The Stone-Cutting Master finally began cutting the two stones, for which Nalan Jie naturally paid the fees. The cost came to at least 9,000,000, as the quality of these two stones was truly exceptional. It was incredibly rare to find Raw Stones of such high grade.
Zhen Lao was very confident about these two Raw Stones. He couldn’t resist shooting a provocative glance at Wu Tian, his eyes full of pride. "Junior, you’ll soon understand that a master of the Gambling Stone Circle is not just an empty title."
Wu Tian could sense every movement and whisper around him, so he naturally noticed Zhen Lao’s gaze. He simply smiled.
He knew the two stones Zhen Lao had pinned his hopes on were indeed extraordinary. They contained a great deal of Spiritual Energy, which accounted for forty to fifty percent of their mass. If they were cut open and sold, they would fetch at least 90,000,000, a tenfold increase in their value. Zhen Lao truly lived up to his reputation as a master in the Gambling Stone Circle.
Wu Tian, however, remained completely calm.
If heaven decrees something must exist, I will command it to be nothing, and it shall cease to be. Even if these two Raw Stones are good, I can turn them into worthless rock.
Anything that stands against me,
be it grass or wood,
will lose all its vitality,
never to regain its original form.
At this thought, Wu Tian’s eyes turned cold as he secretly began his Cultivation. Like streams flowing into the ocean, the Spiritual Energy from the two Raw Stones surged into his body. Instantly, Wu Tian felt refreshed and clear-headed.
As the two Raw Stones were drained of their Spiritual Energy, the green within them receded and gradually vanished, a process hidden from everyone’s view. The Buddhist Sect has a saying: plants, trees, bamboo, and stones all possess life. Now, it was not just people; even stones that stood against Wu Tian would lose their "life."
Zhen Lao remained oblivious, still confident that these two Raw Stones would make him even wealthier. He watched them being cut, his eyes filled with anticipation, staring unblinkingly as their interiors were revealed.
However, when the stones—which everyone had considered incredibly promising—were cut open, they showed no trace of green. Upon seeing this, Zhen Lao’s expression turned ugly, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"Impossible! Impossible! My estimates indicated we should have seen green by now. How can they be halfway cut without a single trace of it?"
Nalan Jie had already descended from the high platform and joined Zhen Lao. "The first stone only revealed Jadeite at the last moment. Perhaps these two are similar."
"No, no, no," Zhen Lao said, shaking his head. "These two stones are of such high quality they would have cost 9,000,000 to buy. Even if we found the same amount of green as before, it would still be a massive loss."
Nalan Jie’s expression turned grave as he nodded in agreement.
Finally, the cutting was complete. The interiors of both Raw Stones were laid bare for all to see, and there wasn’t a hint of green. They were just two ordinary rocks.
"No!"
Seeing the result, Zhen Lao’s eyes flew open, filled with a disappointment so intense it shattered his masterly poise. He let out a furious roar. His reputation in the Gambling Stone Circle was immense, and so many people had been watching him. But today? His hard-earned fame was lost in a single day.
I can’t believe this, I was sixty percent certain their contents would be good and one hundred percent certain they contained green. But now? Not even a hint of it? How could this be?
Nalan Jie’s eyes were also filled with shock. Why did I even dare to open a Gambling Stone Field? Xiao Liang helped me get the license, but I only had the courage to open it because I had Zhen Lao. I never expected things to turn out like this.
"Is he really a master of the Gambling Stone Circle?"
"His skill is just terrible, isn’t it?"
"Right? He picked out two stones without a single hint of green!"
Xiao Liang, however, had a curious gleam in his eyes. He was a master of antiques, but he had also studied stone gambling. No matter how I look at it, those two Raw Stones should have contained at least some green, regardless of any other issues. So, where did things go wrong?
His gaze instantly shifted to Wu Tian, his eyes filled with the kind of awe one reserves for seeing a Ghost God. In the Martial Arts World, even an Innate Grandmaster couldn’t possibly do something like this, could they?
Everyone’s expression grew complicated. The first stone Wu Tian had submitted was tiny, only the size of a palm. There can’t possibly be anything inside something so small, can there? they all thought.
Could this whole little stone be green, with only the rind being worthless rock?
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