Chapter 109: Kidnapped

  "What?!" Xiao Ping stood there in a daze, momentarily unable to react.

  "This divine bone is yours." The old man repeated what he had just said, and personally took the divine bone from the bamboo building, solemnly placing it in Xiao Ping's hand.

  To be honest, Xiao Ping had the idea of buying it down as soon as he saw this quick divine bone. For this reason, he has already prepared to spend all the remaining cash, and even asked Mao Wenqing to borrow more money, which is not spared. However, the development of things was completely beyond Xiao Ping's expectation. The old man actually directly gave the divine bone to Xiao Ping, making him involuntarily sigh that the ups and downs of life are really too stimulating.

  Xiao Ping carefully held the divine bone handed over by the old man, and excitedly couldn't help but say a big truth: "Old man, you gave me such a precious thing, I'm ashamed to accept it!"

  The old man looked at Xiao Ping and said calmly: "Since you can see the preciousness of the divine bone, it means that you have a fate with the divine bone, take it."

  Xiao Ping naturally wouldn't decline, and smoothly put the divine bones into his backpack. When he saw the three pieces of raw jade in the bag, he suddenly had a change of heart, took out one piece and handed it to the old man: "Sir, I really don't feel right taking your things for free. This piece of raw jade was just bought by me and should still be worth some money, please accept it."

  The old man didn't take the raw stone, but only took a closer look. A smile of relief appeared on his face for the first time: "Young man, this raw stone is not bad, but even if I wanted it, it wouldn't be of much use to me. Your kind intention I appreciate, you'd better keep the thing yourself."

  Seeing the old man's resolute attitude, Xiao Ping knew that it was useless to say anything more. He bowed respectfully and said: "Then thank you, I'll take my leave first, thank you!"

  "Go." The old man waved his hand casually and turned into the bamboo building.

  Xiao Ping did not expect that this trip to gamble on stones would actually bring such an unexpected harvest. Not only did he get another mysterious fossil, but he also learned that the thing was called "divine bone". Xiao Ping carefully put away the divine bone and then quickened his pace towards the big bamboo building where people gambled on stones.

  When Xiao Ping arrived, the afternoon's stone gambling had already begun. Mao Wengui, who was anxiously waiting, felt a sigh of relief when he saw Xiao Ping and pulled him into the big courtyard to select the raw stones.

  The afternoon's gambling on stones was no different from the morning's. From time to time, someone would buy a selected raw stone and send it to the sand wheel cutting machine by the bamboo building to open the stone. Either they won with great joy or lost and left dejectedly. Xiao Ping secretly took note and found that those who lost were far more than those who won, about 80% of them were losing money, and a little over 10% made small profits, only less than 5% of people were big winners. Only then did he realize how high the probability was that he had risen by three blocks when he chose five raw stones in the morning, and he regretted being too high-profile at the time.

  This made Xiao Ping feel even more uneasy, and his movements in selecting the raw stones became much faster. Without spending too much time, he had already selected six pieces, and Mao Wencheng didn't hesitate either, just following behind to pay for them. Xiao Ping's brilliant performance in the morning had attracted a lot of attention from everyone, and they were all waiting for Mao Wencheng to unseal the stones to see if Xiao Ping could continue his legendary performance. However, what made everyone disappointed was that Mao Wencheng didn't intend to unseal the stones at all, but instead directly let people load these raw stones onto the truck.

  Xiao Ping's six pieces of raw jade selected in the afternoon were even larger than those selected in the morning, and their total price was close to 30 million. With this, Mao Wenqing's money had been spent almost entirely, so several people decided to leave as soon as possible, lest they have too many dreams at night.

  The whole group squeezed onto the remaining van and left the village while it was still early. Before leaving, Xiao Ping specifically looked at the old man's bamboo building, but found that there was no one inside, and the mysterious old man didn't know where he went.

  Although the continuous journey was very tiring, everyone's spirits were lifted. The harvest of this gamble was too good, according to Mao Wenqing's estimate, as long as one piece of decent jadeite could be extracted from these six raw stones, the net profit of this Yunnan trip would exceed 100 million. As the saying goes "When people encounter happy events, their spirits are refreshed", facing such high profits, everyone was extremely delighted.

  According to the agreement with Mao Wenqing, Xiao Ping could get at least 10 million yuan in commission. Although the farm had also made a lot of money recently, this 10 million was still a considerable amount. Xiao Ping couldn't help but secretly plan what he would do with this 10 million. First, he wanted to buy a very nice house in the provincial city, and since his driver's license was about to be issued, he naturally wanted to buy a good car too. Thinking of his ideal from a few months ago - driving a good car with a beautiful girl, it was about to come true so quickly, Xiao Ping couldn't help but smile contentedly.

  At this moment, the local driver stopped the van by the side of the road. Xiao Ping, who was immersed in his expectations for the future, suddenly startled and immediately looked up at the driver.

  The driver still had a smiling face and said in a strong accent: "I'm going to take a leak, which boss wants to come with me?"

  After the driver said that, everyone else relaxed and expressed their desire to go relieve themselves. After all, it had been over three hours since they set off, and the bumpy ride had made many people feel like urinating. Only Xiao Ping indicated that he wouldn't go; his heart was filled with a faint sense of unease, as if something bad was going to happen, and he didn't want to leave the van easily.

  Only Xiao Ping and another of Mao Wenqing's men stayed behind, while the others went to relieve themselves in a nearby forest. By now, the sky had gradually darkened, and Mao Wenqing and his group soon became somewhat indistinct as they walked into the woods. However, Xiao Ping could still hear their voices, so he didn't have to worry about the safety of the few people.

  Xiao Ping was still sitting in the car, while Mao Wenqing's partner was exercising outside. At this moment, Xiao Ping suddenly heard a loud "bang" and the partner fell to the ground at the same time. With his keen eyesight, Xiao Ping caught a glimpse of a blood flower bursting from the partner's chest before he fell, and it was clear that the poor guy had been shot.

  "Damn it!" Xiao Ping involuntarily blurted out a curse, hastily ducking down into his seat. At the same time, Xiao Ping heard another gunshot, and the window glass beside him shattered instantly, with countless shards of glass falling onto his body.

  "What's feared is what comes." Xiao Ping muttered to himself, grabbed his backpack and ran out. He didn't care about the other things, but the divine bone was something he had to take with him.

  The road was built along the mountain, and next to it was a mountain slope with dense forests. Xiao Ping didn't hesitate, and he rushed into the forest towards the top of the mountain. Although his wound had healed quickly after taking so many spiritual liquids, ordinary injuries were not a big threat to him, but if he was hit in a vital spot, he would still die. He didn't want to fight head-on with an enemy who had a gun, and escaping was the most rational choice at the moment.

  Fortunately, the other side also used a muzzle-loading gun, and after two shots were fired, they had to reload with gunpowder and iron beads, giving Xiao Ping plenty of time. He sprinted up the mountain slope at full speed and soon disappeared from the gunman's line of sight.

  However, Xiao Ping was not safe. He had only run a few dozen meters up the mountain when a figure suddenly flashed out from behind a tree, with a large knife in his hand chopping down towards Xiao Ping's head.

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