Chapter 83

"May the heavens and the earth bless us to find the gemstones..."

Meng Jing seemed to be performing a shamanistic ritual, her hands clasped together, muttering to herself, bowing to the left and then to the right.

Jiang Ping'an looked at her strangely, "What are you doing?"

"Of course, I'm blessing you! What if you lose?"

Meng Jing ignored Jiang Ping'an and continued her chanting.

Jiang Ping'an couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

However, he was quite moved.

This girl, despite being a bit silly and a bit wild, was still very good.

"Sir, ten stones, a total of 730,000 spirit stones."

The assistant in the gemstone area placed the stones on the counter and asked with a smile, "Would you like to pay with a gold card or with spirit stones?"

"Xiao Jing, help me pay."

Jiang Ping'an didn't have any spirit stones; the 300,000 he won on the flying boat were all with Meng Jing.

Meng Jing gritted her teeth and reluctantly handed over a storage bag.

With 730,000 spirit stones, it could protect him for a whole year.

But Jiang Ping'an used it to buy these broken stones.

The more she thought about it, the more she regretted it.

Meng Jing turned to Jiang Ping'an, baring her little fangs, "If you don't get any treasure, I'll drink all your blood!"

Jiang Ping'an smiled but said nothing.

Even if he lost everything, the other party would just complain a bit.

He took out a knife and began to cut the stone.

This time he cut very carefully, afraid of cutting the ice crystal grass seeds and accidentally destroying them.

The mother stone was cut piece by piece, and when the fourth cut fell, a fragrant aroma wafted out from the mother stone.

"There's something!"

Meng Jing's sadness instantly disappeared, and her little head immediately leaned in.

Jiang Ping'an carefully split the stone and took out the object inside.

It was a piece of green wood, about the size of a finger, with a refreshing fragrance.

"Xuan Tan Green Wood!"

The assistants in the gemstone shop were stunned.

It wasn't because the item was so rare, but because he had found such a good item with just the first stone.

What kind of luck is this?

"How much? How much?"

Meng Jing asked excitedly.

She didn't care what the wood was; she just wanted to know the price.

An old man came forward and examined it, saying, "This piece of Xuan Tan Green Wood is too old and has lost much of its essence."

"If it were from this era, it would be worth several million, but this one can only be bought for 430,000."

Meng Jing was delighted, "So expensive!"

She had earned back half the spirit stones in one go. There were still nine stones left, and they might make a big profit!

The old man shook his head, "It's not cheap; this thing is very beneficial for the mind. Generally, items that are good for the mind are expensive."

He looked up at Jiang Ping'an, "Do you want to sell it?"

"Yes."

Jiang Ping'an wanted to keep it, but to make Meng Jing happy, it was fine to exchange it for some money.

Meng Jing negotiated with the assistants while Jiang Ping'an continued to cut the stones.

The second stone was the size of a head, but there was nothing inside.

The assistants sighed in relief; this was normal. Randomly chosen stones couldn't have such a high hit rate.

To find a piece of Xuan Tan Green Wood was a sign of good karma.

Just as the assistants were thinking this, Jiang Ping'an cut the third stone.

With just one cut, a terrifying blood aura erupted, as if a great demon had been released.

The shop assistants were startled, and the shop's array instantly activated, automatically sealing the stone.

Meng Jing almost dropped her storage bag, her face pale, "What is it? So scary!"

For a moment, she thought Jiang Ping'an had used the Heavenly Slaying Technique, making her body unable to move.

Looking at the stone, blood seeped out from inside, and a black claw of some unknown beast appeared, emitting a terrifying aura.

"It seems to be the remains of some ancient fierce beast!"

The assistant was horrified.

Just one claw had such a terrifying aura; this beast must have been incredibly powerful in life!

All the assistants were stunned. This kid had found something again. What kind of luck is this?

"Can this be sold?" Jiang Ping'an asked.

"Of course! The remains of such a fierce beast can be used to forge weapons, increasing their ferocity. It's one of the things blacksmiths love most."

The old assistant nodded, "I'll offer 1,000,000 for this piece."

"No, give more!"

Meng Jing, recovering from her shock, quickly bargained with the other party.

She didn't understand the item but simply wanted to haggle.

In the end, they got an additional 100,000, making it 1,100,000.

Meng Jing was overjoyed. Not only had they recouped their costs, but they had also made several hundred thousand more.

The luck of the wood was indeed invincible.

She had worried about him losing money before, how silly. Since he could meet her, his luck couldn't be bad, hmpf.

Jiang Ping'an continued to cut the stones. The fifth, sixth, and seventh stones had nothing inside.

The eighth stone finally revealed a crystal.

A crystal is a highly concentrated form of spirit stone, containing a certain amount of rule power.

A single crystal is worth 100,000 spirit stones.

"Only 100,000."

Hearing the assistant's quote, Meng Jing was a bit unsatisfied.

The other assistants wanted to hit her.

Even for a wandering cultivator at the Golden Core stage, it's not easy to come up with 100,000 spirit stones at once.

To make 100,000 in one go, what's there to be unsatisfied about?

Jiang Ping'an finished cutting the remaining stones and found no more treasures.

Even so, the assistants were still very shocked.

Buying ten mother stones and getting three hits was an incredibly high probability.

It was almost as good as a Fate Master's hit rate!

Seeing their expressions, Jiang Ping'an knew he should lower the probability. Two out of ten would be enough.

He was afraid that finding too many items would raise suspicions.

"Keep buying."

Jiang Ping'an pointed to the mountain of mother stones. No matter what, he had to find the ice crystal grass seeds.

This time, Meng Jing didn't stop him; she had been convinced by Jiang Ping'an's luck.

Jiang Ping'an continued to cut the stones.

This time, he spent 500,000 and only found two ordinary gems, selling them for 300,000, losing 200,000.

No wonder gemstone gambling is so easy to criticize. He found two and still lost money; for others, whether they find good items is purely a matter of luck.

He continued to buy mother stones, intentionally increasing the hit rate this time, or Meng Jing would be heartbroken again.

This time, out of ten mother stones, one was very rare, earning 500,000.

As the mother stones were cut one by one, energy surged and divine light flickered.

Rare minerals, mysterious woods, and fragments of magical treasures were continuously found.

Jiang Ping'an deliberately suppressed the probability but still made over a million.

However, he wasn't happy because the ice crystal grass seeds he wanted never appeared.

The shop assistants were dumbfounded.

"Is this guy a Fate Master practicing here?"

"He must be a Fate Master! An ordinary person buying a hundred mother stones would be lucky to get one hit. Only a Fate Master has such a high hit rate!"

"Look at his face; he's clearly dissatisfied with his calculations!"

A Fate Master is a special profession with the mysterious power to deduce the will of heaven.

Most Fate Masters have low combat abilities and need to earn money by fortune-telling.

However, deducing a person's fate can easily lead to backlash.

So, to make money, Fate Masters like to gamble on gemstones.

Gemstone gambling has less backlash on the individual.

For others, gemstone gambling is a form of gambling, but for Fate Masters, it helps train their deduction skills and makes money.

So, the assistants guessed that Jiang Ping'an was a Fate Master!