246: Chapter 246 Abyss Stone

"Whew… That's the one!" After much deliberation, Xing Yaoyan finally made the choice that would determine her fate.

She unfolded the paper ball to reveal a sequence of numbers corresponding to a stone. She had noticed that stone before; its appearance was truly poor, but since she had already committed it to the God of Fate, she would not change it easily.

Just as she was about to submit it, Wang Lun's voice sounded in her ear again.

"Miss…"

"I told you to get lost. Are you deaf?"

She was already annoyed at the thought of her one hundred thousand spirit crystals going down the drain. Now, despite her clear stance and threats, this guy was still shamelessly pestering her…

Xing Yaoyan was furious; she really wanted to punch this damn human and embed him into the wall…

"Xing Yao…" Wang Lun said these two words unhurriedly.

The Killing Intent on the girl suddenly dissipated. Seeing this, Wang Lun secretly nodded at the handsome man standing behind Xing Yaoyan. He thought to himself that this guy really hadn't lied to him; as long as he said those two words, this beauty really quieted down quite a bit.

"What do you want… Speak quickly, I'm in a hurry…"

"Ahem… Do you dare to make a bet with me? Let's bet on how much your stone is worth. I bet the value it yields won't exceed your principal of ten million."

Idiot… She had thought the other party knew her identity and was either here to threaten her or to trade with her. She hadn't expected him to be here just to provoke her.

So it seems… those two words must have been a coincidence, and he doesn't actually know her true identity at all…

Just as she wanted to hurry away and leave this annoying guy, another voice echoed in her ear: "Agree to it."

Your Majesty?! Xing Yaoyan turned her head, looking in astonishment at Tushan Qing, who was leisurely sipping red wine. She didn't understand why he would want her to accept such a boring bet.

Seeing that the girl didn't refuse immediately, Wang Lun thought to himself that there was definitely a chance. He continued, "If I lose, I'll give you ten million credit points, or spirit crystals of equivalent value; and if I win, you give me the same amount in credit points, or accompany me for a meal. How about it?"

To be honest, the other party's terms sounded very fair and reasonable, and it even left her an out—just having a meal with him would waive the ten million credit point penalty.

But for Xing Yaoyan, this bet was completely an unprovoked disaster that served no purpose!

She had no confidence that she could open anything good, and now she had to bear an inexplicable bet on top of that. Wasn't this making things difficult for a worker?

"If you lose, I'll pay the ten million. If you win…" "It goes to you, of course it goes to you, Your Majesty… Then that's no problem." Xing Yaoyan breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed Tushan Qing didn't want her to be that miserable after all; perhaps he just wanted to play around.

Whew… That scared me to death…

Subsequently, Xing Yaoyan agreed to this bizarre bet and submitted the stone number she had written down.

The others were quite tactful; knowing this was a bet between Wang Lun of the Wang Family and that mysterious woman, no one tried to deliberately bid up the price at the last minute. Everyone held their breath, waiting for the stone to be cut.

Everyone had seen the appearance of the stone and knew that the probability of such a stone yielding anything good was very low. But it was their first time seeing a girl use such a pure luck-based method to buy stones, and with the added layer of the bet with Wang Lun.

Even if just to watch the show, they were still very curious about the result…

Since there wasn't much time left, Xing Yaoyan's stone was soon officially cut.

"The rind has many cracks, too many flaws, poor light transmission, and the color is very dull. It's probably at the brick material level; it wouldn't be bad for skipping on water…"

To be honest, Xing Yaoyan felt that Wang Lun actually knew quite a bit about looking at stones; he rattled off these characteristics quite fluently.

However, Xing Yaoyan was not in a good mood; after all, she already knew her one hundred thousand spirit crystals would go down the drain, and this guy was still beside her "reviewing" it. Who could stand that?

"You're so noisy… Say one more word and I'll kill you…" Once these words were spoken, Wang Lun immediately shut his mouth.

He could feel that the beauty really wanted to kill him just now, and he also felt that she might actually be able to do it.

Forget it… Anyway, when the result comes out, I'll definitely win. By then, whether it's money or a dinner, I'll definitely be able to regain the Face I just lost.

He had observed her carefully before; the girl had looked timid and cowardly from the moment she walked in. It was obvious she was in desperate need of money and came here to take a gamble. Someone like this definitely wouldn't have the money to pay him back. That meant the probability of her accompanying him for a meal was much higher. Once he brought her to his Family's territory, he could do whatever he wanted… Hehehe…

Wang Lun seemed to have thought of something happy and kept grinning foolishly, which made Xing Yaoyan frown deeply.

Don't let me see you again when I'm out on a mission as a member of the Star Cult, or you'll just be another soul of the dead under "Qiming"…

Now that Your Majesty is by her side, and with so many people around, plus the fact that no one could guarantee whether there were experts sitting in town, Xing Yaoyan really couldn't make a move.

"Click!" The stone cutting machine made a strange sound. Xing Yaoyan was stunned. Did it get stuck?

She had learned from the assistant earlier that the stone cutting machines here were all world-class; there wasn't a stone they couldn't cut. But now, her stone seemed to have slapped him hard in the Face…

"Distinguished guest, please don't be impatient. Let me go check…" The assistant was also very embarrassed and quickly went to the backstage to debug it, but no matter how he operated it, the stone just wouldn't cut.

"Could it be…" People who could enter the red zone were all knowledgeable; they all thought of the same thing at the same time. Gasps of shock rose one after another.

The assistant soon realized what was happening. He directly removed the stone from the machine, armed himself fully, and began using tools to clean the outer shell of the stone…

Before long, a black clod of earth wrapped in a transparent box was placed into Xing Yaoyan's hands.

"This is an Abyss Stone…"

An old scholar who looked quite elderly walked over and curiously kept observing it with a magnifying glass. Abyss Stone? Xing Yaoyan looked at the transparent box in her hand.

Wasn't this just the black clod of earth that Yu Linger had taken from her hand back then… She had even foolishly tasted this thing at the time; not only did she not feel a shred of energy fluctuation, but it also tasted extremely foul. It looked like she was definitely going to lose…

"I offer twenty million, Miss." The old scholar suddenly spoke.

"Huh?!"