Chapter 716 Squeezing Her Assets Until She Folds

Chapter 716: Chapter 716 Squeezing Her Assets Until She Folds

Their pace remained slow.

Neither of them had any particular destination in mind.

They simply wandered through the streets, enjoying the night together.

Sometimes they talked about cultivation.

Sometimes they talked about the people they had met.

Sometimes they talked about completely meaningless things.

And sometimes they simply walked beside each other in silence.

For Li Ruoxi, those quiet moments were surprisingly precious.

Her life as a cultivator had always been filled with cultivation, danger, schemes, and the pursuit of greater strength.

She had spent many years thinking about becoming stronger and serving the Li Matriarch.

But tonight, she was doing something completely different.

She was simply walking through a beautiful city with the man she loved.

There was no pressure.

No need to fight.

No need to hide.

No need to think about the future.

Just the two of them.

Li Ruoxi quietly moved a little closer to Lin Feng.

Their shoulders brushed against each other as they continued down the illuminated street.

Lin Feng glanced at her but said nothing.

Instead, he casually reached out and held her hand.

Li Ruoxi did not resist.

She simply intertwined her fingers with his.

Under the countless spiritual lanterns, the two continued strolling through Infinite Sword Domain City like an ordinary couple enjoying a peaceful evening.

Of course, neither of them was ordinary.

One was a mysterious existence whose true strength could not be measured.

The other was a powerful cultivator who had already reached the peak of the Core Formation Realm.

Yet at that moment, none of that mattered.

They were simply Lin Feng and Li Ruoxi.

Two lovers enjoying the night together.

And judging from the happy smile on Li Ruoxi’s face, she would gladly spend many more nights like this with him.

The two lovers continued walking through the lively streets of Infinite Sword Domain City until they suddenly noticed a large gathering ahead.

A huge crowd had formed around something, and judging from the excited voices coming from the center, whatever was happening had managed to attract quite a bit of attention.

Li Ruoxi became curious.

"What are they looking at?"

"Let’s find out," Lin Feng said with a smile.

The two slowly made their way through the crowd.

As they approached, they heard an anxious voice coming from the center.

"Senior, can’t the price be lower? One million high-grade spirit stones is not a small amount at all!"

A cultivator was standing in front of an elderly man, his expression filled with hesitation.

The old man, however, remained completely unmoved.

"One million or nothing."

His voice was firm.

"I risked my life to obtain these stone treasures from a secret realm. Do you think I brought them here just to sell them cheaply?"

The surrounding cultivators immediately began whispering.

Lin Feng looked toward the center of the crowd and finally understood what was happening.

Stone treasure gambling.

In front of the old man was a large pile of strange stones.

They came in all kinds of shapes and colors.

Some were black as ink.

Others were crimson, golden, blue, or even covered in strange natural patterns.

At first glance, they looked like nothing more than ordinary rocks.

But to experienced cultivators, these were clearly not ordinary stones.

Powerful treasures could sometimes be sealed inside them.

That was what made stone treasure gambling so exciting.

And so dangerous.

Normally, most people who participated in such gambling ended up regretting it.

They would spend a fortune purchasing a stone, only to discover that the treasure inside was nothing more than a low-grade pill, an ordinary cultivation manual, or some useless spiritual material.

Sometimes, there was nothing inside at all.

It was essentially a gamble.

But every once in a while, someone would strike gold.

A seemingly worthless stone might contain an ancient divine weapon, a rare heavenly herb, an ancient inheritance, or some other treasure that could make even powerful cultivators go crazy with envy.

When that happened, the person who opened the stone could become unimaginably wealthy overnight.

That possibility was precisely what kept countless cultivators coming back.

One lucky gamble could change a person’s entire fate.

Of course, the chances of such luck were extremely small.

That did not stop people from trying.

The crowd surrounding the old man was proof of that.

Many cultivators stared greedily at the pile of stones.

Even without opening them, some of the stones gave off faint spiritual fluctuations.

It was impossible to tell whether those fluctuations came from genuine treasures hidden inside or were merely natural characteristics of the stones.

That uncertainty only made the crowd more excited.

The cultivator negotiating with the old man gritted his teeth.

"Senior, a million high-grade spirit stones is simply too expensive. What if there is nothing valuable inside?"

The old man snorted.

"Then you lose your money."

He pointed toward the pile of stones.

"I already told you. I obtained these from a secret realm after nearly losing my life. Whether you become rich or lose everything is your own decision."

The cultivator fell silent.

The old man leaned back and calmly stroked his beard.

"My stones won’t go to waste."

His eyes swept across the crowd.

"They will be sold sooner or later, and they will eventually find their rightful lucky owners."

His confident attitude made the surrounding cultivators even more curious.

Several people began examining the stones carefully.

One cultivator activated his spiritual sense.

Another used a special eye technique.

Someone else even took out a strange compass-like treasure.

Yet none of them could determine what was hidden inside.

Li Ruoxi watched the scene with interest.

"Do people really spend so much money gambling on stones?"

Lin Feng smiled.

"Apparently."

"One million high-grade spirit stones is an enormous amount."

"It is."

Lin Feng looked at the pile of stones with amusement.

"But if there really is a priceless treasure inside, then one million might actually be considered cheap."

Li Ruoxi glanced at him.

"You sound interested."

Lin Feng smiled.

"Maybe. Maybe not."