"May I ask, fellow brothers, what exactly is this Stone Gambling Tournament you speak of?"
Curious, Lu Changsheng stepped forward and stopped several martial artists to ask.
"This little brother must not be from around here, to not even know about the Stone Gambling Tournament. This tournament is a grand event hosted by the Xuanyuan Family of Tianyou City. I hear the Xuanyuan Family obtained a massive number of Source Stones from an ancient ruin. If one is lucky, all manner of ancient treasures can be cut from within these Source Stones!"
A burly man explained with spittle flying everywhere, his eyes brimming with anticipation. Clearly, he was exceptionally enthusiastic about the Stone Gambling Tournament.
"I see..."
Lu Changsheng nodded slightly. At that moment, he suddenly recalled having read records about Source Stones in certain ancient texts.
Source Stones were rare, peculiar stones nurtured by heaven and earth. Their shells were hard and unusual, capable of blocking divine sense from probing them, while precious treasures might be concealed within.
For instance, someone had once cut Phoenix Blood Meteor Essence from a Source Stone.
Others had cut out the inheritances of ancient powerhouses from Source Stones, and so on.
In short, Source Stones could contain unpredictable treasures.
Using these precious Source Stones, the Xuanyuan Family had hosted a grand Stone Gambling Tournament. As long as one paid a certain amount of Spirit Stones, one could purchase a Source Stone and cut it open in public to see what treasure might emerge from it.
If one's luck was extraordinarily good, one might even cut out Primordial Rare Treasures.
Of course, if one's luck was poor, one might cut out nothing at all.
It was precisely this uncertainty that gave rise to stone gambling, along with the saying: one cut to heaven, one