CHAPTER 426: CHAPTER 096: GAMBLING ON STONES (FIRST UPDATE)

"Come, come, little brother, these here are all dug up by your elder brother from an abandoned energy mine outside. The chance of hitting the mark is high. If you can gamble on an Energy Stone, you’ll make a fortune!"

The boss was very enthusiastic, beckoning repeatedly.

With the surging crowd, Li Weifeng didn’t mind staying at his stall for a while.

Stone gambling is a new trading method that arose in Pioneer City with the martial artist class.

This is roughly the same as stone gambling in the Earth World, except that stone gambling in the Human World is merely for obtaining valuable jade, whereas stone gambling in the martial artist class is about gambling on raw Energy Ore.

Some martial artists full of adventure spirit would venture further from Pioneer City, close to the energy stone mines of cave-dwelling humans, to steal the wasted raw Energy Ore from the mines.

These discarded raw ores are the waste dregs generated during the mining process. Since the energy ore’s grade contained in them is too low, their value is not high, and cave-dwelling humans don’t have the energy to search through so much mining dregs one by one, thus they tend to be dumped like trash on one side.

This process is fraught with danger.

Because approaching the energy mine is undoubtedly heavily guarded, and one misstep might lead to dying there and never coming back.

Also, because of this, most of the raw stones sold on the stone gambling market are just stones that deceitful merchants dug up randomly from some corner, with the chances of containing Energy Stones being less than one in ten thousand.

It’s already rare for discarded raw ore dregs to naturally contain Energy Stones, and once you mix in those stones dug from unknown corners, the odds are even lower.

Therefore, in this industry of stone gambling, aside from those newcomers who just arrived in Pioneer City, most people tend to stay away from it.

Maybe, seeing Li Weifeng’s appearance, the boss saw him as a fat sheep after all.

"How do you sell these ores, boss?"

He squatted down, casually picking up a fist-sized stone, and weighed it in his hand.

Luck is something Li Weifeng never believed in.

However, it didn’t seem necessary to rely entirely on luck.

Li Weifeng’s eyes flickered.

The body is the foundation for carrying spiritual power.

To prevent his spiritual power from being too strong and bursting his body, Li Weifeng always unsealed his spiritual power along with his increasing strength.

After twice Bone Tempering, as his qi and blood increased, his spiritual power also grew a little.

"Perhaps, spiritual power could be used as a means of detection."

While weighing the stone, Li Weifeng’s formless and intangible spiritual power emanated out, enveloping the stone’s surface.

No fluctuations at all...

Li Weifeng’s face twitched slightly.

Either the spiritual power detection was ineffective, or it was just bad luck and he was holding a Waste Stone.

Probably more likely the latter.

Indeed, luck is an unreliable thing.

But he didn’t give up.

He placed the pebble down and then picked up another stone, weighing it in his hand.

Meanwhile, the boss was incessantly chattering on the side:

"Little brother truly has a good eye, cornerlines, a line of sky, I see the possibility of containing an Energy Stone in it is at least more than fifty percent. If you luckily open that half possibility, you’ll be rich!"

"Heard of Zhang Ermazi on the street? His late old man died abroad, and he’s not a martial artist, practically bound to stay here for life if he did nothing, but then he decided he couldn’t go on like that, sold everything he had, took a risky gamble, and made a great fortune..."

"These ores, your elder brother brought them out at great risk from beside the mine pits, even if there’s no merit, there’s hard work, right? Fixed price, one Qi Blood Pill for a piece of ore, you can pick as you like."

The boss was enthusiastic, continuously introducing, his words filled with temptation.

A slash makes poor, a slash makes rich.

He even pulled out a few lucky ones from the stone gambling market, recounting the experiences of someone becoming rich overnight, suggesting that just buying would lead to immediate success.

This is the instinct of a merchant, turning dead into alive with words.

Just that, the truth within, only the heavens know.

At least, those who mixed in this business, are knowledgeable veterans, leaving you to gamble on what others left.

The real benefits seen, how could they easily be cheap for outsiders like you?

"Brother, you’re wrong here, a cut-down, either there’s something or there’s not, isn’t the probability just fifty-fifty? Moreover, these stones, are pebbles accumulated in river courses, only formed by constant impact from river water, what kind of mine’s waste raw stones are in the shape of pebbles?"

Li Weifeng found it somewhat amusing.

Truly took him as a silly fool with money to burn.

Although he didn’t know a bit about the stone gambling methods, stone gambling for jade and energy stones has distinctions, Energy Stones mostly originate from the deep mountain ore veins.

That stuff is like iron ore mined from the mountains.

Waste mining raw stones left by cave-dwelling humans after mining, are inherently irregular shapes, how could waste dregs look like pebbles?

But just as he finished speaking, Li Weifeng picked up a stone, habitually spreading his spiritual power, suddenly feeling a weight.

There’s something there!

Somewhat surprised.

Though his hand weighing the stone only subtly paused without showing anything, putting that stone down, he picked another to continue weighing and testing.

"Cough, cough, little brother, you jest,"

Torn apart the flaws in his words, the boss laughed awkwardly.

The invasion of the Underground Cave World, sealed off by officials, but with the development of technology in recent years, some things aren’t sealed just because of the seal, and the government is likely consciously gradually opening up.

The Martial Arts Examination for all is an example, and in Pioneer City too, newcomers regularly get supplemented.

The stones on this chubby boss’s stall, probably picked randomly from a riverside, to scam those newcomers who have never seen the world.

"How about this, one Qi Blood Pill, I choose ten stones, how’s that?"

Speaking, Li Weifeng had already let his spiritual power spread out, checking all the stones on the stall.

Among them, three stones indeed had anomalies.

Even a low-quality Energy Stone could be exchanged for five Qi Blood Pills officially, as for high-grade ones, it’s even more.

Though he didn’t know for sure whether his spiritual power detection was accurate, it’s always worth trying.

"This... Although they’re not waste ores from the mine, the place we’re collecting from is energy dense, and there are some Cave Martial Artists..."

The chubby boss was just about to haggle when unexpectedly Li Weifeng turned and wanted to leave.

"Hey, hey, little brother, don’t go, sold to you, one Qi Blood Pill for ten pieces, take whichever you like..."