High Martial Arts: First day of dropping out of school, reward: Devouring the Emperor's Body

"Color?"

Upon hearing those two words, everyone present was stunned for a moment.

Astral crystals look almost exactly like regular crystals, but the difference is that they contain a large amount of energy.

However, no one knew that this thing had a color, because all the star crystals looked the same.

It wasn't until Qin Zhengnan spoke up to explain that everyone suddenly understood.

"Oh! Sister Yuqing, you mean jade gambling, right?"

Wu Yuqing nodded slightly upon hearing this.

However, Li Mo and the others knew absolutely nothing about the concept of gambling on stones.

It turns out that this is a game that was popular among the upper class.

The so-called "stone gambling" is gambling on the quality of star crystals.

These descendants of the Martial God family would often hold gatherings.

This led to the emergence of the game of gambling on jade stones.

In reality, star crystals do vary in quality, but this difference in quality has no impact on the energy contained within the star crystal.

However, high-quality star crystals are crystal clear and can be made into exquisite ornaments, which gives the upper class the opportunity to gamble on stones.

Upon hearing this, Li Mo couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Star crystals were far more precious than gold and jade, and could be used as hard currency. The fact that the upper class was willing to make them into ornaments was truly extravagant.

The specific gameplay of jade gambling involves each participant bringing a piece of star crystal weighing between 100 and 500 grams to the gathering. During the jade gambling session, a professional appraisal committee will participate in appraising the quality of each piece of star crystal.

The owner of the highest quality star crystal will receive all the star crystals from the gambling stone.

If enough people participate in jade gambling, it's not impossible to become rich overnight and transcend social classes.

Qin Zhengnan's words left many people dumbfounded.

No one expected Xingjing to say such a thing.

Xu Feng bluntly stated, "Deputy Commander, I didn't know you had such a hobby!"

In Li Mo's and others' eyes, this was definitely a waste of money.

For the lower and even middle classes of the Great Xia Dynasty, a single star crystal could be a family heirloom!

After all, that's life-saving money that can be accessed at any time!

At this moment, Wu Yuqing replied, "Even if it's gambling on jade, I will strive to be the best in the world!"

What most people don't know is that Wu Yuqing has a nickname in Beijing's jade gambling circle: the "Gambling Queen".

She almost never lost, and as a result, she brought a great deal of wealth to her family.

It can be said that Wu Yuqing won back half of the Star Crystal reserves of the Wu family, the Sword God family.

This is the key reason why Wu Yuqing was able to see at a glance that there was something wrong with the star crystal mine.

Given Wu Yuqing's competitive nature, Li Mo chose to believe her.

Then Li Mo turned to the technicians and asked, "Is there a problem with the star crystal ore itself?"

Previously, the technicians investigated various parameters within the Star Crystal Mine, but they did not investigate the Star Crystal Mine itself.

Because it is virtually impossible to tamper with a star crystal, whose structure is extremely stable, there is no way to deconstruct it except by using a quantum-level reactor.

However, if there were a reactor, it would be immediately obvious that the Black Soil tribe is not that foolish.

But then the technician seemed to remember something and muttered, "Impossible! Wasn't that thing banned internationally? Could it still exist?"

Then the technician took out a fine engraving knife. Although star crystals are difficult to cut except by professional miners, scraping off some dust with a fine tool was not a problem.

Technicians quickly scraped off a small amount of star crystal dust with a carving knife, and then used professional instruments to identify it.

At this moment, Haomo's hands and feet were sweating profusely, and his whole body was trembling uncontrollably.

Seeing his reaction, Li Mo immediately realized that they had probably guessed correctly.

Sure enough, a moment later, the technician slapped his thigh and shouted, "Great! That's right! It really is Black Stone Marrow Liquid!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the technician angrily pointed at Haomo.

"Isn't your country afraid of divine retribution for using such a substance to damage star crystal mines?"

It should be noted that the technician was a clerical worker with only the cultivation level of the Hidden Edge Realm, yet he dared to point at Haomo's head and curse him, which shows just how insidious the Black Stone Marrow Liquid was.

Zheng Jiahao obviously knew what Black Stone Marrow Liquid was, and quickly told Li Mo about it.

Black Stone Marrow Liquid is actually a mineral, a new type of mineral produced after the revival of spiritual energy.

Its rarity is unparalleled in the world. Basically, in the new mining areas that are born after the spiritual energy is restored, it takes ten years for each mining area to extract a tube of 500 milliliters of black stone marrow fluid.

Black Stone Marrow Liquid itself is nothing special; its only function is to penetrate into various minerals and destroy their components.

Star crystals are included!

A star crystal mine as large as the Mississippi Mountains only requires two thousand milliliters of black stone marrow fluid to completely penetrate it.

If it is completely penetrated, at best the effect of the star crystal will be completely lost.

Blackstone marrow is the only substance that can corrode star crystals. Once it is completely penetrated, it will cause the energy inside the star crystal to disappear completely!

To this day, scientists have not found out why the black stone marrow fluid can penetrate the star crystal.

However, due to the properties of black stone marrow, countries have explicitly prohibited its extraction more than a hundred years ago.

When the agreement was reached, each country also destroyed all the black stone marrow that had already been mined within their borders!

However, rendering the star crystal ineffective is the least of your worries, because once the black stone marrow seeps into the star crystal ore, it can cause the originally very stable star crystal to become completely reversed.

This can cause the star crystals to explode very easily when miners are cutting them.

It is well known that the energy of star crystals is such that even a martial artist at the Two Elements Realm would be seriously injured or even killed if faced with a star crystal explosion less than a meter away.

And what about miners!

The Black Soil Tribe's actions can only be described as ruthless!

First, they destroyed the star crystal mine that was originally intended for Li Mo.

Secondly, the black stone marrow fluid can cause structural changes in star crystals, resulting in losses for the national treasure-level miners of Great Xia.

A two-birds-with-one-stone strategy!

If Li Mo hadn't detected that the Black Soil Tribe had released Black Stone Marrow into the Star Crystal Mine at that moment, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

After the Star Crystal Mine incident, Morpheus could use it as an excuse to launch an attack and directly send troops to the Mississippi Mountains!

At this moment, Li Mo finally realized the ruthlessness of the chief commander of the Black Soil Tribe, which was truly chilling.

It should be noted that after the black stone marrow fluid permeates the star crystal ore, there are no special characteristics. From the outside, these star crystals are no different from ordinary star crystals.

Furthermore, since black stone marrow was explicitly prohibited a century ago, most technicians do not know how to test for it.

If Wu Yuqing hadn't had experience gambling on stones, and if the technician Li Mo brought along had sixty years of experience in the industry, he would definitely have fallen for it!