C1715 One Slash in Hell One Slash in Heaven(2)
"What did you say?!" When he heard what Jiang Ling said, Tie Yuan's eyebrows immediately slanted upwards as he coldly berated Jiang Ling.
Although Tie Yuan indeed had thoughts of favoring Lin Bai, it was only a bias in his heart. As for the few pieces of ore that he had pointed out to Lin Bai earlier, he hadn't considered that Lin Bai would start a dispute with Jiang Ling and gamble with him. If he had known this in advance, with his personality, he definitely wouldn't have said anything more, not to mention helping Lin Bai plot against Jiang Ling.
Moreover, when this piece of ore was cut open and only one low-grade spirit stone came out, Tie Yuan felt a little disappointed. After all, it was a disappointment that the top-grade ores were not born from his hands. He even felt some sympathy for Jiang Ling. But Jiang Ling's words caused him to cast these thoughts out of his mind in the blink of an eye, leaving behind only the previous disgust.
"Young leader Jiang, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't speak carelessly. "Do you mean that we, the small mountains, have deliberately set a trap for your Spirit Spring Sect? This ore was chosen by you, who did this?" One had to know that these ores were taken out by the small mountain. If Jiang Ling said that Tie Yuan and Lin Bai had jointly scammed him of his money, wouldn't that mean that the small mountain was scampering for his money? If he didn't respond now, it would create an extremely dire situation.
"If it wasn't for them working together, how did the ore end up …" Hearing Gu Taixu's words, Jiang Ling also knew that he had spoken incorrectly. After his words had slightly calmed down, he anxiously asked, "Then why did you take out such a precious item when there was clearly some spiritual sand?"
"Good fortune to the Dao. Who can say what is inside?" Although Tie Yuan wanted to flare up, when he saw Gu Taixu's expression, he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart and continued lightly, "Spirit sand is only one form of raw stone, and even if there is a top grade spirit stone here, it is not without the possibility of a low-grade spirit stone being born. What's rare is …"
"You mean the remaining three pieces should contain top quality spirit stones?" Hearing Tie Yuan's words, Jiang Ling's mind was filled with thoughts of the top grade spirit stones. He looked at Tie Yuan with a joyful expression and asked urgently, wanting to get a definite answer from him.
Tie Yuan shook his head slowly and said lightly, "I have already said, spirit sand is just a manifestation of the ore. It means that the ore has top quality spirit stones that are bigger than the other ores, but as for whether it has them or not, I am not an immortal."
"There must be! There had to be! "With my luck, there is no way that the remaining few pieces could not contain top quality spirit stones!" After which, he looked longingly at Tie Yuan and said, "Senior Tie, quickly help me remove the stone. As long as I can extract the top grade spirit stones from within, I will definitely give you a generous gift that will satisfy you!"
"I'm just a Spirit Master Gu Shan invited, I appreciate Young Master Jiang's kindness. I'm only doing my job, so I don't need to mention anything else." After Tie Yuan heard what he said, he indifferently glanced at Jiang Ling and said with incomparable disgust. After being disturbed like this by this kid, the desire to cut out the top grade spirit stones in his heart had been greatly reduced. He was even secretly wondering why someone like Jiang Ling would be able to cut out the top grade spirit stones with this Spirit Sand, it was as if a bright bead had fallen into the hands of a person like him.
"Don't play if you can't afford it. If you just cut one piece and it goes out of control, won't you go crazy and kill people if not even a feather is cut out of these ores?" It's really rare to find someone else to blame for your bad luck! "
After glancing at Jiang Ling disdainfully, Lin Bai said indifferently with a mocking smile.
He knew that if he were to confront Lin Bai again, he would make the surrounding members of the hidden sects look down on him. With a cold snort, a pleading expression appeared on his face as he said to Tie Yuan, "Senior Tie, the places that junior has offended you earlier, I hope that senior will not take offense. Your subordinate, please be careful."
"Don't worry, even if I can't bear to watch you do it, I won't do anything to the ore." When he heard Jiang Ling's words, Tie Yuan couldn't help but laugh. This brat really had a petty mind. He actually suspected that he was doing something on the ore because of his words. He wasn't suspecting what his professional conduct was, but he immediately felt that Jiang Ling's appearance was even more repulsive.
After he finished speaking, Tie Yuan didn't say anything else. He immediately drew out his jade sabre, the edge of which was like a dragon snake, and moved along one of the three remaining ores. His sabre moved as fast as he could, his movements were extremely familiar.
Jiang Ling let out a small sigh of relief when he saw this. He secretly glanced around and saw that everyone's attention was focused on the ore, not paying much attention to him. Only then did he let out a small sigh of relief.
However, before he could even catch his breath, he nearly died from anger. At this very moment, Lin Bai was sitting calmly on the stage with his legs crossed and an expression of anticipation!
I'll let you be arrogant for a while longer. Let's see if you can still smile after I finish removing these three ores! Looking at Lin Bai's expression, Jiang Ling could only feel the itch on his teeth. He clenched his fists tightly and thought to himself.
However, after half an incense's time, along with the rustling sounds of the translucent, gritty-like spiritual sand being cut off by the Jade Breaking Blade from the ore, Tie Yuan's complexion also became more and more unsightly. It had to be known that the second ore had already been dissolved by two-thirds, but not a single trace of spiritual energy had appeared. All of them were just cinders.
Jiang Ling quickly realized this and didn't think too much about it. He quickly walked up to Tie Yuan and stared at his hands with his head lowered. His cheeks, which had flushed red from excitement, were slowly turning deathly white.
After a few more minutes, the ore was completely undone. Apart from the thin layer of stone skin, all the spirit sand inside had been extracted. However, other than the fine spirit sand, there was nothing else. Not to mention top grade spirit stones, he didn't even have a single low-grade spirit stone like what Lin Bai said.
"Impossible!" This is absolutely impossible! " Looking at this scene, Jiang Ling felt as if he was riding a roller coaster. From then on, he bought ores from the ground, cutting off the peak of excitement from the spirit sand. Gradually, he began to slide down the valley, staring at the spirit sand laid out on the ground.
Tie Yuan frowned slightly when he heard this, but he still obeyed his words. He began to move his sabre as fast as he could to remove the remaining ore. To tell the truth, at this very moment, even Tie Yuan was feeling somewhat disbelieving in his heart. According to what he had learned from his ancestors, as long as the ore contained the spiritual sand, there was a high chance of obtaining the best spirit stones.
Was this Jiang fellow out of luck, or were the spirit stones actually hidden in the next two ores? After thinking about it, Tie Yuan also felt that he was unable to understand the scene before him. However, the corner of his eyes glanced towards Lin Bai, becoming somewhat doubtful. Because at this moment, he had the feeling that Lin Bai had already known about the matter of the spirit stone.
Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. However, the moment this thought appeared in Tie Yuan's heart, he quickly dismissed it. No matter if it was the spiritual will or any other techniques, none of them could penetrate the skin of the ore and no one could see through its concealment. Even the so-called Spirit Observation Technique could only guess a general idea, and was unable to completely understand the hidden meaning within it.
Although Tie Yuan's thoughts were endless, the Jade Blade in his hand was still as clean as ever. With each cut, there was a 'kacha' sound, and spiritual sand began falling down. However, even Tie Yuan himself didn't notice that at this moment, his hands were actually much more relaxed than when he had unraveled the first piece of ore. He was no longer as nervous as before.
Time passed in an instant. Another short while later, the rock was completely hollowed out as well. However, like the previous one, apart from the scattered spirit sand, not a single trace of spirit stones could be seen.
Seeing this scene, those people from the hidden sects that were watching couldn't help but lightly sigh. Their expressions as they looked at Jiang Ling were also quite sympathetic. If there were no more top grade spirit stones left, then Jiang Ling would suffer a huge loss this time! One had to know that for the sake of this enormous ore, Jiang Ling had paid an astonishing sixty-five bottles of spirit spring water.
Although only a few seconds had passed, to Jiang Ling, it was as if half a lifetime had passed. Moreover, his mood was as if he'd come from heaven to hell! This huge mental gap caused him to feel dizzy, as if there was a golden star flashing in front of his eyes. It was as if his ears were filled with deafening laughter.
"Impossible, I definitely won't lose!" The top quality spirit stone must be hidden in the last piece of ore! " Gritting his teeth tightly, Jiang Ling silently chanted for a long time in his heart before he uncontrollably clenched his fists tightly. His eyes stared at the last ore in the arena, as if he was trying to grasp onto a floating straw as he said in a deep voice, "The spirit stone must be in here!"
Looking at Jiang Ling's appearance, the spectators all shook their heads and kept sighing. The reverence they had for the stone gambling house increased by a few points. After splitting it into three pieces, he only managed to cut out one low-grade spirit stone. This result couldn't be ignored by them; they didn't know whether they should be cautious or not.
"Young leader Jiang, should we cut this ore?" Tie Yuan lightly sighed as he looked at Jiang Ling's expression, which was close to madness.
What was the difference between this Cutting Stone and a gamble? In fact, the stone gambling was even more exciting than any gambling in this world. There was also the possibility of gambling techniques. Besides luck, there was also the possibility of using tricks. However, unless the saber strikes down, you will never know the result. Everything will be decided by luck!
"Tch!" "Cut it again!" Hearing this, Jiang Ling's eyes revealed an expression of anticipation. He looked at the last ore left over and clenched his teeth, saying word by word, "I believe that the top grade spirit stone will definitely be in the last ore!"