Chapter 108 Divine Bone

  When the mixture of envy and surprise was heard in the gambling stone field, it was known that someone had solved the good jade. This time, good luck finally came to Mao Wenqing's head, and the original stone he had chosen earlier not only rubbed out green but also very pure ice species green jade. Just rubbing out such a small window, the value of this original stone has at least doubled, and such a good start is enough to make Mao Wenqing happy.

  Mao Wenqing also lost his usual calm demeanor, smiling and letting the apprentices continue to grind the stone. However, as the stone skin was gradually erased, everyone was shocked. At least half of this raw stone is ice-green jadeite with very good purity and transparency, which can be called a top-grade ice-green jadeite.

  This piece of jade may not be worth a city, but it's at least worth tens of millions. However, in just a short while, the price of this raw stone has soared more than tenfold. Everyone is marveling at Mao Wenge's good luck, casting him envious and jealous glances.

  Mao Wenqing was clear in his mind that he had such good luck, all thanks to Xiao Ping's help. So he immediately came to Xiao Ping's face, smiling and saying in a low voice: "Xiao brother, this time we owe it to you, we have at least broken even!"

  Xiao Ping had expected such a result and didn't seem particularly excited, only smiling faintly: "Take advantage of the time we have now, let's pick out a few more."

  In Mao Wenqing's eyes, Xiao Ping was indeed a high-ranking official, and he hastily nodded in agreement. Xiao Ping didn't hold back either, and before lunch, he picked out five more raw stones. These five stones were all relatively large, and Mao Wenqing spent over 10 million yuan on them. With the first stone yielding good jade as the foundation, Mao Wenqing paid with even greater ease, as if the money was his to spare, and he scattered it about without any hesitation.

  Actually, among these five original stones, the Lianyou Hu only had a strong response to two of them, and almost no reaction to the other three. Xiao Ping did this on purpose, it's better to continue keeping a low profile. However, he didn't know that the probability of getting top-quality jadeite from the original stone in the gamble was similar to winning the lottery. So when Mao Wengui's partner opened two more blocks of ice-type jadeite from these five original stones, the whole scene was shocked.

  It's just that the three large jadeites solved by Mao Wenqing this morning are already worth nearly 100 million. Such a good harvest shocked everyone, whether it was the original stone seller or the gambler, they all looked at Mao Wenqing and Xiao Ping with envy, and they undoubtedly became the stars of this stone gambling meeting.

  Xiao Ping didn't feel particularly honored, but instead felt secretly miserable because he was too eye-catching. Fortunately, it was now lunchtime, and the organizer of the gambling stone meeting announced that they had prepared food for all the guests, so everyone could eat lunch first and continue playing in the afternoon after a rest.

  Mao Wenqing and Xiao Ping were sitting at the same table eating. Because today's harvest was so good, even the normally serious Mao Wenqing was very excited, with a smile on his face throughout dinner, speaking more than usual as he discussed with Hu Qiang how much more they could harvest in the afternoon.

  Xiao Ping, however, didn't seem as excited as the other two and instead felt a bit worried. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but say in a low voice, "Boss Mao, I think we showed off too much this afternoon. This might not be a good thing."

  Mao Wenqing is an old hand after all, and previously he had gained too much and was a bit complacent. After being reminded by Xiao Ping, he immediately thought of this point and solemnly said: "Brother Xiao said it makes sense, this time the stone gambling meeting will be held in such a remote place, and going back still have to walk so many mountain roads, some accidents can't be prevented!"

  "Hmm, indeed, it's better to be more careful."

  "Alright, Shān Hǔ, you take four people and transport the blocks that were solved this morning back first. The others will stay behind to continue in the afternoon." Máo Wénqīng hesitated: "Let's not put all our eggs in one basket, even if there are unexpected losses, they'll be smaller."

  Xiao Ping also suggested: "Let's not uncover the stone in public this afternoon, let's transport it back first and talk about it later. As long as we have the original stone in our hands, it doesn't matter when we uncover it."

  Mao Wenqing immediately said: "Xiao younger brother is right. We were too sharp this morning, and we can't show off again in the afternoon."

  Seeing Mao Wenqing accepted his opinion, Xiao Ping also slightly relaxed. The few people casually ate something and then transported the jade to a van, led by Mao Wenqing's partner Shantou with five people to escort it back first. The remaining seven people stayed behind to attend the afternoon's stone gambling meeting and would take another van back at night.

  As the van slowly drove out of the village, the crowd slowly walked back. Xiao Ping, who was left behind, suddenly felt a strong tremor in the Lian Yao Hu (a magical artifact) hanging on his chest as he passed by a bamboo building. The sensation was stronger than when he examined any piece of jade ore that morning. Xiao Ping, who was walking with his head down, was startled and quickly looked around to find out what had caused such a strong reaction from the Lian Yao Hu.

  When Xiao Ping's gaze fell on the bamboo building, he was surprised to see a fist-sized rock hanging under the bamboo building. This is not an ordinary stone, it has been split in half from the middle, and on the flat cleavage surface, a fossil similar to human phalanges is embedded!

  Xiao Ping was amazed and hastily walked a few steps closer to observe carefully, unable to help but mutter to himself: "This... is really similar to that piece of fossil last time!"

  Before that, the Alchemy Cauldron had also absorbed a similar fossil, and as a result, the Alchemy Cauldron underwent a significant evolution. Since then, Xiao Ping has been paying attention to it, hoping to find more such fossils. Unexpectedly, this time he actually found such a fossil in the village of the southwestern border, which naturally made him both surprised and delighted.

  "Young man, do you know what this thing is?" Just as Xiao Ping was examining the fossil hanging from the bamboo building, an old voice sounded behind him.

  Startled, Xiao Ping hastily turned around and saw an old man with a face full of wrinkles standing not far away, his turbid eyes staring at him without blinking. Xiao Ping knew that this old man was very likely the owner of the fossil, so he smiled politely at him: "Hello, sir, I'm not sure what kind of animal's fossil this is either, but I've had one similar to it before, which is why I'm particularly interested."

  The old man obviously didn't know what a "fossil" was, he just looked at Xiao Ping in surprise and asked: "You also got a divine bone? Where is that divine bone now?"

  Xiao Ping only then knew that this thing, like a fossil, was called a divine bone. He couldn't tell the other person that his divine bone had been absorbed by the Lian Yao Hu, so he could only speak vaguely: "That divine bone suddenly turned into a pile of fine dust one day, and when the wind blew, it was gone."

  "Turned into dust? Blown away by the wind?" The old man muttered, repeating Xiao Ping's words, his face showing a mixture of shock and fear, as if he had heard something extremely frightening.

  "Looking at the old man like this... won't he get a stroke from being scared by me?" Xiao Ping looked at the old man's strange expression and couldn't help but worry about him.

  The old man muttered to himself for a long time, then suddenly looked up at Xiao Ping and said: "This divine bone is yours!"

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