Chapter 2958: Junior City Lord of Covered Sword City

As Emanuel Yellow spoke, Wyatt Barnes gained a further understanding of the ’gamble on stones’ in the heavens’ dimensions.

The gamble on stones in the heavens’ dimensions isn’t much different from the stone gambling he knew in his past life on Earth; it’s basically ten gambles and nine losses... Of course, ’ten gambles and nine losses’ is just a metaphor, the real situation is that, often, more than nine gambles result in losses!

"The raw stones in the stone gambling market mostly contain useless things... finding a raw stone with treasures inside is very difficult."

"So, even though the stone gambling market is popular in the heavens’ dimensions, those who truly get rich overnight through stone gambling are very few... Of course, there are also those who secretly obtain treasures from raw stones without making it public."

"After all... ’An innocent man having a treasured jade’ can be his crime!"

Emanuel Yellow spoke to Wyatt Barnes while leading him into the West Market of the Capital City of the Autumn Holding Kingdom.

At the same time, Wyatt Barnes found his gaze captured by this West Market in the Capital City.

Within the West Market, countless shops lined up, and inside were pieces of stone that appeared oddly shaped but interesting.

These stones looked very rough and, at first glance, didn’t have anything special about them.

"Are these raw stones in the shops?"

Wyatt Barnes asked Emanuel Yellow as he looked at the various shops along the road.

"That’s right."

Emanuel Yellow nodded, then called out to Wyatt Barnes, leading them into the largest shop they had seen so far.

Inside the shop, the number of raw stones displayed was far greater than those in the shops they had previously passed.

Greene Buckingham followed Wyatt Barnes and Emanuel Yellow, but since Emanuel Yellow didn’t like elders accompanying him, Greene hid in the shadows, constantly keeping his attention on Emanuel Yellow and Wyatt Barnes.

Should there be any slight sign of trouble, he would immediately reveal himself to protect Emanuel Yellow and Wyatt Barnes.

Of course, if true danger was encountered and they had to abandon one of the two for safety, he would unhesitatingly choose to abandon Wyatt Barnes without considering how highly the Autumn Holding Kingdom’s ruler valued Wyatt Barnes.

He only knew that the other person was his brother’s son!

His brother had saved his life on more than one occasion in the past.

For his brother’s son, he wouldn’t hesitate to sacrifice his own life without batting an eye!

"Are you here to buy raw stones, dear guests?"

As Wyatt Barnes and Emanuel Yellow entered the shop, a middle-aged man, of medium stature and neatly dressed, greeted them warmly with a bright smile.

"Your shop has quite a lot of raw stones, and it seems they’re categorized... Introduce them to us."

Emanuel Yellow glanced casually at the middle-aged man and said.

"Certainly, dear guest."

The middle-aged man respectfully replied, leading Wyatt Barnes and Emanuel Yellow to a platform at the store’s outermost side where raw stones were displayed. Wyatt Barnes noticed several other groups of people inside trying to select raw stones.

Beside those groups of people, there were others dressed similarly to the middle-aged man beside them who were also providing introductions.

It was apparent that, like the middle-aged man with them, those people were guides.

"Dear guests, this is the thirty-sixth platform we’ve arranged in our store... the raw stones here are the cheapest we have. They’re cheap precisely because they’re small and unlikely to contain large items."

The middle-aged man said to Wyatt Barnes and Emanuel Yellow, looking at the thousands of raw stones on the platform before them.

Wyatt Barnes saw these thousands of raw stones on the thirty-sixth platform were, at most, as large as a newborn’s fist... the smallest ones were just a bit bigger than a Storage Ring.

"Of course, although they’re cheap and unlikely to contain large items... there’s a considerable possibility that among them are Storage Rings or some extremely precious small items."

The middle-aged man continued, his tone shifting to one tinged with inducement, "If a Storage Ring is uncovered from these raw stones, it might have been used by Immortal Kings, Immortal Sovereigns, or even Immortal Emperors!"

"Why don’t you say that even if a Storage Ring is uncovered, it might just be a low-grade ring abandoned by someone? Many abandoned rings are empty, and even if they contain items, those items are often valueless."

Emanuel Yellow gave the middle-aged man a significant look, saying lightly, "Moreover, of a hundred Storage Rings uncovered from raw stones, not one is guaranteed to hide valuable items."

"It turns out the guests know so much about raw stones... I’ve really made a fool of myself."

Upon hearing Emanuel Yellow’s words, the middle-aged man felt a bit embarrassed, though this quickly disappeared with natural ease.

This was because every time he greeted guests, he started by assuming they knew nothing about stone gambling.

If the guests truly were novices, he could easily coax them into buying more raw stones, which would earn him a significant commission.

But if he met someone knowledgeable, it would be difficult to take advantage of them.

"Brother Barnes, want to buy a few pieces from this platform for fun?"

Emanuel Yellow asked with a smile.

"Let’s take a look first..."

Wyatt Barnes shook his head.

He had just counted; there were thirty-six platforms with raw stones in this shop, and they were currently looking at the platform closest to the store’s entrance, which had the smallest batch of raw stones, evidently the lowest quality batch in the entire shop.

"Truly amazing... these raw stones completely block Divine Sense."

Wyatt Barnes thought silently.

Although he had long known that raw stones could resist the penetration of divine sense, hearing is one thing; truly verifying this fact himself, he couldn’t help but feel a bit surprised.

After all, the existence of raw stones is the result of dust condensing over the river of time.

"On the Heavenly plane, even dust is not simple... these raw stones are almost divine."

With this thought, Wyatt Barnes finally came back to himself, looked at Emanuel Yellow, and shook his head, "I’m not interested in these raw stones... let’s continue to look at other raw stones."

"Alright."

Emanuel Yellow nodded and then looked at the middle-aged man, "You, continue to introduce them to us."

As the middle-aged man continued his introductions, Wyatt Barnes gained a certain understanding of the raw stones in this shop, and even of the entire gambling stone market...

Generally, the larger the raw stone, the higher the value.

And some raw stones even take on the shape of weapons, showing what kind of weapon it could be. However, because of the layer of raw stone covering them, divine sense can’t penetrate to ascertain the grade of the weapon inside.

These weapon-shaped raw stones generally have higher value.

"These, these, these... I want all these sword-shaped raw stones."

Not far away, a faint voice came, attracting Wyatt Barnes’ attention.

He saw a young man in luxurious clothes, with an arrogant demeanor, who, with a wave of his hand, took out a large number of top-grade Immortal Crystals, buying more than thirty sword-shaped raw stones, almost taking all the sword-shaped raw stones from the shop.

Only three larger sword-shaped raw stones remained, which appeared to be wrapping gigantic swords as tall as an adult, that he didn’t take.

"Tsk tsk... such big spending! These thirty sword-shaped raw stones must cost at least thirty thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals, right? This person is probably not an ordinary individual."

Emanuel Yellow also noticed the young man in the luxurious clothing, and also saw the old man following him.

"Guests, he’s the only son of the City Lord of Covered Sword City of Singles Kingdom, Junior City Lord Nathaniel Hanson."

The middle-aged man, the guide for Wyatt Barnes and Emanuel Yellow, upon hearing Emanuel Yellow’s words, immediately lowered his voice and reminded them.

"Junior City Lord of Covered Sword City?"

Emanuel Yellow raised his eyebrows, then muttered, "No wonder he bought all sword-shaped raw stones... turns out, he’s a direct descendant of the City Lord’s Main Mansion in Covered Sword City. As far as I know, the direct line of the Main Mansion in Covered Sword City consists entirely of Sword Immortals."

Crack!

Just as Emanuel Yellow finished speaking, the Junior City Lord of Covered Sword City, Nathaniel Hanson, had already raised his hand and shattered a sword-shaped raw stone.

As the raw stone split open, turning into crushed stone on the ground, a wholly black sword appeared before everyone’s eyes.

"Top-grade celestial sword... a loss."

The guide beside Wyatt Barnes and Emanuel Yellow sighed.

"A sword-shaped raw stone, one alone is worth thousands of top-grade Immortal Crystals... not to mention opening a top-grade celestial sword, even if one opens a Monarch grade celestial sword, it’s still a huge loss! After all, a Monarch grade celestial sword is generally only worth ten top-grade Immortal Crystals, and a better one might sell for twenty or thirty top-grade Immortal Crystals at most."

Emanuel Yellow said.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

...

Under the gaze of the crowd, Nathaniel Hanson quickly shattered more than twenty sword-shaped raw stones, revealing the swords inside.

Out of the more than twenty sword-shaped raw stones he opened, the lowest grade sword was a mid-grade celestial sword, and the highest was a Monarch grade celestial sword, with only two Monarch grade celestial swords.

"A huge loss, a huge loss..."

"In a blink, more than twenty thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals are gone."

"Gambling stones indeed plays with one’s heart!"

"More than twenty thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals, gone just like that... ordinary people can’t play at such stakes!"

"This Junior City Lord Hanson shows no change in expression until now, his poise and determination are truly astonishing. As expected of the son of the City Lord of Covered Sword City, indeed a tiger father begets no dog son!"

...

Others watching Nathaniel Hanson’s sword-shaped raw stone breaking also sighed, with words full of admiration for Hanson’s daring, and envy for Hanson’s family background.

Crack!

A moment later, yet another sword-shaped raw stone was opened by Nathaniel Hanson, inside of which a sword blossomed into a faint green mysterious light, clearly reflected in everyone’s eyes.

"King Grade celestial sword!"

With one look, Wyatt Barnes identified it as a King Grade celestial sword.

He hadn’t expected Nathaniel Hanson could open a King Grade celestial sword from the sword-shaped raw stones, turning the gamble around! Once turned, a King Grade celestial sword, as long as it’s intact, is at least worth ten thousand top-grade Immortal Crystals!