CHAPTER 29: CHAPTER 27: STONE GAMBLING

The entire room was illuminated by the light emitted from the Water Source Crystal Essence, and a smile appeared on Ye Feng’s face as he looked at it.

"Such a large Water Source Crystal Essence is truly rare, the treasure vaults of the Southern Border don’t even have it, absorbing this, my injuries should be able to recover quite a bit!" Ye Feng thought to himself, and then he began to absorb the power of the Water Source Crystal Essence.

The night passed in the blink of an eye...

At six in the morning, a hint of dawn broke in the sky, and the Water Source Crystal Essence in front of Ye Feng had lost its luster from last night, becoming incredibly dim.

"Crack, crack, crack~~" Countless cracks appeared on the Water Source Crystal Essence, spreading continuously.

"Boom!" The Water Source Crystal Essence collapsed and subsequently turned into powder.

At this time, Ye Feng opened his eyes, which gleamed with a sharp essence, vibrant and spirited, and his whole being seemed livelier than usual.

"I have finally recovered thirty percent of my strength!" A smile appeared on Ye Feng’s face.

Ye Feng had several reasons for leaving the Southern Border, the first being to visit Sir Lin Zhen of the Lin Family.

Secondly, he was searching for his parents’ whereabouts.

Third, he was seeking heavenly materials and earthly treasures suitable for healing his injuries.

Ye Feng had used the heavenly materials and earthly treasures of the Southern Border too many times before, and his body had developed a resistance, diminishing their effectiveness, prompting him to leave the Southern Border in search of others.

In fact, Ye Feng had fought many battles in the Southern Border over the years, and the chronic cumulative injuries had not had time to properly heal, causing his cultivation to decline when these injuries flared up.

He was fortunate this time; within a few days, his injuries had recovered to thirty percent of their original state.

Previously, Ye Feng could only exert ten percent of his strength due to his hidden injuries, his cultivation only equivalent to the early stages of an Innate Grandmaster.

In the common understanding of people, martial artists only have three major realms: External Force, Inner Strength, and Innate Grandmaster.

Grandmaster is already the ultimate limit, but not quite so.

Above Innate, there is the Legendary Realm, also becoming a Martial King.

And above the Martial King, there is the legendary Divine Realm, also known as Martial God.

Now that Ye Feng had recovered twenty percent of his strength, his cultivation had also returned to the Innate Peak realm.

Not only that, with Ye Feng’s high realm and pure True Essence, at the Innate Peak realm, he could slay an ordinary Martial King, even a peak Martial King would not intimidate Ye Feng!

After a quick wash, it was already six-thirty.

Ye Feng walked out of the room, and Sir Lin Zhen was already having breakfast.

"Little Feng, you’re awake huh, Shiyu is still sleeping. Come, join me for breakfast!" Lin Zhen looked at Ye Feng kindly.

Ye Feng nodded and then sat down to eat breakfast with Sir Lin Zhen.

After finishing breakfast, Sir Lin Zhen asked, "Ye Feng, do you have any plans today?"

Ye Feng shook his head, "It’s Sunday today, nothing special."

"That’s good, accompany me for a stroll!" Lin Zhen looked at Ye Feng and asked.

"Sure!" Ye Feng did not refuse, and after finishing breakfast, the two of them took the car together.

Lin Tian City Antique Market, Ye Feng and Lin Zhen were leisurely strolling together.

"Sir Lin is here!"

"Sir Lin, haven’t seen you in a while, come sit in my shop!" The owners of the market, upon seeing Lin Zhen, enthusiastically greeted him.

Ye Feng also remembered, from when he was younger, that Grandpa Lin Zhen especially loved bringing him to the antique market.

Appreciating antiques and watching cricket fighting were also very much a part of Ye Feng’s early days.

"Grandpa Lin, should we go check out the gambling stone field?" Ye Feng asked Lin Zhen.

The gambling stone field, where jadeite rough stones were sold, resembled ordinary rocks in appearance.

However, they could potentially contain jadeite worth a fortune.

Of course, one might end up buying a rough stone without any jadeite, as no one knows whether there is jadeite inside. This element of risk turned the trade into a gamble, hence the name.

"Oh?" Lin Zhen asked in surprise, "You know about gambling stones?"

"I studied it for a few days when I was in the Southern Border!" Ye Feng answered.

"Alright, let’s go then!" Lin Zhen nodded.

Ye Feng knew that those jadeite rough stones were the most likely places to find Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures containing pure spiritual energy.

Generally, precious jadeite, such as Emperor Green, Ice Types, and Purple Jadeite, all contained spiritual energy, but there were too few effective for healing injuries and even Emperor Green was of no use to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng simply wanted to try his luck.

Soon, Ye Feng and Lin Zhen arrived at the gambling stone field.

"Yo, Sir Lin is here!" Once the two entered, they immediately became the focus of the entire field.

"Lin Zhen, you old geezer, you’re still not dead!" At that moment, an elderly man in a Tang suit with white hair approached Lin Zhen.

Upon seeing the man, Lin Zhen’s eyes showed a hint of disgust: "Li Linfeng, if you’re not dead yet, how could I possibly be? I’m still waiting to commemorate your death!"

"Hmph! I haven’t seen you here for many years. I thought you lost face last time you gambled on stones and wouldn’t dare to come again! What, didn’t feel embarrassed enough last time, so you came again today to humiliate yourself?" Li Linfeng, the old man, ridiculed Lin Zhen.

"Shut up! When have I ever humiliated myself?" Lin Zhen, infuriated and eyes bulging, retorted.

Seeing Lin Zhen’s angry demeanour made Li Linfeng laugh gleefully: "Oh, did I say something wrong? If you’re not convinced, let’s compete today. Each of us picks a rough stone below ten million and see whose yields jadeite and whose is more valuable. Do you dare?"

Upon hearing Li Lifeng’s words, Lin Zhen immediately felt nervous.

Li Lifeng, Lin Tian City’s top-tier magnate, the Li Family Patriarch. The Li Family, controlling much of Linnan Province’s antique market, was subtly the leader of the four big families.

Unlike the Zhang Family Ye Feng had defeated earlier, which was not on the same level at all.

Much of the jewelry and jadeite supply, like what the Zhang Family dealt with, was provided by the Li Family.

Li Lifeng made his fortunes from antiques and jade, how could Lin Zhen possibly compete with Li Lifeng’s expertise?

Seeing Lin Zhen not speaking, Li Lifeng provocatively jeered: "Sir Lin, what’s the matter, lost for words? Where’s your usual arrogance? Feeling scared now?"

"Grandpa Lin, let me handle this. You’ve just recovered from a serious illness, it’s not good for your health to stress yourself. Let me take this on," Ye Feng stepped forward.

"Oh?" Upon hearing Ye Feng’s words, a sparkle returned to Lin Zhen’s eyes: "Ye Feng, are you confident?"