The young man with a bruised nose and swollen face flushed, and he waved his fist in excitement. He looked at Qin Yun with a completely different look: "Thank you, Brother Qin Yun!"
Qin Yun smiled: "You're welcome, we are all members of the Qin clan, how can we watch you being bullied by outsiders!"
The age of the two seems to be that Qin Yun is only a few months older than Qin Liren.
But in terms of mental maturity or life experience, Qin Liren is really far behind Qin Yun.
Qin Liren was silent for a moment and whispered: "If it were someone else, they might not be able to help me like this."
He and the disciples from the Foreign Affairs Hall who came with him could not speak to each other, and they had no friendship at all.
Qin Yun didn't know what to say about this question, so he reached out and handed over the animal skin bag given by the young man in white shirt: "Is this the piece of jade you want?"
The animal skin bag is not big, but it is heavy and heavy.
Qin Liren took it, opened the bag and poured out a yellow-brown stone, and sighed.
"Is this jade?" Qin Yun suddenly became angry: "I was fooled, let's go back to find that guy to settle the score!"
This stone is no more than the size of a fist, and its surface is rough and covered with dark yellow moss. It looks like an ordinary stone fished out of the river, with no trace of white jade at all.
So Qin Yun's first feeling was that he had been tricked by the boy in white shirt.
"Brother Qin Yun..." Qin Liren quickly pulled him back: "This is the piece of jade I have my eye on!"
"Ah?" Qin Yun was stunned.
But after listening to Qin Liren's explanation, he realized that he had made a joke.
The so-called rough jade is a jade stone that has not been polished or carved and remains in the same state as when it was first mined. Under the yellow-brown skin, there may be a piece of fine jade.
Of course, the greater possibility is that there is nothing in it. This is the so-called gambling, and the bet is on the buyer's vision and luck.
In Lantian County, the tradition of gambling has a long history. Those who are lucky may become rich overnight by gambling, or they may lose everything in an instant, but there are still many people who are addicted to it.
"Except for some of the rough stones mined by our Qin family from the mines, which are processed in the city, the rest of the rough jade with good quality is sent back to Qianchao City for auction." Qin Liren explained: "Several hundred kilograms or thousands of kilograms of rough stones are collected.
Yes, the good ones can be auctioned for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!"
A rough stone with unknown contents was sold for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! Qin Yun couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"Lantian jade is well-known in Kyushu. The top-grade white jade is extremely valuable. If the top-grade spiritual jade is sold, you can't even buy it with money!" Qin Liren said: "I think this rough jade is in good condition and I want to buy it to gamble on my luck.
, didn’t expect them..."
He put the jade in his hand back into Qin Yun's hand: "Brother Qin Yun, you won this back, how can I take it!"
Qin Yun didn't understand jade at all and wanted to refuse.
But seeing Qin Liren's sincere eyes, his heart moved: "Then I'll stay."
"Wait a minute when we go back to our place, and I'll help you break the rocks and see what your luck is like!" Qin Liren had a joyful smile on his face.
However, when he smiled, he stretched the muscles on his face and grinned.
Qin Yun couldn't help but smile, took out a bottle of healing pill from his arms and handed it over: "This is a top-grade healing pill, take it!"
Qin Liren also has the healing pill, but it is only a low-grade one. The high-grade healing pill can only be obtained by using family merit.
Holding the white porcelain medicine bottle in his hand, Qin Liren was moved, and a thought came to his mind uncontrollably: "Brother Qin Yun, I will follow you from now on!"
Qin Liren comes from Dongshui City in Qinghe County. He has a very low status in the local Qin family and is often bullied because of his personality.
Entering the Qianchao Qin Clan can be said to be his only chance to change his destiny, and he usually works extremely hard.
However, although his talent is not bad, he has no background, no connections, and little money. He cannot afford to buy pills. So far, he is only at the first level of Qi refining.
Qin Haishan, who used to be kind to him, became very alienated from him after he moved closer to Qin Jun. Therefore, Qin Liren was in a difficult situation in the foreign affairs hall and was not favored by others.
If this continues, it will be difficult for him to pass the new promotion assessment in half a month, and he will be more likely to be kicked out by the Qin family at the end of the year.
Qin Liren absolutely didn't want to return to Dongshui City and be ridiculed, but he didn't know what to do.
Tonight, Qin Yun helped him get out of trouble and gave the arrogant young man in white a lesson. This made Qin Liren feel grateful as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
Even if he is a subordinate of Qin Yun who is ordered around, he is willing to do so!
Qin Yun did not understand Qin Liren's complicated thoughts, but he could see Qin Liren's excitement.
So he reached out and patted the other party's shoulder and said with a smile: "We are fellow tribesmen, and it is our duty to help each other. If you are not afraid of offending Qin Wenbing and Qin Jun, we can be friends."
"I have nothing to be afraid of!" Qin Liren said without hesitation.
In the past, he would have been afraid of characters like Qin Haishan and would not dare to talk to Qin Yun, but after what happened at night, this young man with a somewhat cowardly personality finally understood.
Only strength is the most important!
Without strength, others would ignore him if he tries to flatter him. With strength, he can easily trample his opponents under his feet!
"Then we are friends!" Qin Yun laughed.
He had no one he could talk to in the Foreign Affairs Hall, so it would be nice to have one more friend he knew.
The two of them returned to the Muyang Dao Branch Hall together.
Qin Liren found a short knife out of nowhere and couldn't wait to help Qin Yun break the stone.
His father was running a jade jewelry business in Dongshui City. He had been familiar with jade since he was a child, otherwise he would not go out alone to buy jade at night.
Qin Yun was also a little curious, so he had no objection.
In his room, Qin Liren fixed the original stone on his desk and carefully cut off the surface of the stone with a short knife.
The outer skin of raw jade is very hard, and it is difficult for ordinary people to break it unless they use special tools.
After all, Qin Liren is a warrior in the Qi Refining Realm. Even if the tools at hand are not suitable for use, a thin layer of the yellow-brown skin is slowly peeled off under his blade.
What is exposed inside is still made of stone, and there is no trace of white jade at all.
However, Qin Liren was not discouraged and continued to cut deeply.
About half an inch deep into the original stone, when the blade broke through another layer of stone, a thrilling red color was revealed.
"His!"
Qin Liren took a breath of cold air, with a strange look in his eyes, and the speed of the sword suddenly accelerated.
The outer stone skin was peeled off layer by layer, and amid the flying dust, the inner core of the jade was gradually revealed.
In the end, what was presented to the two of them was a piece of red jade the size of a goose egg.
Under the illumination of the desk light, this piece of red jade exudes an almost eerie red light, but its surface still maintains the delicate texture of jade.
If you look carefully, you can faintly see that there seems to be slurry flowing inside the red jade, which gives people a very strange feeling.
"This...this is..." Qin Liren looked at it directly, his eyes dull and incoherent: "Bet, the bet has gone up, it has gone up a lot!"
Qin Yun, who didn't understand jade, could tell that this should be a good piece of jade, but he was far less excited than Qin Liren. He smiled and said: "It seems that your taste is not bad. Fortunately, there is no cheap guy!"
Qin Liren's face changed a few times, he took a few deep breaths, and his eyes became clear again.
"Brother Qin Yun, this is not an ordinary spiritual jade, but a red blood marrow jade!"
Spiritual jade is a top-quality jade that contains the spiritual power of heaven and earth, but it also has different types. The top one is the five-color divine jade, which is extremely rare and rare.
Under the five-color sacred jade are four colors of marrow jade, namely red blood marrow jade, yellow dragon marrow jade, purple shadow marrow jade and black ink marrow jade, which are also extremely valuable.
The next first grade is ordinary spiritual jade, which is divided into common grade, top grade and top grade.
But even ordinary spiritual jade is a rare good thing that is difficult to exchange for ordinary gold and silver. Top-grade and top-grade spiritual jade can be used as the treasure of many shops, and most of them are owned by wealthy sects.
As for the red blood marrow jade, even if it is the treasure of the Qin family, it is no exaggeration!
After listening to Qin Liren's explanation, Qin Yun realized how precious this piece of red jade was.
"Since it's so good, let's sell it at the auction house after we go back, and the money we get will be divided between the two of us!"
"Don't!" Qin Liren's expression changed drastically: "Brother Qin Yun, if you take out this piece of red blood marrow jade, I'm afraid you will be killed!"
He put the red blood marrow jade back into the animal skin bag and handed it to Qin Yun solemnly: "I once heard my father say that someone suffered a disaster because of a piece of yellow dragon marrow jade hidden in his family!"
"Those auction houses are backed by big families and powerful forces. With our current insignificant status and strength, we have no ability to keep this piece of marrow, so this matter must not be known to a third person."
"Brother Qin Yun, I know that you are devoted to swordsmanship. If you can become a disciple of the Tiancheng Sword Sect in the future, then this red blood marrow jade will be your best way to advance!"
"I will completely forget what happened tonight. If anyone asks about it in the future, I will only say that what I got was a piece of waste stone."
Seeing Qin Liren's expression so serious, Qin Yun also felt the seriousness of the matter.
The man is not guilty of harboring the jade. If the red blood marrow jade is really a treasure that everyone is fighting for, then hiding it deeply is the wisest choice. After all, he is just an insignificant person now.
However, Qin Yun also has many secrets in his body. The Heaven-Mending Stone and the Great Freedom Sword Technique are all more valuable than the Red Blood Marrow Jade. One more piece of Red Blood Marrow Jade is really not that much.
Seeing Qin Yun solemnly put away the red blood marrow jade, Qin Liren breathed a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.
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