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Chapter 9: First Gambling on Stones [1]

"This crystal must have great potential to be tapped. Just imagine, if it reaches the level of the golden crystal with ten golden rings, how strong will I be? This is indeed very exciting. But it is hard to say whether all this will go smoothly! After all, life is not a novel, and I am not the protagonist. Therefore, I cannot guarantee what will happen in the next second, but I will walk on this path without regrets!

I am an incompetent otaku. If my pineal gland is not awakened, I may just follow my mother's ideas and find a girl to date. Then my life will be like this. Now that I have this opportunity to change myself, I must seize it firmly!
The space inside the crystal will be called the 'crystal space', the pineal gland, which is the brow crystal, will be called the 'eye of heaven', the cultivation method will be called the 'heavenly method', and the energy emitted by the brow crystal will be called the 'crystal force'. In this way, these things will have fixed names, and they will be settled and find their destination! "

Zhang Wufeng murmured softly, then calmed himself down and began his restorative practice tonight.

The complete engulfment caused the crystal power to be almost completely consumed. The consequence of forced use was that the size of the second layer of halo of the white crystal became smaller. As you can imagine, this is definitely a terrifying thing!

Focusing his mind and visualizing the universe and the stars, Zhang Wufeng began to enter a state of meditation at this time, and then started practicing again!
Nine times of practice every day, fixed and unchanged! This kind of practice has been integrated into the soul and bone marrow, and has become the instinct of the body! Nowadays, practice, breathing, etc. can be solved directly by breathing frequency fluctuations without making any sound, which makes this kind of practice become ordinary breathing. People who are not in this practice mode will never have doubts!
Therefore, in this kind of practice, Zhang Wufeng never worried about exposing the secret of his practice. Even when talking to others, he could still complete the practice by talking, breathing, and controlling the slight contraction of his skin! However, at this moment, due to the severe loss, the practice at this time was only a restorative practice.

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The next morning, Zhang Wufeng packed some necessary daily necessities, took some favorite books and placed them in the crystal space, then packed a few pieces of clothing and placed them in a large suitcase.

The big suitcase was only used to store clothes and other things. It was just a superficial thing so as not to worry her mother Peng Houfang.

"Feng'er, after you settle down outside, remember to call home. Take this thousand yuan. You will need money for many things outside. Don't rush to find a job. Writing books is actually a good thing. Generally, people of your age are not as good as you. Don't be too stressed."

The gentle tone, with deep concern and care, gives people an indescribable feeling of being touched.

A mother worries about her child even when he is far away. Perhaps this feeling can only be felt when people are most lost.

"Mom, you don't need the money, don't worry! You can tell that your son is not an ordinary person when you see how energetic he is. Your son is so old now, how can he not take good care of himself? Don't worry, settle down, I will call you to let you know that he is safe!" Zhang Wufeng said with a smile, but did not take the 1,000 yuan. As for his mother's nagging, he was not as impatient as before, but felt deeply touched.

After saying goodbye to his mother, he pulled the suitcase out of the village and came to an empty corner. The crystal power circulated slightly in his hands, and then after wrapping the suitcase, the suitcase immediately disappeared.

Zhang Wufeng, feeling relaxed, withdrew 2,200 yuan from the town and took a bus to Dawusheng.

First, he mailed the contract for the novel "Castle in the Sky" to the post office, and then bought a new mobile phone card. After dealing with these things, Zhang Wufeng looked at the remaining 1,800 yuan, and after a little hesitation, he prepared to go gambling on stones!

Gambling on stones is also called gambling goods. It refers to the jadeite that is covered with a layer of weathered skin when it is mined. It is impossible to know the quality of the jadeite inside. The quality of the jadeite can only be known after cutting. This is called "gambling on stones". Jadeite produced in old factories has skin, but water-stone jadeite produced in the riverbed is also old factory jade, with very thin skin or no skin. Most jadeite produced in new factories has no skin, but those produced in the slope accumulation layer have skin. The thickness of the skin mainly depends on the degree of weathering. The higher the degree of weathering, the thicker the skin. A piece of jadeite raw material has colored skin and a good surface. When the first cut is made, green is seen, but when the second cut is made, the green may disappear. This is also a common thing. Away from the jadeite mine, only one in ten thousand (referring to the color material) is gambled, and the chance of gambling in the jadeite mine is much higher.

Bet on the increase of one jade and you can become rich overnight!
Although gambling on jadeite will result in nine losses out of ten, this is because it is impossible to see what is inside the raw stones. With current technology, there is still no way to tell from the surface of the raw stones whether they really contain jadeite.

What Zhang Wufeng is confident about is that although the crystal power is weak now, he can still feel clearly the situation inside some small pieces of raw stone. If the crystal power is used to sense people, but the control is not strong, the crystal power will be directly absorbed by the other person's body. However, this situation will not occur when used to sense stones!
Zhang Wufeng is not a gambler, but since this is basically a bargain, he won't be polite.

After thinking about it, Zhang Wufeng took a car directly to the largest raw stone market in Wusheng.

Such a market is always busy at any time, and of course the busiest time is in the afternoon. Of course, it is ridiculous to come to gamble on stones with less than 2,000 yuan, because gambling on stones can easily cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan, and gambling on stones with around 1,000 yuan can only be done in some small shops.

Zhang Wufeng looked along the way and saw that there were quite a few small shops here, and many businessmen with black beards and big eyes set up small stalls with red, green, and white stones of various sizes placed on the stalls.

Zhang Wufeng walked along the way and found that those small shops were not equipped with stone-cutting machines, but the larger shops not far away were also specially equipped with these things, so Zhang Wufeng was not worried.

There is a huge flow of people here, and most of the people who frequent here are wealthy people, so if the bet goes up, there is no need to worry about being ripped off or robbed.

"Young man, do you want to buy some rough material? This piece was carefully selected from the rough stone from the old pit of Wulong River. And look at the green veins on it, it looks like a belt. If it's greener than this, it's very likely to be top-quality! Maybe it's an emerald!"

A bearded man with sweat all over his forehead yelled at Zhang Wufeng, saying that these people were as cunning as ghosts. Although Zhang Wufeng's clothes were all cheap goods, his confidence and calm temperament were extraordinary!
That's right, the bearded man quickly started selling his stone.

This piece of rough stone did come from the old pit of Wulong River, but it was not just this small piece, but at least two tons! The rough stone was not owned by this man. He spent 300,000 yuan to buy it from a big boss. He bought three pieces in total at that time, and lost money on two pieces. This piece was not as good as the other two pieces, and if he lost again, it would be a big loss. Therefore, he estimated that he would sell this piece at a price of about 150,000 yuan to avoid too much loss.

"Haha, since this is so rare, why doesn't this big brother solve it himself?" Zhang Wufeng glanced at the stone, and then his crystal power followed it. Suddenly, a small transparent glass-like green ball appeared on the right side of the stone. The middle part of the green ball was a little shiny! When Zhang Wufeng's crystal power was running through it, he felt a cool and comfortable feeling like returning home.

This green ball was not too big, about the size of an egg, but Zhang Wufeng's heart still skipped a beat.

However, his expression was calm and composed, without the slightest panic, and he silently calmed his restless heart.

"Little brother, to be honest, I bought this rough stone from someone else. I bought three pieces from this batch together, and spent nearly 420,000 yuan. This piece is considered to be a standard one among the three. I cut the best and the worst pieces, but I only made back my capital and lost more than 100,000 yuan! I am in this business, so it is not good to gamble like this, so I won't gamble anymore. If you want it, I will give you a real price of 140,000 yuan!"

The bearded man seemed to be heartbroken, and his tone was so sincere that it was touching.

"One hundred and fourteen thousand... Brother, you are joking. I only have a thousand dollars. I just come here to buy some cheap stuff and try my luck. How can I afford it..." Zhang Wufeng said with a wry smile.

In fact, he was quite interested in this stone. Zhang Wufeng did not walk fast along the way. With his crystal power, he observed that most of the raw stones on the stalls were gray and sandy, and there was not much jade.

But this time, when he encountered this, he couldn't afford it, so Zhang Wufeng could only sigh in silence, but he wouldn't show it.

"One thousand yuan?" The bearded man was stunned, then he looked at Zhang Wufeng carefully. Seeing that he was not joking, he smiled and shook his head and said, "There is nothing we can do about it. There really is no one worth one thousand yuan. If you want one worth one thousand yuan, go to the stone cutting shop in front. The small pieces of raw stones or the selected white lime raw stones there are mostly only a few hundred yuan."

The bearded man sighed lightly, but still smiled and pointed a place to Zhang Wufeng!

(End of this chapter)