Chapter 530

Finally, a faint fluctuation that was almost imperceptible was sensed by Star Mind Power, and it happened to be in the core of this giant Chaos Stone.

Only then did Wang Yu open his eyes and withdraw his mind power.

In just this short moment, a lot of mind power was consumed.

Although Chaos Stones cannot completely isolate Star Mind Power, it is also very difficult for mind power to enter them, and the loss in the middle is very large.

Wang Yu looked down at the wooden sign on the stone stool again, and after his mind turned, he ordered the attendant beside him:

"I want this Chaos Stone too. Record it."

Since someone is willing to help pay for the purchase of three Chaos Stones, he naturally will not be polite.

"Yes."

The attendant agreed, joyfully recorded it in the book with a brush, and at the same time stuck a talisman on the Chaos Stone.

Next, Wang Yu went to other giant Chaos Stones nearby to check them one by one, and picked out another Chaos Stone that was also not small in volume.

As soon as the three Chaos Stones were picked, Wang Yu indicated that he would not continue to pick other stones. The attendant called over several burly men, and with the help of magic, they worked together to lift these stones out of the hall and into a side hall specially used for opening stones next door.

Wang Yu greeted Yan Lingxiang from afar and followed him inside.

Here, two men and one woman, three cultivators in total, were surrounding an old man with snow-white hair who was in the middle of opening a Chaos Stone.

The woman was a matron in her forties with an ordinary appearance, yet she radiated the spiritual pressure of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The two men, on the other hand, were tall and handsome, in their twenties, and looked somewhat similar, but the spiritual energy fluctuations on their bodies were only at the Qi Refinement Stage level.

When the matron saw Wang Yu enter, she glanced over, swept her gaze across the three Chaos Stones, and then turned her head to continue watching the white-haired old man open the stone, showing no intention of conversing.

Conversely, the two similar-looking youths stole glances at Wang Yu from time to time, clearly recognizing that Wang Yu was the "senior" who had clashed with someone in the main hall earlier.

A massive Chaos Stone floated in front of the white-haired old man, and a half-foot-long snow-white short blade was silently flickering around the Chaos Stone.

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

On the nearby ground, there were several other high piles of stone fragments, clearly indicating that several Chaos Stones had already been cut open; this one was merely the last.

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

The ordinary-looking matron also suddenly shouted "Stop," her voice unusually hoarse and as unpleasant as a broken gong.

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

At this moment, the Chaos Stone was only the size of a human head, and on the side facing Wang Yu, wisps of green light were seeping out, vaguely revealing a small piece of emerald-green crystal.

"Master, spirit material has appeared."

The two similar-looking youths were overjoyed to see this, and one of them said excitedly.

"Fellow Daoist is knowledgeable and experienced; could you help me identify what kind of spirit material this is?" The matron looked carefully at the emerald-green spirit material inside the Chaos Stone, seemingly unable to recognize it, and asked the white-haired old man.

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

"The price of a second-rank spirit material; it seems this trip was not entirely in vain. Fellow Daoist, please help me extract it completely." Upon hearing this, the matron revealed a smile and said.

"Very well."

The white-haired old man agreed briefly. Without any visible movement, the short blade transformed into a sheet of cold light, enveloping the remainder of the Chaos Stone.

A moment later, when the cold light vanished again, an egg-sized emerald-green crystal appeared before everyone.

The matron reached out, grabbed the crystal, and observed it carefully. After a long while, she sighed:

"It's a pity this Green Dream Stone is a bit too small. This stone gambling session was still quite a loss."

"Fellow Daoist just had bad luck this time; next time you might open a true treasure of heaven and earth. Do you intend to sell this item or keep it?" The white-haired old man comforted her with a few words before asking in return.

"This is my first time seeing a spirit item like the Green Dream Stone. I will keep it to study for a few days first," the matron replied without hesitation.

"Very well. Whenever you wish to sell it, don't forget to offer it to this stone shop first," the white-haired old man said noncommittally.

The matron nodded and left the side hall with the two youths, showing no intention of conversing with Wang Yu throughout the entire process.

After the matron left, Wang Yu walked forward a few steps, pointed at 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 trouble yourself to cut them open."

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

"Fellow Daoist has great spirit, actually choosing the largest Chaos Stones in this shop to gamble with. The purchase of these few Chaos Stones must have totaled over ten thousand spirit stones. Are you not afraid of gaining nothing and losing the entire gamble?"

"Ten thousand spirit stones is not a small sum even for us Foundation Establishment cultivators," the white-haired old man asked with a strange expression, his gaze sweeping over the massive Chaos Stone that resembled a pavilion and the other slightly smaller one beside it.

"Haha, I have some confidence in my own stone gambling methods. Besides, someone else is paying for these three stones, so what do I have to fear?" Wang Yu said with a chuckle.

"So you are the Fellow Daoist from the Azure Water Palace who caused a stir in the main hall earlier. That explains it. In that case, I will start from the smallest and open this one first," the white-haired old man said with a look of realization, then gestured with one hand.

That basin-sized Chaos Stone immediately flew up lightly, hovering in the low air between the old man and Wang Yu.

"Very well."

Wang Yu replied immediately.

"According to the shop's rules, when opening a stone, one can either cut it open directly with a few strikes or shave and grind it bit by bit from the surface. Which method does Fellow Daoist prefer?" the white-haired old man asked again.

"If I cut it open directly, will it damage the spirit items inside?" Wang Yu asked subconsciously upon hearing this.

"Rest assured, I don't know how many Chaos Stones I have opened. This stone-opening artifact is also specially made. As long as it senses the slightest anomaly while cutting, it will automatically bypass the foreign object, so it will not cause any damage at all," the white-haired old man said confidently.

"Then that's no problem. Let's use the cutting method for this small one first, and then divide it into fist-sized pieces.

I hope the fragments after cutting these Chaos Stones won't be too small; I intend to take them back and open them again myself. Perhaps there will be some unexpected surprises," Wang Yu said unhurriedly, staring at the Chaos Stone in the air.

"No problem. But if no spirit items are found after dividing them into fist-sized dimensions, Fellow Daoist should not hold too high expectations." The white-haired old man nodded, then urged his divine sense, and the snow-white short blade began to dance around the millstone-sized Chaos Stone.

Just at this moment, footsteps came from the entrance of the side hall.

Yan Lingxiang walked in hurriedly, followed by two burly men, each carrying two head-sized Chaos Stones.