Since the Celestial Chalcedony in the Ethereal Rapture was almost depleted, Master Daoist Yun Tao decided to bring Chu Kuangren to retrieve the ores.
Soon, they arrived at a mine.
Here, there were many disciples who were hard at work.
Mining ores, cutting stones …
"Sect Leader."
An elder in charge of mining ores walked up.
A strange look flashed across Chu Kuangren's eyes when he saw that person. "Isn't this the First City's Third Prefect? I didn't expect to see you here. "
This elder from Ethereal Rapture was none other than the First City's Third Prefect.
"It's you, Chu Kuangren!"
The Third Prefect was very surprised to see Chu Kuangren.
He didn't expect to meet him here.
"You two know each other?" Daoist Yun Tao asked curiously.
"Sort of."
Chu Kuangren nodded slightly.
"Heh, what a coincidence. The Twelfth Elder just joined Ethereal Rapture not long ago. He obtained a legacy of Ethereal Rapture from the outside world and found us not long ago."
Daoist Yun Tao smiled.
Ethereal Rapture had always had empyrean walkers roaming the outside world, but they were not as ostentatious as the current generation. Most of them were not well-known, and their main purpose was to understand the situation in the outside world or to find some good seedlings to groom.
Therefore, they would sometimes accidentally leave behind some inheritances in the outside world.
The Third Prefect had obtained such an inheritance.
He had been searching for the Ethereal Rapture for many years. Finally, with the clues provided by the Sky Emperor Palace, he managed to find it and successfully join it.
"Yes, Twelfth Elder. Daoist Chu is now a guest of Ethereal Rapture. I brought him here to collect some ores. Where are the ores that have been mined?" Daoist Yun Tao asked with a faint smile.
"Please follow me."
The Third Prefect brought them to a place where countless raw stones were piled up. A dense wave of spiritual energy spread from the raw stones.
Daoist Yun Tao smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Chu, please choose."
There was a playful look in his eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Yun Tao, how many do you want me to choose?"
"How about this? It's our Ethereal Rapture's mistake this time. Since Daoist Chu wants 500 kilograms of high-grade Celestial Chalcedony, let's exchange it for 5,000 kilograms of raw stones. The rest will be our compensation."
Upon hearing that, Chu Kuangren could not help but sneer.
It sounded like ten thousand jin was much more than a thousand jin.
But who knew if the Celestial Crystal Chalcedony in a raw stone was a low-grade or high-grade one? It might even be a piece of useless rock.
This was a gamble of luck.
Moreover, Chu Kuangren had just arrived, so he had no idea how good or bad these ores were. Who knew what the probability of obtaining a Top-tier Celestial Chalcedony was?
However, he didn't care about any of this.
Because he could cheat.
"Five thousand kilograms of raw stone. This is what Fellow Yun Tao said. No matter whether the Celestial Chalcedony is good or bad, it belongs to me."
"Of course."
Daoist Yun Tao nodded. He was well aware of the probability of obtaining a high-grade Celestial Chalcedony. Not to mention ten thousand kilograms of raw ores, even a hundred kilograms might not be able to obtain a hundred kilograms of high-grade Celestial Chalcedony.
In his opinion, Chu Kuangren was bound to suffer this loss.
Beside him, the Third Prefect was also looking at Chu Kuangren playfully.
Chu Kuangren activated his Treasure Locating Skill.
Immediately, all kinds of information about the Primordial Stones came back.
Suddenly, he had an idea. Looking at the mine in the distance, he said, "I want to enter the mine and pick a few raw stones."
"Sure."
Daoist Yun Tao did not stop him.
In his opinion, there was no difference between the two.
Then, Chu Kuangren's figure turned into a stream of light and entered the mine.
Not long after, he walked out with a pile of ores. In addition, he chose a few thousand kilograms from the pile of ores that weighed several billion kilograms.
"Alright, this is it."
Chu Kuangren placed the five thousand kilograms of raw stones into his Yin and Yang Ring.
"Hey, Brother Chu, don't tell me you don't understand the stones?"
"When we get back, I'll get someone to do it."
"Brother Chu, you might not know this, but these Celestial Chalcedonies require a special method to be cut. Otherwise, the chalcedony will be easily damaged."
Daoist Yun Tao said. It was obvious that he wanted Chu Kuangren to cut the stones on the spot and see how he would suffer this loss.
"If that's the case, go ahead."
Chu Kuangren took out the raw stone again.
Soon, someone came to help him cut the stones.
"Brother Chu, we've agreed that no matter whether the chalcedony is good or bad, you can't go back on your word. We won't return the one billion soulstones," Daoist Yun Tao said.
"Of course."
Chu Kuangren looked at a raw stone that was peeling off and said.
A burst of white light bloomed.
A rich and strange spiritual qi rippled.
He saw that the rough surface layer of the ore had been removed, revealing a piece of Celestial Chalcedony that was as smooth as jade!
Upon seeing this chalcedony, Daoist Yun Tao and the others were shocked. "This, this is an Exquisite-tier Celestial Chalcedony?!"
Exquisite-tier Celestial Chalcedony was even rarer than Top-tier Celestial Chalcedony. One might not even find one kilogram of it in a hundred thousand kilograms.
However, Chu Kuangren's first raw stone yielded such an Exquisite-tier chalcedony. From the looks of it, it must be at least five kilograms!
"Is this guy's luck that good?"
Daoist Yun Tao and the Third Prefect looked at Chu Kuangren strangely.
The stone cutting continued.
Exquisite-tier chalcedony, Exquisite-tier chalcedony, Exquisite-tier chalcedony …
After a few dozen pieces, they all turned out to be Exquisite-tier chalcedony!
A strong wave of spiritual energy filled the air. The disciples who were mining in the surroundings also stopped their work and gathered around.
"Oh my god, are my eyes playing tricks on me? So many Exquisite-tier chalcedonies!"
"What … What's going on?"
"We've been working so hard for so long and yet we still can't get so many Exquisite-tier chalcedonies. How did this guy do it?"
The disciples discussed among themselves.
Even Daoist Yun Tao was speechless and regretful.
This Chu Kuangren actually had some kind of technique to identify raw stones!
Otherwise, there was no way to explain how he could get so many Exquisite-tier chalcedonies. This time, he was the one who suffered a loss!
"Continue cutting." Chu Kuangren ignored Daoist Yun Tao and the others and said to the disciple who was in charge of cutting.
"Alright, alright." That disciple was already shocked by the dozens of Exquisite-tier chalcedonies. He only regained his senses when he heard Chu Kuangren's words. He quickly nodded and continued to cut the stones.
Exquisite-tier chalcedonies, Exquisite-tier chalcedonies …
Many of the disciples were dumbfounded. Looking at the Exquisite-tier chalcedonies that were piled up like cabbages, they did not know what to say.
At that moment, a colorful ray of light shot into the sky. The clouds were dyed colorful as dense spiritual qi converged into a vortex.
Even Daoist Yun Tao's body could not help but tremble at the sight. "This is the Celestial Core!"
The Celestial Core was also a type of Celestial chalcedony, but it was the essence of chalcedony essence, which was much more valuable than Exquisite-tier chalcedonies.
Over the years, the Ethereal Rapture had only mined a few kilograms of Celestial Cores, which was very rare.
"I can't believe he still found Celestial Cores!"
Daoist Yun Tao's heart was bleeding.
One kilogram of Celestial Core was equivalent to tens of millions of Top-tier soulstones. Coupled with the Exquisite-tier chalcedonies that Chu Kuangren had just cut, the total value of the Celestial Cores had far exceeded a billion Top-tier soulstones!
However, what made Daoist Yun Tao's heart ache was yet to come. The next raw stones that were cut open contained Celestial Cores!
When the stone-cutting was complete, Chu Kuangren had obtained a total of five kilograms of Celestial Cores and four kilograms of Exquisite-tier Celestial chalcedonies. The total value was … incalculable!
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