Chapter 542: Jade Stones 1

One month passed in the blink of an eye.

During that time, Zhen Yuan and the others mostly stayed in the room to cultivate, or went to the deck to see the passing scenery.

Thankfully, the ship flew smoothly and soon landed in Jieshou city.

"You can do whatever you want, but you must return on the tenth day." An elder instructed.

Soon after, Shen Xu, Zhen Yuan, Zhou Man, and Zhou Xuan followed others to disembark from the ship.

"Let’s walk around first." Zhou Man insisted and Zhou Xuan nodded.

After all, Zhou Man was an alchemist, and it was only natural to search for materials while walking around.

The first stop was an elixir shop at the edge of the city.

[Ayuan, should I sell more pills?] Zhen Yuan transmitted but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

[Let’s send a puppet to secretly sell our goods.] He said.

On one hand, he and Shen Xu had registered as martial artists and he didn’t want to show their hand so soon.

Second, selling goods would earn a lot of immortal stones and Zhen Yuan didn’t want the Zhou siblings to realise that he and Shen Xu were not poor casual cultivators.

[Got it.] Shen Xu said.

"Shopkeeper, do you have a level ten, three-leaf red clover?" Zhou Man asked but the shopkeeper sighed before shaking his head.

"Girl, I run a small shop." He said and quickly continued.

"Such a rare immortal grass can only be found at auctions, or in jade stones." He said and Zhou Man couldn’t help but frown.

"Jade stones? What are they?" She asked.

"Girl, you are not from Jieshou city?" The shopkeeper asked and Zhou Man shook her head.

"My brother and I have just arrived." She said.

"It’s no wonder you don’t know about jade stones." He said and began explaining.

"Twenty years ago, an unknown area appeared near our Jieshou city. However, the entire area is a jade Mine."

"Jade mine?" Zhou Man muttered and frowned.

After all, Jade was precious but the immortal realm did not lack Jade mines.

"Don’t look down on it." The shopkeeper said and quickly continued.

"The mine produces special jade stones that have treasures inside." He said and Shen Xu raised an eyebrow.

[Sounds like gambling stones.] He transmitted and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"What kinds of treasures?" Zhou Man asked but the shopkeeper shrugged before speaking.

"They can be anything: immortal grasses, weapons, monster eggs, cultivation techniques, and more. That said, all the treasures are rare and precious." He said.

"All?" Shen Xu asked with an incredulous expression.

"All." The shopkeeper confirmed.

"However, each person can only open one jade stone in their life." He said and shook his head with a regretful face.

"How far is the unknown area from Jieshou city?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"You don’t have to go to the unknown area if you want to open a jade stone. You just need to go to the jade shop on the main street." The shopkeeper said but soon narrowed his eyes.

"Most of the jade stones are priced between one to ten million. However, this price is only for those who are willing to cut the stones in the shop. If you wish to take it away without cutting, the price will be a lot more expensive."

"The jade shop buys the treasures? Zhen Yuan asked and shopkeeper sneered before lowering his voice

"Between us, the jade shop is a black store." He said and quickly continued.

"Ordinary immortals can’t afford to buy stones at a high price. Even if they can, most people are unwilling to take the risk since they can’t be sure that the treasure’s value will be higher than the cost."

"As a result, most people open their stones in the shop and the store forcibly buys whatever is unearthed. Few people can cut a stone and safely leave the shop with their treasure."

Zhen Yuan nodded when he heard this.

’It’s expected.’ He thought.

After all, a person could only open one stone, but how could powerful masters be willing to let go of other treasures?

"Who owns the shop?" Shen Xu asked.

"On the surface, the city lord owns the shop but on a deeper level, the owner should be the Eastern Immortal sect."

After saying that, the shopkeeper stopped talking, clearly worried that he had already said too much

Seeing this, the four didn’t insist. Instead, they spent a lot of immortal stones to buy immortal grasses and seeds before leaving the shop.

"I want to go to the jade shop." Zhou Man said and Zhou Xuan was about to agree but Shen Xu stopped them.

"First, we have just arrived and don’t know enough about Jieshou city. We need to investigate more before taking the risk." He started.

"Second, we will catch interested people’s attention if we buy stones, but refuse to cut them in the store. It’s best to wait until the last day so that we can board the ship right after buying stones."He continued.

"Also..."

At this, Shen Xu turned to Zhou Man.

"Young miss Zhou is an alchemist. You can use this time to prepare more immortal stones for the purchase." He said.

In fact, the last point was more for himself and Zhen Yuan than for the Zhou siblings.

After all, they were relatively poor and couldn’t afford to buy one stone, let alone two.

"Master Shen is right. We can’t be reckless." Zhou Xuan said.

Although she was reluctant, Zhou Man agreed to wait until the last day to go to the jade shop.

Except for being larger and having a few more establishments, Jieshou city wasn’t much different from Bozhou city.

After walking around and buying some random things, the four went to the fourth street and entered the colloseum.

"Manman, what do you plan to do while I am in the arena?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"I will rent a training room." Zhou Man said with a thoughtful expression.

She had brought many immortal grasses from Bozhou city, and had bought more in Jieshou city.

Considering that she didn’t know how many immortal stones she would need to buy a jade stone, she decided to refine more pills while her elder brother was fighting.