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

Chapter 118 First Encounter, The Uniqueness of the Stone Mine
Normally, Wang Teng would have just made a sarcastic remark, being polite, but why did he take it so seriously?

But now, he really wants to try out the role of the Martial Arts Heavenly Eye in gambling on stones.

Logically speaking, the Martial Arts Heavenly Eye is the strongest pupil technique in the world of "Covering the Sky," capable of anticipating the enemy's moves and discerning their true nature. It can even detect the weaknesses in the protective arrays of ancient aristocratic families—arrays with patterns at the level of ancient sages.

Therefore, it shouldn't be a big problem if it's just gambling on a stone.

In the original work, Wang Teng appeared too late and there was no relevant description, but in this life, Wang Teng should be fine.

As soon as the Azure Dragon King finished speaking, the Peacock King was also eager to try.

Given their status and position, a mere bit of divine source wouldn't be considered a rare treasure to them. Even a divine source the size of a human head wouldn't be considered anything special to them.

What they care about is Wang Teng's abilities.

If you can truly see through the outer layer of the stone and see what's inside, that's what's really important!
At that time, even the Azure Dragon King will stand behind Wang Teng, just like the Peacock King.

After confirming this, the Azure Dragon King led the group slightly around and arrived at a seemingly ordinary mining area.

This mining area is only about 100 miles in circumference, and among all the mining areas they saw along the way, it is a small to medium-sized mining area.

However, Wang Teng knew that this was just one of the mining areas under the command of the Azure Dragon King, one of the thirteen major bandits in the Northern Region.

If the resources held by the Thirteen Great Bandits were truly integrated and placed in the Northern Region, it would definitely become a massive force, comparable to the Holy Land families!
Without the support of the powerful families of the Holy Land, there's really nothing we can do about these people.

"Let's leave it here. It's a small mining area. Let's take a look around first. If there's nothing suitable, we can go to other larger mining areas, or try to coordinate with the mining areas of the Holy Land families," said the Azure Dragon King.

He and the Peacock King beside him skillfully took out a mask, put it on, and then tossed a mask to Wang Teng.

Looking at the two people's skillful movements, Wang Teng knew what the Peacock King had been doing for the past eight hundred years.

It's a real shame that the Peacock King isn't among the Thirteen Great Bandits of the Northern Regions!

Finally, the Azure Dragon King, the Peacock King, Yan Ruyu, and Wang Teng entered the mining area. Yan Ruyu wore a veil and a bamboo hat to conceal her stunning beauty and figure, while Wang Teng followed behind the two powerful figures in a carefree manner.

Upon entering the mining area, a special person came to greet them and respectfully led the Peacock King and the Azure Dragon King to the mining warehouse.

This is a warehouse that covers an area of ​​about three miles in circumference. Inside, there are many shelves filled with all sorts of oddly shaped stones, almost filling half of the warehouse.

"The quarry in this area was recently closed, so there's not much left. Just make do with what you have. If you really can't find anything, we can go look elsewhere," said the Azure Dragon King.

The mining area is not large, and the extracted stone is actually quite ordinary. Even when it is transported to the stone workshops of various cities, it is almost always placed in the first three layers.

In other words, almost all of them are ordinary goods, and very few are high-quality items.

However, the more this is the case, the more it demonstrates the power of the Martial Arts Heavenly Eye if a truly exquisite piece is found.

Therefore, the Azure Dragon King brought Wang Teng here.

"It's alright, I'll just take a look around first." Wang Teng nodded and spoke calmly.

He stepped into the warehouse, extended his divine sense, and landed on the stone ore.

The Peacock King and the Azure Dragon King were slightly surprised. This guy's divine sense was very strong. It had almost undergone a transformation and far exceeded his current level!
Even so, Wang Teng couldn't detect anything using only his divine sense. These stone mines seemed to be a single entity; when his divine sense descended, he couldn't detect anything, only sensing that a stone was there, or that it was tainted with some source energy. When he tried to probe, it felt like a single source.

This is definitely not because Wang Teng's divine sense is too weak. Even a great power would end up like this. Otherwise, why would the holy land families need to build stone archways? They could just send out great powers to investigate day and night with their divine sense.

"As expected of something buried underground for a long time, it either has no trace of the source or has already been tainted by the source, filled with the aura of the source." Wang Teng sighed, and finally withdrew his divine sense.

Exploring these things with divine sense is not only useless, but will also mislead you. It is better to simply observe with your naked eyes.

Wang Teng walked to the wooden shelf and casually picked up a stone the size of a watermelon to look at it.

The stone was about the size of a watermelon, with two tiny bumps on it, resembling a head with ears. It felt slightly heavy, and if you were to judge its density, it was rather heavy.

However, Wang Teng also knew that one could not judge a stone by its weight. Some sources were very special and could change the weight of an object, or even be imbued with a certain aura, which could cause the object to undergo mutations beyond scientific understanding.

Many basic experiences from the previous life become ineffective when facing extraordinary beings. Otherwise, with the history of Beidou spanning so many years, and an old madman living for six thousand years, his accumulated experience would definitely surpass that of everyone in the previous life.

Even so, stone archways are still found in many places in the Northern Region.
"How about it? Feeling at a loss for where to start?" the Peacock King said with a smile.

He was all too familiar with Wang Teng's current state.

When he first came to the Northern Region and personally came into contact with the Yuanhe Stone Mine, he was just as bewildered.

Various methods were employed, but as long as the outer layer of stone remained intact, anything was possible.

As he spoke, the Peacock King took a millstone-sized stone with a faint glow from the wooden shelf, crushed it casually, and then, with a slightly darkened expression, pretended nothing had happened and scattered the stone fragments on the ground.

“That piece of source stone just now, if it were in an outside stone market, would be worth at least several dozen kilograms, but there was nothing inside. That’s how gambling on stones is; it’s easy to lose everything.” The Azure Dragon King had been watching Wang Teng closely and had naturally seen the Peacock King’s every move, so he said with a smile.

Wang Teng nodded, agreeing.

Involving gambling can easily lead to losing everything.

The so-called great wealth and honor is ultimately just a fantasy for most people. If it were really that simple, why would the Holy Land Family set up a stone workshop? Is it because they don't know how to cut stones themselves?
"This one will do," Wang Teng said, weighing the stone in his hand.

"Why don't you use your Martial Arts Heavenly Eye to take a look?" the Peacock King asked in surprise.

They brought Wang Teng along to see if he could open the stone with his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, but this guy didn't even use it.

"I'll just pick one randomly and see how it goes. It doesn't have to be the first one that turns out to be a rare treasure. I just want to test my intuition about jade gambling," Wang Teng said casually.

He cultivated the Pre-Word Secret Technique, and even without consciously activating it, he always had a vague sense of the future, which is what is known as the sixth sense and intuition.

When he touched the stone, his intuition told him that there might be a surprise.

The Peacock King took the stone and stared at Wang Teng with suspicion.

Could it be that Yan Ruyu is standing next to him, and he's deliberately showing off and pretending to be a master?

(End of this chapter)