Chapter 520: Testing and Arrangements

"Brother Tiezhu, your understanding is roughly correct."

"Although you have been resurrected, because your body is formed from the transformation of soul patterns, I estimate that you will be unable to leave my side for a short time."

"After all, this soul pattern thing was originally refined by my own hands, and now it has inexplicably fused with you; I do not yet know how to separate it from you again." After thinking for a moment, Wang Yu reminded the youth in a relatively tactful manner.

"If I can't leave, then I can't leave. Anyway, I feel that Brother Wang is a good person, and even if I left here, I wouldn't know where to go."

"By the way, Brother Wang, this place seems a bit different from last time; it has become much larger." Upon hearing this, Wang Tiezhu did not show any signs of sadness; instead, after looking around, he asked in confusion.

"This place has indeed been renovated by me. Whether you can stay here long-term, I am not entirely certain, so I still need to perform a few more tests." After rubbing his chin, Wang Yu replied thoughtfully.

"No problem. As long as Brother Wang needs it, I will cooperate." Wang Tiezhu replied without hesitation.

"Very good. Then let's first test whether you can enter my sea of consciousness in the form of a soul pattern and stay in this space for a long time in your current appearance." Wang Yu nodded and replied with a smile.

Following this, he muttered incantations, raised one hand, and cast a silver Dharma technique toward the youth before him, beginning further testing.

After the youth's blurry figure flickered, amidst a booming sound, he transformed once again into a silver-white soul pattern.

Wang Yu raised his hand and beckoned to the soul pattern; the object transformed into a cluster of silver light and shot over, vanishing in a flash as it submerged directly into his head.

Wang Yu greeted Yan Lingxiang from afar and followed them in.

Here, two men and one woman, three cultivators, were surrounding an old man with snow-white hair, who was opening stones.

The woman was a forty-year-old matron with an ordinary face, but she emitted the spiritual pressure of the Foundation Establishment level.

The two men were slender and handsome, in their twenties, and their faces were somewhat similar, but their spiritual energy fluctuations were only at the Qi Refinement level.

The matron looked over at Wang Yu when he entered, scanned the three Chaos Stones, and then turned her head to continue watching the white-haired old man open stones, without any intention of conversation.

On the contrary, the two young men with similar faces stole glances at Wang Yu from time to time, clearly recognizing that Wang Yu was the "senior" who had a conflict with others in the hall earlier.

The white-haired old man had a huge Chaos Stone floating in front of him, and a snow-white short blade half a foot long was flashing silently around the Chaos Stone.

Wherever the cold light passed, countless broken stones drifted down, and the volume of the Chaos Stone was shrinking rapidly.

On the ground nearby, there were several other high piles of broken stones, clearly several Chaos Stones had already been cut open, and this Chaos Stone was just the last one.

Just at this moment, Wang Yu's gaze flashed suddenly.

The matron with an ordinary face also suddenly shouted "Stop," her voice unusually hoarse, as unpleasant as a broken gong.

The cold light on the surface of the Chaos Stone vanished, and the snow-white short blade stopped silently in the void.

I saw that at this time, the Chaos Stone was only the size of a head, and on the side facing Wang Yu, strands of green light were visible, vaguely revealing a small piece of emerald green crystal.

"Master, spiritual material has appeared."

One of the two young men with similar faces said excitedly upon seeing this.

"Fellow Daoist is knowledgeable, can you help me identify what kind of spiritual material this is?" The matron took a careful look at the emerald green spiritual material in the Chaos Stone, seemingly not recognizing what it was, and asked the white-haired old man.

"This piece should be 'Green Dream Stone.' Although it is a first-rank spiritual material, it is an auxiliary material needed for refining spiritual-type Dharma artifacts, and its price is comparable to ordinary second-rank spiritual materials." The white-haired old man replied lightly, seemingly recognizing the origin of this green crystal at a glance.

"Second-rank spiritual material price, it seems that this time it is not a wasted trip. Fellow Daoist, please help me take it all out." The matron smiled upon hearing this.

"Can."

The white-haired old man agreed briefly, and without any movement, the short blade covered the remaining Chaos Stone with a cold light again.

After a while, when the cold light vanished again, an emerald green crystal the size of an egg appeared before everyone.

The matron reached out and grabbed the crystal, observed it carefully, and sighed after a long time:

"Unfortunately, this piece of Green Dream Stone is too small. This stone gambling is still a big loss."

"Fellow Daoist is just unlucky this time. Next time, you might be able to open a real treasure of heaven and earth. Do you intend to sell this item or keep it?" The white-haired old man comforted her and asked back.

"Spiritual materials like Green Dream Stone are the first time I've seen them. I'll keep them for research for a few days first." The matron replied without hesitation.

"Can. Whenever you want to sell it, don't forget to give priority to this stone shop." The white-haired old man looked noncommittal.

The matron nodded and left the side hall with the two young men, without any intention of talking to Wang Yu during the whole process.

After the matron left, Wang Yu walked up a few steps, pointed to the three Chaos Stones that had just been moved in, and said to the white-haired old man with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist, I also have a few Chaos Stones here. Please cut them open."

The burly men who moved the Chaos Stones had already exited the side hall at some point.

"Fellow Daoist has great spirit, actually choosing the largest Chaos Stone in this shop to gamble. These Chaos Stones purchased, added together, are probably already over ten thousand spirit stones. Aren't you afraid of gaining nothing and losing everything?"

"Ten thousand spirit stones is not a small amount for us Foundation Establishment cultivators." The white-haired old man looked at the giant Chaos Stone like a pavilion and the other giant Chaos Stone next to it, and asked with a strange expression.

"Hehe, I have some confidence in my stone gambling skills. Besides, the cost of these three stones is paid by others, so what am I afraid of?" Wang Yu replied with a chuckle.

"So you are the Green Water Palace fellow Daoist who caused a stir in the hall earlier. That's no wonder. Then I will start from small to large and open this smallest one first." The white-haired old man was enlightened, then beckoned with one hand.

That Chaos Stone the size of a basin flew up lightly and flew directly into the low air between the old man and Wang Yu.

"Can."

Wang Yu replied immediately.

"According to the rules of the stone shop, you can cut open with a few knives when opening stones, or you can start from the surface and grind it little by little. Which method does Fellow Daoist prepare to use?" The white-haired old man asked again.

"Cut open directly, will it damage the spiritual materials inside?" Wang Yu asked subconsciously upon hearing this.

"Rest assured, I don't know how many Chaos Stones I have opened. This stone-opening Dharma artifact is also specially made. As long as I feel any abnormality when cutting, it will automatically bypass the foreign object and will not cause any damage." The white-haired old man said confidently.

"Then there is no problem. Let's use the cutting method for this small one first, and then divide it into the size of a fist.