Chapter 8 Gambling on Stones

There were no more customers for a while, and seeing that no one was around, Long Xuan closed his stall.

Although there were still seven Xiaoqiang Gu that had not been sold, he had earned six middle-grade spirit stones today, equivalent to six hundred low-grade spirit stones. This was not a small amount for a casual cultivator, and Long Xuan was very satisfied.

With a huge sum of money in his pocket, he finally had the confidence to go shopping on Taobao.

Long Xuan couldn't wait to go deep into the market to find the black iron and the high-grade spirit stone that he had always been thinking about.

However, after a month and a half, how could he come across them again by chance?

Moreover, every Gu cultivator was busy practicing and collecting resources in the wild, so it was impossible for them to set up stalls here every day. Whether they could meet each other depended on luck.

After searching for a while without any results, Long Xuan could only give up in disappointment. It seemed that he did not have the aura of the protagonist.

But it didn't matter. There were so many treasures. If a bunch of new stall owners and new treasures did not flow into the market one day, the treasures would be endless.

If old treasures don't go, new treasures won't come. New treasures that flow in may not be worse than old treasures.

Long Xuan adjusted his mentality and walked towards a shop that occupied an unusually large area.

Some time ago, a new chamber of commerce settled here. It was engaged in the fossil business. There were countless fossils piled up in the yard of the shop.

In this world, there are many sources of spiritual insects, some from wild capture, and some from artificial breeding.

The spiritual medicines in the medicine garden will also breed insects, but only the spiritual insects born from high-grade spiritual medicines are valuable for refining Gu. The insects born from the first-grade spiritual medicines that are common on the street will be killed by insecticide powder.

Some spiritual beasts also parasitize certain spiritual insects, including humans, who may have them innately. They are called innate spiritual Gu. Such people are often geniuses with incredible abilities.

Some spiritual insects come from underground, such as earthworms, mole crickets, ants...

Even hard stones may have insects, and the quality may not be low.

The Earth will enter an ice age every long period of time. In fact, there is also an ice age in this world, and it will be even colder.

During this period, the temperature dropped sharply, and the cold current invaded the whole world. The cold eroded every corner. The entire surface was covered with heavy snow and glaciers. The whole world entered a world of ice, a piece of snow, and a biting cold wind.

So far, the earth will usher in eternal winter, and the earth will no longer usher in a warm day in countless years.

During this period, the surface plants were frozen to death on a large scale, and the earth would no longer produce food. All creatures in the world would either freeze to death or starve to death. All things would be cut off from life. I don’t know how many species will become extinct in the ice age, and there will be very few survivors.

And insects are considered to be the most capable type of life. When the ice age comes, insects all over the world will crawl underground under the leadership of high-level spirit insects and enter a dormant period. At the same time, the surface of the body will be wrapped in a thick layer of stone clothing to isolate the erosion of cold air.

Insects that enter the dormant period will fall into a state of suspended animation, with all body functions stopping. They can go without food or drink, stop consuming energy, and their life span will also be static, so they can survive endless years.

They will not wake up until external factors disturb them, and slowly crawl out of the stone coat. When they come out again, tens of millions or even billions of years may have passed.

And these stones with ancient spirit insects inside are called fossils by Gu Xiu.

The spirit insects in the fossils are too far away from now, and it is very likely that rare species will appear, or even species that have been extinct for countless years. They are of great value, and once discovered, they can easily become rich.

However, it is impossible for all spirit insects to survive the ice age. Most spirit insects will be frozen to death even if they have stone coats to keep warm. There are very few spirit insects that can survive that period.

Therefore, most stones contain dead insects, which have long become real fossils in endless years. Only one stone with living insects remains.

In order to maximize their profits, the forces that control the fossil veins sell all the fossils and transfer all the risks to others. Whether they make a profit or a loss depends entirely on their luck.

As a result, the gambling stone industry that is popular all over the world came into being.

One knife makes you poor, one knife makes you rich, and one knife makes you wear linen. This industry is all about heartbeats.

Although most people lose money, the majority of Gu cultivators still enjoy it, hoping that luck is on their side and they can get rich overnight by opening a heaven-defying insect species. These people are all gamblers.

There are some rules in gambling stones. You can estimate whether there are living insects in the stone by the texture of the stone, so there are many gambling stone masters.

But even the most powerful gambling stone master in the world only has a few more success rates than others. No one can completely judge what is inside the stone, whether it is a dead worm or a living worm.

But today, an exception came into this gambling stone shop.

In Long Xuan's eyes, those stones that cannot see the progress naturally have no worms, while those stones that can see the progress naturally have worms, and the stones with more numbers after the decimal point are better goods.

The good stuff in the gambling stone shop was like being given to him for free.

A smile appeared on Long Xuan's lips, and he continued to cover his face, stepping in confidently.

This gambling stone shop was very large, divided into several large areas. The fossils with good appearance and high worm rate were concentrated in one area and sold at a very high price.

Fossils that are not good looking and more likely to have dead insects are concentrated in another area. This area has the largest area and the fossils in this area are cheaper.

The most people gather in this area, and everyone wants to get a small bargain and pick up a big bargain.

They pick up the fossils and knock and touch them, and study them carefully for most of the day. In the end, they have to suffer from the choice of entanglement. Therefore, although there are many people here, the transactions are not frequent.

The stones are large and small, the small ones are only the size of a fist, and the large ones are four meters high. They are placed in the middle of the courtyard for exhibition and are called the King of Stones. A group of people are watching around, touching this fossil and exclaiming.

Of course, the price of this King of Stones is naturally the highest in the venue. No one dares to buy it, and few people can afford it. It has been placed there. Although there are many onlookers, no one has made a move.

Long Xuan was also surprised by this King of Stones. How afraid of death is this spiritual insect that it can form such a thick stone coat. Such a thick stone coat must not freeze it to death.

Presumably, the insect rate of this stone king will be very high.

Long Xuan subconsciously activated the ability of the golden finger, and as expected, the progress of [82.68732%] was displayed in the middle of the stone king.

Wow, there are five digits after the decimal point, which means that the hidden thing inside may be a top-grade spiritual insect that has matured for more than ten thousand years, and top-grade spiritual insects are essential materials for refining top-grade poisonous insects.

Long Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and his heart was beating wildly.