Covering the Sky: I, Wang Teng, truly lack the bearing of an emperor.

Chapter 140 The Seventh Floor of the Stone Archway: Another Round of Gambling?
The Peacock King's face turned green.

He knew why he had misjudged the situation: the accumulation of these stones over the years had created an aura of alien origin that interfered with his judgment.

In the past, such a mistake would not have mattered at all. Even the source of the stone he bought was insignificant to him. The source he spent on a trip to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion in the Holy City was almost enough to buy the entire sixth floor of the Ji family.

But the problem is!

"Is there really only this one empty stone on the sixth level?" The Peacock King's face darkened slightly.

He couldn't accept that he had chosen the "only one" in front of everyone!
"Really!" Qi Hao nodded firmly.

He never expected that the Peacock King would be so unlucky as to choose that empty stone.

However, that stone was indeed quite deceptive; by being tainted with the aura of the alien source, it was able to disguise itself.

Fortunately, Qi Hao couldn't discern the source of the aura; he relied solely on his Martial Arts Heavenly Eye to appraise stones, otherwise he probably would have been confused as well.

Unwilling to admit defeat, the Peacock King walked to the side and began selecting suitable stones.

"Quick, help me pick one!" A voice transmission rang in Qi Hao's ear.

It was the Peacock King's voice transmission.

He wanted to save face, but was also worried about making another mistake, so he simply cheated.

"Where has your arrogance gone?!" Qi Hao transmitted his voice, expressing his disappointment.

However, he still secretly designated a stone for the Peacock King, from which a unique source was cut out, radiating a dazzling light like the starry sky, and its value was exceptionally high.

Qi Hao, on the other hand, only chose one stone.

When the rich aura of life reappeared, the chef almost fainted!

How many xenogeneic sources are there now?
Normally, it might take several days to cut out a piece of alien source, but now, alien sources are as free as if they're free, and every cut is a sure thing!

Normally, even a master craftsman who cuts stone would feel proud and beam with joy, after all, it is a treasure he cut with his own knife.

But now, the master surgeon felt his vision go black!

Because the ones who are coming to cut the stone now are the Peacock King and the Azure Dragon King, enemies of the Ji family. These two have just done such a big thing in the Southern Region, and have almost formed a deadly enmity with the Ji family!
As a result, the other party turned around and went to Ji Family Stone Workshop to gamble on stones, and kept shipping them out!
The experienced stone cutter's hands were trembling, worried that he might cut something even more outrageous and get caught in the crossfire.

Fortunately, they didn't stay on the sixth floor for too long.

Because Qi Hao wants to go up to the seventh floor!

The Ji Family Stone Archway has nine floors. The further you go, the more expensive the stone becomes, but the more amazing things it contains also become!
Or, you could throw in tens of thousands of kilograms of raw materials and lose everything!
Alternatively, you could cut out something extraordinary from tens of thousands of kilograms of source material, and then sell it for a profit of hundreds of thousands of kilograms of source material!

There are precedents for these.

A supreme elder of a major sect spent all his wealth to buy a few stones, only to find some pitted and uneven pure source material inside. He lost everything, his Dao heart collapsed, and he went insane.

Some junior disciples from various sects, carrying resources accumulated over countless years, ventured deep into the final levels, bought the cheapest stones, and unexpectedly unearthed divine resources, instantly turning their fortunes around.

This is also part of the fun of gambling on jade.

The further you go, the bigger the stakes become!

Either you lose everything!
Either you make a fortune!
However, almost everyone comes here hoping to make a fortune, but in the end most of them lose everything. Therefore, the stone workshop of the Holy Land Family never refuses others to gamble on stones.

However, the problem is that the boy brought by the Peacock King and the Azure Dragon King is very evil. He has a special pupil technique, and his eyes seem to be able to see through the stone and see what is contained in the stone!
This is outrageously absurd!

Therefore, the aging kings of the Ji family were considering whether to let them leave. But just as they were thinking, Qi Hao had already arrived at the seventh level with the Azure Dragon King and the Peacock King!
This place is already a place where only elders or even supreme elders of holy families can set foot. Without sufficient resources, even if one comes here, one can only sigh in vain.

However, Qi Hao and his group really don't lack resources!

As soon as he entered the seventh floor, Qi Hao stopped and immediately began using his so-called "Insightful Eyes." His crimson gaze shone on the stones as he carefully examined each one.

To be honest, Qi Hao was also a little surprised.

This is truly worthy of being the stone archway of an ancient family. Even on the seventh floor alone, treasures are already piled up everywhere!
Upon arriving here, he saw various colors of light all around him, including several dazzling divine lights.

This means there are many treasures on this floor!

Of course, there are also many stones on this level that cannot be recovered.

For example, in Qi Hao's eyes, some stones, though dazzling, were only a tiny speck, less than a candle flame. Even if cut out, they would only yield a fingernail-sized amount of divine source, which would be of no use whatsoever.

On the contrary, some heterogeneous sources can recoup their costs.

However, choosing the right one is a skill in itself.

Once they reached this level, the Peacock King and the Azure Dragon King didn't stand on ceremony and went straight to choose the stones they liked.

Whether they suffer losses or not is not even a consideration for them, because they are bandits and have no shortage of resources.

Even if they ever run out of resources, they can go to the Holy Land Family's mining area and "coordinate" a little.

Therefore, the two of them didn't hold back at all and seriously used their own methods to select a stone, and in the end, each of them chose a piece of stone.

In front of Qi Hao were ten stones neatly arranged.

The onlookers were shocked.

This is the seventh floor. A slightly more expensive stone here can cost as much as 10,000 jin of Origin. This red-haired youth made a move and bought ten stones, which is almost 100,000 jin of Origin!

Even among the local sects in the Northern Region, few medium-sized sects could produce 100,000 jin of readily available and controllable source material at once!
Therefore, their shock is understandable!

"You guys cut first," Qi Hao said with a smile, unhurried.

Considering what he had gained from the previous levels, the Supreme Elder of the Ji family began to feel uneasy.

This guy, did he take all the good stuff on the seventh floor?

In that case, who would be willing to gamble on stones at Ji Family Stone Workshop in the short term?
If all the good stuff is gone, why would anyone come back?
Do you collect trash?

The Peacock King and the Azure Dragon King didn't stand on ceremony and directly asked the master craftsman to cut the stone.

The master craftsman, usually known for his steady hands, was now trembling, afraid of cutting out something good again.

But sometimes, the more you worry about something, the more likely it is to happen!
From the stone chosen by the Peacock King, several scattered pieces of alien source were cut out. One of the alien source contained a piece of pitch-black material less than an inch long, which looked quite extraordinary.

The Azure Dragon King only managed to cut out pure source material from the stones he selected, which was a loss. However, he was wealthy and didn't care. He just looked at the ten stones next to Qi Hao with great interest.

Everyone else looked at Qi Hao expectantly.

However, Qi Hao was not in a hurry to cut the stone.

"How about we have another round of betting?" Qi Hao asked.

(End of this chapter)