Chapter 2957: Raw Stone

The West Market of the Singles Kingdom Capital is famous for ’gambling on stones’ among the surrounding countries. Even the Autumn Holding Kingdom and other countries around the Singles Kingdom have places to play gambling on stones, but those places’ gambling on stones can only be considered as child’s play compared to the West Market of the Singles Kingdom Capital.

"Brother Barnes, the ’raw stones’ in the places where we play gambling on stones in the Autumn Holding Kingdom are basically sourced from the West Market of the Singles Kingdom Capital. The West Market of the Singles Kingdom Capital is one of the biggest gambling stone markets south of the Mystic Abyss Mansion’s realm..."

Leaving the Singles Kingdom palace, on the road to the West Market of the Singles Kingdom Capital, Emanuel Yellow talked on and on.

"Raw stone?"

Wyatt Barnes raised his eyebrows, his tone tinged with curiosity.

As far as he knew, there is also a saying of ’raw stone’ on Earth, but on Earth, raw stone generally refers to jade that has not been processed or carved.

"Yes."

Emanuel Yellow nodded, "The so-called ’raw stone’ refers to something that has been sealed over time. As time passes, as certain things continue to be sealed, it reaches a certain density and forms a raw stone."

"Raw stones can block all divine senses... It’s said that even the divine senses of the strongest Ten Directions Immortal Emperor among the realms, and perhaps even those higher than an Immortal Emperor in the legendary Divine Temple can’t penetrate raw stones to see what’s contained within."

"Of course, it’s just the divine sense that can’t penetrate. The surface of the raw stone is very fragile; even the weakest Daai Law Golden Immortal can generally use all their strength to destroy the raw stone and take out what’s inside."

"It’s precisely because raw stones can’t be penetrated with divine senses that no one knows what they contain before they’re opened. Because of this particularity, the ’gambling on stones’ market has emerged in many realms."

Emanuel Yellow slowly explained.

Hearing this, Wyatt Barnes nodded silently.

The raw stones spoken of in many realms are indeed quite different from the raw stones he heard of on Earth in his previous life.

On Earth, raw stones refer to jade that hasn’t been processed or carved.

In many realms, raw stones are similar to the ’rough stones’ in Earth’s stone gambling.

The rough stones in Earth’s stone gambling refer to stones that look very coarse and unremarkable but could potentially contain very precious jade.

Of course, some rough stones have a green tint of jade color, and because of this, they can be hyped to very high prices...

This implies that these rough stones may contain a considerable amount of such jade!

"Raw stones come in different sizes... Some raw stones, due to some external interference, might be partially exposed, revealing a corner of what they contain. In such cases, it means what the raw stone contains is already entirely exposed, so these raw stones can’t be used for gambling anymore."

"The essence of stone gambling lies in the word ’gamble’... If the contents of the raw stone are already exposed, then there’s no need to gamble."

Emanuel Yellow’s following words further made Wyatt Barnes realize:

Although the raw stones in many realms and the rough stones in the stone gambling on Earth have parallels, there are definite differences.

For instance, the rough stones in Earth’s stone gambling, when a green appears on the surface and that green is a rare jade, the value of that rough stone rises significantly.

This is because it may contain a large piece of that rare jade, and when opened, it could bring substantial fortune.

Of course, it may also be that only the surface has that green tint, and there’s no jade inside. If opened like this, it would be a definite loss!

This happens because the people gambling on stones in his previous life on Earth did not have divine senses and couldn’t probe through that green tint to ascertain if there was a larger piece of jade inside.

In many realms, raw stones similar to Earth’s rough stones, unless they are completely sealed and divine sense can’t penetrate, once any part is exposed, divine sense can follow the exposed part to investigate the entirety of what’s inside!

"Bradley, usually, what does a raw stone contain?"

Wyatt Barnes asked curiously.

Although, from Emanuel Yellow’s earlier words, he already realized that some raw stones should contain very valuable things, he actually didn’t know specifically what they were.

However, seeing Emanuel Yellow so interested in stone gambling indicates:

There are things in those raw stones that Emanuel Yellow desires.

"Brother Barnes, do you know... how those raw stones come about?"

However, facing Wyatt Barnes’ inquiry, Emanuel Yellow did not directly answer. Instead, he asked this.

"From what you just said, it should have been passed down from a long time ago... After all, the surface of anything requires the sediment of years, and only after being sealed will a raw stone appear."

Wyatt Barnes said.

"Exactly. But do you know that in the myriad realms, many small worlds left behind by Immortal Kings, Immortal Sovereigns, and even Immortal Emperors contain some legacy items and treasures?"

Emanuel Yellow asked again.

Wyatt Barnes nodded.

"As everyone knows, the stronger the existence, the more stable the small world they open up... For example, the small world opened up by an Immortal King is far less stable than one opened by an Immortal Sovereign. And a small world created by an Immortal Sovereign is not as stable as one opened by an Immortal Emperor."

Emanuel Yellow continued.

"Also, small worlds cannot exist permanently... Our South Heaven’s Borderlands’ ’South Heaven’s Ancient Realm’, to some extent, is considered a small world opened by a strong Immortal Sovereign, though it was created by a powerful Sovereign of the titled level."

"Yet, even the South Heaven’s Ancient Realm needs the successive Immortal Emperors of South Heaven’s Borderlands to expend great effort to stabilize it... Of course, because of the realm’s uniqueness, past Immortal Sovereigns of South Heaven’s Borderlands not only worked to stabilize it but also placed valuable items inside, such as Immortal Artifacts, Pill Medicines, Immortal Talismans, etc."

"However, while placing those items, they would also set up corresponding challenges within..."

"Of course, areas where past Immortal Emperors personally placed treasures and set challenges are only in the upper realm of the South Heaven’s Ancient Realm. The central realm generally has treasures placed and challenges set by Immortal Sovereigns under orders from the Immortal Emperor of South Heaven."

"As for the lower realm of the South Heaven’s Ancient Realm, it is filled with treasures and challenges set up by all the Six-grade Immortal Manors within South Heaven’s Borderlands... Like the lower realm of the South Heaven’s Ancient Realm we are going to in four months, all treasures and tests there were set by the Mystic Abyss Mansion."

"Within South Heaven’s Borderlands, the lower realm of the South Heaven’s Ancient Realm is divided into 108 parts, controlled by the 108 ’Six-grade Immortal Manors’ within South Heaven’s Borderlands... and our Mystic Abyss Mansion is just one of these 108 Six-grade Immortal Manors!"

At this point, Emanuel Yellow gave an awkward smile, "Seems... I’ve digressed a bit."

"No problem... I didn’t know these things before. Hearing you now, I’ve realized that there are 108 Six-grade Immortal Manors like the Mystic Abyss Mansion in South Heaven’s Borderlands!"

Although Wyatt Barnes spoke calmly, his inner world was already teeming with waves of shock.

As far as he knew, the Autumn Holding Kingdom and even the Singles Kingdom were just two of the thousand countries within the Mystic Abyss Mansion’s territory...

In the Mystic Abyss Mansion’s region, there are over a thousand nations like the Autumn Holding Kingdom and Singles Kingdom!

"In just one Mystic Abyss Mansion, there are over a thousand countries like Autumn Holding Kingdom and Singles Kingdom... Among the 108 Six-grade Immortal Manors including the Mystic Abyss Mansion, aren’t there over a hundred thousand of such countries?"

Thinking of this, Wyatt Barnes’ pupils involuntarily contracted again.

At the same time, Wyatt Barnes further realized his own insignificance...

"A South Heaven’s Borderlands controlled by a titled Immortal Sovereign contains over a hundred thousand such countries as Autumn Holding Kingdom and Singles Kingdom... And within this Spiritual Heaven of myriad realms, there must be many places like South Heaven’s Borderlands!"

"After all, above the titled Immortal Sovereign, there is the Immortal Emperor... and among the Immortal Emperors, there are even stronger titled Immortal Emperors!"

"Above the titled Immortal Emperor, is the ’Heavenly Emperor’ who governs a realm of the myriad heavens!"

"And there are altogether eighty-one of these myriad realms!"

At this thought, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t calm his inner turbulent emotions for a long time.

In the meantime, Emanuel Yellow continued, "I mentioned that successive Immortal Emperors of South Heaven expend effort to stabilize the South Heaven’s Ancient Realm to illustrate that even small worlds created by Immortal Sovereigns will collapse over time unless stabilized by an Immortal Sovereign before their collapse."

"But, how many small worlds are there for someone to consistently expend effort to stabilize? Moreover, some small worlds are unknown in location. Those small worlds, as time passes, will collapse on their own when their time comes."

"Since small worlds are established within the multitude realms, once a small world collapses, everything inside will be sucked into the chaotic inner space flows of the realms and scatter everywhere."

"The things inside the collapsed small world might be picked up by a lucky few, but most will be buried over time and covered with a layer of raw stone."

Emanuel Yellow paused here before continuing:

"Therefore, the contents within a raw stone might be treasures left broken apart and scattered across the myriad realms when small worlds opened by powerful beings collapsed."

"Of course, most raw stones are merely formed over time from useless broken stones and abandoned items of no value."

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