Chapter 0372: Princess Dream Shu

Chapter 0372: Princess Dream Shu

Qin Yun knew that the jade material the big guy mentioned was the raw stone of Life Trace Crystal Jade. The stone needed to be cut open to determine the grade of the Life Trace Crystal Jade inside.

It was usually difficult to detect what was inside the raw stone, so before it was cut, no one knew the grade of the Life Trace Crystal Jade inside.

However, it was certain that there was Life Trace Crystal Jade inside, and even the worst would be a first-grade Life Trace Crystal Jade.

Many forces that dealt in Life Trace Crystal Jade often put up some seemingly good raw stones for sale, and the prices were usually high.

But most of the time, these raw stones would yield high-grade Life Trace Crystal Jade.

When Qin Yun was in the Borderlands before, there was a similar game called "gambling on stones," but those were ordinary jade stones mainly used for decoration.

Here, however, the stones were cut to reveal Life Trace Crystal Jade, which was very helpful for martial cultivation.

"I'm not interested!" Qin Yun didn't want to get involved in this. He had more important things to do—he needed to purchase Purple Frost Xuan Grass.

"That's for the best! I've been around here for years and have seen many nobles gamble their fortunes away!" The man laughed. "But still, it's worth watching for the excitement. I heard that our Hongwu Country's ninth princess is gambling big at the Qiwen Hall!"

Qin Yun was surprised. "The ninth princess?"

The man nodded. "She and the seventh prince were given their titles because they’re favored by Martial King Hong Ying. She holds the title of 'gambling king,' ranking ninth among the ten titled princes and princesses. However, she prefers to be called Princess Meng Shu!"

Qin Yun was a bit astonished that a woman would have such a nickname as the "gambling king."

"What makes her so special?" Qin Yun asked curiously. He would be heading to the Qiwen Hall soon and might encounter this woman.

The man said, "It's said that her martial soul, the Jade Martial Soul, allows her to sense the grade of the Life Trace Crystal Jade inside the raw stones. She's only in her thirties but has already reached the third level of the martial realm. She's gotten a lot of Life Trace Crystal Jade on her own, which is why Martial King Hong Ying took notice of her!"

"Is that true? Those who sell gambling stones must be jealous," Qin Yun thought, finding the ability quite useful for quickly obtaining large amounts of Life Trace Crystal Jade.

The man laughed. "She doesn’t succeed every time. It's said that out of ten stones, she hits the jackpot with two or three. That's still quite good, though. After all, she only goes for high-grade Life Trace Crystal Jade now!"

Qin Yun felt that he needed to buy some Life Trace Crystal Jade for cultivation, but that would require a large amount of purple spirit coins, which he’d need to earn himself.

As he casually chatted with the man, they arrived at the Qiwen Hall.

Qin Yun looked at the Qiwen Hall and felt familiar with the place.

It was similar to the Qiwen Hall in the Imperial City of Tian Qin. Both were huge and spacious, with a villa behind them.

To get in, you had to climb a lot of steps.

In front of the thousands of steps, there was a huge plaza.

In the middle of the plaza, many large stones were set.

Those were the raw stones of Life Trace Crystal Jade!

The crane landed in the plaza. After paying one hundred purple spirit coins, Qin Yun got off the crane and walked toward those huge stones.

Here, several elders and dozens of men were patrolling, guarding the raw stones to prevent theft.

Some raw stones were only the size of a watermelon, while others were several meters tall.

"Princess Meng Shu is here! Yesterday, she cut out eight taels of sixth-grade Life Trace Crystal Jade!" someone shouted suddenly.

Qin Yun immediately walked over and had just gotten close when he heard a familiar voice that was clearly quarreling!

"I saw this first! I touched it first, so it should be mine!" said a white-dressed girl with twin ponytails. Her beautiful face was charming and playful, with a mischievous look.

It was none other than Xiao Yuemei!

Qin Yun didn't expect that Xiao Yuemei would actually be here!

Xiao Yuemei was hugging a large circular stone, her face slightly puffed up as she glared angrily at a red-dressed girl.

The red-dressed girl, shorter than Xiao Yuemei, looked petite and delicate. She was also extremely beautiful, with a delicate, heart-shaped face that was both tender and seductive.

Interestingly, the red-dressed girl also wore twin ponytails.

The red-dressed girl was none other than Hong Mengshu, the famed gambling queen!

"So what if you saw it first? That depends on whether the Elders of the Mystic Pattern Hall will sell it to you!" Hong Mengshu snorted.

"Elder of the Mystic Pattern Hall, come here and settle this, will you sell it to me?" Xiao Yuemei said to one of the elders.

"Well... you did touch it first, but... the highest bidder wins it!" the elder said with a smile. The Mystic Pattern Hall wasn't afraid of the Hongwu Country, so they dared to increase the price at this moment.

Both Hong Mengshu and Xiao Yuemei scoffed in frustration.

"This rough stone was originally 100,000 purple spirit coins, but now whoever bids higher gets it!" the elder said.

The crowd secretly admired the elder's courage for making such a bold move on Hong Mengshu.

This kind of situation was fairly common, and people were used to it.

However, they believed the Mystic Pattern Hall should sell the stone to Hong Mengshu, given that it was on Hongwu Country's territory.

Of course, the Mystic Pattern Hall in Wuhuang feared no sects or martial nations, so they dared to do this.

"200,000 purple spirit coins!" Hong Mengshu smiled faintly, clearly pleased with herself.

"300,000!" Xiao Yuemei snorted.

"500,000!" Hong Mengshu shouted, not expecting the young girl to bid so aggressively.

The crowd was also curious about Xiao Yuemei's identity, wondering who dared to go head-to-head with the gambling queen.

"Seven..."

Before Xiao Yuemei could finish her bid, Qin Yun quickly interjected, "Wait!"

Hearing Qin Yun's voice, Xiao Yuemei was pleasantly surprised and immediately put down the stone, rushing over to him.

"Brother!" Xiao Yuemei happily grabbed Qin Yun's hand.

"Let's not waste the purple spirit coins!" Qin Yun didn't know how Xiao Yuemei had so many purple spirit coins, but he smiled and pinched her cheek.

Xiao Yuemei looked at the rough stone with some reluctance and said, "Brother, I have my eye on that stone. I believe there's a seventh-grade Life Trace Crystal Jade inside, at least three jin!"

A seventh-grade Life Trace Crystal Jade was worth at least 700,000 crystal coins per jin, so three jin would amount to over two million!

"Never mind! Let's go!" Qin Yun said, pulling Xiao Yuemei to leave.

Xiao Yuemei crossed her arms and pouted. "Brother, I'll listen to you and not buy that stone! But I still need to see if there really is a high-grade Life Trace Crystal Jade inside!"

Hong Mengshu was feeling quite smug, having paid five hundred thousand purple spirit coins. She took out an extremely sharp blade and easily cut open the stone.

Inside, there was indeed a Life Trace Crystal Jade. But upon further inspection, there was only one life trace. This was a first-grade Life Trace Crystal Jade.

However, the weight was three catties!

Xiao Yuemei accurately estimated the weight, which was quite impressive.

A first-grade Life Trace Crystal Jade could sell for one hundred thousand purple spirit coins per catty! Three catties would be three hundred thousand.

If Hong Mengshu had bought the stone for one hundred thousand purple spirit coins, it would have been a good deal.

"Little girl, you've got quite the eye?" Hong Mengshu said with a smile as she put away the Life Trace Crystal Jade.

"Old hag pretending to be young, you misjudged this!" Xiao Yuemei said with a smile. "You lost on this purchase!"

Everyone immediately felt nervous for Xiao Yuemei, daring to talk back to Princess Mengshu like that!

Princess Mengshu was in her thirties but looked like a young woman, so there was indeed a sense she was pretending to be young.

"You may look like a little girl, but you're actually at the Martial Dao realm!" Hong Mengshu, clearly hit on a sore spot, said angrily.

"I'm only eighteen, so what?" Xiao Yuemei said proudly, sticking her tongue out at Hong Mengshu.

Reaching the Martial Dao realm before twenty meant one had exceptional talent!

Hong Mengshu had only reached the Martial Dao realm at the age of twenty as well!

Yet Xiao Yuemei in front of her had reached the Martial Dao realm at eighteen, making her even more impressive than Qin Yun!

Qin Yun quickly grabbed Xiao Yuemei’s hand and headed towards the stairs.

"Don't go!" Hong Mengshu shouted urgently. "I don't believe you're only eighteen. If you dare, go to the Qiwen Hall and test your age, I want to see!"

"If you tell me to test my age, I'll just do it?" Xiao Yuemei said playfully. "I'm not going!"

Hong Mengshu stomped her feet in anger. "If you go and test your age, and you really are eighteen, I'll give you one hundred thousand purple spirit coins! But if you're not eighteen, I won't take your purple spirit coins!"

"Alright, I'm not going to pass up on a fool's purple spirit coins. Let's go!" Xiao Yuemei said to Qin Yun with a grin. "Brother, just watch how I earn some purple spirit coins!"

Xiao Yuemei also knew about Qin Yun’s situation at Xuanwu Qitian Mountain, but it wasn't the right time to ask for details.

Qin Yun was also happy to meet Xiao Yuemei here.

Everyone was eager to follow and see, but they knew they couldn’t get involved in this kind of matter.

Hong Mengshu was quite famous here, after all, she was the Gambling King and also the ninth princess of Hongwu Country, frequently visiting the Qiwen Hall.

In the main hall of the Qiwen Hall, there weren’t many people, and those present were there to purchase high-grade spiritual artifacts or talismans.

Hong Mengshu went to the counter and said, "Old Liu, bring out your age-testing device. This girl says she's only eighteen, I don't believe it!"

There was an aura of Great Dao’s power emanating from Xiao Yuemei, an eighteen-year-old at the Martial Dao realm, so Old Liu didn't believe it either!

The old man at the counter quickly took out a disk.

Xiao Yuemei happily placed her jade-like hand on it, and the display showed "eighteen."

Seeing this, Hong Mengshu took a sharp breath, her enchanting face full of surprise.

"See that?!" Xiao Yuemei said triumphantly, sticking out her tongue at Hong Mengshu. "Hurry up and give me ten thousand purple spirit coins!"

Hong Mengshu angrily stomped her feet and took out her coin card, transferring ten thousand purple spirit coins to Xiao Yuemei.

Xiao Yuemei smiled at Qin Yun and said, "Brother, I've earned another ten thousand purple spirit coins!"

Qin Yun gently pinched her cheek and smiled, "You little scamp, you're even better than me!"

"Brother, how could I compare to you? You're a senior Runes Master!" Xiao Yuemei wrinkled her nose and smiled, "You're on a whole different level!"

Hong Mengshu looked at Qin Yun suspiciously and said, "This guy looks pretty young too, probably only about twenty. How can he possibly be a senior Runes Master?"

Qin Yun didn't want to reveal his identity and quickly changed the subject, "Princess Hong, how is your relationship with Hong Yan?"

"Hong Yan? He's my monkey-like younger brother! He's clearly worse than me but is ranked seventh and even calls himself the Flame King? I think Monkey King suits him better!" Hong Mengshu snorted, "Our relationship is okay. Do you know him?"

"I know him too! He lost to me several times in Beiling City!" Xiao Yuemei smiled, "Your brother is really weak!"

Hong Mengshu covered her face, feeling quite exasperated, and sighed, "He's always embarrassing me by losing to a little girl like you!"