Insanely Pampered Wife: Divine Doctor Fifth Young Miss

Chapter 511-520

Chapter 511: The fastest and most convenient way
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Sima You Yue looked at Jun Lan, asking, “What idea?”

“Actually, the current rank of your items isn’t low. It’s just that it’s not the first or second best item in the auction this time. That’s why I wouldn’t necessarily fetch a high price for you. If you were able to take out an incomparable item, maybe even if the rank wasn’t that high, you would be able to get a pretty decent amount of money.” Jun Lan had done auctions for many years and told her her opinion.

“An incomparable item…” Sima You Yue felt that Jun Lan made a lot of sense. In her mind, she was wondering what item she had that would be incomparable.

“For example, the Tendon and Marrow cleansing pill that you auctioned at the West Moon country. Its rank wasn’t that high, but even if you placed it at the auction this time around, it would definitely fetch you a high price.” Jun Lan said.

“Tendon and Marrow cleansing pill?” Sima You Yue was stunned. It was only then that she realised they were talking about the Hundred Revolutions pill, “Jun Lan, if I took out the Hundred Revolutions pill, how much could I get?”

Jun Lan pondered it over for a bit and said, “If you took out four of them, you could buy out half out the things here.”

“Half?” Sima You Yue sucked in a mouthful of cold breath. She had taken out so many things that were more valuable than the Hundred Revolutions Pill, but they were unable to compete with just four Hundred Revolution Pills.

“However, the last time we obtained the pill method from your hands, we returned to the alchemist guild and researched it. We think the golden snake fruit is hard to find. We looked for it for a long time, and wanted to use other ingredients with similar properties to substitute for it. However, we found out that we were totally unable to refine it at all.” Jun Lan could not resist adding this on when she thought of what happened after the clan obtained the pill method.

“One of the core ingredients of the Hundred Revolutions Pill is the Golden Snake Fruit. It is natural that you would be completely unable to substitute it with other ingredients.” Sima You Yue said.

“Based on what you said earlier, you have a Tendon and Marrow cleansing pill with you?” Jun Lan asked.

“I did manage to obtain a golden snake fruit before, and managed to refine a few.” Sima You Yue said, “In the beginning, I thought that this pill was too lowly ranked, so I didn’t prepare a few beforehand.”

“Really?” Jun Lan was agitated, saying, “You really have Tendon and Marrow cleansing pills? You’re willing to auction them?”

Sima You Yue nodded. The Hundred Revolutions Pill was something that didn’t pose a challenge to her at all. Furthermore, she still had golden snake fruits in the spirit pagoda. She just had to go back and refine a few.

Seeing that she had nodded her head, Jun Lan clapped her hands excited, saying, “To be honest, us siblings had come back earlier because you gave us the pill method. I have already told you this. However, what you do not know is that the authenticity of the pill method has been questioned because nobody has been able to refine a successful pill all these years. We’ve also been regarded suspiciously by the others. If you really are able to take out a Tendon and Muscle cleansing pill, these people would have nothing to say.”

“Then I’ll refine a few for you in a bit. I’ll send them over tomorrow.” Sima You Yue said.

She could see that Jun Lan’s position in the Xuan Yuan pavilion wasn’t low. She was capable and strong. If not, there was no way she would be able to take charge of such a big auction at such a young age. She felt that Jun Lan would eventually stand at the top of the Xuan Yuan pavilion. If she could help them out a little and forge a good relationship, it might turn out to be beneficial in the future.

“Then I’ll get someone to keep your current things. We’ll auction them off for you during the auction.” Jun Lan said.

“Then I’ll have to trouble you.” Sima You Yue replied.

Jun Lan clapped her hands and a servant girl walked in. Jun Lan indicated for her to take the things down.

Normally, one had to appraise the items at the auction. However, Sima You Yue believed that Jun Lan would settle this well for her. Jun Lan wouldn’t take advantage of her. “Aside from this, I came to you for another reason.”

“Tell me.”

Sima You Yue pointed at the three ingredients on the list, saying, “These three ingredients…”

Jun Lan immediately understood what she meant, saying, “These three ingredients have been brought by a single person. He says that the does not want to auction them for money, only exchange them for things.”

“Did he say what he wants to exchange them for?” Sima You Yue asked anxiously.

Jun Lan shook her head, saying, “He didn’t say. He only said that he would tell us his requests once the auction started.”

“Oh.” Sima You Yue was a little disappointed. She initially wondered if she would be able to find out the other party’s request beforehand. However, it seemed that it was impossible. “Since that’s the case, we’ll head off first. We’ll send the pills over tomorrow.”

“I’ll send you off.”

The door of the Xuan Yuan pavilion opened and Jun Lan watched as Sima You Yue and Ximen Feng walked off. She said to the people beside her, “Send my orders down. Immediately send out word about the Marrow and Tendon cleansing pill.”

“Young Miss, we have yet to see the Marrow and Tendon cleansing pill. If word were to get out , what would we do if that young master were unable to produce the pill?” A guard by her side questioned.

“No need.” I trust him.” Jun Lan said, “Anyway, these ingredients must be very important to him and he even needs to trade things for money…”

Auctioning off the Marrow and Tendon cleansing pill was something that was a way for her to get rich quick.

The people beside her saw that their young miss had already made up her mind, so they could only obediently carry out her orders. They sent word out about the marrow and tendon cleansing pill. However, they were rather secretive and did not let others know that it was the Xuan Yuan pavilion who had sent word out. Instead, they did so via secret means.

News about the marrow and tendon cleansing pill went off like a bomb in Prime City. Because it was not too long before the start of the auction, most powers had already reached the place. Once they found out about the marrow and tendon cleansing pill, although they had their suspicions, they ordered their men to gather a bit of money. This was for safety measures.

It had been a long time since the marrow and tendon cleansing pill had appeared in the ancient primordial lands. The rank of this pill was not high, but it was a pill that the entire continent had their eye on. This was because it concerned the foundations of a sect.

If the younger generation had a marrow and tendon cleansing pill, it could change their physique. Wouldn’t a genius become even more of a genius?

As such, many powers got their men to gather cash, as if they wanted to stuff these marrow and tendon cleansing pills into their purses.

Even Kong Xiang Yi wanted to do the same. She had something to attend to in the morning, but never expected that she would hear about the marrow and tendon cleansing pill upon her return. She pulled on Sima You Yue’s hand excitedly, saying, “It’s really the marrow and tendon cleansing pill! If the Kong Valley could obtain it, it would be great! No, I have to get my men to prepare crystal stones. I wonder if a million crystal stones would be enough.”

When Sima You Yue heard what she said, she stared at her with wide eyes. When she saw that she was really going to order her men to gather crystal stones, she hurriedly pulled her to a stop. She said with a smile, “I’ll leave a few pieces of that for you. Why would you fight with them for?”

Kong Xiang Yi took a moment to react, but Ximen Feng said from the side, “Big Sis has already refined those pills. She left two for you.”

Kong Xiang Yi finally understood. She looked at Sima You Yue with shock, “You were the one who refined the marrow and tendon cleansing pill?”

Sima You Yue nodded with a smile.

“Oh my! Heavens!” Kong Xiang Yi clutched both hands in front of her chest. It looked as if she had been really frightened. She actually said with a smile, “You Yue, you really left two for me?”

Chapter 512: Innocently implicated again
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Sima You Yue took out a jade bottle and placed it in her hand, saying, “Here, this is for you.”

Kong Xiang Yi looked at the jade bottle and couldn’t wait to open it. When she saw the golden shining pills, her jaw dropped. “You Yue, this is the tendon and marrow cleansing pill? Why are there so many?”

“Dear Feng said that you still have a younger brother whose talent isn’t that great. You often fret about it. He’s still young right now, so this should be rather useful for him.”

Kong Xiang Yi initially wanted to auction two tendon and marrow cleansing pills for her brother. Her talent was pretty good, so she didn’t have much use for this. However, her brother was injured inside her mother’s womb, so his talent wasn’t that good. She had always been searching for a way to help him heal his physique. The best method was to use the tendon and marrow cleansing pill. However, she had never been able to find it. When she had received news of it today, she was ecstatic. She had planned to do everything in her power to get it. However, she never thought that Sima You Yue would leave four pills for her.

“Thank you, You Yue.” Tears started to well up at the corner of her eyes.

“There’s no need to thank me.” Sima You Yue said, “I have yet to thank you for saving Dear Feng’s life.”

Kong Xiang Yi looked at Ximen Feng, and she still had some traces of bashfulness in her eyes. She held the jade bottle tightly, saying, “There’s still a bit of time before the auction. I’m going back first for a bit.”

“Go ahead.” Ximen Feng had told Sima You Yue that she had a good relationship with her younger brother. Since she had gotten this today, she would naturally want to head back earlier. “It’s enough for one person to eat two. There’s no point to eating more than that.”

“Got it.” Kong Xiang Yi nodded.

If Sima You Yue didn’t say that, she would have really given him all four pills.

“Dear Feng, you should head back with Xiang Yi.” Sima You Yue said.

Ximen Feng looked at her, then turned to look at kong Xiang Yi again, nodding his head.

“Then we should head off now. We’ll see whether or not we can make it back in time for the auction.” Kong Xiang Yi pulled Ximen Feng by his arm and left anxiously as she spoke.

Sima You Yue knew that they had their own way to go back, so she let them leave.

Third Mo had remained silent all this while. He waited until they left before leaning on the back of the chair, looking at Sima You Yue and saying, “I never thought that you would really be able to obtain the tendon and marrow cleansing pill.”

“Truly shocking.” Qin Mo said.

“The tendon and marrow cleansing pill is very rare. I remember someone from the outer region had auctioned for one, and had spent a fortune on it. However, it’s still something that appears only once in a few thousand years.” Wu Lingyu went around often, so he was rather well informed to have this piece of news.

Sima You Yue naturally knew about the tendon and marrow cleansing pill that appeared the last time. This was because Bei Gong Tang had told her before about the Bei Gong clan auctioning it and giving it to Bei Gong Er.

When she thought of Bei Gong Tang, she suddenly wondered how she was doing. There was less than one month to the auction, so she wondered whether or not they had arrived.

Initially, she had planned to carefully check up on Ximen Feng’s body. However, he wasn’t here right now, so she could only make other plans.

She went to the Xuan Yuan pavilion and gave the tendon and marrow cleansing pill to JUn Lan. When Jun Lan saw the tendon and marrow cleansing pill, she was extremely excited. Once Sima You Yue left, she dashed towards a meeting with the management.

The time for the auction started to draw nearer and nearer. The memory hotel that Sima You Yue and the others were staying at had long since filled up. However, the people who had moved in all knew that a lone courtyard at the back had remained empty. The courtyard which could initially house twenty to thirty people was occupied by only four people.

Some people saw that the courtyard was rather quiet and had decent scenery, so wanted to move in. However, the manager said that the courtyard was not open for outside rentals. They were not allowed to enter.

Even some people with prestigious identities had to leave with a face full of dust.

On this day, another person had once again looked for the manager to request to rent the courtyard at the back. He had come from the inner regions, and was extremely unbridled.

“Young Master Zong Zheng, someone has already reserved the entire courtyard and we are unable to open it for rent to others. We are truly sorry.” The manager smiled apologetically.”

“It’s been reserved, but isn’t there nobody living in it? Then you should rent it to us.” A male with slanted eyes, named Zong Zheng Lu Ba said.

“Young Master Zong Zheng, we truly cannot do that.” The manager said with a smile, but he was secretly irritated.

“Can’t do that? You should know what kind of power our Zong Zheng clan has? We are giving you respect by deigning to stay here in the first place, but you dare turn us away? An inn on the outer regions dares to defy us? You must have swallowed the guts of a leopard! Do you believe that I can tear your establishment apart?”

“I want to see, just how do you plan on tearing my place apart?” Qin Mo’s chilling voice came from behind him. It gave Zong Zheng Lu Ba quite a scare.

Zong Zheng Lu Ba turned around and saw the person walking out from behind the courtyard. He said with a smile, “Lord Qin, you- what are you doing here?”

“This is my inn. Is it strange for me to be here?” Qin Mo glanced lightly at Zong Zheng Lu Ba, “You were just roaring about here, declaring that you want to tear my establishment apart. What do you mean by this?”

Zong Zheng Lu Ba saw the glare and started to break out in cold sweat, saying, “I was just joking.”

AAfter speaking, he left the premises without waiting for Qin Mo’s reply. When he turned around, he could still feel an icy cold gaze. He thought that it was Qin Mo’s glare, and he was so afraid that he dashed away.

Qin Mo saw that hatred in Sima You Yue’s eyes, and patted her shoulder.

Sima You Yue retracted her gaze and her hands were clenched right. She said in a low voice, “I definitely have to kill him!”

“Okay, but you can’t do it now.” Qin Mo said, “The Zong Zheng Clan has sent an elder over this time. He is almost breaking through to the monarch rank. If you act now, you may not walk out of this unscathed.”

Sima You Yue nodded to show that she understood.

The Zong Zheng clan had long since sent people over. It was just that some of them were killed by Ximen Feng on the way here. This time, they had sent their elder. One reason was to participate in the auction, but another reason was to find out who the murderer was.

They weren’t on that intimate relationships with the people who were killed, but the Zong Zheng clan valued their reputation. If they did not get to the bottom of whoever killed their clansmen, others would assume that they were easily bullied.

Sima You Yue was acquainted with Zong Zheng Lu before. It was because she used to have a good relationship with Zong Zheng Han Yue. Both of them had the name ‘Yue’, and they were both the more talented ones in their generation. Furthermore, the relationship between their clans was not bad, so she would go over to the Zong Zheng clan often to hang out and chat with Zong ZHeng Han Yue and spar together. That was why she was familiar with quite a few of the the Zong Zheng clan.

“How is Zong Zheng Han Yue now?”

Qin Mo glanced at Wu Lingyu, saying, “She’s entered the southern desolation Sage Pavilion. She’s been enjoying the favour of the sage pavlion’s pavilion master, so her position is naturally high.”

Sima You Yue laughed coldly, “It has always been her dream to enter the Sage Pavilion. She has actually achieved it. The Sage Pavilion, huh. It truly has very deep origins.”

Zong Zheng Han Yue, who had killed her, had entered the Sage Pavilion. Nalan Lan, who had also tried to kill her, was also in the Sage Pavilion. It went without saying that she would have a lifelong grudge with the Sage Pavilion!

When she thought of this, she couldn’t help but glare at Wu Lingyu.

Wu Lingyu gave her a look at showed how wronged he felt. This had nothing to do with him! He was being innocently implicated again…

Chapter 513: Finally here
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Sima You Yue saw how wronged Wu Lingyu looked, and knew that it had nothing to do with him either. Even he was someone a back up chess piece that the old guy had kept aside. He could be considered a victim as well. Furthermore, his loyalty lay with the Divine Devil Valley. He had never helped the Sage Pavilion before.

However, thinking about how it was all because of the Sage Pavilion that she could not yet attack the Zong Zheng Clan and Yin Yang palace, she still somewhat blamed it on him.

Wu Lingyu sighed inwardly. It seemed that he had to quickly put the issue with the Sage Pavilion behind him. Otherwise, he would always be innocently implicated. If this girl really blamed him at some point in time, he really would have lost out big time.

At this time, a group of people came in from outside. They yelled to the manager, “Manager, is there anymore room here?”

“Sorry dear guests, we no longer have any spare rooms.” The manager said.

Third Mo and Qin Mo happened to be standing in front of Sima You Yue and the others, and happened to block them. She heard a familiar voice and walked out from behind Third Mo. She turned to them and said, “If you guys didn’t come by now, I would have gone to look for you.”

“You Yue, you’re really here!” Fatty Qu saw Sima You Yue and said with a smile, “You Lin said that you would definitely be here, so he got us to come over. Who would have thought that you would really be here!”

“Of course. It’s just a pity that there are no more rooms here.” Wei Zi Qi said.

“Of course there are rooms.” Sima You Yue said, “I knew that you guys would come, so I already prepared your rooms. Otherwise you can go ahead and ask which inn in the entire city still has rooms.”

“Ha ha, then we really have to thank you.” Fatty Qu said with a smile, “When we first arrived here, we heard many people saying that many inns no longer have room.”

Sima You Yue smiled and shook her head. She came beside Sima Lie and said, “Grandfather, follow me to the back.”

As she spoke, she took everyone to the lone courtyard at the back. When they saw the courtyard, everyone was rather surprised.

“You Yue, how did you manage to secure this courtyard?”

Sima You Yue looked at Qin Mo, saying, “This is Qin Mo. He’s my good friend. This is his property, which is why I was able to secure such a good place.” After speaking, she pointed to Third Mo, saying, “This is Third Mo. I call him Shameless Mo. He’s also my friend.”

Everyone cupped their fists in salute to the two of them.

“This is my grandfather, my eldest brother, second brother…” Sima You Yue introduced them to everyone.

Qin Mo and Third Mo nodded towards everyone. It was rather courteous.

“You Yue, since your friends are here, we’ll leave you guys to catch up. Third Mo, Lingyu and I will go for a drink.” Qin Mo said because he knew that she would definitely want to catch up with them properly.

“Okay, you guys go ahead.”

The three of them left as Sima You Yue wondered when Wu Lingyu became on such good terms with them. They had even secretly compared themselves against each other.

However, she wouldn’t understand the world of men and couldn’t be bothered to ask. She pulled everyone to the hall for a chat.

“You Yue, the two of them have uncommon bearing. They are definitely not your average people, right?” Fatty Qu asked curiously.

Sima You Yue looked at the way Sima Lie and the others were looking at her. When she had told Bei Gong Tang and the others about her reincarnation before, she had intentionally let those in the spirit pagoda hear her. That was why they also knew that she was no longer the real Sima You Yue, but a soul that was borrowing her body to live.

However, Sima You Ran had told her later on that no matter what, they had already taken her to be Sima You Yue. She was a part of their family, and the real Sima You Yue!

“They are friends I used to know. They’re all of the inner regions.” Sima You Yue said.

“Fifth bro, in the past, you…” Sima You Le looked at Sima You Yue and spoke haltingly.

“Fourth Bro!” Sima You Ran glared at Sima You Le.

Sima You Yue smiled and didn’t mind it at all as she said, “Fourth Bro, do you want to know about my past?”

“Fifth Bro, ignore him.” Sima You Qi said.

“No worries.” Sima You Yue knew that they were afraid that they would ask something that would hurt her. They had been scared witless every since that time she broke down when she had just advanced in rank. However, they were her friends and family. It was fine for her to tell them.

As such, Sima You Yue told them about all that happened in her past, even about how powerful her enemies were, who they were, and what the pros and cons were.

It could be because she had found Ximen Feng, or because she had already accepted this fact. Telling this story again hurt her, but she was no longer as despondent as before.

After hearing the rest of her story, everyone was shocked and heartbroken. It was no wonder she was so despondent. She had been on the receiving end of such evil. They were currently too weak and could not help her seek revenge.

At this moment, Ximen Feng and Kong Xiang Yi walked over and were shocked when they saw the people in the house.

“You Yue?” Ximen Feng looked curiously at Sima You Yue.

“Dear Feng, these are my family and friends I told you about before.” Sima You Yue said with a smile, “This is my grandfather, this is…”

She introduced Ximen Feng and Kong Xiang Yi to each and every single person in the house.

“Haha, Big Bro, this elder brother calls you big sis, but you call You Qi and the others brothers as ‘ big brothers’. However, Big Bro You Qi and the others were younger than this big brother by a few hundred years, so how do we call each other Big Bro and Little Bro from now!” Little Tu snickered from the side.

When he mentioned this, Sima You Yue was stumped as well. Ximen Feng addressed her as Big Sis, but she had to call Sima You Qi and the others are Big Bro. How was she going to work around this!

“Cough cough. let’s just leave things as they are.” Sima Lie pretended to cough for a bit before saying.

Ximen Feng saw the way Sima You Yue was behaving and said, “Since Big Sis calls you grandfather, so will I. As for her older brothers…”

“Just call us by our names.” Sima You Ming said.

Although he was Sima You Yue’s younger brother, he was so much more powerful than them. How could they be so casual with him?

Sima You Yue nodded as well, saying, “Names are good too.”

“Okay.” Ximen Feng nodded.

“The auction will start in three days. I thought that you guys wouldn’t make it in time. I heard that your throat has already healed quite a bit. I’ll help you check up on it on the way back and make some medication for you.” Sima You Yue heard that Ximen Feng’s throat was no longer as raspy as before, and had regained a bit of what it used to sound like. This meant that he was going to get better soon.

“Okay.” Ximen Feng had always listened to his sister, so although much had changed all these years, his relationship with her had remained the same as before.

Sima You Yue cast her attention back to Kong Xiang Yi again and asked, “How is your younger brother right now?”

“He ate the tendon and marrow cleansing pill and has already experienced a change of his physique. Adding on to that the things that the valley had prepared for him, he has already gone through a hundred eighty change. We really have to thank you! My father said that I have to get you to visit our valley as a guest one day.” Kong Xian Yi said this with a face beaming with smiles.

“I will definitely find a chance to go in the future.” Sima You Yue said with a smile, “Let us quickly go back and rest. Once we’re back, I’ll let you guys take a look at the list. You can see if you want anything. If there is anything you want, you should quickly make preparations.”

Chapter 514: Gambling stones
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Everyone went off to rest. The courtyard that Qin Mo had left for them was big enough, so even though so many more people had come, it didn’t feel cramped at all.

Sima You Yue got Ximen Feng to stay behind. Once everyone had left, she got him to take off his mask.

“Not bad, the scar on your face is quickly fading away. You can barely see it. However, since you have worn your mask for so many years, it rather unnaturally pale.” Sima You Yue looked satisfactorily at Ximen Feng’s face, “After a moment of time, you will be completely healed. When that time comes, you will no longer have to wear a mask all day.”

Ximen Feng didn’t mind wearing a mask or not. In the past, he never thought that there would be a day for him to recover his appearance and voice. He had already reconciled himself to the fact that he would have to wear a mask his whole life. Afterall, if the Zong Zheng Clan and the Yin Yang Palace knew, he would have more than a bit of trouble.

“Big SIs, this is for you.” Ximen Feng took out a stack of crystal cards and gave it to her.

Sima You Ye took the crystal cards and looked at them, then turned back to him in shock.

“Where did you get so much money?”

One million middle ranked crystal stones- this wasn’t a small amount.

“Before things happened, mother gave it to me.” Ximen Feng said.

“You take it. Why are you giving it to me?” Sime You Yue returned the crystal card to him.

“Of course it’s for you to use at the auction.” Ximen Feng didn’t take it back, “You want to buy so many things. Although Jun Lan said that the marrow and tendon cleansing pill will auction for quite a bit of money, it’s always better to have more money. Anyway, you’re buying those ingredients for my sake. Are you not going to allow me to fork out a bit of money for it?”

Sima You Yue saw how obstinate Ximen Feng was, so she could only keep the crystal card.

“You’re not wrong. We do need quite a sum of money. We can’t depend only on the money from the Xuan Yuan Pavilion.” She said, “It’s best if we think of ways to earn more money.”

Jun Tian had come to look for her two days ago to give her three million middle ranked crystal stones. He said that they knew she was lacking cash, so they wanted to advance her a bit of money first. If her item was auctioned off for more money, they would give her more. If it was less, they would consider the difference as a loan to her.

Sima You Yue initially didn’t agree because she didn’t know how much her item would be auctioned off for. However, Jun Tian said that her items were valued around this amount and more, so she kept it.

Right now, with Ximen Feng’s one million, she had six million middle ranked crystal stones. It was ten times more than the cheapest item she had her eye on. There were many items this time, and if others did not fight her for it, it was around the price of the money she had in her hands. However, if others needed it as well, and she had to fight for it, then it was unknown whether this amount of money would be enough.

“Not good enough. I still have to find a way to get more money.” Sima You Yue said, “If I’m really unable to, I have no choice but to borrow from Qin Mo and the others.”

She never liked borrowing from others. This was a habit that she had cultivated since her previous life. However, if she didn’t have enough money when the auction started, she would have no choice.

“Actually, isn’t Third Mo here? You can just let him take you to gamble for stones. It’s a really fast way to get money.” Ximen Feng said.

Hearing what he said, Sima You Yue slapped her forehead and said, “That’s right! How could I forget this!”

Gambling stones. She wasn’t a stranger to this. In the past, she had seen people gambling back on earth. It’s just that the things that people betted on inside the stones were jade, while over here the things they were betting on were spirit stones.

When she was Ximen You Yue, she had seen people gamble on stones. However, she was just an onlooker. She had only followed them to take a look. She had seen someone obtain rare stones from a completely normal looking stone, then selling it for a fortune.

At that time, she was just an onlooker watching a show. Now that she was going to do it, she was an expert going in.

“Do you want me to go and look for Third Mo?” Ximen Feng saw that his sister was so excited, and his eyes carried a trace of a smile as he asked.

“Okay.” Sima You Yue wanted to take Third Mo with her has well, since he was an expert on this too. However, she immediately called Ximen Feng, “Forget it. It’s getting late so we should go tomorrow. We can take Grandfather and the others along too for them to broaden their horizons.”

“Okay. I’ll just let Third Mo know first then, and ask if he has time.”

“Go ahead.” Sima You Yue saw that Ximen Feng wore his mask and left, so she stood up and left the hall as well. She knew where Bei Gong Tang’s room was and walked over, knocking on the door.

Bei Gong Tang opened the door and saw that is was Sima You Yue, so let her enter.

“Done chatting with your brother?” Bei Gong Tang closed the door and asked while sitting beside her.

“Yeah. I just gave him a check up.” Sima You Yue said.

“I really never thought that you would be able to find your relative so quickly. It’s truly something that’s worth celebrating about.” Bei Gong Tang said.

“That’s right. I’m really very happy. I thought that he had died, but I never expected that I would still be able to meet him. It’s just that the condition of his body is a little troublesome.” Sima You Yue said.

“You’ll find a way. I believe in you.” Bei Gong Tang encouraged her.

Sima You Yue shook her head, saying, “Honestly, I haven’t yet thought of a way to truly eradicate his problem. However, I still have a few years of time. I’ll definitely use this time to think of a way.”

“Why don’t we ask your master and the others. We can see if they have any idea.” Bei Gong Tang said, “There are so many weird people in the word, there must be a way.”

“Yeah.” Sima You Yue smiled, saying, “Right, how come your mother didn’t come with you? How is she and your brother? Did the earth palace move against your Bei Gong clan?”

“My Mother and younger brother are really good now. They’re resting at home now.” Bei Gong Tang said, “However, the Yin clan and the Bei Gong Clan and the Earth Palace has had tension as of late. You can even say that they’re already waiting with swords drawn. It’s precisely because of this that we were so late.”

“You didn’t act against the Yin clan, right?”

“Not yet. Because Falcon King has been living in the Yin clan for the past two days, so based on the relationship that the Yin clan had with the falcon king before, they don’t dare to act lightly.” Bei Gong Tang said.

“That’s good then.” Sima You Yue didn’t have much interest in this to begin with. However, since it affected those close to her, she hoped that it would settle itself nicely.

After this, the two of them spoke a bit about other things before she went to tell everyone about going to gamble on stones tomorrow. All who wanted to go were welcome.

Everyone had come up from the continent below, so they had no idea what it meant to gamble on stones. However, when they heard from Sima You Yue that it was a gamble that could ruin or prosper a clan, they were immediately interested and said that they would go along with her tomorrow.

When they heard that Sima You Yue was going to gamble on stones tomorrow, Qin Mo and Third Mo wanted to go with her. There was no need to mention Wu Lingyu, since he would naturally go along as well.

As such, on the morning of the second day, the group of them left the left the place grandly.

Everyone on the streets was gathered in groups, and a majority of them were from the same sects or clans.

After walking about for a moment, Fatty Qu finally pointed to a majestic main door and said, “Stone Pavilion. You Yue, is this the gambling place that the manager told us about?”

Chapter 515: Gambling stones (2)
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Sima You Yue lifted her head and saw it, the two words “Stone Pavilion’ were written powerfully. It’s just that the sides that were embedded with gold looked a tad tacky.

“Stone Pavilion. This should be the place.” Sima Lie said.

They had asked the manager before they headed out that day, which stones were the best and had the highest chances of producing spirit stones. The manager had thus introduced them to this place.

“That Stone Pavilion has the biggest gambling stone sign, and the rate of producing spirit stones is the highest. There is even a high ranked spirit stone produced every few days. It’s just that the prices are a bit steep. The other gambling stone stores aren’t bad either, but if you want to produce the best spirit stones, it’s best to come to the Stone Pavilion.” The manager had said this.

As such, the group decided to come here.

“The Stone Pavilion isn’t bad, I’d gone to a Stone Pavilion in the inner regions before, and opened a rare spirit stone from the ancient times.” Third Mo said.

“Let’s go in, then.” Sima You Yue said.

Fatty Qu and the others were also excited as they followed them in. They had already understood a little bit more about gambling on stones as they were on the way. Also, they found out about Third Mo’s identity, so were even more interested towards gambling stones.

The moment they entered, they saw that the place was filled with people. The shopkeeper was already beyond busy, and had no time to attend to everybody. Those people would just look around for stones on their own, and just pay for it when they chanced upon one that they liked. After that, they would cut it open.

Sima You Yue looked on for a bit and saw that there was a group of people on the periphery who stood watching in a semicircle. That place should be the place where they cut open the stones.

“Whoa- I see green!”

“It really is! Great Master, please continue to open it!”

“He’d just cut down two layers of the stone before seeing green. It’s such a large stone as well, the spirit stone would definitely be a large one this time!”

“Ha ha, Young Master really chose a good piece of stone!”

The hubbub of opening stones attracted a few people, and everyone wanted to see what kind of spirit stone would appear.

Fatty Qu and the others had gone to spectate as well. Although they knew that there was a mine on the second level of the spirit pagoda and had gone there to dig for crystal stones before, they had never seen a scene like this. For a moment, they felt like newbies.

Even Sima Lie couldn’t help but go over to look as well.

Sima You Yue, Wu Lingyu and Third Mo didn’t go over. This was not the first time they had seen something like this. Furthermore, it was jam packed with people, so they couldn’t be bothered to squeeze with others.

A short while later, cries of joy were heard from inside.

“Whoa, that’s a huge Bright Cloud Spirit Stone. It’s my first time seeing one!”

“Exactly, it’s such a huge bright cloud spirit stone, it’s definitely worth a few tens of thousands of middle ranked spirit stones.

“Hello, young Lord, I’m willing to pay fifty thousand middle ranked crystal stones to buy your spirit stone. How about it?”

“I’ll give you fifty five thousand, how about it?”

“Hey hey hey, Young Lord, I’ll give you seventy thousand. Why don’t you sell it to me?”

“Get lost! Young Lord, I’m willing…”

Fatty Qu was shoved out of the way by the horde of enthusiastic people. When he saw how crazy they were, he quickly retreated out.

“They’re really too crazy!” Sima You Le wiped the sweat off his forehead as he sighed.

“This is the way it is. You’ll get used to it after seeing it a few more times.” Sima You Yue said with a laugh.

After this, the bright cloud spirit stone was sold off at a price of ninety thousand middle ranked crystal stones. Furthermore, the raw stone that he had bought was only worth a thousand middle ranked crystal stones. This price was more than ten times its original!

“Come and see, come and look! That bright cloud spirit stone was chosen from this place!” The shopkeeper saw that the people in front of him had all walked away, and shouted.

At a glance, the raw stones were rather lower in rank. It would be difficult for one to choose a stone that would produce any spirit stones from this pile just by looking at it. However, the prices were lower, so if one were really able to produce a spirit stone, they would also earn many times over what they paid!

As such, everyone went to this pile of raw stones, and the initially cold and empty area was once again bustling with life.

“You Yue, are we going to buy some stones as well?” Fatty Qu said excitedly.

Sima You Yue knocked Fatty Qu on the head, saying, “This stone pile is full of white stones. There’s no point even if you go over.”

White stones- this was the term used to describe stones that did not produce a bit of spirit stones. The inside of it would be a white and smooth stone, so they were called white stones.

Third Mo heard what she said, and asked, “You Yue, you learnt how to appraise stones?”

“I learnt a little. I’m not that great, otherwise, I wouldn’t ask you to help me choose.” Sima You Yue didn’t hide it.

“Damn, how do you know that the stones over there won’t produce spirit stones? Don’t spit nonsense if you don’t know!” That shopkeeper scolded Sima You Yue when he heard what she had said.

“Watch how you speak!” Sima You Le saw how he had scolded Sima You Yue, and wanted to go forward and teach him a lesson.

Sima You Yue pulled him to a stop, and said, “We’re not here to fight. Let’s go, head inside.”

The raw stones on the outside of the houses were the lowest in ranks. Their prices were rather low, and the deeper you got inside the house, the better they got. The rate of the spirit stones they could produce would also increase. However, it increased along with the price. Most people would choose the ones outside and try their luck. Those with more money would prefer to choose the ones inside the shop.

They walked in from the main hall and the inside did not look like a house, but a courtyard with an open roof. The spirit stones were placed in twos and threes around the courtyard.

There were obviously fewer people here than there were outside, so it didn’t feel that crowded. Also, the people here had dressed up nicely. It couldn’t be compared to the people outside at all.

“You Yue, how much do you want to earn?” Third Mo asked.

Sima You Yue blinked in confusion. She had no idea what he meant.

“If you want to earn a few million, this place is good. However, if you want to earn a few tens of millions, we should go even deeper.” Third Mo explained, “This place is good too, but the things inside are better.”

Sima You Yue looked around and said, “Let’s start here. In any case, we have two days. When the time comes, we can just choose again. The prices here aren’t too high, everyone can play together.”

“Why not.”

“We can play as well?” Fatty’s eyes shone.

“The average ranked ones are fifty thousand and below. I’ll give you each two million to go and play. If you get any spirit stones, you can keep them for yourselves or exchange them for crystals.” After speaking, she took out two crystal cards and each one had a million intermediate ranked crystal stones.

She was left with three million, which she left for herself. She believed that with Third Mo, she would definitely be able to earn back much more.

“Hurray, we can play as well!” Fatty Qu and the others took the money and went off. They went to take a few for themselves, leaving Sima You Yue, Wu Lingyu, Third Mo and Qin Mo behind.

“Let’s go, we’ll choose some as well.” Sima You Yue said.

The four of them came to an area where there were less people. There were also less raw stones here, which looked average in comparison. There wasn’t anything apparently special about them, but they were priced rather steeply. Most people wouldn’t dare to pick them. They would choose those stones that appeared more obviously special.

“You better not choose the stones from here. A few people came here yesterday and chose a few, but not a single one of them got a good stone.” A middle aged male saw that Sima You Yue and the others had gone to pick those stones, and couldn’t help but utter those few sentences. He had chosen a raw stone himself and had gone to pay for it.

Sima You Yue looked at the shop keeper that just came over and asked, “Is what he said true?”

The shopkeeper didn’t keep it from her and said, “It’s true, they didn’t get good ones yesterday. They only obtained two watermelon stones

Chapter 516: Gambling stones (3)
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Sima You Yue knew about watermelon stones. They looked like watermelons, and the inside of it was like watermelon seeds. There would only be a few spirit stones resembling watermelon seeds. There wasn’t much point to opening it because this kind of watermelon seeds were totally useless. They weren’t worth any money. Those who opened this kind were asking for trouble.

Who would have thought that the shopkeeper would be so honest. He didn’t keep it from her.

She waved her hand at him, saying, “We’ll choose on our own. You can head down first.”

She knew that these kind of shopkeepers would get a cut from selling the raw stones. That’s why they gave their best to market the stones. However, they would only give opinions at the most. They would never dare to make a decision on behalf of the customer. Otherwise, it would be problematic if they caused the customer to cut out a white stone.

“Do you want to give it a go, or do you want me to help you choose one?” Third Mo asked.

“I want to try.” Sima You Yue looked at the stones and was eager to give it a try.

This was rather different from the ones that came out from the mine in the spirit pagoda. She could sense how each one was like, and could tell whether or not a spirit stone would appear. However, these were different. She had no connection with these stones, so she was not able to directly tell how it was. However, she could now use what she had learnt from the book to see how good she was.

She knelt down and chose a stone from the pile. She touched and felt it, then kept looking before finally selecting a raw stone that was around the size of a person’s head.

Third Mo’s eyes shone when he saw her select that one. However, he didn’t say anything.

The person who had told her not to select it from there happened to be paying his bill and was preparing to find someone to help cut open his stone. He turned around and happened to see Sima You Yue walking over while hugging a stone. He immediately called out, “Sigh, this child. Why did you choose a watermelon stone!”

After saying this, he regretted it because many people had come over because of his voice.

He lowered his voice and said, “Sor-sorry. But if you want to choose this, even if you open it up, there will only be melon seeds. It’s not worth it. You have to pay a million middle ranked crystals for this stone!”

Sima You Yue never thought that she would encounter such a passionate person. Although he had attracted the attention of many around her, he had good intentions, so she wasn’t mad. She replied, “No worries, this is my first try, so I’ll just take it as practice.”

After speaking, she smiled at the person and walked over to the counter by the lake.

That person saw that Sima You Yue was obstinate in her choice, so he didn’t speak any further. However, he didn’t leave the place either. He hugged his own raw stone and followed behind Sima You Yue to see what kind of result she would get.

He wasn’t the only one. A few others wanted to laugh at Sima You Yue. During this period of time, watching other open stones was a kind of interest.

Sima You Yue placed her raw stone on the table. The counter lady was a little shocked to see that she had selected a watermelon stone, especially after hearing that someone had warned her against choosing watermelon stones. She didn’t expect that Sima You Yue would still choose it.

“Young Lord, are you certain you want to buy this?” The counter lady subconsciously asked.

Sima You Yue nodded, saying, “This is the one.”

“Okay then. This stone will be one million and eight thousand middle ranked crystal stones.” The lady said with a smile.

Sima You Yue took out her crystal card and paid out a million and eight thousand.

The lady offered the card back to her with both hands, asking with a smile, “Young Lord, do you want to cut it open?”

Sima You Yue nodded.

The lady pointed at the area where they opened the stones and said, “You can just head over there.”

“Got it.” Sima You Yue hugged her raw stone and went over.

There were two masters there who would help open the stones. However, both were currently helping others, so she hugged her own stone and stood at the side, watching. She would occasionally talk to the three guys by her side.

“Do you think the stone in his hands will produce a stone?” Third Mo bumped Sima You Yue’s arm and asked.

Without waiting for Sima You Yue to reply, the master opening the stone cut into it according to the person’s instructions. He cut a third of it, and the small bit of it fell to the ground. It was white on the side and didn’t have any green. The bigger piece of it had a faint trace of green.

“I see green!” The people onsite cried out softly. They weren’t loud like the people outside.

“Cut here, next.” The owner of the stone asked him to cut the other side of the stone.

Sima You Yue looked at the stone and said, “Such a pity…”

“A pity?” Fatty Qu and the others came up and asked when they heard what she said.

“It looks like the stone will produce a spirit stone. But I don’t know why the inside doesn’t have anything good.” Sima You Yue explained to them in a low voice.

“Really?”

“Yeah.” Sima You Yue nodded. She was sure of it. This was a glass spirit stone.

Glass spirit stones were those that had a thin piece of spirit stones. Even if the quality of these spirit stones were great, they weren’t worth much money.

The people who were kneeling on the ground turned around to glare at Sima You Yue. They didn’t say anything, but the lady beside them shouted at Sima You Yue, “Shut up if you don’t know anything!”

Sima You Yue didn’t think that, with everyone’s attention on the stone opening, there would be those who were listening in on her conversation.

If she were to stay silent, then so be it. In any case, it had nothing to do with her.

However, just like Sima You Yue had said, the stone that initially appeared to be of high quality, on revealed a thin piece of spirit stone. The quality of it wasn’t bad, but it was just too thin. The amount of spirit energy contained within it wasn’t much, so it wasn’t too useful.

The owner of that stone still appeared rather calm as he stood up and patted the dust off his body. The lady beside him had a long face and was extremely upset.

“Next.” The master who was tasked to cut open stones said.

Sima You Yue saw that nobody was going up, so she walked up and placed the stone in her hand onto the stone table.

“Watermelon stone?” The people who were there laughed when they saw her stone. The lady from before laughed out loudly as well.

Seeing her tranquil behaviour, the master who was cutting open the stones said, “Is this the Young Lord’s first time gambling on stones?”

Sima You Yue nodded.

She had seen others gamble before, but this was really her first time.

“Has the Young Lord heard of watermelon stones?”

“I have.” Sima You Yue said, “But I want this one. I’ve already paid for it, so there’s no point regretting.”

The master shook his head, then hugged the stone before touching it carefully.

“Thinking of getting some spirit stones from a watermelon? This is my first time seeing it!” That lady mocked.

“Third Sis, do not be rude!” That male chided her.

“That’s just the truth. Others have already told him that watermelon stones will not produce any good stones but he refuses to listen and insists on cutting it open. I dare bet that he won’t get a single good spirit stone! If he’s able to get one, I’ll write my name backwards!” That lady said angrily.

“How do you, Young Lord, plan to open this?” The master asked.

“Hold on, Master.” Sima You Yue stood up and looked at the lady, saying, “You want to bet with me?”

“That’s right!” The lady stepped forwards and looked disdainfully at Sima You Yue, “If you can cut open a good stone, I’ll give you double the price you paid for it!”

Chapter 517: Gambling stones (4)
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“Third Sis, don’t make a scene!” The male who was with her, scolded her.

“Second Big Bro, don’t stop me!” That lady looked at Sima You Yue, saying, “If your stone really produces spirit stones with a value of at least two million middle ranked crystal stones, I will gladly give you double the amount of money! If you don’t manage to do it…. If you don’t manage to do it… you just need to give me a hundred thousand crystal stones!”

“Okay.” Sima You Yue nodded, and the two made their agreement.

“Third Sis, how could you let others…” Hu Ling wanted to stop her, but his younger sister would refuse to listen to him once she was in a stubborn mood. Despite this, he still couldn’t let her act so wilfully.

“Second Big Bro, the person didn’t reject me, so why are you so anxious!” Hu Fang Fang said with a smile. “Since we’ve agreed on it, you can begin cutting!”

When one was betting on stones, it was a good opportunity to gamble as well. This was a very common scene, so nobody was surprised. They just continued to watch things unfold with excitement. They wanted to see who would end up losing.

“Lord, how do you want to open it?” The master asked.

“Just cut through the centre!” Sima You Yue said.

“This… Lord, are you certain?” The master asked.

Usually, one would cut in slowly from the centre. This was because most spirit stones were in the centre or slightly off-center. If one cut through the centre, it was easy for one to ruin the spirit stone inside. Once it was broken, the spirit energy would leak out from the hole. Then, it would have to be used quickly and couldn’t be kept for long. The spirit stone would no longer be worth as much.

It was rather rare for them to receive requests like hers, which were to cut through the centre.

“Since he told you to cut through the centre, you should just do it.” Hu Fang Fang said with a laugh, “In any case, it’s a watermelon stone. It’s no problem if you cut through the centre.”

The master felt that this made sense as well, so he followed Sima You Yue’s instructions and cut the stone through the centre into two.

The two halves of the stone fell onto the ground, revealing the pure white stone.

“It’s a white stone.” The people watching all saw the white stone, and were not surprised at all.

Hu Fang Fang saw the white stone and smiled self satisfactorily. She watched at Fatty Qu and the others raged.

“What are you anxious for? Don’t you see how those two are calm and composed?” Wu Lingyu saw that they were fuming, so he commented lightly.

Even if they wanted to say that it was Sima You Yue’s first time betting on stones, Third Mo had also remained silent the entire way. This proved that there was definitely no issue with the stone.

“Where do you want to cut next?” The master asked as he picked up one of the halves.

“Let me see.” Sima You Yue took the stone and looked. Then, she drew on the surface and said, “Cut this way.”

“Okay.”

The master retrieved the stone from her and cut like how she had shown him. The stone split in half away, and it was still a white stone.

“Here, grind it.” Sima You Yue took one of the halves and said.

You could cut or grind a stone. Most people began by cutting, then would choose to grind into the stone when they felt that a spirit stone was going to appear. They would slowly wear away the surface of the stone.

A short moment later, a few spirit stones the size of peanuts began to reveal themselves.

“They’re really melon seeds.” The spectators said.

“How could you call these melon seeds. They’re better than melon seeds. They’re peanuts!” Hu Fang Fang mocked.

“Third Sis!” Hu Ling said with furrowed eyebrows. He was rather angry.

Hu Fang Fang gulped and didn’t speak any more. However, she looked at Sima You Yue with a provocative gaze!

Sima You Yue kept the few emerald peanuts away, then gave the other small half to the master, saying, “Grind this too.”

“Ha ha ha, will you be able to grind out something worth two million?” Someone jeered.

Sima You Yue couldn’t be bothered to deal with them as she handed the small half to the master. Then, she picked up the other half and inspected it closely.

“I’ll help you open it.” Third Mo walked over and said.

“Okay.” Sima You Yue knew that Third Mo wouldn’t say things lightly. Since he had spoken, that meant it was rather difficult to open. That must mean that the item inside had caught his interest.

Third Mo took that piece of stone and placed it on the low desk. Then, he took out a small knife and used his hands to feel it. After which, he used the knife and followed along a vein, slicing it gently. A piece of the stone’s surface was peeled off.

Everyone watched and saw that he was truly an expert. The piece of stone that had drifted down didn’t look like it was cut off with a knife at all.

Without knowing it, everyone was completely focused on him. Even the master had stopped working and was focused on Third Mo.

Third Mo peeled off a single layer of the stone and the stone that was the size of a person’s fist had gradually become the size of a chicken egg.

Third Mo looked at Sima You Yue, and she understood what he meant. She said rather excitedly, “Is it coming out?”

Third Mo nodded, then took out something used to polish the stone. He began to wear away the remaining surface of the stone lightly, and every exertion was even. Under his grinding, a spirit stone that was the size of a chicken egg appeared in front of everyone.

Third Mo took out a wet cloth, lightly wiping away the surface of the spirit stone. This allowed everyone to see the spirit stone carefully.

“Guys, look! There’s actually a golden centre!” Someone cried out.

“This is a stone in a stone!”

“It’s really a stone in a stone! The core is golden, and it’s about the size of a chicken egg. It’s pretty highly ranked!”

“A stone in a stone that is the size of a lychee is worth a few hundreds of thousands. This one is about the size of a chicken egg, and the inside is even golden in colour. It should be worth three to four hundred thousand!”

“Sss-”

Everyone on site could not help but to suck in a breath. They never thought that this thing would be worth so much money!

“You Yue, you’ve chosen a good one!” Third Mo placed the spirit stone into Sima You Yue’s hands. He was happy that he was able to cut out a spirit stone like this.

Sima You Yue took the spirit stone happily and even waved at Hu Fang Fang, “I’m really sorry that I won the bet this time! In a moment, I’ll get someone to help me appraise it. Thank you, Lady Hu for your generosity. Master, help me grind out the remaining bit of stone. Who knows, I might be able to get out a few more melon seeds, oh no, I mean peanuts!”

Hu Fang Fang’s face was turning green. This was clearly giving her a few resounding slaps on her face. However, under everyone’s watchful eye, she couldn’t just shrug this off.

Very quickly, the remaining bit was also grinded. There were a total of five melon seeds, When added together, they were worth around one thousand middle ranked crystals.

The stone pavilion had their own appraisal masters who could ascertain the value of a spirit stone that was cut out. A short moment later, an elderly who appeared otherworldly walked out from the back of the courtyard. He had specially come to appraise Sima You Yue’s stone.

“It’s rare to see such a big stone within a stone. It’s even golden at its core. My elderly self can feel a kind of boundless energy radiating from its golden core. Based on my experience, this stone is worth at least three hundred and fifty thousand middle ranked crystal stones.”

Three hundred and fifty thousand. Double that, was seven hundred thousand stones. Hu Fang Fang’s heart hurt when she thought of how she had lost seven hundred thousand stones in a short moment.

“Wait a minute, there’s still this. I have to bother you to give me an appraisal. These are worth a bit as well, aren’t they?” Sima You Yue opened her hands and there were around ten spirit stones that were the size of melon seeds.

Everyone saw that she had truly taken the melon seeds out for appraisal and couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Chapter 518: Gambling stones (5)
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Just now, they were even mocking her about using the watermelon seeds to make up the shortfall. Who would have thought that she would actually do it.

That elderly master’s beard trembled. He already had more than a hundred thousand middle ranked stones, but he actually wanted him to ascertain how much these few watermelon seeds were worth? However, the guest had already requested it, so he could only look them over attentively and say, “The spirit stones are too small, but their purity isn’t bad. The accumulated spirit energy inside isn’t bad either. With those two factors combined, they should be worth two thousand middle ranked spirit stones.”

The were worth two thousand middle ranked spirit stones. It was a vast difference from her previous amount of one hundred and eight thousand thousand. However, if she had not obtained that stone, she would have lost the gamble.

“I’ve troubled Great Master.” Sima You Yue kept her watermelon spirit stones away as she turned to Hu Fang Fang and said, “Lady Hu, when you pay me, you should not forget the two thousand watermelon seeds. Oh, sorry, you should pay me four thousand.”

Hu Fang Fang’s expression was dark as she turned around angrily.

Hu Ling saw the way his sister was acting and sighed. He took out two crystal cards and combined them together. Then, he handed one of them to Sima You Yue, saying, “This is seven hundred and four thousand. Please keep it well.”

Sima You Yue kept the crystal card unceremoniously. At the same time, she did her own internal assessment of the siblings. They were able to take out seven hundred middle ranked crystal stones without batting an eyelid. This proved that they weren’t your average joe. They must have a huge background. She had no idea how powerful it was, but it was definitely far from average.

“Third Sis, let’s head back. If Big Bro returns to find you missing, he might get angry.” Hu Ling said.

Hu Fang Fang had initially wanted to play some more, but when she heard him mention about her eldest brother, she could not help but shrink her head back. If he knew that she had lost a seven hundred thousand bet, he would berate her harshly. Only her second eldest brother would shield her this way.

“Let’s head back then.” She held on to her brother’s arm as they walked out.

When they saw that they had left, those who gathered to watch the drama all dispersed. Fatty Qu and the others came over and wanted to see that stone within a stone.

“This Lord, I wish to purchase your stone within a stone for three hundred thousand.” A male walked over and said directly.

“Lord, ignore him. I will pay you three hundred and fifty thousand.”

“Lord, I will pay you four hundred thousand.”

Sima You Yue looked at those around her and heard them clamouring about the price they would pay her, while feeling a little dazed.

“Four hundred and fifty thousand. Whoever is willing to pay this amount, I’ll give it to him.” Sima You Yue shouted directly after seeing that the price had stopped at four hundred and twenty three thousand.

The few of them pondered it over. Four hundred and fifty thousand was rather steep. It was more than its valued price of a hundred thousand! However, this stone was still rather rare, and someone finally grit their teeth and paid for it.

After their exchange, Sima You Yue sold off that middle ranked stone and received another four hundred and fifty thousand. When added with the seven hundred thousand that she earned from the gamble, she had a total of one million, one hundred and fifty thousand.

Furthermore, she had only spent ten thousand eight on it. The profits were better than she imagined.

Fatty Qu and the others saw that Sima You Yue had obtained a good stone, so they wanted to try as well. Each of them chose two stones, spending one million. They were completely clueless on how to choose raw stones. However, they based it on their gut feeling. Some managed to choose good ones, while others got white stones. However, at the end of everything, they practically got back whatever they paid and earned a profit of a hundred thousand middle ranked crystal stones too. They were considered pretty lucky.

“You Yue, how did you select that watermelon stone?” Qin Mo asked rather curiously.

“Actually, I based it on gut feeling.” Sima You Yue said, “Although I paid attention to the outside and knew the inside would be watermelon seeds, the other surface of the rock had a rather glossy look. That was way I had a hunch that there might be something in there.”

What she didn’t say was that her instincts were a lot more sensitive than others. If not for that, she would not have been able to sense that very minute difference.

“Not bad, you got such good profits on your first gamble. You’re so much better than I was back then.” Third Mo said.

“I’ve earned one million, but it’s not enough! Let’s continue.” Sima You Yue said.

Later on, she chose a few by herself and Third Mo helped her choose two more. When they opened them up, there were a few spirit stones. This gave Sima You Yue quite a few profits and she obtained ten million middle ranked stones.

When everyone saw how much fun Sima You Yue was having, the people in the stone pavilion felt their hearts ache.

Wasn’t she spoiling the market?

When Sima You Yue and the others were opening stones, that counter lady cast a glance towards a corner of the courtyard. After that, she heard that they had obtained another good stone and felt her heart ache again.

The spirit stones that Sima You Yue had opened was selling for five hundred thousand middle ranked crystal stones. Seeing how everyone just yelled out five hundred thousand without backing an eyelid, she thought about how much money she could have earned in the past and couldn’t help but sigh. It turns out that there were many rich people in this world. She was just a pauper in the lower class!

However, after selecting the stones one by one, she started understanding her theory more and more. The accuracy of which she picked her stones also got higher, and Third Mo couldn’t help but be in awe.

Just as Sima You Yue was going to pay for another raw stone that she had selected, a leisurely male wearing sky blue clothes walked over from behind.

“Lord.” The shopkeeper of the stone pavilion bowed towards that male.

That male waved his hand and the people stood straight.

“Lord, this is them.” The male by their side pointed to Sima You Yue and the others.

“I was just wondering what kind of ability would shock my men senseless. It turns out that Sir Third Mo has graced us with his presence.” That male cupped his hand in salute to Third Mo.

Wu Lingyu and Qin Mo was currently talking to everyone with their backs to them, and heard him mention ‘Third Mo’. As such, they turned around and their eyebrows raised when they saw the person who had come.

“We also have His highness from the Sage Pavilion and Young Master Qin. I, Liang, have been rude.” The blue clothed male saw Wu Lingyu and Qin Mo, and was extremely shocked. How did so many heavyweights turn up here today.

Everyone else was stunned as well. They were not too familiar with Qin Mo and the others, but Third Mo and Wu Lingyu were more well known. They were not your average people!

“Liang Yu, what are you doing here?” Third Mo didn’t mind that he had been recognised. He was just wondering how he had bumped into him here.

The stone pavilion was a store situated on the periphery of the central region, and Liang Yu was someone of authority in the stone pavilion. They had met before in the central regions, and could be counted as an acquaintance.

“Isn’t the auction held here? Everyone in the clan wanted me to come and take a look.” Liang Yu said, “Third Mo, why do you not head inside to choose? How could these stones be worthy of your attention.”

“I’m not the one choosing the stones, I’m just here to accompany a friend.” Third Mo said while looking at Sima You Yue.

Liang Yu looked at Sima You Yue. He looked like an extremely young male, how did he get Third Mo’s attention?

“You Yue, look at you, even the young master of the stone pavilion is shocked.” Qin Mo said with a smile.

“You Yue?” Liang Yu sucked in a breath. Could this be the You Yue from the Ximen clan that was killed off?

Chapter 519: Gambling stones (6)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations  Editor: Misty Cloud Translations

Sima You Yue had met Liang Yu before. Seeing the surprise on his face, she smiled as she cupped a fist to him in salute, saying, “This lowly one is Sima You Yue. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Young Master Liang.”

“Sima You Yue?” Liang Fu saw the calm on Sima You Yue’s face, then saw her bone structure again. She appeared to be a young male. He replied with a smile, “Who would have thought that Third Master Mo would actually make such a young friend.”

“It’s my first time gambling, so I thought it was a little interesting. I never thought I would shock Young Master Liang into action. I’m truly sorry.” Sima You Yue said politely.

“No, no. This place is open for business, and all this is well and expected.” Liang Yu said, “It’s just that we occasionally run into squatters, so the shopkeeper raised up a fuss about nothing and we’ve troubled Lord Third Mo and you guests. I, Liang, apologise once again.”

“Young Master Liang, you’re too polite.” Third Mo and the others couldn’t say much as her identity wasn’t that powerful. As such, saying this didn’t lose any face. “Shameless Third, we’ve have our fun for the day, why don’t we head back?”

“Your honor, Holy Son, Third Lord Mo, Young Master Qin, since you are all here, why don’t you let me take you all for a drink?” Ling Yu said.

Wu Lingyu and the other two turned to look at Sima You Yue. Sima You Yue didn’t have much of an impression of Liang Yu. Seeing that Sima Lie and the others were all looking at her, she smiled and walked over, asking, “Grandfather, Third Mo, are you done playing?”

“Yup, we’ve already had our fill.” Sima Lie said.

“Then let’s head back first.” Sima You Yue said, “Senior brother, if you’re going for a drink, we’re going to head back first.”

“Senior brother? Is Lord Sima someone from the Sage Pavilion?” Liang Yu asked.

“I’m not.” Sima You Yue smiled, “Senior brother, we’re going to head back first.”

“We still have to prepare for the auction tomorrow, we’ll have to pass on the drinks.” Wu Lingyu said.

“Mm, I have to prepare for it as well. I do have things that caught my attention. I definitely have to auction for it.” Third Mo said, “Ling Yu, let’s drink next time. Farewell.”

Sima You Yue and the others cupped their fists towards Liang Yu, then they left the stone pavilion.

Liang Yu saw them leave and the smile on his face disappeared. With a wave of his hand, a guard walked in.

“Send men out to check what kind of background that person has. He actually has the three of them as his companions, and even called Wu Lingyu his senior brother. How did I not know that Wu Lingyu had a junior brother?”

“Understood.” That person left immediately.

A little servant by Liang Yu’s side rushed up, saying, “Young Master, I once heard that the Devil Master of the Divine Devil Valley received a new disciple. It shouldn’t be that person, right?”

“Divine Devil Valley?” Liang Yu’s eyebrows furrowed together, “It does seem to be that person. Is he the other young valley master of the Divine Devil Valley?”

“Young Master, I’ve also just recalled that the person seems to be called Sima You Yue. He hails from the Yi Lin Continent. “Another little servant said.

“I never would have thought that the Divine Devil Valley would get a person from the lower continents to become their young valley master?” Liang Yu smiled icily, “I really don’t know what the pavilion master is thinking. He actually got a Divine Devil Valley clansman to become our Holy Son.”

It turned out that the stone pavilion was another power under the banner of the Sage Pavilion.

“Nobody knows what the pavilion master is thinking. The Divine Devil Valley has always been at complete odds with the Sage Pavilion, but he actually personally invited Wu Lingyu to become the Holy Son. He has even pampered him so well, as if he intends to hand the Sage Pavilion over to him.”

“Hmph, we’ll see how long he will be able to remain in that position.” Liang Yu said, “Send men out to keep a close eye on their movements!”

“Yes, Young Master.”

Sima You Yue and her group walked out of the stone pavilion. When he thought of the faint hazy look in the corner of Liang Yu’s eye, Third Mo was secretly happy, saying, “If I’d known earlier that Liang Yu was here, I would have taken you right inside to open a few spirit stones of a higher rank to kill him with anger.”

“It’s just that he’s found out about You Yue’s identity. Will it bring trouble?” Qin Mo’s eyebrows furrowed.

“What are we afraid of.” Wu Lingyu wasn’t worried at all, “As the Young Master of the Divine Devil Valley, anybody who walked by would have to take three steps back.”

Sima You Yue nodded, saying, “He knows the Ximen You Yue of the past and knows also that we have a good relationship. I’m afraid that he will link it to me, although that’s not equal to letting him know my current identity. In any case, even if we didn’t say it, he will likely check it out himself.

“That Liang Yu appears to be the Young Master of the Liang Clan, but he’s someone who doesn’t really have that much talent.

“Mm.” Sima You Yue nodded, then beamed, “I’ve earned ten million in a day. I’m happy just thinking about it.”

“I can feel it. You’re smiling so hard your eyes are going to disappear.” Wu Lingyu couldn’t help but smile when he saw her this way.

Sima You Yue didn’t mind his teasing, and was beyond herself in joy. She was a lot more interested in gambling on stones now, and was prepared to go and gamble for fun if she ever lacked money, to gain a bit of spending cash.

Her spirit beasts were all judging her from inside the Spirit Pagoda. When she first started refining pills, she was still planning on selling pills whenever she was broke. Later on, after learning arrays, she had the exact same thought. It happened again now that she had started gambling. How was their master so poor?

However, she did not care about their disdain. She was even thinking about how gambling was such a lucrative job. When she got back, she would look into the book ‘Soul’s Search for the Root’. She had currently barely skimmed the surface, and even then she was able to start appraising stones. If she was able to complete the book, she might even be able to become a Seeker Spirit Emperor.

When she thought of this, she looked at Third Mo again. She wondered whether or not she should also let him look at the book. Thinking about how he had given up his few hundred year hobby for her sake, as well as his dedication to her, she finally decided to give him a copy.

Since she had decided it, she got it done. The moment she went back, she headed into the spirit pagoda, digging through the whole place to look for a stone rubbing. She placed the book on the table, then looked at the book while inserting her thoughts into the stone rubbing.

The stone rubbing was a kind of jade that could record one’s thoughts. The thoughts would not disappear just because they left one’s body for too long.

She placed the stone rubbing on her forehead, then flipped through the book page by page. There were some things that she just couldn’t understand. However, after seeing it once, she recorded it down. Who knows, Third Mo might understand the meaning after he looked at it.

She stayed in the Spirit Pagoda for three days before finally recording down a full version of ‘Soul Seeking for the Root’. Because it had taken up quite a bit of her mental energy, she was rather exhausted when she was done. She ate a pill and rested for a while before taking the book out.

She went to knock on Third Mo’s, and Third Mo was rather surprised to see that she had come on her own. He thought that she had gone with Ximen Feng and the others to discuss about the auction.

Sima You Yue entered and got him to close the door. Then, she took out a rubbing stone and gave it to him.

“For me? What is it?” Third Mo took it and took a look.

“You’ll know when you see it.”

Third Mo saw how secretive she was behaving, and placed the rubbing stone on his forehead and took a look. He was stunned with a single glance and looked at her with eyes filled with surprise.

Chapter 520: Auction (1)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations  Editor: Misty Cloud Translations

“You- how did you get this?” Third Mo felt that this was the second thing after learning that she was still alive that had given him such a huge shock.

“Some fortuitous encounters.” Sima You Yue said, “This isn’t the original copy. I made a copy after spending quite a few days on it. It’s yours.”

“Mine?” Third Mo was in disbelief. This was the ‘Spirit Seeking for the Root’. It was the book he had been searching for all this time, and it had actually appeared in front of him.

“Of course it’s yours. Why else would I let you see it.” Sima You Yue said. She saw Third Mo’s stunned appearance and found it rather comical. This was the first time in both lives that she had ever seen him this way!

However, now that the thing he had been searching for his whole life had suddenly appeared in front of him, even if it was him, he was still beside himself with excitement.

“You knew that I’ve been searching for this all this while, so I won’t stand on ceremony.” Third Mo took the stone rubbing and patted Sima You Yue’s shoulder excitedly.

“Why would you.” Sima You Yue said, “You’ve helped me out so much that I’ve earned ten million middle ranked stones in a day. Just take it as my gift of gratitude.”

Third Mo looked at Sima You Yue and was practically bursting with joy. She didn’t want to disturb him so she stood up and said, “I’ve given it to you, so I’ll be heading back first. I know you want to read it, but you have to remember the auction tomorrow.”

“Relax, I won’t miss it. Just call me before you head out.” Third Mo said.

“Okay.”

The moment Sima You Yue left, Third Mo opened it and started to study it. On the second day when they called him out to participate in the auction, he was still intoxicated with it.

The group of them headed to the Xuan Yuan pavilion, and found that many people were also headed in the same direction. It seemed that they were here to participate in the auction as well.

“You Yue!” Halfway there, Sima You Yue heard someone call her name. She turned around and saw that Chou Xiao Tian was currently greeting her from far away. He had a group of people with him as well, but they didn’t seem like they were from the Innumerable Green Palace. They should be masters from the Central Province.

Chou Xiao Tian said a few things to the person beside him, then squeezed through the crowd and came in front of Sima You Yue, saying, “I just knew you would come to the auction, and here I see you.”

“There’s no way we would miss such an exciting event.” Sima You Yue said.

“Have you settled Bei Gong’s issue?” Chou Xiao Tian asked while looking at Bei Gong Tang.

“It’s been done.” Bei Gong Tang nodded at him.

“Senior, Master wants you to head over quickly.” A lady walked over and looked arrogantly at Sima You Yue and the others while saying to Chou Xiao Tian.

Chou Xiao Tian smiled at Sima You Yue and the other, saying, “I’ll look for you again once the auction is over. Where are you guys staying at?”

“Memory Restaurant.”

Alright, I’ll look for you later on. I’ll head on first, then.” Chou Xiao Tian cupped his fist as he spoke, then left with the lady.

“Tch, what is she posing for.” Fatty Qu rolled his eyes at Chou Xiao Tian’s junior sister. He was extremely put off.

“Enough, she has nothing to do with us. Let’s head on.” Wei Zi Qi said, “There are too many people here.”

“Many of these people don’t have the right to enter the auction, but they want to stay outside to listen for any news.” Wu Lingyu said.

“Thinking of smelling the fragrance even if they can’t taste the meat?” Ouyang Fei joked.

“There are many powers in the outer regions. Adding on to that a few from the inner region, there are many participants.” Sima You Yue could feel a headache coming on when she saw the sea of people.

Since there were so many people, that meant there were many who would participate in the bid. The bid would subsequently increase along with it.

“Actually, there aren’t as many people as you think.” Wu Lingyu saw her furrowed eyebrows and said, “Those who are able to come are the first and second ranked powers in the outer regions. Not everyone has come.”

“Really?”

“After all, this is an auction in the outer regions. There aren’t that many from the inner regions. The other provinces are rather far, so they may not come if they have decided that nothing has interested them.” Qin Mo explained, “That’s why there aren’t that many. There are also many items of the same type, so it gives a bit of breathing space.”

“I don’t care about the others, I just hope nobody fights with me for the items that I want.” Sima You Yue said.

The items she had chosen this time were too hard to obtain. If she was really unable to get them, she wouldn’t even mind stealing them from the victor.

However, the thing she worried the most about was the bartering for the two items. If she was unable to produce something that the other party was satisfied with, it would be troublesome.

“Let’s talk again once we’re inside.” Third Mo said.

He had things he wanted to bid for in this auction as well. However, after receiving the rubbing stone from Sima You Yue, he had lost some of his excitement for that mine.

They came to the entrance of the Xuan Yuan Pavilion and happened to see Qing Yuan from the Innumerable Green Palace leading people inside. The servant girl at the entrance took them inside after seeing the invitation.

“We’re already considered to be pretty early, but there are already so many people inside. I wonder how long the queue is.” Fatty Qu said when he saw the long waving queue.

“We don’t have to queue.” Sima You Yue said, “Come with me.”

She brought them to another route, and there really were no one here.

“Greetings, please take out your invitation.” The servant girl by the entrance said with a smile.

She took out the invitation card that Jun Lan had given her. It was a different colour from the one others had.

The servant girl took the invitation card and took a look at it. Then, she returned it with both hands, saying, “This is our VIP, you may enter through our VIP entrance. One of our people will lead you to your private room.”

“Thank you.” Sima You Yue took the invitation back and another servant girl walked over. She took them into the auction area and went to a private room on the third floor.

The pavilion was big enough for the ten to twenty of them to remain inside without feeling crowded at all.

“If you should require anything, kindly pull the rope.” That servant girl left after speaking.

The room was really big. There were three large round tables, but it didn’t feel cramped at all. It was probably prepared for occasions such as these, where there were many people.

What she didn’t know was that Jun Lan has specially ordered for them to prepare it for them. The other rooms were big as well, but they didn’t have that many tables and chairs. It was because Jun Lan knew that she had many with her when she came, so she specially arranged for the room to be as such.

The glass here was the same as the ones in the Yi Lin Continent. They could see the outside clearly, but the outside could not see into the rooms. They sat inside the house, and could see everything happening outside.

The entire auction could fit a few tens of thousands of people. Just the hall below could contain three to four thousand, so who knew how many levels of private rooms this place had.

Sima You Yue’s private room wasn’t anything special. It was something she had specially requested because she didn’t want to stand out too much.

Time passed according to schedule, and those people entered the auction successively, adding to the liveliness of it all. Sima You Yue took a look and saw that the private rooms on the second, third and fourth level were all lit up.