Immortal of the Nine Realms

”Sigh!”

Fang Jue sighed heavily as he led everyone out of the Fortune Pavilion.

Another hundred spirit stones down the drain!

Fang Hao didn’t look any better either, as he had lost the fifteen spirit stones he had been saving up.

Except for Fang Yun, every single one of them had left a bit of their spirit stones behind in the Fortune Pavillion, so they were feeling especially under the weather right now.

”You win some and lose some, Big Brother,” Fang Yun consoled Fang Jue.

Fang Jue nodded. ”Don’t worry, I know. I just can’t help but feel that the path of Immortal Origin Stones is really too profound and mysterious. Even if one studied for many years, one would probably still fail to truly grasp its essence.”

Fang Jue stopped in his tracks. It had suddenly hit him that they were missing someone. He quickly looked around, asking, ”Where’s Fang Chen?”

”He just left,” said Fang Hao, sneering. “Probably went to find a place to secretly cut open that Immortal Origin Stone worth one spirit stone he bought.”

”Don’t worry about him. Let’s head back,” said Fang Yun.

Fang Hao suddenly pointed to a spot not too far ahead. ”It’s quite lively over there. Looks like someone is having a bet!”

Fang Jue’s eyes lit up. ”Let’s go take a look.”

When the group came closer to the hustle and bustle, Fang Yun exclaimed in surprise, ”Isn’t that Fang Chen? What is he doing here?”

”I’ll go find out,” said Fang Hao, leaving the others and squeezing into the crowd, jostling his way through.

After a few moments, he squeezed right back and, with a smile on his face, he said, ”Fang Chen is having a bet with someone. And the stakes are Xia Ji’s legs.”

Fang Yun glanced at Lin Yu through the cracks in the crowd and said, ”I know who that is. That person is called Lin Yu, a member of the Lin Family from the Eighteenth District. He’s probably doing this because he wants to settle the score for Jue Wudi. They have a good relationship.”

Fang Jue’s face turned hesitant. ”Our master is on good terms with Master Chanyuan...”

Fang Yun seemed to have guessed his thoughts, as she immediately said, ”Big Brother, we shouldn’t get involved. Xia Ji has been maligning Jue Wudi and smearing his reputation. If we tried to help, it would only make Jue Wudi think we are siding with Xia Ji. Besides, the situation with Fang Lingxing is also tricky.”

Fang Jue nodded slightly. Indeed, this matter was very complicated, as it involved a wide range of issues. They’d be inviting trouble if they tried to intervene.

Fang Hao couldn’t help but laugh out loud. ”Fang Chen is betting against Lin Yu using the Immortal Origin Stone from the Fortune Pavilion. How amusing. That Immortal Origin Stone is only worth one spirit stone, yet he’s betting against someone with it?”

”He’s cutting it open, he’s cutting it open!”

”It seems to be a spiritual material?!”

”No, it’s a spiritual herb.”

As Lin Yu slowly cut open the Immortal Origin Stone in his hand, a reddish-gold metallic substance was revealed. However, the crowd soon discovered that the reddish-gold metallic substance had a spiritual herb growing on top of it.

The roots of the spiritual herb were also reddish-gold, extending all the way through the substance. The herb had sporadic golden spots on its reddish-gold surface. Even though the golden color was not as rich, it was still visible.

Little Sword’s voice echoed in Fang Chen’s mind. “Little Chen, this spiritual herb must be very tasty.”

It had clearly sensed how extraordinary what’s inside the Stone was.

Lin Yu seemed to turn a little nervous, and his hands became more and more careful as he slowly removed the residue from the roots. ”It’s a....”

It had taken him nearly the time it would take to drink a cup of tea to completely break down the Immortal Origin Stone and extract what was inside.

”What kind of spiritual material is this? Why is there a spiritual herb growing on it?”

”The spiritual power is very rich. This isn’t an ordinary item. Its value cannot be low.”

”I didn’t expect that. I think this Immortal Origin Stone will rank amongst the top in the Immortal Origin Stone District!”

Everyone was very excited to see what it was, whether they were the vendors or the district visitors.

Being able to witness the birth of a top-ranked Immortal Origin Stone was a considerable topic of discussion.

Xia Ji’s face turned ashen. ”This is bad.”

Wu Ruochou angrily looked at Fang Chen.

On Fang Lingxing’s side, the young man’s expression became slightly more solemn when he saw Lin Yu take out what was inside the Immortal Origin Stone.

”This is a Hundred-Year Gold, a high-grade, yellow-rank spiritual material! A tael is worth a hundred low-grade spirit stones. This piece has to weigh at least five taels from the looks of it. What’s growing on the Hundred-Year Gold is a Hundred-Year Ginseng. It can prolong life by three to five years! Selling it for eight to nine hundred spirit stones wouldn’t be an issue at all.”

Fang Lingxing stood up abruptly, her expression serious. ”So, the value of this Immortal Origin Stone is....”

”Yes, it’s around 1,500 low-grade spirit stones. You’ve struck it rich.” The young man sighed with emotion. ”50 spirit stones to 1,500... I haven’t seen such an amazing outcome in many years!”

Fang Lingxing’s face was blossoming with excitement. She didn’t care about the bet anymore. What mattered was that she had made a killing!

On the other side, Fang Yun was surprised and asked Fang Jue, ”Big Brother, what’s that?”

”I don’t know, but its value won’t be low. Fang Chen has lost,” said Fang Jue, his eyes serious.

”It’s only right that he lost.”

Fang Hao and others gloated, then their eyes kept sizing up the Hundred-Year Gold and Hundred-Year Ginseng, full of envy.

Lin Yu suddenly looked over at the crowd. ”Do any of the seniors know what this is?”

An old man slowly stepped out of the crowd. ”If I’m not mistaken, this is a Hundred-Year Gold, a high-grade, yellow-rank spiritual material worth a hundred low-grade spirit stones per tael. And this ginseng growing on the Hundred-Year Gold is a Hundred-Year Ginseng, it can prolong life. Selling it for seven to eight hundred low-grade spirit stones should not be a problem,” said the old man to Lin Yu with a smile, “Young man, I’ll offer you 1,300 low-grade spirit stones for it, can you sell it to me?”

”1,300 low-grade spirit stones!?”

”Wow!”

Everyone was stunned. No one expected that the Immortal Origin Stone Lin Yue had opened would reveal something this valuable!

”This is Manager Yu from the Clear Wind Pavilion. His eyes are sharp; he shouldn’t be mistaken.”

”Young man, you’ve made a fortune.”

The crowd was both envious and jealous.

Lin Yu sighed inwardly. He was well aware that this fortune wasn’t his because the Immortal Origin Stone hadn’t belonged to him. He was just acting on behalf of someone else.

1,300 low-grade spirit stones....

He really wanted them!

”Elder, I won’t be selling this item for now.”

Lin Yu refused the offer from Manager Yu before turning to Fang Chen.

”It’s time for you to fulfill your end of the bet. Will you be the one breaking Xia Ji’s legs, or should I do the honors?” asked Lin Yu.

Xia Ji sneered. ”I’ll do it myself!”

Fang Chen waved his hand. ”I haven’t even opened my Immortal Origin Stone yet, why are you giving up?”

Xia Ji’s face was wreathed in helplessness. ”Fang Da, your Immortal Origin Stone, it’s....”

He had been fooled this time around!

Lin Yu couldn’t help but laugh out loud. ”I’ve heard someone say that you’ve bought this Immortal Origin Stone for one spirit stone. You’re betting against me using that? Will it bring out something that’s worth 1,300 spirit stones?”

”You won’t know until we open it,” said Fang Chen with a faint smile.

Lin Yu nodded with a smile. ”Then go ahead and open it. It won’t make a difference to break Xia Ji’s legs a little later.”

Fang Chen took out Little Sword and began to cut the Stone.

Everyone couldn’t help but shake their heads when they saw what he was doing.

Fang Yun frowned. ”Big Brother, if this gets out, Fang Chen will be humiliating us.”

Fang Jue sighed. ”The three families must be united no matter what.” With that, he walked straight through the crowd, waving his hand to stop Fang Chen from opening the Stone.

Fang Jue looked at Lin Yu and said in a deep voice, ”This bet doesn’t count. This is Fang Chen’s first time playing with Immortal Origin Stones. If you want to have a bet with someone, have a bet with me!”