"Lang Jun, come and see the rough stones. The rough stones I have here are all mined from the old pits of Wushan. Each one is carefully selected to ensure that we can get the best jade!"
"Take a look, these rough stones of mine are all old tricks..."
Rough stone market.
As soon as I entered, I felt a little deserted. There were more people doing business than watching.
Raw stones are uncut jade, and no one knows what is inside. What you buy depends entirely on your luck.
This is similar to the stone gambling on Blue Star, with almost the same rules.
People love beautiful jade, so naturally some people venture to the depths of Wushan to mine it. Of course, Wushan is not the only place in the world that produces beautiful jade.
But only Wushan jade has the smoothest texture. It is not only suitable for carving, but also has many functions. This is unmatched by jade produced in other places.
Therefore, the rough stones produced in Wushan are the most expensive, and the prices of rough stones from other places will not be too high unless top-quality jade is produced.
Buying rough stones is like gambling.
Buying rough stones is not only for gambling, but also for personal use. Those who buy rough stones for personal use are those who do jade business, and the other type is those who serve as spiritual servants.
Spirit attendants can use jade to make an object that can accommodate "spiritual arts", usually in the form of jade pendants and jade tablets, collectively referred to as jade talismans.
The lineage that can make jade talismans is called the Spirit Talisman Sect among the spirit servants, and this sect is the richest in the Spirit Serving Hall.
Because the jade talismans they make are in short supply in the market, most warriors will buy one or two to save their lives at critical moments...
To go a long way, Luo Xing came to the rough stone market just to pick out a piece of rough stone, go back and carve a jade plaque for Ji Yu'er, and give Ji Yu'er a place to stay. He never thought about gambling on stones.
The ones placed outside by the sellers are basically not of good quality, and they even use rough stones from other places to pass off as Wushan rough stones.
It was Luo Xing's first time and he had little experience, so he followed the others and walked around, looked around, and then slowly selected rough stones based on his experience in his previous life.
He doesn't like big ones, not that big ones are bad, but because he doesn't have many ghost coins left in his hands, and he can't afford big ones.
Ji Yuer requested that it must be white jade, preferably the finest mutton-fat jade with a heart of chalcedony.
White jade is hard to find, and a white jade heart is even harder to find. Chalcedony with chalcedony is of the highest quality, and a chalcedony as big as your thumb is worth tens of thousands of gold.
Chalcedony basically exists in the heart of jade. If there is a heart of jade, there may not be chalcedony. Even chalcedony as big as a grain of rice can make the value of a piece of jade skyrocket a hundred times.
This is difficult to find.
This kind of rare item is hard to find even in the Luojing Jade Market, and it has a high price but no market.
There were a few pieces that Luo Xing took a fancy to, and they were of good quality. He did not ask Ji Yuer to take action, but judged based on his own experience that there should be some stuff inside.
However, the price of rough stones here is not cheap. He really doesn't have enough budget, and he can't go to Fanlou anymore, otherwise he will be blacklisted.
If it doesn't work, give it a try first.
Luo Xing picked a small piece of material that he liked, bargained for a price, and spent fifteen ghost coins to buy it. He went directly to the workshop where the material was cut, spent one ghost coin, and asked the other party to open the material.
This is much more expensive than outside. There is no other way. If you want to cash out in the ghost market, you have to accept his pricing here.
The masters who cook the ingredients in the ghost market are naturally professional. If the customer doesn't tell them how to cook, they will do it based on their own experience. But if the customer asks how to cook, they generally won't mess with the customer. After all, they have spent money.
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Luo Xing used charcoal to draw a line on the original stone.
The master who opened the material didn't say anything. It's not his own stuff anyway, so what's inside it has nothing to do with him.
The so-called cutting is to use a very thin silk thread. Luo Xing can't tell what the specific material is. Then apply a layer of black grease, then put the original stone in the water, fix it with a clamp, and follow the Luo Xing.
The position of Xing's charcoal drawing began to push and pull rapidly.
This speed has completely reached the limit that human eyes can observe, and is simply comparable to a chainsaw.
No wonder after the rise of martial arts, humans themselves can replace many machines, and naturally there is no motivation to develop science.
In less than a stick of incense, a rough stone opened up. After being washed in water, the true face of the cut surface was revealed.
"Congratulations, sir, it's a piece of jade." The cutting master was very happy. After all, the more good materials he can produce, the more people will come to him for cutting, and the more he can earn.
"Master, do you accept it?" Luo Xing asked. He saw a notice saying "Accepting Jade" on the plaque at the door.
"Collect it, collect it, how much does Mr. Lang want to sell?"
"You give me a price and I'll sell it if I think it's suitable."
"How about a hundred?"
"A hundred is a hundred, just treat it as a friend of the master." Luo Xing estimated that if this piece of jade was sold on the market, it would only cost one hundred and twenty ghost coins at most. The price given by the master who opened the material
It's quite reasonable.
"Okay, from now on, Mr. Lang will come to cut the ingredients. Small ingredients under five kilograms will be free of charge!" The master who cut the ingredients was very happy and agreed immediately.
Although Luo Xing is a stranger, luck is the most difficult thing to say when betting on rough stones. If you are lucky, you can get jade out of just buying a piece of scrap material. If you are unlucky, no matter how good the material is, it can be scrapped.
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Luo Xing successively opened another seven or eight yuan of materials, some of which increased and some fell, but in general, the ones that increased were sold to the masters who opened the materials. After a while, he made thousands of ghost coins.
If you don’t touch the big stuff, you may earn more, but you may also lose everything.
He still couldn't find the ingredients he wanted, so he thought he'd forget it today. Good ingredients are hard to come by, and if he couldn't find them today, he'd just come back next time.
Just as he was about to leave, he stumbled and pulled out a rough stone.
He really wanted to kick it away. What value could this kind of waste stone throw on the ground that no one wanted?
"Lang Jun, don't move. I feel very strongly about this stone!" Ji Yu'er suddenly said in Luo Xing's mind.
"Is this a piece of waste?" Luo Xing was also a little surprised. There were obviously cutting marks on the stone and it was thrown away as waste.
"But it gives me a different feeling. Pick it up and take it back." Ji Yu'er said.
Luo Xing hesitated for a moment. Seeing that no one was paying attention around him, he bent down and picked up the scrap stone in his hand. He weighed it and found that it was not big in size and heavy in weight.
Then he put it into his back pocket. He didn't intend to open the stone. Since Ji Yu'er thought it was something, he should trust her and go back and open it by himself. It wouldn't take much effort.
"The place where you hide your tokens is in Fan Tower?"
"Yes, I had an identity before and stayed in Fanlou for a while." Ji Yuer said.
"Can outsiders stay in the Ghost Mayor?" Luo Xing was a little surprised. This was completely different from what Hong Ying told him.
"Of course outsiders can't do it, but all the major forces have properties and stations in the ghost city, so the people they station can naturally stay for a long time." Ji Yu'er pursed her lips and chuckled.
Luo Xing understood that the ghost market could exist because not only the secular political power, but also Jianghu forces and religious sects were involved.
Everyone can profit from the ghost market, this is the way to go.
If there really is such a force that can control the ghost market, I am afraid that neither the Five Holy Lands nor the courts around the world will allow it.
How can we allow others to sleep peacefully beside this couch?
The reason couldn't be simpler.
So the ghost market Fanlou is actually the Holy Land Demon Sect. Then the First Auction House, Qixing Pavilion, Confucius Tower, and Dark Fire all have powerful forces behind them?
And what is the role of the ghost city manager "Ksitigarbha"?
It was just that he had not been exposed to these secrets before, but now that he was exposed to them, his curiosity naturally aroused.
"It seems that Lang Jun doesn't know much about the ghost market?" Ji Yu'er saw that Luo Xing was like a blank sheet of paper to the ghost market and was completely unfamiliar with the situation.
"I've only been here once." Luo Xing has nothing to hide. It's not a glorious thing to make someone look fat.
"Lang Jun, this ghost market was actually jointly created by the Five Holy Lands and the Twelve First-Rank Sects. Since ancient times, the Five Holy Lands and the Twelve First-Rank Sects have not remained unchanged, but the number has not changed. It is because of the existence of the ghost market.
The interests of the city are determined, and it can only be this number. The five sects alone account for 40% of the interests of the ghost city, and the twelve sects account for 60%. Every twenty years, the five holy places will elect a person.
Come to serve as the talker of the ghost market..." Ji Yu'er was trained as a descendant of the Demon Sect. She was naturally exposed to these secrets. She even stayed in Luojing Ghost Market for a long time. Otherwise, how could she hook up with that Xiao Tianyou?
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"Our holy sect has the Sifang Hall and the main hall. I come from the main hall. I was sent to the Great Zhou Dynasty to practice. The ghost market is one of my places to stay. Fan Tower is the property of my holy sect in the ghost city, but I
I have been missing for thirty years. The Holy Sect has probably dismissed me as dead, and Fan Lou should have revoked my position. However, it doesn't matter, as long as they can get the seal certificate I hid.
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"I'm curious, what are you doing in Fanlou? Qing Guo Ren, it seems that the ghost market Fanlou doesn't say this?" Luo Xing asked.
With Ji Yuer's identity, it is impossible for her to apologize for serving the guests. It is possible for her to be a dancer and a musician. Can she lower her figure as a bustard?
Fanlou is a place where people eat, drink, play, and have materialistic desires, which is in line with the Demon Sect's consistent teaching of "liberating nature."
"Botou."
"You do blogging in a casino?" Luo Xing was a little surprised. A young girl can do blogging in a casino, but it would be impossible without two hundred brushes.
You must know that the casinos in the ghost market are not dealing with ordinary gamblers. They may be gamblers with first-class gambling skills who cannot hold their own and may be kicked out in minutes or even disappear forever.
Of course, with Ji Yuer's identity, it is impossible for her to disappear, but if she loses too ugly at the gambling table, will she still have the nerve to stay in Fanlou?
"The station I'm in charge of earns 100,000 ghost coins a month!" Ji Yu'er said proudly.
"I made 100,000 in one night at Fanlou Casino." Luo Xing chuckled. It was not that he deliberately hit Ji Yu'er, but that he was stating a fact.
"Blow it, you!" Ji Yu'er definitely didn't believe it. This was only the second time. Could it be that as a newcomer, you dared to go to Fanlou to gamble for the first time and won a hundred thousand ghost coins?
"I'm afraid they won't let me enter the casino." Luo Xing said. If he were to be on Fan Lou's blacklist, someone would probably stop him as soon as he entered the casino.