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

Chapter 246 Free Favor

In the end, the members of the Source Arts family changed the stones.

Their problem wasn't a lack of confidence in their own abilities, but rather an overconfidence in Qi Hao.

Not to mention them, even their elders in the family were powerless against Qi Hao.

So after Qi Hao shook his head and sighed again, they decisively chose to change the stone they had selected.

Even though those few stones were the best stones in their eyes.

Soon, the heirs of the Yuanshu family carefully selected the new stone.

This time, they still chose to openly display the stone in front of them, waiting for Qi Hao to "inspect" it.

Sure enough, Qi Hao sighed again when he saw the new stone they had chosen.

Their expressions changed slightly, and they immediately put down those stones and went back to choose new ones.

When others saw the actions of the heir of the Source Arts family, they were momentarily at a loss as to whether to laugh or criticize.

Because many of the important figures present actually knew more or less about some of the things that had happened in the former sacred family stone archway.

Some sacred sites and aristocratic families even explicitly forbade the Peacock King and this red-haired boy from entering their family's stone archway.

Later, some rumors circulated that the Source Arts family had engaged in a large-scale gambling match with the red-haired boy, but this was not publicized.

Ultimately, no results were released, so many people considered it a rumor.

However, seeing the heir of the Source Arts family change his chosen stone multiple times with just a simple sigh from the red-haired boy, they suddenly felt that the incident back then might not have been just a rumor.

However, they also felt a pang of regret that they hadn't witnessed that epic stone gambling battle.

Given the scale of the challenge initiated by the Yuan Shu family, that urban battle back then must have been exceptionally exciting!

Fortunately, they can now witness the gambling between the heir of the Source Arts family and another young prodigy, so it's not too bad.

After this happened several times, just as the heirs of the Source Arts family were still waiting for Qi Hao's reaction, they discovered that Qi Hao had become too lazy to even look at them.

The descendants of the Yuanshu family looked at each other, hoping that this big shot could give them more hints so that they could choose the right stone.

But in the end, they still chose the stones they had.

After cutting it open, they indeed found divine source material, which was even more valuable than the stone that Ye Fan had chosen.

For a moment, the heirs of the Source Arts family actually felt a sense of pride and triumph.

"Good heavens, you can't do it yourself, so you expect others to help you from the sidelines, huh?" Black Emperor looked at the few heirs of the Source Arts families and said without any mercy.

"What off-field assistance? What evidence do you have to prove it? Did we exchange any words?" The heir of the Yuanshu family naturally refused to admit it.

"Fine, fine, you're being stubborn, aren't you? Keep going!" Black Emperor cursed.

The last stone archway is just ahead.

In the past, only figures of the Holy Lord level could go to this stone archway, because the stone materials inside were very expensive, often costing hundreds of thousands or even millions of kilograms of resources to buy a single stone.

Ordinary people, even some of the supreme elders of holy land families, might not be able to take out millions of source stones at once to gamble on whether a stone might contain a rare treasure of heaven and earth. However, the heir of the source-craft family and Ye Fan could actually take out almost that many source stones.

Of course, the main reason is their gambling on stones; whoever wins gets the spoils cut out by the other.

For example, the potatoes on this floor were won by the Yuanshu family. They directly took away a large piece of high-quality alien source in front of Ye Fan. That piece of alien source alone was worth about 200,000 catties of pure source.

So of course they were able to enter the last level, and the people of Dao Yi Stone Workshop did not stop them.

But seeing that the red-haired boy was about to go in, the people at Dao Yi Stone Workshop hesitated.

They were aware of the red-haired boy's special ability, knowing that he could tell what was inside a stone with just a glance.

They initially didn't want the red-haired boy to enter the final level, but just as they were about to take action, the Peacock King appeared before them with a smile.

Then, almost instantly, the red-haired youth Qi Hao flashed into the last level of the stone archway.

Just kidding, their teamwork is really good.

Back when they were in the stone archways of other holy land families, the situation they faced was even worse. Some holy land families wouldn't even let them into the first floor. In those situations, if they didn't cooperate, they would be kept outside.

As soon as they entered the last level of the stone archway, Wang Teng and Qi Hao discovered many good things.

Some of the stones here even carry the aura of a forbidden zone, clearly indicating that they were transported from the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Others might be wary of the Primordial Ancient Mine, but to Wang Teng, it was nothing special.

After scanning the area, Wang Teng discovered several things that caught his eye.

To prevent others from accidentally choosing those items first, Qi Hao walked over and casually picked up a stone the size of a watermelon from the ground.

"I'll choose this one for the first stone," Qi Hao said casually.

This was originally a watermelon stone in everyone's eyes, with very lifelike patterns on it. Logically speaking, it would be almost impossible for such a stone to contain any rare treasures. However, Qi Hao's reputation was known to many people. Seeing that he had chosen this stone, the famous elders and powerful figures around him couldn't help but silently stare at the stone. Even Ye Fan and the successor of the Yuanshu family stopped watching.

Although the people at Dao Yi Stone Workshop were heartbroken, they did not back out. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, they nodded and gave the stone to Qi Hao without accepting a single penny.

However, after Qi Hao took the stone, he did not cut it immediately. He casually weighed the watermelon stone in his hand a few times. His casual action made some of the elderly people watching around him tremble with fear, afraid that it would fall and shatter into pieces, destroying the divine object inside as well.

Qi Hao looked around, and finally his arrogant gaze landed on Wang Teng.

"Wang Teng... never mind, you're strong, I'll call you Brother Wang. Are you about to break through to the Dragon Transformation Realm?" Qi Hao asked casually.

This surprised the others. Qi Hao always maintained his arrogant and unruly personality when facing powerful figures, but he slightly restrained his arrogance when facing Wang Teng.

Wang Teng nodded.

"It just so happens that this stone contains what you need. Today, I'll do you a favor and give it to you for free. If I ever encounter any danger in the Northern Region, I hope you will come to my rescue."

Qi Hao casually tossed the watermelon stone to Wang Teng.

While others found it hard to accept Qi Hao's casual act of giving away hundreds of thousands of kilograms or even more resources, given Qi Hao's consistently unruly and carefree personality, it did seem like something he was capable of doing.

"What do I need?" Wang Teng took the stone, a look of doubt on his face.

(End of this chapter)