According to the difference between the previous and the subsequent measurements, he found that these eight fully filled spiritual jades weighed more than ten pieces of waste jades. This meant that under the premise that the weight was not too different, he could secretly hide two pieces of spiritual jades!
Although the two pieces of spiritual jades were useless, they were truly good jades in Lin Yi's hands! Hiding two pieces a day might not seem like much, but if he could continue doing it smoothly, it would definitely be a considerable amount of wealth.
Moreover, Lin Yi didn't touch the jade that looked good on the outside. Instead, he only touched the jade that looked like it was useless on the outside. It was the kind that only had a trace of energy in it. If this little bit of energy was used up, the jade would immediately shatter.
Perhaps the guards wouldn't deliberately count the quantity of this kind of jade, but they would definitely have an impression of those that looked like good jade. If Lin Yi really touched it, it would be very easy for problems to arise! However, whether he could move or not, he still had to test it out! If they really had a strict requirement for quantity, then Lin Yi could only return the stolen Spiritual Jades!
As for why the weight of the jade increased, the guards probably wouldn't suspect it. After all, no one would be stupid enough to count their own jade. They would only think that they had remembered wrongly!
But if it was feasible, think about it. Lin Yi would be working here for three months in the future. Even if the ranking competition and the Rookie Trial were excluded, that would be at least seventy days. If he hid two pieces a day, that would be one hundred and forty!
One had to know that the Welcome Pavilion only gave out a piece of Spirit Jade to the newcomers every month. What kind of concept was one hundred and forty? This was simply turning the tables and becoming a local tycoon. Even for a senior senior like Meng Jueguang, who was a senior steward, he could not do anything about it. He definitely didn't have so many Spiritual Jades!
For consumables like spiritual jades, which could be used for cultivation and trade, it would be considered good if Meng Jueguang could save 30 to 50 spiritual jades, let alone 140 spiritual jades. Otherwise, he would not have lost two spiritual jades for so long.
In this way, as long as Lin Yi had enough spiritual jades on hand, not to mention buying medicinal ingredients for alchemy, even if he wanted more precious treasures, it would only take a word from him. After all … This was just like the secular world. The more spiritual jades one had, the stronger one's back would be, and the more confident one would be in doing things.
However, all of this beautiful vision was built on the basis that things went smoothly. Although Lin Yi's plan to steal the spiritual jade seemed to be quite comprehensive, if the two guards weighing him were really very careful, they would not be able to do it. That was because he had sensed something fishy. Of course, according to Lin Yi's observation of these two people, the possibility of this happening was not high. Even if there was a risk of being discovered, it was very small.
The two of them only took note of the amount of waste jade on the outside of the golden jade. They only used a counter to accumulate the total, and did not record the individual weights.
After working for a full twelve hours, it should be dark outside. Suddenly, a faint bell sound came from the distance. One of the guards shouted at the top of his lungs, "Alright. The bell rang and the work was over. That was all for today. Pack up and hand over the work with me! "
Lin Yi looked around and could not help but laugh. The guard's words were simply directed at him. In such a big mining area, there was no one else except for himself and the two guards.
Getting up and patting off the dust on his body, Lin Yi put away the jade shovel, carried the basket, and followed the two guards out of the mining area.
"Junior Brother, you have a good harvest today. Tsk tsk, on your first day here, you can collect more than 42 jin. Although it should be waste jade, it is still very good." One of the guards waved the account book in his hand at Lin Yi. He had been bored to death in this dead mining area for a year. Now that he finally met a new face, he was purely looking for a topic to relieve his boredom, "You have mined a lot of jade that looks good. Even if it is waste jade, this kind of jade that looks good can be exchanged for a good spiritual jade after accumulating ten thousand pieces! Speaking of which, you still have hope! "
Ten thousand pieces! If Lin Yi did not have a golden finger, he would be exhausted to death!
Lin Yi's sharp eyes took a glance at the guard's account book. At the top of the page was his name, and below it was a series of numbers that looked like good jade. At the bottom, there was a conspicuous number that was specially circled: 42 jin 3 taels. This was the number that subtracted the weight of the basket. It could be considered as the final accurate record on his side.
Sure enough, as Lin Yi had guessed, there was no such thing as the total number of waste jade. There was only the total weight of the jade. For Lin Yi, there were many things that could be manipulated here.
"Hehe, it was purely luck! Senior Brother, this is my first time here, so I do not know the rules here. Can you tell me what the rules are for handing over the work? "Lin Yi saw that the guard was quite amiable, so he tried to open his mouth and ask.
To be honest, although Lin Yi did not think that he would give himself away, at this time, he was really facing the last test. His heart was still a little shaky. This was like a student cheating on an exam. Even if the invigilator did not catch them cheating on the spot, after handing in the exam paper, they would still be worried that they did not leave any clues on the paper. For example, copying down the mistakes of others.
The guard looked at Lin Yi and thought that it was boring anyway, so he smiled and said, "The handing over process is very simple. You hand over the basket of spirit jade that you dug, and I hand over my account book. There is nothing else for us to do. We just wait on the side and watch. There will be people in the warehouse who will weigh your spirit jade again. As long as the number is not too different from my mark of 42 jin 3 taels, there will be no problem. "
"Will there be a difference in this?" Lin Yi asked with narrowed eyes.
"Of course there will be a difference. The same basket of jade will have a difference if different people weigh it, not to mention that the scale in my hand is so simple. It is completely incomparable to the accuracy of the big scale in their warehouse. However, as long as the difference is within 5 taels, it is considered normal." The guard replied.
Lin Yi nodded thoughtfully. Normally, a piece of spirit jade of average size would weigh at least more than one jin. If the difference was within 5 taels, it meant that it must be caused by the weighing error, which was enough to rule out the possibility of stealing the spirit jade.
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