55: Chapter 55 Jade Gambling

The system is upgrading already? Chi Anlin quickly checked the background messages and discovered that the Ant Queen had actually killed three Mortal Rank Ninth Stage demonic beasts!

The accumulated blood energy had reached one million, and the remaining blood energy was a massive three hundred thousand—enough for him to squander.

And the Ant Queen was also on the verge of breaking through!

He happily squeezed Xiao Xing; aside from this fellow, his other two tamed beasts were quite reliable.

The system had entered the upgrade process, with 12 hours remaining. Chi Anlin suppressed his joy and continued to browse the stone gambling area.

With his current financial resources, 35 first-grade spirit stones could only buy a single raw stone.

The spirit stone mine the Ant Queen harvested in the Lesser Beast Realm contained only Mortal Rank stones. The exchange rate between Mortal Rank spirit stone mines and first-grade spirit stone mines was 100:1. Based on this conversion...

The number of spirit stones the Ant Queen had devoured so far was around fifty thousand...

The entire mining area amounted to 1,500 first-grade spirit stones!

Chi Anlin's teeth itched with envy; the Ant Queen was quite the little rich lady!

Holding his pitiful 35 spirit stones, Chi Anlin walked toward the cheapest raw stones.

"Xiao Xing, take a look at the raw stones priced under 35 spirit stones. Which one gives you the strongest feeling?" Chi Anlin had researched Treasure-Seeking Mice online; generally, they could only vaguely sense the presence of treasures.

These raw stones were very special and couldn't be probed with spiritual power, so it was also difficult for ordinary treasure-seeking demonic beasts to sense the items inside.

But Xiao Xing... setting aside its abilities, it possessed an innate luck attribute.

A numbing sensation came from his belly button again. Chi Anlin's face darkened; this fellow really never learned.

He couldn't be bothered to argue with the little guy now; he would settle the score properly once they got back.

Chi Anlin looked at the raw stone Xiao Xing had chosen. It wasn't very large, and in most people's eyes, it would likely result in a loss.

Price: 30 first-grade spirit stones

Seeing the price, Chi Anlin took a deep breath and said to Xiao Xing, "Feel it again carefully? If this thing makes a profit, I'll buy you cheese sticks. They're very expensive; I'd have to slay several First Realm Demonic Beasts to afford them."

cheese sticks?

Inside his clothes, Xiao Xing tilted its head. Although it didn't know what they were, if a stingy miser like Chi Anlin was willing to pay such a high price to buy them...

It had to have two!

So, it reached out its claws and poked Chi Anlin's belly button twice.

"Fine, two then. Are you sure?" Chi Anlin took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and smiled warmly within his sea of consciousness.

After confirming there was a treasure in the raw stone, Chi Anlin said to the staff member, "I'll take this raw stone."

"Certainly, sir. That will be 30 first-grade spirit stones in total." The employee looked at Chi Anlin and immediately stepped forward enthusiastically to pick up the stone.

Chi Anlin didn't have the fluctuations of a cultivator, but the aura of the dharma treasures on him was unmistakable.

He was likely another wealthy young master out for a stroll.

With a thought from Chi Anlin, thirty spirit stones emitting a faint luster appeared on the table. Seeing this, a flash of surprise crossed the employee's eyes, and his expression became even more enthusiastic.

"Excuse me, sir, would you like us to cut this raw stone open for you?"

Chi Anlin thought for a moment and nodded. "Cut it open."

Having come to the stone gambling area, he naturally wanted to make a huge profit, but Chi Anlin wouldn't let it go to his head too much to avoid drawing unwanted attention.

"Certainly, please wait a moment."

Following the staff to the stone-cutting machine, an old master took the raw stone. After examining it carefully, he began to lightly grind it with the machine.

Seeing the stone skin being ground away layer by layer, Chi Anlin also felt a bit nervous. His gold ring wasn't like those in novels that allowed him to see inside directly, so he didn't know exactly what was in there either.

There were quite a few people gambling on stones nearby. Seeing Chi Anlin's attire and the appearance of the raw stone, they couldn't help but shake their heads and continue picking their own stones.

A spoiled son of a wealthy landlord.

Soon, the stone was cut open, and a very familiar pale white color appeared in Chi Anlin's vision.

Appraisal

[Name]: second-grade spirit stones

[Description]: A stone containing spiritual energy; it can be used with cultivation techniques to absorb spiritual power.

"Sir, it's a piece of unrefined second-grade spirit stone ore. We can exchange it for two second-grade spirit stones here," the staff member said to Chi Anlin, raising an eyebrow.

Two second-grade spirit stones? Chi Anlin breathed a sigh of relief; he had made a huge profit.

Two second-grade spirit stones could be exchanged for 200 first-grade spirit stones, which meant he had just earned 17 million in one go.

Such a huge profit!

"Alright." Chi Anlin nodded. Although he hadn't uncovered any divine artifacts or miraculous medicines like in those novels, if he used his head, he'd realize these stones had already been screened; the good ones were mostly kept for internal use.

After exchanging the spirit stone ore for two second-grade stones, Chi Anlin continued to browse. Now he had the money to buy more expensive raw stones.

With his first experience under his belt, Chi Anlin quickly selected two raw stones priced at 50 first-grade spirit stones and one priced at 40.

In reality, only the one with the poorest appearance contained something good; the others were empty stones.

If he succeeded every single time, someone would probably come looking for him to "have a chat."

But Chi Anlin's worries were clearly unnecessary. As the largest chamber of commerce in Lin City, the Jinyuan Chamber of Commerce had seen everything. As long as Chi Anlin didn't make a massive profit five or six times in a row, they generally wouldn't pay him any mind.

Those who had just noticed Chi Anlin opening a stone looked over with interest, wondering if this lucky rich kid could keep his streak going.

Soon, the first two raw stones were cut open, and everyone wore expressions that said, "Just as I thought."

"Another wealthy kid who hasn't been beaten down by society yet, doesn't know when to quit," Wang Ming said sourly from the crowd.

He had noticed Chi Anlin from the start; this guy actually had a space ring!

If it weren't for the defensive dharma treasures on his person and the rules of the Hua Kingdom, he probably would have already gone up to kill him and seize his treasures.

In the Otherworld, if someone was killed, there was a high probability the killer would never be found. After all, in such a place, death was just death, and it was rarely investigated.

Without concrete evidence, one didn't have to worry about vendettas within the borders of the Hua Kingdom.

Unless one encountered some high-realm cultivators...

While he was inwardly cursing the injustice of the world, Wang Ming saw the third raw stone Chi Anlin had chosen being opened.

"Holy crap!"

Amidst the pile of debris, a cultivation manual emerged.

Wang Ming's eyes instantly turned red. These raw stones were all mined from an Otherworld; anyone would know the preciousness of a cultivation manual that could be preserved within a stone for so long.

On the other side, Chi Anlin's eyes lit up instantly.

[Appraisal failed. Please increase your strength or upgrade the system.]