Thinking of gambling stones, isn't this what Little Bai excels at? She can find spirit stone mines hidden in the deep sea, let alone these small rough stones! Ju Xun called out to her brother and Little Bai. They were enthusiastically picking out gems.
"This one, this one, I want them all. This one can be for sister, this one for dad..." Little Bai's imposing voice carried over.
"Little Bai, come with sister to search for treasures, don't look anymore, hurry!" Ju Xun's voice was filled with excitement.
"What is it, sister? Where are the treasures?" Hearing his sister's voice, Little Bai hurried over. His sister's voice was filled with excitement, so there must be something fun. The attendants behind carried the gems Little Bai had chosen and followed. Qu Biyao beckoned and instructed them to wrap them up first.
Feng Chu shook his head. His Divine Venerable was becoming more down-to-earth. These mere mortal treasures had such appeal to her! She was practically playing.
If Ju Xun knew what Feng Chu was thinking, she would surely blast him. Her spatial dimension had been upgraded not too long ago, and two top-grade spirit stone mines had been completed. This suddenly made Ju Xun feel her purse was light. If she hadn't thought that spirit stones would be useless after ascending, she wouldn't have been willing to sell her shares in the hot pot city. She also wished she could be like a Divine Venerable, detached from worldly affairs, but back then, she had a super-rich father, so what was there to fear? Now, she had been tempered and reborn from worldly affairs. Things had changed, and being a Divine Venerable was nothing great, being pure and abstinent, and very boring. Now, to ask her to give up Hua Xia cuisine alone was impossible.
But these gems and beautiful jade were different. Fairies in the upper realm also loved beauty. If she bought more of these beautiful jades and designed them into beautiful jewelry, she could sell them at an exorbitant price in the upper realm, wouldn't that be an easy way to earn immortal stones? Ju Xun became more and more excited as she thought about it.
Qu Biyao, upon their first meeting, had thought this fairy was aloof and noble, but at this moment, she felt quite similar to herself. She also enjoyed gambling stones. The sense of accomplishment when she struck it rich was incomparable to anything else.
Everyone came to the third floor, and indeed, it was a world of its own. Rows of shelves filled with treasure were laden with raw gemstones of all colors, a dazzling array. There were also many dull, gray stones that looked unremarkable. Ju Xun suppressed her excitement with all her might, her eyes scanning the shelves with great interest. At the same time, she activated her Healing Eye, which was her ultimate cheating weapon. Little Bai also took a turn and then transmitted to Ju Xun, "Sister, there's something sparkly inside all of these. Let's buy them all, I like them."
Ju Xun was greatly surprised. She had only looked at a few rows of shelves with her Healing Eye, which consumed spirit energy, so it wasn't fast. Little Bai had only taken a turn and finished looking?
"Wuwu, are you sure, all of these have gems inside?"
"Sister, I'm sure. Most of the sparkly ones are like the ones sold downstairs, but some seem familiar to me, and the spirit energy they emit is different from this world. However, I feel very comfortable." Little Bai pointed to a stone and transmitted to Ju Xun. Ju Xun used her Healing Eye to look at that stone. She found it misty and unclear. When she looked again, she realized a domineering yet gentle force was repelling her. Ju Xun was shocked. What was this? Was this immortal spiritual energy? Could this be an immortal stone? No wonder she hadn't discovered it. How could the spiritual energy of the cultivation world compare to immortal spiritual energy? Divine beasts truly had astonishing talent, absorbing immortal spiritual energy even before ascending.
Ju Xun's heart moved, and she decided to unravel it to investigate. How could there be immortal stones in the mortal world?
"Miss Qu, do you have a stone cutter here?" Ju Xun decided to cut it open on the spot. She casually pointed to the gray stone under the shelf.
"Of course, fairy. Are you looking to cut a stone? We can arrange it immediately!" Qu Biyao looked at the stone in the corner, wondering why she would choose that particular stone. But she didn't say much. Sometimes, the unremarkable could yield great fortune; this was not uncommon in the world of gambling stones. Everyone's destiny was so subtly arranged.
It was a great loss. Qu Biyao led everyone to a dark room. It turned out that the stone cutters' workspace was just on the other side of the wall on the third floor.
Feng Chu saw the exchange of glances between Little Bai and Ju Xun, knowing something was amiss. He also transmitted curiously, "Divine Venerable, is there a treasure?"
"If I'm not mistaken, this inside is an immortal stone?" Ju Xun stared intently at the stone cutter's actions, not blinking.
"Really?" Feng Chu was shocked and also turned to watch the cutting.
The others looked at the two of them, their curiosity piqued. They knew that their fairy was so cautious, she must have discovered something good.
When the stone cutter opened a window and removed the outer layer of the stone, revealing a bit of the inner material, a trace of immortal spiritual energy, different from spirit energy, emanated. It sent a thrill through Feng Chu and Ju Xun. They exchanged a glance, confirming that it was indeed an immortal stone. However, Qu Biyao and the others felt nothing and instead sighed with regret.
"Fairy, looking at this window material, it should be the most unremarkable ink jade." Qu Biyao, based on her experience, had revealed a bit of grayish-black inner material and concluded it was worthless.
"It's fine, open it all up, remove the stone skin." Ju Xun was unconcerned.
When the stone cutter removed all the stone skin, it revealed a fist-sized piece of stone, neither black nor gray. It was indeed an immortal stone, but how could there be an immortal stone in the cultivation world?
Qu Biyao saw Ju Xun's strange expression and thought the fairy was disappointed. She wanted to comfort Ju Xun:
"Fairy, this kind of jade is very hard and cannot be made into any jewelry. It can only be for appreciation, so many people consider it waste material, but it still has collection value."
"Miss Qu, you mean you have cut a lot of this waste material?" Ju Xun was surprised. Immortal stones being treated as waste material in the lower realm was something no one would have expected.
"Yes, that's right. Most of the stones washed out from the Motu River in Dushan recently are like this. The last batch of goods was stuck in my hands."
"I, however, like it very much. Miss Qu, why don't you take us to see it?" Feng Chu interjected.
"Of course, it's in the room next door." Qu Biyao was happy in her heart. Finally, this waste material would be sold. It would be a long, long time before she ascended to the upper realm and learned the truth, and then she would regret it terribly.
Ju Xun and Feng Chu exchanged a quick glance, then said to Miss Qu, "Lead the way. I like to collect strange things, the stranger the better."
Steward Zhu and the others were surprised that Young Master Feng liked peculiar things but said nothing. Everyone has a little quirk, it's understandable! Only Qi Mo's lips twitched. He felt his master was tricking someone, but he didn't want to say it. Because he also felt that spiritual energy, different from the current spiritual power, after being absorbed by the body, domineeringly pushed the spirit energy in his dantian aside, and that special spiritual energy occupied his entire dantian.
Qu Biyao used her spiritual energy to open the array formation for the storeroom. Inside were all her gemstones. Feng Chu and Ju Xun and the others entered a room of seventy to eighty square meters. Inside, it was dazzling with pearls and shining gems, and the unprocessed gemstones almost blinded everyone's eyes. And in the last huge box, even the calm Feng Chu was stunned by the entire box of immortal spiritual stones inside...