#323 - The slap in the face comes too fast

Everyone treated Jun Wu Xie as a joke.

A child of ten-odd years, running to gamble on stones, seemed like a waste of his parents' money.

Since ancient times, which child of ten-odd years could gamble and find spirit crystals?

Even the young master of the Mei family couldn't help but tease him.

Naturally, he didn't believe that a child could cut out anything worthwhile.

Within his family, he was considered exceptionally talented, yet at ten years old, he had only just grasped the basics of primal spirit techniques.

"No, wrong, all wrong..." Jun Wu Xie didn't pay attention to the crowd's ridicule, focusing all his attention on identifying the primal spirit stones.

Of the twenty-eight primal spirit stones, twenty-six had already been cut.

These twenty-six were chosen because he felt special fluctuations inside them during the selection process.

Now, only the last two remained.

Before cutting the stones, he carefully examined them again, thoroughly distinguishing the differences between the special fluctuations within these two and those he had cut previously.

In fact, before cutting each raw stone, he would re-examine it, so that if he cut out a spirit crystal, he could understand the subtle differences between the special fluctuations of the raw stone containing the spirit crystal and those that didn't.

"Little brat, cut it!"

"Hahaha, are you getting nervous, afraid to cut, fearing that if the last two don't yield anything, you'll go home and get spanked by your parents?"

"Hmph, a spoiled brat, thinking he can cut out spirit crystals? You're just relying on your family's wealth, wasting and squandering it here."

Some fourteen or fifteen-year-old youths, standing beside their family elders, spoke with mockery and ridicule.

Jun Wu Xie didn't respond. He looked at the raw stone in front of him, and the stone-cutting knife in his hand fell decisively, with a whoosh, a layer of stone skin fell off, without a hint of green.

Then, the knife in his hand fell again, peeling off the stone skin layer by layer.

As the stone skin was continuously peeled off, the raw stone, originally the size of a washbasin, quickly became only the size of a fist.

"No need to look, it's hopeless. There can't be any more spirit crystals. It's another piece of waste material, haha!"

"Oh, gambling on stones, if you don't understand the techniques, even if you buy a thousand pieces, you might not be able to cut out two taels of low-grade spirit crystals!"

"Little brother, I think you should stop cutting." The young master of the Mei family stepped forward and said, "Today, little brother has spent a lot of spirit coins. I really can't bear to watch. How about this, I'll buy the waste material in little brother's hand, as well as the uncut one, for two million spirit coins, how about it? That way, little brother can lose a little less."

"Young Master Mei, that's two million spirit coins! You're really generous!"

"Young Master Mei, you're so kind, but this bear child doesn't deserve sympathy. He was still being stubborn just now. Why bother spending money?"

Young Master Mei shook his head and said to the crowd, "He's still young and curious about gambling on stones, so he's acting like this. Everyone shouldn't be too harsh on him. Two million spirit coins isn't much to me. Since we've encountered such a thing today, we should help if we can. How can we coldly ignore it?"

"Young Master Mei, your magnanimity is truly admirable!"

"Young Master Mei, you're so benevolent."

… …

People sighed one after another, all casting respectful glances at Young Master Mei.

"Young Master Mei, you want to buy the two raw stones in my hand?"

Jun Wu Xie looked at him with a slight surprise.

In fact, now that the raw stone in his hand had been cut down to the size of a fist, he could already be sure that there were spirit crystals inside.

After all, the thinner the stone skin, the more sensitive his Primal True Sight and Martial Intent Perception would naturally become.

This Young Master Mei, as a descendant of a Primal Spirit Technique family, must have also seen some problems.

Coming to buy at this time, and saying such helpful things, creating a benevolent image, is actually just wanting to pick up a bargain.

If he really wanted to help, why didn't he stand up earlier, why choose this moment?

"Sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint Young Master Mei. I've never resold anything I've bought."

Jun Wu Xie refused without any hesitation.

"You little brat, you really don't know what's good for you!"

Someone immediately reprimanded him.

"Young Master Mei is kindly helping you, but you have such an attitude. How did your parents teach you?"

"Little brat, I advise you to quickly sell it to Young Master Mei, so you won't get beaten half to death by your parents when you go back!"

Many people present began to scold him.

"Whether I sell it or not is none of your business!" Jun Wu Xie glared at the crowd and said, "Would someone with a gold card care about ten million spirit coins? You know I don't lack these spirit coins, yet you keep nagging here, wanting to lick Young Master Mei's boots?"

"You!"

The crowd was so angry that their faces turned red!

They did have such a mentality, but they didn't expect to be exposed in public by a child, and felt a burning sensation on their faces.

"Since little brother is unwilling, then so be it. I hope little brother can cut out spirit stones." Young Master Mei still had an elegant and refined smile on his face, and said no more.

"Young Master…"

Two middle-aged men transmitted their voices secretly.

Young Master Mei shook his head slightly, signaling them not to say any more.

In fact, he couldn't determine whether there were spirit crystals inside the raw stone that had been peeled down to the size of a fist.

However, he felt that it was somewhat unusual, and felt that there was a slight possibility of cutting out spirit crystals of good quality.

At this time, on the stone-cutting platform, Jun Wu Xie moved the stone-cutting knife again.

This time, the speed of his cutting slowed down.

Only the size of a fist was left, and he was worried that cutting too fast would shatter the spirit crystals inside.

As the stone skin was slowly peeled off, the volume of the raw stone gradually decreased, but there was still no sign of green.

The crowd couldn't help but laugh and ridicule.

Crack.

Another knife fell, and a ray of tender green light suddenly shot out.

Instantly, the entire place was silent.

"This… how is this possible!"

Those who had been ridiculing and mocking all exclaimed in surprise.

The stone skin was cut off little by little, and rays of tender green light enveloped the stone-cutting platform in green.

"Impossible, how could this be!"

"This is a mid-grade spirit crystal!"

"Mid-grade spirit crystal, how could such pure spiritual energy be so well contained, without the inner layer of stone skin being stained with any green!"

"Dogshit luck, he really stepped on dogshit luck!"

Many people were shocked, and their eyes were red with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

A little brat, casually buying a pile of raw stones, actually cut out a mid-grade spirit crystal, which was really infuriating!

How many stone gamblers cut hundreds of pieces, and even low-grade spirit crystals are difficult to cut out, let alone mid-grade!

At this time, Jun Wu Xie had already peeled off all the stone skin.

A apricot-sized spirit crystal, blooming with tender green light, shone like a green diamond, and a rich spiritual energy permeated the air.

"Alas, when luck comes, you can't stop it." Jun Wu Xie clicked his tongue, holding the mid-grade spirit crystal and waving it at the crowd provocatively, then said to the several women of the Archaic Stone Workshop, "This isn't waste material, is it?"

The women came back to their senses from their surprise and immediately smiled, "Little friend, you're joking. This is a flawless mid-grade spirit crystal. Among mid-grade spirit crystals, it's one in ten thousand. Ordinary mid-grade spirit crystals have some flaws and cannot perfectly contain spiritual energy, causing the stone skin to be stained green. Only flawless mid-grade spirit crystals can completely contain spiritual energy."

"What, flawless grade?"

People were dumbfounded, and those who had been ridiculing and mocking had twitching muscles on their faces.

They were still ridiculing just now, but in the blink of an eye, they were slapped in the face.

That little brat, his luck was too good, right!

He could cut out a flawless mid-grade spirit crystal like that?

"Little friend, the Archaic Stone Workshop can recycle flawless-grade mid-grade spirit crystals, and the price is five times that of ordinary mid-grade spirit crystals. This piece of yours is about a catty, how about we offer 100 million spirit coins?"

Instantly, people exploded!

One catty is worth 100 million?

You should know that the ten-odd catties of mid-grade spirit crystals that Young Master Mei cut out were only worth about 200 million!

"What kind of dogshit luck is this!"

"It's just luck, can he be lucky for a lifetime?"

"I think he's probably used up all the luck in his life!"

"Look, look at his smug look, what's he showing off for?"

… …

Some people were extremely jealous, especially the young ones, every word filled with sourness.

The smile on Young Master Mei's face was still refined and elegant, but the corners of his mouth twitched inadvertently.

He had felt that there was something unusual about that raw stone earlier, and felt that there was a very small chance of cutting out high-grade spirit crystals.

As a result, it really was cut out, and it was still a flawless-grade mid-grade spirit crystal.

Flawless grade, ordinary people have only heard of it, and rarely see it.

The grades of spirit crystals are divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, top-grade, and superb-grade.

Flawless grade is not a grade, but refers to purity.

Regardless of the grade, it is possible to have a flawless grade, but the probability is very low.

"Young Master Mei, thanks to your kind words, I really did cut out a spirit crystal. Would you say my luck is bursting, hahaha!" Jun Wu Xie deliberately showed the kind of flaunting mentality that a ten-year-old child should have, actually secretly mocking that guy for wanting to pick up a bargain halfway.

"Little brother's luck is really undeniable. Fortunately, little brother didn't sell it to me, otherwise, I would have lost out." Young Master Mei said with a smile on his face, without any embarrassment.

"Little brat, don't be complacent, it's just luck. If you have the ability, cut out another spirit crystal!"

"If you can cut out another spirit crystal, I'll eat the stone skin in public!"

Several teenagers mocked sourly.

"If he can cut out another spirit stone, I'm willing to eat the stone skin in public!" A middle-aged man beside Young Master Mei said this.

The young master was unable to pick up a bargain halfway, which made him feel very unhappy.

Such a lucky little brat! His gains are actually far greater than mine today.

I, a member of an Origin Spirit Art family, have painstakingly cultivated the Origin Spirit Art for decades, yet I'm still not as fortunate as a child. Just thinking about it fills me with a deep sense of injustice!