world. In addition, That rough stone is indeed a bit different, and I realized the existence of the items in it with my spiritual power, so..."
At this point, Bai Che did not continue. Lan Que was slightly startled, and after a moment he smiled and said, "So it turns out that it is not unfair for a common man like Lan to lose to Mr. Bai."
After a pause, Lan Que took out a shabby book from his arms, handed it to Bai Che, and said, "This book was obtained by Lan accidentally from the Loulan Chamber of Commerce. It contains all the information about the exploration of rough stones." All the knowledge was learned from this book.”
Bai Che took the book, and the title of the book was "Tracing to the Origin", while the method Lan Que learned to inspect rough stones was called "Tracing to the Origin", which means tracing back to the source.
Bai Che flipped the pages at will, and his spiritual consciousness imprinted the content. Before he could digest it, Bai Che felt that this "tracing to the source" was much more effective, reliable and clever than using "qi" to judge whether there was a treasure in the original stone, which he had learned in "Taiyan Continent". .
Especially one of the theories: regarding the "breath" of raw stones, it is to treat all raw stones as individuals with life. If there is life, it will breathe.
Being able to breathe means that there must be something in the rough stone. As for what it is, it still needs to be judged through experience.
It is also very simple to sense whether the rough stones are breathing. Just imagine that you are in an open and deep world with various rough stones floating around you. Then, carefully feel the breathing of the rough stones, and choose the breathing rough stones, and you will succeed. Most of it.
However, this is still too abstract for Bai Che, but his intuition tells him that this "tracing to the source" is extremely useful.
"Since Mr. Bai wants to meet him again, why not follow Lan to Gambling Stone Workshop?" Lan Que said.
Bai Che nodded and said, "That's fine."
Then he returned the "Origin Tracing Technique" to Lan Que and said: "Second Master Lan, I have memorized the contents of the book and will study it carefully. This book is extremely important to you, please take it back."
Lan Tong nodded. He was not surprised at all that Bai Che could remember the contents of the book in an instant. The only problem was that he couldn't remember.
"This white cat is so beautiful, like a little tiger." Lan Que looked at San Bai on Bai Che's shoulder and smiled.
Bai Che put on the white wolf mask and said, "Let's go."
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Bai Che and Lan Que walked out of the inner room, followed by two maids, who seemed to be watching Lan Que.
However, Lan Que seemed to be used to it and didn't take it to heart at all.
When we walked to the lobby, there were still a few customers, carefully selecting and looking at jade and jade.
Seeing Lan Que walking out and seeing Bai Che next to him, Lan Que actually talked and laughed at the young man wearing a mask beside him, with both faces showing surprise. Who is this young man? Why is Boss Lan so enthusiastic about him?
The shopkeeper of "Jade Treasures" was dumbfounded when he saw this. He was worried that if the masked young man said something in front of Lan Que, his career might be over. Therefore, he kept looking at Bai Che with fear. .
In fact, Bai Che had already forgotten this trivial matter. He just patted Lan Que on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Second Young Master Lan, the prices of the things in your store are not low."
"Mr. Bai is laughing at this, the main reason is the high cost." Lan Que said with a smile.
After a pause, Lan Que asked, "Mr. Bai, are there any jades here that you like?"
"There is one thing." Bai Che said.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Lan Que smiled and said, "Which one?"
Bai Che pointed at the top-quality jade, which was pure white with a ray of bright red.
"Okay." Lan Tie nodded and said, "Old Wu, wrap up the No. 9 jade...forget it, I'll go there myself. Mr. Bai, please take it with you."
With that said, Lan Que took out a simple and elegant wooden box and walked towards the top-quality jade stone.
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