The sect is full of evildoers, but I am the eldest brother.

"This thing is hard enough..."

"Isn't it? I've worn out two of my steel blades."

"hiss!"

"I don't want to believe this anymore. Open it for me!"

Several master craftsmen underestimated the difficulty of cutting the seven-colored gourd rock.

It took me half an hour to start grinding and cutting.

Finally, they managed to grind off a layer of stone, but the masters were already sweating profusely.

"Why not try to blast it open with brute force..."

Wen Zixi frowned and thought.

Given the current situation, it is estimated that this major project cannot be completed by tomorrow. However, if we rely on force to break the strange rock, we are afraid of damaging the treasures inside.

If the things inside are still rare items that can bring back fragments of memories for her, or like the bracelet, an accessory that she falls in love with at first sight.

Wouldn’t it be a pity if it got broken?

Suddenly I smelled a mellow and refreshing aroma of wine.

Wen Zixi subconsciously turned her head and looked at Ye Yongzhen, who was holding a crescent-shaped wine bag and drinking it.

Her eyebrows frowned slightly. To be honest, she didn't like worldly stuff like alcohol.

Of course, Wen Zixi wouldn't deliberately criticize others, but Ye Yongzhen was like this...

It made her hate him even more!

"Ok?"

He noticed that Wen Zixi's eyes looking at him became more and more disgusted.

Ye Yongzhen couldn't help scratching his head, confused.

I thought, forget about Xu Miaoer.

How come even my old friend’s junior sister is like this?

Ye Yongzhen thought that he didn't seem to have done anything wrong?

Why does it feel like everyone is full of hostility towards him...

"Well, would you like some?"

"Fruit wine, not very strong."

Ye Yongzhen said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Drinking alone during the day, I guess you don't have many friends worth confiding in your life."

Wen Zixi looked at the strange rock in front of him and spoke softly.

Ye Yongzhen couldn't help feeling embarrassed when he heard this.

But then he thought again and something seemed wrong. Doesn’t Jun Ming always like to drink?

Why does his junior sister hate people who drink so much?

Or... do you just simply hate him?

"Hmph!" Xu Miaoer snorted coldly and stood firmly on Wen Zixi's side.

Ye Yongzhen simply found a corner where no one noticed him and sat down on the ground casually.

Drinking alone, admiring one's own beauty.

Wen Zixi withdrew his gaze from Ye Yongzhen and continued to watch the progress of cutting the seven-colored gourd stone.

She carefully observed the master craftsman's stone-cutting technique.

Consider whether to get started yourself.

"Could there really be a little King Kong in here? It's so hard?" Xu Miaoer muttered softly.

She didn't know that "Little King Kong" had some specific meaning to Ye Yongzhen.

But since it is called Little King Kong, I guess its hardness may not be much worse than diamond.

The process is annoying though.

But the crowd watching did not find it boring.

Some people even followed Ye Yongzhen's example, bought some drinks and food, and waited silently on the sidelines...

If something worth 500,000 spirit stones were so easy to cut, they might feel cheated. But polishing the stone skin bit by bit aroused the expectations in the hearts of the gamblers, which can only be said to be just right!

“It’s open, it’s open…”

"I'm betting on whether there will be a good treasure in it, and how much the treasure is worth..."

"Pumpkin seeds, fruit wine, multi-grain pancakes..."

Perhaps the Liuli Chamber of Commerce had earned enough today and did not try to drive these troublemakers out of the gambling stone shop. They even bought some melon seeds and joined in the betting, killing time while waiting patiently.

Only a few masters worked hard to cut the strange rocks, sweating profusely and working extremely hard.

Ye Yongzhen sat still for a long time, with his head lowered and his eyes closed, as if he was really asleep.

Wen Zixi tried her best to restrain herself from looking at Ye Yongzhen, but when she thought about how he spent...almost all his family fortune to give her the bracelet, her eyes would involuntarily drift towards Ye Yongzhen.

"Could it be him..."

Wen Zixi murmured to himself, the same blue shirt and maple leaves, the same frivolous words.

The sounds are also very similar.

But even Wen Zixi himself had no idea where those memories came from.

But one thing is certain, this had never happened before I met Ye Yongzhen!

Another half hour passed.

The sky outside the gambling stone shop was gradually getting dark.

"Haah~"

Ye Yongzhen yawned sleepily.

He picked up the wine bag that had fallen to the ground, shook it casually, and said with a pained look on his forehead:

"It's a problem. I spent all my money on that broken stone. Where can I get some more..."

He rubbed his hair irritably, looking like a heavy drinker.

On the other side, Xu Miaoer had fallen asleep on a chair she had found from somewhere.

Only Wen Zixi was still waiting silently.

She was still gazing at the seven-colored gourd rock with calm eyes as before.

The crowd was even more extravagant, bringing in tables and playing with sieves.

And there are quite a few people participating.

Everyone was shouting with red faces and boiling blood, and the scene was very intense for a while.

Yes, basically everyone who comes here is a self-depraved gambler, and this simple gambling game can resonate most with gamblers.

Most of the money was spent on gambling on stones.

Xiaotou naturally wouldn't care too much.

As I said, when you are out there in the world, face is the most important thing, just go all in!

"Ah, wine is the essence of grain, the more you drink, the younger you become~"

Ye Yongzhen stretched lazily in a casual manner.

A red dagger appeared in his hand.

There was a phoenix feather pattern engraved on it, and he walked calmly towards the seven-colored gourd rock.

His action naturally attracted people's attention, but not many people cared.

The five masters work diligently.

After working non-stop for an hour, they had only cut less than one-fifth of the strange rock.

If there weren't traces of falling stone chips on the ground.

With the naked eye, they couldn't even tell that the seven-colored gourd rock was any different from the original one.

If even a professional master can do this, do you still want to use a dagger to chisel open the strange rock?

"What do you want to do?"

Wen Zixi looked at Ye Yongzhen who rolled up his sleeves and was ready to do a big job, and felt suspicious. Could it be that this guy wanted to fight against a rock with an egg and bring humiliation upon himself?

"Masters, why not try this~"

Never imagined.

Ye Yongzhen, who had done a lot of foreplay, finally just smiled and handed the phoenix feather dagger to the masters, with no intention of taking the stage himself.

"Is this thing ready?"

Several old masters looked at each other in bewilderment. They couldn't even make the steel blades that their Chamber of Commerce had asked Bailian Pavilion to wholesale.

This small dagger-like decoration is designed for women...will it work?

"Try it! I asked Bailian Pavilion to make it with rare metals. The quality is top-notch!"

Ye Yongzhen handed the Phoenix Feather Dagger to one of the masters. When he held it, he found that the dagger was very light.

It seems that I can't feel its weight.

The master had serious doubts.

Ye Yongzhen deliberately took out a small gadget that looked good but was useless to amuse him.

Maybe if it breaks in the end, they will even blackmail him.

"Well, let's try..."

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PS: I need to test the title of the book, so I will update it three times a day for now.