Lin Ziyi had no choice but to put it on her wrist. "Alright, I'll wear it every day. Is that good enough?"
The night passed without incident. The next morning, Huang Sandong arrived. He respectfully asked, "King Ye Wu, shall we depart now?"
Ye Tian replied, "No rush. You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Join us."
Huang Sandong quickly said, "I'm not hungry."
Ye Tian paid him no mind and ate breakfast with Lin Ziyi. He then asked Huang Sandong, "Where have all the things unearthed from the melon stones gone over the years?"
Huang Sandong replied, "They've all been collected by people. I've collected a few pieces myself. These items are highly sought after and are worth more than antiques."
Ye Tian asked, "Does Old Wu Liu have many?"
Huang Sandong said, "Naturally, he has a lot. It's said he has an underground treasure vault filled with all sorts of items."
Ye Tian inquired, "Does this Old Wu Liu have any backing?"
Huang Sandong explained, "Old Wu Liu seems to know many remarkable individuals. Monks, Taoists, martial arts masters, and the like often appear in the large compound where he lives. Later, I was drinking with one of Old Wu Liu's confidantes, and after he had too much to drink, he told me that those people were actually coming to trade with Old Wu Liu. That's the real money-making business."
Ye Tian asked, "Oh, really making money? Are they trading the items unearthed from the melon stones?"
Huang Sandong nodded. "That's right. The value of those items is astonishing. For instance, two years ago, Old Wu Liu sold a Bagua disc the size of a palm to a master in Hong Kong for three hundred and seventy million. That master bought the Bagua disc without batting an eye."
Huang Sandong continued, "Old Wu Liu is secretive about his wealth. Others know he has billions, but I estimate his wealth is definitely in the tens of billions."
Ye Tian asked, "What is the usual price of melon stones?"
Huang Sandong replied, "It depends on the quality. Experienced people like Old Wu Liu can generally judge whether a melon stone can yield anything. When he sets a price, cheap ones are only a few hundred thousand to a million, while the most expensive ones are calculated in the hundreds of millions."
Ye Tian remarked, "This Old Wu Liu seems quite extraordinary."
Huang Sandong warned, "King Ye Wu, Old Wu Liu rarely loses when gambling on treasures. You must be very careful."
Ye Tian responded, "It's alright. Let's meet him first."
Not long after, the group headed to Old Wu Liu's estate.
Ye Tian, Liangzi, and Lin Ziyi went ahead to Old Wu Liu's estate. Old Wu Liu had been gambling on treasures for many years and had accumulated a large quantity of melon stones. Sixty percent of the melon stones in Wolf City were in his hands. To facilitate storage and business, he had built a mountain villa called Jubao Zhuang (Treasure Gathering Villa).
Jubao Zhuang covered over a hundred mu, was very spacious, and included gardens and warehouses. Ye Tian and his companions' cars drove to the entrance of Jubao Zhuang. The gatekeeper asked their purpose, made a phone call, and said, "Drive further inside. You'll see a small blue building. Drive there, and someone will receive you."
Liangzi drove the car further inside. After a short distance, they indeed saw a light blue, five-story building. When the car stopped in front of the building, Zhang Jiliang got out and said, "Come out and greet us."
The first floor of the small building had three rooms. A young man, about sixteen or seventeen years old, walked out of the west room. He was playing a game on his phone and asked without looking up, "Gambling on treasures?"
Zhang Jiliang replied, "I heard Mr. Wu has many melon stones. I've come to take a look and buy some to play with. That's right, where is your boss?"
The young man said, "You're doing small business. You don't need the boss to come out."
Zhang Jiliang didn't like hearing that. "What do you mean by small business? How big does it have to be to be considered big business?"
The young man stated, "Over one hundred million."
Zhang Jiliang looked at Ye Tian. Ye Tian said, "We'll start with small bets."
Zhang Jiliang asked, "How do we gamble?"
The young man suddenly exclaimed, "Yes!" He had won his game.
Only then did he put away his phone and say with a smile, "Follow me."
He opened the door to the first room on the left. "The first floor is for living. The second to fifth floors have melon stones. The price of melon stones is the same on each floor. You can choose freely."
Ye Tian and Lin Ziyi had already gotten out of the car. Ye Tian asked, "How much are the melon stones on the second floor?"
The young man replied, "Fifty thousand each, regardless of size. The third floor is one hundred fifty thousand each; the fourth floor is three million each; the fifth floor is ten million each."