Chapter 718 She Hiddenly Stashed the Supreme Artifact Under Her Skirt

Chapter 718: Chapter 718 She Hiddenly Stashed the Supreme Artifact Under Her Skirt

The old vendor had encountered this young master several years ago when he had come to Infinite Sword Domain City to sell his stone treasures.

At that time, the young master had purchased quite a few of his stones.

Although half of them had not contained anything particularly astonishing, the young master clearly enjoyed stone treasure gambling and had never seemed to care too much about losing money.

"Please, pick your stone."

The old vendor gestured toward the pile.

The young master did not answer.

He simply nodded before reaching down and picking up the stone he had chosen.

The surrounding cultivators immediately looked at it.

Then their expressions became strange.

"That’s the one?"

"It looks completely ordinary."

"Not just ordinary. It looks like a broken piece of rock."

The stone was gray and rough, with cracks covering its surface.

There was no dazzling spiritual glow.

There were no mysterious patterns.

There was nothing about it that suggested it contained an extraordinary treasure.

Compared to some of the beautiful stones in the pile, it looked almost worthless.

Even the crowd began whispering among themselves.

"Could he have made a mistake?"

"Impossible. Young Master Nangong has played stone gambling before."

"Perhaps he sees something we don’t."

The young master ignored all the whispers.

He held the gray stone in one hand and stared at it for a moment.

Then he calmly muttered.

"Open."

The moment those words left his mouth, spiritual energy surged from his body.

Crack!

A tiny fracture appeared on the gray stone.

Then another.

Crack! Crack!

The cracks rapidly spread across its entire surface.

Everyone immediately held their breath.

The next instant...

BOOM!

The stone split cleanly into two.

A dazzling light suddenly erupted from within.

The entire dark street was illuminated in an instant, turning night into something that looked almost like daytime.

"WHAT?!"

The crowd erupted.

Countless cultivators widened their eyes and stared at the brilliant light pouring from the broken stone.

Even those who had been casually chatting moments ago immediately turned their attention toward the treasure.

The old vendor’s eyes widened as well.

The young master of the Nangong Clan, however, remained completely calm.

A faint smile appeared on his face.

It seemed that his gamble had truly paid off.

When the dazzling light finally faded, the crowd could finally see what had been hidden inside the gray stone.

A massive sword appeared before everyone’s eyes.

It was an imposing weapon, far larger than an ordinary sword.

Its dark body seemed to absorb the surrounding light, while mysterious and intimidating runes glowed faintly across its surface.

Even without touching it, everyone could feel an astonishing sharpness radiating from the blade.

The surrounding cultivators instinctively took a few steps backward.

"What a terrifying sword aura!"

"That sword is definitely extraordinary!"

"There is no way that is an ordinary spiritual weapon!"

Excited voices erupted from the crowd.

Everyone was certain that the young master had struck something valuable.

The young master of the Nangong Clan looked at the massive sword with satisfaction.

"Not bad."

His tone was calm, but the faint smile on his face betrayed his happiness.

He had originally expected that he might uncover a few worthless treasures.

Stone treasure gambling was always a gamble, after all.

Even someone as wealthy as him could not guarantee that every stone would contain something valuable.

Yet he had clearly gotten lucky today.

The old vendor immediately cupped his fists.

"Congratulations, Young Master Nangong! Your luck really is extraordinary!"

He was not surprised.

He had encountered the young master several years ago, and even back then, the man’s luck had been considerable.

There were many strange things in the cultivation world.

Some people were simply born with greater fortune.

Their destiny was stronger than ordinary people’s, allowing them to encounter opportunities that others could only dream about.

This was the sole reason web novel protagonists could leap off a hundred meter cliff and somehow land directly on an ancient expert’s inheritance.

Destiny and luck were terrifyingly intangible forces.

The young master clearly belonged to that category.

"Of course."

The young master raised his chin proudly.

He did not even attempt to hide his satisfaction.

The crowd watched him with envy.

One million high-grade spirit stones had already been enough to make most cultivators hesitate.

Yet the young master had immediately obtained such a powerful-looking sword.

His luck was simply too good.

However, he was not satisfied with just one treasure.

He turned his attention back toward the remaining stone treasures.

"Continue."

The old vendor smiled.

"Of course."

The young master began selecting more stones.

One after another, the stones were opened.

Some released dazzling lights.

Others contained powerful spiritual fluctuations.

A few even contained rare spiritual materials that caused the surrounding cultivators to gasp in surprise.

But not every stone produced a treasure.

Several stones were completely worthless.

After opening nine more stones, the young master had obtained six treasures that were considered valuable while the remaining four contained nothing particularly impressive.

Even so, his overall harvest was still quite impressive.

The crowd could not help but marvel at his luck.

"Congratulations, Young Master Nangong!"

"Your luck is truly incredible!"

"Six valuable treasures out of ten stones!"

"If I had that kind of luck, I would probably gamble on stones every day!"

The young master listened to the praise with an increasingly satisfied expression.

He clearly enjoyed the attention.

The old vendor also smiled as he watched.

For him, seeing people successfully uncover treasures was always entertaining.

After all, stone treasure gambling was precisely about this kind of excitement.

One moment, everyone could be staring at an ordinary-looking rock.

The next moment, a priceless treasure could emerge from inside.

And tonight, the young master of the Nangong Clan had certainly demonstrated why some people believed that luck itself could be considered a kind of strength.

"It’s exactly what I expected."

The young master of the Nangong Clan smiled proudly as he looked over the treasures he had obtained.