Purple Mist Dao Master

Chapter 733 - 447: Staying at: Divine General’s Courtyard!

The Stone Cutting Master paused for a moment and asked Yan Chuan, "The gold has already been revealed, do you want to continue? If not, we at the Wanshan Trading Company have experts for appraisal and can buy it back."Stone cutting is like this —

Before cutting, based on the raw stone’s weight and appearance, an initial price is roughly estimated.

During the stone cutting process —

The value increases with the emergence of gold.

At this stage, you can still ’gamble’.

After all, ’revealing gold’ only means that the raw stone definitely contains a ’Golden Talisman Stone’, but its tier and appearance are still unknown. However, as long as gold is revealed, it indicates that the raw stone is not a dud, and it will definitely reveal a Golden Talisman Stone, with the Fourth-Rank raw stone likely producing a Fourth-Rank Golden Talisman Stone.

Thus, the value of the unopened raw stone immediately skyrockets.

For example, Yan Chuan’s piece, when he bought it, it was worth 1600 taels of Essence Stone. Now that gold is revealed, the probability of uncovering a Fourth-Rank Golden Talisman Stone increases, as does the probability of breaking even. Consequently, the value of this ’Gold Origin Stone’ also increases dramatically —

"3000 taels of Essence Stone!"

"Do you want to sell?"

"Selling means you’ll earn a guaranteed 1400 taels of Essence Stone."

"If you don’t sell and continue cutting, you might reveal a third-Rank, Second Rank, or even First-Rank Golden Talisman Stone. Forget about earning, you might not even recover the original 1600."

A woman pushed through the crowd to Yan Chuan and smiled at him, "My name is ’Xun Yi’. You’re unfamiliar here, what should I call you?"

"Xun Yi!"

"The number one unlucky Divine General!"

"Oh my! The famous gambling addict of Golden Talisman City! The notorious misfortune! I heard she cut eight Fourth-Rank raw stones at the end of last year, all duds, losing everything, spitting blood in anger, and hurting her Primordial Qi! How long has it been? She’s gambling again?"

"Even a Divine General can’t withstand gambling like this?"

...

Yan Chuan’s ears twitched slightly, feeling odd in his heart. He didn’t expect this fellow Innate, with decent figure, appearance, and temperament, to be the notorious ’gambling addict’ of Golden Talisman City.

Gambling addict?

Stay away from them.

Treasure life, stay away from gamblers!

Yan Chuan nodded slightly to Xun Yi, "Qin Yu."

Codename ’Meteor’.

Real name ’Qin Yu’.

This is the identity Yan Chuan will assume in Golden Talisman City.

When traveling, identity is self-ascribed.

"Ah, it’s Brother Qin." Xun Yi wasn’t really interested in making friends; she was just intrigued by the ’Gold Origin Stone’: "Brother Qin, 3000 taels of Essence Stone, do you want to sell?"

"No!" Yan Chuan shook his head decisively.

Through ’Treasure Rock’, he had long confirmed that this raw stone was a Fourth-Rank Water and Fire Dual Attribute, worth at least 5 Primordial Pills, and perhaps even closer to the Single Attribute price, nearing 10 Primordial Pills because of its rarity.

A Golden Talisman Stone worth at least 5 Primordial Pills, sell at 3000 taels of Essence Stone midway?

Yan Chuan wasn’t foolish: "Sorry, not selling, continue cutting."

"It’s okay if you don’t sell, I have a feeling this raw stone will reveal a big treasure, I’ll stay and watch for luck, hope you don’t mind, Brother Qin?" Xun Yi didn’t act out of anger but decided to stay and see what this Fourth-Rank raw stone would produce, and if her intuition was correct.

"Oh no!"

"This gambling addict’s luck is bad!"

"She’s here for luck? I think others might catch her bad luck! I believed this raw stone could reveal a Fourth-Rank Golden Talisman Stone, worth at least ten times the value, but now I’m doubtful!"

"Was it intentional or accidental? Xun Yi did it on purpose, right? It must be intentional, right?!"

...

The crowd covered their faces, unable to watch, only feeling sympathy for Yan Chuan.

Sometimes, you really can’t not believe in luck.

Xun Yi is a jinx!

It is acknowledged!

Beginners lose nine out of ten times; Xun Yi, an experienced stone gambling expert, often picks raw stones with decent appearance. However, despite the high odds of revealing gold and making a big win, she loses nine out of ten times.

Luck, there’s no rationale.

The crowd was naturally worried about Yan Chuan catching Xun Yi’s bad luck.

But fortunately, Yan Chuan had a ’cheat’ —

"The value has increased!"

"It’s increased!!"

"Judging by these points, the possibility of it being Fourth-Rank is great, at the very least it will reveal a third Rank, and with the edges, it’s definitely going to break even. It’s just a matter of how much he can earn!"

"Such good luck! Even Xun Yi couldn’t affect him!"

"Looks unfamiliar, probably a novice in Golden Talisman City, is this the newbie halo?"

"This stone has increased in value again!"

"Now it’s worth at least 1 Primordial Pill!"

...

The crowd exclaimed in surprise.

Xun Yi stared wide-eyed: "Dammit! I knew it could still increase!"

Seeing the continuous increase in value of Yan Chuan’s Fourth-Rank raw stone, Xun Yi’s gambling nature finally surfaced.

She was envious!

Why doesn’t she have such good luck?

Xun Yi grinned at Yan Chuan: "I bet it can still increase! Brother Qin, 2 Primordial Pills, sell or not?"

Fourth-Rank raw stone can’t reveal Fifth-Rank Golden Talisman Stones.

That is, the Fourth-Rank is the top.

For Fourth-Rank, Five Elements Mixed is worth 1 Primordial Pill, Four Attributes is worth 2 Primordial Pills, and Xun Yi is betting on this stone revealing three attributes or even higher quality Fourth-Rank Golden Talisman Stone.

It seems Yan Chuan doesn’t earn much.

But don’t forget, this raw stone hasn’t reached its final conclusion, it just has a chance of revealing a Fourth-Rank Golden Talisman Stone, but still has a chance of yielding a third-Rank or even low-rank Golden Talisman Stone.

Yan Chuan merely secured the base of 1600 taels of Essence Stone, for now, even 1 Primordial Pill isn’t guaranteed, let alone 2 Primordial Pills.

This deal!

Could actually be made!

Only a gambler like Xun Yi would offer such a price, not a common sight.

But Yan Chuan still shook his head: "Not selling, continue cut."

"Sigh!"

Xun Yi sighed with regret.

The Stone Cutting Master’s forehead dripped with sweat. As the raw stone continued to be cut, its value increased, and so did his pressure. He must maintain Absolute Focus, because any mistake that damaged the quality of the Golden Talisman Stone inside would cost him his whole year’s hard earnings!