Chapter 296 Ugly Stone
Due to the particularity of spirit stones, the trading method of spirit stone public trading actually draws on the public trading model of jade or jade that is also restricted in transactions.
The so-called public trading is a centralized transaction, and in addition, it is considered illegal and smuggled.
Like the jadeite raw stone publication, this spirit stone publication is also divided into free trading areas and auction areas.
Bai Xiao followed Bai Zhendong to the entrance of the public board, showed the invitation letter and entered the interior. The first thing he saw was a huge piece of stone weighing several tons.
The stone is brown-red and has abrupt and rugged shape, but when you look closer, you will find that it is covered with a thin layer of oil-like protective layer on its surface, which is full of gravel.
"This stone..." Bai Xiao stepped forward in surprise and looked around the strange rock. She could vaguely feel aura. This aura originated from the huge rock in front of her. The feeling was as if the one standing in front of her was not a lifeless stone, but an extremely powerful martial arts master, giving her a strong sense of oppression.
This feeling was so amazing. Bai Xiao felt a little throbbing in his heart. It was like two repulsive magnets fighting each other, but strangely, there was a slight sense of attraction.
Bai Zhendong walked over, looked at the huge stone, and said thoughtfully to Bai Xiao: "This should be a big product for this spirit stone public, which is the so-called market-keeping material." As he said that, he pointed to the nameplate at the bottom of the stone and said, "Brownstone, the spiritual power exploration value of 8,000 points from Shennongjia Xianyan Cave, is a natural top-grade raw stone, with a price of 160 million!"
Bai Xiao also saw this nameplate. She didn't care about weight or something. She could probably understand what the spiritual power value was. It should be a standard for measuring the raw stone, but the price of 160 million was a scare.
A turtle, such a stone is worth 160 million.
She glanced around and found that although this place was the entrance to the public market, there seemed to be a lot of stones like this. Even if they were not as big as the one in front of her, they were not much smaller. In terms of quantity, there were still dozens of dollars.
It can be seen that the total value of the goods displayed on the public market this time must have reached astronomical figures. No wonder the invitation system must be implemented. This is an entry threshold, otherwise, even if other spirit controlers come, they probably cannot afford it.
"Dad, what is the concept of 8,000 points in spiritual power?" Bai Xiao was puzzled and asked.
Bai Zhendong replied: "The spiritual power detection value is a quantitative indicator obtained after detecting the raw stone. Generally, the spiritual power value obtained after a small spiritual field collapses is about 10 to 50 points, and it is about the size of a fingernail after being pure. The spiritual stone in front of me is 8,000 points. If it is completely pure, it is probably as big as a ninth-level magic cube."
Bai Xiao couldn't help but be shocked, with an expression of amazement.
If the Gong Jiawen spiritual field she encountered for the first time was the standard, then the spiritual energy contained in the raw stone in front of her... is equivalent to more than a hundred spiritual fields of that size? No, maybe more than that, after all, the spiritual field she encountered was just a small spiritual field - the kind that she could barely deal with in the middle stage of the Spirit Building Realm. Such a spiritual field should be very low among all spiritual fields, otherwise Lin Chengheyan would let her try it easily?
In other words, the huge stone in front of me is equivalent to hundreds of original spiritual fields?
No wonder it gives people a sense of oppression!
After Bai Xiao was amazed, he followed Bai Zhendong and continued walking in.
After passing through the initial display area, we entered the real trading area. The Bai family members were also diverted into several groups here, led by the elders of the family, and headed in different directions.
Bai Zhendong brought Bai Xiao, Bai Yuchen and Xiaoling. Of course, Bai Yuchen has participated in the spirit stone public auction several times and is already very familiar with the transaction situation here, so Bai Zhendong is more about answering questions and answering questions for Bai Xiao and Xiaoling.
"The transaction area is divided into free trading areas and bidding areas. The free trading area is all scraps of small shipments, with spiritual power detection value between 10 and 500. Similar to a large comprehensive market, it can conduct on-site transactions and even bargaining. These stall owners are also registered free miners. Although they don't have much goods in their hands and are not of high quality, they are better because they are cheap."
Bai Zhendong said, pointing to a huge dock. Below the dock are rows of compact stalls, each stall about two meters square, and a temporary distinction is made with barrier belts. Each stall contains some rough stones of different sizes.
However, in the eyes of Bai Xiao, the stones were simply ugly compared to the materials at the beginning. They were either bumpy and cracked, or they were black and black like they were picked up from a stinky ditch...
"These stones are also raw stones?" Bai Xiao asked with a frown.
Of course, Bai Zhendong knew that his daughter was judging people by appearance, but it was judging stones by appearance. He smiled and said, "Of course it is a raw stone! Like the jade publication, all the spirit stones in the spiritual stone publication must be genuine raw stones. If there is a fake, the merchant will promise to return the goods."
"And the quality of the raw stone is not suspenseful to the experienced insiders, let alone special instruments that can detect the spiritual power of the raw stone... Let's go, let's go and take a look."
"Well, I understand." Bai Xiao nodded.
This is equivalent to clearly marking the price. Everyone can see how much spiritual power they have at a glance and just pay for it.
This somewhat subverted Bai Xiao's previous perception. She thought that the spirit stone publication was like the gambling stones mentioned in the article. The buyer bet on the quality of the original stone and then bought it.
It turns out that this is not the case at all, at least not the kind of plot in it.
Art comes from life but is higher than life. In fact, there is no so-called gambling stone in real jade transactions, because in the real circle of experts, they can see at a glance that there is never a saying of picking up bargains. Moreover, from the circulation channel, the raw stone that reaches the merchant has actually gone through at least three layers of turnover. Only when it is determined that it is absolutely garbage jade material, it will flow to the gambling stone circle.
Back to the topic, Bai Xiao followed Bai Zhendong to the free trading area and watched the ugly raw stones up close. Only then did he find that they also had signs, with spiritual power detection values ranging from 10 to 500, and prices ranging from 5 million to 500,000.
It's indeed very valuable.
No, the 160 million rough stone just now had a detection value of 8,000 points, while these rough stones with a detection value of 500 were only worth 500,000? Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to buy small pieces of rough stone?
Bai Xiao immediately asked his doubts, and Bai Zhendong explained: "The account cannot be calculated like this. The detection value only shows the scale of the spiritual energy contained in the raw stone, but how much of these spiritual energy can be converted into actual use is also related to the origin, internal structure, and even impurity interference of the spirit stone. Sometimes, a rough stone with a slightly lower price and a slightly worse quality is clearly 500 points, but the actual conversion may not be able to use even 50 points. In this way, the price of the raw stone will not be increased."
After saying this, Bai Xiao suddenly understood.
It turns out that spirit stones can be divided into two types: unprocessed "raw stones" and processed "finished products". The latter is the true spirit stones. These stones that are not very good-looking in front of you are naturally the raw stones.
Due to the poor utilization rate of the raw stone, it is tantamount to the use of the spirit controler directly. Therefore, people with expertise in this area often need to refine it first, and then after it is converted into a finished spirit stone, it will be provided to those in need.
After all, the conversion rate of special personnel is high! Just like copper and iron smelting, there are intermediate steps.
In the Bai family, the process of refining is naturally left to Mr. Zong Bai Hongrui.
"Can these be purchased directly?" Bai Xiao pointed to a small stone worth 100,000 yuan.
This stone looks crystal clear, only half a palm-sized, and the spiritual power detection value is only 50 points, but the price is 100,000.
"Of course." Bai Zhendong also glanced at it and nodded slightly.
Just when Bai Zhendong and the seller thought she was interested in this stone and were about to buy it, Bai Xiao said "oh" and turned to look at the other stones.
For the next half hour, Bai Xiao spent the "free trading area" wandering around, constantly asking about the prices of various stones. Gradually, she had a certain basis for the quality of the spirit stones and the price.
The free trading area is a place for practice. Seeing that Bai Xiao had gained some experience, Bai Zhendong smiled with satisfaction: "You can come here to see it later. Next, we should go to the auction area, which is the place where the highlight will be played!"
Bai Xiao: "!!!"
"Oh! Then let's go and see."
Xiaoling urged loudly.
She was not as curious as Bai Xiao, about these ugly stones.
Xiaoling knew that she would definitely not study stones in the future, so why did she figure out these things out?
After accompanying Bai Xiao to look at the ugly stone for so long, she had long lacked interest and wanted to change the place quickly.
Bai Zhendong, Bai Yuchen couldn't help but smile, nodded at Bai Xiao, and the four of them walked towards the so-called auction area.
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(ps: Let's see if you can still come out of the next chapter. Even if there is one, it will be relatively late. Let's read it tomorrow.
In addition, I would like to recommend Zhou Zhou's "Back to the Ming Dynasty and Be a Fool Lord", which is an introduction: Traveling through the Ming Dynasty and becoming the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao. That, I hid behind, take the blame, and I will die.
If you are interested in the Emperor's Writings at the end of the Ming Dynasty, you can't miss the wonderful things!!)
Chapter completed!