Chapter 528: Chapter 304 6th Life: Obsessed with Gambling Stones, Going All-In is a Kind of Wisdom!_2
Looking at the tribal totem on the other’s clothing, Lu Yuan chuckled softly.
The Ancient Heavy Pupils can penetrate illusions and see through the origin of all things in the world.
And Yu Qi’s Heavy Pupils are a thousand, ten thousand times more powerful than the most precise X-ray of the modern world.
With just a glance, he can see clearly what items are inside all the Ancient Stones.
Moreover, other members of the Youyu Clan, while not as perverse as the Heavy Pupils, are also renowned for their pupil power.
If there were truly good things within these stones, how could they still fall to outsiders?
But everything has exceptions.
Some Ancient Stones have extraordinary origins or are influenced by the Dao Marks of heaven and earth, even the Heavy Pupils cannot see through them.
Such stones are often referred to as Exotic Stones.
The surfaces of Exotic Stones are often covered with heaven and earth Dao Marks, preventing all probing; only by cutting them open can one know what is inside.
Because of this.
These Exotic Stones are extremely valuable, tens of times more than ordinary Ancient Stones.
Even the cheapest Exotic Stone costs over a hundred thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones!
Only the clan leaders or those at the Divine Bridge Realm level can afford to play with them.
"This Youyu Clan sure knows business, using Ancient Heavy Pupils as their golden signboard."
"The stones that even Heavy Pupils cannot see through, their value will definitely skyrocket."
Lu Yuan said with a faint smile.
In front of Exotic Stones, all beings are equal.
Whether you have Ancient Heavy Pupils or are a Dharma Great Power, you can only rely on your own luck.
But Lu Yuan has ’Heaven’s Will’, so he doesn’t need to worry about luck!
The first day.
Lu Yuan just casually observed, learning about the stone gambling gameplay and rules, and getting acquainted with the people.
The second day.
Lu Yuan tested the waters with a small risk for a big reward.
Using only a few hundred Low Grade Spirit Stones, he opened a small piece of Ancient Treasure Fragment from an Ancient Stone.
After a dual appraisal by the Youyu Clan and the Eight Directions Building, this small piece of Ancient Treasure Fragment sold for nine thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones.
"Just as I thought, the Youyu Clan wouldn’t go too far."
"Although their pupil power is astonishing and they can see most of the things in Ancient Stones, for the sake of reputation and branding, they do release many valuable Ancient Stones."
"Moreover, how could the noble Ancient Heavy Pupils be used to appraise ordinary Ancient Stones?"
Lu Yuan thought to himself.
In the following days, Lu Yuan made several moves, buying a lot of Ancient Stones.
But to keep a low profile, he rarely used ’Heaven’s Will’, usually buying blindly and relying solely on luck.
Although he failed most of the time, he often only needed to go all-in just once to quickly recover his costs.
In this way, Lu Yuan cultivated while gambling on stones.
Soon, half a month passed.
During this period, the seemingly peaceful Great Yu City was also undergoing significant changes.
The Shennong Clan, Xuanyuan Clan, Gao Yang Clan, Fu Xi Clan, and Golden Heaven Clan, all the other five Super Tribes, sent their members to Great Yu City, as if discussing some important matter.
Even the Jiu Li Clan, which usually lived in isolation and rarely communicated with the outside world, drove their Bronze War Chariot swiftly from afar, arriving in Great Yu City!
Not only Lu Yuan, but even other Qi Refiners also felt a sense of impending storm.
Although Lu Yuan didn’t know what had happened, the gathering of the Seven Great Clans was not a trivial matter and could even affect the future direction of the entire Great Wilderness!
This made him feel a strong sense of urgency, eager to improve his own realm!
"I can’t wait any longer, I hope to open a piece of Exotic Stone tonight!"
Lu Yuan gritted his teeth and immediately made a decision.
In this half-month, he had repeatedly used ’Heaven’s Will’ to constantly strengthen the desire to ’open an Exotic Stone’.
For this, he consumed hundreds of Spirit-Storage Pills, even slowing down his cultivation speed significantly.
He could feel it.
After countless reinforcements, this thought had become extremely strong, even capable of altering his fate to some extent.
Going all-in is wisdom.
Whether he will succeed depends on tonight!
That evening.
Lu Yuan burned incense, fasted, bathed, and changed clothes.
Although ’Heaven’s Will’ had never let him down before, a sense of ceremony was still necessary.
Having done all this, he quietly left the house.
Yet when he stepped into the market, even with his mindset, he was a bit anxious and nervous at this moment.
No wonder those gambling addicts, even when losing everything, ending up without a penny, family broken, still couldn’t get back on track.
Indeed, this feeling of going all-in was too thrilling, even Lu Yuan couldn’t resist!
"Brother Lu Yuan, you’re coming so late today?"
A burly middle-aged man laughed heartily.
This man’s name was Yu Hong, the steward of this Gambling Stone Workshop, and in this half-month, he had already become well-acquainted with Lu Yuan.
"I checked the Great Wilderness Calendar and decided it was not suitable to go out before this time, so I came a little late."
Lu Yuan said with a straight face.
Life is like a play, all relying on acting skills.
For tonight’s all-in, he was also doing his best.
Smelling the faint aroma of incense coming from him, Yu Hong shook his head silently.
When Lu Yuan first came to Great Yu City, he was so spirited.
Even Yu Qi had said back then that Lu Yuan’s talent was no less than his own.
Now, as a result, he was addicted to stone gambling and had become a charlatan.
But since he was in business, he had no reason to turn Lu Yuan away.
"Brother Lu Yuan, please come this way, we’ve just received a batch of new goods today, you came at the right time."
Yu Hong led Lu Yuan to a stone table and enthusiastically introduced it to him.
On the table were various oddly-shaped stones, many still covered with dirt, clearly just dug up from ancient ruins.
"Once I strike it rich, I’ll treat Brother Hong to a drink on another day."
Lu Yuan’s eyes lit up, tapping and inspecting each stone, finally picking out five Ancient Stones.
But Yu Hong, with just a glance, shook his head silently.
The Youyu Clan’s pupil power was astonishing, and he, being an Inscription Realm Qi Refiner, had been at the Gambling Stone Workshop for decades.
With his eyesight, he could naturally see that the few Ancient Stones Lu Yuan picked were all waste.
As expected.
When the attendants helped cut these Ancient Stones, they were empty, not even a shadow of a treasure to be seen.
Lu Yuan watched as his fifty thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones went down the drain, and his heart sank into the abyss, his face becoming extremely ugly.
But then an unnamed fury rose in his heart: "I just can’t believe it, can’t even open one Ancient Stone today?"
Ignoring Yu Hong’s persuasion, Lu Yuan opened more than ten Ancient Stones.
According to the usual probability, no matter how bad his luck was, he should have at least opened one or two things.
However, tonight, as if cursed, all the stones were empty, yielding nothing!
"Brother Lu Yuan, your luck is bad tonight, better choose another day to try again."
Yu Hong couldn’t stand by any longer and advised kindly.
But Lu Yuan, with his eyes red, was in a state like madness, muttering to himself continuously.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"My luck tonight can’t be this bad!"
"I know, when things reach an extreme, they reverse."
"I just need one more shot, and I’m sure I can win it back!"
Lu Yuan did not believe in fate and opened several more Ancient Stones in one go.
But the result was just like before, all empty!
Lu Yuan’s eyes were vacant as if he had suffered an unprecedented blow, collapsing to the ground, unable to come to his senses for a long time.
In less than an hour, tens of thousands of Spirit Stones were lost.
If it were a Qi Refiner with a weaker mind, they would probably go insane on the spot.
Yu Hong sighed; he had seen such scenes too many times already.
In this Gambling Stone Workshop, almost every day, someone loses everything and, even if it means selling themselves into slavery, they still want that one last try.
But looking at Lu Yuan’s youthful face, Yu Hong still felt a pang of sympathy.
"Brother Lu Yuan, losing in one place, may lead to gain in another."
"Your talent is no less than that of the Young Clan Leader. If you focus on cultivation, achieving great success might not be impossible in the future. Why waste your time on this?"
But Lu Yuan, holding his head in despair, did not listen at all.
After a while.
He slowly got up from the ground, his eyes filled with blood, and with a mad and determined voice, he gritted his teeth and said.
"My fate is for me to decide, not heaven. Take me to see the Exotic Stones!"