One person: Starting with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his grandmaster uncle emerges from seclusion.

He had only ever seen videos of jade cutting on short video platforms, and they always got him excited.

I never expected to run into a living one today!

Squeezing into the crowd, Zhang Chulan realized that gambling on stones in the world of supernatural beings was completely different from what ordinary people did.

A huge black velvet cloth was spread on the ground, and hundreds of stones of different sizes and strange shapes were piled on it.

These stones have a dull gray color on their surface, and they not only look ordinary, but they also do not emit even a trace of Qi.

The stall owner was a fat man with a beer belly and wearing a melon-shaped hat.

He held a strangely shaped, serrated short knife in his hand, and was shouting and spitting as he spoke:

"Attention, bosses! This batch of 'Blind Qi Stones' is some serious stuff that was just unearthed from that archaeological site in the Northwest!"

"Even if the Ten Elders came, they wouldn't be able to see what's inside this 'Absolute Qi Skin'!"

"Who knows, one cut might just yield a fragment of a magical artifact left behind by an ancient master, or even a piece of natural Qi essence! That could buy you a courtyard house right there in Beijing's Second Ring Road!"

The voice just fell.

A thin man with bloodshot eyes and hair that looked like a bird's nest handed over a card with trembling hands.

"Boss... I'll choose this one, the one worth 800,000!"

The chubby boss grinned and quickly swiped his card.

He raised the serrated dagger and slashed at the head-sized rock.

"Crack!"

The outer layer of stone peeled away, revealing only ordinary white limestone inside, without even a trace of Qi.

"It's collapsed! It's collapsed again!"

"This guy has already thrown in 30 million today, hasn't he? He's even lost his underwear."

The surrounding crowd erupted in laughter and sighs of regret.

The skinny man's legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down his face.

Zhang Chulan watched with wide eyes.

That was so exciting!

Isn't this way more exciting than scratch-off lottery tickets?!

He felt as if hundreds of ants were crawling on his palm, and the urge to take a gamble surged up within him.

He turned his head and stared intently at Feng Xingtong.

"Xing Tong Brothers".

Zhang Chulan rubbed his hands together, smiling like a wolf in sheep's clothing trying to lure Little Red Riding Hood.

"Can I borrow some money?"

Feng Xingtong felt uneasy under his gaze and quickly covered her pockets.

"Brother Chu Lan, this is not something you can do!"

"This Blind Qi Stone is a bottomless pit. It's mostly useless material, and there's even a precedent of someone being poisoned to death after cutting out an ancient poison barrier. Let's go somewhere else..."

"Hey!"

Zhang Chulan grabbed Feng Xingtong's shoulder, interrupting his attempt to dissuade him.

The expression on his face was so self-righteous!

“Brother Xingtong, you’re being insensible.”

"What did Uncle Feng tell you on the phone just now? Did he tell you to listen to him completely? Did he tell you to observe and learn more and speak less?"

Zhang Chulan patted his chest with righteous indignation:

Am I playing around?

"I'm showing you how to use unique insight and boldness to make high-return venture investments in a complex market environment!"

"Hurry up, take out your card!"

Feng Xingtong was rendered speechless by this string of fallacies and heresies.

He opened his mouth, but in the end he could only sigh in frustration, take out a black card from his pocket and hand it over.

There was nothing he could do; his father had spoken, so he had no choice but to swallow his pride and become his ATM.

Upon receiving the black card, Zhang Chulan instantly felt more confident.

Instead of picking out stones himself, he turned around and pulled over Feng Baobao, who was squatting nearby, staring blankly at the sausage stall.

"Sister Bao'er! We've got a job!"

Zhang Chulan pointed to the pile of dull gray stones on the ground and muttered under his breath:

"Aren't you most sensitive to smells and sensations?"

"Go ahead, just pick a few pieces that look good to you. Today we're going to eat and drink like mad, it's all up to you!"

Feng Baobao turned her head and glanced at the pile of blind qi stones following Zhang Chulan's finger.

Unlike other gamblers, she didn't shine a flashlight around.

She shuffled over there.

Bending down, like picking out cabbages.

"this."

She picked up a small, pitted stone, about the size of her palm.

Then he walked to the other side and tapped a few stones casually with his finger.

Two "thump-thump" sounds.

"This one, and that one too."

Less than half a minute.

Feng Baobao picked up five stones of different sizes and pushed them to the feet of the fat boss.

"Just these five."

The surrounding gamblers were immediately amused by this sight.

"Oh my, where did this little girl come from? Picking out Qi stones like she's picking out potatoes?"

"The ones she chose had a dull outer layer, without even a speck of 'blemish'—typical dead stones!"

"These two young men are probably spoiled rich kids from some family, and they've come here to pay their tuition."

Hearing the surrounding chatter, Feng Xingtong covered her face, feeling utterly humiliated.

The fat boss was grinning so hard his eyes almost disappeared; he was naturally happy to have such a juicy customer come to him.

"Alright! These five stones will cost a total of two million four hundred thousand! Credit card or bank transfer?"

"Swipe the card!" Zhang Chulan waved his hand generously, exuding an air of extravagance.

"Crack!"

The fat boss took the money, raised his serrated knife, and chopped down on the first palm-sized rock.

The moment the stone peels off.

A dense, pale blue stream of energy, visible to the naked eye, gushed out directly from the crevice!

In the center of that ordinary stone was a clump of translucent, paste-like substance about the size of a thumb!

"Holy crap!! Top-grade Water-based Qi Marrow!!"

The one-eyed old man who had been watching the spectacle just moments before nearly popped his eyes out and burst into profanity.

"This quality! It's worth at least thirty million!"

The crowd erupted in chaos.

The fat boss's hand trembled, and the knife he used to cut the second stone veered slightly off course.

"Crack!"

The second stone cracked.

There was a crisp "clang" sound.

Half of a bronze arrowhead, gleaming with a cold, eerie light, lay quietly amidst the stone dust.

A chilling aura of killing intent still lingered on it!

"A fragment of an ancient magical artifact! The array patterns on it are still relatively intact. If it's remelted, it will definitely be a hot commodity!"

"Holy crap! Prices have gone up again!"

Next.

The third piece yielded a perfectly preserved fossilized inner core of a mythical beast!

The fourth piece yielded a rare fire-attribute fire crystal!

The fifth and largest piece was cut by the chubby boss almost while wiping away sweat.

Inside was a "blood ginseng from the earth veins" that had been sealed for who knows how many years, with even its roots perfectly preserved!

Five stones.

Five in a row!

And they're all top-quality items that have seen huge price increases!

The jade gambling market, which was just moments ago lifeless and filled with wails, is now so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

A collective gasp erupted around the stall!

"My goodness! Is this some kind of divine intervention by the God of Wealth?!"

"Holy crap, this young man is amazing! He got it right five times in a row! What kind of divine eyesight does he have?!"

The skinny man, who had lost everything, stared at Zhang Chulan with bloodshot eyes, wishing he could pounce on him and hug his leg.