Shen Yuan Ring

Chapter 239 Encounter in Stone City

"Waiter, serve!"

"coming…!"

"Have you heard? Dan Chenzi has taken on another disciple, and I heard he's his eldest disciple!"

"The eldest disciple? Will his other two disciples tolerate that? Won't they start fighting among themselves?"

"So what? He's not only the Pill Emperor, but also one of the successors to the next Pill Hall Master! Who wouldn't fawn over him!"

“What you said makes sense. Even though they are all descendants of great clans, they are still no match for a behemoth like the Pill Hall.”

"I've heard that this Ji Daoyi is only twelve years old, yet his cultivation has already reached the late stage of the Divine Realm. Not only is he cultivating fast, but he is also a true Pill King!"

"Yes, I wonder where the Pill Emperor found such a monstrous disciple! I've never heard of such a person in Zhongzhou."

……

Sitting in the crowd, Ji Dao's lips twitched as he heard the people around him talking about him.

"Dao Yi, they seem to be talking about you. I didn't expect you to become a well-known figure in Zhongzhou in just one year! What do you think they would do if they knew that the person they were talking about behind their backs was among them?" Crescent Moon tilted her head and transmitted her voice with a sly smile.

"If you don't want them to treat you like a monkey, shut up!" Ji Daoyi rolled his eyes at it, somewhat speechless.

If he could, Ji Daoyi would rather remain unknown when he was weak, because now he has no strength to protect himself, and the more famous he becomes, the faster he will die.

As the saying goes, "People fear becoming famous, just as pigs fear growing fat." The stronger a domestic pig grows, the more likely it is to be targeted by its owner and the more likely it is to be slaughtered.

The more famous a person is, the fewer secrets they have to keep in front of others. Their weaknesses are easily analyzed and they become easy targets.

Crescent Moon stuck out her tongue. "Fine, I won't say. It's none of my business anyway."

"Let's hurry up and eat, then we'll explore Shicheng together. We can also check out the jade gambling and see if we can find a bargain!"

Soon, Ji Daoyi and Yueya devoured all the food on the table.

Ji Daoyi took Yueya for a leisurely stroll around Stone City, buying whatever caught their eye.

"Brother Daoyi, I never expected to meet you in a place like Shicheng!"

Suddenly, Ji Daoyi heard a very familiar voice.

"Fatty! What are you doing here? Weren't you in Dan City?" Ji Daoyi was also very surprised.

"As the Holy Son of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, how could I possibly stay cooped up in Dan City all the time? I definitely need to travel around to train and improve my cultivation."

"You're right, I just didn't expect you to come back to Shicheng!"

Wu De smiled mysteriously, "Don't you know that Shicheng is most famous for its jade gambling? One cut to heaven, one cut to hell!"

"I know, I'll be going to Shifang later! What? Did you come to Shicheng just to gamble on stones?"

"Of course. Coming to Shicheng and not gambling on stones is like going to the theater but not watching the play, or going to a brothel but not getting on the bus. What fun would you have in life?"

Ji Daoyi curled his lip, "You always have so many twisted arguments. However, I do have some ideas about jade gambling this time, and I also want to see how jade gambling works!"

"That's perfect! Let's keep each other company! We'll team up and wreak havoc in the stone archway, making them remember the name of Fatty!"

Wu De's voice wasn't loud, but there were quite a few people around who heard his outrageous remarks, and Ji Daoyi naturally distanced himself from him.

"Brother, do you know him? He's so arrogant, thinking he can dominate the jade gambling scene in Shicheng! Doesn't he know whose territory this is?" a passerby asked Ji Daoyi.

Ji Daoyi shook his head. "I don't know him. I just happened to be a little close to him!"

Looking at Ji Daoyi, who had distanced himself from him, Wu De suddenly felt abandoned.

"Brother Daoyi, how could you do this? We agreed to stand together through thick and thin!"

"..."

Ji Daoyi didn't want to get entangled, so he turned around and left!

Guyue Stone Gambling House

The largest jade gambling workshop in Shicheng.

It is also an industry under the Guyue family, the number one jade gambling family in Shicheng.

The Gu Yue family controls 40% of the mineral resources in Stone City, and naturally, they have the most stone mines.

So-called "stone gambling" is nothing more than relying on luck to select stones from the stone workshop that you believe contain good things.

If a professional stone cutter helps you open the stone and you find something more valuable inside, then you've won the gamble; otherwise...

The stones in the stone workshop were mostly those that they had selected and left over, or rather, those that they were unsure whether there were any good stones among them.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that they deliberately placed some valuable stones there.

After all, how can a jade gambling shop keep operating if it's all just waste material? It needs to give those who gamble on jade some hope, right?

"Don't miss out! Top-quality stone, not 998, not 668, only 198 today! Bring home the best stone!"

"A batch of new stones just arrived! Come and see! Master Yi made a fortune cutting stones here last week. Don't you want to be the next Master Yi!"

The closer you get to the Guyue Stone Gambling Area, the more incessant the shouts and calls from both sides of the street become.

Every word was tempting, and Ji Daoyi saw many people take out their money to buy, but not a single person actually made a profit.

"Fatty, why don't you give it a try?" Ji Daoyi nudged Wu De beside him.

"These are all junk, just scams to fool newbies. Don't be fooled by their smiling faces; they're just constantly bragging to strangers. Look at the regular customers, they completely ignore these vendors' shouts."

At this moment, Wu De acted as a guide, constantly explaining things to Ji Daoyi.

"If you're talking about finding good stuff in rough stones, it's usually only in large-scale jade gambling workshops. As for roadside stalls, they just sell discarded materials from those workshops, specifically designed to rip off rich and gullible people."

Ji Daoyi was somewhat impressed, not expecting Wu De to be so familiar with the underlying rules.

"Not bad! Fatty, you know all this information."

"That's right! You wouldn't dare come here to gamble on stones if you didn't have some skill! I've been preparing for this day for a whole day!"

"..."

Guyue Stone Gambling Hall truly lives up to its reputation as the largest stone gambling hall, its area alone is the size of several football fields!

Moreover, it is divided into an outer courtyard and an inner courtyard.

You can wander around the outer courtyard freely, but to enter the inner courtyard, you must have spent over 100,000 stones in the outer courtyard and have assets exceeding 500,000.

"Aren't they afraid that no one will be able to enter the inner courtyard?"

"What are you thinking? If you want to cut out something good, you have to go into the inner courtyard. The stones in the outer courtyard are mostly junk, and most of them are money-losing material. To put it bluntly, they're just there to sell tickets!"

"They could have just robbed us outright, but instead they gave us a bunch of junk!"